Veritas Newsletter March 2025

Welcome to Spring! March is a short school month at Veritas. Spring Break begins with a noon dismissal on Friday, March 14. Veritas School re-opens on Monday, March 31.

Thank you for returning the blue re-enrollment forms for each of your children. This information is crucial in planning our staffing needs and our budget for the 2025-2026 school year.

Our Catholic Education Week was a huge success! Thank you for your support and participation. Mrs. Sabate created a wonderful video during Catholic Education Week that can be viewed on the home page of our website: https://www.veritascatholicschool.ca/.

March Dates

Friday, February 28 - Dare to Dream at REM Lee for Grade 6 Band Students 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Saturday, March 1 - Dare to Dream at REM Lee for Grade 6 Band Students 10:00 am - 4:30 pm

Monday, March 3 - Pizza Hut Hot Lunch

Tuesday, March 4 - Shrove Tuesday Pancake Lunch

Wednesday, March 5 - Ash Wednesday School Mass Led by Grade 4 at 9:00 am

Wednesday, March 5 - McDonald's Hot Lunch

Friday, March 7 - Grade 6-9 Skiing / Snowboarding at Shames Mountain

Monday, March 10 - Pizza Hut Hot Lunch

Monday, March 10 - VPSG Meeting @ 7:30 pm

Wednesday, March 12 - Lola's Hot Lunch

Thursday, March 13 - Veritas School Council Meeting @ 7 pm

Friday, March 14 - Half Day, Dismissal at 12:00 Noon

March 17 - 28 - School Closed for Spring Break

Monday, March 31 - School Re-Opens

Items of Interest

NET: NET Ministries is once again visiting Veritas to spend a day with our grade 6-9 students! We are looking for two or four families to host two to four team members! Please see the posting below for more information.

2024 Tax Receipts: Tax Receipts for the 2024 year are available at the school office. If you would like your tax receipt sent home with your child, please contact the school office via email, Seesaw, or phone.

Lost and Found: Our lost and found collection is quite large and diverse! Please stop by and check the lost and found section in the foyer. Anything remaining at the beginning of Spring Break will be donated!

Sick Children: If your child is unwell, please keep them home until their symptoms have improved!

School Council: The seventh School Council meeting is on Thursday, March 13 at 7:00 pm at the school. The meeting begins with an open invitation to all, before we move to the in-camera portion of the meeting. The mandate of School Council is to oversee the operation of Veritas School, including finances and staffing.

Absentee Notes: Please contact the school explaining your child's absences with a Seesaw message to Office Staff and your child's teacher. Absentee reports are crucial to our school's funding, as numerous unexplained absences throughout the school year can mean less government funding for your child.

Veritas Parent Support Group

A message from Birke Schemmerling, VPSG Chair . . .

Thank you to all the volunteers in all the ways that you contribute!

Hot Lunch Program: Silvia and Sabrina will be stepping down as the Hot Lunch Program coordinators at the end of this school year. As such, we are looking for a new Hot Lunch Coordinator or a team to share this role! Silvia and Sabrina are willing to provide support and training over the final few months of this school year to facilitate a seamless handover. If you are interested please contact the school office. Without volunteers, VPSG's Hot Lunch program will not operate!

Current Fundraisers: Upcoming fundraisers include:

Ascent Coffee
Purdy's Chocolates: The VPSG is supporting the grade 7 class in their Purdy's Easter fundraiser. The site for online orders is http://fundraising.purdys.com/734693-126182. Orders are due by April 1 and will be delivered on April 14.

Hot Lunch: This Hot Lunch session runs until Spring Break. The grade 9 parents are responsible for Wednesdays in the month of March and the grade 6 parents are responsible for Wednesdays in April. Thank you for your support!

VPSG Meetings: The next VPSG meeting will be on Monday, March 10 at 7:30 pm. There will be coffee and tea available, and childcare will also be provided in the gym by a few of our dedicated grade 8/9 students. I look forward to seeing everyone!

VPSG Executive: The VPSG Executive includes a Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer and Secretary. Birke Schemmerling is our Chair, Ashley Medeiros is our Vice-Chair, Gillian McCutcheon is our Secretary, and Joan Iamele is our Treasurer. If you have any questions at all please don’t hesitate to reach out to me (Birke) via text (250-615-1491), Facebook, or email (birkepferd@hotmail.com).

Catholic Corner

Veritas School's Saint of the Month for March is Saint Patrick. Ask your child what they are learning!

Lent begins on March 5 with Ash Wednesday. This is the start of 40 days of prayer, penance and almsgiving as Catholic's prepare to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday. More information about Ash Wednesday can be found here: https://www.simplycatholic.com/from-ashes-to-ashes-what-is-the-importance-of-ash-wednesday/ All are welcome to join our School Mass, led by the grade 4 class, on Wednesday, March 5 at 9:00 am.