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WEDNESDAY: Fish Tacos
Soup: Beef Barley
THURSDAY: BBQ Back Ribs
Soup: Creamy Tomato Soup
FRIDAY: Turkey Bacon Ranch Melts
Soup: Red lentil soup
Library News This Week: the library study area will be closed during all Blocks A & H this week for Grade 8 Explorations. Please plan to work elsewhere during these blocks. Thanks!
Happening Craft Fair Volunteers! If you are interested in volunteering at this years’ craft fair on Saturday, November 26th or Sunday, November 27th – please sign up by Mrs. Davis’ office in the Career Center. You need to write down the times you are available each day that you wish to volunteer. We need people for a variety of tasks, such as helping vendors unload their supplies on Saturday morning, greeting and circulating during the craft fair, helping vendors take their items back out to their vehicles on Sunday afternoon etc. You will receive a confirmation of your volunteer time in TA – the week before the craft fair. Remember – you need 30 hours of volunteer time for graduation!
Volleyball Intramurals Start Today (Tuesday):
please check the schedule to see when you are playing.
Grad Transitions 12 Students: FreshGrade is now up and running! Remember to submit all of your GT assignments online before winter break. Login info is on the website; see Mrs. Fulgueras in the library if you’ve forgotten your password. Optional drop-in support for FreshGrade is available in the library seminar room during periods 1-4 this Friday. A mandatory Grad Transitions class will take place on Friday, November 25th in the Suddaby room during your scheduled block (2, 3, or 4) to show you how to send your THSS transcript online to post-secondary institutions. You MUST attend this session as post-secondary institutions can’t admit you without this important step. All GT info is online: thssgt.weebly.com
Interested in computer coding, robots, and circuits? Come by Wednesdays and Thursdays in blocks 4 and 5 to check out our fun coding tools! We have Spheros, Lego Mindstorms, MaKey MaKey and Little Bits! Sign up in the library to reserve your spot!
Grad Hoodies and Grad Baseball Shirts: samples are still available Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, just outside the rotunda by the intramural board. All orders are due Wednesday, November 23. Please hand in money and order forms to Ms. Coghill or Ms. Clayton.
Work Experience and Community Service 12 students: all students should be checking in with Mr. Wiens once a week!
Students interested in going to Venice, Vienna, & Florence Spring Break: you will have an opportunity to travel with the Drama Teacher from Garibaldi Secondary School. This trip is 14 days long; the cost includes all air fare, transportation, accommodations, breakfasts, and cancellation insurance. Total is $3700. See Ms. Woloszczuk in the office for more details or email Cyndy Lacroix at Garibaldi (clacroix@sd42.ca) There are 4 spots left.
UBC visit: UBC will visit our school on Nov 9 at lunch in room 2008
Health Studies Information Session at UFV: will take place on November 2 from 4:00 – 6:00pm, and on and November 8 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm. Go to the Career Centre for more info .
THSS Cross Country Information: practices are right after school at 2:45 on Mondays and Wednesdays. Meet right outside room 2031.
Race Schedule:
- November 5: BC Championships (Peachland, BC)
Scholarships and University Applications:
- The UBC application deadline for early admission for the 2017 Winter Session is December 1, 2016. The final application deadline for the 2017 Winter Session is January 15, 2017.
- The TD scholarship application deadline is November 18, 2016. Go to the career website to get more info about this scholarship.
Athletics Events November:
Nov 2 Jr. Volleyball Playoffs TBA
Nov 3 Gr. 8 volleyball Playoffs TBA
Dates to Remember:
November:
2 Take your child to work day (grade 9)
3 Staff Meeting 3 pm
4 Staff Luncheon
7 Grade 10 Awards Ceremony (10:00)
9 Remembrance Day Assembly
10 Non-instructional Day
11 Remembrance Day
14 Grade 9 Awards Ceremony (10:00)
15 Fall Concert 7:00 pm (Burns)
Upcoming Field Trips:
- November 3 WE Day 6:30am – 4:00 (Culbert, Jennings)
- November 3 Bowling 12:30 – 2:30 (Franco, Lenton)
- November 4 Paintball (Williams)
- November 4-5 Overnight Band Workshop (3:30 Nov. 4 to 12:30 Nov. 5)
- November 7 Fishing at Mill Lake 10:00 – 4:00 (Hussey, Brekkaas, Silvestri, Hay)
- November 14 Fishing 10:30-3:00 (Hussey, McIntosh, Silvestri)
- November 16 Mama Mia 5:45 – 11:00 pm (Hussey, Lenton, Scoular)
- November 17 Overnight Hike (Williams_
Planner Errors for November:
- 61 – Thursday, November 3: this is a regular Thursday (GHABC), not Student-Led Conferences
- 64 – Monday, November 14: this is a regular day (AYBCD), not a collaboration day
- 64 – Tuesday, November 15: this is a regular Tuesday (EFGHA), not Y-Day
- 66 – Monday, November 21: this should be a collaboration schedule. TA starts at 9:30 am and the block order is (ABCD)