BCP Family Weekly Updates: Monday, October 24th 2022 (DAY 5)

Dear Families

I hope everyone had a great week and weekend. Many of our students were performing in athletics and/or arts this past weekend! Great to see and hear! Keep up the great initiative and thank-you to teachers and all who played a role to support! Thank-you in advance for taking the time to review updates and important reminders! Any questions or concerns let me know. If I have missed anything please reply-all to this email. 

                                         Updates and Important Information

1) Student Leadership Group Halloween/Fall Theme days: Please see attached Halloween Poster for information on this week's FUN (please note there are some changes from last week's updates) a) Fall Colour Day - Mon. October 24th -- b) Hat/Jersey Day - Tues.October 25th -- c) Black and Orange - Wed.October 26th -- d) Teacher Thursday (dress like a teacher) - Thursday, Thurs. Oct 27th -- e) Flannel Friday - Friday October 28th -- f) Costume day Monday October 31st

2) After School Academic Support: Mr. Holloway will be staying after school to offer extra help for any student(s) on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm in Room 148. 

3) Doorways: Doorways will be at the school meeting with students this Wednesday, October 26th 2022 --  Doorways Information and Doorways FAQ. Any student who would like to book a meeting can notify Ms. Doyle to have their name put on the list or simply drop by the office on the same day.

4) Halloween Dance: Let's get our Groove on! Student Leadership has organized a Halloween Dance for our students on Thursday, October 27th 2022 from 7PM to 9:30PM. Admission to get into the dance will be $2.00 and proceeds will go towards funding Leadership initiatives. Please ensure you review the BCP School Dance Rules

5) Halloween Day: Students and staff are encouraged to dress-up on Monday, October 31st 2022 for Halloween!

6) School Close-Out: We will be closed to students on Tuesday, November 1st 2022 for Professional Learning purposes.

7) Important - Clear History/Cookies (for families): The office at Baccalieu Collegiate has noticed that some parents/guardians/students are completing last year's absent form/sign-out form/sign-in form  This is problematic because our office is only checking the latest 22-23 form. Parents/guardians/students are not doing anything wrong. The problem occurs when your phone/computer accesses browsing history/cookies for speed purposes and bypasses the new 22-23 form for the old one. In order to solve this issue, please clear your device's browser history or clear cookies. 

You will know the problem has been fixed when you go into any of our forms and see in the title 22-23. 

8) District Wide Shutdown: There will be a District wide school Close out for PL purposes on November 24th 2022.

9) NL LD Association Tutoring: Just in case you didn't know, the NL LD Association offers online tutoring in reading and in math.  The service is subsidized and depending on need can be free.  Please see the link if you have students who would benefit.  You can share with parents or refer. 

10) Awards Night and Cap and Gown: The date of Monday, December 19th 2022 has been set for our 2021-22 Cap and Gown and Awards Night!

11) Check the Calendar: Check the Calendar (www.baccaliecollegiate.ca) for further updates. 

Good News Report (In no particular order)

• Senior Girls Volleyball: Congrats to our Senior Girls Volleyball stars on their competition this past weekend at Ascension!
• Grade 8/9 Girls Volleyball: Congrats to our Grade 8/9 Girls Volleyball players on placing second this past weekend at Roncalli!
• Senior Boys Basketball: Congrats to our Senior Boys Basketball Team on picking up a couple of wins this past weekend at home vs. Roncalli and Carbonear!
  
• Jamarama Day: We hope everyone enjoyed the cozyness of pajamas this past Friday. Extra thanks for the donations to Janeway!
  
• Service Delivery Team: Great work SDT. Great meeting. Keep up the support. It's appreciated to the moon and back, from family to teacher.
  
• Randy DeGruchy (CDLI) Visit: Big thanks to Randy for visiting our school to support our CDLI students!
  
• District Programs: Big thanks to our District programs staff for taking the time to visit our school and support our PL inativies.
  
• Cross Country Regional / Harvest Run: Huge Huge Congrats to our BCP runners for getting out there and living!!! breathing in all of the fresh air! Amazing job!
• Student Leadership Group: Huge thanks for our SLG for taking time every week to meet, plan, and lead our school!
• Gender Sexuality Alliance: Huge thanks and congrats to our GSA organization for breaking down past prejudices, for standing brave, and for being yourself.
• Sports Practices: So many sports and other events going on afterschool. Please check out Baccalieu Calendar for a listing of events and times! Thank-you to all of our students for getting involved and teachers and volunteers for giving up your time for our youth! 
• Jr. Boys Indoor Soccer: Here we go boys! Thanks Coach Cashin!
• Girls Indoor Soccer: Here we go girls! Thanks Coach Cashin!
• Senior Girls Volleyball: Big congrats to the girls trying out for our Sr. Girls Volleyball team. Big thanks to our volunteer coaches. Go BCP Go!
• Junior Girls Volleyball: Great work Jr. Girls Volleyball! Thank-you to our volunteer coaches! Go BCP Go!
• Boys basketball: Thanks Coach Cashin and our community volunteers for getting the senior boys basketball team up and going! The banner year begins! 
• Jr. Boys basketball: Thanks Coach Cashin and the community volunteer coaches for supporting our junior boys basketball. 
• Jr. Boys Volleyball: Big thanks to Coach Sheppard for training our boys volleyball!!
• Girls Basketball: Huge thanks to Coach Adams for revitalizing our girls basketball program here at Baccalieu!
• Dungeons and Dragons: Great job to our students for setting some time after school to socialize over a great game of Dungeons and Dragons. If you're interested in joining in let us know!
• Gaming Club: Great job Gaming Club! 
• Check Facebook/Twitter: For more updates on good news and information check out our Baccalieu Collegiate facebook/twitter page. 
• Did I miss something? If I missed anything please be sure to reply-all. There are so many amazing things going on at Baccalieu already, so chances are I might miss something. Celebrate whenever you can!