Parkland Secondary School

PARKLAND DAILY NEWS:
Wednesday January 8, 2014 HAPPY NEW YEAR!

MEETINGS, PRACTICES, announcements, EVENTS:

Huge congratulations to the Parkland Senior Girls Basketball team who beat St Michaels 72-53 last night. It's the first time in over a decade the girls have beaten the St Michaels team.Kristy Gallagher lead the team with 34 points.  Breanna Clooney had her best game of the year with 16 points, Emma Dennis lead the team with 12 rebounds Lauren Fanelli hit a couple of 3 pointers and Arianne Stevenson controlled the game at point guard as well as some playing some excellent defense.
WAY TO GO GIRLS YOU MADE YOUR SCHOOL PROUD!

Results of Senior Boys Basketball Game: Reynolds 78 and Parkland 58.
The Sr. Boys basketball team were up by one at the half ,and down by 8 at the end of the third quarter.
Scorers: Steve Ehrlich 13 pts; Harrison Archdekin 12 pts; Godwin Porlares 12 pts.
Next HOME game is tomorrow, Thurs Jan 9th @ 8:30 pm - Come out to cheer the team on - Fan support really makes a difference! Let"s show our Parkland Panthers Spirit!

Reminder to all students: AFTER SCHOOL TUTORIAL is starting again this week, and is available Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays in the Learning Commons.

ZOMBIE PROM TICKETS NOW ON SALE $10 each – MUSICAL THEATRE SHOWS NIGHTLY FEBRUARY 5, 6, 7, AND 8. See Ms. Wigbers in front office.

All Junior Boys Basketball Players:  practices this week are Wednesday from 3:30 to 5 p.m.; our second league game is Thursday at 5:45 p.m. at home, and there is a tournament at Spectrum this Friday & Saturday - lots of basketball, please be ready to go!

GRAD COMMITTEE MEETING: Thursday January 9 AT LUNCH IN THE LIBRARY / LEARNING COMMONS.. All committee members required to attend.

New Media Arts class starting in January. Develop skills in computer drawing, vector graphics, basic computer animation, or video production. Brochures & registration forms available in the office, link on website for info. See Ms. Miller with inquiries.

HAVE YOU PICKE UP YOUR GRAD PHOTO PROOFS? CAP & GOWN PHOTOS: RETAKE DAY FRIDAY JANUARY 10, 2014. Book appointments on-line: www.lifetouch.ca/victoria.

GRAD BOTTLE DRIVE: SATURDAY JANUARY 11, 2014. SAVE BOTTLES & CANS!
Please ask your family to save refundables & drop them off at school on January 11th.

DANCE CLUB MEMBERS:  Practices start again next Monday January 13 at 7:30 A.M. in the Theatre. Please let Ms. Frith know if you cannot attend. See you there!

CULTURAL AWARENESS / SENCOFEN LANGUAGE event: Wed January 15, @ lunch, FRONT FOYER. Please stop by & support First Nations Sencofen Language & listen to the beautiful cultural hand drum songs. EVERYONE WELCOME.

SPORTS, TEAMS, TEAM MEETINGS:

Parkland Intramural doubles badminton championship will happen next Tuesday & Weds at lunch. Get an entry form from Mr Chan to enter tournament.

Get your teams ready for Intramural Dodgeball. Pick up an entry form from the gym. Registration must be in by next Thursday to get entered in the league. There will be a Tier II Junior division and a Tier I Senior division.

 INTRAMURAL HANDBALL FINALS:
Wednesday Jan 8 – Gold Medal Tier 11 final – Austin Roden's team versus Sayriil's team
Thurs Jan 9 – Gold Medal Tier 1 final – Harrison's team versus The Plugs

SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS & COMPETITIONS: see Mr. Choo for details
$500 ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY ESSAY COMPETITION: see front office window for rules, regulations, word length & topics. Deadline Fri, January 31, 2014.

BEAVERBROOK VIMY PRIZE: question on Vimy ridge website. Deadline: midnight Feb 1, 2014. Front office window for details. Study in Britain, Belgium or France 2014!

GRAD 2014 INFO: be in touch via school website & check for next meeting.

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