Indigenous Student Lunch – TODAY in the Home Ec Room. Those students with Indigenous ancestry are welcome to join us for a pizza lunch in the Home Ec Room, starting at 11:57 TODAY. We are also very excited to welcome our guest artist, Metis Beader Oceanloverjen! She will be running Medicine Wheel Hoop earring workshops in the Home Ec Room at 12:30 and 1:15 today, for those who signed up. Please be sure to come to the Home Ec Room at your assigned time.
Highjump practice today at lunch. Grade 6 and 7 boys will compete at the track meet next Thursday at UVic. All highjumpers who would like to attend the track meet must come to practice and be measured. Grade 6 students must be able to clear 100 centimeters and grade 7 and 8 students must be able to clear 110 centimeters to attend the meet.
Yearbook club meets today after school in Ms. Schuring’s room
Rugby rugby rugby- the ⅞ boys played some amazing games at North Saanich yesterday. There were a lot of great passes and great tackles!
Today is PHOTO DAY! A runner will come to get your class. Please ensure classes line up by height starting with the tallest student. Staff, please check the email sent by Ms. Schlappner or the link in the announcements for the order that classes and teams will be called. Clubs and teams will be called on the announcements.
Tuesday am is a volleyball practice with Kiet for all grade 6 and 7 girls interested in playing next year and who want to get a jump start at skill building. Practice begins at 7:00am
Fine Arts
*1:04pm Beginner strings
* 1:44pm Int/Adv strings
This Sunday EVERYONE is called for our Sunday rehearsal. This is a full walk through as we only have 4 short weeks left to prepare for our show! Crew at noon, cast at 12:45 so we can begin the run through at 1:00
IT IS TUESDAY TRIVIA ANSWER TIME! Here were this week’s final plant themed questions and their answers.
The Student Question was: What are pickles called before they are pickled?
Answer: A cucumber
Winners: Micha in Div.1, Henry in Div. 4, and Ethan in Div.7
The Staff Question was: What is the world’s fastest growing grass?
Answer: Bamboo. Fun fact, some species can grow up to 4cm per hour which is almost a metre a day!
Winner: Ms. Zahara
Next month will feature questions on our new theme of MUSIC!