Parkland Secondary School

THURSDAY OCTOBER 5, 2017: SEE FRONT FOYER NOTICE BOARD for further ANNOUNCEMENT DETAILS!

THURSDAY OCTOBER 5 - TOUR DE ROCK @ PARKLAND!

GRADE 12 : THURSDAY OCTOBER 5 FROM 1:30 TO 3 P.M. - CUE - CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES EVENT at Parkland! More than 40 universities & colleges HERE - information, displays, application requirements, scholarships, student residences availability. Attend and explore some future education options! See GYM for info!


INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:  Students interested in Whistler Ski Trip - Deadline is TODAY Thursday October 5. See Ms. McRae.

LEADERSHIP STUDENTS: LEADERSHIP TODAY @ lunch, in the Theatre!

Parkland Rowers competed at Elk Lake this past weekend.  Congratulations to the entire rowing team for the healthy competition.  A special mention for Ben Sammons who won the senior mens single event, Meredith Bonneau who came 2nd in the senior womens single.  Anna Hulbert, Beatriz Morias, Alina Hense and Kelsie Wolfe also won the Senior Novice Women's Quad Skills Event.

TOMORROW - FRIDAY OCTOBER 6 IS SPIRIT DAY! Wear your Parkland clothes or Parkland colours (black & blue).

FRIDAY OCTOBER 6 - SPIRIT ASSEMBLY & PAC BARBEQUE FOR ALL STUDENTS - altered schedule for the day.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 6 - 44 students from an IB school in Japan visiting today! Please EVERYONE make our special guests welcome!


Parkland: Your google accounts may have expired Monday!  If you have not returned your signed Google Account permission form, your account will be temporarily deactivated.  If you find you cannot login to your account,  see Mr. Mueller in the Library.

MONDAY OCTOBER 9 - NO SCHOOL - THANKSGIVING DAY!

INTERESTED IN A CAREER IN HEALTHCARE OR MEDICINE? Come to Open House at UVIC on Tuesday October 10th from 4:30 to 5:3 0 p.m. Pizza and refreshments will be served. For more information, see Ms. Rioux in the Counselling foyer.

ALL STUDENT DRIVERS: If you have not yet registered your vehicle with the forms available from the front office, and placed your Parkland decal on the back of your rearview mirror, please do so ASAP to keep your parking privileges.

GRAD PARENTS: plan for 2018! Parents needed to get things started, plus volunteers through the year. To be part of this committee, or to gain more info on what parents do to help Grads, next meeting is Oct 17 at 7:00 in Learning Commons.

    
Are you an artist, a wordsmith or a filmmaker? Essays, poems, colour and black and white posters welcome. Create ART OR LITERATURE about Remembrance Day, what it means to you and Canada. Deadline: Nov 15, 2017; entry forms available front office.

STUDENT GROUP BAND LOOKING FOR MEMBERS: bass, piano player, and singer needed. Music genres: funk, blues, soul, and rock. Contact international student: Hannes Hacke. See notice board for further details.

SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES AND GRAD INFORMATION:

GRADE 12 'S: LORAN scholarship - worth over $100,000 - now accepting applications.  To have application sponsored by Parkland, deadline is October 18th.  If applying on your own, deadline:  October 25th.  Email Mr. Choo for details.


GRADE 12 'S: University of Toronto NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP  accepting applications. This scholarship fully covers tuition & expenses for four years of undergrad study at U of T. Deadline: Nov 3, 2017. Email Mr. Choo or Ms. Rioux for details.

GRADE TWELVE STUDENTS: If you would like to receive emails about scholarships, post secondary application and admission information, please EMAIL Mr. Choo WITH YOUR RETURN EMAIL to be added to his contact list.  Some major scholarships will be available very soon.
 

ALL STUDENTS: YOU CAN NOW purchase PARKLAND SPIRIT WEAR! See front office for order forms. PICK UP end of each day!