Baccalieu Collegiate Family Weekly Updates: Tuesday, February 11th 2025 (DAY 5)

Dear Families,

I hope you enjoyed the bitter cold weekend and the snowfall Monday. Congrats to our 2A Girls Basketball Champs who took home the banner on Saturday! 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

NLTA Teacher Appreciation Week: Happy NLTA Teacher Appreciation Week! I’d like to take this opportunity to kick off the week by extending my heartfelt thanks to our teachers. Teaching is an interesting and dynamic profession, one that offers countless opportunities to make a positive and lasting impact on the lives of young people. It is, without a doubt, the most important job in the world. However, it is also an incredibly tough job—one that demands so much more than just the delivery of content. It is labor-intensive, part art and part science. Teachers wear many hats: administrators, counselors, mentors, and sometimes even paramedics. Each day presents new challenges, and yet they rise to meet them with dedication, compassion, and resilience.Thank you for your hard work, commitment, and unwavering passion. Teachers truly make a difference.

BCP teachers are some of the greats and we're very happy to have them!

Memo to Families: Memo to Families - Seeking Input on Proposed Changes to Grades 7 to 9 Program of Studies - February 7, 2025

Important Information Regarding Emails: Our email system will automatically block any external incoming emails that have a blank subject line. This measure is in place to improve our overall email security and protect our schools, teachers, staff and students from potential threats. Emails with blank subject lines are often used by malicious actors to bypass spam filters and other security measures. By blocking these emails, we will be able to reduce the risk of phishing attacks and enhance email filtering. Always include a relevant subject line when sending emails. Thank you for your attention to this matter and your understanding as we try to maintain the safest communication system possible.

Please see important Memorandum from NLSchools: Credit Monitoring and Identity Protection Services Available (PowerSchool)

Badminton Practices: Senior Badminton Tryouts will go ahead Wednesday from 2:45-4:30. Anyone in grades 10-12 interested in trying out for the school team should attend. Please let Ms. Oliver know if you are interested but unable to attend this week. On Thursday, any students from Grades 7-12 that are interested in badminton are invited to attend from 2:45-4:00. Any seniors that attend on Thursday will continue playing games for tryouts.

Crush Drinks: To celebrate Valentine’s Day, the student leadership group will be selling Crush cans of drink for $2.00 each. The cans will be available from Monday to Thursday and will be delivered on Friday.

Winter Formal School Dance: The Baccalieu Collegiate Winter Formal is happening again this year, tickets for entry will only be available from Monday to Thursday during lunch. Make sure you look your best for this special event and don’t forget to get a photo to remember it! The Dance will be Thursday, February 13th 2025.

Drama practice: If there is no school Monday, senior practice will go ahead Wednesday from 4:15 - 5:30 and Thursday from 3-4. Junior practice will be 3-4:15 on Wednesday and 4-5 on Thursday. Remember no scripts this week.

Sr. Boys Basketball Hosting 2A: Baccalieu Collegiate will be hosting the SSNL 2A Regional Qualifier the weekend of February 15 & 16 2025. Any students, parents, community members, stakeholders willing to offer assistance and/or volunteer please contact Mr. Saxby. This will be a five team tournament and include Mobile, Laval, Roncalli, and Crescent. Please see the schedule HERE and come out and support your hometown Predators!

Winter Carnival and Mid-Winter Week: Get ready BCP HOMEROOMS. Next week is Winter Carnival Week! Also, next week is a shortened week. We will not have school Friday or Monday in light of Mid-Winter Break. 

Bus Safety Guide: Dear families, this is a reminder to please reference the NLSchools Bus Safety Guide as a reminder of bus safety rules to be followed by our students. 

NISEP Host Family Information (Families): 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! 

Personal Electronic Device (PED) Policy:  All students who bring PED to school are required to check-in their PED at respective hotels. Any students leaving PED home must have a parent/guardian email their respective homeroom teacher informing them. Please read the Policy closely. Baccalieu Collegiate PED Policy

Good News Report 

• Remembrance Day Poster Contest Winners: We've had several students who have placed in this year's Remembrance Day Poster Contest! Congratulations to Abbie Noel, Chloe March, Madalyn Bishop, Ludmilla Romykh, and Chelsea March. The Royal Canadian Legion will be holding the annual Student Awards Event on Saturday, February 15th at 2 pm. Students, parents/guardians, and teachers are invited to attend. 
  
• Girls Basketball: Congrats to our 2A Girls Basketball team for winning the SSNL 2A Regional Qualifier tournament on Friday! Go BCP Go!
• Sr. Boys Basketball Team: Congrats to our Sr. Boys Basketball squad for a strong showing this weekend at Baltimore. The boys went 3-1 losing by only one in the championship final vs. PWC (c). 
• Thank-you Students: Big thanks to the students who are very kindly welcoming and making feel at home our international students from Brazil, as well as new transfer students. Thank-you! It makes a big positive difference in lives. 
• Lighthouse Project: Congrats to our Lighthouse team for continuing to grow. New members are always welcome! Junior High or Senior High!
• Baccalieu Bucks: Congrats to our students' engagement in the Homeroom Baccalieu Buck challenges. Leaderboards will be posted soon!
• 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