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Great Things Seen & Heard   

  • A school visitor informed us that one of our staff members may need a reminder that the grocery store has PDA requirements.
  • A student expressed frustration over not being able to find the Dance teacher in our building, but the staff members who heard about the frustration thought the student should attend more to know where to find people.
  • Does MK stand for Mary Kay, or Michael Kors?

Great Things Seen & Heard   

  • Student concerned about the teacher being old and suffering hot flashes but grossly misinterprets the youthful appearance of the other teacher in the room.
  • Student tries to bribe teacher with real money for an exemption.
  • A staff member appears to be attempting to breed Easter rabbits by putting male rabbits in the same pen as the chickens. We’ll check on progress in the spring…

Great Things Seen & Heard

  • When greeting students in the hallway, a teacher accidentally called a student “virgin” simply because the student’s name only differs by one letter!
  • Record-breaking 53,750 messages appeared in a teacher’s inbox overnight! That was a big oops on the cellphone…

Great Things Seen & Heard

  • When reading a “shout out” from a student, it was misread to say the teacher is very “hefty” instead of very “helpful!”
  • Front end substitute left another staff member locked between the main entry doors by accident.
  • When checking airflow for vape detector, we learned that even a stinky Number Two will set off the alarm!
  • Some people thought we hired “Miss Garden” at the Career Fair, but it wasn’t so.
  • We have another new teacher: Dr. Frank!
  • Teachers have extra-sensory perception to know when their students are on their phones!
  • One student suggested the staff member get Band-Aids to remedy the bleeding ears from F-bombs!
  • One student said that the teacher’s voice is like the teacher drank a bucket of sand!
  • This is a hard one to remember: it was overheard that something is like owl water with spit in it. I wish I knew what it was…
  • Our school brought MORE THAN 2 TONS of food to the Food Bank after our Food Drive!!

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!

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!