Special Features - Back to School 2013

34 The Mission Record Thursday, August 29, 2013

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2013-14 School Bus RoutesSCHOOL BUS REGISTRATION:

Families requiring school bus transportation for the 2013/14 school year must submit completed registration form and payment to the finance department at the Board of Education office, located at 33046 Fourth Avenue. Space on school buses cannot be guaranteed to students who have not yet registered. Bus registration forms and further information regarding rates are available by clicking on the ‘Bus Service’ icon atwww.mpsd.ca.

The following schedules outline the morning bus service

provided by Mission Public Schools.

Afternoon route schedules will be posted on the

District website www.mpsd.ca.

ROUTE 1 Destination: Deroche / Dewdney / HSS / Riverside / HPSSTIME PICK-UP LOCATION7:15 Leave Bus Yard 7:40 Lake Errock Store7:42 Lougheed Hwy @ Scowlitz Access Rd7:45 Errock Place Rd (across tracks)7:46 Squakum Rd7:47 43889 Ryall Rd7:48 Low Rd & Errock Pl7:51 Harrison Bay @ Moses Dr7:55 Watkin Rd - @ Fire Hall7:57 Lougheed Hwy & Ohman Rd8:00 Lougheed Hwy @ Brooks8:03 DEROCHE ELEMENTARY 8:07 Community Access Center8:08 Louheed and Taylor Rd8:09 Lougheed Hwy & Athey Rd8:10 41109 Lougheed Hwy8:12 39158 Lougheed Hwy8:14 38504 Lougheed Hwy8:18 DEWENDEY ELEMENTARY8:25 HATZIC SECONDARY - pick-up transfer students from Bus #2, #3, #4, #9 & #128:30 Dewdney Trunk Rd & East Penner8:33 RIVERSIDE8:39 HERITAGE PARK SECONDARY

ROUTE 2 Destination: Dewdney / HSS / Hatzic Elementary / MSS / A. McMahon TIME PICK-UP LOCATION7:15 Leave Bus Yard7:39 41611 Nicomen Island Trunk Rd7:42 Nicomen Island & Dyke7:44 Nicomen Island Trunk & Deroche Landing7:47 40930 Nicomen Island Trunk Rd7:47 Nicomen & McDonald7:48 40217 Nicomen Island Trunk Rd7:52 Nicomen Island & McDiarmid7:53 39482 Nicomen Island Trunk Rd7:55 39160 Nicomen Island Trunk Rd7:56 Nicomen & Gourlay7:57 38811 Nicomen Island Trunk Rd7:58 38567 Nicomen Island Trunk Rd7:59 Nicomen Island & Thompson Rd8:05 DEWDNEY ELEMENTARY8:10 Catherwood and Hawkins Pickle8:13 33762 Hawkins Pickle8:14 37539 Hawkins Pickle8:15 Bell & Hess8:22 HATZIC SECONDARY - Drop-off transfer students to Bus #1 & #13 / Pick-up transfer students from Bus #9 8:24 HATZIC ELEMENTARY8:32 ALBERT MCMAHON - Pick-up walking stu dents and transfer students from Bus #5, #6 & #138:37 MISSION SECONDARY

ROUTE 3 Destination: HSS / Hatzic Elem / Riverside / A. McMahonTIME PICK-UP LOCATION7:35 Leave Bus Yard 7:50 Stave Lake & White7:50 Stave Lake & Watt7:51 Stave Lake & Timbercove7:52 10685 Stave Lake Rd7:53 10728 Stave Lake St7:54 Stave Lake & Dale7:55 11428 Stave Lake Rd7:56 11460 Stave Lake Rd7:57 11620 Stave Lake Rd7:58 11475 Farms Rd7:59 10980 Farms Rd8:00 Farms Rd & Dale Rd8:01 10594 Farms Rd8:02 Farms Rd @ Riverside8:03 Farms Rd @ Sward Rd8:04 Farms Rd @ Mountainview Rd8:04 9623 Farms Rd8:05 9766 Sylvester Rd8:06 9549 Sylvester Rd8:07 9019 Sylvester Red8:08 Sylvester Rd & Davies8:09 36489 Davies Rd8:11 Eagle Rd @ Shore Rd8:17 HATZIC SECONDARY - MSS students transfer to Bus #12 / HPSS to Bus #18:18 HATZIC ELEMENTARY8:22 RIVERSIDE 8:25 ALBERT MCMAHON - (Pick-up walking students) Drop-off Bus #2 transfer students8:35 HATZIC SECONDARY8:40 HATZIC ELEMENTARY

