Month: January 2023
Great Things Seen & Heard
- One of our students will be competing at the Arctic Winter Games this week!
- A student’s great great grandfather is Kootenay Brown!
- Misread “corn” based as “com” based and thought it was a new dietary restriction!
- Teacher said that terra cotta warriors were made of baked clay, and then learned that was the meaning of terra cotta!
Bits & Pieces
- Collaboration time in the morning of PD day to discuss school culture, accommodations, honour roll, and credit recovery after introductions and calendar question for 2023-24 .
- Gym closed to non-PE students at all times except for lunch.
- Semester One marks on the report card plus the plan for Semester Two determine grad list placement (Grad on Saturday, June 10th).
Events This Week
- Monday, January 30th: PD Day — Introductions, calendar question, and collaboration in Room 141 at 9:00 AM.
- Monday, January 30th: CB, KM, JN, and CW away all day.
- Monday, January 30th: PD Day — Double IEC sessions (November plus January) at 1:00 PM.
- Tuesday, January 31st: Semester Two begins with a quick Assembly in Gym (timetables passed out at the end).
- Tuesday, January 31st: GS returns from medical leave. (YAY!)
- Tuesday, January 31st: Hot Lunch is Pulled Pork Bun with Veggies and Dip
- Tuesday, January 31st: Semester One report cards emailed home at end of day.
- Wednesday, February 1st: Administrators’ PD in morning (9:00 AM to noon).
- Wednesday, February 1st: CB, JeG, and NS away all day.
- Wednesday, February 1st: Hot Lunch is Pizza Sub with Fruit.
- Wednesday, February 1st: PVO students go skating.
- Thursday, February 2nd: CB, JeG, and NS away all day.
- Thursday, February 2nd: Hot Lunch is Italian Wedding Soup.
- Thursday, February 2nd: Calendar committee meeting (EV) at 1:00 PM.
- Friday, February 3rd: CB, EC, JeG, and NS away all day.
- Friday, February 3rd: Lunch is Charcuterie Box.
Great Things Seen & Heard
- Our new teacher (JM) will be able to join our staff lunch on Friday!
- Accidentally told a boy he was cute instead of saying he was quick. Oops!
- Student asks for permission to text his mom to bring him a Tim’s during his Diploma exam!
Clips & Tips
We are not alone with our war against students vaping in bathrooms. Sometimes we’re so focused on the bathroom problem that we don’t see the bigger problem: student addiction is at an all-time high! Many articles offer good advice, but this one offers more pertinent information than most:
Bits & Pieces
- Gym and Library are both closed during Assessment Week.
- Please check the shared supervision schedule for our exams.
- Please submit report card comments as soon as available, between January 23rd and 27th.
- PD Day on January 30th (two IEC sessions to make up for one missed).
- Semester One Report Card goes home on January 31st.
- Semester Two begins on January 31st, assembly time TBD.
- Admin PD February 1st, 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon.
- Semester One marks on the report card plus the plan for Semester Two determine grad list placement (Grad on Saturday, June 10th).
Events This Week
- Monday, January 23rd: SS Part B Diploma Exams and all other SS exams.
- Monday, January 23rd: PVO students go skating.
- Tuesday, January 24th: Biology 30 Diploma Exam and Biology 20 final exam.
- Wednesday, January 25th: Chemistry Diploma Exam (external student) and all other Science exams.
- Wednesday, January 25th: Physics in-class final exam in the afternoon.
- Wednesday, January 25th: PVO students go skating.
- Wednesday, January 25th: JN and CW head to Edmonton for Diploma Exam marking.
- Thursday, January 26th: Physics Diploma Exam and all remaining ELA exams.
- Friday, January 27th: Math exams.
- Friday, January 27th: Staff Lunch (make your own tacos) at 12:00 noon. YAY!
- Friday, January 27th: Marks and comments in Maplewood (and paper copy in office) by 3:00 PM
- Friday, January 27th: Basketball team heads to Peace River.
Monday Memo 