Month: January 2022

Great Things Seen & Heard

  • Overheard: staff member has coffee left because she’s doing pot (but she actually said pods)!
  • TP overhears discussion in office wondering who TP is and speculating that surely it was an error, probably meant to say TR in the Monday Memo. TP stepped out to say it was her!
  • We were caught going out for bus supervision on a no-bus day! No wonder it was empty!
  • Overheard: the Y chromosome polishes the terd. Ask our SS teachers for the context of that one…
  • Teacher asked substitute to please shred everything in the drawer without realizing another teacher had put all her final exams in that drawer!
  • Student texts his Gift Lake bus driver at 9:30 AM to come pick him up and drive him home because he was bored. Uber, come pick me up!
  • Boy hurt his ankle and couldn’t come for his exam, so his mom agreed to try and wake him up (at 1:00 PM) to get him to school.
  • Teacher telling stories about dissecting a kid in the school parking lot—thankfully, it was a baby goat for Science class!
  • Teacher moved to HP 33 years ago after being told it was on the headwaters of Slave Lake!
  • We heard from a student that we have another male principal: KJ!
  • Marks for chocolate? Yes: for the price of one Kit Kat, a student moved from 89.7% to 90% average!
  • A student was talking about someone with a commanding voice: KJ!
  • Overheard: we have to order pre-sharpened pencils because our high school students don’t know how to operate a pencil sharpener!

Bits & Pieces

  • Classroom renovations are now underway, so please check timetable for class locations.
  • Insurance team visiting our school at noon on February 8th, 2022.
  • Next PD Day on February 9th, 2022: still waiting on confirmation regarding a Poverty Simulation with PVO.
  • Teachers’ Convention is on February 10th and 11th.
  • Blanket exercise has been moved to April 29th at 9:00 AM.

Events This Week

  • Monday, January 31st: Breakfast announcement between 8:00 and 8:30 AM
  • Monday, January 31st: PD Day Activities: Block 1 at 9:00 AM and Block 2 at 10:15 AM.
  • Monday, January 31st: Lunch is Taco Salad.
  • Monday, January 31st: IEC common session 1:00 – 3:00 PM on Zoom.
  • Tuesday, February 1st: Semester Two begins.
  • Tuesday, February 1st: Welcome back assembly in Staff Google Classroom at 9:00 AM.
  • Tuesday, February 1st: Lunch is Dill Pita.
  • Wednesday, February 2nd: Lunch is Half Spaghetti.
  • Thursday, February 3rd: Lunch is Turkey Club Wrap.
  • Friday, February 4th: Lunch is Pizza.
  • Friday, February 4th: Basketball teams head to Valleyview at 3:00 PM.

Great Things Seen & Heard

  • Four students wandered into school after skipping Block 3 to find the school was empty! Were they ever surprised to hear buses were sent home early, and even more disappointed when we sent them to class to catch up on work.
  • A Grade 12 student asked for his mark, and when he heard it was 25%, he was surprised it’s so high!
  • A shy Grade 10 student who never talks to his peers said he’d like a bag of chips and his classmates brought him some from the store. How sweet of them!
  • Student tells others that their teacher makes Finance more fun than it should be. Way to go, FS!

Bits & Pieces

  • Our two new teacher, JG , starts next Monday while SM starts on Tuesday. Welcome aboard!
  • Classroom renovations are now underway. We appreciate your flexibility and patience as we cycle classes through the process.
  • News: students have permission to transfer between EWP/PVO and St. Andrews without special permission if they register before January 31st, 2022.
  • January PD Wellness Day on January 31st, 2022
  • Report cards go home on January 31st, 2022
  • New semester begins on February 1st, 2022
  • Insurance team visiting our school at noon on February 8th, 2022.
  • We are double-booked for the PD Day on February 9th, 2022 so we will wait confirmation from both sets of organizers. The two possibilities are a Blanket Exercise and a Poverty Simulation. If guidelines don’t change, we could end up with neither.
  • Teachers’ Convention is on February 10th and 11th.

Events This Week

  • Monday, January 24th: Last day of regular classes.
  • Monday, January 24th: Lunch is Chicken Caesar Wrap and Fruit.
  • Tuesday, January 25th: Exams and work periods for Blocks 1 and 3.
  • Tuesday, January 25th: Lunch is pizza.
  • Wednesday, January 26th: Exams and work periods for Blocks 2 and 4.
  • Wednesday, January 26th: EV in USask Career Fair from 12:00 to 1:30 PM.
  • Wednesday, January 26th: Lunch is pizza.
  • Wednesday, January 26th: All marks in to office by the end of the day, except for pre-arranged exceptions.
  • Thursday, January 27th: EV in meeting with Kapa’weno education directors.
  • Thursday, January 27th: Make-up exams and assessments (including by teacher request).
  • Thursday, January 27th: Kitchen closed for cleaning, so no hot lunch.
  • Friday, January 28th: Rare, exceptional make-up exams and assessments.
  • Friday, January 28th: Marks in to PASI by the end of the day.
  • Friday, January 28th: Kitchen closed for cleaning, so no hot lunch.
  • Friday, January 28th: TP away all day
  • Friday, January 28th: Basketball teams leave for Peace River at 2:00 PM.
  • Friday, January 28th: Networks down for 3 hours, starting at 4:30 PM.