PPO - Hampstead Elementary School

06/01/2025

Today, on World Parents Day, we celebrate YOU.
Not just for what you do, but for who you are — the guiding light, the safe place, the constant in your child’s world. 💚👦🏽👧

Being a parent means showing up, even on the hard days. It means:

❤️ Doing your best, even when it didn’t feel like enough.
🧡 Making tough decisions with love and courage.
💙 Asking for help when you needed it most.
💛 Setting boundaries so you could keep going.

Your role is powerful. Your presence is everything.
Thank you for being there — today and every day — for the most important people in your life.

🌟 Happy 🌟

01/23/2025

EPCA offers a variety of workshops for parents!

10/03/2023

06/22/2023

Dear Parents, As the school year comes to a close, and I reflect back on the past months, I can certainly say that it’s been a year of both highs and lows. EPCA has worked on important topics like road safety, mental health, support for special needs students, tools for…

06/17/2023

06/11/2023

Are you aware of the updated complaints process?

We are thrilled to announce that the National Student Ombudsman eagerly anticipates your presence on June 12th! With the intention of ensuring that complaints are handled more quickly, efficiently, and objectively, Me Jean-François Bernier will present the complaints procedure in this special webinar. The procedure will be put into place at the start of the 2023 academic year.
Click here to register👇
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEucu2urD4jGdaEP_Y6B_YwxwLTt3oO07jG

05/31/2023

EPCA has been excluded from hearings on Bill 23

May 30th, 2023

Montreal, May 30th, 2023 – The English Parents’ Committee Association (EPCA) deplores the fact that it has been excluded by the government of Quebec for the parliamentary committee hearings on Bill 23: An Act to amend mainly the Education Act and to enact the Act respecting the Institut national d’excellence en education.

The hearings, which are set to begin in early June, will include only a select group of associations and individuals. All of the associations representing the French parent committees have been invited to participate, but EPCA has been excluded, despite having directly requested to participate.

EPCA represents the majority of the English parent committees in Québec, all of whom will be directly impacted by elements of the sweeping amendments to the education act proposed by the CAQ government. It is important to remember that English School Boards are one of the very few public institutions exclusively managed and controlled by the English-speaking community, so this exclusion is deeply troubling.

“It is very disappointing to not have our voices heard on such an important topic such as this. It is hard to understand why we would be excluded when all the other French parent groups are given to the opportunity to speak,” said EPCA President, Katherine Korakakis.

About the English Parents’ Committee Association (EPCA)
EPCA is a coalition of parent committees from English-language school boards across Quebec and is the official voice of parents of students in Quebec English-language school boards, representing nearly 100,000 students in the youth sector.

For more information contact:
Katherine Korakakis - President
Contact: president@epcaquebec.org

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https://epcaquebec.org/press-release-epca-has-been-excluded-from-hearings-on-bill-23/

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https://epcaquebec.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023-05-30-Bill-23-press-release.pdf

05/31/2023

Dear Parents,

Here we are at the home stretch. Summer is right around the corner! It is a time for reflection over a great year for our students and a moment to take a breath as we enjoy the warm weather and the break that is about to come for our children.

That being said, we at EPCA have not slowed down. We launched a province-wide consultation on Bill 23: An Act to amend mainly the Education Act and to enact the Act respecting the Institut national d'excellence en education. We will compile all the reports we received from our stakeholders and build a comprehensive brief based on what we learn. We will submit this brief to the Minister of education in an effort to ensure that the voice of English parents is heard.

In tragic news, a child was struck crossing the street at her school and she remains in critical condition. As we have been doing for the past several months, EPCA will continue to advocate strongly for safe streets around schools. The government must listen!

This month's newsletter highlights the future of education with the influence of Artificial Intelligence as described in a guest article by our colleague from LEARN. We are also pleased to provide additional resources for parents to help close out the school year and transition into summer school, if necessary.

In closing, the new student ombudsman law comes into effect on August 28th. EPCA will hold a workshop for parents to explain the new complaints procedure. And finally, our newsletter in August, which will have all the information you will need regarding school governance... look out for that special issue.

Thank you to all our parents and supporters. Have a great remainder of the school year.


[View Website]
https://epcaquebec.org/newsletter-vol-20/

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https://epcaquebec.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/EPCA-NEWSLETTER-VOL.-20.pdf

05/25/2023

Amazing art from cycle
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04/28/2023

As we are nearing the end of the school year, we've focused this issue on keeping our kids engaged and on helping parents understand the ministry exams... what they are, when they occur, and how you can help prepare your child to face this challenge head on. We wish you and your students the best of luck in the coming months!
[PDF]
https://epcaquebec.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/EPCA-NEWSLETTER-VOL.-19.pdf

[Website]
https://epcaquebec.org/newsletter-vol-19/

Dear Parents,

Myself and EPCA have had a very busy month working on your behalf. We are always so happy to be able to work with parents - and on behalf of parents - to advance the priorities of the anglophone parent community in Quebec. Remember to contact us with your ideas on how EPCA can help you and for suggestions for future newsletter topics. Here are some updates on initiatives we discussed in the previous newsletter.

Road safety around schools is critical to all of us. We worked with a group of dedicated parents to organize demonstrations in schools on March 15th. On Friday, 21 April, we also took part in a nonpartisan press conference. Parents presented a binder containing resolutions passed by more than 50 municipalities in Quebec urging the government to increase funding for road safety and make roads more accessible to pedestrians and cyclists. We will continue to work hard to send a clear message to the government that road safety is a critical priority for today's parents and hope to gain support from as many municipalities as possible to make real changes in our communities.

On the capacity-building front, we have held workshops for parents on a variety of topics, including Evolving from Colour Blindness, Homework 101, and the transition from Elementary to Secondary school. We also partnered with Canadian Parents for French for a Family Movie Night. We had a fantastic turnout and will continue to offer workshops until the end of the school year, including on topics such as A Parent's Role in their Child's Friendships, Social Media and Internet Safety (check out our page) and others listed later in this edition of our newsletter.

As we are nearing the end of the school year, we've focused this issue on keeping our kids engaged and on helping parents understand the ministry exams... what they are, when they occur, and how you can help prepare your child to face this challenge head on. We wish you and your students the best of luck in the coming months!
[PDF]
https://epcaquebec.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/EPCA-NEWSLETTER-VOL.-19.pdf

[Website]
https://epcaquebec.org/newsletter-vol-19/

04/17/2023

Looking for a delicious treat and want to support grade 6 graduation? Well look no further. Check your child’s agenda for the order form.
Campaign is running until April 24th. 🍪 💕 🍪 💕 🍪 💕