Stelly's Daily Buzz - November 22, 2024
STELLY’S DAILY BUZZ
Friday, November 22nd, 2024
GENERAL SCHOOL NEWS
Today is International Men’s Day! We are celebrating the strength, kindness, courage and resilience of men everywhere.
The BIPOC & Allies club will be hosting Wali Shah for lunch today in the Counselling Conference room. Everyone, staff and students, are welcome to come and break bread together and hang out for a casual chat!
GSA Members - our hangout will be today at lunch in room 48. See you there!
On Thursday November 28th from 5:00 until 8:30pm at Stelly's, the Global Perspectives Class is hosting the Global Gala. This is an event to fundraise for a boy's dormitory at Mwahu Secondary School in Katesh, Tanzania. At the Gala there will be entertainment, a silent auction, and food and beverages. Tickets are $15 each at the door or speak to a student in Global Perspectives to purchase yours. It is a fun night to hang out with your friends and support a worthy cause!
Do you like writing poetry or short stories? Please consider entering the Polar Bear Publishing 19th annual writing contest - the deadline is today. Please see Ms. Pacheco McKinnon in the Learning Commons for details.
This is a reminder that the school cafeteria will be offering pizza sales at lunch for $3/slice. The cafeteria will have limited morning break service today (no hot food or iced coffee), but will be open if you need a snack or drink.
Just putting in a reminder to parents and guardians that if your student will be absent or late for a portion or full day of school due to an appointment, illness, or a certain concert coming up, please email the office (& teachers if possible) at stellys_attendance@saanichschools.ca or call in to 250-652-4401, option 1.
IMPORTANT DATES COMING UP
November 22 - Pizza Day ($3/slice)
November 22 - Report Cards available online (login information below)
November 24 - Online booking opens for Parent-Teacher Meetings (information below)
November 27 - SISP International Student Dance
November 28 - Global Gala
November 28 - Early Dismissal at 2:05pm
November 28 - Parent Teacher Meetings, 5-7pm
ATHLETICS
Junior Girls Basketball tryouts will be happening next Tuesday the 26th, after school
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
Grad Spirit Week wraps up with Flashback Friday!
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!
Parent Dry Grad Bottle Drive is this Saturday from 9am to noon! Bring us your empties and we will sort them for you! For any grad parents interested in volunteering, please check the Parents After Grad Facebook page for contact information and details - grads are always welcome to come out and help and earn volunteer hours in doing so!
Hey Grads, for many years we have had a tradition of having baby pictures in the yearbook of our grads. We are hoping that all grads can look through their old photos and dig up some great baby pictures that could be included in our yearbook. This form also includes spots to put other middle school and friend pictures that could potentially be put in the grad slideshow at the end of the year. This is your responsibility and photos submitted after the deadline may not be considered for the yearbook. The form closes NOVEMBER 30TH so do it ASAP! https://forms.gle/c6UJckY5onQJPvrB6
CAREER CENTRE
Did you attend Deep Cove Elementary? Their annual Winter Fair is coming up and they are looking for student volunteers to run games and venues Friday December 6. Shifts are about one hour long each and run between 5:20 and 8:40pm. For more information email deepcovefair@gmail.com
Next week is Career Week in BC. Make sure to check out the Careers board next week for some fun activities related to career opportunities!
Mark your calendars - Saturday, November 30th is UVic's largest on campus Open House of the year! Come experience UVic through sample lectures, tours, student panels, tours, info fairs and more! Registration is required and you can do that here.
Applications for UVic’s September 2025 intake are available online now through EducationPlanner BC and the deadline to apply is January 31, 2025.
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!
INFORMATION FOR PARENTS & GUARDIANS
Learning Updates (aka Report Cards): Student Learning Updates will be available online today at 4:00 pm via a new platform called Brightspace. Please note we are no longer using the Reporting Portal or sending paper copies home. Parents and students will now be able to each create their own D2L Brightspace account to access students’ Learning Updates, schedules, and grad status reports. For login instructions, please see the Instruction Guide or Video Instructions (scroll down) for details and follow them carefully, then proceed by creating an account HERE. If you encounter any technical difficulties or need assistance, please call the school office at 250-652-4401.
Our Parent/Teacher Meetings event is on Thursday, November 28th from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm in the Math/Science wing at Stelly’s. On Sunday, November 24th at 5pm, the Parent / Teacher online booking will be available by following this LINK (https://pickatime.com/stellys-interviews). We are asking parents/guardians to go online to book their 10-minute appointment time slot. A confirmation email will be sent to you which includes the room location of your meeting.
Stay Golden . . . and Maroon!