ROUTE 4 Destination: HSS / Hatzic ElemTIME PICK-UP LOCATION7:22 Leave Bus Yard 7:41 Sylvester & Cascade Ridge - top of hill7:42 Sylvester & Lundgren7:43 Sylvester & Kussman Rd7:44 13406 Sylvester Rd7:44 Hartley & Sylvester7:45 13861 Sylvester Rd 7:45 Sylvester Rd & Eng Rd7:46 14642 Sylvester Rd 7:47 Sylvester Rd & Ridgeview 7:53 Spratt Rd & Degraff 7:53 13500 Spratt Rd 7:54 Hartley & Spratt7:56 Hartley & Burns 7:57 Hartley Rd & Stave Lake7:58 13476 Stave Lake Rd 7:59 13361 Stave Lake Rd 8:00 12927 Stave Lake Rd 8:01 12876 Stave Lake Rd8:02 12462 Stave Lake Rd 8:02 Stave Lake Rd & Durieu Rd 8:03 Seux & Durieu8:04 Seux & Sylvester Rd8:05 11491 Sylvester Rd8:09 Sylvester Rd & Dale8:10 10199 Sylvester Rd8:23 HATZIC SECONDARY - drop off HSS students and transfer student to Bus #18:27 HATZIC ELEMENTARY8:30 Cherry & Cade Barr @ City Bus Stop8:35 ALBERT MCMAHON8:45 HATZIC SECONDARY8:47 HATZIC ELEMENTARY

ROUTE 5 Destination: ESR / A. McMahon / HPSS / HSSTIME PICK-UP LOCATION7:20 Leave Bus Yard 7:47 Keystone & Aherne7:48 30439 Malquist Ave7:50 Keystone & Wolfe7:51 Keystone & Wallace7:55 Shaw St @ Greenwood Dr7:55 10935 Greenwood Dr7:56 11083 Shaw St7:58 10394 Shaw St8:04 Dewdney Trunk Rd8:04 32509 Dewdney Trunk Rd8:05 32612 Dewdney Trunk Rd8:06 Dewdney Trunk Rd & Cedar St8:07 Dewdney Trunk Rd & Pavillion8:07 Dewdney Trunk Rd & Bodner Tr8:08 Larkspur Ave8:10 Stave Lake Rd @ Doyle St 8:11 Stave Lake Rd @ Ferndale Ave8:15 Ferndale & Barr8:17 9131 Dewdney Trunk Rd8:18 9021 Dewdney Trunk Rd8:18 Dewdney Trunk Rd @ Tunbridge Ave8:18 Dewdney Trunk Rd @ Dalke Ave8:19 Dewdney Tr Rd & Dalke Ave8:20 ESR - on Cade Barr8:21 Cherry @ City Bus Stop8:23 ALBERT McMAHON - (MSS students transfer to Bus #2 / Pick-up walking students going to HPSS)8:30 HERITAGE PARK SECONDARY8:33 Dewdney Trunk Rd & Jones Terrace8:38 HATZIC SECONDARY8:42 HATZIC ELEMENTARY

