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THURSDAY: Perogies & Farmer’s Sausage
Soup: Butternut Squash
FRIDAY: Turkey Burgers
Soup: Mulligatawny
Attention Speakers: Anyone interested in helping out with the morning announcements, please sign up on the sheet outside the office for an interview. You could be the next voice! Do you have what it takes?
Students in IDS Technology: Make absolutely sure your paperwork is given to Mr. Biggar ASAP. See or email Mr Biggar if you didn’t receive the email
Video Game Club: Praise be to Gaben! The first meeting of the Video Game club starts after school on Mondays in the Tech Lab. Come on down for some major pwnage!
LANGUAGE CHALLENGE EXAMS: Students in grades 10,11 or 12 who are fluent in both reading and writing in French, German, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Punjabi or Spanish can apply to take a Language Challenge exam in Delta in January for course completion. The exam is a one day, six hour exam. Students who are interested can pick up the Challenge package instructions from one of the counsellors. All applications must be returned to the counsellors by October 28.
Athletics This Week:
Thursday, October 6th: Grade 8 girls’ volleyball game @ MRSS vs. WSS and SRT
Sr. girls’ volleyball game @ HOME 7:00pm vs Hansen
Career Program @ BCIT: to help ensure that students who plan to attend our career program are focused on Broadcasting as a possible future career choice, career prep applicants are requested to attend one of the monthly information sessions prior to being scheduled for one of our available slots. Information session dates are listed online on the BCIT website under the “business and media” heading: http://www.bcit.ca/infosessisons/ phone: 604-451-6735. The session starts at 5:30 PM and will last approximately 60 minutes. Parents are welcome to attend.
The Research Community at BC Children’s Hospital is pleased to present Mini Med School 2016 – Genetic Counselling Curriculum – This series will provide insight into the world of genetic counselling. Learn how genetic counsellors are helping to lead the integration of genetics into patient care across all specialties of medicine. Mini Med School 2016 will be held Wednesday, October 19 to Wednesday, November 23 (6 sessions), 7:00 – 9:00pm at BC Children’s Hospital (938 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver, BC). Nomination Forms are now available online for high school students in grades 10-12 interested in attending. Each school can nominate a maximum of 2 students to attend. If you require additional time to identify nominees, contact minimed@cfri.ca to reserve space. We have 2 spots saved for our school, students interested please see Mrs. Sekhon in the counselling office on Tuesdays and Thursdays. For more information regarding these events/opportunities, visit counselling office.
Dates to Remember:
October:
10 Thanksgiving (school closed)
14 Overnight Band Workshop
17 Collaboration block 8:30 – 9:30. TA starts at 9:30 – 10:00 (no Y block)
18 Photo Retake Day
18 PAC meeting 7pm
18 Health & Safety meeting 8:00
20 Dept. Head meeting 3:00
20 Lynn Miller (6pm – rotunda)
21 Non-instructional Day (province-wide)
24 Gr 11 awards in Y block
26 Dance-A-Thon
27 Student-Led conferences 1:00-4:00 & 6:00 – 8:00 (no classes)
31 Provincial Exams
UPCOMING FIELD TRIPS:
- October 6: NY Trip departs; students return October 16
- October 7: Belcarra hike 8:45 am – 3:30 pm (Mr. Biggar, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Jennings, Mr. Page)
- October 12: Gr 8/9 field trip to Cineplex (8:30 – 2:00)
- October 14: Evans Creek 8:45-3:30 (Ms. Jennings)