Oyama Traditional School PAC

10/11/2026

Education and Student Services Committee meeting is Wednesday, October 14th at 4pm. There will be an update presented on the 'Foundational Skill Development Progress - Numeracy Focus' and a presentation on the 'K-9 Numeracy Assessment & Instructional Guide Overview' with Examples of Promising School-Wide Numeracy Practices from Canyon Falls Middle & Springvalley Middle Schools.

Just a reminder, these committee meetings are open to the public. The agenda and past meeting minutes can be found on Central Okanagan Public Schools website. https://pub-sd23.escribemeetings.com/?Year=2026

10/10/2026

💙💛 SUPPORT OTS WHILE YOU SHOP! 🛍️

Did you know you can help raise money for Oyama Traditional School just by doing your everyday shopping?! 🙌

We have THREE ongoing fundraisers that make supporting our school SUPER easy — and they don’t cost you anything extra! 🎉

🥬 NATURE’S FARE – 3% CLUB

Shop at Nature’s Fare, save your receipts, and drop them in the collection box on the table across from the school office!

✨ Three times a year, we submit the receipts, and Nature’s Fare donates 3% of your pre-tax purchases back to OTS!

🛒 SAVE-ON-FOODS – 5% BACK!

Shopping at Save-On-Foods in Lake Country? Here’s a super simple trick!

💚 Before buying your groceries, purchase a Save-On-Foods gift card for the amount you plan to spend.

💚 Ask the cashier to record your gift card purchase under Oyama Traditional School.

💚 Use that gift card to pay for your groceries!

That’s it! OTS receives 5% back on the gift cards purchased through this program each year! 🎉

🏷️ OLIVER’S LABELS – 20% BACK!

With so many matching school hoodies, sweaters, water bottles and lunch kits, labels are a lifesaver! 😂

Order your personalized labels through our special fundraising link, and 20% of your purchase goes right back to supporting OTS!

🔗 Order here: www.oliverslabels.com/OTSPAC

💙 SMALL PURCHASES, BIG IMPACT! 💛

Every receipt, gift card and label order adds up! These ongoing fundraisers are such an easy way to support our students and school community without spending a penny more than you normally would.

Thank you for continuing to support OTS! We couldn’t do it without our amazing school families! 🥰

10/09/2026

♻️GOT EMPTIES? WE’LL PICK THEM UP! ♻️

Oyama Traditional School’s Grade 5 students are holding a Bottle Drive to help raise funds for their class trip to Gardom Lake! 🏕️💙

📅 Saturday, October 17

⏰ 10:00 AM–2:00 PM

Have refundable bottles & cans you’d like to donate? We’ll come to you! 🚗♻️

👉 Sign up for bottle pickup here:

https://forms.gle/bLE3i1i4ki9TQMQ19

Or simply drop your empties off at the Oyama Traditional School parking lot between 10 AM–2 PM on October 17.

Every donation helps our Grade 5 students get a little closer to their Gardom Lake adventure. 🌲💙

Thank you for supporting our local kids! 🥰♻️

Please share and help us spread the word!

10/07/2026

🍦💙 A SWEET THANK YOU TO OKF GRILL! 💙🍦

A huge thank you to OKF Grill for hosting an Ice Cream Fundraiser for OTS last week! 🍦

We’re so grateful to have wonderful local businesses that continue to show up and support our school and our students. Your generosity means so much to our OTS community! 🥰

And thank you to everyone who stopped by for a scoop (or two! 😉) and helped make the fundraiser a success!

🍦 Thank you, OKF Grill, for supporting OTS! 💙

09/26/2026

🚒❤️ A BIG THANK YOU TO THE LAKE COUNTRY FIRE ASSOCIATION! ❤️🚒

We are so grateful to the Lake Country Fire Association for once again showing their support for OTS!

Proceeds raised through their Burger Barn at Oyama Days were generously donated to help support our students and school programs. 🍔❤️

Support like this makes a meaningful difference in what our PAC is able to provide for our students throughout the year, and we are incredibly fortunate to have such wonderful community partners behind us.

