Dear Families,
Congrats on a fun and successful week back! I hope you had a restful weekend. Looking forward to another week! 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.
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Updates and Important Information
Mid-Course Examinations: Please note that Baccalieu Collegiate has reinstituted Mid-Course Examinations this year during the period January 20th to 24th 2025. These assessments will be 1hour in length and 10% of the course grade. In Junior High, students will write the following exams respectively to their grade: Math 7, Math 8, Science 8, Math 9, Science 9, English 9. High school students will see mid course exams in Academic and Advanced Level courses in Math, Science, English, and Social Studies. The Schedule will be shared with families at the end of the day Monday, January 13th 2024.
Mid-Course Exam Preparation: Mr. Holloway will be staying after school each day next week, from Monday Jan. 13 to Friday Jan. 17 from 3:00pm to 4:30pm for any students who want to stay after school and get some help studying for their mid-year exams, or if anyone just wants a quiet place to study. *Tutors for Tuition can also be available upon request.
BCP PED (former cell phone) Policy: A reminder to students and families that our Classroom Personal Electronic Device (PED) Policy has been implemented. We had a successful first week but we are looking forward to the arrival of our PED Hotels for students! The PED Hotels will be necessary to ensure students are not focusing their time on hiding their PED (especially phones) and so teachers are not spending their time with student infractions. Some students have expressed they will keep their phone in their cars or lockers. While we appreciate the consideration, we will be requiring all students check-in their PED in their assigned PED Hotel "rooms" after they are installed. This process is to ensure the integrity of the policy for all students and teachers. Thank-you in advance for your understanding. If you have not read through the policy please do so at your earliest convenience which outlines the clear expectations for the PED policy. Together, we can prioritize learning and foster better connections! BCP Memorandum: 2024-25 PED Policy (January 6 2025)
Reminder: Students are asked to please keep their eating confined to the cafeteria for sanitation reasons.
Drama practice: This week junior and senior drama troupes will begin preparations for the regional drama festival. This week we will only do one practice per group to ease you all back into it following the holidays. This week we will have junior practice from 2:50- 4pm on Wednesday and senior practice from 2:50-4 pm on Thursday. Please make every effort to make it to practice.
Badminton: Badminton will go ahead this week on Wednesday and Thursday after school. Both of these sessions will be open to any students in Grades 7-12 that want to play badminton for simply fun and/or competition. There will be a short meeting for any Senior interested in trying out for the school badminton team on Tuesday at recess time in Ms. Oliver's room #153.
Practice times: Wednesday 2:45 - 4:30 & Thursday 2:45 - 4:00Excessive Classroom Leaving Observed/Documented (Families): Dear Parents/Guardians, please note that on January 6th 2025 emails were sent to parent/guardians of 20 students (out of 168 students) indicating their child was observed by teachers leaving classes excessively and totalling a significant amount of missed instruction throughout September to December 2024. These emails were not sent to every home. If you received this email you are encouraged to work with your child and/or the school to remedy the concern. To see a copy of the letter: CLICK HERE.
NISEP Host Family Information: Any families interested in hosting a student to come to Baccalieu Collegiate from abroad please see the following NISEP MEMO. This mutually beneficial program allows everyone a win!
Good News Report
- Check it Out!: Congratulations and thank-you to our Lighthouse Project Crew. Check it out! Voices of Baccalieu: An Exchange Student's Journey at Baccalieu Collegiate
- Baccalieu Collegiate Cash Lottery: Thank-you to everyone who supported the BCP Cash Lottery! Congrats to our winners! Student payouts, Homeroom winner, and more will be announced this coming week!
- Baccalieu Bucks: Congrats to our students' engagement in the Homeroom Baccalieu Buck challenges. Leaderboards will be posted soon!
- Grade 8 & 9 Girls Volleyball: Congrats to coaches and players for a successful weekend!
- Senior Boys Basketball: Congrats our BCP boys basketball team for a strong showing at Carbonear this past weekend. The boys fell to Carbonear and Laval while defeating Clarenville High in overtime - a team that beat us by more than 30 points earlier in the year! Great progress for a young but hardworking and talented group of student athletes. Thank-you to everyone who came out to support our tribe!
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