Category: Events

You’re Invited – Fri Oct 11 after school

Image description: cover of the book Robes of Power, by Doreen Jensen and Polly Sargent.

We were honoured to receive a Placemaking grant from the City of Vancouver to help activate the public plaza at Kamloops and Hastings (400 Kamloops St.) Please join us for the event Fri Oct 11 from 3-6 pm, starting from the front doors of the school and leading to the plaza itself.

Indigenous parents first shared this idea for cultural sharing in the spring, and we are grateful to extend this conversation about Reconciliation through this event. Everyone is invited to come to the plaza to use the materials traditionally associated with Coast Salish button blankets — felt/wool melton, suede, buttons, etc. — to create a mini-textile art piece that reflects your heritage or culture. Haida artist Clarence Mills (Gah Ghin Skuss) has also granted us the right for attendees to use his art in the creation of your pieces. If you aren’t sure of your sewing abilities, that’s okay — we’ll also have glue and tape on hand for people who are more comfortable using those. 

We will have some textile art on display co-created with Indigenous Hastings parents, as well as materials explaining the history of button blankets and the multilayered ways we are connecting through this project. We were guided very much in this project by the book Robes of Power, referenced above, as well as a number of Indigenous elders, scholars, and experts.

We will be serving light refreshments, including bannock, and hope you’re available to join us!

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!