HANEY HAPPENINGS Friday, February 13
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Today: Chocolate Waffles with Strawberry Sauce & Whipped Cream Soup: Tomato Bisque |
Reminder to Grade 9 Students: you must sign up with a Teacher Mentor for your Inquiry Project by today. You also should have your question and 2 page project proposal approved.
THSS Clothing order is in!!!
Please stop by the Girls PE Office during the first 10 minutes of lunch today to pick up your order.
Grads: be sure to stop by the Counselling Centre to record your height for your grad gown, and your t-shirt size for your dry grad shirt!
Attention French 8 and 9 students!!! Please check to see if you have borrowed the Discovering French 1 DVD and have inadvertently left it in your computer. If so, can you please return it to the Languages area as soon as possible! Merci!
Winter Formal – February 19th: tickets will be on sale this week! This year’s theme is the Great Gatsby. You can request songs you’d like to hear played at the Winter Formal by placing your submissions into the Song Request Box in the rotunda. All songs must be school appropriate.
Anyone interested in playing WATERPOLO?
THSS, WSS, and SRT are trying to put together a combined team of water polo players to compete in a tournament May 22 at the Surrey Sport and Leisure Complex. Students would practice at our local leisure center a few times prior to the tournament. The head coach would be Cathryn Blanco from Westview. If you are interested, please see Mrs. Clayton in the PE area so that she can get your name and email address.
Course planning for next year
The assemblies are as follows:
Grade 9: February 23rd Y block in Rotunda
Grade 10: February 16th Y block in Rotunda
SD42 Trades & Academies Information Session
Tuesday, February 24th 7:00 – 9:00 pm
This is a great opportunity for interested parents and students to learn about the Academies and Trades programs available across the Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows School District. Join us to learn about these opportunities and to speak with teachers and staff from these programs. Our trades programs and academies include: automotive service tech, culinary arts, electrician, framing/carpentry, hair design, plumbing/fitting, masonry, metal fabrication, hockey academy, Microsoft IT academy, soccer academy, digital academy, equestrian academy.
The Art Institute of Vancouver’s SWEAT Program will be taking place March 19 – 22. This is a great opportunity for students to fulfill their work experience credit while exploring a creative career option. The application can be found at www.aivsweat.com and is due March 1. This program is open to students in Grade 11 and 12. Please let your students know that they will need to print out the application and mail it to AIV: AIV – SWEAT Application 2665 Renfrew Street, Vancouver, BC V5M 0A7
The Art Institute will also be hosting its Annual Grad Fashion Show on March 24, 2015. The event titled FTHREE3 will incorporate Fashion, Food, and Film. It will be held at the Art Institute of Vancouver’s campus at 2665 Renfrew Street. There is an afternoon show for High School students and it includes a Fashion Workshop. There are a number of complementary tickets for the show. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to Elaina Mauro at emauro@aii.edu. Please put in the subject line Fashion Show RSVP.
For the past few years, the Art Institute has been hosting an Art Educator’s Appreciation Show. The goal of this event is to showcase the talent of High School teachers. If you have work you would like to show please visit http://whatteacherscreate.com/vancouver. A reception will be held for the showing on April 23, 2015 at 6:30pm.
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).
POST-SECONDARY INFORMATION:
The new SD#42 2015 Scholarship book is now out! Please see the Career Centre website or the SD#42 website to find the booklet.
- Upcoming Thompson Rivers University application deadline dates:
- Journalism and Animal Health Technology: February 15, 2015
- Natural Resource Science Engineering Transfer: March 1, 2015
- Respiratory Therapy: March 31, 2015
- How to Fund Your Degree at KPU: this seminar will be held on March 5, 2015. They will discuss financial aid options from scholarships to awards to loans. Held at the Langley Campus from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. If interested, please register online at kpu.ca/futurestudents/events/infosession.
- February 24: Trades & Academies Nightfrom 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. at Thomas Haney Secondary. This is a great opportunity to see what trades are out there. There will be breakout sessions, displays and an opportunity to converse with instructors of these programs.
- Study and Go Abroad Fair is on February 25 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. For more information please visit: studyandgoabroad.com.
- The JIBC is having an Open House on February 27 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. For more information or to register please visit bmalcom@jibc.ca
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University is having an open house on February 28 at their Surrey Campus.
- US College Expo Canada is on April 11 from 10:00 to 2:00 p.m. Pre-register at USCOLLEGEEXPO.COM.
SCHOLARSHIPS:
- BC School Sports Scholarship Program (2 @ $500). Application deadline is April 24, 2015.
- BC School Sports Badminton Scholarship (2 @ $500). Application deadline is May 1, 2015
For more information on these scholarships, please visit: http://www.bcschoolsports.ca/recognition
- National Union of Public and General Employees Scholarship: 4 @ $1,500. Children, grandchildren (including foster children/grandchildren) of National Union of Public and General Employees current and retired members. The deadline to apply is: July 6, 2015. For more information and applications please email scholarship@nupge.ca or call (513) 228-9800.
- The Sabrina Shannon Memorial Award – 2 @ $1,000
Criteria: Application form, a 500 – 1500 word essay describing your effors to raise awareness and educate others about life threatening allergies. Website: http://www.whyriskit.ca/pages/posts/apply-for-the-2015-sabrina-shannon-memorial-award64.php Deadline to apply: June 19, 2015
- The Meaning of Family Scholarship – $1,000
Criteria: Must be 16 years of age or older. Submit a 300 word essay on what family means to you.
Website: http://rcktshp.com/meaning-family-1000-scholarship/
Deadline: March 31, 2015
- CSI Scholarship Contest – 10 @ $1,000
Criteria: Tell what key advice you would provide to your client if you were a financial advisor.
Website: https://yconic.com/partners/csi?utm_campaign=csi&utm_source=y_award_details&utm_medium=website Deadline: February 26, 2015
- South Asian Family Association – 3 @ $1,000
Criteria: South Asian descent, Canadian citizen or permanent resident, excellence in academics, community involvement or fine arts, leadership and or service.
Website: http://www.safa.ca/ Deadline: June 14, 2015
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.