FALCON FLYER March 26, 2015 Fort St. James Secondary School P.O. Box 220 V0J 1P0 Telephone: 250-996-7126 Fax: 250-996-7708 Principal – Craig Houghton: [email protected] Vice-Principal – Dan Duncan: [email protected] DATES TO NOTE: Mar 26 Mar 26 Mar 28 Apr 13 Apr 16 – 17 Apr 17 Apr 20 Apr 21 Early Dismissal at 12:00 pm Parent/Teacher Night at FSJSS Spring Break Begins School is Back in Session Project Heavy Duty Term 3 Ends Term 4 Begins PAC Meeting at 5:15 PM A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRINCIPAL Spring has arrived and students and staff are both looking forward to a two week break! Parent teacher interviews are Thursday, March 26, 2015 3:00- 6:00 pm. We hope parents will have the time to come out and speak with their child’s teacher. The grade eight students have started their new cluster rotation. We are very proud of the success of the Ski/Board team earning a silver medal at provincials. The Senior Girls’ Basketball team placed 13th at their provincial tournament. Over the two week break, take time to enjoy family and friends and find a good book to read. Mr. C. Houghton, Principal, FSJSS EARLY DISMISSAL- PARENT TEACHER NIGHT Students will be dismissed at 12:00 pm on Thursday, March 26th. Busses will leave the high school shortly after dismissal. Parents are invited to attend the Parent/Teacher night at FSJSS from 3 pm – 6 pm on March 26th. Interims will be handed out to parents in the foyer. Teachers will be in their classrooms for interviews. STAFF PARKING LOT Just a quick reminder to all parents: Due to the high volume of traffic in the staff parking lot please do not pick up or drop off students in this area. Please use the designated student drop off zone in front of the school or in the rear parking lot. Thank you for your help in this matter. FORT ST JAMES FALCONS SPEEDSKATING CLUB Fort St. James Falcons’ Speed Skating Club is wrapping up its 2014-2015 season! We are asking all members who have signed out skates, jigs and other equipment to return items as soon as possible for inventory purposes. Past and present members can return skates to Fort St. James Secondary School to either Alison Leach or Deirdre Houghton. 4H BATTERY DRIVE The 4H Club is doing a battery drive. Please drop off any used vehicle batteries to Riverside Repairs from now until April 12, 2015. FSJSS CONCESSION MENU for April Mon. th 13 - Hot Dogs 20th- Burritos Apr 10 & 11 Apr 22 – 26 Tues. th 14 - Chicken Veggie Casserole 21st- Ham and Cheese Quiche Fri, Sat Wed-Sun th Wed. 15 - Greek Pasta Salad with Chicken 22nd- Chicken Noodle Soup Senior Girls Soccer to Kelowna Senior Girls Soccer to Merritt Thurs. th 16 - Pizza 23rd- Pizza th Fri. 17 - Chicken Salad Bunwiches th 24 - PRO D DAY Honour roll Semester 1 - Term 2 Congratulations to the following students who were on the TERM 2 HONOUR ROLL Alexander, Bryden Allen, Marcus Amyot, Emma Amyot, Tess Antoine-Blackjack, Taylan Beauchemin-Prince, Taylor Bennison, Morgon Bennison, Will Benson, Bonnie Best, Krista Best, Wesley Birdi, Davin Birdi, Hargina Bolotnikova, Kristina Burgart, Hailee Burgart, Hannah Caldwell, Bryan Christopherson, Dawson Constantine, Warren Cooper, Kendra Crook, Daniel Croucher. Oscar Davis, Sophie Dean, Dani Dionne, Jazmyn Fergusson, Kiana Fry, Cassandra Gammon, Elyse Gauthier, Emily Gauthier, Isabelle Geernaert, Amanda George, Jamie Gerbrandt, Rachel Goerz, David Goerz, Harry Hiebert, Jillian Hilde, Megan Holdis, Mckenzie Holland, Cody Honeywell, Koltyn Hoy, Shahaila Huang, Wayne Hunt, Alex Johnson, Callie Jones, Minna Joseph, Walter Kemp, Alexander Kemp, Andrew Klassen, Rachel Klassen, Reid Kosmick, Laurissa Leon, Orrie Macdonald, Kaylee Marin-Perrino, Quinn Martin, Mara McMullin, Erica Moore, Aaron Olinek, Hannah Olund, Levanna Pierre, Dorian Pierre, Nate Playfair, Sydney Prince, Farrah Prince, Marcel Prince, Trey Repko, Daniel Repko, Troy Roessler, Sammy Sabo, Cheyenne Sabo, Sarah Saharchuk, Cailen Saharchuk, Ethan-Jett Saharchuk, Joey Sam, Kattie Sampson, Sarah Schlamp, Sydnee Siefert, Colin Skeen, Cale Stark, Joscelyn Steeves, Jaide Swan, Cassidy Swedak, Jesse Thomas, Cambria Thomas, Lorraina Thomas-Beddow, Brooke Thompson, Sydney Tom, Corbin Valk, Sarah Vandrishe, Cheyenne Vinnedge, Eric Walstrom, Kaylee Webster, Aziza Wickes, Raylin Willick, Gabriela Willick, Grace Wilson, Colby FAMILIES WISHING TO APPLY AT A NON-ATTENDANCE AREA SCHOOL If you have a student already in a District school and you want to apply to have them attend a school that is not your designated catchment area school you can do so by making application at the school you wish to attend. The application window will be from Monday, March 23, 2015 until Friday May 15, 2015 during normal office hours. COUNSELLING NEWS Mrs. Stainton held course selection information sessions last week. During these sessions she briefly reviewed the graduation requirements, talked about core and elective courses, and explained how students can enter their course selections on paper forms. Mrs. Stainton hopes to have all the course selections in by spring break. We hope to have the first draft of student schedules to them by the first week of June. Students will then have an opportunity to make changes during the first two weeks of June. Any students needing further assistance or information about course selections, please see Mrs. Stainton. The course selection booklets, containing course descriptions, are now accessible as a quick link on the school website. Local scholarships and bursaries are due April 30. A booklet of all the local scholarships and bursaries are also accessible as a quick link on the school website. Check post- secondary school application deadlines as they are usually in Feb-April.