Dear Families,
I hope that everyone will enjoy a safe and restful Spring Break. If you are travelling outside Canada, please be sure of the following:
A Rapid Antigen test must be completed prior to returning to Canada. It must be administered or observed by a pharmacy, laboratory, healthcare entity or telehealth service. The RATs sent home yesterday and self-administered do not qualify for this requirement.
If a fully vaccinated traveller or unvaccinated child under 12 years of age tests positive, they must isolate for 10 days.
If an adult qualifies as a fully vaccinated traveller, your unvaccinated or partially vaccinated children will be exempt from quarantine, without any limitations on their activities. This means, for example, they no longer need to wait 14 days before attending school, camp or daycare.
Use ArriveCAN to provide mandatory travel information before your entry into Canada.
Monitor for symptoms for 14 days after your arrival home.
As protocols and requirements do change, it is recommended that you check on the requirements prior to travel.
Whatever your plans are for Spring Break, I hope that you have a good one!
J. Sandberg
Principal
We Made History!
Congratulations to our Grade 7 Girls team, who won the CISVA Basketball Championship last week. Our team went undefeated this year and displayed great skill, teamwork and sportsmanship. Well done Girls! We have won championships in other sports. However, this was the first for QAS in basketball.
Congratulations to all of our other teams too. All teams finished with winning records this year. Our Grade 7 Boys came very close to making the Big 8, losing a very close quarter final game.
Our Grade 6 and 4/5 teams showed that we have excellent potential for the future. We encourage our younger students to come out for their school teams.
Thanks to our coaches, who put in countless hours working with our athletes, so that they were prepared to do their best: Grade 7 Girls – Mrs. Powell and Mr. D’Alessandro; Grade 7 Boys – Mr. D’Alessandro, Mrs. Tomic and Ms.DeChavez; Grade 6/5/4 Girls – Mrs. Ogilvie and Ms. DeChavez; Grade 6 Boys – Mr. D’Alessandro; Grade 4/5 Boys – Mrs. Epplette, Macapagal and Mrs. Smolcic. Ms. Bosa also helped with the Gr. 4/5 and 6 Boys teams, as a sponsor teacher.
Early Dismissal on Friday
As we head into Spring Break, all students will be dismissed at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, March 11th.
Class Photos
Class photos will be taken on Wednesday, March 30th. Please make sure students come to school in complete uniform, including school sweater on that day.
PE Uniform SALE
Gym Strip Sale will be held before and after school on Wednesday March 30th:
8:00am – 9:00am
2:30pm – 3:30pm.
We will only be selling what is currently in stock. If there are any parents looking for hours and can assist during those times, please reach out to [email protected]
Elmacon Math Contest
All Grade 5, 6, and 7 students are invited to participate in the Elmacon Math Contest funded and run by the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences. This takes place at UBC on Saturday, April 10th. For further information and registration, please visit https://elmacon.org
HOT FOODS
Hot Foods 3rd and final session for this school year will be opening for ordering within a few days. If you try and order and it’s closed please check back again. The ordering will stay open until March 31. The lunch dates available will be April 13-June 15. We have rescheduled the lunch date from January that was postponed to a new date of April 6. Everything your child had ordered for the January lunch will be served on April 6. Please order your lunches by March 31 as we do not accept late orders.
New Ongoing Fundraiser – Cobs
Have a craving for fresh bread or pastries? Come shop at the COBS bakery in Lougheed Mall, Burnaby or Suter Brook Village, Port Moody. You can help QAS earn up to 10% cashback on all sales. Just mention that you are a part of Queen of All Saints School when you make your purchase. Our school CODE is 7232.
PURDYS FUNDRAISER
Queen of All Saints is fundraising with Purdys Chocolatier, just in time for Easter! If you’d like to support us through purchasing Easter chocolates as gifts for friends, family and yourself, please click the link: https://fundraising.purdys.com/1523518-94793 . After you’ve signed in, you can buy our amazing chocolates or invite others to join and support our Fundraising Campaign. All orders need to be submitted online by Sunday, March 27th. Your orders will be ready for pickup on Monday, April 11th. Thank you for supporting Queen of All Saints School.
Basketball Jerseys
Now that the season has ended please return all jerseys WASHED to the OFFICE by March 11th, 9:00am.
Virtual Wine Tasting Event | Sat. April 23 @ 6pm
Set a reminder, gather your friends and family, and start preparing for a fun event. On Saturday, April 23 at 6:00 pm join us for a QAS fundraising event, a Virtual Wine Tasting! Hosted by a professional Sommelier who will guide you through a detailed tasting of wines he has carefully arranged. Charcuterie and dessert boxes procured by a professional Chef. Share with friends and family, everyone is welcome! Registration will be coming soon.
Have a wonderful, restful Spring Break!
Thank-you,
School Office
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