- Decorate your bike prior to Friday, in your house team colour (you can use balloons, streamers, flowers etc..)
- Bring your bike to school in the morning at 8:45 am on FRIDAY (SPORTS DAY)
- Place your bike by the chain-link fence closest to RUMBLE STREET on the gravel field. Please place in front of the sign for your colour team. An adult will be supervising and watching bikes outside in the morning until the Bike Parade starts.
School News
2024/2025 Student Planner Design Contest Winners
Check out our winning planner cover designs! A big thank you goes out to all the talented students who submitted entries for our planner design cover contest. With so many fantastic submissions, the staff faced a tough decision.
Let’s give a round of applause to our deserving winners:
- Intermediate Planner Cover: Terry from Division 5
- Primary Planner Cover: Kaira from Division 11
- Staff Planner Cover: Mila D from Division 4
Suncrest SHINES!
Our new school motto, “Suncrest SHINES,” is the result of collaborative efforts between our Community Crew Committee, staff and students. We extend our gratitude to all parents, staff and students who shared their values with us, which served as the foundation for this inspiring motto. Special thanks to Brea Lam for her outstanding design work on our posters!
Suncrest Has Spirit! – Friday, April 26th
Spirit Day – April 26th, 2024
Suncrest student community will be having our fourth Spirit Day! The theme is silly socks and hat day. Students can come to school dressed for a fun day of looking vibrant and fabulous!
Examples are:
- Fluorescent colours , tall socks, leg warmers, socks with designs .
- Any type of hat – caps, toques, sun visor . .
House points towards sports day teams will be given to those who participate in spirit day. Leadership students will visit classrooms to collect points for each house.
We look forward to seeing all the cool, silly socks and hats!
Jump Rope for Heart : April 12th to May 17th
Our school is excited to participate in Jump Rope for Heart this year! Students will discover fun ways to get active, practice healthy habits and learn about helping others while raising money to beat heart disease and stroke. Our school will begin fundraising for Jump Rope for Heart on April 12 until May 17. The fundraising link is https://jumpropeforheart.crowdchange.ca/43554
Please click this link to learn How-To Register Your Child Guide
Our school’s fundraising goal is $2000 and students that fundraise will receive a Thank You gift card. Thank You Gifts are rewarded as digital gift cards to students who fundraise $25 or more. Heart & Stroke will contact families of children who qualify for a gift card directly via email with a unique code to collect a gift card of their choosing through our online portal. It is important for students to register online and fundraise on their Fundraising Page rather than the school’s page to ensure students are awarded the correct gift card value.
Please see the link below for more information. Thank you Ms. Diep for organizing!
Jump Rope for Heart Parent and Guardian Letter-Prize School-EN 2024
Plant Seeds of Kindness and See What Grows
We Embrace Kindness!
Happy Lunar New Year!
Suncrest has Spirit!
The Leadership students are excited to share our next Spirit Day on Friday, February 9th with the theme being the 1980s. Students can come to school dressed for a fun day of looking fabulous by being bold and dramatic! Students will be awarded house points for their Sports Day Team for dressing up.
Examples of glamorous clothing:
- Fluorescent colours
- Big hair
- Leg warmers
- Wristbands
- Puffed sleeves
- Blazers
- Hairbands….and this is just some examples!
If students would like to earn additional House Points this Valentine’s Day, we ask that they come to school wearing either: Pink, Red, or White. They could also come to school wearing clothing that has hearts on it! Students will earn house points for their Sports Day Team by wearing any of these colours!
The final activity that the Leadership students have planned beginning Monday, February 12th till Friday, February 14th students will have the opportunity to write a message on a Heart Post-it about what they love! This is an opportunity for them to share what is important to them! The Leadership students will be providing classroom teachers with a heart post-it for students to share their thoughts. Once students have completed their note, they will be able to put it up on the walls near the office. We look forward in seeing our main entrance filled with notes of what is important to all of us!
Welcome to Kindergarten! – Information evening for parents of children with disabilities and diverse abilities
Hello Suncrest Kindergarten 2024/2025 Families! Please click the link to get more information about the information meeting on Thursday, February 8th.
Literacy Superpowers Week! – January 29th to February 2nd
Each day of the week we will discuss and celebrate all the ways literacy skills can ACTIVELY be used to build creative-thinking skills, connect with others, make change, communicate ideas, and have fun!
Themes that will guide discussion and activities during the week are:
- Monday January 29th in class, students will receive a Family Reading Bingo handout to complete with parents at home, to encourage reading across the school. Complete these bingo handouts and return them to your teacher by Friday February 2nd to be entered for a prize!
- We will also have a contest to Guess the Favourite Book of Staff at Suncrest! Book guessing ballots will be handed out in class on Monday January 29th. See the book options on the front bulletin board by the office! Each ballot turned in to your teacher by Friday February 2nd will be entered for a prize, too!
- On Friday February 2nd, wear your pajamas, bring your favourite book to share, and bring a flashlight to read in the dark, as we will have fun sharing our books and reading in the dark on our last day!”
Dental Resources
Happy New Year Suncrest!
Many families do not have private dental insurance, but they may be eligible to apply for the following programs:
Included is a Referral Form that can be faxed or mailed to your local health unit. Once received, a staff member will follow up with the referral.
- Healthy Kids Program – children under the age of 19 years may be eligible for basic dental services.
- Canada Dental Benefit – children under the age of 12 years who do not have access to a private dental insurance plan.
- UBC Dentistry – offers a free dental program for children 12 years and younger. Please see the attached application form.
- Affordable dentistry options for children – Fraser Health Authority