Noon Hour Activity - Bella Ceramica Christmas Craft Opportunity

Upcoming Community Meeting Regarding Construction on Capilano

Rainfall/Wind warning today

We're including the message here to help those parents who use Google translate-- from the District Superintendent:

This is an important notice. Please have it translated.
http://www.sd44.ca/District/Documents/ThisIsAnImportantNotice.pdf

Dear Parents, Guardians, and Students,

Environment Canada has issued the following rainfall and wind warning for Metro Vancouver for November 12, 2015:
https://weather.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?bc42

Rainfall could exceed 100 mm on the North Shore with a significant risk of damaging winds.

The BC River Forecast Centre has issued a High Streamflow Advisory affecting the North Shore, including Seymour, Lynn, Capilano, and Coquitlam Rivers and surrounding small streams:
http://bcrfc.env.gov.bc.ca/warnings/advisories/flood13.html

Parents and guardians are urged to carefully monitor children in their care who may play or visit areas in the vicinity of rivers and streams.

Please be extra cautious when walking and driving and watch for pedestrians, especially in school zones.

Thank you for your attention to this important safety message.

John Lewis
Superintendent of Schools

Message sent by thallson@sd44.ca

North Vancouver School District
2121 Lonsdale Avenue
North Vancouver BC V7M 2K6
Phone 604.903.3444
Website www.sd44.ca

Early Investor Program! Specifics on how you can support PAC actions-

North Vancouver Safe Routes Advocates (SRA) Requests Your Support

Do you feel the streets are too congested for your child to walk, cycle, skateboard or scooter?

The North Shore Safe Routes Advocates are group of parents who are dedicated to providing safe routes to school. They have lobbied for many DNV improvements, counsel school PACS across the North Shore on how to improve the health and safety of their students and have gained the support of many organizations including ICBC, North Shore Safety Council, Heart and Stroke, Travel Smart and health professionals. Some of those parents, as well as community members, and the Principal are pictured here.  Your support matters - see below!

The North Shore SRA are once again going to the District of North Vancouver Council meeting on November 9th at 7pm to request a dedicated Traffic Demand Manager position within the transportation department to:

· Create a feedback process for schools and residence

· Communicate infrastructure improvement criteria and requirements

· Access funding through various levels of government, grants, developers, ICBC and Trans Link

· Communicate upgrades through website and social media

· Ensure TDM initiatives are included in new plans and developments

The DNV staff work very hard, but feel that a dedicated resource will assist the district in getting a fair share of the new federal government’s infrastructure budget, provide a focus on road sharing for all modes of travel while meeting the municipalities Official Community Plan.

Why is this important to you?

· Residents know how to report an issue.

· School PACs and principals have a contact person.

· Make our streets safe for children to play.

How can you support the SRAs request?

Come to the meeting at Monday, November 9th 2015 from 7 to 830 pm at 355 West Queens Road, North Vancouver, BC V7N 4N5.

If you cannot attend in person, you can support from your mobile or computer too:

• tweet #SRAsupport and #TDMinDNV to @NVanDistrict, or
• message your support on https://www.facebook.com/NVanDistrict , or
• share your thoughts through http://www.dnv.org/contact-us/share-your-thoughts-mayor-and-council

Families need to be heard as a united voice. We can use social media to let council know that even if we cannot attend meetings because we are caring for our family, we do care about the safety of our streets, the livability of our neighbourhood, and the mobility of everyone no matter their mode of travel.

Please support the North Shore Safe Routes Advocates.