MONDAY OCTOBER 29, 2018:
Monday October 29, Parkland will be hosting 85 Japanese students - KICHIJO GIRLS for the day. Musical theatre students will be the buddies. PLEASE GIVE OUR INTERNATIONAL JAPANESE VISITORS A WARM PARKLAND WELCOME!
FRENCH CLUB will be joining the Games Club today at lunch in Room 206. Everyone welcome! Hope to see you there!
ALL SENIOR BOYS SOCCER PLAYERS please meet in the GYM today at lunch!
THIS WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 31 IS HALLOWEEN, and there will be a costume contest happening in the theatre at lunch! Prizes will be awarded for the scariest, most original, best group, couple, and best overall costumes. Show your Halloweeen spirit and dress up on Halloween. Even if you don't want to compete in the contest, come to the theatre at lunch Wednesday, you never know what treats might be in store for you!
PARKLAND CAFETERIA needs a few responsible and hard-working volunteers in A and C block. Earn volunteer hours towards graduation or credits. If you are thinking of working in the Food industry this would be great experience for you. Please see Ms. Chicanot or Mr. Buckham if you are interested.
FRIDAY SIGN LANGUAGE CLUB: NEXT MEETING Friday NOVEMBER 2 - each and every Friday @ lunch in Room 206. For all those interested in learning SIGN LANGUAGE - all welcome!
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2 - GRAD ASSEMBLY BLOCK 1 IN THE THEATRE - all grads please attend!
MAGIC WAND: WHY BUY A GRAD DRESS OR TUX WHEN YOU CAN BORROW ONE? Complete outfits available, including dresses, suits, tuxedos, shoes and accessories. Magic Wand is a non-profit organization offering eco-friendly and inexpensive alternatives to grad outfits for female and male students. NOW TAKING APPOINTMENTS FOR OCTOBER, OR AFTER FEBRUARY 1 - see posters on notice boards and grad boards, or email: esurerus@telus.net.
METAL RECYCLING BIN @ PARKLAND! UNTIL SATURDAY NOVEMBER 3! Please drop off any metal to recycle. Metal recycle bin @ back staff parking lot. All proceeds from this fundraiser go to Parkland athletics & hockey academy to support student athletes.
SPECIAL EVENT: FUNDRAISER FOR THE PHILLIPINES
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2 - PARKLAND SENIOR BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM versus PARKLAND ALUMNI - fundraising dinner and basketball game proceeds to be donated in assistance for the devastation in the Phillipines. Dinner @ 6 p.m., Game @ 7 p.m. Intermission raffle tickets and contests! Tickets $20 for FAMILY; $10 for INDIVIDUAL; from John Mark @ Parkland; potluck donations to dinner appreciated.
SAIL ON A TALL SHIP: SALTS PROGRAM summer 2019 registration open on Saturday November 3 at 10 a.m. - together student trainees encounter beauty in nature, love in genuine sense of community, and adventure in learning to sail. Sail around Vancouver Island, make new friends, experience nature at its finest! Sail and Life Training Society from Victoria, B.C. : see info@salts.ca.
PARKLAND GRAD BOTTLE DRIVE: SATURDAY NOVEMBER 3, FROM 12 TO 4 P.M., tennis area parking lot, 10640 McDonald Park Road. If you are unable to drop your cans or bottles off, please call us ahead of time, we do pick-ups! Call to prebook by Friday: 250-655-2700.
SALUTE TO OUR VETERANS - REMEMBRANCE DAY CONCERT: Sidney Concert Band with special guests: Peninsula Pipe Band, Parkland Choir, Killer Wails Quartet. Sunday November 4, 2018 @ Mary Winspear Centre, tickets $20, Mary Winspear 250 - 656 - 0275.
ANNOUNCING YEARBOOK COVER CONTEST: see your original design as this year's cover on the Parkland Yearbook, and win a sweet prize! Develop creative 2D art (painting, drawing, photography, digital design, etc.) based on : (1)Faces & Flags of Parkland; (2)We are not ordinary!; - OR (3) your own original idea. DEADLINE: MONDAY NOVEMBER 5! Give submissions / questions to Ms. Antonik: (dantonik@saanichschools.ca).