ROUTE 6 Destination: Silverdale / HPSS / A. McMahonTIME PICK-UP LOCATION6:55 Leave Bus Yard7:26 31173 Dewdney Trunk Rd7:28 Dewdney Trunk Rd & Pilgrim 7:31 Dewdney Trunk Rd & Bell7:30 12191 Bell Rd7:33 Bell St & Nikula Ave7:34 30476 Berg Ave7:35 Berg Ave & Rolley Lake 7:36 Rolley Lake & Dewdney Trunk Rd7:39 Carr St & Carlson Ave7:40 Carr St & Taise Pl7:41 12436 Carr St 7:43 12483 Powell St7:44 Powell & Berg7:52 Triple Creek Trailer Park - (10021 Wilson St)7:55 Ruskin Trailer Park - (9950 Wilson St) 8:00 SILVERDALE ELEMENTARY - (MSS transfer students to Bus #2, #3 & #8)8:03 Gaglardi & Law8:10 Nelson St & McFall Tr8:11 Nelson St & Israel Ave8:13 Nelson St & Bench Ave8:15 Nelson St & Galliford St

8:16 Clay St & Viewcrest8:17 Clay St & Olson Ave8:17 Clay & Rodman8:19 Clay St & Mingo Ave8:20 Clay & Townshipline8:21 32627 Dewdney Trunk Rd8:23 Cedar St & Rosetta Ave8:28 ALBERT MCMAHON - (MSS students transfer to Bus #2 / Hatzic Elem students transfer to Bus #11 , #13 - Pick-up students from Bus #13 and walking students)8:35 HERITAGE PARK SECONDARY

ROUTE 7 Destination: Hatzic Elem / HSSTIME PICK-UP LOCATION7:10 Leave Bus Yard7:28 Clay & Townshipline7:30 Clay Rd @ Mingo Ave7:31 Clay Rd & Rodman Ave7:31 Clay Rd & Olsen Ave7:32 31843 Grove Ave7:45 9950 Wilson St - Ruskin Trailer Park7:47 10221 Wilson St - (Triple Creek Trailer Park)7:47 Wilson St & Ruskin Crescent7:48 Carr & Carlson7:48 Carr St & Taise Pl7:49 12468 Carr St7:52 12613 Powell St7:54 12483 Powell St & Berg Ave7:55 Dewdney Trunk Rd & Rolly Lake8:00 Bell Ave & Nikula Ave8:01 Dewdney & Bell8:05 Dewdney Trunk Rd & Pilgrim St8:10 12401 Dewdney Trunk Rd8:12 Dewdney Trunk Rd & Cardinal8:15 Dewdney Trunk Rd & Keystone8:19 32601 Dewdney Trunk Rd8:21 Dewdney Trunk & Cedar8:23 34245 Ferdale Ave8:26 9043 Draper St8:28 HATZIC ELEMENTARY8:35 HATZIC SECONDARY

ROUTE 8 Destination: Silverdale / HPSS / MSS / H. Side / R. SideTIME PICK-UP LOCATION7:02 Leave Bus Yard7:10 Cedar & Egglestone7:19 Greenwood Pl & Shaw7:22 10851 Greenwood Pl7:26 Keyston & Wallace7:28 Keystone & Jacobson7:30 31474 Townshipline Ave7:31 31656 Townshipline Ave7:37 Nelson St & Galiford St7:38 Nelson & Bench7:40 Nelson St & Israel St7:41 Nelson St & McFall Tr7:42 Nelson & Silverdale7:44 30429 Silverdale Ave7:45 29940 Silverdale Ave7:48 Hayward St & Anderson Ave7:49 9314 Hayward7:52 Keystone & Malquist7:53 Malquist & Wolfe7:55 Silverhill Ave & Wolfe St7:57 9374 Manzer St8:00 SILVERDALE ELEMENTARY - Transfer students to Bus # 6 /Pick-up MSS transfer students from Bus #68:04 Haywood St & Anderson Ave8:09 Keystone & Malquist8:10 30361 Malquist Ave8:11 Wolfe St & School Ave8:12 9736 Wolfe St8:13 Silverhill Ave & Wolfe St8:15 Gaglardi St & Law Ave8:15 Gaglardi St & Silverdale Ave 8:17 29979 Silverdale Ave8:17 30050 Silverdale Ave8:18 Silverdale & Chester8:19 30429 Silverdale Ave8:19 30513 Silverdale Ave8:20 30709 Silverdale Ave8:30 MISSION SECONDARY BUS LOOP8:35 HERITAGE PARK SECONDARY8:45 RIVERSIDE

