Mois: août 2023

Great Things Seen & Heard

  • Great to hear some of our badminton players received two ASAA sportsmanship “setting the bar” awards!
  • Quotable quote from staff: it gets ugly before it gets better. Could that be confirming the work on our staff parking lot?
  • A teacher accidentally called another teacher a dickhead. Oops!
  • Who stole the confiscated bong from the PVO library? No students were left in the building when it disappeared, so it must have been…
  • With the end of the year teacher-fuzzy-brain syndrome, $500 per month for ten years adds up to $5000! Is that new math?

Bits & Pieces

  • September 4th: Labour Day.
  • September 5th: School Starts for Grade 10’s and New Students (Bay Day).
  • September 6th: First day of school for entire student body.
  • September 11th: Career Coach team meeting with administration (two schools).
  • September 12th: EWP/PVO Open House (Parent Night) at 5:00 PM (date to confirm).
  • September 12th: AGM School Council at 7:00 PM.
  • September 14th: AGM Parent Society at 7:00 PM.
  • September 15th: Tentative Hilliard’s Bay for PVO students.
  • September 18th: First regular biweekly meeting after school.
  • September 19th: School Division PD Committee meeting after school.
  • September 20th: ELAA evening open house.
  • September 22nd: Division-wide PD Day hosted at EW Pratt.
  • September 26th-28th: tentative dates for Wade Sarochan presentations (students and parents).
  • September 27th: Administrative Association meeting in morning.

Events This Week

  • Monday, August 28th: Staff Parking Lot being ripped up again (to be redone).
  • Monday, August 28th: All EA’s have NVCI training (only day for Secondary EA’s).
  • Monday, August 28th: Library Clerk MM’s first day, training with KB from Divisional Office.
  • Monday, August 28th: Secretaries start up and Career Coaches have meeting.
  • Monday, August 28th: Teachers all attend Land-Based Learning in Joussard, bus departing 8:30 AM.
  • Tuesday, August 29th: Hopefully, repaving of our staff parking lot (again).
  • Tuesday, August 29th: Administrators and New Teacher Orientation at Division Office, 9:30-15:30 while others work at school.
  • Wednesday, August 30th: PD Day—9:00 AM in Room 141: specialist councils, assignable time, report card dates, and culture conversation for the coming year including timeframe for new, motivational activities (as seen on the Committee Sign-Up sheet).
  • Wednesday, August 30th: Choose a restaurant to meet for lunch.
  • Wednesday, August 30th: PD Day—1:00 PM in Room 141: subject area collaboration as scheduled (TBA) and phone calls to Bay Day parents when not in collaboration meetings.
  • Thursday, August 31st: PD Day—9:00 AM in Room 141: assessment practices and standards.
  • Thursday, August 31st: New superintendent and team visit our school at 11:00 AM.
  • Thursday, August 31st: PD Day—1:00 PM in Room 141: collaboration as scheduled (TBA).
  • Friday, September 1st: All staff attend morning Staff Meeting at 8:30 AM in Room 141: Safety Review, Basic Procedures Review, Confidentiality Review, Committee sign-up confirmation, choose duties for Open House on September 12th (date to be confirmed).  
  • Friday, September 1st: Noon Dismissal for long weekend.