THE CHRONICLE
Wednesday January 30, 2019
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Claremont Has A New Vice-Principal
Last week marked VP Mr. Hayes’ last days at Claremont; we wish him all the best as he moves on to be a VP at S.I.D.E.S.
Please welcome Mrs. de Klerk as the new VP at Claremont!! Mrs. de Klerk comes to us from North Saanich Middle School, so many students will recognize her. If you see Ms. de Klerk in the hallways, please be sure to give her a Spartan welcome and introduce yourselves.
Home Room Today: Bell Let’s Talk
The main goal of today’s homeroom is to bring awareness to stigma reduction and mental health awareness in our community. The morning classes have been slightly adjusted. Afternoon classes will run as usual.
Morning Schedule for TODAY
Block 1 9:00 -10:05
HomeRoom 10:05 – 10:25
Block 2 10:30 – 11:38
Lost
A cell phone fell off the car roof somewhere between Claremont Secondary, Haliburton Road and Pat Bay Hwy (possibly at the turn onto the hwy). It had a VGH sticker with name and address on the back. Please call 250-818-5922 if found.
Parents – After School Pick-ups
Reminder to parents, when you are picking up students at the end of the day to please be mindful of the small cul-de-sacs close by the school, and to not block driveways. Presently, the neighbours on Arsenault Place are experiencing a large volume of cars congesting their street after school.
CLUBS
Key Club
See what we're all about! Come to the Key Club meeting – THURSDAY at lunch in room 135.
Math Club
There are three math contests coming up:
AMC10/12 will take place next THURSDAY, Feb 7th in block 1. Room TBA. These contests have already been ordered.
Math Challengers will take place FRIDAY, Feb 22nd at Camosun. We are looking for one more grade 9 to fill out a grade 9 team. See Mr Skanks if you are interested.
The Pascal/Cayley/Fermat are the best contests to sign up for if you have never tried one before. These will take place TUESDAY, Feb 26th in block 1. Sign up sheets are outside rm 133.
ATHLETICS
No news today.
CAREER CENTRE
Doors Open to Technology: Field Trip Feb. 5
DOT - Doors Open to Technology - has planned an all day event for students interested in technology-based careers, on TUESDAY February 5th. School bus transportation and lunch will be provided. Visit two tech firms downtown and hear speakers from Microsoft, BCHydro and League of Innovators. Please visit the Career Centre for field-trip sign-up and permission information.
GRAD 2019
Yearbook Grad Write-Ups: Due Jan 31st
Grads, please make sure you submit your grad write-up for the yearbook. The submission needs to be done online with your GOOGLE account on the Grad Page. All instructions and the link are on the Grad Page and the deadline is THIS THURSDAY January 31st.
Grad Transition
Reminder to Grads to get your Grad Transition forms and interview completed while you still have time to choose your own person to interview you! GT forms are available from the Career Centre.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
Pizza Lunch
The next pizza lunch is TOMORROW (Thursday January 31st) in the theatre. All International students are invited. Come and meet our new students.
Mt. Washington Ski Trip
Come pick up your Mt Washington packages at the pizza lunch!
COMMUNITY NEWS
Community Garage Sale – Feb. 9
There will be a community garage sale at the Lochside Elementary School gym on SATURDAY Feb. 9th, 9:00am - 1:00pm. Great deals for everyone. All funds raised go toward the Grade 5’s Camp Thunderbird trip.
Peninsula Youth Clinic
The Peninsula Youth Clinic is located at Peninsula Medical, 2a-2379 Bevan Avenue, Sidney and is open every THURSDAY from 5:30 - 7:30pm with both a doctor and mental health clinician on hand.
*If you need a reminder about any of this information, the daily announcements are posted outside of the front office.*