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Event Details

Wed, Nov 20, 2024 Volunteer Conduct Orientation #2 6:15 PM - 7:00 PM

School Categories, Administrative Day, Application Closure, Application Opening, Conference, Extracurricular, Non-Instructional Day, Orientation, PAC, Parent, Payment Due, School & Student, School Not in Session, School Vacation, Statutory Holiday, Students, Workshop

We will be hosting our second Volunteer Conduct Orientation on Wednesday, November 20th from 6:15-7:00pm together with the Main school at Charles Dickens main school library. This will be an opportunity for those who have not attended an orientation in previous years to attend as well as those who could not attend the first orientation. This orientation is aligned with an important PAC meeting to follow at 7:00pm. For Terms 2 and 3, one orientation will be offered in each term; dates and times to be confirmed.

Health and safety procedures will be discussed for both sites, and site-specific locations at the Annex will be briefly toured with each volunteer upon arrival on their first day of volunteering for the school year.

Please RSVP by Monday, Nov. 18 to Pamela Yuen at pyuen@vsb.bc.ca

We hope to see you there.

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