Mois: juin 2022
Great Things Seen & Heard
- With so many staff members going over the top to help our graduating students, our 2022 Graduation Ceremony was a huge success! Thank you for all you did to make it happen!
- Walking with scenery to look at is not only a pleasant pastime, but is also a good way to overcome a boring conversation!
- You know it is teacher brain-fuzz time of year when a teacher admits to talking to a mannequin in a Slave Lake store! (Always better to ask a real person when you need help finding something…)
Clips & Tips
Another aspect of using mind maps is for taking notes. For many learners, taking notes with fewer words but with more colour and images helps students retain information better. This blog article shares many tips for taking effective notes for studying, after a brief description of how traditional linear methods of note-taking fall short of success:
Bits & Pieces
- Exam Week, June 17th to 28th (supervision schedule has been sent to all staff).
- Lunches for exam week will still be ordered on paper at the office, although we will have a different preparation structure.
- Our new PVO VP (RN) to be visiting school on June 20th.
- All ELA exams on June 20th.
- Staff Smoker Supper at JN’s tentatively scheduled for June 20th.
- No exams for national Indigenous Peoples Day – 11:30 AM BBQ for all staff.
- All SS exams on June 22nd.
- All Biology and Science 10/24 exams on June 23rd.
- SM at LSC for Robotics/Coding curriculum.
- CW and JN participating in Diploma marking, June 23rd to June 30th.
- All Chemistry exams on June 24th.
- All Physics exams on June 27th.
- FS at LSC for Finance/Enterpreneurship on June 27th.
- School awarded marks to government by June 28th at 3:00 PM.
- June 29th final PD Day; training in our school gym for ACT.
- Report cards go home on June 29th.
Events This Week
- Monday, June 13th: RL away all day
- Monday, June 13th: Smudge in Cor’s room, 8:15 to 8:30 AM.
- Monday, June 13th: ELA Diploma Part A exam in Room 141.
- Monday, June 13th: Hot Lunch is Egg Salad Sandwich and Fruit Salad.
- Tuesday, June 14th: SS Diploma Part A exam in both Room 137 and Room 141.
- Tuesday, June 14th: Hot Lunch is Chicken Kabobs and Strawberry Spinach Salad.
- Tuesday, June 14th: Lunch time fun (Native Tik Tok) in CG’s room (Room 126).
- Tuesday, June 14th: Math 15 Drum Maker with elder in Block 3 (may go over time).
- Wednesday, June 15th: ESP day away for end of year activities.
- Wednesday, June 15th: Lunch time fun (Cree Bingo with prizes) in CG’s room (Room 126).
- Wednesday, June 15th: Lunch is Dill Pickle Pasta Salad and Veggies and Dip.
- Thursday, June 16th: EWP’s Indigenous Peoples Day.
- Thursday, June 16th: Last day of regular classes.
- Thursday, June 16th: Hot Lunch is Bannock Bison Burger BBQ for all students and staff.
- Thursday, June 16th: Fringe Beaded Earring making with guest, 12:30, parents welcome, sponsored by School Council.
- Thursday, June 16th: Last LST meeting with HPSD at 1:00 PM.
- Friday, June 17th: First day of Exam Days.
- Friday, June 17th: All Math Exams.
- Friday, June 17th: AL away all day.
- Friday, June 17th: All CST modules must be in to secretary by this morning.
- Friday, June 17th: Hot lunch will be pizza from a local restaurant.
Great Things Seen & Heard
- Our amazing students outperformed all other provincial school’s at the Provincial Track Meet in Medicine Hat on the weekend!
- One of our rodeo cowboys, OP, won and is heading to Nationals in Wyoming!
- A teacher was offered a safer solution to having her brakes checked at the garage: the student’s dad would do it in exchange for a mickey and a couple packs of smokes!
- A student rediscovered that writing an essay is like a hamburger (as learned in Grade 2)!
- Proposal writing frenzy: students offer to write a proposal just like that other student when denied permission for a treat!
- Walking with scenery to look at sounds like a pleasant pastime…
- A student shares that he did not fall for peer-pressure to use drugs, but fell into peer-pressure for playing mini-golf!
Bits & Pieces
- All Work Experience hours should have been submitted to TR by June 6th.
- Graduation Ceremony in gym on June 11th at 1:00 PM. Live-streaming available.
- ELA Diploma Part A exam on June 13th.
- SS Diploma Part A exam on June 14th.
- Drum Making in Math 15 class in Block 3 (may go over time) rescheduled to June 14th.
- Our school’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day, June 16th (Bannock Bison Burgers).
- Last Day of Classes on June 16th.
- Our new PVO VP (RN) to be visiting school on June 20th.
- Staff Smoker Supper at JN’s tentatively scheduled for June 20th.
- Exam Week, June 17th to 28th (supervision schedule has been sent to all staff).
- CW and JN participating in Diploma marking, June 23rd to June 30th.
Events This Week
- Monday, June 6th: NS away all day
- Monday, June 6th: Smudge in Cor’s room, 8:15 to 8:30 AM.
- Monday, June 6th: Special visitor to our school, with TR.
- Monday, June 6th: Hot Lunch is Ham & Cheddar Sandwich with Yogurt Parfaits.
- Monday, June 6th: Regular biweekly CRM meeting in Rm 141 after school.
- Tuesday, June 7th: Admin Meeting online from 9:00 to 12:00
- Tuesday, June 7th: Hot Lunch is Sloppy Joes with Potato Salad.
- Wednesday, June 8th: EV away at LSC all day.
- Wednesday, June 8th: Pansit for supper for all staff at 4:00 PM.
- Wednesday, June 8th: Last parent-teacher interviews (PTI) from 5-7 PM.
- Wednesday, June 8th: Hot Lunch is Spaghetti and Meat Sauce.
- Thursday, June 9th: Wear something Beachy for Spirit Day.
- Thursday, June 9th: EV away at LSC all day.
- Thursday, June 9th: Driftpile Land-Based Learning (Sweatlodge) from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM.
- Thursday, June 9th: Hot Lunch is Waffles, Bacon and Fruit.
- Thursday, June 9th: Gym set-up for Grad (stage, sound system, and chairs).
- Friday, June 10th: EV away at LSC all day.
- Friday, June 10th: Grad Hot Dog BBQ for lunch, starting around 11:00 AM.
- Saturday, June 11th at 1:00 PM: Graduation Ceremony (tickets to enter).
Mes mots hebdo 