September
6 School Opening Day
8:00 – 8:45 Staff Meeting
9:00 Gr 8s & new students arrive
10:00 Returning students arrive
11:00 Assembly
12:00 Dismissal
7-9 TA: 8:30 – 9:30 Students rotate through all blocks (A – H) for 30 minutes each from 9:30 – 2:40
8 Staff meeting 3:00
12 Grade 12 assembly Y block
13 Photo Day
13 Club Day 11:30-12:30 rotunda
13 Gr 12 student/parent night 7pm rotunda
14 Gr 8 Student/Parent night 7pm rotunda / PAC Meeting to follow
16 Staff Luncheon
19 Collaboration block 8:30 – 9:30 TA: 9:30 – 10:00 (no Y block)
22 Health & Safety 8am
22 Department Head Meeting 3pm
23 Gr 12 BBQ at lunch
26 No School (curriculum implementation day)
27 Cops for Cancer Tour
29 Unlock your Future Presentation gr 10-12 for students and parents in the rotunda 7pm
30 Grade 8 BBQ at lunch
October
3 Grade 12 awards Y block
4 PSI Day for Gr 10-12 (9:00-11:00 rotunda)
6 Staff meeting 3:00pm
7 Staff luncheon
10 Thanksgiving (school closed)
12 Gr 8/9 field trip to Cineplex 8:30-2:00
17 Collaboration block 8:30 – 9:30
TA 9:30 – 10:00 (no Y block)
18 Photo Retake Day
18 PAC meeting 7pm
20 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
November
1 Provincial Exams
2 Take Your Child To Work Day (Gr 9)
3 WE Day 6:30am – 4:00 pm
3 Bowling field trip 12:30-2:30pm
3 Staff meeting 3pm
4 Paintball field trip
4 Overnight Band workshop
7 Grade 10 awards Y block
7 Mike Smith event in Langley
9 Remembrance Day Assembly
10 Non-Instructional Day
11 Remembrance Day
14 Grade 9 awards Y block
14 Fishing at Rolley Lake field trip 10:30-3:00
15 Health & Safety 8:00 am
15 Fall concert 7:00 pm
16 Mama Mia field tip 5:45-11 pm
17 Dept. Head meeting 3:00
17 Bowling field trip 12:30 – 2:30
21 Collaboration block 8:30 – 9:30. TA 9:30 – 10:00 (no Y block)
25 Report cards printed
25 Chipmunk Ck. Caves 8:45-4:00 (Williams)
26-27 Craft Fair 10 am – 4 pm
29 Short practicum ends for SFU student teachers
30 Report cards distributed
December
1 Grads can book portraits online: www.mountainwest.ca
1 Staff meeting 3 pm
2 Lighthouse Park 8:45-4:00 (Jennings/Williams)
7 Super Smash Bros. 4 Tournie 4pm (Biggar)
8 Dept. Head meeting 3:00 pm
8 XMAS Concert 7 pm
8-10 Boys’ Basketball team in Prince George (Curley)
9 Xmas carolling at senior ctrs and RMH 8:45-2:30 (Burns)
10 XMAS Fundraiser Concert 7 pm
12 Collaboration block 8:30 – 9:30; TA: 9:30 – 10:00 (no Y block)
13 Health & Safety 8:00 am
16 THSS Hoedown
16 Seymour Snowshoe 8:30-4:30 (Williams)
16 Last day before winter break
January
3 Schools reopen after xmas break
4 Gr 9 vaccine meeting 10 am
5 Career Planning Fair (rotunda)
9-13 Grad Photos in room 1070
13 Big White Ski/Snowboard Trip leaves at 12 pm (Fischer/Jennings/Williams)
13 Choir Overnight 3:30 pm until 12:30 pm on January 14 (Burns)
15 Big White Ski trip returns 9 pm
15 Grad write-ups and tributes due
16 Non-instructional day
16 Grad photo retake day (for district)
17 Health & Safety 8am
17 Learn to Paint Miniatures-tentative (Biggar)
17 PAC meeting 7pm
19 Department Head 3pm
19 Cypress 2:45–10:15pm (Fischer/Williams)
20 Seymour Snowtube / Snowshoe 8:45 am – 5:00 pm (Williams)
20-22 Model UN (Connolly)
23 Collaboration block 8:30 – 9:30; TA: 9:30 – 10:00 (no Y block)
23 Gr 8 course sel assembly 10 am rotunda
23 Gr 9 course sel assembly 10:40 am rotunda
