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Events This Week

  • Monday, March 14th: Grad photos in Student Lounge all day (by appointment only).
  • Monday, March 14th: Hot Lunch is Egg Salad Sandwich with Veggies and Dip.
  • Monday, March 14th: Regular biweekly meeting: start together on Zoom.
  • Tuesday, March 15th: Grad photos in Student Lounge all day (by appointment only).
  • Tuesday, March 15th: Hot Lunch is Minestrone Soup and Garlic Knots.
  • Tuesday, March 15th: OCA for all Grade 10s in Block 3 (schedule on LST’s email).
  • Wednesday, March 16th: Grad photos in Student Lounge all day (by appointment only).
  • Wednesday, March 16th: LST meeting all day.
  • Wednesday, March 16th: Hot Lunch is Spaghetti and Meat Sauce.
  • Wednesday, March 16th: Greenhouse Meeting (EV, CC, CB, KE, NS, KJ, TR)
  • Thursday, March 17th: Grad photos in Student Lounge all day (by appointment only).
  • Thursday, March 17th: Lunch is Swedish Meatballs and Rice.
  • Thursday, March 17th: Parent Fundraising Society meeting in person at our school.
  • Friday, March 18th: Last Day before Spring Break!
  • Friday, March 18th: Hot Lunch is Chicken Caesar Salad.

Great Things Seen & Heard

  • After one month in second semester, a student claimed to be far behind in only one class so we checked and found out that the student wasn’t even registered in that class. Now that’s far behind!
  • Mentorship students were saying they’ve already broken the rules over at the Elementary school: they’ve each picked a favourite student!
  • Overheard: One student was grumbling that it’s impossible to pass a course when it is offered first thing in the morning—way too early!
  • Embarassing moment: One teacher inadvertently put a cum project in Gradebook, short for cumulative project at the end of the term…
  • The boys in Science 24 sounded like a barbershop quartet this week: such a beautiful sound!

Clips & Tips

Have you ever heard of the banana principle? It’s a principle that was called something else over a century ago, but it makes total sense and could offer a solution to changing some disagreeable student behavior at our school. Make sure you read right through to the end of the article so that you’re not surprised when we install pink lights in the student bathrooms:

Bits & Pieces

  • Please let EV or CB know if you’d be interested in helping plan an evening BBQ for parents.
  • Assistant Superintendent visiting our school on March 10th.
  • PD Day on March 11th: 9:00 AM Librarians’ PD and 1:00 PM IEC and HPSD collaboration.
  • Regular biweekly team meeting after school on March 14th.
  • LST day away is March 16th.
  • Grad photos from March 14th to March 17th.
  • Parent Fundraising Society in person at school evening on March 18th.
  • Spring Break from March 21st to March 25th.
  • KWF’s last day with us on March 30th.
  • Mid-term report cards on April 19th.

Events This Week

  • Monday, March 7th: Regular day for psychologist to be at our school.
  • Monday, March 7th: Smudging training with CG at 11:30 AM.
  • Monday, March 7th: Hot Lunch is BLT Sandwich and Fruit Salad.
  • Tuesday, March 8th: TR and EV at Division Office from 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM.
  • Tuesday, March 8th: Hot Lunch is Chili and a Bun.
  • Tuesday, March 8th: School Council to meet at 6:00 PM on Zoom.
  • Wednesday, March 9th: Hot Lunch Chicken Pasta Primavera.
  • Wednesday, March 9th: Block 3 survey for all Grade 10’s (20 minute chunks in Rm 141).
  • Thursday, March 10th: Assistant Superintendent visiting our school all day.
  • Thursday, March 10th: Lunch is Salmon Rice Bowl.
  • Friday, March 11th: PD Day: 8:30 quick planning meeting for evening BBQ.
  • Friday, March 11th: Online workshop on Increasing Resilience from 9:00 to 10:00.
  • Friday, March 11th: Common IEC session from 1:00 to 2:00 PM.
  • Friday, March 11th: Common PD with division from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM.

Great Things Seen & Heard

  • Overheard: A Math student complained, “I am struggling with this material as it is affecting my ability to play sports!”
  • An anonymous teacher was heard to be “juggling her melons” in the kitchen on Breakfast Day!
  • A teacher made a daring bet: she would drink water out of a student’s shoe if he managed to finish all of his assignments in one evening!
  • A student who is constantly supervised because of suspicious bathroom behaviour was seen entering the gender-neutral bathroom with a banana. Why?

Bits & Pieces

  • Notice going home informing parents of our ability to receive visitors once again.
  • Both EV and TR to Division Office all day on March 8th.
  • School Council in evening on March 8th.
  • Assistant Superintendent visiting our school on March 10th.
  • PD Day on March 11th: 9:00 AM Librarians’ PD and 1:00 PM IEC and HPSD collaboration.
  • Grad photos from March 14th to March 17th.
  • Regular biweekly team meeting after school.
  • Parent Fundraising Society in evening on March 18th.
  • Spring Break from March 21st to March 25th.
  • Mid-term report cards on April 19th.