April 27, 2025
Dear St. Patrick’s Families and community,
Late last night an unexpected and tragic incident occurred at the Lapu Lapu Street Festival. This terrible event has hurt the city of Vancouver and more specifically the greater Filipino community. In this difficult and tragic time we pray for all the people affected, their families and our community.
We will begin school tomorrow with a community mass at 8:15 a.m. I would like to invite everyone in our community to attend. Please come to pray and show support for anyone that may be affected by this.
Given the traumatic nature of this tragedy, your children may experience many different feelings. Please pay extra attention and do “check-ins” with your children and if signs persist, please reach out to your family doctor.
I would like to invite and encourage all of our families to please reach out to the school if you think that your child has been negatively impacted.
God Bless,
Please see a list of contacts and resources that could aid anyone that witnessed the incident.
24 Hour Assistance Center
Douglas Park Community Center
801 West 22nd Avenue, Vancouver
Or call 604-717 3321
Victim Services (for people who have experienced/witnessed trauma) -
* Call OR text - 1-800-563-0808 OR
email 211-victimlinkbc@uwbc.ca
* 310 Mental Health Line - 310-6789
* Crisis Line - 1-800-784-2433
* BC 211 (Many services, mental, physical, etc) - https://bc.211.ca
* Kelty’s Mental Health (through children’s hospital) - https://keltymentalhealth.ca
* The Foundry - https://foundrybc.ca/virtual/
We are pleased to announce that we will be continuing our wonderful hot lunch program this year, again using MunchaLunch.com as our online ordering s Pizza Tuesdays, Subway Wednesdays, and Calhoun’s on Thursdays and Fridays. The hot lunch program is a school fundraiser so a portion of the sales will go to the school. This is a great way for families to support the school while also making life easier at home, by checking lunch off the to-do list!
Currently, we only accept hot lunch order payments by credit card (Visa or MasterCard). No cheque or cash payments. It is quick and easy to pay online.
HOW TO REGISTER*:
1) Go to: https://munchalunch.com/schools/stpatricksvan
2) Click the “Register Here” button. The system will guide you through.
3) After adding your children, click the green “Order Lunch!” button to order
4) Next time, just click the “Login Here” button to access your account.
*If you have registered in previous years, please do not create a new account.
Please note: first-time parent registrants must use this link which will direct you to St. Patrick’s Elementary School’s dedicated landing page (i.e., don’t go directly to the generic MunchaLunch website).
Term 1 hot lunches run from Mon., September 18 to Wed., December 20.
Please pay for all orders, as this system will NOT include unpaid orders to our reports.