Dear Families,
I hope you all enjoyed your long break! It is now time for spring and all of its new found energy that comes with it.
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
Updates and Important Information
Family Survey: Thank-you in advance for your attention to the BCP Survey Invitation - Family 2024-25. The deadline for completion is April 4th 2025
Filmmaking 101: This week Mr. O'Keefe and his Drama class, as well as committed members of the Lighthouse project, will be working with Andrew Younghusband and Andrew Legge (two accomplished artists) to recreate a three minute bit (and see how much goes into it) from the hit show Office. This project is sponsored by Arts Smart Grant. It is a wonderful learning experience for not only curriculum outcomes but outcomes related to creating an accomplished product. Respective students, teachers, and guests have been working to prepare this for months. The student centre will likely be shut down until production is completed.
Study Hall: Do not forget every Monday and Wednesday afterschool until 4:00pm you can go to Mr. Holloway's room to study and gain support with your learning. This is open to any students in Grade 7-12.
Sport Practices: All practices will continue per normal schedule this week. Boys Basketball will practice Tuesday evening. They will not practice Thursday.
School/Teacher Professional Development: On Wednesday, March 19th 2025 Program Specialists will be spending the day at the school in support of students and teachers learning and implementation of student engaging classroom strategies. Looking forward to this amazing day of learning and collaboration!
Student Trip to White Hills: Please see the following information regarding our annual Ski White Hills Trip. CLICK HERE. The Date is set for March 28th 2025. Student registration is open to any grades. Only a few spots left.
Term 2 Reporting: Please note that Term 2 Reports will be issued to students on Wednesday, March 19th 2025.
Family - Teacher Meetings: We will have Family-Teacher meetings take place Thursday, March 20th 2025 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. All parents/guardians are encouraged to attend and make connections with their child's teachers. If a parent/guardian cannot make it this day or during this time please reach out to the respective teacher. These meetings are imperative if your son/daughter is struggling in any respective class(s) to discuss meaningful interventions and how support can come from home.
CDLI Virtual Family-Teacher interviews: will take place on Thursday, March 27th 2025. As a result, there will not be any live classes after 11:35 am on that day. Family-Teacher Conferences wil
Lighthouse Project News: Mr. Atakorah has secured an in-person Interview with NLTA President Trent Langdon and Jennifer Tulk for our Lighthouse team to produce on March 24th 2025 at 1:30pm
School Council Meeting: Monday, March 24th 2025 at 6:30pm.
The Truth About Vaping: Parents and students are encouraged to spend some time reviewing the following website, https://
Get Ahead: Do not forget to check out our BCP Calendar of Events to get a heads up with the many events happening in the coming weeks.
(Reminder) Graduate Student Leadership Bursary 2025: The Safe, Caring and Inclusive Schools Graduating Student Leadership Bursary will be offered again this year. The application deadline is May 10th, 2025. The goal of the bursary is to :Recognize the leadership of youth across the province engaging in initiatives aimed at building and nurturing safe, caring and inclusive school communities.
Help students recognize that they can make a difference in the lives of others. Encourage and mobilize students to become involved in future initiatives related to safe, caring and inclusive school communities.Recipients will receive a $750 tuition voucher for post-secondary education. Graduating students from public schools (NLSchools and CSFP) may apply. All information and application forms are available at: https://www.gov.nl.ca/
(In Case you Missed it) A Message from NLTA: NLTA Message. Baccalieu Collegiate teachers and teachers across the province are passionate and hardworking with the best intentions for our youth. We're here to work together and create strength in our communities, not the other way around.
Good News Report
- Staff Meeting: Thank-you teachers for engaging in last week's staff meeting.
- Grade 8 girls volleyball: Congratulations to the grade 8 girls volleyball team who placed 3rd in an invitational tournament this weekend! You girls are playing amazing and with such great sportsmanship, you make our school proud! Keep it up team! Let’s go BCP!
- BCP and CDLI Teachers: Thank-you for your hard work Friday and Wednesday respectively during your PL and Report writing time. A well deserved focus for such an amazing and hardworking team.
- Filmmaking 101: Huge thanks to the great and powerful Andrew Younghusband and Andrew Legge who are working with Mr. O'Keefe and the Drama class are learning to make films!
- Sr. Boys Basketball: Congrats to the Sr. Boys Basketball team who gained valuable experience at the 2A Provincials held in Bay D'espoir last weekend. Congrats to Hunter Snelgrove for gaining the Most Sportsman Player. Special thank-you to Hunter for amazing basketball career at Baccalieu Collegiate. His humble and hardwork will make an impact on the program and its players for years and years to come.
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