Sunday, March 23, 2025

Baccalieu Collegiate Family Weekly Updates: Monday, March 24th 2025 (DAY 3)

Dear Families, 

I hope you enjoyed the beginning of Spring this weekend. Nice to see the sunshine!

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

Extracurricular activities: 
  • Dart Outdoors Activities will happen on Monday March 24th 2025. Come prepared to go outside and ensure you complete the Google form and pick your activity. https://forms.gle/iau8r8Rs1eWojpq28
  • Ball hockey practice will go ahead after school on Tuesday until 4:30. The tournament will occur in Bell Island on Thursday the 27th of March.
  • Badminton practice will go ahead after school on Wednesday until 4:30. The tournament will occur in Mobile on April 11&12.
  • The White Hills Ski trip will go ahead on Friday March 28th and students will be required to be at the school at 6:15. Regular school will go ahead on Friday for the remainder of the students. 
  • Other extracurricular practices will go ahead as normal schedule. 
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. We're very excited to have this calibre interview for our Lighthouse members to be part of. 

School Council Meeting: There will be a School Council meeting Monday, March 24th 2025 at 6:30pm.

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

School Development Student Survey: Please note that teachers will be administering student School Development Surveys for students on Tuesday, March 25th 2025. Like the family surveys sent out last week, these surveys provide very important guidance to our school development team in responding to feedback and progressing our school improvement.  

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. 

Class Time Gym Use Guidelines: All teachers will be following guidelines for gym use during class time. Class Time Gym Use Guidelines. It is important we are consistent with gym guidelines for students so as to avoid damage to our equipment, equipment room, and locker space. I am sharing this with families for their viewing and support. 

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 will be scheduled using Optis. 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. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KzJuzfclFe-vAjox_-qAZMTkqG1_nL-ltRogZ2lyu1w/edit?usp=sharing

Grade 9 Transition to the Graduation Program PresentationOn Monday, March 31st, 2025, at 6:30 PM, we will be hosting our annual Graduation Program Information Session to provide students and families with a clear understanding of the high school program (Level 1-3), graduation requirements, course selection, and available pathways. If families have questions they would address at the presentation please complete the SURVEY QUESTION prior to the end of this week. The presentation will take place in the Student Centre at Baccalieu Collegiate. 

Cohort PL: Please note that NL Schools Program Specialists will be at our school  April 4th 2025 to support teachers efforts to improve their practice. 

SAVE THE DATE/ Baccalieu Idol: Baccalieu Idol will be April 10th 2025! Save the date!

The Truth About Vaping: Parents and students are encouraged to spend some time reviewing the following website, https://truthaboutvaping.ca/ to learn more about the harm of vaping. 

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, 2025The 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/education/safe-caring-and-inclusive-schools-graduating-student-leadership-bursary/.

Good News Report 
  • Filmmaking 101: Congrats to all the hands involved in the Filmmaking 101. Students were super engaged for the two days. Wondering deep learning experience! 
  • Volunteers: I would just like to thank the incredible number of community members and parents giving their time to extra curriculars for students at Baccalieu Collegiate. Compared to other schools the number of extracurriculars going on at school (Monday to Friday 3pm to 9pm everyday) is testement to how much our community cares about its youth! Thank-you. 
  • Family - Teacher Meetings: Thank-you to all of our teachers and families for making the time to connect and support our youth.
  • Term 2 Reporting: Congrats on everyone's efforts this past Term 2!
  • Got some good news?  BCP Weekly Updates Submission Form

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