Jour: 4 février 2023

Great Things Seen & Heard   

  • Since many of our requests for help with keys and knobs at school are turned down when we struggle to get doors open, we were most delightfully surprised with a new doorknob for Room 147. Congratulations, RL!
  • Speaking of requests for help, when our automatic sink faucet was in need of a new battery, one teacher made up a song to sing while trying to get the water to run!
  • Sometimes we think we have such unruly students, but in Grade 3, one little boy stood up in the middle of his class stood up and yelled “suck my dick” but was horrified when he found out what that means (his friend dared him to do it).
  • Student felt sick and woozy after lunch after eating the whole bag of candy she thought her mother had packed in her backpack, but then remembered that she had bought the bag of edibles herself when she turned 18! Too late to not eat them all at once!
  • Student brought four apples into the boys’ washroom after lunch and then later volunteered to clean up smashed apples on walls and cubicles in exchange for unlocking the door to let boys use the washroom.
  • Fine line of interpretation between “send homework experience” versus “sending home work experience forms!”
  • When teacher asked how to get the touch screen feature to work on the whiteboard, the answer came that SmartBoard and interactive screens can have that feature, but whiteboards still require markers. Oops! Wrong word!

Bits & Pieces

  • Calendar results from poll of all HPSD staff: Option 3 came ahead by more than 100 votes (5-day weekend in November and a late Christmas holiday break from December 23rd to January 7th. The 2023-24 school calendar will go before the trustees in the third week of February.
  • Since we had collaboration time last Monday on PD Day, our next regularly scheduled biweekly meeting is after school on Monday, February 13th.
  • LST virtual meeting on Wednesday, February 15th from 9:00 to 11:00 AM.
  • Family Day holiday coming up on February 20th.
  • Grad photos during the week of February 27th to March 2nd.
  • Common time IEC PD on March 10th (division-wide).
  • Ribbon-skirt making for those who indicated interest on Saturday, March 11th.
  • Reminder that the gym is closed to non-PE students at all times except for lunch and for team sports.
  • 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, February 6th: some students at EWP and PVO will have vaccinations at school.
  • Monday, February 6th: Lunch to be confirmed
  • Monday, February 6th: PVO students go skating in the afternoon.
  • Tuesday, February 7th: Someone from the Friendship Centre will be coming to both EWP and to PVO to describe their programs.
  • Tuesday, February 7th: Hot Lunch is to be confirmed.
  • Wednesday, February 8th: PD Day (half-day morning) and Day Off (for driving to Edmonton).
  • Wednesday, February 8th: HPSD collaboration in the morning for PD (9:00 AM to 10:30 AM).
  • Wednesday, February 8th: IEC common time PD with Simon Bird by Zoom (10:30 to 11:30 AM).
  • Wednesday, February 8th: Afternoon drive to Edmonton for Teachers’ Convention.
  • Thursday, February 9th: Teachers’ Convention in Edmonton (mandatory attendance).
  • Thursday, February 9th: Teachers’ Convention in Edmonton (mandatory attendance).