THE SIDNEY SUMMIT ON HABITAT AND ENVIRONMENT: in the face of climate change, there are things you can do! Special event: Saturday November 10, 2018. Day pass and evening Supper. GUEST SPEAKERS: artist ROBERT BATEMAN, journalist BOB MCDONALD, MLA ADAM OLSEN, MP ELIZABETH MAY. Many local organizations participating! Local food and drink from area farm, prepared by local chefs. Join the conversation, share a meal with your neighbours! Tickets: Mary Winspear Box office, $25 day pass; $65 per person for supper (includes day pass).
RADIO SIDNEY - radiosidney.ca - or: info@radiosidney.ca - tune in! YOUR COMMUNITY RADIO STATION!
NOVEMBER: please note THIS IS A CHANGE OF VENUE - STELLY'S WILL BE HOSTING THE PSIBC (POST SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS OF B.C. ) event on Thursday November 15, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.@ STELLY'S. Meet advisors on application, registration, housing, scholarships and bursaries options. All SD 63 secondary students and families welcome! See overlap with event listed below.
PARENTS AS CAREER COACHES: also Thursday November 15, @ STELLY'S SECONDARY SCHOOL, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Speaker Marion Haythorne leads workshop teaching parents how to help children make sound educational decisions. A series of interactive exercises that can be used at home to help children discover their values, strengths and skills, and match them to a potential education path and career. Sponsored by COPACS and SD63. a FUN AND VALUABLE EVENING CLASS to help you help your children make good choices!
PARKLAND CONCERT BAND SILENT AUCTION AND DISNEYLAND 2019 FUNDRAISER: HOSTED BY DEEP COVE WINERY - Saturday November 17, from 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets $10 at the door, or by email: csousa@saanichschools.ca
FILM CAN UNLEASH YOUR IMAGINATION: new competition presented by VICTORIA FILM FESTIVAL. For student film-makers, grades 9 to 12. Winning films will be screened at 2019 Victoria Film Festival. See posters for website, rules of competition, helpful tutorials. Deadline to upload videos of your own film: December 19, 2018.
PAC Volunteer Opportunities: Parents and Guardians - to volunteer, please contact us at: parkland.pac.sd63@gmail.com
BAGEL BREAKFAST: Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday a.m., before school, @ BLUE TABLES, 25 cents!MEZZANINE USE: ALL STUDENTS - for use of MEZZANINE IN GYM AREA - Please INQUIRE WITH P.E. teachers.
ALL GRADS: SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES AND GRAD INFORMATION - tba
ATHLETICS, SPORTS TEAMS, TEAM MEETINGS AND GAMES ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SENIOR BOYS SOCCER TEAM who beat Brooks 7 to 1. Joseph scored the first goal, Carlos scored a hat trick, Chad netted 2, and Pedro scored 1. A good game played by the whole team - congrats, Panthers!
INTRAMURAL VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE: @ LUNCH IN THE GYM
MONDAY OCTOBER 29 - SPIKE ATTACK versus DAWGS OF SIDNEY
TUESDAY OCTOBER 30 - COFFEE GETTERS versus TEAM FAX
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1 - THE BLOCKERS versus TEACHERS
SPORTS TEAMS IN ACTION THIS WEEK:TBA
SENIOR BOYS SOCCER HOME GAME TUESDAY OCTOBER 30, 3:30 P.M. @ BLUE HERON.
SENIOR GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT away @ Ballanes in Parksville, Thursday November 1, and Friday November 2.
PARKLAND ROWING - CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday November 2., @ Elk Lake.
CROSS COUNTRY B.C. CHAMPIONSHIPS - @ Nanaimo - Friday November 2.
CONGRATS to Cooper Langard and Taiga Okamoto who both qualifed for Provincials in the Senior Boys Cross Country Race at Beaver Lake. Cooper was 8th, and Taiga was 23rd in a race of 92 boys from across the Island. Jaylene Melling did an amazing job representing Parkland in the Senior Girls Race finishing off a strong first season as a Panther! Congratulations Panthers!
CAREER CENTRE: EVENTS, WORK EXPERIENCE, JOB & VOLUNTEER POSTINGS
NEW JOB POSTINGS: see Ms. McNamee to prepare your resume; make an application! TIME TO EARN SOME CHRISTMAS DOE-RAY-MEE!
BIG NEWS ALERT: NEW INDIGO STORE OPENING AT MAYFAIR: LEADING BOOK, GIFT AND TOY RETAILER seeking temporary part-time workers needed for new store set-up; this short term job may fit well with school hours - work from October 28 to November 3; $14 to $15 per hour; unpacking boxes, setting up stock; general clean-up. See Ms. McNamee for further details!
