Yale PAC
34620 Old Yale Road V2S 7S6 Abbotsford, BC, Canada

Tomorrow is the last day of school before winter break! Enjoy it!

Do you follow Yale school on Instagram? There are many great reminders and info there too! The Mane Street Cafe now delivers!

Spirit Week. Enjoy the last week before winter break!

Hello Yale Families! We would like to show our appreciation for our teachers this holiday season. In order to do this in our current Covid cautious environment we have made a plan! We are asking anyone that would like to, to drop off food (either homemade, or store bought) to Stacy’s house on December 14th at any time. We are asking that you have your food separated into individual bags that we can then place in the goodie bags. If you are able to donate, please email to [email protected] to get the address and make arrangements. Thank you for helping us lift our teachers and to make their holiday a bit more bright.

Hello Yale families! Just a quick note to say that the PAC meeting scheduled for tomorrow night has been postponed to December 1, 2020 at 7:00 pm.

An upcoming event for parents/caregivers of youth and young adults in our community...

Hello Yale families! Of course it wouldn’t be a proper beginning to the school year without a PAC meeting. We are pleased to announce that our first meeting will be held on October 21 at 7:00 pm in the library/learning commons. We need to hold our AGM to elect executive positions and we are cautiously optimistic that we will be able to discuss funding. * Although Mr Sarowa has arranged for appropriate physical distancing, we would appreciate it if masks could be worn as an added precaution *

In case anyone missed the email from the school yesterday... Good evening Yalions!! We are so looking forward to having you back at school tomorrow. We would like to remind you of just a few details to make your day go smoothly.... Make sure you logon to your student portal account and look at your timetable one more time before arriving because it may have changed. You need to know what your Block A classroom is. You will be reporting directly there tomorrow morning. https://www.myeducation.gov.bc.ca/aspen/logon.do Arrival time is: 8:10 am for grade 9's, 8:20 am for grade 10's, 8:30 am for grade 11's, 8:40 am for grade 12's You can enter through any door you choose. We have 8 entrances into the building. You will be required to do a health survey daily. Your block A teachers will instruct you with more details tomorrow. Wear a mask, enter into the building, hand sanitize and go directly to your classroom. REMEMBER: If you are experiencing any COVID symptoms you must stay home - DO NOT ENTER THE SCHOOL. Dismissal time is: grade 9's leave at 11:15 am, grade 10's leave at 11:25 am, grade 11's leave at 11:35 am, grade 12's leave at 11:45 am. If some students need to stay at school for their afternoon block C they can go to the library.

For anyone wondering about Grade 9 orientation, this is from the principal, Mr Sarowa. We are not having a grade 9 orientation for numerous reasons this year. We will be making a video for the grade 9s and sending it out. With only one course at a time in the building, it will be much simpler getting them to their spot.

In case you missed it...

and with that the 2019-2020 school year draws to a close and we, at Yale PAC, wish you all a safe and enjoyable summer. Check back with us early September for the first posts for the 2020-21 school year from Shelley. Remember to check the Yale webpage https://yale.abbyschools.ca/ for info about the next school year and make sure your email info is correct with the school. Good bye Class of 2020, valued teachers who are moving on and an early welcome to the newest Yale Lions heading to join us in September 2020.

Final Report Cards will be available for viewing on line on Monday, June 29. Please access your report card by: Report Cards will be posted to the Student MyEd Portal on Monday June 29th. Students (Parents) must sign onto the Student Portal to retrieve the report card. Use the same password as you used when you did your course planning a few months ago. The report card will appear on the opening page under Published Reports on the top right-hand side of the page.... If you have forgotten your password, email [email protected] to request a new temporary password. DO NOT PHONE THE SCHOOL. You will receive an email during school hours with the temporary password, so please check your email if you have requested one. Print or Save this report card. No hard copies will be handed out and you may need it in the future. This report card will only be available on the portal for 3 weeks. After that, you will not have access to it. If you need help, there are instructions on the Yale Secondary website under Students > Student Portal Instructions. And in case you wonder how we know this... it was posted on the Yale Secondary website under announcements in the Shape of the Week

UPDATE the school will be letting you pick up today through Friday.... There's over 100 that haven't been picked up as of 9am. This is the last chance. The school will not be permitting pick ups of any items after Friday 11am Today is the last Yearbook and locker content pick up day. There are a few yearbooks still available for purchase in the office.

