Category: Initiatives

Walking School Bus

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, this initiative is on hold for 2020-2021.

Hastings PAC is delighted to support our school’s Walking School Bus program, now in its third year. The WSB provides leadership opportunities for senior students and for students to form connections between different grades and programs. It also provides a fun way for students to have additional physical activity on a daily basis, and to decrease the level of vehicle congestion around school. In an era of growing awareness around climate change, every participant in the WSB is taking steps forward to the planet we want to have in the future.

This year’s WSB is running as Team Burrardview, Team Templeton, and Team Victoria Drive. Each morning, WSB groups walk along specific routes, picking up additional students as they get closer to school. If you’re interested in joining a group or want to know about starting up your own, please email WSB planning lead Claudia Gawryluik at claudiagawryluik@gmail.com.

Speaker Series – Susan Fererra, Occupational Therapist

How To Get More Cooperation and Be Less Stressed

Thursday, March 5, 2020 | 7:00 – 8:30 pm | Hastings Elementary Multipurpose Room

Introduction to “Calmer, Easier, Happier Parenting”. Practical parenting strategies for everyday challenges

At Suzanne’s seminar you’ll discover more effective ways to gain cooperation from your children without reminding, repeating and nagging. You will learn techniques that you can use immediately to help your children become more cooperative, confident and self-reliant. Suzanne will introduce key concepts, which teach positive parenting to help your child prosper at home and in school. These concepts apply to children and teenagers with, and without, learning difficulties.

Speaker Series: Dr Lara Boyd, The Learning Brain Talk

Thursday, January 16, 2020 | 7:00 – 8:30 pm | Hastings Elementary Multipurpose room

In this talk, Dr. Boyd will review how the brain changes with learning and development. She will discuss how stress and anxiety affects the brain and learning. Dr. Boyd will present recent data showing brain plasticity in children and conclude with some practical tips for maximizing learning and brain plasticity.

Camp Support

2019 – 2020

Hastings PAC was proud to contribute $6,000 toward this year’s Grade 7 leadership camp.

This was the first year for a camp involving both the English and French immersion students, providing a fantastic opportunity to strengthen connections and build our school community. Given the change in timing for the camp – to the beginning of the school year, rather than the midpoint or tail-end of the year, which affected fundraising capability – Hastings PAC decided to strengthen the depth of its funding commitment for 2019-2020. (PAC has supported the camp every year.)