Weekly Update: February 22, 2026

Hello Lochside Families,

We hope you all had a great weekend! Here's a quick late-night update for this week:

Crossing Guards - Back on Duty

Happy to share that our crossing guards will be back on duty starting tomorrow! Please remember to give yourself extra time at drop-off and pick-up to safely navigate around the construction and traffic congestion.

Grade 5 Fundraising & Bottle Drive – March 1

Our next fundraising event is a Bottle Drive on Sunday, March 1 from 10:00am–2:00pm.

If you haven’t yet had a chance to volunteer or contribute, this is a wonderful opportunity to get involved. All grades are welcome to help the Grade 5s!

Please sign up for a shift (or two!) here:https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4FADA729A7FF2-62175281-grade

Pink Shirt Day – February 25

Pink Shirt Day is coming up this Wednesday, February 25. Students and staff are encouraged to wear pink as we stand together and continue building a culture of kindness, inclusion, and respect in our school community.

Grade 5 Spring Plant Sale 🌱

The Grade 5 Spring Plant Sale is now live!

The fundraising goal is 70 plants sold. Please take a look at the link below and try to help them reach their goal. Orders are due April 20th.

Order here:https://lochsideelementary.growingsmilesfundraising.com/home

Thank you for helping us grow this fundraiser!

Parent Education Opportunity – Childhood Anxiety: Building Resilience

Families of Lochside, Cordova Bay, Prospect Lake, and Royal Oak Middle School are invited to attend an upcoming parent education session:

Childhood Anxiety: Building Resilience

In person at Claremont: Tuesday, February 24 from 6:00–8:00pm

This session comes highly recommended and offers practical tools and strategies to support children experiencing anxiety.

You must register using the link found on the attached poster.

Childhood Anxiety.pdf

Download PDF • 179KB

Purdy’s Spring Chocolate Sale 🍫

Our Purdy’s Spring Chocolate Sale is underway and will continue until March 20.

Please keep an eye out for brochures in your child’s backpack and consider sharing with friends and family.

👉 Order online here: https://fundraising.purdys.com/campaign/000022721

Upcoming Events

Check out our calendar!

Ongoing Fundraisers

• Purdy's Spring Chocolate Sale - On sale here until March 20th

• Donate to LEPAC – Available through the School District 63 Online Payments

• Country Grocer Receipts – Save them & drop them off in the classroom folder or foyer box. Thank you so much to our volunteer Julie B who counts and processes them all up for us!

• Mabel’s Labels – Order personalized labels and lose less stuff

• Bottle Depot – Mention “Lochside Elementary PAC” when dropping off returnables

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Contact LEPAC

 If you have any questions, feedback, or items you’d like to bring to LEPAC, feel free to contact us anytime at lochsidepac63@gmail.com

Thank you for reading our update! We look forward to another wonderful week together at Lochside!