PAC REPORT ASHCROFT SECONDARY SCHOOL

The PAC Health and Safety Committee has begun to gather resources on
drug, alcohol and other health concerns.

Two very informative pamphlets have been purchased and will be
included with the next report card. They deal with "date rape" and
drugs that can be found in our area. We are sending them home to you
so that you can take the opportunity to discuss these issues with
your children.

This committee is still focusing on the development of Community
Information Forums and Volunteer Criminal Record Checks for all those
who have direct contact with our children. Anyone interested in
becoming a Health Committee member or who would like to help out with
the events being planned, are asked to contact Kandace Winsor at
457-5339 or leave a message at the school 453-9144.

Val Gillis is now concentrating her efforts on bursaries and
scholarships from businesses and groups that are working in our
communities. If any of you are interested in starting up a bursary in
your name, you are asked to contact Val at 453-9144.

This is also the time that the parents of Grads start to remind their
children about applying for some of these available monies. Some
students seem to believe that scholarships and bursaries are for top
students only, but this is not the case. Some of the awarded monies
are intended for volunteers, athletes, service to the school, and
non-academic awards for students wanting to go into the arts or trades.

If your child is unaware of these awards, please have them contact
Val Gillis or check the Grad Billboard.

The next PAC meeting is on Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 11 am and again at 7
pm. The topics to be discussed are the upcoming Crystal Meth Forum
and the hiring of a new principal.