From all of us at OTS, thank you LCFA for your generosity and continued support of our school! We truly appreciate everything you do for our community. 🚒🫶

09/26/2026

🍂🧡 WHAT A NIGHT, OTS! 🧡🍂

Our Harvest Fair was such an amazing evening, and it truly took a whole community to make it happen! We are incredibly grateful to everyone who helped bring it all together. 🫶

A HUGE thank you to our wonderful sponsors and community supporters:

✨ IGA
🚒 Lake Country Firehall
✨ Oyama General Store
📸 Pink Dragonfly Photography
🍦 Dairy Queen
🌾 Sproule and Daughter Farm
🌾 Jill Allingham Farm
🏡 Oyama Community Hall
🌾 Gatze Farms
🥧 Our amazing pie makers — Mrs. McClary, Radlyn & Remaya Heintz
🌺 Aloha Okanagan

And an extra-big thank you to our PAC, Events & Fundraising Team, OTS staff, and ALL of our incredible volunteers who gave their time and energy to make the evening happen. We truly couldn’t do events like this without you! ❤️

And finally, thank you to every family and community member who came out, joined in the fun, and supported OTS! Seeing everyone together laughing, visiting and enjoying the evening is what these events are all about.

We are so lucky to be part of such a supportive little community. 💛💚💙❤️

Thank you for making our Harvest Fair one to remember! 🍂🎃

09/19/2026

💙💛 A BIG OTS THANK YOU! 💛💙

A huge shoutout to Oyama General Store for supporting OTS with our recent Slushie Fundraiser! 🥤🎉

Your generosity and support for our school community means so much to us! And let’s be honest… getting to support our school while enjoying a delicious slushie is a pretty sweet deal. 😉🥤

Thank you for helping make fundraising a little more fun — and for being such a wonderful part of our community! ❤️

🙌 Stay tuned, OTS families! We’ve got more fun fundraisers coming your way, so keep your eyes peeled! 👀✨

Thank you, Oyama General Store! We appreciate you! 💙💛

09/18/2026

A Message from our COPAC President, Leslie Atwell.

Good afternoon SD23 PACs,
COPAC is going to host a School Board Trustee All Candidates Forum on October 6th. We need your help! We are asking PACs and SD23 families to please submit questions they would like us to ask Trustee Candidates. We will collect the questions and ask as many as we can during our 90-minute forum. Submit your questions here: https://forms.gle/QjdZS3fFXjowmq1u9 The deadline to submit questions is September 28.

**Mark Your Calendar** The COPAC School Board Trustee all candidates forum will be hosted virtually on October 6, 2026 at 7:00pm. The meeting link will be shared closer to the event.
Please share this information with your school community. We will be creating a post on the COPAC page that can be shared by PACs or the attached document can be shared to your school community.

The 2026 Civic election is October 17. Voters in the Central Okanagan will elect 7 School Board Trustees who will be in place for the next 4 years and can have a significant impact on our school district. Please help your parent community to be well informed voters!

Thank you,

Leslie Atwell

Please submit your questions for the candidates of the upcoming School Board Trustee election here. The forum will take place on October 6th, 2026 at 7:00pm. This will be an online presentation, please check the COPAC website after October 1st for the link. The deadline to submit questions is end of...

09/17/2026

📣 PAC MEETING TONIGHT! 🎉

Hey OTS families! 👋 It’s time to get our PAC brains together! 🧠✨

📅 Tonight — September 17
⏰ 7:00 PM
📍 OTS library

Come hear what’s happening around the school, help us plan some fun things for our kiddos, share your ideas, or just come hang out with the PAC crew! 💙

Whether you’re a PAC regular or have never been to a meeting before — we’d love to see you! 🙌

See you tonight! 🎉

09/11/2026

🍧💦 SLUSHIE DAY IS TOMORROW! 💦🍧

Need a little Friday pick-me-up? We’ve got you covered! 😎🥤

📅 Friday, September 11
📍 Oyama General Store
⏰ ALL DAY!
💰 Small slushies — just $3!

Stop by, grab yourself a deliciously icy treat, and support OTS PAC while you’re at it! 🦅

A portion of every slushie sold will go back to our school. ❤️

🍓 Choose your flavour
🥤 Sip something sweet
🦅 Support our OTS community
☀️ Enjoy your Friday!

Tell the kids. Tell your neighbours. Tell your friends. Basically… everyone needs a slushie tomorrow! 😂🍧

A huge THANK YOU to Oyama General Store for helping us make this fundraiser happen! 💙

See you at the slushie machine! 🍧🎉