Greetings Parents and Guardians
PAC is postponing today’s meeting as we can’t gather at the school as we normally do.
We are in the beginning stages of putting together formatting for a virtual meeting using one of the video conferencing tools available.
More information to come.
Here are the upcoming Hamber Music concert dates
The Vancouver Public Library will be offering a free Research 101 workshop at the Terry Salman Branch in February. The full details are below:
Research 101
Saturday, February 8th, 2:00-3:00
Terry Salman Branch Meeting Room
4575 Clancy Loranger Way (Hillcrest Community Centre)
In this workshop, participants will explore the resources that we have to support teens and their research needs. This includes a basic introduction to finding material at VPL, evaluating sources, and developing search strategies. For grades 8-12.
Registration recommended. Please call 604-665-3964 to register.
SACY (Supporting and Connecting Youth ) is offering a number of very informative workshops this winter for parents/guardians. These workshops are now posted on our school’s website. We are including at the bottom of this post a very helpful VSB/VCH resource overview for your reference.
It’s time to order your poinsettias for the upcoming holiday season! The PAC Poinsettia Fundraiser is a way you can help to raise the necessary funds that allow us, as parents, to purchase essential supplies, and support the many programs at Hamber. You can place your poinsettia order online before November 21st using Munchalunch.com. Payment is by credit card only. We encourage you to sell poinsettias to you family, friends, neighbours, and local businesses!
It’s easy to place your order:
Simply go to http://munchalunch.com/schools/erichamber and click “register here” to open a new account. Follow the prompts, add your student’s name and grade (twice), and place your order! Only online orders will be accepted.
Ordering Details:
Online ordering is now OPEN and will remain open until Friday, November 21st, 2019
The price list is below. ALL prices are inclusive of taxes. Payment is by credit card (VISA or MasterCard) only.
Once your order is placed, there are no cancellations or refunds.
ALL poinsettia orders must be paid in full and picked up in person at the school on Thursday, November 28th between 2:30 and 5:30pm or Friday, November 29th between 8:00 and 9:00am. The exact pick up location will be announced at a later date. After 9:00am on Nov 29th, all unclaimed plants will be donated to charity.
Please direct any questions or queries to hamberpacfundraising@gmail.com
We are always in need of volunteers! If you are interested in helping on November 28th or 29th, please email hamberpacfundraising@gmail.com
Thank you for supporting our first school fundraiser of the year!
Your Eric Hamber Secondary PAC
From last year’s delivery, this is a 13.5 Tri-colour Poinsettia.
From last year’s delivery, this is the Yuletide Treasurer planter.
Delivery day last year.
A announcement from our school’s District SACY Parent and Family Engagement Worker, Sumeet Ghuman:
"Eric Hamber parents:
Come to the school library on Thursday, November 7th at 6pm to learn about youth stress and how adults can help. We will have a light dinner and listen directly to teens talk about pressures young people face and how they cope. This workshop is for PARENTS so please leave your teens at home. There is limited seating. Please register by emailing sumeet.ghuman@vch.ca .
Our School District and Safer Schools Together are hosting an upcoming parent session on November 13 at Windermere Secondary. Register HERE to reserve your seat. Please see below flyer for more detail.
This is a notice from our Hamber counsellor Nancy Kartsonas regarding this year’s Canadian Universities Event. This is an event to learn more about Canadian Universities registration and admission process.
There will be a public event held on Tuesday October 9 from 6:00-8:30pm. Students can visit our website for more details and for event registration information.
https://www.cuebcevents.ca/publicevent/
Our Hamber counsellor, Joe Ritchie, would like to share a video with parents which helps educate new teachers about SOGI123.
