- Great: SC and RY have rearranged the staff room, and it looks great!
- Seen: New shelf unit installed in student lounge—a perfect way to keep clutter off the floor!
- Heard: When listening to a conversation about DRA, a bystander asked why we were talking about “diarrhée.”
- Heard: ST has arranged an agreement with the RTCS for sharing discounted bus passes between different students for different activities. Way to go!
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Great Things Seen & Heard
- Great: we received 12 new student laptops for Special Needs!
- Seen: Elementary students cuddling up on the new sofa. So cute!
- Heard: young Secondary students talking about restoring the family spirit at SHS!
- Found: DV found an old book that she gave to me:

Great Things Seen & Heard
- Congratulations to SGP on your confirmed pregnancy!
- Thank you to KK for being the first to submit Outings and Fundraising requests!
- Thank you to RD and JP for being the first to complete the GPI timetable online!
- Thank you to FA for being the first to enter class activities on the SHS activities shared calendar!
- Seen: A Secondary Teacher helped a Kindergarten student in crisis in the bathroom—above and beyond the call of duty!
Great Things Seen & Heard
- We have a dedicated teacher that chose to climb through her classroom window to work when her hallway entry was blocked due to construction last PED Day!
- Superintendent of Building Services: Wow! Welcome to the 21st century!
- Staff member regarding a child that pooped his pants: That must have scared the crap out of him!
Great Things Seen & Heard
- Wow! This is the best school anywhere!
- I’m bringing my kids to see this!
- Is the floor wet?
- Were those arches always there?
Great Things Seen & Heard
- A Grade 6 girl emailed me over the summer to share an idea she had for promoting school spirit!
- I can’t wait to get back to school! Don’t you love school?
Great Things Seen & Heard
- Grade 6 girls saying we should raffle off the Spiderman wall hanging in the library to earn money for the playground!
- Overheard in the main floor hallway: it sure looks big in here!
Great Things Seen & Heard
- Teachers shared great ideas for school improvement projects—this is so exciting!
- Heard many times this week: It’s like Christmas!
Great Things Seen & Heard
- KK organized an incredibly awesome Blood Drive—solo for the first time! Way to go!
- NG did a super job of organizing the Track Meet for us! We appreciate you!
- ST & SL were great coaches for our girls’ rugby team! Great job!
- A student was gently reminded to speak English and responded by saying, “I’ll hit my English button” and proceeded to give herself a tap on the head!
- The bean bag stools were a big hit (as seen in the office)!
- Upon hearing her teacher say that a dictionary is a book of words, a kindergarten student responded, “Like you?”
- A Secondary student was overheard saying our school is going to be way better next year!
- An Elementary student reported that her mom skipped kindergarten and went right into Grade 5!
Great Things Seen & Heard
- Second floor teachers were happy to take part in choosing flooring colours!
- A Secondary 3 boy returned from the store and gave a frozen treat to every student that was in the lounge, much to their surprise!