Activities:

A Night To Remember 2007 - a 12 hour lock in at WJM that is drug and alcohol free  a year end "party" for the graduating students (we have approx 350 students), organized and run by grade 12 parents of W.J. Mouat Secondary.  This is for WJM students only, no outside guests are allowed.  Tickets will be presold to students, the cost is $40 and this price is all inclusive (tickets will go on sale after spring break).  Tickets must be presented at time of registration on May 11, or they are not allowed in to the school.  This event is onsite at WJM, students come early and stay late.  Only those with special permission from Mr. Rob Comeau, Principal or Mr. Geoff Davies, Vice Principal/NTR Official  will be allowed to arrive later than 5.30pm March 11or leave prior to 4.30am March 12..  Event will commence at 5.30pm on Friday, May 11, 2007 with a welcome BBQ, opening remarks by Administrator and then the fun begins: non stop food, fun and games including Bingo, Casino, carnival games, swing dancing, magic show, comedy, music, and featured entertainment by The Panic Squad *I(www.panicsquad.com) Improv Comedy Team.  Event end time is approx 4.30am on Saturday, May 12th and students will leave with a light breakfast snack.  If the student does not have their own mode of transportation at the school overnight, someone must pick them up on the Saturday morning.

* The Panic Squad (www.panicsquad.com) performs at this event as a PAC funded initiative *

 The Night To Remember grade 12 lock-in event is now approaching the final planning stages.  A team of dedicated grade 12 parents have worked effortlessly for the last 5 months planning this fabulous event for the grads.  Information meetings for parents have been held monthly in the school theatre on the first Monday of each month since November 2006.  The volunteer sign up sheets are slowly filling up with parent names, but we still need many more volunteers to bring this night to fruition and without stretching a few volunteers thin.   A minimum of 2 hours volunteer time is all that's requested from all grade 12 parents.   Many parents choose to stay longer and some choose to stay all day and all night.

 2007 Event Chairs -  Pam Chapman - Pamela.Chapman@shaw.ca and Caryn Zimmerman - caryn_zimmerman@sd34.bc.ca

 The Decorating Committee chaired by Doreen Buhler and Joan Naples is in full swing.  Volunteers have been getting together now at Doreen's home for a few weeks of cutting, sewing, gluing, painting, etc.    Usually the way decorating works is if you are on the Bingo Room team, you help to decorate this room, if you are on the Casino team, you help to decorate this room, so on and so on.  If you would like to help out with creating some awesome decorations and props for this event, all ideas are welcomed.  please contact Doreen at Doreen_Tim_Buhler@hotmail.com for her address.   

Set up and decorating on event day will commence promptly at 3pm Friday, May 11th.  Runners and drivers will also be needed all day.

  Food Committee - Carol Neumann is our Chair and this team is busy collecting food donations from the various businesses around town.  Closer to event date, volunteers will be needed to help with , then sort out and cut, prepare food for event night, and then during event night a team of volunteers will be needed to assist with BBQuing at the beginning of the night and to keep the foods/beverage table full of goodies for the kids.   We serve food all night long!   If you can help in this area, please contact Carol at neumie@telus.net and she will be happy to sign you up as a volunteer for this committee.    

Each grade 12 parent will be asked to donate a food/beverage item for this night.  Snack items, juice boxes, pop, water bottles, fruit, meat trays, cheese trays, baked goods, etc.

 Volunteers - this committee is chaired by Diane Hildebrand and Angela Zurowski.  They are responsible for assigning shift times and specific areas for all volunteers.  There are various sub committees under the heading of volunteers including First Aid Team, Inside Security Team, Registration Table, Coat Check Room, Bingo Room, Casino and General Volunteers (floaters).     If you have signed up under one or more of these areas, you will be contacted closer to event time. 

 We will need approx. 200 parent volunteers to ensure that this event runs smoothly all night long.

