Dear Families:

Congratulations to our Grade 6 and 7 Volleyball teams for a successful season! Thank-you to Ms Trinidad, Ms Smith, and Ms Fraser for giving their time, patience, and expertise in coaching the teams! Thank you as well to the volunteer parent drivers for driving our teams to away games! We wish the Grade 7 team good luck as they participate in the Tournament at Sands, which will take place on Tuesday!

As December approaches, we’re looking forward to lots of fun activities and events! There are some class field trips, the PAC Raffle, a PAC Pancake Breakfast, and our Christmas Concert coming up!

Just a head’s up – this year’s Christmas concert will be on December 17th!  We will be sending more information home soon.

School Spirit Day: Jersey Day – November 28

Wear any Jersey- custom, sport team, school team, or other! 

10th Anniversary of the CBC Canadian Music Class Challenge
The Grade 6/7’s had a chance to record some songs for the CBC Canadian Music Class Challenge last month. The videos are now posted on YouTube. Check them out and wish us luck!
“Call Me Maybe” originally performed by Carly Rae Jepsen, covered by Div. 2
“Flowers Need Rain” originally performed by Banx & Ranx & Preston Pablo, covered by Div 3& 4
“Stitches” originally performed by Shawn Mendes, covered by Div. 1
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Neufeld Farms Fundraiser:

Ordering ends on December 1st! 

This is a school-sponsored fundraiser to finalize the Communication Board for the playground and pay for other extras for our school. The link has been sent out so you can see what is offered: https://app.neufeldfarms.ca/fundraising/2025-hellings-elementary. Ordering will be open until Monday, December 1st at midnight. Delivery will be on Tuesday, December 9th at 2:30 pm. Please mark your calendars to pick up your order on that day! Thank you for your support!

Pawsitive Paw Winners:

The following Wildcats were caught being positive this week and were winners in our weekly draw: Gurfateh, Zelitzia, Eliana, Ryan, Shyna, Ico, Rosalie, Ryan B, Khivnoor

PAC News

Do you have a Christmas tree, ornaments and lights you no longer need? The PAC is looking for donations – email: hellingsfundraising@gmail.com

Parking Lot Safety 

A reminder to families that the parking lot is only open to Staff and those with a valid parking pass or wheelchair accessible decal. If you do have permission to enter, please drive very slowly and cautiously so that our students and families are safe. If there is no space available, please do not park in unauthorised areas such as crosswalks or fire lanes. Thank you for putting safety first!

If you have any questions, ideas or concerns, please feel free to reach out.

Sincerely,

Ms L Harrison, Acting Principal                        Mrs M Messer,  Vice Principal