{"id":911,"date":"2026-04-10T13:28:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/qee\/?p=911"},"modified":"2026-04-10T13:45:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:45:55","slug":"parent-bulletin-april-10-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/qee\/2026\/04\/10\/parent-bulletin-april-10-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent Bulletin &#8211; April 10, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Monday<\/strong> <strong>April 13<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Tuesday<\/strong> <strong>April 14<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Wednesday<\/strong> <strong>April 15<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Thursday<\/strong> <strong>April 16<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Friday<\/strong> <strong>April 17<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong><u>&nbsp;Math Festival<\/u><\/strong> <strong><u>All Day in the gym<\/u><\/strong><strong><u><\/u><\/strong> <strong><u>&nbsp;<\/u><\/strong> <strong><u>Last Day to order Pizza Hot Lunch<\/u><\/strong><strong><u><\/u><\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Spirit Day &#8211; Grade Colour Day \u2013 April 24<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each grade group is encouraged to wear their colour for the day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kindergarten \u2013 Yellow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grade 1 &#8211; Red<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grade 2 &#8211; Blue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grade 3 &#8211; Green<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grade 4 &#8211; Black<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Staff \u2013 Mystery Colour!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Math Festival \u2013 April 16<\/u><\/strong><strong> \u2013 <\/strong><strong>All day event in our gym (all students will participate at various points throughout the day with their class)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are excited to welcome <strong>the Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival<\/strong> (jrmf.org ). It is a math education nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower schools and communities to create magical math moments for children. They have created a variety of engaging math activities that help children of all ages develop problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. Their ultimate goal is to have children leave feeling joyful and confident about math.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_cabb14c9-ac57-4c98-ae36-af72da03a157\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DPAC Presents: The 7 Ally Pro Tips \u2014 a parent education seminar by Mischa Oak. Please visit the New West DPAC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwdpac.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a> for more information.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_fc124232-2c9c-431d-9dec-83af4a20fd2c\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong><br>Friendly reminder to support our upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/qee\/2026\/04\/02\/pac-fundraisers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PAC fundraisers<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_ca272b8f-2b95-4e40-9532-dd03d5cce670\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>April<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 16 \u2013 Math Festival \u2013 All Day in the gym<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 16 \u2013 Last Day to order Pizza Hot Lunch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 22 \u2013 PAC meeting at 6:30<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 24 \u2013 PAC Pizza Hot Lunch Day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 24 \u2013 Spirit Day \u2013 Grade Colour Day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 27 \u2013 Professional Development Day \u2013 no school for students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 29 \u2013 QMS open house for Grade 4 families (evening). QMS will email families regarding details.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 29 \u2013 Ready Set Learn in gym 4:00 \u2013 5:00 (for families with pre-school age, Kindergarten students 2026\/2027)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>May<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 3 \u2013 Last day to order PAC Pizza Hot Lunch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 11 \u2013 PAC Pizza Hot Lunch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 13 \u2013 Welcome to Kindergarten (in the gym)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 15 \u2013 Professional Development Day \u2013 no school for students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 18 \u2013 Victoria Day \u2013 no school<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>June<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 5 \u2013 Sports Day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 12 \u2013 Grade 4 Leaving Ceremony in gym (PAC lunch in gym for Gr. 4s)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 14 \u2013 Last day to order PAC Pizza Hot Lunch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 19 \u2013 Grade 4 Swim<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 22 \u2013 PAC Pizza Hot Lunch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 25 \u2013 Last Day \u2013 dismissal at 2:00<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 25 \u2013 Reports on MyEd family portal<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday April 13 Tuesday April 14 Wednesday April 15 Thursday April 16 Friday April 17 &nbsp;Math Festival All Day in the gym &nbsp; Last Day to order Pizza Hot Lunch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":485,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-page-news"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/qee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/07\/QEE-Banner-Default-Template.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"bpayne","author_link":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/qee\/author\/bpayne\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/qee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/qee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/qee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/qee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/qee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=911"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/qee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":922,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/qee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911\/revisions\/922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/qee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/qee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/qee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/qee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}