BCP Family Weekly Updates: Monday, February 13th 2023 (DAY 6)

Dear Families,

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend! Happy Guidance Appreciation (carrying over from last week) and Teachers & Staff Appreciation Week this week! Please reach out to your hardworking teachers, staff and our Guidance and send your appreciation to them. Our teachers, staff, and guidance are invested in our school and community like no other!  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) Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week & Canadian School Counselling (last) Week: As mentioned above, this week is Teacher and Staff and Guidance appreciation week at Baccalieu Collegiate! The world is not like it used to be, and it's made a tremendous impact on how we do business in many facets of life. Teachers, staff, and guidance are at the forefront of this change and as a result working harder than ever. Pleaes reach out and send your thanks to our crew. Your appreciation is everything. 

2) BCP School Clothing: Check out our BCP Swag for school clothing. Deadline to order clothing is February 15th 2023. Go to the following link for online order. The order will be delivered to the school and handed out to respective persons. https://bcpapparel.itemorder.com/shop/home/

3) Winter Carnival Week: This is a reminder that our BCP Winter Carnival Week led by our School Leadership is GAME ON! February 13th until the 17th. Looking forward to it! Go BCP Go! Please see our website for homeroom colours and other extra-curricular events. The Semi-Formal Dance is scheduled for Thursday evening! 

4) School Council Meeting: Our School Council meeting will be cancelled. Our next school council meeting will be at its regular schedule for next month (March 7th 2023)

5) Family School Development Survey: Please click the link and complete our Family School Development Survey before the end of the month. This survey is a very important guide for our school development. Click the link for more information. 

6) Grade 9 Career Modules: Due to weather, our Career 9 modules have been rescheduled: The schedule is as follows: Lesson 1 -- Marlene (done with exception of a few students who we will figure out), Lesson 2 -- Monday, Feb 20, Period 4 (Sarah Sheppard), Lesson 3  --  Monday Feb 20, Period 5 (David Barrett), Lesson 4 -- Tuesday Feb 21, Period 3 (Steve Adams), Lesson 5 -- Wednesday Feb 22, Period 3 (Pam Slade). These modules are presented to Grade 9 students to support their development in future planning including course selection for high school. 

7) PL & Reporting Day: Just to give everyone a heads up. We are scheduled to have our Reporting Morning and PL Afternoon for Monday, March 13th 2023. You can see the other scheduled events in the calendar that might help out your planning. Have a look at the calendar!

8) 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! 

9) 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. 

10) Check the Calendar: Check the Calendar (www.baccaliecollegiate.ca) for further and future updates. 

Good News Report (In no particular order)

• Mid-Year Report: Big thanks to all the teachers for making the necessary Mid-Year report adjustments for our graduating students!
  
• Wellness Day Kickoff: Huge thanks to all the students and staff for making for an amazing day of wellness pratice and learning! Huge thanks to Wanda Green, William Lummis, and Kayla Prosper from Eastern Health for coming in and supporting our students! The day supported not only fun activities but 
  
• Career Modules: Big thank-you to the teachers whol will be supporting our students career development in Grade 9!
• Leadership Group: Huge thanks to our Leadership group for all of their hardwork and tremendous leadership preparing upcoming events such as Winter Carnival week!!!
• Sr. Boys Basketball: Congrats to the Sr. Boys Basketball team who placed third in the Holy Spirit High tournament. The boys went 2-1 beating Baltimore in the consolation game. 
• Jr. Boys Basketball: Congrats to our Gr. 8 Junior Boys who competed in the NLBA Provincial B tourn this past weekend. Tremendous showing of spirit and competitive game to come.
• SHAD: Congrats to Anna March-Mulrooney not only for her acceptance to the SHAD program but also for attaining a full scholarship! Check out the website for more information. We hope Anna will inspire more SHAD applications in the future! https://www.shad.ca/
• Sr. Girls Volleyball: Congrats to our Senior Girls Volleyball team who placed 2nd in the girls 17U NLVA Provincal Volleyball Championships tournament this past weekend!
• Sports & Other Practices & Events: 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! 
• 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!