ROUTE 9 Destination: Deroche / Dewdney / Hatzic Elem / HSS TIME PICK-UP LOCATION7:10 Leave Bus Yard7:40 41168 Lougheed Hwy (Oasis)7:41 Band Office7:47 Nicomen Village7:49 Lougheed & Brooks7:55 DEROCHE ELEMENTARY 7:56 Access Center7:59 Lougheed Hwy & Ross Rd8:00 Lougheed Hwy & Johnson Rd

8:02 Lougheed Hwy & Rowan8:02 37843 Lougheed Hwy 8:07 Lougheed Hwy & Gledhill8:10 DEWDNEY ELEMENTARY8:15 HATZIC SECONDARY - drop off students to Bus #2 8:28 ALBERT MCMAHON - pick-up students going to HSS8:32 14th & Grand - City Bus Stop on Grand8:40 HATZIC SECONDARY8:42 HATZIC ELEMENTARY

ROUTE 11 Destination: Mission Central / HPSS / A. McMahon / MSS / HSS / RiversideTIME PICK-UP LOCATION7:45 Leave Bus Yard8:00 Cedar St @ Briskham8:02 Cedar Valley Connector - infront of Mall @ Bus Stop8:07 32539 Fraser Crescent8:08 Fraser Crescent at Park8:11 MISSION CENTRAL8:12 7th & Ryan St8:13 HERITAGE PARK SECONDARY - Bus Stop on Stave Lk8:15 Cherry Ave & Stave Lake - on Cherry8:16 Cherry Ave & Harms8:18 Cherry Ave & Cade Barr St - at Bus Stop8:24 ALBERT MCMAHON - drop off transfer students to Bus #68:30 MISSION SECONDARY8:32 Best Ave & Cade Barr St8:34 Best Ave & Forbes St @ Bus Stop8:35 Best Ave & Stave Lake8:36 RIVERSIDE 8:40 HATZIC SECONDARY

ROUTE 12 Destination: Dewdney / HSS / Hatzic Elem / ESR / MSS TIME PICK-UP LOCATION7:30 Leave Bus Yard7:41 Shook Rd @ Lakeview Rd7:43 Shook Rd @ Little Beach7:44 9267 Shook @ Green Acres7:45 8953 Shook Rd7:46 Shook Rd & Moore 7:52 Eagle Rd @ Shore Rd 7:56 36401 Davies Rd7:58 Davies & Sylvester8:00 Newton Rd @ Hyde Buker Rd 8:06 DEWDNEY ELEMENTARY8:11 Shook Rd & Lakeview Rd8:12 Shook Rd & Little Beach8:16 Shook @ Green Acres 8:17 Shook Rd & Moore8:23 HATZIC SECONDARY - (pick-up walking students and transfer students from Bus #1, Bus #2 & #3 going to ESR & MSS. HPSS transfer students off to Bus #18:27 HATZIC ELEMENTARY8:30 ESR8:37 MISSION SECONDARY

