Heading into February
Westisle Composite High School
There are no classes for students today unless weather prohibits the administration of a final exam, which will bump all exams up by one day.
Tuesday is turn around day. There are no classes for students.
Wednesday is the first day of second semester for students Westisle has won first place in its division Chatter High, the online community in career education. The school will receive $2000.
Skills Canada PEI registration forms are available from your subject teacher or Mr. Campbell. For information on competitions please check this website http://www.skillscanada.pe.ca/ or talk with your teacher about the area you want to participate in.
Colonel Gray High School
Upcoming graduates need to complete a transcript request form in student services right away, if haven’t already done so. All universities/colleges, to which students applied, require official final marks from first semester. Cost is $2 per transcript.
Feb. 2 is an end of the semester administration day with no classes for students.
The school day on Feb. 3 will start with homeroom class, receiving second semester schedules and then going to semester two courses (shortened to 65 minutes). There will be a 10minute opportunity at the end of the day for students to return to their first semester teachers to follow up with final assessments.
Acadia University will have a representative visiting at lunchtime on Feb. 3. Also, Dalhousie will be at Rodd Charlottetown at 7 p.m. on Feb. 3. St. Francis Xavier will have representatives at the Hotel on Pownal on Feb. 10 from 6:30 - 8 p.m.
On Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. in the lecture theatre, there will be a Grade 12 parent meeting covering postsecondary readiness, prom and safe grad.
Bluefield High School
A reminder to parents and students that second semester classes start Wednesday Feb. 3. Encourage students to get the semester off to a positive start by attending every day, remaining focused in class and fully completing assignments and projects on time. Parents/guardians are encouraged to contact their son or daughter’s teachers as soon as you have any concerns.
The 2016 Bluefield yearbook is now on sale. Cost is $45. This year all yearbooks must be ordered online from the website. Go to https://bluefieldhighschool.wordpress.com/yearbook.
The deadline to submit Duke of Edinburgh awards bronze and silver record books for approval is Tuesday, March 1.
Bluefield has been entertaining P.E.I. with musical performances for the past several years, and is set to do the same this year with another fun, up-beat show, “Bring It On, The Musical”. Inspired by the hit film, “Bring It On”, the show takes audiences on a highflying journey filled with the complexities of friendship, jealousy, betrayal, and forgiveness. All shows are at Bluefield in the school cafeteria. Public show times are April 14-16 at 7 p.m. and April 17, 2 p.m.
Charlottetown Rural High School
The new semester begins on Wednesday, Feb. 3 with a short visit to the previous semester’s homeroom where students will receive their new schedules. Course changes can be requested through the new homeroom teacher during the first three days of the semester, Feb. 3-5. Report cards for final marks from first semester will be distributed on Feb. 10. Parents will get a chance to meet their student’s new teachers at meet the teacher night on Feb. 17.
Grade 12 students who are planning to send transcripts of first semester marks to a university or college, should request them in student services. The month of February has a full lineup of campus tours, scholarship deadlines and university or college visits at the Rural. Students should keep themselves informed of these events by watching daily announcements, visiting student services, or registering at remind.com to receive regular updates on graduation information.
Kinkora Regional High School
Tuesday is turn-around day. There are no classes for students. Wednesday is the first day of the second semester. Report cards go home on Thursday.
Jessica McCarthy ( jlmccarthy@edu.pe.ca) is the school counselor. She will be setting up another round of Grade 12 appointments in the month of February. She will be reviewing applications to post-secondary institutions, getting students’ final plans together, as well as looking at scholarship applications.
In other news, parent ads for the Grad 2016 yearbook are being sold. Parents can email pictures and messages for yearbook ads to kinkorasyearbook@gmail.com before Fri., Feb. 19. Please make your cheques payable to Kinkora Regional High School. All ads will be ¼ page in size and the cost is $50 per ad. Please contact Lesley Cousins at 902-887-2424 or ldcousins@cloud.edu.pe.ca if you require any additional information.
Three Oaks Senior High School
Monday is exam conflict day. Tuesday is turn around day. There are no classes.
Wednesday is the first day of the new semester.
Report cards go home Feb. 8. Islander Day is Feb. 15. There will be no classes that day.
TOSH students are winterizing cars at lunch on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It’s a fundraiser for the Summerside Food Bank. Winterizing will prevent doors, windows and locks from freezing. This service will assess battery life and will check tire pressure, tread depth and fluid levels. For $10 the winterizing also provides anti-freeze protection. To book an appointment, email Mike Mack in non (mtmackinnon@edu.pe.ca) or Tammy Craig (txcraig@edu.pe.ca).