Central Saanich Emergency Services 60th Anniversay OPEN HOUSE
Saturday September 24, 10am-2pm
For more information, click here for the poster.
"Studio 63" Hair Salon Opens May 3
Come and support Saanich students on their journey to hair design excellence! For more information, click here.
French Language Programs
Trying to help your child in French Immersion? Courses for PARENTS are available at UVic - call 250-721-8630.
Host Families Needed
Would you like an opportunity to learn about another culture right
in your own home? Discover what life is like in Japan without
leaving Victoria! Muskoka Language International is looking
for families interested in hosting students from Japan for a
Homestay. What is a Homestay? Students ranging in age from 14
to 17 will be visiting Greater Victoria and looking for a place to
call home! If you have a spare bedroom with one or two beds and
are interested in having the students stay for a short while (1 to 2
weeks) then this may be for you. There are two different
opportunities coming up in July and August.
Please contact either of the Coordinators listed for more detailed
information.
June Sharman
Phone: 250-812-7409
e-mail: jsharman@mliesl.com
Corrine Powell
e-mail: cpowell@mliesl.com
PCEC “1000 x 5” Children’s Book Recycling Project
PCEC continues to seek donations….If you can donate gently used children’s picture books, please leave them at the school office. They will be forwarded to volunteers who process them for distribution to children and families on the Peninsula. For father information, please contact: Daphne Macnaughton, PCEC “1000 x 5” Project Leader dlmvictoria@shaw.ca
BEACON
COMMUNITY SERVICES
9860 Third St., Sidney
Family counseling and mediation (service is free)
Parenting workshops
- Parenting workshop for children 2 to 5 years old
- Parenting workshop for children 6 to 12 years old
- Parenting workshop for children 13 to 18 years old
- Additional component exclusively for stepfamilies
- Service has a fee (sliding scale is available) that include a parent guide
Parent-child support group for children 11-14
- By donation
- Service has a fee
- For referrals and information please contact Caitlin 250-208-5843
Oscar Trad-Pizarro
Coordinator, Parent Programs & Mediation Services
Children's Programs & Counselling Services
Beacon Community Services
Phone: 250-655-5309
Cell: 250-216-1983
Fax: 250-655-4357
ANAPHYLAXIS SUPPORT GROUP:
Do you have a child who is anaphylactic (has a lifethreatening allergy) to peanuts, nuts, soy, dairy, raw eggs or any other allergen? Please join us at the next Protect Allergic Children Today (Pact) meeting. Meets are held the fourth Thursday of the month (excluding December, March and June) at the Royal Oak Middle School library, from 7 – 9 p.m.
Contact Cheryl Cuddeford, ccuddeford@shaw.ca of 250-216-7879 for more information.
Navy League Cadets
Ages 9-12 / Sea Cadets Ages 12-18 For more inforation phone 656-3344 or check out www.navyleague.ca or www.cadets.ca
Boys & Girls Club:
Check out the Boys & Girls Club. It has been changed to a cool teen drop in; all
kids in grades 5 to 8 can come. There are lots of board games, video games, arts
and crafts, or you can just come to hang out with friends and do homework. It's
tons of fun; you'll have an awesome time and the first visit is free. Come to
the Boys & girls Club because it's the place to be. Call 652-3021
or stop by; it's located behind Greenhawk on West Saanich Road. 
National
Child Day was proclaimed by the Government of Canada on March 19th, 1993,
to commemorate two historic events for children - the adoption of the United Nations
Declaration on the Rights of the Child in 1959 and the UN adoption of the Convention
on the Rights of the Child in 1989. Click here for Information Sheet
KINDERGARTEN
IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM Immunization clinics for kindergarten-aged children are held at health units between January and March.
Diphtheria, Acellular Pertussis, Tetanus and Polio (Quadracel): Most children in kindergarten are due for a booster dose of this vaccine. This vaccine protects against all four diseases in one shot.
Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR): Children should have received two doses of MMR vaccine by eighteen months of age. Two doses of MMR vaccine are almost one hundred per cent effective in preventing these diseases. If your kindergarten child has not had both doses of MMR vaccine, it is recommended they receive the vaccine in the kindergarten year.
Varicella (Chickenpox): Healthy children who have not already had chickenpox disease, shingles or a previous dose of chickenpox vaccine, should be vaccinated against chickenpox in the kindergarten year. One dose provides protection against the disease.
Hepatitis B: Children born on or after January 1, 2001 should have received a 3-dose series of hepatitis B vaccine. If your kindergarten child has not completed a series of hepatitis B vaccine, it is recommended they receive the vaccine in the kindergarten year.
All these vaccines are provided free of charge by the health unit or your doctor. To check your child's immunization status or to make an appointment, phone your local health unit.
For more information contact:
Your local Health Unit
http://www.bchealthguide.org/healthfiles/index.stm
BC Nurse Line (1-866-215-4700) a free call
Your doctor
Health Units:
| Esquimalt | 360-5600 | Salt Spring Island | 538-4880 |
| Outer Gulf Islands | 539-3099 | Sooke | 642-5464 |
| Peninsula | 544-2400 | Victoria | 388-2200 |
| Saanich | 744-5100 | West Shore | 478-1757 |
Girls Group:
Fun activities and food for girls ages 11-14. Come hang out, meet new people and try out new things! Cost: free! The group meets every Thursday, from 3:30 - 6 p.m. at the Beacon Community Services space on Bevan Avenue (across from the Dairy Queen). For more info, call Christine 881-2840.