Posted: February 17, 2025
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Information
Registration Deadline for 2025-26
If you are attending Richard Bulpitt, but live out of catchment, you need to complete a cross-boundary application to stay. We have received most of these, but not all. Tomorrow, Tuesday, is the deadline for those. It is also the deadline for new Kindergarten registrations. If you have a kindergartener starting in September, please be sure you have registered. Just having an older sibling does not mean your younger child is automatically registered, even if Mr. Oliver greets them on the crosswalk every day.
Screenagers!
This is quite early notice, but I don’t want to see anyone who might be interested miss this. It’s free, but spaces are limited. Click here for information.
Description:
Physician and filmmaker Delaney Ruston examines the growing impact of screen time on young children, exploring the challenges families and educators face in managing digital use. Through personal experiences, expert insights, and the latest research, the film addresses key issues such as social media pressures, video gaming, screen time limits, and the effects of early exposure to technology.
Offering practical strategies for fostering healthy digital habits, Screenagers: Elementary School Age Edition is a must-watch for parents, teachers, and caregivers looking to guide children toward balanced tech use.
Join other Langley parents and caregivers for a 55min documentary screening followed by a Q&A with expert panelists.
Student Inclusive Conferences
Our Term 2 Student Inclusive Conferences run the week of March 3-7, and appointment booking opens this week. Please make sure to book your appointments and complete the family reflection forms that come home from classroom teachers. These conferences replace the old-style report cards, so your attendance is a crucial part of your child’s year of learning. And please remember that students are expected to attend.
Free! Virtual Family Math Fair
Scan or click the QR code to register.
Open Parachute Virtual Parent Night Presentations
The Ministry of Education and Child Care, in partnership with adolescent clinical psychologist Dr. Hayley Watson from Open Parachute, will host three, free virtual sessions for parents, guardians and caregivers that will focus on practical skills you can teach your child and youth (ages 0-19) to prevent substance use and mental health needs. These sessions will build on a previous presentation, which focused on practical conversation tools for speaking about substance use prevention with your children/youth. The previous session is not a pre-requisite for this session.
Key takeaways for participants during this session:
- Learn the factors that lead to substance use and mental health needs from a trauma-informed lens
- Focus on prevention rather than intervention/response
- Applies to parents, guardians and caregivers of all age groups (youth aged 0-5, 6-10, and 11-18)
- Learn ways that these skills can be applied to yourself and the rest of your family to support the mental health of parents, guardians and caregivers
Participants must register in advance. Session dates are:
Please share this information within your school community to reach parents, guardians, and caregivers of all ages.
If you have any questions, please email the Mental Health and Substance Use team at educ.mentalhealth@gov.bc.ca.
Quote(s) of the week
From the PAC
Pokerrito & Subway Fun Lunch Order Deadline – Tuesday, February 18th
Please make sure you submit your Pokerrito & Subway Fun Lunch Order and PAY IT IN FULL by 11:59pm Tuesday, February 18th here: https://munchalunch.com/schools/richardBulpitt/
If you do not, your child will not receive their Fun Lunch on Friday February 28th.
Please ensure that you order by the deadlines so your child doesn’t miss out! Orders must be fully paid or they will be cancelled.
If you have any questions or need assistance with ordering, please email Zoe or Brianna at hotlunchbulpitt@outlook.com.
If you would like to volunteer for our Fun Lunch days please email Edith at rbevolunteers@gmail.com.
You can find the complete schedule and more information on our website here: https://richardbulpittpac.com/hot-lunch/
Pink Shirt Day – Gourmet Donut Fundraiser
Every year we like to fundraise for the CKNW Kids’ Fund on Pink Shirt Day (Feb 26th) with our Donut Day fundraiser. We will be selling Pink Vanilla Dip and Chocolate Dip donuts with sprinkles from Gourmet donuts: $15/6 donuts, or $3 each.
Preorders on Munchalunch are required for orders of 6 or more donuts. Preordering is open until Friday February 21st.
- All preordered donuts will be delivered to students right before school dismissal unless otherwise requested. Please email bulpittpac@outlook.com to make alternative arrangements.
