Welcome back to school! Senator Patrick Burns has both a School Council and a Parent Association. The Parent Association is responsible for fundraising at the school level; anyone can attend our meetings. We are planning a great year to raise funds for ‘extras’ at the school. The funds are used for items like band instruments, physical education equipment, outdoor education equipment, materials for drama, and much more. For the upcoming year we are planning:

• Apples (Sun Oka) in September
• Spolumbo’s / Coco Brooks in the fall and spring
• Christmas Flowers (Growing Smiles) in late fall
• Honey (Beary Beary Honey) for Christmas
• Spring Flowers (Growing Smiles) in the spring

If you would like to donate to the parent association, but do not wish to participate in fundraisers, it is possible to write a cheque instead. Cheques would be made payable to: Senator Patrick Burns Parent Association. If you require a tax receipt, you will have to contact the school directly to donate through the Education Matters program.

Do you want to make an incredibly large impact in a short amount of time? Then join us by volunteering to work our casino dates (Sunday December 17 and Monday December 18 , 2023). In one shift, you will be contributing to bring in one of the largest donations we receive this year. Now that is IMPACT! Past casinos have raised over $70K for a two day event. We will need at least 36 volunteers to make the casino successful. Please sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050D48AEAF28A13-spbcasino2

We have several open positions for next year on the parent association. If you are interested in helping with fundraising, or discussing how funds are allocated toward projects at the school, please consider joining us this year. Open positions include chair, treasurer, and directors. For more information on any position or the association, please contact us at spbparentassocation@gmail.com or check out our website at www.spbparentassociation.com. First meeting of the year for both the School Council and Parent Association will be September 20.