Thursday, March 21, 2013

Nicole's Notes: Volume 27 (March 25, 2013)

Baby Gus Arsenault visits his proud daddy!
Happy Weekend TOSH Parents and Guardians!

I know I usually aim for Monday's with these posts, but I wanted to get some of this information out to you in advance of our return from March Break. I trust that all our students enjoyed the time away from the everyday and that we will see them all back on Monday rested up and raring to go! We're headed into the home stretch, and it is our hope that all will want to finish strong!

Mr. Arsenault and our rugby players have Summerside Storm playoff tickets on sale now for $5. The first playoff game is this Sunday, March 24 at 2 p.m. and the next home game is Tuesday, March 26 at 7 p.m. Both games are against the Windsor Express. If you would like to secure tickets for Sunday's game, you can ask any TOSH rugby player you happen to know or call Joel Arsenault at (902) 439-4894.

Welcome Back Pre-Service Teachers!!

TOSH welcomes back first year UPEI Pre-service teachers: Joel Banks (Krista Hickey) and Roslyn Riddington-Abbott (Mario Fiset)!

Upcoming Dates to Note:
26-28   Bluefield Friendship Hockey Tournament
27        Grad Easter event- 7 p.m. at TOSH (Easter Egg Hunt, etc.)
29        Good Friday- No Classes
30        Bluefield Friendship Hockey Tournament

April
1         Easter Monday- No Classes
2         Presidents' Council Meeting (11:45 a.m.)
8         Parent Council Meeting- 6:30 p.m.
11       Parent Teacher Interviews (After school and evening)
12       Parent Teacher Interviews (Daytime)
18       Semester 2 Progress Report Cards Home
19       30 Hour Famine Overnight Event
23-25  Climate Workshop Days
26       PD Day- No Classes

GRAD PROM DATE CLARIFICATION! 
There was some confusion about the date chosen for our Grad Prom this year and I will be making an announcement to students when we return on Monday to bring some clarity and closure to the situation. The definitive date for the prom is May 25. We had originally chosen May 18 as our prom date and then the wrong date went into our Student Agenda book, causing confusion for students and prom organizers. As a result, our venue (Credit Union Place) was booked for May 25. When I called the CUP to see if that date could be changed, I was told that the weekend of May 18 is booked for the RBC Cup, so I guess May 18 was never really an option. I apologize for any inconvenience and unnecessary chagrin this mix up may have already caused our students/their families. The final answer is that the Grad Prom and banquet will take place on Saturday, May 25. More detailed information will follow as we get closer to that date.


BLUEFIELD HIGH FRIENDSHIP HOCKEY TOURNAMENT
March 26-28 and 30
TOSH has entered a Men's and Women's team (A and AA players) in the 2nd Annual Bluefield High School Friendship Hockey Tournament. All monies from ticket sales to TOSH games (with the exception of the final game) go directly back to our school! Tickets are on sale through team members or TOSH Athletics. Also, all 50/50 tickets sold in advance allows us a return of 44%. The proceeds from 50/50 ticket sales sold at the games go to Bluefield HS. The schedule is available via the Bluefield High School website: http://bluefieldhighschool.wordpress.com/. Hope to see lots of supporters out to cheer on our teams!


KUDOS TO OUR KIDS!

To Wylie Tanton (for facilitating) and Mitch MacNevin (for participating in) the YMCA program at TOSH over the March Break! (See picture above)

To James Dalton (Skip) and his team for winning the U-16 division Junior Mixed PEI Provincial Curling Championships! 

To Andrew Rafuse for winning the Overall Best Lifter and First Place awards at the Provincial Power Lifting Provincial finals! Andrew set a new provincial record for the bench press!

To Leanna Brown for winning GOLD in the Workplace Safety division of the provincial Skills Canada competition! Lea will be going to Vancouver with Team PEI to compete at nationals this spring!

To Bloyce Walfield for winning GOLD in the Welding division of the provincial Skills Canada competition! Bloyce will be going to Vancouver with Team PEI to compete at nationals this spring!


To Jonathan Gamble for winning SILVER in the Carpentry division of the provincial Skills Canada competition! 

To Carter Yeo for winning SILVER in the Auto Service division of the provincial Skills Canada competition! 

To Quentin Wedge for winning BRONZE in the Outdoor Powered Equipment division of the provincial Skills Canada competition! 

To Reese Hall and Austin Clow for helping to unload the Breakfast Buddies program food!

To Logan Maddix and Mitchell Fraser for unloading and delivering to the cooler all the Breakfast Buddies supplies!

To DJ Gaudet for his excellent Justin Bieber presentation!

To Ryan Nicholson and Logan Bigelow for supporting DJ in his presentation!

Challenge: Help your son/daughter set some end of the year academic goals. We don't have many weeks left to achieve them!

Quote of the Week: "When you have children yourself, you begin to understand what you owe your parents."~ Japanese Proverb

Enjoy this short week and Happy Easter!
Nicole






















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