WSB 2024-2025 – Organizing Night

Please join us Tues Oct 8 at 6 pm in the multipurpose room at school to help shape the Walking School Bus groups for this year! This grassroots organizing night is a key component of deciding what routes the groups will take each morning (with some operating after school as well), what the ground rules are, and in fact, which groups run at all.

The Active Travel page on this site gives you a general overview of how Hastings PAC is trying to encourage families to find ways to get to school that don’t involve using a car. That can mean scooting, biking, or using your own two feet!

The Walking School Bus groups are a great way for students to get some fresh air and exercise in the morning, make friends with children from other programs and grades, and to take action on climate change. Participants meet at the starting point and walk together along a designated route to (and/or from school), picking up additional students along the way as needed. It’s also a great opportunity for Gr. 6 and 7 students to demonstrate leadership and caring about their community.

Some groups have decided to compensate leaders, while others have opted not to. It’s a group decision made at, you guessed it, the planning night!

We already have the following groups:

Burrardview (student-led)

Penticton & Georgia (student-led)

Garden (parent-led)

Ferndale & Lakewood (parent-led)

We can add stops and even entire groups based on our planning night, so please be sure to join us! We’ll have pizza and beverages available, so you don’t even have to worry about dinner, and kids are definitely welcome.

Thank You to our 2024 Spring Fair Sponsors

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The Hastings Spring Fair is made possible by the generosity of our community sponsors!

The Spring Fair is the PACs biggest Fundraiser and Community event of the year. All proceeds, after expenses, go to important initiatives that help the children of Hastings Elementary school, including classroom supplies, technology, art projects, field trips and more.

Join us Friday, May 10th from 3-6pm, rain or shine, for the Hastings Community Elementary School Spring Fair. This is a community event and everyone is welcome. This event wouldn’t be possible without the support of local businesses, community sponsors, toy donations and many many volunteers. Thank you to everyone who supports the Spring Fair!

Caliper Print & Signage Solutions Inc.
Hill and Harbour Real Estate Group
Chard Development
Valhallan E-Sports Training

Tot 2 Teen Dental
Grow Speech and Language Therapy
Atrium Inn Vancouver
Makehaus Fabrications
Wally’s Pro Sports Cards
Pho Don
Matrix Production Services
Fresh Slice Pizza
Canadian Tire, Grandview and Cambie locations -Donated on behalf of Ward & Ross Saito

TOCA North Vancouver
Sunrise Health Massage Therapy & Acupuncture
Real Canadian Superstore

Tamam: Fine Palestinian Cuisine
High Point Beer Wine Spirits
Mindful Brains Learning Support
Stong’s, North Vancouver
Pacific National Exhibition (Playland)
Rio Friendly Meats

Hastings Potluck – just 1 week away!

Please RSVP here, and let us know if you can volunteer to help things run smoothly — particularly with set up. Alt text follows below for anyone using an image reader.

You are invited to the annual Hastings Community Potluck Tues. Nov. 28 from 6-8 pm.

Please bring a meal –either homemade or store bought — that shares something about your heritage. Please have it at the gym by 5:45 pm. Don’t forget to label your dish with your name and the ingredients. Please also bring a serving spoon for your dish, as well as plates, cutlery, and reusable water bottles for you and your family.

There will be a quiet room and a COVID-safer room for people who feel more comfortable in less busy spaces.

See you there!

Spring Fair 2023 Sponsors

The Hastings Spring Fair is made possible by the generosity of our community sponsors!

Join us Friday, May 12th from 3-6pm, rain or shine, for the Hastings Community Elementary School Spring Fair. This is a community event and everyone is welcome.

Activities include: Cake Walk, Jolly Jars, Carnival Games, Bouncy Castle, Face Painting, Glitter Tattoos, Live Music, Food & Drink, and more. Admission is free. Activity and raffle tickets will be available for purchase at the event.

Platinum Sponsors







Caliper Print &
Signage Solutions




Hill & Harbour
Real Estate Group


Chard Development



Matrix Production
Services

Gold Sponsors


Grow Speech and
Language Therapy

Atrium Inn
Vancouver

Mindful Brains
Learning Support

Makehaus
Fabrications

Wally’s Pro
Sports Cards

Tot 2 Teen Dental

Freshslice Pizza


Real Canadian Superstore

Silver Sponsors


Bosa Foods

Lululemon

Bronze Sponsors



Templeton
Secondary School


Costco Wholesale


F45 Training
Sunrise East Village


Sunrise Health Massage
Therapy & Acupuncture


PNE


Rio Friendly Meats



Shopper’s Drug Mart

GEORGE VERGETTE


George Vergette Studio




Save-on-Foods

Community Cares Sponsors

Matrix Production ServicesThe LearnaryVCC Baking and Pastry Arts
Chard DevelopmentHill & Harbour Real Estate GroupDolce Amore – Little Italy
Caliper Print & Signage SolutionsGeorge Vergette StudioReal Canadian Superstore
Save-on-FoodsBosa FoodsTempleton Secondary School
DachiF45 Training Sunrise East VillageFresh Slice
Grow Speech and Language TherapyLondon DrugsIron Dog Books
Karin Davidson
Personal Real Estate Corporation
Mindful Brains
Learning Support
Lululemon
Makehaus FabricationsShopper’s Drug MartPacific National Exhibition
Save-on-FoodsCostco WholesaleStong’s Market
North Vancouver
Sunrise Health
Massage Therapy & Acupuncture
Wally’s Pro
Sports Cards and Novelties
Tot 2 Teen Dental
Rio Friendly Meats