23 X-Wing Board Game Tournament after school. Room TBA (Biggar)
25 25 year planning meeting 3pm library
25 Environmental School meeting 5pm rotunda
25 Winter Formal 7:00pm Eng Great Hall
26 Cypress 2:45–10:15pm (Fischer/Williams)
27 Sea To Sky Gondola 8:00-4:30 (Williams)
30 Gr 10/11 course sel assembly Y block rotunda
February
1 Safe Teen Presentations 8:50-11:35
2 Grade 9 shots
2 Staff meeting 3:00
2 Garibaldi Prov Park ski/snowshoe/camping 8:30 – 6:00 pm (Williams)
2 Grade 7 night 7pm
3 ICBC presentation for gr 12s 1:30 gym
3 Basketball team leaves for Campbell River 6 am (Smith)
4 Whistler/Blackcomb Ski & Board trip 5:50am – 6:00pm (Fischer/Williams)
5 Basketball team returns from Campbell River 3 pm (Smith)
6 Miniatures Painting in the Art Room after school (Biggar)
8 Kinky Boots @ QE 6-11:15pm (Evans)
9 Cypress 2:45–10:15pm (Fischer/Jennings/Williams)
10 School not in session
13 Family Day (no school)
14 NID (curriculum implementation day)
15-17 Apex Trip (Connolly)
16 Department Head 3pm
16 Trades Night 7pm rotunda and Eng GH
17 Minnekhada Hike 8:45 – 3:00 (Williams)
20 Collaboration block 8:30 – 9:30; TA 9:30 – 10:00 (no Y block)
20 Complimentary Carpentry
21 Health & Safety 8am
21 Complimentary Carpentry
21 PAC meeting 7pm
24 LAN party 4:00 – 11:00 rotunda (Biggar)
24 Seawall hike 8:45-4:00 (Williams)
28 Final deadline to pay grad fees
March
1 Marks due in MyED 8:30 am
2 Staff meeting 3:00 pm
2 Spring Concert 7:00 pm
3 Report cards printed
3 Lynn Canyon Hike 8:45-4:00 (Williams)
4 Whistler/Blackcomb Ski & Board trip 5:50am – 6:00pm (Fischer/Williams)
6-10 Spirit week
8 Term 2 report cards distributed
9 Department Head meeting 3:00
9 Cypress 2:45–10:15pm (Fischer/Williams)
10 Last day before spring break (Gym Riot)
10 Grad gown sizes due
27 School reopens after spring break
28 Health & Safety 8:00 am
April
6 Staff meeting 3:00 pm
6 Omnimax Theatre field trip 9:00 – 3:00 (Fischer / Preddy)
6-7 Prov exams
8 Edmonton Cantando Music Fest leaves 6pm (Burns)
10 Collaboration block 8:30 – 9:30; TA 9:30 – 10:00 (no Y block)
12 Music Fest trip returns 10:00 pm
14 Good Friday
17 Easter Monday
18 Health & Safety 8:00 am
18 PAC meeting 7 pm
20 Dept. Head meeting 3:00
27 Student-Led conferences 1:00-4:00 & 6:00 – 8:00 pm (no classes)
29 Agriculture in the Classroom fundraiser (Smith)
** TBD: LARP April 7 or 28 (Biggar)
May
1 Non-instructional day
4 Staff meeting 3:00 pm
5 THSS 25-year reunion – early dismissal (details to follow)
10 – 11 Complimentary Carpentry
11-12 Prov exams
15 Collaboration block 8:30 – 9:30; TA 9:30 – 10:00 (no Y block)
16 Health & Safety 8:00 am
16 PAC meeting 7pm
18 Dept. Head meeting 3:00
19 Terry Fox run
22 Victoria Day
23 Non-instructional day
30 Final Concert 7:00 pm
31 Grade 7 Day – no classes for Grade 8s **TBD: Nerf War – date to be determined (Biggar)
June
1 Staff meeting
7 Grad Breakfast 7:30 followed by group photo and rehearsal
8 Grad Ceremonies – QE. Theatre 7pm
9 Grad Banquet 5:30 Meadow Gardens
9 Dry Grad 11:30pm – 5:00 am THSS
15 Department Head 3pm
20 Health & Safety 8am
23 Last day of classes (tentative)
23 Eng 12 prov exam 9 – 12
26 Comm 12 prov exam 9 – 12
26-27 Continuous Learning (tentative)
26 Athletics BBQ 5pm rotunda
26 Continuous Learning (tentative)
29 Last day for students
30 Year-end admin day