ROUTE 13 Destination: A. McMahon / Hatzic Secondary / Hatzic Elem / ESRTIME PICK-UP LOCATION7:15 Leave Bus Yard7:40 32152 Dewdney Trunk Rd7:45 Smith Ave & Sabo St7:47 Ainsworth & Roach7:52 12290 Cardinal7:54 Cardinal & Johnson St 8:00 Dewdney Trunk Rd & Cardinal8:03 Dewdney Trunk Rd & Madsen8:03 Dewdney @ Hampton Common8:03 Dewdney @ Richards Ave8:05 32540 Richards Ave8:05 Richards Ave & Cedar St8:05 32540 Richards Ave8:07 33495 Richards Ave8:08 Richards Ave & Barr St8:09 Richards & Doyle8:14 Stave Lake & Doyle St 8:15 Stave Lake Rd & Dlugosh Ave8:16 Stave Lake Rd & Hartman Ave8:21 ESR - Drop of Students8:30 ALBERT MCMAHON - (MSS transfer students to Bus #2 / HPSS transfer students to Bus #6. Pick-up walking students going to HSS and Hatzic E. & transfer student from #6)8:32 Dewdney Trunk Rd & Cade Barr St8:33 RIVERSIDE8:35 Dewdney Tk @ East Penner St8:37 HATZIC SECONDARY8:40 HATZIC ELEMENTARY

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Thousands of B.C. children are injured every year

With less than a week to go until school returns, ICBC is asking parents to begin pre-paring children for get-ting to and from school safely. Every year in B.C., an average of 30 children aged five to 18 are killed and 5,100 in-jured in 14,700 crashes.

“As children across the province return to school in a couple of weeks, it’s the ideal time for parents to re-view the rules of the road with their chil-dren and take the time to go over their daily route with them,” said Todd Stone, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure. “Every-one should plan ahead for the return of the school season because the roads will be much busier, so remember to leave earlier to avoid rushing, stay focused on the road and use extra caution, espe-cially around school zones.”

“Police across the province will be close-ly monitoring speeds in school zones to make sure drivers stick to the 30-km/h speed limit,” said Chief Constable Jamie Gra-ham, Chair of the B.C. Association of Chiefs of Police Traffic Safety Committee. “We want children to get a safe start to the school year so we’re asking drivers to be extra careful on our roads and watch for children.”

“The start of the school year is a busy time for children and a return back to reg-ular routines for par-ents,” said John Dick-inson, ICBC’s director of road safety. “That’s why we’re encouraging parents to start talking to their children now about using extra cau-tion when the school season begins. Even older children should

be reminded to remove earbuds and head-phones when walking and always make eye contact with drivers.”

Here are ICBC’s tips for drivers, parents and students to help everyone stay safe as school returns:

Tips for driversWhen school is back

in session, don’t for-get that every school day, unless otherwise posted, a 30 km/h speed limit is in effect in school zones from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

When you’re drop-ping off your children in school zones, stop and allow them to exit the car on the side closest to the sidewalk. Never allow a child to cross mid-block.

If a vehicle is stopped in front of you or in the lane next to you, they may be yielding to a pedestrian, so be pre-pared to stop. Always yield to pedestrians – it’s the law.

School buses will be back on our roads. Vehicles approaching from both directions must stop for school buses when their lights are flashing.

Before getting into your vehicle, make a habit of walking around your vehicle

to make sure no small children are behind it. Always look for pe-destrians when you’re backing up.

Tips for parents and students:

Post these safety tips in your home and re-view them with your children – even older children need to be reminded about road

safety.Remove your head-

phones and put away your phone or other gadgets when cross-ing the street. Focus on the road so you can see, hear and respond safely.

Make eye contact with drivers, so you both know you see each other.

Road safety lessons should be fun and in-teractive.

Teach your child to cross at intersections that have a pedestri-an crossing light or a marked crosswalk whenever possible. Even at a crosswalk, be aware of traffic and always make sure that vehicles are stopped before walking. Use designated crossing points and follow pe-destrian traffic signs and signals.

Dress to be seen. Wear bright or light coloured clothing. In dark or bad weather, wear reflective materi-al on clothes or acces-sories.

Heritage Park Sec-ondary School grad-uate Vipan Aulakh has received a $2,000 scholarship from Envi-sion Financial.

Fourteen education awards from the cred-it union are given out each year to second-ary and post secondary students throughout the province who have demonstrated out-standing scholarship ability and exceptional community volunteer service.

