Strawberry Vale Elementary

School Re-opens after Winter Break
2026-01-05
Regular school hours 8:45 am – 2:37 pm.

School Closed for Winter Break
2025-12-20 - 2026-01-04
School re-opens on Monday, January 5, 2026. Regular time 8:45 am – 2:37 pm

Pajama Day @ SVE
2025-12-19

Last Day of School Before Winter Break
2025-12-19
Regular school hours 8:45 am – 2:37 pm

PAC Fun Lunch
2025-12-12 11:45 - 12:30, 2025-10-17 11:45 - 12:30 (America/Vancouver)

Learning Updates Posted Online
2025-12-11
All student learning updates will be posted online today.

Purdy's Chocolate Delivery
2025-12-05
Purdy’s chocolates will be delivered to the classrooms today for anyone who ordered during the fundraiser in November.

PAC Movie Night
2025-11-28 17:00 - 19:30
PAC Movie Night – Kindergarten to Grade 2
Our movie night for K-grade 2 students is happening on Friday, November 28th! Doors will open at 5pm. The movie, MOANA 2, will start at 5:30pm. Come in your comfy pajamas and bring along a pillow and blanket for some cinematic family fun in the gym!
**Students of all ages are welcome to attend; however, the movie will be geared towards the K-grade 2 age group. Parents are responsible for ensuring the suitability of the movie for their own children and their behaviour during the movie.
There will be a suggested donation at the door of $2/person, a non-perishable food item, or a gently used toy in preparation for our toy drive. 50% of door sales and the non-perishable food items will be donated to a local charity.
There will be a cash only concession with pizza, popcorn, chips, and drinks. We do encourage families to bring their own water bottles for refilling at the fountain. Pricing for the concession are as follows:

Pizza Slice $4
Half Pizza $15
Whole Pizza $25
Chips $1
Popcorn $1
Juice $1
Water $1

As a fun bonus, find a token in your popcorn and trade that in at the concession for a prize! Prizes will include Cineplex movie passes, Flying Squirrel passes, Saanich Recreations Passes, Tim Horton’s Gift Cards, Book Fair Certificates, and more!
We will be looking for volunteers to help during the event. A Signup Genius can be found here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0948A4AA2EA3FE3-60234655-family

Non-Instructional Day
2025-11-21, 2025-10-24, 2025-09-22
No school for students today.

PAC Fun Lunch
2025-11-14 11:45 - 12:30
PAC FUN LUNCH ORDER INFORMATION
Our next fun lunch, for those wishing to participate, will happen on Friday, November 14. We are excited to share that we will be having The Hot Dog Guys! The lunch will include 5 choices of gourmet hot dogs with your choice of beef, chicken, or veggie and a spin on the traditional with a pizza dog or cheese smokie. A side of tater tots can also be purchased. Options for the type of hot dog, including the type of bun (gluten-free option available), cheese, and condiments, will appear as check boxes on the cash online system. Additional details are below:

Orders can only be placed online at sd61.schoolcashonline.com
Online ordering will go live Monday, October 27th and will close at the end of the day on Thursday, November 6th.
No late orders or changes can be made.
Please order for each child separately.

No child will be excluded from our fun lunch program due to an inability to pay. If you require support for this, please contact our Principal, Sarah Winkler, or Vice Principal, Carey Nickerson.

Photo Retakes
2025-11-14 09:00 - 11:30
Individual photo retakes today

Scholastic Book Fair
2025-11-12 - 2025-11-14
Starting on November 12th, the Scholastic Book Fair will be open for business in the library! The fair will be open after school until 3:30 from November 12-14th.

The purpose of the Book Fair is, primarily, to promote reading. Scholastic’s selection of high-interest titles is geared towards students in grades K-5. The book fair is also a wonderful fundraiser. In supporting the Book Fair, not only will you have the opportunity to add to your home or classroom library, but you will also be supporting your school library. A portion of each purchase goes towards the purchase of new library books!

Remembrance Day: School Closed
2025-11-11

PAC Meeting
2025-11-10 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-10-08 18:30 - 20:00
PAC meeting at 6:30 pm in the Music Room. Everyone welcome.

Remembrance Day Assembly
2025-11-10 10:30 - 11:30
Whole school assembly.