- Students who go to after school care can pre-order online and their donuts will be delivered to the classroom before dismissal (before the bell).
- “Day of” sales will be after school in the courtyard (behind the school) on February 26
- Single donuts can be purchased day of, with a limit of 2 per person.
- All proceeds raised will be donated to the CKNW Kids’ Fund.
- With your help, the CKNW Kids’ Fund enhances the lives of children living with physical, mental, social, and behavioural challenges in BC communities.
- Get more information about the CKNW Kid’s Fund here: https://www.cknwkidsfund.com/
Spring Fling Meeting – Monday, February 24th
Join us virtually on Monday at 7pm via Google Meets for our upcoming Spring Fling planning meeting. We would love input on our biggest event of the year! You can find the link on our PAC Facebook page.
If you would like to be involved in the planning please join our Facebook planning group.
Spring Fling Raffle Basket Donation Collections
Hello Div 10-29 parents! Your PAC committee is in full swing planning the annual Spring Fling Carnival on Friday, June 6th at the school.
As one way to fundraise, we will have a raffle, but we need YOUR help! We have paired up your classrooms and assigned a theme for a gift basket. We kindly ask any families who are able to donate items based on the theme.
You can find a list of all the themes and links to the online sign up sheets on our PAC Facebook page here.
Donations will be collected in the classroom starting Monday February 3rd to Friday February 28th or you can also donate money towards the purchase of items on Munchalunch under the Fundraising tab until February 21st. Your class parents will be picking up the donated items and making lovely baskets out of them at the beginning of March.
If you have any questions, please connect with your class parent or email us at rbepacspringfling@gmail.com.
Thank you for your help!
COBS Bread Doughraiser
Did you know that we have an ongoing fundraiser with the Walnut Grove COBS Bread location? Simply mention Richard Bulpitt Elementary at the Walnut Grove location when you make a purchase. They’re donating 5% back to us! Note that a minimum of $500 sales requirement is required for a Dough Raiser cheque to be issued to our school. Thank you for your support!
Are you interested in joining the PAC EXEC next year?
Are you looking to get more involved in the school community? Do you have ideas for events or fundraisers? Our current PAC EXEC will be losing 3 members in September as their kids move on to middle school.
We will be in need of a Vice-President, Secretary, Co-Fun Lunch Coordinator and Members of Large. If any of these positions sound of interest to you, or you are simply interested in finding out what the PAC does, please email us at bulpittpac@outlook.com. You can find details about the roles on the PAC Facebook page or on our website here.
Stay in the Know
Follow the Richard Bulpitt PAC Facebook page, our Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/rbepac/) and now visit our website to stay up-to-date with all the details!
Something to read
In anticipation of Diversity and Respect Week, and in keeping with our ‘Take Care of Each Other’ simple rule, here’s Kids’ Kindness Bingo!
And here’s one for the grown-ups! I like the third one, though I’d still be making a Mix Tape, myself!
One Week
I feel like we have a number of families where the parents knew the original version of this sing word-for-word. Even the super-fast part.
Things to Remember from the Calendar
Monday, February 17
- Family Day Holiday
Tuesday, February 18
- Girls’ Basketball mini-practice at lunch playtime
- Registration Deadline (for new K or for out-of-catchment students applying to remain at RBE)
- Basketball Practice – Boys – after school
Wednesday, February 19
- Girls Basketball Game – after school at Willoughby
- Boys Basketball Game – after school at HOME vs Willoughby
Thursday, February 20
- Basketball Practice – Girls – after school
Monday, February 24
- Design & Assessment Day – Students do not attend
Tuesday, February 25
- Rainbow Day – in solidarity with LGBTQ+ community members
- Boys basketball practice after school
Wednesday, February 26
- Pink Shirt Day
- Boys Basketball game AT Donna Gabriel Robins
- Girls Basketball game AT HOME vs Donna Gabriel Robins
Thursday, February 27
- This is me! Day
- Multicultural Day Setup after school
Friday, February 28
- Multicultural Day (all day)
- Girls’ Basketball Practice after school
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