Parkland Secondary School

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 3,  2017

A huge congratulations to Cooper Langard who finished in 10th place at the Senior Boys Provincial Cross Country Race this weekend at Jericho Beach Park in Vancouver!

Hey Parkland, posters will be up around the school for the next two weeks to collect your thoughts on Parkland and the upcoming IB program. Quotes and short stories are all welcome and may be featured on the new school website or even the yearbook. Please keep it clean and short so we have room for everyone's ideas.

DO YOU LIKE RUGBY and want to play on the Parkland BOYS OR GIRLS Rugby team! If so, BUT YOU MISSED THE FIRST MEETING, COME TO FRONT OFFICE AND SIGN UP!

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 for info.

TONIGHT 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'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.

CANADIAN ARMED FORCES INTERACTIVE EVENT, INFORMATION & RECRUITERS INFORMATION - SATURDAY NOVEMBER 18, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. @ Bay Street Armoury, 713 Bay Street Victoria. Try on gear, try physical fitness test, experience combat simulator, sample survival food, meet military members, find out about their jobs and education within the Canadian Navy, Army, or Air Force.

SheBiz Victoria:
SheBiz is a free day-long event for girls in grades 9 – 11  offering 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 STEM subjects than their male counterparts, but 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:

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: FRIDAY 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.