Did you get this email? If not you need to check with the school to ensure you have an email on file. If its not working check to make sure the school email isn't blocked on yours. Yearbooks Yearbooks have arrived, and you will have an opportunity to pick yours up by signing up for a scheduled pickup time on Monday June 22nd or Tuesday June 23rd. Pick up your yearbook at the exterior door east entrance to the large gym.... https://signupschedule.com/rsloboda Locker Item Retrieval Last opportunity to pick up your locker items from the small gym exterior door entrance will be on Monday June 22nd. Items not picked up will be donated to charity. No appointment necessary, just stop by the exterior small gym door between 9:15-2:00. Chromebook return If you borrowed a Chromebook during the last few months, please return this to the office no later than Friday June 19th. No appointment necessary. Student Health Survey Anyone coming to school on these dates for yearbook, locker item retrieval, or Chromebook return must fill out the Student Health Survey. https://forms.office.com/Pages/DesignPage.aspx

Wishing the Class of 2020 a one-of-a-kind convocation today. Celebrate all you've accomplished and thank your parents and those who helped to achieve this goal.

In September 2016 Paula Schieven and I were tasked, as members of the Yale PAC Executive, to create a Facebook page that would help communicate to Yale parents/guardians the important happenings at Yale. We have done so as our youngest children began walking the halls of Yale, as their older siblings had done before them. We did our best to keep up with what was happening at Yale. Paula was a great story-teller and fun post creator versus my matter of fact, here’s-the-info ...approach but it worked for us. For the last four years we’ve answered your questions in our inboxes morning, noon and night, long weekends and summer vacations. We hope you found the information we shared to be uplifting, enlightening and useful. It is now time for us to say goodbye and pass the reins to the next generation. Paula bid the Yale PAC Facebook Page farewell a little earlier this year in March. Shelley Godwin jumped on board in May. Shelley, a current PAC executive member and parent who will be at Yale next year, will be taking over from us as we watch our grade 12’s walk across the convocation stage and onto their paths to the future. I will ask you for patience as this school year ends and as the next one begins. We do not, generally, know any more information than can be found on the Yale or SD34 websites or in the emails you receive from the school. Its where we go to find the info and would highly recommend you check out those places first before asking us. Shelley, as well as I, work outside of the home so prompt responses won’t always be possible, especially in the summer. At the next PAC meeting, hopefully in September, another person will join Shelley to monitor and administer this page. Until then please do your research and then reach out to the Yale PAC Facebook page. That is unless you just need other parents input then inbox away, we can be your objective sound board. I highly recommend parents getting out to the PAC meetings as there’s loads of information shared (including answers to questions from parents who ask us PAC exec members), and you get to meet the admin team and teachers in an informal setting. You also get to determine how funds are spent within the school and know why the funds are being requested. Your kids do not share much once they hit high school and this is a great setting to know more about what is happening at Yale. Plus, it really does not require much of a commitment from you other than 1 night a month (please note months like December and March usually do not have meetings as well as obviously summer break months). It has been a pleasure serving you all on PAC Executive and thank you for the memories. Sincerely, Lisa Samplonius

Did you miss signing up to pick up locker contents on one of the four days already offered? The school will be offering one more day for students to pick up their belongings. **Softball/baseball students please contact your coach to make arrangements to collect your locker contents.

For those of you who would like to see the livestream of the 2020 Convocation, it will be available here on Wednesday. We’d suggest letting those interested in watching your child cross the stage the approximate time they will be doing so. http://track.spe.schoolmessenger.com//RgRgwpmKP0QvaHR0cHM6

Last week of school and final shape of the week. Remember to keep checking the Yale school website for updates and other important information. https://yale.abbyschools.ca//Shape%20of%20the%20Week%20-%2

Please be advised that yearbooks are delayed by the printer. As soon as they are available the school will notify you if you purchased one and you will be able to pick up (probably at an scheduled time)

Dear Grad parents, An email was sent from the school with all of the convocation details. Dear non- grad parents, Thank you for your patience as we all deal with life with Covid-19 and what that means for us all and realize a lot of the recent posts clogging your feed have been grad related. Other than a link to the livestream I anticipate this being the last information based Grad post.