BCP Family Weekly Updates: Monday, November 28th 2022 (DAY 1)

Dear Families,

Congrats, term one is soon to be in the books! 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) Term 2: Welcome to the start of Term 2! Congrats on a successful First Term! 

2) 2021-2022 Nomination/Application Awards: Dear Students, Families, and Community Members, please see the following awards to nominate a BCP student who has positively impacted you or your community this past 2021-2022 school year. Deadline for nomination/applications is fast approaching Monday, December 12th 2022. Spread the word. **Nominations/applications will be assessed on content, not grammar and writing structure. If you would like to nominate a student but are uncomfortable writing, please contact baccalieucoll@nlesd.ca to explore accessible ways to nominate a worthy candidate. For more information including nomination/application form and details see the link: https://baccalieublog.blogspot.com/2022/11/2022-bcp-nomination-application-awards.html

3) Jr. Boys Basketball: Today at 3pm our Jr. Boys Basketball squad will be competing against Carbonear Academy. Please see permission form: https://forms.gle/MYyK2V2RNuzyLdmh9

4) Bus Reminders: Please note the following bus safety reminders in anticipation of the winter weather. 1) stay back from the road edge until the bus comes to a stop and the door opens. 2) if you are being picked up from the left side of the road please don’t cross the road in front of the bus while the bus is still moving. Just wait until the bus stops and the driver signals it’s safe to cross. 

5) Food DRIVE: Student Leadership are starting a food drive and it will be running for two weeks until December 2nd 2022. Milk crates will be placed in each homeroom for collection. The food will be weighed for each room and then the class with the most weight will gain points towards winter carnival. Try and motivate the students to be an active school community member and donate if they are able!! 

6) BCP Cash Lottery: Please encourage students to continue selling Cash Lottery tickets! Everyone is doing an amazing job!

7) CDLI Reminders: Please note that CDLI classes continue during school based closures (PL days, closeouts, snowdays etc). Students are encouraged to sign in from home or to watch class recordings so that they don't fall behind with coursework.  

8) Reports Deadlines: Reports will be going home with students at the end of the day Wednesday, November 30th 2022.

9) Family-Teacher Conferences: Families are invited to in-person meet with teachers on our Family-Teacher Conferences held Thursday, December 1st 2022 from 1-4pm and 5-7pm.

10) 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. 

11) Ronald McDonald House: BCP staff, students and families are invited to bring in their pop pull tabs and place them in the bucket near the lobby. Baccalieu Collegiate will again be collecting pull tabs in support of the Ronald McDonald House. Last year we collected over 3 X 18.5 litre bottles full. Let's beat that number this year! 

12) CDLI Virtual Family - Teacher Conferences: CDLI will have virtual Family - Teacher Conferences on Thursday, December 8th from 12:30pm - 5:30pm. As a result, there will not be any live classes after 11:35am on that day. Family-Teacher Conferences will be scheduled using Optis.  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fzzYBYQAvZKVBH_6P7tl75iOk59wCutUPcTwlW0_8-Q/edit?usp=sharing

13) Senior Girls Volleyball Provincials: Our BCP Senior Girls Volleyball team will be hosting this years Volleyball Provincials from December 8th -10th 2022.

14) Retake Pictures: Picture retakes will take place on Friday, December 9th 2022. 

15) Festivities Heads Up: Between studetns, teachers, community, and traditions; we have a spiritied and busy upcoming December. Besides the events outlined in this update we have the following. More information is forthcoming, however, if you're intereted please save the date. a) Christmas Concert -- Tuesday, December 13th 2022. b) Christmas Dance -- Thursday, December 15th 2022. c) School Council Christmas Dinner -- Friday, December 16th 2022. d) Gathering History Project Kick-off -- Friday, December 16th 2022. 

16) Public Exams Cancelled: The Department of Education has officially cancelled public exams for the 2022-23 school year. The announcement can be found at the following link: Public Advisory: Public Exams Cancelled for 2022-23 School Year, Under Review for Future Years - News Releases (gov.nl.ca)

17) Awards 2022 Sponsorship: By now, many of you know that our Awards Sponsorship letters are out amongst our communities. For more information and/or if you would like an opportunity to contribute please follow the link: https://www.studentquickpay.com/nlesd/MyAccount/Main.aspx?webitemid=11994

18) 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! Donation letters will be sent out soon! A new way of direct payment will be introduced. 

19) Assessment Support Calendar: Please do your best to add assessments to our Assessment Support Calendar. This calendar is shared on our www.baccalieucollegiate.ca site for both students and families to see and support their organization. Additionally, give our IRT team a heads up at your earliest convenience so that they can mobilize effectively to support. 

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

Good News Report (In no particular order)

•  Teachers Change Lives: Check out the very nice tribute to Ms. Slade!  https://teacherschangelives.ca/thank-you-mrs-slade/?fbclid=IwAR1s_pS6Yfef0ZkHwOPNnLHy6HEYBzYuPIRaz26Gi3AvQzUsa--GiJiJQtc&mibextid=Zxz2cZ
  
• Term 1 End: Great work everyone! You should all be very proud of the learning and progress you all made this term!
  
• PL/Reporting Close Out Days: Thank-you to staff for their hard work and learning during this past week's PL Sessions!
  
• Staff Christmas Dinner: Thank-you staff for a great evening.
• Bake Sale: Great job Brock and Lyndon! Thank-you Ms. Kelloway for organizing such an excellent event for our students. 
• Deep Learning Initiative Meeting: Thank-you to our staff, Mary Lou Riggs and Darrin Hyde for meeting to discuss a Gathering History project for our school and community.
• Wrestling at Baccalieu!!!: Big thanks to Coach Sweetland and Adams for sharing their knowledge and wrestling skills with our students. Get out there and wrestle BCP students!!
• Senior Boys Basketball: Great work Senior Boys as you put time into practices.
• Senior Girls Volleyball: Congrats on a very strong showing during regional qualifier this past weekend - placing 3rd. Onward and upward in two weeks when Baccalieu Sr. Girl's host provincials!
• Grade 12 Girls Volleyball: Keep up the great work!
• 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! 
• Dungeons and Dragons: Great job to our students for setting some time after school to socialize over a great game of Dungeons and Dragons. Thank-you Dragon Holloway and Dungeons Adams! 
• 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!