Dear Families
The Christmas holidays are right around the corner. My apologies for the late updates. Unfortunately, I was struck by sickness and could not send these out more timely. 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) Awards Night: The 2022-23 Awards Day and Night will be forthcoming on Monday, December 18th 2023. Grades 7-11 awards will be presented in the afternoon periods 4 and 5 and all classes will attend. The evening Cap and Gown ceremony will begin at 7pm (graduates showing up earlier) the same evening. This event is past! Thank-you to everyone involved. Congrats to all of our students who were awarded accolades for their hard work and focus on selfless endeavors. Congratulations to our past graduates!
2) Christmas Outing: This year we will be going on our annual Christmas Outing on Tuesday December 19, 2023. Please note parents/guardians must complete the online Rycor permission form to attend. Payment online is also available for convenience and families are encouraged to complete both the form and payment online. Powerschool instructions to support parents/guardians can be accessed by clicking the link. Families in special circumstances can request the permission form in paper copy from the office as well as make cash payment. This event is happening now! Thank-you to staff for making this opportunity for our students happen!
3) Last School Day Before Holidays: Please note that our last day (1/2 day) of school is Wednesday, December 20th 2023. Our School Leadership group and teachers are organizing a number of fun and connection activities for students to participate in during the morning! Bus dismissal for students will be at 12:30pm.
4) 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.
5) GET AHEAD: Check the Calendar (www.baccaliecollegiate.ca) for further and future updates including extra and co-curricular events and special events upcoming!
Good News Report (In no particular order)
- Study Hall: Huge thank-you to Ms. Holloway and Tutors for Tuition for creating a space all year after school Tuesdays and Wednesdays to allow students focused time and support towards their learning. This will continue in the New Year and any and all students are invited to attend.
- Gathering History Project: Huge thank-you to Mr. Barrett, Ms. Sequiera and all the students and staff involved making this event a hit amongst our elders! We had over 30 elders from our community that shared in our Christmas Dinner organized by our School Council and shared their stories of the past with our students!
- School Council Christmas Dinner: Huge thank-you to our School Council and volunteers to help make our Christmas Dinner for our students extra special! School Council members were in the kitchen 8am making final preparations and throughout the whole school day. We are very thank-ful for such a supportive community helping deliver happy times for our school, students, staff, and members of the community. Thank-you!
- Student Christmas Dance: Thank-you to teachers and Leadership students for organizing an awesome dance party this past Thursday, December 14th 2023.
- Grow-up Program: Day 2 of our Splash Centre Grow-up program was another amazing success! Thank-you Career Education students, Splash Centre staff, and BCP teachers for allowing the offering of this amazing program to help prepare our youth for the future.
- Christmas Concert: Thank-you to all who came to enjoy our Christmas concert this past December 12th 2023. Huge thank-you to Ms. Reid, Ms. Bolt, and Ms. Sequiera who led our Drama Troupe and Musical artists to prepare and perform so beautifully! Great job and thank-you!
- Cash Lottery: Thank-you to all of the students, parents, and community for the fundraising support for the school! Lottery draw is the first Friday in January! Who will be our winners?
- Lighthouse Project: Thank-you to Scott Legge, Brilliant Labs, Music NL and Trinity Hall for providing our students such an incredible and inspiring experience learning how to professionally produce video of events in our community. Keep up the great work and we look forward to our current students training more in the future!
- Doorways: Thank-you Doorways for being here and meeting with your students. We conversate all the time. Why not with someone who has your best interests in mind and is trained to help?
XMAS Outing: Thank-you Ms. Doyle and all of our teachers for organizing and implementing our Christmas Outing to Carbonear!
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!
- 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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