1. education
2. school

E-mail: office.shel@cisva.bc.ca
PRINCIPAL’S LETTER
Website: www.sthelensschool.ca
MAY 2015
Dear Parents,
St. Helen’s Year End BBQ sponsored by the PEC and Staff will be held on Thursday May 21st from
5:00 to 8:00p.m..
Everyone mark your calendars!
Games, Food, View New Wing & Much More!
Advance polling station will be available for the elections.
This will be an opportunity for all of us to celebrate a great year and to meet some new families. My hope is
that we will have a great family turnout.. Let’s celebrate and build our wonderful community.
Sincerely in Christ,
Waldemar Sambor
Principal
CROWNING OF MARY:
May 8th - Crowning of Mary
The children are asked to bring flowers
from the garden (one per child) e.g. tulip,
daffodil, etc. The children will participate in
a procession around the block and enter the
church with their flowers and put them in a
vase in front of the altar to honour Our Lady.
ST. HELEN’S SCHOOL
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REMINDERS:
May 1st
St. Helen’s Track Meet
June 3/10
CISVA Track Meet
May 3rd
First Holy Communion Mass -
June 6th
Hats Off Day
3:00 p.m. - Choir
June 12th
Sports Day - 9:00 a.m. weather
permitting. (In case of rain, the
alternate Sports Day is Monday
June 15th Dismissal will be at
12:00 noon on both days.)
May 8th
Crowning of Mary
May 10th
Mother’s Day
May 14th
Kindergarten Orientation
May 15th
St. Helen’s Feast Day - No
June 18th
Grade 7 Graduation
School
June 19th
Last School Mass
May 18th
Victoria Day - No School
June 20th
CONFIRMATION - 11:00 A.M.
May 19th
Pro– Day—No School
June 26th
Awards Assembly/Last day of
May 21st
Year End BBQ
May 23/24
PEC Elections
May 29th
St. Helen’s Golf Tournament
school. Dismissal at 10:30 a.m.
GOLF
UNIFORM
ST. HELEN’S
16TH ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
FRIDAY, MAY 29th
Due to rising costs and the high rate of exchange,
Neat Uniform has advised they will not be offering a
focus week discount this year.
WESTWOOD PLATEAU, COQUITLAM
If you would like to :

Be a sponsor

Donate items for the auction

Volunteer on tournament day
To register please go to our website
www.sthelensschool.ca and follow the link.
KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION
Thursday, May 14th is Orientation Day for
new kindergarten students.
IN SCHOOL LUNCH
May
6th
Pasta
13th Chicken Burger
20th macaroni & Cheese
27th Chicken Skewer
ST. HELEN’S SCHOOL
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PEC ELECTIONS / PSG ELECTIONS
ELECTIONS TO ST. HELEN’S PARISH
EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Notice is hereby given that elections to St. Helen’s Parish Education Committee will take place on Saturday and Sunday, May 23rd and May 24th, 2015. Advance Poll will be available at the PEC /SCHOOL
BBQ on Thursday, May 21st, 2015. For the coming year, we need to elect Three members from St. Helen’s
Parish for St. Helen’s School Education Committee. One member from the parish will be appointed to St.
Helen’s Education Committee. Also, one member from the parish will be appointed to the Notre Dame Education Committee.
Eligible to nominate and to be nominated for election are all registered parishioners (Catholics living within
our parish boundaries), over 21 years of age and Catholic non-parishioners who have been attending our parish
upon written agreement of their proper canonical pastor. (Pastor Authorization Forms are available in the
school office). Eligible to vote are:

Parishioners 19 years of age and a registered member of St. Helen’s Parish

Your name must appear on the Parish list.

