Pitt Meadows Secondary Newsletter - 20 Aug. 2014

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FROM THE ADMINISTRATION

Hello Students and Parents: Welcome back to PMSS. Please allow me to begin my

comments by thanking all of you for your understanding and patience during a

rather uncertain and challenging end to the previous school year. While I am still

awaiting news as to when the school year will commence, I am happy to report that

we were able to get all necessary reports and documents to our senior students as

required prior to the start of summer. Given most of the data type of work

typically done by our teachers in June (i.e. report card data entry, etc.) was handled

by administrators and clerical staff, I ask that you carefully review report cards and

new timetables to ensure they are accurate and be sure to report any concerns to

your grade counselor. As for students going into grades 9 and 10; while we were not

100% certain of your final standing in most of your courses, do expect that you have

been programmed into the next grade level. If teachers OR parents have concernsabout this type of decision, again, please contact the appropriate grade counselor.

This entire series of events has not been easy on anyone yet I expect to see things

settled soon and I am excited about getting a new school year underway.

We are returning to a building that has been polished from top to bottom and

therefore I would like to recognize the hard work of our custodial crew in preparing

things for our return. Additional furniture and other niceties have been added for

our students enjoyment and I hope to continue to add to this in the months ahead.

Goodbye to a Number of Staff Members: I believe most of you are aware that

Vice Principal Tom Levesque moved over to Garibaldi to start the new year. This

comes about as student population continues to decline at the high school level

across the district and thus various positions also get reduced. What you might notbe aware of is that veteran teachersMr. Sid Midtdal and Mrs. Susan Walkerboth

announced their retirements in early August and will not be returning to us in

September. We wish them both well during this exciting time in their lives and

congratulate our own Ms. Rhondalee Brema who has been appointed our new

teacher-librarian. There were a number of other changes made since June 1 and

they are listed in a separate section of this newsletter.

Student timetableswill be distributed during the homeroom period on the first day

(see information in this newsletter) and we will have much more information to

share with you during student assemblies in addition to our first PAC meeting on

Monday September 8, 6:30 PMin our Library Commons.

M. Keenan, Principal

There are still some costs associated with high school that are

charged to students (some of these are optional):

Student Fee: $28

Yearbooks (optional): $50

Lock for locker (optional): $ 7

Students in grades 9 through 12 may pay these via the parent portal

on the district website if they have access, or may bring a cheque

with them to homeroom on the first day back, made out to PMSS.

Lockers are not assigned to students until fees are paid.

Summer Newsletter

Grades 9-12

Pitt Meadows Secondary19438 116B Avenue

Pitt Meadows, BC

V3Y 1G1

Telephone: (604) 465-7141 Fax:

(604) 465-6274

www.pmss.ca

Important Dates for the

2014/15 School Year

August 25

Office Reopens forRegistration

August 29

Office Closes 3:00 pm

September 1

Labour Day

(School Closed)

September 2

First Day for Students

September 8

PAC Meeting 6:30 pm

September 19

Student Photo Day

September 22

PMSS Pro-D Day

(no classes)

September 23

District Wide Pro-D Day

(no classes)

September 25

Terry Fox Run (Block E) Grade 8 Parents Night

5:306:30pm

Awards Ceremony 7pm

September 30

Post-Secondary Visits

6pm8pm

October 3

Late Start for Students

9:50am

August 20, 2014


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October 6

PAC Meeting 6:30pm

October 13

Thanksgiving Holiday

(school closed)

October 16

Photo Retake Day

October 23

Student Led Conferences2-4:30pm/5:30-8pm

(no classes for students)

October 24

Provincial Pro-D Day

(no classes)

November 3

PAC Meeting 6:30pm

November 7

Remembrance Day

Assembly

November 10

School not in Session

(no classes)

November 11

Remembrance Day

(School Closed)

November 21

Late Start 9:50am

December 11

Report Cards Home

December 12

Late Start 9:50am

December 19

Christmas Assembly

December 22January 2

Winter Break

January 5

School Reopens

Grade Assemblies PAC/SPC Meeting

January 16

Late Start 9:50am

January 26

Pro-D Day (no classes)

February 2

PAC Meeting 6:30pm

Course Selection all week

February 5

On September 2nd, students will need to come in to school for the following

time, attendance is mandatory:

Grade 9/10: 9:30 am10:30 am Short Assembly in MPR, Homeroom

and Fees, lockers, timetables

Grade 11/12 10:35 am11:45 am Short Assembly in MPR, Homeroom

and Fees, lockers, timetables.

Grade 8 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Grade 8 Assembly in MPR.

