We're providing families the option of buying school supplies for their children through the school itself once again. Many elementary schools in our district have gone the route of providing parents the option of paying for school supplies directly from the school rather than purchasing packs through other providers as we've done in the past. Of course, parents always have the option of shopping for and purchasing school supplies themselves at local or online stores. But, as a staff we determined that there are a considerable number of benefits to families, students, classrooms and our school community as whole if we simply purchase all the essential school supplies and ask families to contribute to that purchase with a onetime, per student payment at the start of each school year in September.

Essentially, all school supplies intended for student use are purchased by the school through our vendors (Staples, Creative Children, etc) in advance of the coming school year. The overall cost per student for this year is approximately $35 and will be available for

parents to pay for through School Cash Online in September. This way the school can

recoup its initial overall cost and parents can contribute to building equitable classroom supplies throughout the school.​

You'll receive notification of school forms needing your attention along with school fees needing to be paid, and at the same time, you'll be able to pay for school supplies. If you've purchased your own school supplies, please let your child's teacher & our secretary know and

we'll remove you from the payment notification and request that is automatically sent from the School Cash Online system. If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact Mr. Bozic at mbozic@sd43.bc.ca or your child's teacher.​