Parkland Secondary School

PARKLAND DAILY NEWS:
Thursday January 23, 2014

MEETINGS, PRACTICES, announcements, EVENTS:
ALL STUDENTS:
If you ordered spirit wear, come to the foyer at lunch today and pick up your order. 

Special ring found – please come to front office to identify.

ALL STUDENTS: CAFETERIA IS CLOSED AS OF FRIDAY, Jan 24, CLOSED EXAM WEEK, & CLOSED January 31. CAFETERIA RE-OPENS FIRST MONDAY OF SEM TWO!

Saanich school buses run as usual, Ffirst exam day Friday Jan 24, & all of EXAM WEEK.

Join Parkland Panthers Team at TIMES COLONIST 10K - only $25 if registered before Jan 31st. Registration online at tc10k.ca, under Parkland name. Please see Ms. Dibblee.

PARKLAND SEEKING students to provide positive, upbeat, DAILY MUSIC for morning start; commitment one day per week. Please see Mr. Buckham to get involved.

 ZOMBIE PROM TICKETS NOW ON SALE $10 each –
 MUSICAL THEATRE FEBRUARY 5, 6, 7, AND 8. See Ms.
Wigbers in front office for tickets.. TICKETS GOING FAST!

Congratulations to 6 Entrepreneurship students who attended the Junior Achievement business competition in Vancouver. Out of 20 B.C. schools, they were selected as one of 4 teams to move to the finals - winning team is to be announced in May.Congrats to: Sasha Janzen, Colin Bishop, Michael Ram, Christian Porlares, Paula Protzan and Cassie Zhang.  

SPORTS, TEAMS, TEAM MEETINGS:
Junior Boys Basketball results: Congrats to the Junior Boys Basketball Team who had a strong outing against Edward Milne, & won 38 to 29 Tuesday. Way to go boys, “4 and 0!”

Junior Girls Basketball Team played their best game of the season Tuesday night. Final score EMCS 34- Parkland 11. Good things are going to start to happen for this team.

Senior Girls Basketball Team also had a valiant effort, losing to PCS 79-60. The team prepares for another tournament in Maple Ridge this weekend.  Good Luck!
Senior Boys Basketball Team trailed EMCS by 11 at the half and at the end of the third quarter. They worked extremely hard on defense and were within five points with five minutes left. Final score 61-56. All players are commended for their outstanding effort.
PENINSULA BASEBALL & SOFTBALL REGISTRATION FOR GIRLS AND BOYS, from grades 9 to 12, now open, until February 15 for registration.. For details, visit PBSA website: www.PBSA.

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. Study in Britain, Belgium or France 2014! See website for details.

CAREER CENTRE NEWS:
AVIATION CAREER DAY: Sat Feb 22, 2014 – at B.C. AVIATION MUSEUM, from 10 a.m. To 3 p.m. Free Student Admission. Explore aviation careers. 14 exhibitors.