Members of registered families, whose name is not on the list, must contact the office, or
register under their own name before the day of elections. Two Sundays before the election
voters will be able to check if they are registered parishioners at the entrance of the church.
Members of the Nominating Committee are Mr. Bryce Clark (778-389-8851), Mrs. Marci Bifano (604-6128996) and Mr. Lorenzo Aquilini (604-551-2246) Nomination forms must be received in the school office no
later than Monday, May 11th, 2015 by 4:00 p.m.
PSG ELECTIONS
The PSG is a necessary Parent Support Liaison Group between the school and the B.C. Gaming Commission who are responsible for applying for and the expenditure of funds benefiting students.
We will be holding our annual meeting to elect new people to serve for the 2015/2016 school year. The
meeting will be held at 6:00 on Thursday, April 30th in the Grade 6B classroom in the West Wing. Everyone is welcome to attend.
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ST. HELEN’S SCHOOL
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to the Senior Girls Soccer team who placed 1st and the Junior Girls who placed 2nd in the
CISVA Championship games.
STAFF
Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Hough on the birth of their son Jude Anthony.
Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Paone who are expecting their first child in September.
Community News
Congratulations to Marcus Greco, Grade 5A who will be travelling
To Europe with team NVFC Euro Soccer travel team. We wish him the
best of luck.
ST. HELEN’S SCHOOL
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PRINCIPAL’S AWARD
GRADE KA
GRADE KB
GRADE 1A
ALYSSA BARTOLONE
SONALI MAHARAJ
MATIAS HEYES
AIDEN CHOU
JOSEPH SANTORELLI
JAY JANG
MARKUS KATUSA
SOPHIA SANTORELLI
JOSEPH LECCE
LUCY LULIC
DANZIG PUZON
GRADE 1B
GRADE 2A
GRADE 2B
ADA HUANG
POLLY YANG
ETHAN HUNG
ADAM GRAHAM
ELIJAH PEROZZO
LUCA SILVERI
CRUZ MUOIO
ROMANO CLARK
GRADE 3
GRADE 4A
GRADE 4B
ALESSANDRA DELLA COLETTA
JAYDEN KUNG
JOSEPH PARK
COLE JACOBUCCI
JACOB GILL
RAPHAEL LEE
BRANDEN MEIRA
LEAH PERIZZOLO
DIEGO MEDINA
ALMIRA AGUSTIN
MADISON KASALO
GRADE 5A
GRADE 5B
GRADE 6A
GRIFFIN BARNARD
OLA POLKOWSKA
LIOBA SIM
ALEX ROED
JOSHUA FEDIUK
JOSEPH ZEN-RILEY
MAX KENWARD
JADEN NAKHLA
TYLER MACKIE
GRADE 6B
GRADE 7A
GRADE 7B
NIKO SIGUR
LUKE BILAWEY
DAMIANO PECILE
NICOLE MAJORKIEWICZ
MICHAEL CAMELE
MIA ALMEIDA
CHRISTIAN SANTARELLI
DAMIANO CAMPANILE
ROMAN MUOIO
ST. HELEN’S SCHOOL
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MAY 2015
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
1
SATURDAY
2
EUCHARISTIC
ADORATION
GRADE 3A/3B
ST. HELEN’S
TRACK MEET
3
4
1ST
COMMUNION
GR. 2
5
6
LOVE & LIFE
PARENT MEETING
IN SCHOOL
LUNCH
3:00 P.M.
GRADE 4, 5, 6 &
7
CHOIRS
7:00 P.M.
10
11
76
8
9
MASS 9:00
WHOLE
SCHOOL
CROWNING OF
MARY
12
13
14
15
MOTHER’S
PEC MEETING
KINDERGARTEN
ST. HELEN’S
DAY
6:30 P.M.
IN SCHOOL
LUNCH
ORIENTATION
FEAST DAY
16
GR.6
IMMUNIZATION
NO SCHOOL
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
VICTORIA
PRO-DAY
IN SCHOOL LUNCH
YEAR END BBQ
MASS 9:00
PEC
5:00 - 8:30
GR. 4A/4B
ELECTIONS
29
30
DAY
ADVANCE POLL
FOR PEC
ELECTIONS
NO SCHOOL
24
PEC
ELECTIONS
25
26
27
IN SCHOOL
LUNCH
28
MASS 9:00 A.M.
GR. 1A/1B
ST. HELEN’S
16TH ANNUAL
GOLF TOURNAMENT & CASINO
NIGHT
For additional information regarding school events, please
refer to the school calendar on the website.
(www.sthelensschool.ca)