Aulakh has been an avid volunteer with the Canadian Cancer Society, the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the MSA Museum and var-ious other community organizations.

She has also shown a commitment to her senior girls basketball, rugby and Grade 8 bas-ketball teams as both

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Trips and falls on the playground may account for the ma-jority of injuries that send school children to the nurse’s office, but backpacks cause their fair share of injuries as well.

Children routinely carry more than the recommended weight

in school backpacks and, compounding the problem, also carry their bags incorrectly.

Doctors recommend that a child’s backpack should weigh no more than 10 to 20 percent of the child’s body weight. However, this figure should be adjusted based on a child’s fit-

ness level and strength. That means that the average seven-year-old second grader who weighs between 55 and 60 pounds should be carrying no more than 11 to 12 pounds in his or her backpack. A backpack that is too heavy may cause:

Red marks on the

shoulders or back from the straps

Tingling or numb-ness in the arms and back

Changes in pos-ture when wearing the backpack, and

Pain anywhere in the back.

To compound these problems, which also

may include nerve damage resulting from pressure on nerves in the shoulders, children should lighten their loads and carry back-packs correctly. The fol-lowing tips are some additional ways young-sters can prevent back-pack-related injuries.

Carry only nec-essary items. Children should only carry what is required for that particu-lar school day in their back-packs. If teach-ers routinely have students carry home many heavy books, parents can consult with the teach-ers to see if there are other options.

Distribute weight evenly.

Items in the backpack should be spread out to distribute the weight across the entire back. Heavier items should be at the bottom of the pack.

Use both straps. Using only one strap shifts the backpack weight to one side, causing the back and

shoulders to strain.Many orthopedistshave reported treatingchildren with back orshoulder pain as theresult of carrying back-packs incorrectly.

Lift safely. Childrenshould lift their back-packs by bending theirknees and lifting toprotect their backs.

There are somesafety features par-

ents can look forwhen purchas-ing backpacks.A padded backreduces pres-sure on themuscles andcan be morecomfortable,while com-

pression strapsmake the back-

pack more sturdy.Additionally, reflec-

tive material on thebackpack can makethe child more visibleto motorists.

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Enjoying a meal together on a weeknight is a goal for many families. But adults often find themselves pressed for time on weeknights, and that time crunch can make it difficult to enjoy a home-cooked meal.

But time is not the only thing getting in the way of family meals. Be it after school activities, long com-mutes or late hours at the office, many things can make it difficult for a family to sit down and enjoy a meal to-gether. Studies have shown that families who eat togeth-er tend to eat healthier, as parents can more effectively monitor their kids’ diets.

While it may not be feasible for parents and kids to scale back their busy schedules, there are steps parents can take to make weeknight meal

preparation quicker. By short-ening the time it takes to make meals on weeknights, families might be able to sit down to dinner together more often.

The most effective way to make more time for fam-ily meals is to plan ahead. Planning meals on the fly en-courages everyone to fend for themselves, making it diffi-cult for families to enjoy nu-tritious meals they can eat together. Plan for the coming week’s meals on the week-end, when you can survey your pantry and make a trip to the grocery store if need be.

Dinner does not have be served hot, and cold meals often take less time to pre-pare. Consider serving salad or sandwiches on those nights when you are espe-

cially pressed for time. When serving sandwiches, serve them on whole grain bread to add some nutritional value to the meal.

Turn breakfast into din-ner. There are no laws regard-ing what qualifies as dinner and what does not, so fam-ilies without much time on their hands on a weeknight can turn breakfast into din-ner. Eggs are both quick and easy to prepare, and they can be served alongside toast and grapefruit. When making om-elets for dinner, add some spinach or another vegetable to make the meal more nu-tritious.

Lean on seafood more often. Seafood can be healthy and delicious, but that’s not the only reason it’s an ally to time-strapped families. Sea-

food should not take muchtime to cook, as even thosedishes that take more timethan simpler dishes like sau-teed shrimp will still take lessthan 30 minutes to complete.

