October's Bus Pass

Just to let you know that the October buss passes have arrived. You can come to my office at your convenience to pick yours up.

Students may request for a bus pass if they a) are in a distract program; b) live more than 4.8 km from the school, and c) have a financial need. A proof of address and documentation supporting financial need must accompany an application for a bus pass. If you have submitted an application for a buss pass but is not receiving one, you need to speak to Mr. Mustapich to review and/or to appeal.

Calendar of Events (October)

The following are some important dates that are coming up in the month of October - please mark them on your agenda:

• Friday, October 8: District Closure Day - school not in session
• Monday, October 11: Thanksgiving Day - school not in session
• Tuesday, October 12: Photo Re-takes (morning only)
• Tuesday, October 12: Post-secondary afternoon (for grades 11s and 12s only)
• Thursday, October 14: Instructional Planning Period - students go to their second period classes at 10:15
• Tuesday, October 19: Canadian National Math League Competition
• Thursday, October 21: November lunch envelopes due
• Friday, October 22: Professional Development Day - school not in session
• Wednesday, October 27: school dance (tentative)
  

East Vancouver Youth Clinic

Starting September 13, the East Vancouver Youth Clinic (formerly called the Commercial Drive Youth Clinic) will have a new location.
It will be located on Unit #210, 1669 East Broadway, just one block from the Broadway Skytrain station (see map below).
The clinic is opened Mondays to Wednesdays between 3 to 6 p.m., and Fridays from 2 to 5 p.m. It is closed on Thursdays.

For those of you who may not be aware of the youth clinic's services, it offers free and confidential drop in services for youth up to the age of 24. At the clinic, you can talk to health care providers about the health issues that are important to you. For more information, you can check out the following website (click here). You can also call the youth clinic at 604-675-3986.

October's Lunch Envelopes

The deadline for submitting your lunch envelopes for the month of October is tomorrow, Wednesday, September 22. Please have your lunch envelopes ready, and place them in the large metal box located in the school office.

Hot lunches for the month cost $70. For students in families with financial difficulties, a $35 fee is recommended. If you have any questions, please talk to me, or Mr. Mustapich, the vice principal in charge of the school lunch program.

Spirit Week

Grads of 2014! The student council wants to welcome you back to another exciting year, and to help build school spirit, the council will be holding its annual spirit week next week, September 20 to 24. Here are the themes for each individual day:

• Monday, September 20: PJ Day
• Tuesday, September 21: Crazy Hair Day
• Wednesday, September 22: Nerd Day
• Thursday, September 23: Crayon Day
• Friday, September 24: Hip Hop Day

Games, contests, and other activities would be held daily during lunch at the front foyer.

I hope you will dress up, and participate in all the fun!

Course Change Requests (Update)

I'm pleased to tell you that all students in grade 9 now have a complete timetable. This means, I have started working on your requests for course changes.

Please be aware that not all courses are available every block. This creates several potential problems for you:

• If the elective course occurs at the same time as one of your required courses, and there are no possible ways to put you in another section for that required course, my priority would be to ensure that you have that required course first.
• There is a class-size limit to all courses. If a course is full at a particular block, I would not be able to schedule you into that class, even if the course change would work time-wise.

I am keeping a running list of all of your course change requests. I would let you know if I can make a course switch with you, and I am going through the entire list of requests everyday to ensure that you can be scheduled when a space becomes available.

I understand that this is a crazy time, and a stressful period for all of you who wants to change courses (I am going bonkers with all these myself). I appreciate your patience in this waiting process.

Please come to see me if you have any questions.

Timetable Changes: Week of Sept 7

Just a reminder: For the week of September 7 to 10, counsellors would only be able to work with students who have incomplete timetables. In other words, if you have a timetable that has fewer than 8 courses, counsellors would work to help you fix your schedule.

Course change requests will be taken, and I will try to make those changes when all students registered at our grade has a basic timetable to go to.

Please note also: I cannot make a timetable change for you just because you want a specific teacher to teach a course you are taking. Thanks for your understanding!

Calendar of Events - September, 2010

The following are some important dates that you want to remember for the month of September:

• Tuesday, Sept 7: School opens; Grade 9s' homeroom will take place at 9:00 a.m.


• Wednesday, Sept 8: September's lunch envelopes due


• Monday, Sept 13: Photo Day (a.m. only)


• Friday, Sept 17: Instructional Planning Period (IPP) - students report to school at 10:15 a.m. to their second period (2.2)


• Wednesday, Sept 22: October's lunch envelopes due


• Monday, Sept 27: Pro-D Day - school not in session


• Monday, Sept 27 - Friday, Oct 1 - grade 9 mini school students to Strathcona