Stelly's Daily Buzz - April 22, 2025
STELLY’S DAILY BUZZ
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
GENERAL SCHOOL NEWS
Attention Stelly’s Stingers, do you like to act, dance or sing? Sign up for the last coffee concert of the year taking place on *May 7th*. The sign-up sheet is located outside the band room. Sign-ups close on *Wednesday April 30* so get your name in soon!
ATHLETICS
To keep up to date on all things athletics, please see the Stelly’s Athletics webpage (https://sites.google.com/saanichschools.ca/stellys-athletics/home) or follow us on Instagram (@sd63stellys and @stellys_athletics)
IMPORTANT DATES COMING UP
April 24 - Early Dismissal at 2:05pm
April 24 - Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences, 5-7pm (information will be provided soon)
April 24 - Grad Parent Information Session, 7:15pm, in the Multi-Purpose room
April 25 - Student Vote (in blocks 1 and 2 and at lunch - happening in the Learning Commons)
May 8 - Virtual Parent Information Session: Generative AI (registration is required and information available through this link)
GRAD 2025
The deadline is tomorrow to order from the Spring Plant Fundraiser! Hanging basket and bedding plant sales can offset your ticket price by $5 per item sold. Send your friends and family to the following link or pick up a fundraising sheet at the office! Orders are due by April 23rd and orders will be delivered on May 8th, just in time for mother's day. https://stellyssecondary.growingsmilesfundraising.com/home
Starting tomorrow (April 23rd) at 7pm, the Dry After Grad Online Silent Auction will be open! Please help support the parents put on an amazing event for our grads following their school sponsored dinner/dance. The auction runs until May 2nd and you can access the link here.
The Parent After Grad Committee has some fundraising opportunities coming up and we’d love your support as we do a final push to graduation! There are bottle drives coming up on April 26th and May 24th happening at Stelly’s from 9am to 1pm. There will be an online silent auction running from April 23rd to May 2nd and our last 2 meat draws at Brewsky’s from 2-4pm on May 3rd and May 24th. There will also be a Paint Night on May 9th. Please consider donating or coming out to one (or all) of our fundraising events! Details will be up on our Facebook page as they become available (Stelly’s Secondary School Parents Dry After-Grad).
SCRAP METAL RECYCLING: There’s a large blue metal recycling bin in the upper parking lot by the street that is awaiting your scrap metal donations. If you have any metal stuff at home, in your yard or in the shed that you want to get rid of, it’s accessible 24/7 for drop-off and proceeds go towards the 2025 Stelly’s Dry Grad.
CAREER CENTRE
Are you a grade 11 student interested in a career in Health? Health X Day is happening at Camosun on Friday, May 9th. Sign up at the Career Centre. The deadline to apply is May 2nd.
Women in Trades and Technology Exploration Day at Camosun is happening May 1st. For more information and to sign up for the field trip, please visit the Career Centre.
PLAN A is a paid work experience summer program offered to students in grade 11 & 12 who are interested in a career in Carpentry. The deadline to apply is April 30th. Come to the Career Centre for more information and application forms.
For all things careers, check the Career Board or the Career Ed website linked HERE! There are lots of job and volunteer opportunities available - go check it out!
Stay Golden . . . and Maroon!