June 24, 2026
PAC – Year in Review!
Dear École Herbert Spencer Families,
Thank You!
A huge thank you to all École Herbert Spencer Families for a wonderful school year! Whether you volunteered or participated in any of the PAC’s fundraisers or events this year – we could not have had such a great school year without you and your children! A special shout-out to all our Grade 5 students who are on their way to middle school. And to those families whose time at École Herbert Spencer has come to an end this year, thank you for being such a wonderful part of our school family.
I want to take the opportunity to thank all the 2025-2026 PAC Executive Committee members who have given your time and expertise to ensure that we had a great year. We would not have accomplished so much without you! Thank you to Allison Mounsey who has been an important part of our PAC for many years, including acting as our Canadian Parents for French (CPF) representative, and coordinating the development of our amazing Yearbooks. Thank you so much for all of your work over the years! We will miss you!
We are looking forward to another great year in 2026-2027!
PAC Executive Committee 2026-2027
Thank you to everyone who has put their name forward for our PAC Executive Committee next year. If you have considered joining the PAC Executive Committee, we are still looking to fill a few positions for next year including:
- Secretary (drafts agendas and takes minutes at monthly PAC meetings);
- DPAC (District PAC) Representative (attends monthly DPAC meetings – in person or online – and acts as EHSS liaison)
- Member-at-Large (Events Committee);
- Member-at-Large (Fundraising Committee)
- Member-at-Large (Social Media).
Please reach out to herbertspencerpacchair@gmail.com if you have any questions or are interested in any of these positions.
2025-2026 Year in Review
I am so proud to share that during the 2025-2026 school year, our PAC has achieved the following:
Donated:
- Over $1,271 raised during the Halloween Howl for the Food Bank
- $1,000 towards two New Westminster Secondary School Bursaries for two former EHSS students
Funded/Purchased:
- Welcome Back Coffee for parents on the first day of school
- Cosom Ball Hockey equipment
- 60 jerseys (for use at the track meet & cosom hockey)
- Books to support the Reading Link Challenge
- Mike’s Critters for the Kindergarten and Grade 1 classes
- Lego Brick Creations
- VSO tickets and bus for Grade 2 classes
- Axe Capoeira Workshop for Grade 3 and 4 classes
- Grade 5 Graduation activities: Otter Co-op; dance; water blasters; lunch
- Freezies and snacks for Sports Day
- Originz – Black History Month Presentation
- Eleven iPads to support learning programs
- Six carpets for classrooms
- Over $14,000 for our classes and teachers for supplies, field trips, and activities
- Created a beautiful yearbook
Events:
- Halloween Howl (raised $1,048 from the concession)
- Christmas Craft Fair (raised over $6,000)
- First Light
- Carnival (welcomed over 1,100 people)
Funds Raised:
- 15 Fun Lunch days raising over $16,000 for the school
- Neufeld Farm fundraiser raised over $1,700
- Purdy’s fundraiser raised $1,100
- Created by Kids raised $2,000
- Rocky Point Ice Cream fundraiser raised $270
- 5 Freezie Fridays raising over $2,500
- Carnival raised over $6,000
Final Thank you
I have had the honour of being on the EHSS PAC Executive for nine years and serving as PAC Chair for the last two years. It has been such a privilege to be a part of this community and watch our kids grow up. While I am sad to leave, I am happy to leave the PAC in the great hands of Christina Service (former Vice Chair, and Chair elect) and Miyuki Davidson (Vice Chair elect) and the amazing folks on our 2026/2027 PAC Executive.
Thank you again to everyone for a memorable year! Have a wonderful summer and we will see you on September 8th.
Sincerely,
Courtney Daws
Chair, École Herbert Spencer School PAC