Stelly's Daily Buzz - January 14, 2025
STELLY’S DAILY BUZZ
Tuesday, January 14th, 2025
GENERAL SCHOOL NEWS
Hey Stingers! Interested in saving lives? Stelly’s is offering a free Naloxone training session Wednesday, January 15th at lunch in the PHE classroom. See posters around the school or talk to one of our counsellors to sign up.
Stelly’s Senior Musical Theatre presents “Matilda”! Shows are coming up this week and tickets are still available online here, purchase them through the main office, or they are available during lunch every day this week in the main foyer. The Sunday show is now sold out! We hope you’re able to come out and support our young performers!
As Semester 1 comes to completion on January 31st, we have an adapted (Copernican) schedule beginning on January 27th to allow for assessments to take place. Full details of this schedule can be found here.
This Thursday, January 16th, the cafeteria will be closed for break and lunch service. Please ensure you have some snacks on hand for morning break - Pizza will be offered for sale during lunch, $3/slice.
From January 27-31, the Stelly’s cafeteria will be CLOSED and therefore will be NO CAFETERIA SERVICE for the week.
IMPORTANT DATES COMING UP
January 14 - PAC Meeting at 6:00pm in the Stelly’s Learning Commons
January 15 - Stelly’s Parent After Grad Meeting - Online through MS Teams (see information below)
January 16 - 19 - Stelly’s Senior Musical Theatre production of “Matilda”
January 22 - Deely Cancer Internship Info Session at lunch (for interested grade 11’s) in room 43
January 22 - Capstone Presentation Day (grade 12 CLC students)
January 23 - Dance and Musical Theatre Showcase at 7pm (more details to follow)
January 27 - Block 1 > 8:30 - 11:30am (no cafeteria service)
January 28 - Block 2 > 8:30 - 11:30am (no cafeteria service)
January 29 - Block 3 > 12:00 - 2:35pm (no cafeteria service)
January 30 - Block 4 > 12:15 - 3:05pm (no cafeteria service)
January 31 - Curriculum Completion day 8:30 - 2:35 (no cafeteria service)
February 3 - Semester 2 begins
ATHLETICS
If you are interested in joining the Girls Rugby team this year, they are having their first meeting today at lunch in room 47.
On Wednesday January 15th, we have 2 home games against EMCS and we’d like to have a cheering section! The Junior Boys A team play at 5:45pm and the Senior Boys begin at 7:30pm! Hope to see you there!
Stelly’s will be hosting games again in the Hive this Thursday, the 16th - come out and cheer on your home teams! The Junior Girls play Parkland at 4:15pm; the Senior Girls play Esquimalt at 5:45pm; and the Junior Boys B team are playing Vic High at 7:30pm! ‘Bee’ there!
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)
GRAD 2025
Parents of 2025 Grads! Wednesday, January 15th, from 7-8pm we will be having an important, on-line, information meeting about the Dry After-Grad event happening on June 26th, 2025. This is a parent only meeting. To receive details on how to join this meeting, and future information about the dry grad event, you will need to join our distribution list by emailing your contact info to: stellysdrygrad@gmail.com. Also, join the Facebook group: "Stelly's Secondary School Parents Dry After-Grad". We look forward to seeing you on January 15th, at 7pm.
Grad photo retakes (& second opportunity if you have not yet had your photos taken) are scheduled for January 27th to 29th. The link to sign up for your spot is available here. You will need to enter the province and city (which is Saanichton) and then proceed by selecting Stelly’s. Please note there is a $30 sitting fee that is payable at the time of your appointment. Graduates must have a photo taken for the yearbook, however, if you only wish to have the yearbook photo taken, the $30 fee will be waived.
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
Gwaii Engineering is excited to invite students to participate in a day of job shadowing at their office in Victoria. This will be a day-long job shadow, offering students an opportunity to see what it's like to be an engineer/scientist working for an Indigenous-owned civil and environmental engineering company. Please head to the Career Centre to find out how to apply. The deadline to apply is Friday, January 31st.
Butchart Gardens is having their annual hiring fair Wednesday February 5th from 5:30-7:30pm. If you would like to have your resume & cover letter checked over, please see us in the Career Centre.
Tsukino-Con is looking for volunteers February 15-17 at Uvic. Volunteers will receive free/discounted tickets, depending on how many hours they volunteer. If you are interested, sign up here.
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!
SISP INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM STUDENTS
Thursday January 16 - International Program Meeting and Pizza Lunch in the Learning Commons during lunch block. We look forward to seeing everyone there!
Stay Golden . . . and Maroon!