Feb. 26 is Pink Shirt Day The origins of Pink Shirt Day began when

David Shepherd, Travis Price and their teenage

friends organized a high-school protest in Nova

Scotia to wear pink in sympathy with a Grade 9

boy who was being bullied [for wearing a pink

shirt]. Put on a pink shirt and come join us on

Feb. 26th @ 9:30 a.m. in the gym for our Pink Shirt

Day Assembly where we will focus on positivity and lifting others up.

Hope to see you there.

Open House, Mar. 11th (2:00 - 6:00 pm) Please mark in your calendars “Open

House, Mar. 11th” where families will be invited

into the school to review with their children what

they have been doing in class. This is an oppor-

tunity for your kids to show off and for you to ask questions. See you

all there.

K. Gurney—Principal

6512 Brantford Avenue, Burnaby, B.C. V5E 2S1

Phone: 604-296-9002 https://

brantford.burnabyschools.ca/

Principal: Mr. K. Gurney

Head Teacher: Mme J. Taylor Secretary: Ms. I. Thomson

February 19, 2020 Issue #10

Brantford

Bulletin Quote of the Week

““We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”

-Winston Churchill

Inside this issue:

Pink Shirt Day &

Open House

1

Thank you & Parking 2

Stump the Students 2

Multicultural Night 3

Movie Night 4

The

Important Dates

Feb. 26th

Pink shirt Day

9:30 assembly

Feb. 27

Movie Night

Feb. 28th

Mar. 6 Multicultural

night

March 11

2:00 p.m.

Open House

March 16-27

Spring Break

FAMILIES, COME AND JOIN US AT THE FOLLOWING UPCOMING EVENTS

Brantford Bulletin

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Thank You Skating Drivers: Thank you to all our amazing parent drivers that helped drive our skaters for

the last few weeks. We moved away from getting expensive buses 2 years ago in

order to reduce the costs by a couple thousand dollars each year, but that cost

means that we are reliant on parents to help drive.

So thank you again for ALL those that drove...we even had parents drive that

did not even have students that were skating...AMAZING!

Parking Perpetrators: I understand that people enjoy getting that primo parking space, hey, there’s even Seinfeld episodes about it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egsdc7tZ_xc ), but I’d like to

remind just a small number of you about a simple rule we have related to parking at

Brantford… “If you arrive before 3:00 pm, find parking on the street.” Then, walk to

the school, mingle with the other parents, and enjoy the short walk back to the vehi-

cle while you talk with your child.

We still have people waiting at

the closed gate until 3:00...please

DON’T DO THIS! It causes congestion

on Brantford. Have a look at this map,

there’s lots of parking areas and it’s

good practice to teach your children

to walk a bit as well.

As well, if you are picking up in-

termediate students, please use the

back lane to pick up and go (just

don’t leave your vehicle).

Stump the Students Feel free to work with family members or on your own, and

see if you can figure it out. If you manage to solve the problem, write your answer down (show

your work please) and then put it in the “Stump the

Student” box for a chance to win a prize. Mr. Gurney will draw names of correct

guesses the following week to win a small prize and the glory of being the

“Brantford Brainiac” acknowledged on the announcements. Good luck!

Question #1

123 school girls are to be transported in small vans. Each van can carry

8 girls only. What is the smallest possible number of vans that are

needed to transport all 123 school girls?

Question #2

John had $100 to buy drinks and sandwiches for his

birthday party. He bought 5 small boxes of drinks at

$4 each box and 8 boxes of sandwiches at $6 each

box. How much money was left after the shopping?

Last Newsletter answers

to Stump the Student

questions.

#1. 36,500 days in one

century

#2. 451 pages

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Brantford’s Silly Side - We would like to thank Alex in Div. 1, to adding some fun to our newsletter on a

regular basis! And we look forward to other contributions from various students through out the year.

Q: What do you call a droid that takes the

long way around???

A: R2 Detour!!!

Q: When does a joke become a “dad” joke?

A: When the punchline is a parent!!!

March 6th 2020 5:00—8:00 p.m. All families welcome!

Pot luck Dinner

and Performances!!!

PAC invites you and your family for a free evening of food, music and

performances, in celebration of cultures from around the world.

There is no cost to attend—just a request to bring food (family size dish) to

share that represents your heritage or a culture of your choice. Please

fee free to dress in your cultural clothing.

Gym doors open at 5:00 pm, food at 5:30 pm,

& performances to start at 6:00 p.m.

• Japanese Taiko Drummers

• Spanish Flamenco Dancers

• Portuguese Dancers

• Egyptian Belly Dancers

• Indian Bhangra Dancers (who will teach a

dance to the audience)

• Scottish bagpipes

• Chinese Dancers

• Hip Hop Dancers (students from our school will be performing)

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The Burnaby School District is seeking applications for the

casual, on-call positions of Crossing Guard and Student Supervisor.

Successful applicants will have: • Grade 12 education • Demonstrated ability and experience in working with children

The ability to work throughout the District and be available for shifts every day school is in session is a definite asset.

Please submit a resume and cover letter to:

Grae Emerson, HR Advisor Burnaby School District 5325 Kincaid Street Burnaby BC V5G 1W2 grae.emerson@burnabyschools.ca

Only those applicants selected for interview will be contacted.