Dear Families,
1) Important Conversations: Please see the following link for important information -- Important Conversations - Support for Students/Families - Intimate Images
2) URGENT 2021-2022 Nomination/Application Awards (community): 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 jeffsaxby@nleasd.ca to explore accessible ways to nominate a worthy candidate. For more information including nomination/application form and details see the link: https://baccalieublog.
3) 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.
4) School Council Meeting: Our monthly School Council meeting will take place Tuesday, December 6th 2022 at 6:30pm. Any teachers with items including fundraising proposals, volunteer proposals, etc. please let me know at your earliest convenience.
5) Doorways: Doorways will be servicing our school on Wednesday, December 7th 2022. Any students looking to make an appointment please inform Ms. Doyle.
7) CDLI Virtual Family - Teacher Conferences: CDLI will have virtual Family - Teacher Conferences on Thursda
8) Retake Pictures: Picture retakes will take place on Friday, December 9th 2022.
9) Christmas Concert: Baccalieu will perform its Christmas concert on Monday, December 12th 2022.
10) Christmas Dance: Baccalieu Collegiates Christmas Dance will be held on Thursday, December 15th 2022.
11) School Christmas Dinner: On Friday, December 16th 2022 our School Council plans to serve our student body Christmas Dinner during lunch to show appreciation and good will during the holidays.
12) Gathering History Project: On Friday, December 16th 2022 it is our plan to invite elders (65+ years) to our Christmas dinner. After dinner we'll be inviting our elders to stick around for tea/coffee and to meet, greet and share stories with our students. Stay tuned for more.
13) 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.
14) Bus Reminders (families): 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.
15) 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!!
16) BCP Cash Lottery: Keep on selling! Deadline for sales is fast approaching December 16th 2022. If you have not sold your tickets please pass back into homeroom teacher ASAP.
17) 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.
18) 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!
19) 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)
20) 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.
- Family-Teacher Conferences: Big thank-you to all the families who attended our Family-Teacher conferences!
- Awards Night: Special thank-you to Tara North for working with our community sponsors in order of our upcoming Awards Night!
- Teachers Change Lives: Check out the very nice tribute to Ms. Slade! https://
teacherschangelives.ca/thank- you-mrs-slade/?fbclid=IwAR1s_ pS6Yfef0ZkHwOPNnLHy6HEYBzYuPIR az26Gi3AvQzUsa--GiJiJQtc& mibextid=Zxz2cZ - Term 2: Welcome to the start of Term 2! Congrats on a successful First Term!
- 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: Congrats to the boys for the win against Carbonear Collegiate! Also, special thanks to Nathaniel Hiscock and Jonah Clouter for assisting with the coaching!
- Jr. Boys Basketball: Congrats to the Jr. Boys Basketball team for a strong showing this past week at Carbonear Academy! Keep working hard!
- Senior Girls Volleyball: Big Provincial tournament coming up! Special thanks to Ewan Penney, Alan Ash, Sarah Sheppard along with the Provincial Organizing Committee!
- 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!
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