Today is LOHRI!
Lohri is a midwinter folk and harvest festival celebrated by Hindus and Sikhs that marks the passing of the winter solstice and the end of winter. It is a traditional welcome of longer days and the sun’s journey to the Northern Hemisphere. It commonly falls on 13th January every year.
The Culture Club has organized for Mehreen Bhalla to dance for the school during SILENT READING TODAY in the GYM. .
Leadership Club and Interactivity Board Game Cafe are hosting a family game night this Friday, January 16, at 5:30-7:30 in the Colquitz gym. Admission is free. There will be a CASH ONLY concession where you and your family may purchase pizza, chips, candy and drinks. See you there!
Tomorrow is Jersey Day! Remember to wear your favourite jersey or team shirt!
REMINDER: Yearbook club meeting is cancelled today as Ms. Schuring and Ms. Bender have a staff meeting.
IF YOUR TEACHER GIVES PERMISSION FOR YOUR CLASS TO ATTEND (Check with them first!!!) please go DIRECTLY TO THE GYM after lunch recess Today.
Do you want to brighten someone’s day? You can! If you bring in items like toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, soap, band aids, granola bars or bus tickets, someone’s day will get a little better. Leadership is collecting items for our Surivival Socks initiative. We will be stuffing warm socks with toiletry and other small items and delivering the socks to people in need. Don’t worry if you don’t know what to bring, there’s a list in all the classrooms of items that are needed most to build the survival socks. We will be collecting donations until Friday January 30th. Thank you for helping us help our community!
Thursday is Black Excellence Day.
In addition to learning about Black Excellence Day, we invite you to WEAR BLACK clothes on Thursday to show your support of our families with black ancestry and support for anti-racism.
We also invite all students who would like to help plan for Black History Month and its assembly on February 2nd to the Home Ec Room on THURSDAY at LUNCH. Looking forward to seeing you there!
We will be meeting today at lunch recess in the red pod hallway to play lahal and practice the lahal drum songs. The district Lahal tournament is coming up in February, so this is a great chance to practice or learn how to play. Everyone is welcome—come join us!
ALL Students with Indigenous Ancestry: Our next pizza lunch will be on Monday, January 19th in the Home Ec Room. Afterwards, Claryssa will be teaching traditional beading for those who would like to stay. She will also be available at the lunchtimes she is here to continue with the project to keep working on it. We hope to see you there! 🙂
A reminder to those who have planned on going to the Saanich Municipal Hall to drum with police, we will either meet there at 8:30 or you need to be at school by 8:15am to get a ride there and back. See you tomorrow!
Volleyball News:
-boys ⅞ comp have a practice after school today.
-Girls ⅞ rec volleyball have a practice tomorrow at lunch
-Grade 6 girls have a practice Wednesday afterschool until 4PM. If any of the Grade 8 comp players can come for the first 10 minutes of practice )at 2:50) and help teach setting up nets, that would be much appreciated.
Old News:
Still a lot of jerseys out there. It is getting tiring calling out your names but we will start again tomorrow.
Fine Arts
*8:54am Grade 6 Band (green pod)
*9:34am Grade 6 Band (Orange pod)
*Lunch Jazz Band
*Lunch: SOLO singing placement for Musical Theatre
no afterschool auditions today, Ms. Mackenzie at staff meeting.
*7:40 tomorrow morning Grade ⅞ Choir and Band 6 COMBINED. ALL INSTRUMENTS, ORANGE AND GREEN POD. (Remains the same for the remainder of the year)
A reminder the library is open today at nut break, silent reading and from 2:30pm until the end of the day for drop in book exchange. Teachers, feel free to send students that need a new book at the end of the day. Please note, the library will be closed this Thursday as Ms.Patten is at a professional development workshop.
IT IS TUESDAY TRIVIA TIME!
The Student Question is: In the TV Show “Friends” what is Phoebe’s twin sister’s name?
The Staff Question is: How many seasons does the TV show “Friends” have?