Timetables will be given out at

this time.

Student pictures will be done on Friday, September 19. All students will have

their picture taken for their Go Card/Student ID Card, as well as the

Yearbook.

Please find all of the information about picture packages on the envelope

from Mountain West Studios which will be distributed the week prior to

pictures.

A separate cheque for pictures must be made payable to Mountain West

Studios and brought to school on Friday, September 19. Retake Day will beon Thursday, October 16.

Do not wait to order your yearbook! We encourage all students who wish to

purchase a yearbook to commemorate the school year to do so in September.

As these books are very expensive we order enough for those that have pre-paid

and then only a few extras. If you want to ensure that you have a book in June,

make sure that you place your order. Last year the yearbooks were very

popular and all extras were sold in short order with a number of students going

Student Accident InsuranceStudents are not covered by the school or district should an injury occur during

an extra-curricular, sporting or school activity. Industrial Alliance Pacific

Insurance offers insurance coverage for students. For full details and to obtain

insurance forms and quotes, visit their website www.iapkidsplus.com/protect

This optional insurance is very beneficial should your child be injured. Forms

are also available in the office.


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2 15 Graduating Class

Time to start planning for this year's graduating class!

Please join us at our first Grad 2015 Parent Planning

Meeting of the year onSeptember ___ at 7pm. We've got

lots to do and need as much parental and student support

as possible.

Student Led Conferences

(no classes)

Post-Secondary Info 4-6pm

February 9

BC Day (no classes)

February 11

Family Day (no classes)

February 27


March 11

SPC 4:30pm

PAC Meeting 6:30pm

March 9 - 20

Spring Break

March 27

Scholarship Deadline

April 1

Grad Assembly Block A

April 13

PAC Meeting 6:30pm

April 15

Valedictorian Nominations

Due

April 29

Grad Assembly & BBQ

Valedictorian Speeches &

Voting

May 4 PAC Meeting 6:30pm

May 15

Late Start 9:50am

May 18

Victoria Day (no classes)

May 19


May 29

Grad Prom/Dance

June 16

Last Day of Regular Classes

June 17-24

Provincial Exams

Grades 10-12

June 24-25

Final Report Card pickup

PPaarreennttPPoorrttaallHHaavveeyyoouurreeggiisstteerreeddyyeett??DONT MISS OUTon another announcement, event, newsletter or field trip!

Theseforms/announcements are now all being communicated from the

school through the SD42 Forms and Parent Portal. You will need to take a

few minutes of your time to create an account at https://parents.sd42.ca/.

Inquire with your school office to obtain your students pupil number and unique

linking key or contact the IT Service Help Desk at 604-466-6248 in order to link

your student(s) to your parent account.

Permissions for field trips will be communicated electronically with payment

online for field trips and school fees, a convenient, but optional feature. Feel

free to continue sending cash or cheques with your student to the school office.

Dont delay and never worry about that buried form at the bottom of

your childs backpack again!

As indicated in our June Newsletter, the following staff members have left PMSS as

a result of requested leaves of absence, retirement, maternity leave, layoff, or an

end of a temporary assignment. We wish them all the very best:

Dawn Brown Robyn Burton Anton Donkersloot Marilyn Fraser

Jennifer Howard Serena Kozak Sid Midtdal Cara RobertsSusan Walker Neil Wason Jessica Wyles

We would like to welcome the following staff members:

Claudia Bertoia Gemma Bird Marron Fewer Debbie Hartrick

Adrienne Koebernick Yvonne Murray Trisha Umlah Carol-Anne Yau

Marauders Wear is available several select times throughout the school year by

special order only. Coach Goulet coordinates these sales so watch for notices and

listen to the Daily Announcements for upcoming order dates.
https://parents.sd42.ca/https://parents.sd42.ca/https://parents.sd42.ca/


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Start Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4

ROTATING

DAY1 2 3 or 4

8:25am WARNING BELL

8:30 - 9:50am

(80 Minutes)

Block A Block E Block B Block F Period 1

9:55 - 11:15am

(80 Minutes)

Block B Block F Block A Block E Period 2

11:15 - 11:50am

(45 minutes)

LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH

11:50am WARNING BELL

11:55 - 1:15pm

(80 Minutes)

Block C Block G Block D Block H Period 3

1:20 - 2:40pm

(80 Minutes)

Block D Block H Block C Block G Period 4

Please note that the following Fridays will be a 9:50am late start for

students to allow for teacher collaboration:

October 3, 2014 January 16, 2015

November 21, 2014 February 6, 2015

December 12, 2014 April 17, 2015

May 15, 2015

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