PAC's Annual Purdy’s Chocolates Fundraiser
2025-11-03 - 2025-11-22
The PAC’s annual Purdy’s Chocolate fundraiser is back again and will be live starting Monday, November 3rd! If you need gift ideas for the upcoming holiday season, we can help! This fundraiser offers an easy and safe way for us to raise money for SVE and in past years we have been able to raise a good amount for the school. Let’s see if we can repeat that!
Here is some key info for Purdy’s Chocolates:

Link: https://fundraising.purdys.com/1772698-129591
Cut off order date: Saturday, November 22nd
Delivery date: December 5th with delivery taking place to each classroom. **If this is a surprise and you would like to arrange alternate pick up, please email the PAC at: pacsve@gmail.com
Note: PLEASE include your child’s name and division number under “Additional information”. There are two ways to do this and instructions are below.

Option 1: Shop Online – Marketplace

Click on “EDIT”
A pop up box will appear which will allow you to edit your contact details.
Under “Additional Info”, enter in Student’s First and Last name and Div # here.
Click “Update” to save changes

Option 2: Shop Online – Order Form

Under “Additional Info”, enter in Student’s First and Last name and Div # here.
Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click on “Save” to keep the changes.

Orange and Black Day
2025-10-31
Everyone is encouraged to wear orange and black today

PAC Monster Ball
2025-10-22 18:00 - 20:00
The PAC is excited to be hosting The Monster Ball again this year! Mark your calendars for Wednesday, October 22nd from 6-8pm. Doors will open at 5:45pm. For our new SVE families, this is our most popular event. The students are able to wear their costumes and have fun dancing to a live DJ. There will be a suggested donation at the door of $2, a non-perishable food item, or a gently used toy. 50% of door sales and the non-perishable food items will be donated to a local charity and the toys will be used for our upcoming Toy Drive in December.
There will be a cash only concession with pizza, chips, drinks, and glow bracelets. Prices for concession are as follows:

Pizza Slice $4
Half Pizza $15
Whole Pizza $25
Chips $1
Juice $1
Water $1
Glow Bracelets $1

In order to have the event be as successful as possible, we will require volunteers to help before, during, and after the event. A link to the SignUp Genius will be included in the weekly update starting next week.
We will also have the return of the Spider Guess this year. It will be happening on Wednesday, October 15th and will run until the end of school day, October 22nd. For 25c per ballot, the students will be able to submit a ballot to guess the number of spiders in the jar. We will have prizes for closest guess and also have a draw with the same ballots.
Please email the PAC at pacsve@gmail.com with any questions you may have.

Parent Teacher Interviews - Regular Dismissal 2:37 pm
2025-10-16 14:45 - 18:00
Parent-Teachers Interviews, times to be announced soon.
Regular dismissal time for all students, 2:37 PM.

Parent Teacher Interviews - 11:50 am Dismissal
2025-10-15 11:50 - 18:00
Parent-Teachers Interviews, times to be announced soon.
Early Dismissal at 11:50 am for all students.

Thanksgiving Day: School Closed
2025-10-13

Individual Photo Day
2025-10-07

Community Values Coupon Book Fundraiser
2025-10-06 - 2025-10-17
On Monday, October 6th, you will find in your child’s backpack a Community Values plastic bag that will contain the Community Values Coupon Book, the letter to parents describing the fundraiser, the order form (double-sided sheet), and a flyer with information on the prizes the students have the opportunity to win based on the number of coupon books sold. Please note that the coupon books will be sent home with the youngest student in each family.
If your family does not wish to buy or sell these books, please return the coupon book in the plastic bag it came in ASAP, as this is not a free book.
A few points about the fundraiser:

Books can be purchased and sold up until October 17th.
Over $6,000 in savings at businesses in the Greater Victoria Area.
Books can be purchased for $35 via the cash online system, cash, or cheque. Please make cheques payable to Strawberry Vale PAC with your child’s name and division on the memo line.
If you are paying via the cash online system, please still fill out the order form with how many books you ordered, and indicate that you have paid online.
Please use the order form provided. Loose envelopes with no name or division make it very difficult to track who it belongs to.
Please put the order form and money collected in the plastic bag provided as this will make reconciling orders more efficient.
Books can be purchased via 2 ways: You can purchase the book that came home with your child for $35. You can also sell additional books to extended family members, friends, or neighbours. If you are selling books, you will have to collect the money and return the order form and the money in the plastic bag that came home. When order forms are received, additional books will be sent home with students to give to those who purchased them.
Please read the letter to parents for more information on prize incentives for selling the books!
If every student at our school sells 2 books our school will earn $7,148!

If you have any questions please contact the PAC at: pacsve@gmail.com
Parent Letter
Order Form Parent Letter

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - All schools CLOSED
2025-09-30

Orange Shirt Day @ Strawberry Vale
2025-09-29
Everyone is encouraged to wear an orange shirt today.

Terry Fox Run
2025-09-26
Details TBA
