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Home Quest Happenings
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MARCH / APRIL 2015
Portfolios are
underway!
News
Inside this Issue:
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Portfolio Meetings
Term 3
Spending Deadline
2
Updates & Reminders
3
March Calendar
4
5
April Calendar
Year-At-A-Glance
Delta Home Quest
11777 Pinewood Drive
Delta, BC V4E 3E9
Phone: 604-598-8353
Fax: 604-597-4881
homequest@deltasd.bc.ca
Coordinator: Barb Stoliker
Teachers:
Kerry Dyck
Nadine Hope
Corri Kaweski
E.A.:
Jane Gunning
Office:
Vickie McCarvill
Counsellor:
Terri Farnden
Mainstream
Support:
Sarah Magnus
Portfolios meetings are
underway and, as always, we
look forward to seeing each
student’s educational growth
during the portfolio meetings.
We are amazed at the
diversity in our students’
learning plans in terms of what
they are learning – and how
they choose to present it!
Reporting Student
Absences
If your son or daughter attends
class, and will be away due to
illness or vacation, please call
the office at 604-597-8353 to
let us know. (i.e. do not send
texts or emails.) Thank you.
Term 3
Term 3 kicks off immediately
following Spring Break with field
trips to the Delta Museum (Gr K7) on March 31st and the CTV
Weather Station (Gr 4-7) on
April 2nd. Weekly classes will
commence as of April 7th. We
have something for everyone in
Term 3 with field trips or
activities such as:
canoeing,
dance
week,
author
visits,
Campbell Valley Nature House,
Carousel Theatre, Soaring Eagle
Nature School, Vancouver Landfill
and more!
Spending Deadline
In order to ensure Home Quest is
able to pay our vendors by the end
of our financial year, all HQ
families
must
complete
their
spending by May
15, 2015. Any
purchases billed
to Home Quest
after these dates
will
NOT
be
reimbursed. Please remember that
in addition to the $600 per
student, each family may claim a
maximum of $350 for internet
costs.
Receipts are required.
Please note that funds cannot be
rolled into the next year.
Updates, Reminders (& other things you might want to know!)
Home Quest is hosting its annual OPEN HOUSE on May 7th @ 7:00 pm.
Please feel free to come and say hello and bring along any friends, family or
neighbours who are thinking of homeschooling their children. The Open
House will take place in Room 101 at Pinewood Elementary, 11777 Pinewood
Drive, North Delta. We look forward to seeing you there!
Home Quest Part II? Home Quest is exploring the concept of starting up a second
location in Delta’s south end. This concept is in the exploratory stage only as there
are numerous factors that need to be considered before determining if it is viable.
To this end, we are holding an Open House at English Bluff Elementary, 402 English
Bluff Road, Tsawwassen, on Thursday, April 16th @ 7:00 pm (in the library).
On Wednesday, April 1st, from 10:00 – 12:00, all HQ students are invited to
attend our first annual “Portfolio Sharing Fair”. Please bring in samples of the
work you have done at home or in the community (e-samples, paper, projects,
etc.) to share with your fellow Home Questers.
Once again the cold and flu season is upon us and we’d like to remind parents to
please keep your child at home if he/she is sick. By doing so you will help prevent
others from catching the illness.
FYI, the public health nurse from Fraser Health will be at Home Quest on Tuesday
April 13 and Wednesday, April 14th to do vision and hearing screening for all our
Kindergartners.
On your mark, get set, GO … to your calendars and pencil in Wednesday, May 6th
for the District Track Meet and Thursday, May 14th for the Regional Track
Meet. Every year in April we teach all our Grade 4-7 students about track &
field events and if they wish they can compete with other Delta schools.
Just a reminder that Home Quest will be closed from March 16 - 27 for Spring
Break. We hope you have a safe and happy break whether you choose to travel
abroad or enjoy a “staycation” here in Beautiful B.C.! Term 3 classes begin the
week of April 7th and run for eight weeks.
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Amazing
Artwork
by HQ
Students!
(painted by
students
attending
Mrs. Hope’s
art
workshop)
MONTH of MARCH
Sunday
1
8
Monday
2
9
Tuesday
Wednesday
3
4
Author VisitAshley Spires
Skating
Lesson #2
Surrey Arts
Centre- “Clay”
10
11
Skating
Lesson #3
15
16
Thursday
5
12
Friday
6 Carousel
Theatre:
Shakespearean
Rhapsody
Saturday
7
13
14
19
20
21
26
27
28
Term 2
Portfolio
Meetings End
17
18
SPRING BREAK
22
23
24
25
SPRING BREAK
29
30
31
Delta
Museum
“Pioneer Girl”
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Alien Invaders!
