PMSS

🌲 Tree Chipping – PMSS Grad Fundraiser 🌲

Support PMSS 2026 Grads & the Pitt Meadows Lions Club!

• Dates: Saturday, January 3rd & Sunday, January 4th
• Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
  Location: 17799 Ferryslip Road, Pitt Meadows
• Payment: By Donation (with a $10 minimum)

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Need Pickup?
We offer pickups in Pitt Meadows up to 207th Street in Maple Ridge!

✅ Email your address to pmssgrads2026@hotmail.com
✅ Trees must be curbside by 9:00 AM on January 3rd
✅ Minimum $10 donation for pickup

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Why Participate?

• Convenient way to dispose of your tree
• Support local grads and community programs
• Keep Pitt Meadows green and clean!

Got holiday empties piling up? We’ve got the perfect solution!

Join us for the PMSS Grad Bottle Drive on:

Date:  Saturday, January 3, 2026
Time:  9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Where:  the school’s front parking lot by the main doors

How you can help:

• Grade 12 Students and Parents: Volunteers and vehicles are needed!
• Sign up on the Grade 12 MS Teams page, on the Senior Lounge sign-up sheet, or email kritter79@gmail.com. 
• Volunteers: Please arrive at 9:00 a.m. sharp at the school’s front parking lot.
• Families & Community Members: Drop off your bottles and cans anytime during event hours to support Dry Grad.

Thank you very much for your generosity and support!

PMSS Grad

The NEW pick-up date for the First Aid Supply Fundraiser will be Tuesday, December 16th, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room.  If you are not able to pick up during this timeframe, please send a designate with your order details.

Thank you again for your support of PMSS Grad!

Reminder to all our PMSS families that the following Grad fundraising items have arrived at the school:

• Purdy’s Chocolate
• Plant arrangements and Poinsettias from Growing Smiles Nursery.

The PICK-UP WINDOW will be from 2:45 – 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 11th in the Multipurpose Room (just down the hall from the Main Entrance doors).

** NOTE:  there has been a delay on the delivery of the First Aid Supplies from Canadian Safety Supplies.  We will send out a parent portal message with that updated delivery date as soon as we receive it.

IMPORTANT – If you cannot make the above pick-up time, please be sure to send a designate with your order information.

Thank you again for your support of PMSS Grad!

🎄✨ PMSS Winter Craft Fair – A Holiday Celebration! ✨🎄
Friday, December 5 | 3:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Step into the magic of the season at our Annual Winter Craft Fair!
Enjoy over 50 unique vendors offering handmade treasures, delicious food trucks, and live holiday music to keep the festive spirit alive.

🎁 Fun for the whole family!

• Games & activities for the little ones
• Cozy holiday vibes and community cheer

✨ Entry by donation
📍 Find us at the gym entrance (east end of the school)

Come shop, eat, play, and make this holiday season unforgettable!

2025 PMSS Christmas Ornaments – only $10 each. These ornaments make wonderful stocking stuffers and can be personalized for an extra festive touch. Don’t miss out—order your PMSS ornament through the main office before they’re all gone!  Picture link: 2025 PMSS Christmas Ornaments

 

• The announcements that are read out each morning over the PA System are posted under the STUDENT Top Tab under PMSS Daily Announcements.  Check those out to see what is happening at the school.
• Don’t forget that this Friday, November 21st is a LATE START – warning bell rings at 9:45 a.m. and classes begin at 9:50.

Student-Led Parent Teacher Conference Day happening on Thursday November 6, 2025. 

Of special note: Sign up is THROUGH the parent portal.

• We have a combination of our gym 5-minute conferences as well as some hybrid-multifamily classroom conferences which range from 10 – 15 minutes.
• Please be mindful of travel time between classrooms and the gym when booking your 5 minute gym slots. 
• There are also ‘some’ drop-in spots available for the classroom hybrid conferences only that you can sign up on ‘the day of’.
• Grade 8 parents, talk to your child about which rotation they completed and visit with those 2 teachers, there is no need to book with all 10 rotation teachers. 

Reminder that these are student-led, and students should attend with their family – this is especially important for the classroom hybrid conferences as the students will lead these with their families.

• Afternoon sessions run from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
• Evening sessions run from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
  
• There is NO SCHOOL THAT DAY FOR STUDENTS (other than attending their selected conference time with parents/guardians)
  

** Conference sign-up is done through the Parent Portal and opened Friday, October 24th. Sign-up will CLOSE at noon on Wednesday November 5th, 2025.

** If you need to reach out to your child’s teacher(s), email addresses are listed on the PMSS Website under the STAFF top tab.

PMSS is hosting a post-secondary evening on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. for all Grade 11 and 12 students and their parents/guardians. The following institutions will be attending:

British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) Capilano University (CapU) Corpus Christi/St. Mark’s Douglas College Emily Carr Fairleigh Dickinson University Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) Langara College

Simon Fraser University (SFU) Trinity Western University (TWU) University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) University of Victoria (UVic) Vancouver Community College (VCC) Vancouver Island University (VIU)

 

• Each institution will give two back-to-back 30-minute presentations; one at 6:00 p.m. and one at 6:30 p.m. and then all institutions will be in the Multi-Purpose Room for a mini fair from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
• Parking:  Enter the school through the main doors or the westside parking entrance.  The gym entrance will be locked.
• Check out Post Secondary BC’s website at: https://www.postsecondarybc.ca/for-students/ for more information.

This is definitely a worthwhile event to attend if your son/daughter is thinking of enrolling in post-secondary after high school graduation.  We hope you can join us!