 Donations/Prizes Committee - Michele Leece is in charge of soliciting our wonderful community for monetary and prize donations for this event.  If you would like to assist Michele with soliciting the community members for donations tothis event, or if you (or your employer is) are in a position to provide a financial donation please contact Michele at michele@mainlandmachinery.com She will be happy to take your money and to put you to work!    The Night To Remember Committee Members are grateful for any donation or contribution received to assist with this event.  Financial donations of $50 or more will receive a tax receipt.  In order to receive a tax receipt for your contribution of $50 or more, please make your cheque payable to School District 34 Abbotsford and reference W.J. Mouat Night To Remember 2007.    We thank you for your support.   Please take any donations or prize contributions to the school office attention Geoff Davies, VP.

Phoning Committee - Lydia Reese Chair, has a team of volunteer parents phoning every grade 12 parent about the Night To Remember information meeting nights and updating information.    If you get a call or a phone message from Lydia or a parent volunteer saying it';s about the Night To Remember please take the time to return the phone call or acknowlege the message.  Your assistance with this is greatly appreciated.  The phoning team are doing their best to ensure that our ethnic parents are contacted so if you can assist with this job, get in touch with Lydia at lydia.reese@gmail.com

 Events/Activities have been co-ordinated by Gaby Jaroszuk and her committee of volunteers.   All of the evening's entertainment and activities have been booked and arranged months in advance in order to get the very best in entertainment for this event.  We have arranged for a team of professional entertainers to come onboard and provide magic, music, dancing, karaoke, characatures (cartoon drawings), tattoo artistty, improv comedy, balloon artistry and much more.

 So....after reading all of this, you won't be able to stay away, you will want to stop by on event night and see everything.  Don't worry about your son or daughter telling you they don't want you there.....those are just words, you won't see them and they won't see you - you'll both be too busy doing what you're doing!     So come onboard, be an MVP (Mouat Volunteer Parent) just for one night - we promise you won't be disappointed!

 You'll notice we haven't mentioned the theme here at all,   well that's because it's supposed to a big surprise!  If you want to know more, then you'll have to contact someone and find out, but remember it's a secret :)

 Contact any one of the above committee members by their respective email or wjmouatpac@sd34.bc.ca  for additional information

 W.J. Mouat PAC and the 2007 Night To Remember Planning Committee thanks you for your support of this event for our graduating children.

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W.J. Mouat Secondary School 2006-2007 School Year
Mouat Parents - Welcome! PAC nights are held the 3rd Tuesday of the month from 7 to 9pm except where noted. Light refreshments always served. We look forward to seeing you.

Check this page for details on upcoming monthly and special presentation topics and dates.

2006-2007 meeting dates (7:00-7:30 Business Meeting, 7:40-9:00 Educational Presentation)

Nov 21/06
Innovative Technology @ WJM
Hands - On Workshop for Parents presented by Mr. Dave Liversidge,
WJM teacher, Technology Ed. Dept. Head and Ms. Pat Beck

Dec. 12/06
University Requirements 101 - Understanding Post Secondary Education. Presented by Ms. Tracy Simkins, Career Resource Center Counselor

Jan16/07
Community Recreation Extreme Presented by Mr. Mark Loewen, Physical Education teacher.

Feb. 20/07
Course Planning
PAC Presentation Night "Course Planning" guest speaker is Mr. John Smith, WJM Counselor. Geared to all WJM parents to provide an understanding of how courses are selected by the students to prepare for grade 11/12 and post secondary.  It is important for all grade parents to attend. Refreshments will be provided. Also at this meeting, there will be a Vesting for new MVPs so please attend if you are a new MVP and have not been vested yet.
Email Lydia Reese MVP Co-ordinator with any questions. lydia.reese@gmail.com

March 6/07
Guest speaker is Brad Hutchinson, VP Abbotsford Virtual School.  We are also approving changes to the Bylaws and Constitution so parents are encouraged to attend and vote.  Amended Constitution will be available at the May 15, 2007 meeting.
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Apr 17/07
Drug Awareness:
This is our annual Drug Awareness Recognition evening with Constable Kevin Murray of the Abbotsford Police Department. Kevin is one of six Drug Recognition Experts working in our police department and he gives a very powerful presentation on DRUGS. If you think you know all there is to know, you don't! There will be paraphanelia and "sample" drugs (confiscated materials) on hand for viewing and smelling! Your children are welcome to attend with you and we encourage you to tell others about this presentation.

May 15/07 To Be Announced - Executive Officer Elections

June 12/07 Final meeting for the year, wrap up and social evening