BCP Family Weekly Updates: Monday, December 2nd 2024 (DAY 6)

Dear Families,

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. 

BCP Weekly Updates Submission Form: A focus at Baccalieu Collegiate in the 2024 school year is to build a strong and connected community. A pillar to building this is effective communication. Volunteer coaches, members of town council, families etc.  are invited to share information, events, and/or good news with our BCP community via BCP Weekly Updates Submission Form. Please complete the form to have your news pertinent to students and families shared on our BCP weekly updates email. 

                                      Updates and Important Information

1) Lighthouse Project Livestream: Members of the Lighthouse Project will have a Livestream to broadcast the weekly update to staff and students on Monday, December 2, 2024. The broadcast will begin during the Home Room period. 

2) Baccalieu Bucks: Baccalieu Student Leadership Group will be introducing Baccalieu Bucks to the school in order to incentivize student spirit! Students will present this idea to students. Please see Presentation (CLICK HERE) for more details.

3) Christmas Food Drive: Baccalieu Students and Families! Students are having a CHRISTMAS FOOD DRIVE (CLICK HERE). 

4) NL Schools Memo: Responsible Use of Personal Electronic Devices (Families). Please read and provide your feedback to the new NL Schools Policy banning personal electronic use throughout the school day. 

5) Baccalieu Collegiate Cash Lottery: Keep up with the sales! Now's the time to take the lead in sales. Cash Lottery ticket sales continue for the lucky ticket holders an opportunity to win $5000, $500, and/or $50! The BCP Cash Lottery is a school fundraising for flexible seating in our classrooms, stage lights, and to support our extracurricular activities. Cash Lottery Poster. 

6) Drama Practice this week: Drama practice this week will be on Monday from 4-5 and Wednesday from 3-4:30. It is very important that all students be in attendance.

7) After School Tutoring: Mr. Holloway's after school tutoring will take place on Mondays and Wednesdays after school from 3:00 to 4:00pm. 

8) Senior Boys Basketball: Sr. practice is cancelled Tuesday, December 3rd 2024. Thursday practice will go ahead. The team will practice Monday 7-9pm next week. Stay tuned for a possible home game against the Ascension Astros Tuesday!

9) Badminton Club: Badminton club will not go ahead this week for either group. Hope to get another session in before Christmas break.

10) 3A Senior Girls Provincial Volleyball Championships: Good luck to the Baccalieu Collegiate Senior Girls Volleyball Team competing in the 3A Provincial Volleyball Championship from Dec 5 to 7 at Glovertown Academy. Play hard, have fun and bring home the Championship.

11) BCP Family - Teacher Conferences: Baccalieu Collegiate Family-Teacher Conference will be Thursday, December 5th 2024 from 1pm to 5pm.  

12) Tournament at Brookside intermediate: Grade 9 girls volleyball will be attending a tournament at Brookside Intermediate on December 6th and 7th 2024.

13) Important CDLI Information: CDLI Virtual Family-Teacher interviews will take place on Thursday, December 12th. 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. Please note that we do not have access to school messenger. 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.

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Please note that CDLI classes continue during school-based closures (PL days, closeouts, snow days, etc). Students are encouraged to sign in from home or watch class recordings to avoid falling behind with coursework.

14) Scott Legge and the Lighthouse: FYI Scott Legge will be attending our school on  December 10th and December 11th 2024 to continue training our students in the Lighthouse project. We will have a full crew attend and cover the Christmas Concert held in North River which raises money for the Janeway. We will also have representation to support coverage at Trinity Hall which includes working with the NTV News Crew! Any students interested in joining the Lighthouse crew should reach out to Mr. Atakorah. It's an amazing opportunity to learn new skills and gain confidence promoting the amazing things happening at our school and in our communities. 

