Bits & Pieces

  • 3-Year Plan discussion on PD day: consider data from surveys, choose priorities.
  • Core subject teachers will meet up with PRS teachers as a first step to vertical collaboration.
  • Our next regular bi-weekly team meeting will be on May 17th.
  • Chosen date for Grad is June 19th, at the rodeo grounds for the most flexibility.

Events This Week

  • Monday, May 10th: Online schooling for all staff and students.
  • Monday, May 10th: School Council meeting at 6:00 PM.
  • Tuesday, May 11th: Admin PD in morning.
  • Tuesday, May 11th: TR away in afternoon.
  • Tuesday, May 11th: Math-Science teachers’ HPSD collaboration after school.
  • Thursday, May 13th: Secondary administrators’ meeting.
  • Thursday, May 13th: Admin meeting after school.
  • Thursday, May 13th: PE/Specialist teachers’ HPSD collaboration after school.
  • Friday, May 14th: PD Day: 3-year Plan (discussion); core teachers meet PRS at 2:00 PM

Great Things Seen & Heard

  • We had great fun with the scavenger hunt on PD Day! Thank you, CB!
  • One of our staff members wrote that she went to a huge doctor!
  • Huge excitement for at least one Grade 10 class this past week: pancakes and fruit for breakfast!
  • Surveys may have a surprisingly good outcome: sometimes you can win a tablet!
  • New word: a Chromeboom is something like a laptop but explosive!

Clips & Tips

Have you ever completed the Briggs-Myers personality test? Sometimes, working on a team is easier when you understand your team-mates very well. It can also be fun to try to guess which personality type our colleagues fall into. Look into it and, if you choose to share, I’d love to know your type (and see if you can guess mine):

Bits & Pieces

  • CR Team meetings: reconsider group norms, current key issues (within the locus of control), work on Dossier with any remaining time (finish Block 2 students).
  • Core subject teachers will meet up with PRS teachers at 2:00 PM on May 14th (changed to accommodate our scavenger hunt!).
  • Our next regular bi-weekly team meeting will be on May 17th.
  • Chosen date for Grad is June 19th, at the rodeo grounds so both Plan A and Plan B work.

Events This Week

  • Monday, May 3rd: Hot Lunch is a surprise.
  • Monday, May 3rd: Admin meetings with HR 10:15 – 11:45 AM.
  • Monday, May 3rd: CR Team meetings 3:30 to 4:30 PM.
  • Tuesday, May 4th: Métis sash and feather training with grads at lunch (TR & CB).
  • Tuesday, May 4th: Hot Lunch is TBA.
  • Tuesday, May 4th: Principals meet at 1:00 PM.
  • Tuesday, May 4th: HPSD Numeracy Meeting SW (after school).
  • Wednesday, May 5th: Hot Lunch is TBA.
  • Wednesday, May 5th: Wear red: MMIWG Day
  • Wednesday, May 5th: Jewelry Making in the Art Room.
  • Wednesday, May 5th: HPSD Literacy Meeting CW (after school).
  • Thursday, May 6th: EV supervision of exams in Rm 133 in a.m.
  • Thursday, May 6th: Métis sash and feather training with grads at lunch (TR & CB).
  • Thursday, May 6th: Hot Lunch is TBA.
  • Thursday, May 6th: Parent-Teacher Interview time for phoning blitz, 3:30 to 5:30 PM.
  • Thursday, May 6th: Grad Parents’ Meeting with EV at 3:45 PM.
  • Friday, May 7th: EV supervision of exams in Rm 133 in a.m.
  • Friday, May 7th: Hot Lunch is TBA.