Please see here for a list of scholarships available to VSB students. There are more scholarship links in DPAC’s January Newletter.
Vancouver School Board’s list of scholarships, bursaries and awards available to VSB students
DPAC heard from parents with children in MACC (Multi-age Cluster Class), a 4 year programme that provides academic and social-emotional learning support for highly gifted students in Grades 4-7. MACC provides unique social-emotional support necessary for those students who also experience deficits that make regular classroom experiences difficult and, potentially, harmful. VSB has announced plans to replace MACC with “Enrichment Centres,” a program that appears to be designed to serve a different, mixed population and run for only 6 weeks. Consultation has not happened and VSB is characterizing this as a ‘change’ rather than a ‘cancellation’ of a programme so that it does not need to go in front of Trustees for a vote. Parents want VSB to reconsider and for Trustees to have a say in the final decision.
DPAC is in the process of approving setting up a Music working group to advocate for music education, make sure that schools are informed of the music resources available to VSB students, and to investigate the feasibility of a parent-funded district wide choral project.
With your help, JO kids get $4+ per $100 spend! (that’s better than your credit card points!) Buy up to $500 per envelope (gets shipped right to your house, or e-cards = instant) – JO PAC gets 2-8% depending on what/when you buy – use BILL PAYMENT (do NOT pay with credit card) – great for gifts for out of town relatives, can buy and ship across Canada. Great for prebuying and using for groceries. Show the LOVE to JO kids and support us!>>
