It is our Great Strides for Cystic Fibrosis Week here at JMS. We are raising money for research and treatments around Cystic Fibrosis. There will be events across the week to raise money so if your child asks you for a few bucks to throw some eggs at teachers, they are not putting you on. The fundraising drive ends on Friday with a Carnival. Click on the blog details for more information.
These last few weeks are busy with transitions or preparations for moving students from elementary to middle and middle to high school. This week Saseenos will be visiting on Thursday for their Future Journey Dragon's exploratory. Also, grade 8s in Divisions 1 and 2 will be visiting EMCS on Tuesday afternoon for an orientation.
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Farewell Thai Students
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
ลาก่อน เราจะคิดถึงคุณ ติดตามอย่างใกล้ชิด
We will miss you and wish you well. Stay in touch and write us emails. One day we might come to your country because you have taught us so much about it.
เรารักประเทศไทย
A sunny week is forecasted. Please remember to wear sunscreen and to wear clothes that meet with our dress code. This is a work environment and our clothes should reflect that.
Reading assessments continue this week. When these assessments are complete, the staff will use the results to shape how we teach reading to our students. We call this "assessment for learning".
Say hello to our Future Journey Dragons visiting from Sooke Elementary this Thursday. Mrs Leppard and Mrs Bridal have been touched by how warm and friendly Journey's students have been with these young visitors week after week. You are excellent ambassadors for your school and we are proud of you.
As per the LRB ruling students will receive their first report cards today, April 30th. These reports represent performance in the first two terms and only feature letter grades. These reports do not represent students' performance in the third and final term. If you would like to know where your child stands in the third term in the interim, please contact your child's teacher. Third and Final report cards are issued in June.
School-wide reading assessments are taking place this week. These are follow up assessments to the Fall reading assessments. If you are interested in student literacy, visit our Literacy Page.
Blog alert. Many homeroom teachers maintain blogs that outline what they are doing in class, list homework, link to helpful learning websites and, in some cases, offer prizes for logging on. Check out the links on our Staff Page
A big welcome to our new staff members Ms Wendy Knowland and Ms Alvira Plett who will be running the office at Journey.
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We are hoping that all students that were on sports teams or in clubs at Journey will be looking fine because it is photo day on the 23rd. Almost all the students at Journey get a year book and your photo will be in there...forever! So, make sure you look your best this Monday.
Please wave and say welcome back to our Future Journey Dragons from Poirier Elementary. They will be visiting on Thursday as a part of their transition up into Middle School.
The Concert Band received a good plus (which is like Silver Plus) and the strings an excellent plus (which is similar to gold) at the Port Alberni Band Competition. The groups received top marks in their discipline, concentration and behaviour on stage. The organizers told Mrs Bjorkland that the adjudicators were marking very hard this year and that the band is likely to receive an invitation to go to the nationals in Toronto in 2013. Congratulations Band members and Mrs. Bjorkland.
On a sad note, both Mrs Wass and Mrs Haug are leaving us for new secretarial jobs. Mrs Wass will be working at Sooke Elementary and Mrs Haug at EMCS. Mrs Haug has been a key member of the Journey staff for 20 years and the staff would like to extend their thanks for all of her dedication to the job and to making Journey a fun place to work. We know that many staff thank her for bringing Boot Camp to their weekly routine. Best wishes you two, we will miss you!
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