Drawings of
our extraterrestrial friends
from Mrs. K’s
Wednesday class.
(Grades 4-5)
MONTH of APRIL
Sunday
5
12
19
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
3
Portfolio
“Sharing Fair”
CTV Weather
Station
Good Friday
*HQ Closed*
8
9
10
6
7
Easter Monday
*HQ Closed*
Term 3
Classes Begin
13
14
15
Vancouver
Landfill (K-7)
KN Vision/
Hearing
Screening
KN Vision/
Hearing
Screening
20
21
22
Saturday
4
11
Robin Hood
@ Carousel
Theatre
16
17
18
Pro-D Day
*HQ Closed*
23
24
25
Gr. 6 & 7 First
Aid Training
26
27
28
29
Dance Week
30
May 1
Dance
Performance
@ 2:00 pm
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2014 –2015: Year-At-A-Glance
January:
9
Richmond Art Gallery (Gr 4-7)
12
Science Workshop (Gr K-3)
13
Vancouver Weather Service (Gr 4-7)
14
Art Workshop (Gr 2-7)
14
French Workshop (Gr 6-7)
21
Art Workshop (Gr 2-7)
21
French Workshop (Gr 6-7)
23
Fraser River Field Trip (Gr K-7)
26
Skiing/Snowboarding Lesson #1 @ Grouse
28
Art Workshop (Gr 2-7)
28
French Workshop (Gr 6-7)
30
Burns Bog Field Trip (Gr 4-7)
February:
2
Skiing/Snowboarding Lesson #2 @ Grouse
3
Ready Set Learn
4
Sign-up Online for Term 2 Portfolio Meetings
4
Art Workshop (Gr 2-7)
4
French Workshop (Gr 6-7)
9
Family Day (HQ Closed)
11
Art Workshop (Gr 2-7)
11
French Workshop (Gr 6-7)
13
H.R. McMillan Space Centre (Gr K-7)
16
Skiing/Snowboarding Lesson #3 @ Grouse
18
Art Workshop (Gr 2-7)
18
French Workshop (Gr 6-7)
19
Term 2 Classes end
20
Pro-D Day (HQ closed)
23
Seuss Odyssey at North Delta Secondary
24
Skating Lesson #1 @ Sungod
24
Term 2 Portfolio Meetings begin
26
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (Gr K-3)
27
Maritime Museum (Gr K-7)
March:
3
Author Ashley Spires @ Pinewood (Gr K-3)
3
Skating Lesson #2 @ Sungod (Gr K-7)
4
Surrey Arts Centre (Gr K-7)
10
Skating Lesson #3 @ Sungod
12
Term 2 Portfolio Meetings end
16-27 Spring Break
30
School Re-opens
31
Delta Museum
April:
2
3
6
7
10
13
17
23
27
CTV Weather
Good Friday (HQ Closed)
Easter Monday (HQ Closed)
Term 3 Classes begin
Carousel Theatre (Adventures of Robin Hood)
Vancouver Landfill
Pro-D Day (HQ Closed)
St. John’s Ambulance (First Aid for Gr 6 & 7)
The Beginning of Dance Week
May:
1
1
4
6
7
8
11
14
15
18
20
21
25
28
29
Sign-up Online for Term 3 Portfolio Meetings
Dance Performance
Soaring Eagle Nature School
Regional Track Meet
HQ Open House (7:00 pm)
Richmond Art Gallery
Soaring Eagle Nature School
District Track Meet
Pro-D Day (HQ Closed)
Victoria Day (HQ Closed)
Author Chris McMahen @ Pinewood (Gr 4-7)
Canoeing (Gr 4-7)
Soaring Eagle Nature School
Last Day of Term 3 Classes
Surrey Arts Centre
June:
1
2
5
15
18
24
25
26
Soaring Eagle Nature Centre
Term 3 Portfolio Meetings begin
Coquitlam Watershed Tour
Campbell Valley Nature House
Term 3 Portfolio Meetings end
Home Quest Picnic
Final Day HQ is open
Schools Closed (Administrative Day)
*dates in blue denote new additions
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