Great Things Seen & Heard   

  • Student gives a marriage proposal note to a staff member, set for June 2nd!
  • Staff members were incredibly competitive for the Food Drive this year!
  • We have a new teacher: Miss Garden!
  • Overheard between adults: haven’t you ever gone pussy picking?
  • One staff member accidentally embarrassing another staff member by complimenting wacky hair that wasn’t meant to be wacky!

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.
  • RL and JM away all day and HH away in PM on December 18th.
  • EC and VF away all day on December 19th.
  • Sucker Creek lunch at PVO on December 20th, followed by bowling.
  • PVO Christmas Lunch on December 21st.
  • Christmas Breakfast Squeeze Day on December 22nd.
  • Christmas Holidays begin on December 23rd.
  • Return to school on January 8th.
  • First Diploma exams on January 10th and 11th.
  • Parent Society Bottle Drive on January 13th—student help requested, especially athletes.
  • First regular biweekly meeting in the new year will be January 15th.
  • Gym booking on Sunday evenings continues for the local Basketball league, but NO gym rentals over the Christmas Holidays.

Events This Week

  • Monday, December 11th: AL & WE away all day; JP away in afternoon.
  • Monday, December 11h: TE in our school today.
  • Monday, December 11h: Lunch is a Charcuterie Box.
  • Monday, December 11th: EV at Central Office during Block 4.
  • Monday, December 11th: Regular Staff Meeting from 3:35 PM to 4:35 PM (HH starts meeting and KM has bus duty).
  • Monday, December 11th: Girls’ Basketball after school.
  • Tuesday, December 12th: JP away all day.
  • Tuesday, December 12th: TE in our school today.
  • Tuesday, December 12th: Lunch is Broccoli Cheddar Soup.
  • Tuesday, December 12th: Support staff timesheets due in, with ESS complete.
  • Tuesday, December 12th: Boys’ Basketball after school.
  • Tuesday, December 12th: Vape detector air flow check in evening.
  • Wednesday, December 13th: TE in our school today.
  • Wednesday, December 13th: Lunch is Salmon Rice Bowl.
  • Wednesday, December 13th: Girls’ Basketball after school.
  • Wednesday, December 13th: Staff Christmas Get-Together at local restaurant at 5:00 PM.
  • Wednesday, December 13th: Big Lakes Volleyball at 6:00 PM.
  • Thursday, December 14th: Cooking with elder at PVO.
  • Thursday, December 14th: Cree Word Review during lunch in the Art Room.
  • Thursday, December 14th: Lunch is Pizza.
  • Thursday, December 14th: IEC discussion with coordinator in afternoon (CG, HH, EV).
  • Thursday, December 14th: Boys’ Basketball after school.
  • Friday, December 15th: Lunch is California Club Sandwich.
  • Friday, December 15th: Basketball to Fairview.

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.