PINETREE WAY ELEMENTARY PAC MEETING MINUTES

June 8, 2017

Opening: Meeting called to order at 10.30AM at the Library

Present: Shermin, Maja, Karla, Chika, Livia, Aya, Gigi, Farheen, Jenny, Dana, Claire

Guest: Mr. Jason Hewlett

  1. Adoption of last meeting
  2. Adoption of Agenda
  3. Message from Principal
  4. Mr. Hewlett would like to thank PAC and all parents that have volunteered their time to help with all the fundraising activities throughout this school year. All the hard works that have been done will benefit the school and the children in a tremendous way.
  5. Our school is full to the capacity for next school year. Our student number will reach 330 students this coming year (compared to 319 students this school year), with still a few kids on the waitlist.
  6. As previously discussed, we will have 14 divisions next year instead of 13 divisions due to the changes in class sizes from the district.
  1. What’s happening/Upcoming Events
  2. June 14: Cultus Lake trip for Gr 4 and 5
  3. June 16: Sports Day. Hot Lunch by PAC
  4. We will need volunteers to come at 9.30AM to help with the food distribution. Please contact if you would like to help.
  5. Hot lunch for that day would be Hotdog and Chips.
  6. PAC will be serving Timbits and Ice cream during Recess for free.
  7. Condiment stations will be placed outside classrooms.
  1. June 23: Gr. 5 Leaving Ceremony
  2. We would be hosting Grade 5 Lunch at 11.30AM and Grade 5 Leaving Ceremony at 1PM.
  3. Parents of Grade 5 are invited to attend both events.
  4. We will need 6-7 volunteers during that day at 10AM. Please contact for more info.
  1. Financial Report
  2. As we are approaching the end of the year and looking at the last-minute payments, we will have a balance of around $4000-$5000 by the end of this school year.
  1. What’s New?
  2. We will bring the Entertainment Book back this coming school year. The most excited upgrade from the Entertainment Book is that now it will be available via apps downloaded to our phones. Notices about this fundraising will be sent out at the beginning of our school year.
  3. We might bring in Bollywood teacher to teach Bollywood dance to students.
  4. We might have another martial arts activity next year. Mr. Hon’s Hapkido is partnering with our PAC to offer a one month program for our kids during lunch hour. More info would be advised closer to the date.
  5. We would have Gymnastic activity from January to February 2018.
  6. Another activity that we might bring in is Golf in Spring 2018, partnering with Westwood Plateau Golf Academy. More info would be advised closer to the date.
  7. We created a Whatsapp group for Pinetree Way PAC so that we can share any news and volunteer requests faster. If you would like to be added into our Whatsapp group, please email your name to . Please make sure that you have the Whatsapp app in your phone as we cannot add you otherwise.
  8. We are still collecting information for after school programs, so if you have any ideas, please don’t hesitate to share it with us during our PAC meeting, through our Whatsapp group or you can email us at .
  9. New PAC members have been selected for the school year of 2017/2018:
  10. PAC Chair: Maja Trebaric
  11. PAC Co-Chair: Karla Downey
  12. PAC Treasurer: Chika Cho
  13. PAC Secretary: FarheenChherawala
  14. Fundraising: SherminRajwani & Gigi Yong

Congratulations to our new PAC team!!!!

  1. Next PAC meeting is September 20 @ 7PM at the Library
  1. Got questions/concerns/ideas? Email us at

------HAVE A GREAT SUMMER, EVERYONE!!!! ------