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Bits & Pieces

  • No biweekly Staff Meeting on October 12th; discussion regarding absences on October 9th PD Day.
  • PD Day activities: overview of Collaborative Response Model (CRM) at 9:00 AM by TR and CB plus a video; Blanket Exercise with PVO at 1:30 PM.
  • The School Council meeting on October 6th will be rescheduled later in the month.
  • MIPI for Math due next week.
  • OCA for Literacy due at the end of the month.
  • Next PD Day October 23rd, with special guests zooming in virtually (CRM).

Events This Week

  • Monday, October 5th: Hot lunch is Spaghetti with Meat Sauce and Garlic Toast
  • Tuesday, October 6th: Hot lunch is Chicken Quesadilla
  • Wednesday, October 7th: Hot Lunch is Pork Chops, Vegetables, and Roasted Potatoes
  • Thursday, October 8th:   Hot lunch is Bannock and Chili  
  • Thursday, October 8th: Terry Fox Run starts at 2:45 PM (staggered)
  • Thursday, October 8th: Volleyball after school for girls
  • Friday, October 9th: PD Day (CRM and Blanket Exercise)

Great Things Seen & Heard

  • Quoted from staff members: Our new day-cleaner is “amazing, super nice, and great with kids!”
  • Our new doorbell is coming soon!
  • A Grade 10 student discovered this week that marks come from handing in assignments and that without handing any assignments in, there is no mark!
  • A teacher discovered that taking a printer hostage works to obtain quick response time!
  • Quote from teacher: “Helping each other out makes everyone’s day go better!”
  • A staff member discovered that no secrets are safe when you share them with everyone!
  • We found out that the number of days without incident written on the board was for the teacher, not the students!
  • Heard and oft repeated this week: Better to be six feet over than six feet under!
  • We learned that accidentally inviting the whole division to our PD day and breakfast is a great way to virtually meet new people!
  • Our own PE teacher has been asked to chair a new PE committee for the division! Extra-curricular sports activities are soon to be coming!

Bits & Pieces

  • Discussions at Staff Meeting include bathroom breaks, report card dates, detentions for latecomers (making progress but tweaking process), Terry Fox date, Grad possibilities, present Hazard Assessments, and play Kahoot (feel free to BYOD)
  • Many new laptops and Chromebooks have been added to our supply.
  • Reminder: bathrooms are closed during breaks but not during lunch.
  • Reminder: since psychologists are not coming in person due to Covid, students use our conference room for private sessions via Zoom (please do not barge in and question students about why they’re there).
  • We will have another School Council meeting on October 6th to find more parents to fill positions.
  • Next PD Day October 9th, with CRM overview and Blanket Exercise (with PVO coming over).
  • Teachers should have their long-term plans and Personal Growth Plans in electronically this week.

Events This Week

  • Monday, September 28th: Hot lunch is Donair and Onion Rings
  • Monday, September 28th: Staff Meeting after school (see Bits & Pieces for plan).
  • Tuesday, September 29th: Administrators’ PD (9:00am-12:00pm)
  • Tuesday, September 29th: Hot lunch is Sausage Rigatoni and Crustini
  • Wednesday, September 30th: Orange Shirt Day—please wear orange J.
  • Wednesday, September 30th: Hot Lunch is Pizza and Salad
  • Thursday, October 1st:   Hot lunch is Chicken Caesar Salad
  • Thursday, October 1st: Volleyball after school for boys
  • Thursday, October 1st: Staff fireside gathering at TP’s ranch
  • Friday, October 2nd: Hot lunch is Steak and Potatoes and Pepper Hash

Great Things Seen & Heard

  • We made it through our first full week with full student body! Congratulations!
  • We’ve received many compliments over school organization so far! Keep it up, team!
  • Orange shirts have arrived—they’re beautiful!
  • A staff member catching a student in the hallway with no mask realized she had no mask either—now that’s an example of everyone makes a mistake sometime!