Leftovers are often rel-egated to lunch, but extrasfrom a meal cooked over theweekend can be used as aquick go-to meal on a hecticweeknight. If the family en-joyed the meal the first timearound, there’s no reason theywon’t enjoy it again. Wheneating leftovers for dinner,make sure the leftovers arefresh, but try to avoid servingleftovers the night after theywere initially cooked.

Enjoy meals as a family is agreat way for families to eathealthy and stay engaged inone another’s lives.

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Parents often note that kids seem to grow like weeds. Pants that once reached to the tops of a young-ster’s feet quickly be-come too short, while once-loose shirts may soon become too snug. Many parents find themselves regularly in children’s clothing departments stocking up on the basics, which can put quite a dent in already stretched-thin

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Don’t discount hand-me-downs.

Take stock of what you already have.

Invest in the right high-quality pieces. Spending a fortune for a trendy pair of pants that may end up get-ting ruined on the playground is not the best way to shop for kids’ clothing. Howev-er, investing in a qual-ity pair of shoes that will last much of the year is a good invest-ment. Know when to splurge and when it’s okay to shop at the dis-count store.

Stock up on sta-ples. A straight-leg cut of jeans, some solid co-loured polo shirts and an A-line dress or skirt

are some classic foun-dation pieces for chil-dren’s wardrobes. Suchitems tend to last lon-ger than trendy itemsthat may only last afew months before thenext trend arrives.

Learn to layer. Lay-ering items can makepieces look like new byputting them togetherin different combina-tions. Layering a sum-mer T-shirt under afall hoodie gets use outof two different sea-son’s worth of clothes.It also enables kids tobe comfortable duringunpredictable weather.

Leave it to the kids.Parents often worryabout what other par-ents will think of theirown children’s cloth-ing. Children do nottypically worry aboutsuch things until theirpreteen or teenageyears. You may spendless money on clothingsimply because yourchild has a few favour-ite shirts and pants heor she wears over andover. That’s less laun-dry for you and lessmoney you have tospend on new clothes.

How to buy school clothes without busting your budget

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STARSKATE: A program for children who already know how to skate. Lessons are in a group format and cover all elements of Figure Skating. Skaters are evaluated for participation in this program.

ADULT SKATE: Skaters can practice or take private lessons as long as they can already skate, have a coach and a Skate Canada Membership.

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Back to school can be a stressful time for some children, but there are ways for parents to help.

“The start of the school year can be a really positive time, full of new opportunities for young peo-ple, but it can also be overwhelm-ing for some,” explained Dr. Connie Coniglio, B.C. Mental Health and Addiction Services. “If your child isn’t looking forward to school, they may be experiencing stress or anxi-ety. While some children and youth thrive on the back-to-school excite-ment, others may need a calming, reassuring environment to support them during this transition.”

Anxiety — feeling worried, ner-vous, fearful — is normal from time to time in adults and children, but it’s a problem if your child seems to be anxious often when other chil-dren of the same age are typically not

Signs and symptoms to watch for: Attempts to remain at home or

with caregiver Refusal to attend school on cer-

tain days (field trips) Refusal to eat in public Refusal to use public bathrooms Extreme shyness, avoiding so-

cial situations or events Tantrums, crying, screaming Constant worrying Physical complaints with no

medical explanation (stomach aches, headaches, difficulty catch-ing breath)

Seeking comfort/reassurance Tips for parents and caregivers:Provide regular routines – morn-

ing, school, homework, bedtimeProvide clear expectations, limits

and consequencesPlan for transitions – getting to

school, returning to school after breaks

Help your child identify his or her feelings – nervous, intimidated, shy

Pay attention to your child’s feel-ings

Ask your child if they have ideas or solutions for a particular concern

Show yourself identifying your own feelings, problem solving and being brave

Remain calm when your child is anxious

Hold realistic expectations that are right for child’s age

Praise and reward even their small accomplishments.

Watch for and reduce back-to-school anxiety


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