Month: August 2021
Great Things Seen & Heard
- Thanks, CB, for organizing such a great first day for Grade 10 students!
- Thanks, NM, for organizing our Wednesday get-together for staff!
Events This Week
- Monday, August 30th: First day for Grade 10 students
- Monday, August 30th: Pizza lunch for all staff and students
- Tuesday, August 31st: First day for all students
- Tuesday, August 31st: Locally ordered hot lunch for students
- Wednesday, September 1st: Locally ordered hot lunch for students
- Wednesday, September 1st: All staff meet for get-together in Learning Commons after school
- Thursday, September 2nd: Locally ordered hot lunch for students
- Friday, September 3rd: Locally ordered hot lunch for students
- Friday, September 3rd: Network outage after school (3 hours)
- Friday, September 3rd: First football game at 4:30 PM (home game)
- Friday, September 3rd: Rest up—we’ve made it through our first week and it’s a long weekend!
Great Things Seen & Heard
- We are excited to welcome two wonderful new teachers and one new EA to our staff this year! Welcome aboard, NS, DW and SO!
- Beautiful new, shiny gym floor to admire this week!
Clips & Tips
We have explored different stereotypes on previous PD days, so this video review of a book (“Whistling Vivaldi”) offers a simple summary of what stereotypes consist of and how to mitigate the threats of stereotypes. The easy suggestions could help us in the classroom:
If you’d like to find out more about the story behind the title of the book (“Whistling Vivaldi”), read about it here:
Bits & Pieces
- The school board has posted a revision of the return to school handbook on their website: https://hpsd.ca/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=24210081 .
- Masks are optional at school this year, but mandatory on school buses.
- Procedures for Covid may be adjusted on September 27th, so we shall remain flexible.
- Reminder that according to Alberta’s Privacy Act, we have been asked to refrain from asking students and others about their vaccination status.
- Documents for teachers for the return to school are in the first day’s agenda (emailed).
- First long weekend of school year: September 6th is Labour Day.
- Orange Shirt Day will be on September 30th this year.
- School Photos will be on Tuesday, October 5th .
Events This Week
- Monday, August 23rd: Last day of vacation for teachers
- Tuesday, August 24th: NVCI training in our school gym
- Tuesday, August 24th: Teachers come to school at 8:30 AM and meet in Learning Commons at 9:00 AM
- Tuesday, August 24th: Collaboration and planning in afternoon
- Wednesday, August 25th: New Teacher Orientation in morning
- Wednesday, August 25th: Administrators’ Meeting (HPSD) in afternoon
- Thursday, August 26th: First day for all staff: meet in Learning Commons at 8:30 AM for welcome and Library Orientation
- Thursday, August 26th: IEC Resource Review at 9:00 AM
- Thursday, August 26th: Annual Safety Meeting at 10:30 AM
- Thursday, August 26th: HPSD Divisional Collaboration at 1:00 PM
- Friday, August 27th: Board visitors come to our school at 9:45 AM
- Friday, August 27th: Collaborate Team Meetings at 1:00 PM (work on Dossier)
Monday Memo 