15) Picture Retakes (Lifetouch): Retake Picture Day Date is  December 11, 2024

16) Heritage Places contest: Morning folks, Heritage NL is having a poster contest for kids in the province. Thought I’d share as a fun activity if anyone at BCP is interested:

https://heritagenl.ca/programs/poster-contest/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3YRHPvjGCUsk__-BQu6zhreKJjItbqfWwvYsP2BpnNpzJzn4_9eI7Rbrw_aem_ST0MO73YiQDYHmpz7t5IYA

17) Christmas Concert: Baccalieu Collegiate will be holding its annual Christmas concert on Thursday, December 12, 2024. Come along and help us celebrate the Christmas season with music and drama. The concert will begin at 7 pm and admission will be $5.00.

18)Sports: Believe it or not, there's more sports and activities happening at Baccalieu! Please see the Baccalieu Events Calendar for up-to-date practice times and tournaments.

19) Reminder -- Absence Form (Family): Child Absent? Complete the form BCP ABSENT FORM without having to call or email the respective homeroom teacher. You can do that too. 

20) 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. 

21) School Allergies: Please be aware that the following foods are prohibited at school due to severe allergies including nuts, fish, shellfish, egg, and pumpkin. 

22) BCP Athletic Shirts and Apparel: Students/Parents/Guardians can now order Baccalieu Predators Athletics shirts through In the Box NL online store. The clothing options include: dri-fit short sleeve, dri-fit long sleeve, crew neck sweatshirt, and hooded sweatshirt all in grey or navy blue. NOTE: For some sports teams you will be asked to order a shirt with a number to be used as a jersey, this will be at the direct instruction of your coach. Do not order a shirt with a number without consulting directly with your coach. BCP Athletic shirts are a quality low cost option for short term sports teams. To order anytime please see the following site: https://intheboxnl.com/store/p1443/Baccalieu_Collegiate_Sports_Short_Sleeve_Tee_.html 

23)  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)

• Lighthouse Project Livestream: Members of the Lighthouse Project will have a Livestream to broadcast the weekly update to staff and students on Monday, November 25, 2024. The broadcast will begin during the Home Room period. A YouTube link will be emailed to staff before the livestream begins. Home Room teachers can project this for students to watch in class. We will continue to update everyone about upcoming events.
  
• Junior High Math Competition: Congrats and thank-you to organizers and everyone who participated in the Jr. High Math Competition held last Wednesday!
  
• Harm Reduction Sessions: Huge thanks to Jane Henderson, the Provincial Consultant for Harm Reduction with NL Health Services. Her expertise and support for our teachers' understanding of drugs.
  
• Wipebook Prize: Congrats Mr. Barrett for winning the raffle draw! Please ensure you claim your prize!
  
• School Council: Thank-you School Council members for meeting last week.  
  
• Term 1 End: Congratulations on making it to Term 1! Whether you had success or struggled mightily, there is always another term to put your effort and focus towards. 
  
• SPLASH centre: Thank-you to Harbour Grace Splash Centre for providing our Career Students a wonderful opportunity to attend the Career Fair!
• Sr. Boys Basketball: Sr. Boys Basketball fell to Ascension Collegiate last Thursday night 59-43. 
• Avalon Senior High Math League: Good luck Mr. Holloway and the Math League team!
  
• Drama practice for Christmas Concert: Thank-you teachers and students for working overtime so we have put on a fantastic Christmas concert!
  
• Baccalieu Badminton Club: Thank-you Ms. Oliver for giving opportunity to students to play competitive or non-competitive badminton at Baccalieu. 
•  Girl's Basketball: Keep on working girls basketball! 
  
• Tutoring for Tuition: Tutors are on the go! Thank you student tutors for helping our students who want support!
  
• Junior Boys Basketball: Junior Boys are practicing twice a week! Thank-you Coach Barnes, Clarke, and Froggatt for giving back your time to support our youth!
• Doorways: Thank-you Doorways for attending Baccalieu Collegiate
• Baccalieu Collegiate Choir: Huge thanks Ms. Sequeira for getting the choir back at Baccalieu. 
• 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! 
• Got some good news?  BCP Weekly Updates Submission Form