BCP Family Weekly Updates: Monday, December 4th 2023 (DAY 6)

Dear Families,

Congratulations to our Senior Girls Volleyball squad for winning the 3A Provincial BANNER! This is only the school's second banner ever and both lead by Coach Alan Ash! The team took home both the banner and Most Sportspersonlike! Congrats Jessica Slade (MVP!), Anna March Mulroney (Sportspersonship!) and all the squad for dominating their respective roles! 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) Lighthouse Project: Scott Legge will be at our school Monday, December 4th 2023 and possibly for longer. Scott will be training more lighthouse members with focus on editing. Currently, the LH crew have lots of amazing footage but need the training to present the final projects more timely. We expect more students from the Junior High group to be "called up" this week to build a larger crew! We're looking for committed crew so if you want to ensure you're trained this week please send Mr. Saxby an email requesting! 

2)  Cash Lottery: Time is ticking down for our Cash Lottery fundraiser! Deadline for lottery tickets to be in is Friday, December, 15th 2023. Unsold tickets must also be passed on or before Friday, December 15th 2023 unless granted special permission. 

3) Junior High Math Competition: Junior high math competition is coming up on Tuesday, December 5th 2023 during periods 4 and 5. We're so excited to have such an amazing event come back after long covid!

4) School Council Meeting: We will have our last School Council meeting of the year this Tuesday, December 5th 2023 at 6:30pm.

5) Doorways: Please note that Doorways will be at the school on Wednesday, December 6th 2023 to meet with students. 

6) CDLI Virtual Family-Teacher interviews: will take place on Thursday, December 7th 2023. As a result, there will not be any live classes after 11:35 am on that day. Family-Teacher Conferences will be scheduled using Optis.  We will also be sharing this message with the families of CDLI students, provided that parent/guardian email addresses have been entered into the student CDLI account. Please click the link to schedule your meetings with CDLI teachers:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tr1QMkutcb2V-Ac2DO9kkYWwkocF9E9WUzLR9jKU3hE/edit?usp=sharing

7) Skilled Trades Volunteers: Still looking, spread the word. Any persons in our community who would like to volunteer to help mentor our students in the shop please reach out to jeffsaxby@nlesd.ca and/or call the school 709 587-3211. Skilled trade modules include: plumbing, electrical, flooring, framing, etc. Members of the community who are interested in positively influencing our students' work please reach out to find out more information. Please note that the email was changed due to problems with the other email. We did not receive any messages due to technical issues. 

8) Picture Retakes: Picture retakes will be at the school on Friday, December 8th 2023. 

9) Sr. Boys Basketball: Senior Boys Basketball team will travel to Baltimore School for the Broncos Tournament this weekend. Details and schedule on the BCP calendar. 

10) Christmas Concert: Baccalieu Collegiate will be presenting a spirited Christmas Concert on December 12th 2023. Everyone is welcome. Donations will be collected at the door. 

11) Grow-up Program: Day 2 of the Career Education's Splash Centre Grow-up Program delivery will be Thursday, December 14th 2023. 

12) Christmas Outing: This year we will be going on our annual Christmas Outing on Tuesday December 19, 2023. There will be a cost associated for this trip. This outing is a non-curricular field trip with the intention to celebrate student hardwork and accomplishments in 2023! It is amazing how far we have all come since the pandemic and we are so brilliantly proud of our students! Congrats to our new 7's for showing such kindness - you're first Outing is well deserved! To our Grade 12's and your last Outing -- you've come so far! Please note, this outing is a privilege and if a student(s) behaviour is not on a positive trajectory with respect to the expectations of the school (public institution) the school does reserve the right to prohibit student participation. All students will have the option to go swimming in the morning followed by skating in the afternoon. If students do not wish to go swimming they may go to the mall for an hour. If students do not wish to go skating they will need to go to the stadium with us until skating is over. 

13) Student and Tutor Hall: Are you concerned your child is falling behind or not paying enough attention to their studies? Send them to Study Hall afterschool Tuesday and Wednesday from 3-4pm. Mr. Holloway runs a quiet room with lots of help! 

14) GET AHEAD: Check the Calendar (www.baccaliecollegiate.ca) for further and future updates including extra and co-curricular events and special events upcoming! Also, check out the Assessment Calendar at the bottom of the page!

Good News Report (In no particular order)

• Senior Girls Volleyball: Congratulations to our Senior Girls Volleyball squad for winning the 3A Provincial BANNER! This is only the school's second banner ever and both lead by Coach Alan Ash! The team took home both the banner and Sportspersonlike! Congrats Jessica Slade (MVP!), Anna March Mulroney (Sportspersonship!) and all the squad for dominating their respective roles!
  

• Splash Centre Grow-up Program: Big thanks to our Career Education class and the Splash Program for an amazing day one of the GROW-UP PROGRAM!
  

• Drama and Music: Huge thanks to Ms. Reid, Ms Bolt and Ms. Sequeira for leading our Christmas concert charge! The production is going to be spectacular but not without tremendous commitment and hardwork. 

• Cash Lottery: Huge thanks to students who are out there selling their tickets to support the school (and it's network)!

• Reports Due: Big thank-you to teachers for nailing term one reports! way to go!  
  

• Family/Teacher Conferences: Thank-you teachers and families for attending our conferences and working together for the best interests of our youth! It takes a village.  
  

• SDT: Thank-you to our hard working Service Delivery Team for mobilizing on a dime to support our students.

• Teachers: Big thank-you to our teachers for putting their 100% in for our students! Both as teachers and learners

• Sr. Boys Basketball: Congrats to the Senior Boys Basketball team for a spirited showing at the Holy Trinity Tigers 8 team tournament in Torbay. 

• Cash Lottery: Thank-you to everyone for supporting our fundraiser!!
  

• Doorways: Thank-you Doorways for being in our school for a students mental health and well being. 

• Chess Club: Great work chess club! Thanks Mr. Holloway for leading this for our students. 

• Music with Ms. Sequeira: Great job students in music! Thank-you students and Ms. Sequeira! 

• Girls Basketball: Way to go Coach Regev and the girls basketball!! Trust the process and stay committed!

• 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!