The Daily Buzz

March 29th, 2021

 
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March 29th, 2021
by Bettina Perron - Monday, 29 March 2021, 11:55 AM
 

THE DAILY BUZZ

March 29th, 2021

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY THE CAFETERIA has the choice of a Turkey Panini with Roasted Peppers & Artichokes, Sweet & Spicy Bacon Chicken Wrap, Chicken Caesar Salad, Nigerian Curry Chicken Bowl, Mac & Cheese or Chicken Quesadilla.    Come on down and check it out!

Reminder to those students that signed up for the Youth Summit, please go to the Learning Commons at lunch today to take part.

ATTN GRADE 12s WITH MUSICAL TALENT! It is a tradition at Stelly’s to incorporate musical performances into the Recognition Ceremony.  If you have a musical piece that is upbeat and celebration appropriate, then apply to audition. The online application will be on the Grad Google classroom today. Applications are due April 13th. Auditions take place April 14th and 16th. Talk to Mr. Ziegler if you have any questions and prepare to WOW the selection committee!

STUDENT ABSENCE OR LATE:  If a student will be absent or late for class, we ask that parents/guardians either email  stellys_attendance@saanichschools.ca or phone the Attendance Line 250-544-0300 to let the school know.  

JUST A REMINDER .... MORNING HOMEWORK HELP is available every morning from 7:15 am in room 156 and AFTER SCHOOL HOMEWORK HELP is every Monday through Thursday in the Learning Commons until 4pm.

CLUBS

STELLY'S GARDEN CLUB: Students and staff interested in grafting their own apple tree, please meet in Room 164 Tuesday at lunch! Cost is $6.00 to get your own Apple Tree!

CAREER CENTRE

ALERT FIRST AID with CPR” C” & AED - Online and in class - Friday, April 23, 2021 - 12:00 am to 4:00 pm in class @ SHOAL Centre in Sidney.  Cost is $50.00 - Cash, cheque or credit card is accepted.  4 hours online and 4.5 hours in-class course trains people how to react and improvise during time priority and life-threatening emergencies.  The online component covers care for adults, children, and babies. The classroom component will focus on developing the participant’s skills. The instructor will know that participants have completed the online component, and won’t spend as much time on the background information that is covered here.  Participants must successfully complete both the online and the classroom components to be certified in Emergency First-Aid with CPR C.  For more details see the Career Centre Info Board or the Saanich Career Education website.  Register now! Email YEP @ yep@beaconcs.ca or call 250-507-5680

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES:

CAREER & POST SECONDARY EDUCATION WEBINAR EVENT: April 6th - 9th, 2021   Black Press Media is hosting a huge Career and Post-Secondary Education Event. They help match employers with potential employees and potential students with educational institutions.  Areas covered at the event will include: Hospitality, Nursing, Transportation, Accounting, Retail, Construction, Administration, Security, and many more!  For info and to register: https://events.blackpress.ca/greatervictoria/

GRAD 2021

GRAD 2021 SPRING PLANT FUNDRAISER: Please support our Grads of 2021 by purchasing a beautiful plant or set of plants of your choice. $5 from each plant sold will go to offset costs of graduation activities for the Grade 12 students. Pick up your form from the Grad board in the main foyer. Deadline for orders is April 16th! Pick up is May 4th… just in time for Mother’s Day! 

AFTER GRAD PARENT 2021 FUNDRAISERS:

GRAD GIFT CARD FUNDRAISER: The Dry After Grad Parent Committee is having another Gift Card fundraiser to raise money for the Grad class of 2021! Order forms are on the Grad board in the main foyer and the final day to submit your order form in the main office is April 23rd. Gift Cards will be delivered by April 30th.

DO YOU SHOP AT FAIRWAYS or THRIFTY'S?? You are half-way there to helping the Dry After Grad Parent Committee! We have Thrifty's & Fairway's Cards that you simply load with money, then use to shop at the store - the Dry Grad Committee gets 5% of money loaded onto the cards!  These cards can be given to neighbours, family, friends, grandparents, aunts, uncles who shop at these stores.  Need a card?  Drop by the main office or Email Michele @ mwake69@gmail.com!

PAMPERED CHEF FUNDRAISER:  Help support the Dry After Grad Parent Committee! Our Pampered Chef Fundraiser runs until April 12th, 2021! You can share this link, place orders via this link and be completely online -- https://www.pamperedchef.ca/party/stellysdryaftergrad        Or, a minimal amount of forms and catalogues will be available in the School office which you can pick up, and email your order to Melissa Camelon @ melissacamelonpc@gmail.com who is coordinating this fundraiser. Thanks for your support!!

PARENTS/COMMUNITY

ATTN STELLY'S PARENTS OF 2022 GRADS:  The Stelly's 2022 Parents After Grad Committee is looking for a lead person (or people) to run the longest fundraiser the after-grad committee has going on – the Bottle drop off is at Stelly’s every 4th Saturday in the Stelly’s parking lot.  The current leads are excited to train up next year’s coordinators in April and May, then June is the start of the 2022 fundraising.   It is a monthly commitment from 9:00-12:00, from June 2021 to May 2022 and you would have a team to help you out.  Send me an email if you are interested in helping out in this way, I would love to hear from you.   Darcy Winkel at dmwinkel@shaw.ca.

REMEMBER STINGERS ... 

PRACTICE PHYSICAL DISTANCING - WASH YOUR HANDS - WEAR A MASK 

STAY WELL, AND KEEP OTHERS SAFE!

DON'T FORGET... BEE CALM, BEE KIND & BEE SAFE!

 

THAT'S IT FOR TODAY STELLY'S ...  STAY GOLDEN AND MAROON!