Important Upcoming Dates

Crazy Bread Fundraiser

Grade 9 Leadership will be selling Crazy Bread on Thursday, March 21 to raise money for the Grade 9 farewell.  Packs will be sold at lunch for $4 each in the main atrium and upstairs in the grade 6 cafeteria.

SEA Program – McKenzie Highlands 2024 West Coast Sailing Adventure

We are very pleased to be offering a 5-day West Coast SEA Program sailing adventure for next school year, in the Fall of 2024.  This opportunity is open to next year's grade 8 & 9 students (This year’s 7’s & 8’s ). Information will be going out to students in grade 7 & 8 next week.

There will be an optional parent information meeting on Thursday, April 4 at 7:00 pm, at the school, for any parent who wants to see the presentation and have any other questions answered about this opportunity. Application packages will be available at this time.  Applications can be submitted without parent attendance at the information meeting. 

Student applications need to be handed in by April 11, in order for your student to be considered for this opportunity.   

I am looking forward to organizing this trip and sharing this fantastic experience with our grade 8 & 9 students next fall. 

Mike Tyler 

Learning Commons News

LC Lunchtime Club - Our paper Airplane club has taken off.  Students can choose to follow Mrs. Litwin’s lead to create a new model of airplane each week, or let their own creativity soar if they prefer to create and test out their own models.   Flight time will commence at 13:10 daily. 

Mondays:  Grade 6

Tuesdays:  Grade 5  

Wednesdays:  Grades 7-9

Thursdays:  Grade 4

Book Highlights -  What’s better than finding a book that you love?  Finding a book series that you love!  In March we will be highlighting some well loved book series, as well as a few lesser-known treasures waiting to be discovered. 

Youth & Philanthropy Initiative

This year grade nine students took part in the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI Canada). YPI is an international initiative designed to support young people in developing community awareness. Students are being taught about philanthropy and charity through an experience of giving that highlights the positive impact they can have on their community.

Students researched the needs of their community and identified a local charity they believe is best the place to make a positive change. Students used their research to make presentations on the reasons why their chosen charity is most deserving of support. The team judged to have made the most compelling presentation will be awarded a $5,000 YPI Grant to award to their charity.

On Tuesday, March 19, starting at 8:30am, six groups of students will present, and one group will be awarded the grant for their charity. Parents and community members are welcome to come and watch our grade nines shine 😊

Parent Resources & Support

We would like to share a fantastic resource to parents/guardian seeking information and strategies about:

• ADHD
• Learning Disabilities
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Social Emotional/Anxiety
• Parenting Strategies
• Mental Health
• Literacy
• Giftedness
• Crisis Support
• Challenging Behaviours

Canlearnsociety is jam-packed with information, resources, webinars, classes, etc.  Feel free to take a look using the following link.  https://canlearnsociety.ca/resources/ 

Friday Schedule

Daryl Martin, Principal                          Tiffany Jernigan, Assistant Principal