HANEY HAPPENINGS Friday, December 5
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CAFÉ Chicken Burgers Soup: Creamy Broccoli |
The following volleyball players need to return their uniforms to Mrs. Clayton in the PE area ASAP:
| Jill Atkinson | Shae-Lynn Ouellette |
| Araya Brown | Anabelle Queen |
| Emma Franz | Sydney Schmidt |
| Cleo Hope | Paige St. Pierre |
| Kayla Kong | Chelsey Turner |
| Danika Morovic | Cydney Turner |
The Christmas Parade needs 4 or 5 volunteers for tomorrow, Saturday, from 5:00 – 8:30pm. Someone is needed to wear a monkey mascot suit and 3 or 4 assistants are needed to hand out candy canes. If you’re interested, please see Mr. Wiens in the Career Centre.
***COATS FOR GOATS! CLOTHING DRIVE ON UNTIL DEC.15th ***
Donate gently used clothing, boots, shoes, coats, bedding, mitts, hats, purses, sewing materials, etc. HELP RAISE FUNDS TO BUY GOATS for families in need overseas. WIN A TA PIZZA LUNCH, DOUBLE CHOCOLATE BROWNIES & DRINKS!! Label with TA # and drop off by the lost & found area.
Are you interested in writing children’s stories? If so, please join the Writing 12 students on the morning of Wednesday, December 17th as we venture over to Harry Hooge to read original Christmas stories! We’ll be reading our stories to students in Kindergarten. See Ms. Ferguson to sign up!
THSS CLOTHING ON SALE
There are two new THSS logos for clothing, which will be on sale from November 18 – January 16. Samples to try on for sizing will be available at lunch outside of the Rotunda. Pictures and order forms will be located on the board next to the Intramural board (outside the rotunda). There will be t-shirts, long sleeves, hoodies, crewnecks, and sweat pants available. All details and prices will be on the order forms.
New SD42 Trades: Bricklayer Partnership Program:
There are two intakes available: February 2015 and September 2015. Please contact Steve Wiebe at steven_wiebe@sd42.ca or see Mrs. Domitruk in the Career Centre if you are interested.
Looking for an after school / weekend job? Just Ducky is looking to hire a student who can work 30 hours per week. The successful applicant will be honest, reliable, enthusiastic and good with people. If you’re interested, bring your resume to Just Ducky which is located in the bright yellow building on 224.
FRENCH 11 STUDENTS: Part 2 of Le Petit Nicolas will be playing in the languages room on Monday during Y block. If you missed it in class, please attend this viewing. Merci!
GRAD INFO
GRAD FEES are available to be paid on the parent portal.
Cap & Gown $50.00, Dinner / Dance $60.00 per ticket (you can purchase 2 if you are bringing a guest), Dry Grad $30.00 per ticket (you can purchase 2 if you are bringing a guest). Parents will be welcome to attend early at Meadow Gardens for photos, but the Dinner / Dance is for students and one guest only (not parents).
THSS GRAD PHOTOS: If you haven’t already booked your grad portraits, please go to www.mountainwest.ca/ and book your appointment online. There are still appointments available on January 13 and 14.
Grad Parent Tributes: Each year, Grad parents are invited to prepare a tribute to their child, which is published in the yearbook along with a baby photo. The parent tribute fee is available as of December 1, 2014 on line for payment ($30). Or you can pay Mrs. Shamro in the office. Please submit your parent tribute to Mr. Crawford before January 16, 2015. Tributes should be 300 characters (including spaces) to THSSgrad2014@gmail.com. The photo must be scanned at highest resolution (300 dpi) and sent using same email address. This will be published in the 2014-2015 yearbook. Mr. Crawford requires two photos – one baby photo and one toddler photo.
**Please note that the email address originally given out is incorrect. Parents should send their tributes to THSSgrad2014@gmail.com because THSSgrad2015@gmail.com is not working.
CAREER PREP INFO:
For more information from the Career Centre about all work experience opportunities, post-secondary information and scholarship information, please see the Career Centre website (http://schools.sd42.ca/thscareer/), bulletin boards and/or newsletter.
Page Program: Become a page at the House of Commons. This is a unique opportunity to learn about the Canadian parliamentary system. Each year, 40 exceptional students from across Canada are selected to take part in this program. This is for graduating grade 12 students with an academic average of 80% and can speak both official languages. Apply online at parl.gc.ca/hocpage by December 8.
POST-SECONDARY INFORMATION:
- Emily Carr’s National Portfolio Day is on Saturday, December 6 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- UBC Leadership Conference: January 10, 2015: Nominations must be in by Monday, December 8, 2014. The Student Leadership Conference is UBC’s largest student-run conference, empowering over 1300 delegates to take ownership of their experience at UBC and realize the future that is theirs to create. Workshops, speakers, delegates are provided with the tools and resources to pan the next chapter in their lives. This is for a Grade 12 student who plans on attending UBC, and who embodies the talent and skill it takes to be a leader on a daily basis.
- If you want to know about universities in Ontario, then check out http://www.electronicinfo.ca/universities. It has information on everything from programs offered to scholarships and tuition costs
SCHOLARSHIPS & BURSARIES:
Scholarship Information Seminar – Open to all students in the district in grades 10, 11 and 12. This will be held at Maple Ridge Secondary on Tuesday, January 13th at 1:15 p.m. Please let Mr. Takasaki know if you will be attending.
RBC Students Leading Change Scholarships – 4 scholarships @ $10,000. Looking for students who show a passion to lead and inspire positive change in their community. The deadline to apply is February 12, 2015.
Quest for Excellence: Remax of Canada will reward 16 bursaries of $1,000 each. The application deadline is: March 9, 2015. Enter at www.remax.ca
Canada’s Luckiest Student – Your chance to win a $20,000 CIBC GIC per year of free tuition, four years of books and more! This award is not merit based and is open to high school students 16 years and older. Sign up at http://bit.ly/CIBCscholarship