1. (new) CHEF ON THE RUN: looking for a student part-time, Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Sidney. Duties include: making sandwiches, packaging meals, customer service. Must be organized, reliable, and have good people skillls. $12.50 per hour. See Ms. McNamee for more details.
2. (new) DAILY QUEEN, SIDNEY: looking for students, part-time. Apply to Shirley Murray, with resume. See Ms. McNamee for more details.
3. (new) PET CARE ASSISTANT POSITION: Peace at Home Pet Care & Cat Grooming looking for responsible, reliable individual to assist with in-home pet care visits. Pet care experience, and own transportation required; additional training provided. $15 per 30 minute visit. See Ms. McNamee for further details on making an application.
4. (new) BOONDOCK'S, SIDNEY - looking for bus person and dishwasher; $12.65 per hour plus tip pool share. Resume to Jenn, in person.
5. (new) SCOTT PLASTICS: Grade 12 student wanted for line assembler or line worker in firefighting division. Own transport required. Apply in person to Scott Plastics, @ 2065 Henry Avenue West.
6, (new) LOCAL PHARMACY looking for a Customer Service Rep in the Cosmetic Department. If you have an interest in Make Up and Beauty, this is a perfect part-time job for you!
7. (new) YARD WORK in North Saanich (weekly x 3 hours @ $15 per hour); COMPUTER PRINTER SET-UP in Sidney, Resthaven Drive (x1 hours @ $20). See Ms. McNamee for information.
NEW TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES:
RETAIL TRAINING - FREE! Sidney & Brentwood Bay. Training in: cash register, customer service, displays, inventory, pricing, opening and closing.
NEW VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:
SIDNEY SUMMIT ON HABITAT AND ENVIRONMENT - SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10 - twenty volunters needed! Public forum ticket fee waived for volunteers. Speakers include: Robert Bateman, Adam Olsen, Elizabeth May, Bob McDonald.
SHOAL CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR - SATURDAY NOVEMBER 17 FROM 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M. - serve coffee and cookies to patrons, work the YEP table wrapping gifts as a fundraiser. Four volunteers needed. This Craft Fair is really fun - see Ms. McNamee ASAP!
LIONS CLUB - BREAKFAST WITH SANTA- SATURDAY DECEMBER 1 - Santa hats on, serving food to young families whose children come to sit on Santa's knee and tell him their Christmas wishes. Check for morning start time.
SIDNEY SPARKLES PARADE - SUNDAY DECEMBER 2 - student volunteers needed to decorate the Beacon Community Services truck, and walk in the parade! Check for date and time!
SHOAL CENTRE BRIDGE CLUB DINNER - WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 5 - student volunteers needed for serving and banquet help. Check for evening start time!
SIDNEY AVIATION MUSEUM OPEN HOUSE - FRIDAY DECEMBER 28 - student volunteers needed to support open house - old planes, paper airplane making, crafts, aircraft carrier demonstration, flight simulators, new flying maze. See Ms. McNamee for sign up!
TUTORIALS & COURSE WORK ASSISTANCE - ACADEMIC SUPPORT AVAILABLE!
1. TUTORIALS IN LEARNING CENTRE, ROOM 204: SUPERVISED TUTORIAL IS AVAILABLE daily after school, TO CATCH UP ON SCHOOL WORK, & TO DO MISSED TESTS. note: Wednesday & Friday tutorials are best for longer tests & assignments.
2. TUTORIALS IN THE LEARNING COMMONS: every day after school
3. AFTER SCHOOL FRENCH has now been moved to Room 112, Wednesdays after school.
BAND - MUSIC REHEARSALS ALL YEAR: see Ms. Sousa for special event details.
JAZZ BAND - Monday & Wednesday a.m.; CONCERT BAND - Tuesday & Thursday a.m.; CHOIR - Friday a.m.
PARKLAND CAFETERIA: NOW OPEN FOR THE YEAR WITH FULL MENU!
SPECIALS: Chicken Strips & Fries - Mac & Cheese - Hot Dogs
SOUP, SALAD , SANDWICH: Chicken Caesar Wraps - Caesar Salad
BAKED GOODS AND SWEET TREATS : Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins - Squares - Cookies - Brownies
Note: for prepaid $25 cafeteria cards - purchase from Cafeteria. To use debit or credit card to purchase Cafeteria card, please see front office.