BCP Family Weekly Updates: Monday, March 3rd 2025 (DAY 3)

Dear Families,  

Welcome to the month of March! I hope you all enjoyed your weekend.  We're excited for our Drama Troupe's upcoming participation at Drama Festival this week! Hard work pays off! 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

Student Trip to White Hills: After such a wonderful experience for students last year, we are bringing the White Hills Adventure back! A White Hills Ski Resort trip is booked for March 28th 2025 this year. Please be advised that this week sign-up will be open to Grade 12 students. Standby for more information this week. We will only have a total of 45 seats available. Opportunity to attend the trip will be made available by seniority rules and throughout this week and next week - starting with Grade 12 students. There will be a cost associated for the trip. 

Waterloo Math Contest: Today is the day for the Waterloo Math Contest! Any students in Grades 9-11 are welcome to participate. See Ms. Slade for more information. 

Memorial Academic Advising: A reminder to students who have applied to attend Memorial University of NL respective academic advisors will be at Baccalieu Collegiate to meet with you this Friday, March 7th 2025. For more information please see Ms. Doyle. 

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. 

Upcoming practices: Sr. Boys Basketball Practice will go ahead Tuesday (7-9pm) and Thursday (4-5:30pm). Badminton practice will go ahead again on Wednesday for grades 7-12. It is very important for Sr. players that are trying out for the school team to attend each Wednesday. If you are trying out and unable to attend please let Ms. Oliver know. Boys ball hockey practice will start on Thursday after school until 4. Make sure to bring your hockey gear for all practices. There has been a Google classroom made for those that signed up so make sure you join the classroom.There is a sign-up sheet in the office for those interested in working on plyometrics. Please sign up with a partner on the day that you are available after school. This will be open to seniors only at this time.

Drama practice/ Permission form: Senior practice will be 3-4:30 on Monday and Juniors 4:30- 5:30. On Tuesday, Juniors will practice from 3-4:15 and seniors 4:15-5:45. Also permission slips have been emailed out, please ensure parents fill them out.

Drama Festival performance: Our junior and senior drama troupes will be performing back to back on Thursday, March 6, at 5:15 and 6:15 at the Sheila NaGeira Theatre in Carbonear as part of the Avalon West Regional Drama Festival. Our Juniors will be performing The Candidate by Brent Holland and our Seniors will be performing From the Lips of our People by Bruce Stagg. The cost on the door is $5.00. 

Term 2 End/Close out Day: Please note that we will be closed for PL/Reporting on Friday, March 14th 2025. This is also the date Term 2 ends! 

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. 

Food First Survey: As we move forward with school food programming throughout Newfoundland and Labrador, it is important to directly engage with families and understand their needs. Together with our partners at FoodFirstNL, we are launching a survey for  parents, caregivers and students to provide their input. Please see attached Food First Survey/Memo

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) Very Important Message for Students, Staff, and Parents: Update on Powerschool Cybersecurity Incident

(Reminder) 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.

(Reminder) 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! 

(Reminder) 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 

• 18u Provincial Volleyball Championships:  Congrats to the Baccalieu Collegiate Girls Varsity volleyball team on their third place finish in Division B Tier one this past weekend at the 18u Provincial Volleyball Championships. They played awesome ball and their sportsmanship was above and beyond as always. Let’s go BCP
• Drama Presentation/ Musical performances: Congrats on an amazing Musical and Drama performance at Baccalieu last Thursday night. Good luck everyone at the Drama Festival this week!
• Sr. Boys Basketball: The senior boys had a strong showing in Grand Falls this weekend losing to Lakewood in the semi-finals. 
• Sr. Boys Basketball: Congrats to the Sr. Boys Basketball team who earned the WIldcard spot for 2A Provincials held in Bay D'espoir March 14-16 2025! 
• Lighthouse Project: Congrats to our Lighthouse team for continuing to grow. New members are always welcome! Junior High or Senior High!
• Check Facebook/Twitter: For more updates on good news and information check out our Baccalieu Collegiate facebook/twitter page. 
• Got some good news?  BCP Weekly Updates Submission Form