Parkland Secondary School

TUESDAY OCTOBER 31,  2017: HALLOWEEN!

ALL STAFF AND STUDENTS: THANK YOU for your warm PANTHER welcome for our 83 student visitors and supervisors from Kichijo, Japan, yesterday! 

BE MY BOO CANDYGRAMS: please check at table in front foyer @ lunch to pick up your candygram if not yet delivered!

1. Door Decorating: DECORATE your block C door with  Halloween decorations -  BEST class wins a prize! Winner will be picked on Halloween day - today.

2. Trick or Treating: Come to school dressed as in your best HALLOWEEN COSTUME and TRICK OR TREAT during break and lunch! Must have full costume to trick or treat!

3. Costume Contest: At lunch in the foyer, come wearing your HALLOWEEN COSTUME - winner gets a cool prize! Stick around for a group photo too!


PARKLAND SECONDARY SCHOOL& EAGLE HEIGHTS AFRICA SOCIETY presents 2017 community fundraiser - THURSDAY NOVEMBER 2 @ PARKLAND - DOORS OPEN AT 6 P.M.  - SILENT AUCTION, MARKETPLACE, MUSIC, FOOD AND MORE! Tickets AVAILABLE at Parkland & Tanner's - Adults $15.00, students $8.00.

PENINSULA YOUTH HEALTH CLINIC hours NOW 5 to 7 p.m., and clinic is open THURSDAY NIGHTS @ Ocean Pier Medical .

SALTS - SAIL AND LIFE TRAINING SOCIETY - SUMMER 2018 BOOKINGS now open - experience life changing ten day sail on a tall ship - various points to and around Vancouver Island. Desolation Sound, Inside Passage, Great Bear Rainforest, Haida Gwaii, West Coast of Vancouver Island! Check website: www.salts.ca or phone 250-383-6811 for info.

MONDAY NOVEMBER 6, 2017: for all interested parents - PARENTS AS CAREER COACHES - FREE SEMINAR  - from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., @ Stelly's Secondary:  Capilano University's Marion Haythorne presents seminar on guiding your grad through the post-secondary choices available. Help your students discover their values, interests and skills, and match them to education and career pathways.

FOUR SEASONS MUSICAL THEATRE is putting on High School Musical on stage, November 9 to 19th, featuring our very own student, Isobel Sheridan. Get tickets on-line at Victoriaticket.ca or contact Isobel for $2 off.

    
Are you an artist, wordsmith or filmmaker? Essays, poems, 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.

SheBiz Victoria:
SheBiz is a free day-long event for girls in grades 9 – 11 that offers unique access to business and STEM leaders, and exposure to diverse and exciting career opportunities available to women in these fields.. Stats Canada has reported that female high school students earn better grades in the STEM subjects than their male counterparts, but then when we look ahead females are underrepresented in these programs in university and later the workforce. As an organization SheBiz is hoping to help bridge this gap by providing young girls with information on careers in business, science, technology and math before they make the big decisions effecting their future education and career. SheBiz Victoria will be held at St. Margaret’s School on November 17th, 2017. See Ms. McNamee if interested!

OSEF non-profit group which facilitates reciprocal student exchanges between Canada and Europe, is holding 2018/19 exchange year general info meeting: TUESDAY NOVEMBER 21, from 6:30 to 8 p.m,, @ CLAREMONT SECONDARY. Students aged 13 to 17 are matched with partners from France, Belgium or Spain,  and take turns hosting each other. Interested students please contact OSEF BC Coordinator - patriciarhodes@shaw.ca for info. 

SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES AND GRAD INFORMATION:

GRADE 12 'S: U 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.

TD SCHOLARSHIPS FOR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP: community leaders and hardworking students ready for college or university may apply. Up to $10,000 tuition and $7,500 living expenses per year, up to four years - plus summer employment offers at Toronto Dominion. This is a major award! Application deadline: November 17, 2017 - see Ms. Rioux or Mr. Choo for information.

GRADE TWELVE STUDENTS: 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.