BCP Family Weekly Updates: Monday, March 13th 2023 (Close out Day - DAY 12)

Dear Families,

I hope everyone enjoyed the weekend and their day extra rest!  Please take some time to view the updates. 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)  Family School Development Survey: Currently, we have 17% of families who have completed this important 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. 

2) Jr. High Morning Assembly: Administration will host a short assembly for all Junior High students in the morning and during an extended homeroom. The assembly will outline some important changes for Junior High students during our lunch period as well as outline the rationale. 

3) School Clothing Orders: Our Leadership initiated School Clothing order has been delivered! Any students who ordered clothing can pick it up in Room #150

4) Memorial University Advising Outreach: Memorial University’s Academic Advising Centre outreach to Baccalieu Grade 12 students who have applied to attend Memorial in fall 2023 will take place in-person on Tuesday, March 14th 2023. The program allows staff from the Academic Advising Centre, along with faculty and staff members from throughout the university, to meet individually with approximately 2,000 students who plan to attend Memorial in the fall. During these meetings, we welcome the incoming students; help them plan for their first semester of university studies and offer advice on course selection.

5) Term 2 Reports Issued: Please note that our Term 2 Reports will be handed out to students on Wednesday, March 15th 2023. 

6) Doorways: A reminder that Doorways will be at our school Wednesday, March 15th 2023.

7) Family-Teacher Conferences: Baccalieu Family Teacher Conferences will take place Thursday, March 16th 2023 from 1-4pm and 5-7pm.

8) CDLI Family-Teacher Conferences: Virtual Family-Teacher Conferences will occur on Thursday, March 23rd 2023 with appointments being scheduled using Optis which can be found on CDLI website. Any support needed feel free to contact the school.

9) WISE NL Student Summer Employment Program 2023- Student Application & Information: My name is Clare Graves and I am the Program Administrator with Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) NL. I am pleased to announce our 2023 Student Summer Employment Program (SSEP). SSEP is a program that offers valuable summer employment in STEM fields to young females completing Grade 11 (Grade 10 in Labrador). Student applications are now available on our SSEP website https://ssep.wisenl.ca/students. This year, the application process has been made more student, parent and teacher friendly as we are offering an online submission option (ssep.wisenl.ca/students/student-application-form). I am also attaching the complete, printable application form, as well as the 2023 Job Descriptions, General Information and a poster for you to share with your students. This is all available on the website as well. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

10) Tentative PL Date: Please note that we have tentatively scheduled our next PL Close out day for Friday, March 31st 2023. This has not been approved yet. However, this is the date that we are requesting. Stay tuned. 

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) 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. 

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

Good News Report (In no particular order)

• PL & Reporting Day: Thank-you teachers and staff! I hope you found today advantageous. 
  

• TERM 2 END: Congrats everyone for making it through another term with success. For those students struggling keep your head up, plan your next steps, seek support from a teacher/admin. You got this!
  

• (STUDENT) School Development Surveys: Big thank-you to all of the students who completed the school development survey. The information we gather is vital for our school's next steps in innovating, evolving, and developing to support our youth. 
  

• School Council Meeting: Thank-you to School Council members for your attendance, participation, and support in your past meeting!
  

• Drama Festival Production: Huge congrats to our BCP Drama Troupe who performed their play, Clowns with Guns this past week at the Drama Festival! 
  

• Staff Meeting: Big thanks to staff for your continued dedication to our students and our school. 
  

• Community - Parent/Guardian Presentation: Huge thank-you in advance to William Lummius and Andrea Hurley and all the families in attendance to our presentation this evening!

• OHS Committee Meeting: Thank-you to our hardworking OHS team!
  
• 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!