Jour: 3 décembre 2023

Great Things Seen & Heard   

  • Both boys’ and girls’ teams won GOLD at our basketball tournament! Way to go, teams!!
  • Student Newsletter getting rave reviews! Way to go, Student Council!
  • Teacher accidentally said that teachers know nothing about curriculum instead of parents! Oops!
  • Tipi Time was a great way to talk about Math concepts!
  • Police who came to PVO for a presentation surprised us by wearing ribbon skirts!
  • Student in ELA talks about how he has learned that not having his cellphone in class really helps him do better!
  • Teacher finds student creativity projects to be the best classes ever!
  • Attendance at Math WIN time has been higher over the past few weeks than ever, and mostly Grade 10 students!
  • Teacher observed a student shadowboxing to the tune of Eye of the Tiger!
  • With the basketball tournament just this past week, we finally noticed that our students’ washrooms are not labelled “Girls” and “Boys,” so visiting students went in the wrong ones!
  • Basketball referee wanted people to smell their hands… That’s a first!

Clips & Tips

For inspiration on how to reach our ESL learners, this quick read will give many ideas:

The above blog post referred to this resource that targets adolescents with literacy needs whether they are second language learners or not. This resource helps understand what good readers do, then describes the struggles of those who don’t read well. Most importantly, the article recommends specific strategies for supporting classroom learning within the context of their subject area:

Bits & Pieces

  • New time for all regular bi-weekly meetings: 3:35 PM to 4:35 PM. Please be on time!
  • Next Staff Meeting on December 11th at 3:35 PM (KM on bus duty).
  • Staff Christmas Get-Together at local restaurant, December 13th at 5:00 PM.
  • Christmas Breakfast Squeeze Day on December 22nd.
  • First regular biweekly meeting in the new year will be January 15th.
  • Gym booking on Sunday evenings continues for the local Basketball league.

Events This Week

  • All week: Wellness Week (each activity students do will earn them a draw entry).
  • Monday, December 4th: Food Drive continues this week.
  • Monday, December 4th: EV away all day
  • Monday, December 4th: Pajama Day.
  • Monday, December 4th: Lunch is Chicken Bacon Wrap and veggies.
  • Monday, December 4th: Girls’ Basketball after school.
  • Monday, December 4th: Big Lakes Volleyball at 6:00 PM.
  • Tuesday, December 5th: Plaid Day.
  • Tuesday, December 5th: Dual Credit Meeting (EV) at 9:45 AM.
  • Tuesday, December 5th: Lunch is Hamburger Soup.
  • Tuesday, December 5th: Admin meet Career Coaches at 1:00 PM.
  • Tuesday, December 5th: Boys’ Basketball after school.
  • Tuesday, December 5th: Staff Greenhouse Event in early evening.
  • Tuesday, December 5th: Big Lakes Volleyball at 6:00 PM.
  • Wednesday, December 6th: Wacky Hair Day.
  • Wednesday, December 6th: Lunch is Mac & Cheese.
  • Wednesday, December 6th: Girls’ Basketball after school.
  • Wednesday, December 6th: Big Lakes Volleyball at 6:00 PM.
  • Thursday, December 7th: Jersey Day.
  • Thursday, December 7th: EV at Career Fair in Lethbridge.
  • Thursday, December 7th: NM away all day.
  • Thursday, December 7th: Lunch is Honey Garlic Chicken and Rice.
  • Thursday, December 7th: Boys’ Basketball after school.
  • Thursday, December 7th: Big Lakes Volleyball at 6:00 PM.
  • Friday, December 8th: Chargers Day.
  • Friday, December 8th: EV at University of Lethbridge Career Fair.
  • Friday, December 8th: HPSD Wellness Day (divisional Wellness Coaches all here)
  • Friday, December 8th: B1 Wellness Coaches preparing school lunch.
  • Friday, December 8th: B2 Wellness Trivia for 7 teachers who signed up.
  • Friday, December 8th: B2 Wellness SURPRISE scavenger hunt for ALL classes.
  • Friday, December 8th: Lunch is a Pizza Sub and Fruit.
  • Friday, December 8th: Lunch Wellness Bingo in the Library.
  • Friday, December 8th: PRS coming here for their Basketball Tournament at 1:00 PM.
  • Friday, December 8th: B3 Wellness activity for staff in staff room (coaches take classes).
  • Friday, December 8th: B4 Wellness test testers activity for all students 10-15 minutes.