PAC Budgets and Meeting Minutes

2023/2024

Approved budget for 2023/24
Executive Meeting September 27th, 2023
Executive Meeting November 8th, 2023

Governance

WVSS PAC Constitution and Bylaws
https://westvancouverschools.ca/westvancouver-secondary/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2018/02/CONSTITUTION-AND-BYLAWS-2018.02.03F-1-1.pdf

Helpful Links

WVSS Weekly E-bulletins https://westvancouverschools.ca/westvancouver-secondary/about-wvss/school-news-publications/

Response to Threat Making Behaviour (2023)
https://westvancouverschools.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Fair-Notice-Response-to-Threat-Making-Behaviour.pdf

Parent Education

WVSS and the WVSS PAC post these items for information purposes only and are not meant to endorse a specific company or person. Please do your own research and make your own decisions that fit with your family’s best interests.

How to Limit your Child’s Device Usage (2018)
Parents have been inquiring as to how to curb the use of online devices in and outside the home. We have a couple of options that can help. These are some parent recommendations.

http://www.ourpact.com

This app can be a great add-on to your daily family life. You can schedule device use, block or grant apps, add “rules” to apps, family locator (similar to Find My Phone in iOS), block texting and web filtering. There is a cost depending on what you need. It starts with a free account and goes up to $6.99US per month.

http://www.meetcircle.com

Circle is a Disney product and does basically everything that Ourpact does but they have one more thing for the home that Ourpact doesn’t have. Circle has a device that can be installed in the home to shut down or limit devices on the network. The cost is $9.95US per month and the device is $99US

If you are tech savvy you can log into your own router and set up the same kind of limits for computers, phones, gaming systems… anything on your network based on their MAC address. Some routers do this better than others but if you are in the market for a new router, ask the tech people at the store which one will work best for your home.
Here is a great article on the subject: https://www.smartkidswithld.org/

Talk about cannabis with your children (2018) by Dr Lysyhsyn
https://westvancouverschools.ca/westvancouver-secondary/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2018/10/Cannabis-Legalization-WVSS-Oct-2018.pdf

Supplemental information about Vaping and E-Cigarettes (2018)

A Report of the Surgeon General

Parent Tip Sheet from the Surgeon General

Canadian Cancer Fact Sheet

Heart and Stroke Fact Sheet

Know the Risks- E-Cigarettes and Young People

Still Blowing Smoke

The Truth

General Meetings - Minutes

General Meetings - Minutes

Budget

Governance

WVSS E-bulletins

WVSS Weekly E-bulletins (includes translated)

Other Resources

Parent Education

Thank you to Dr Lysyhsyn. His talk was very informative and we all left feeling better prepared to have helpful discussions with our children about cannabis. His PowerPoint is now available below.

Powerpoint Presentation        PDF of the Presentation

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Chris Kennedy’s supplemental information from the December 5th, 2017 PAC meeting

http://you.ubc.ca/tours-info-sessions/counsellor-events/

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Brandon Biln’s supplemental information about Vaping from the February 1st, 2018 PAC meeting

Download Brandon’s information package: A Report of the Surgeon General / Parent Tip Sheet from the Surgeon General / Canadian Cancer Fact Sheet / Heaert and Stroke Fact Sheet

Know the Risks- E-Cigarettes and Young People https://e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov

Still Blowing Smoke http://stillblowingsmoke.org

The Truth https://www.thetruth.com

Fraser Health – E-Cigarettes https://www.fraserhealth.ca/health-info/health-topics/school-health/substance-use/e-cigs/

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Further helpful links

Here’s help if your child needs “academic focus” and to discover what they really want to do after high school. Try the education consultants at Options Solutions.

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WVSS and the WVSS PAC post these items for information purposes only and is not meant to endorse a specific company or person. Please do your own research and make your own decisions that fit with your family’s best interests.

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