It’s hard to believe it is almost the end of 2008! This continues to be a busy time of the year, please read on for some important information.
Report Card
The unit 2 report card for the courses your son or daughter had from October 20th to November 28th is enclosed. Please notice that the report cards have been reformatted and we hope that this makes them easy to read. Students in grades 7, 8, 9, and 10 will have a total of six report pages: Math, Science or Humanities, PE, Visual Arts, French, and Health & Career Ed or Planning 10. Students in grade 11 and 12 will have five to seven pages depending on their course load.
Please sign and date the envelope to indicate you have seen your son’s or daughter’s report card, and ask your son or daughter to return the envelope to his or her homeroom teacher.
Fundraising
The students of the Inter-A Program participated in a very successful food and coin drive during the past couple of weeks. We were happy to donate over 600 cans of food to the Surrey Food Bank. We also collected over $1100 in coins. This money will be spent on gifts and food for local families that we adopted through the Surrey Christmas Bureau. It is fantastic to see the generosity of our students.
Thank you to Ms. Hanson and Ms. Zen for all of your hard work in organizing the Purdy’s and Gift card fundraisers. The final gift card orders will be available for pick up on Wednesday, December 17th.
Craft Day
Our much anticipated Annual Craft Day is running in the afternoon of December 17th. Thank you to all the students and parents who are helping to make this day a success.
Upcoming trips
In September, the Inter-A teachers had applied to be a part of a Quebec exchange program run through SEVEC. Our application was not accepted this year. However, in the past couple of weeks a different Lower Mainland high school had to remove themselves from the exchange and we have been selected in their place. Mr. Blenman is working frantically to see if there is enough student interest and sufficient time to organize the exchange. Stay tuned for future updates.
Also in the planning stages at this time is a spring retreat. A survey went home late in November to survey interest which was overwhelmingly positive. The planning of the second retreat is underway, but it may depend on the outcome of the Quebec exchange.
2009/2010 Enrollment in Inter-A
It is hard to believe, but we are already starting to look forward to next September’s enrollment. In January we will be visiting local elementary schools to let them know about the Inter-A program. On January 29th we will have a parent meeting for those new parents and new students who may be interested in Inter-A for September 2009. Please feel free to tell other students and parents who may be interested in attending our program.
If you have a son, daughter, or friend who is interested in our program please encourage them to call on or after February 5th. This is the day when they will be able to book a date to visit our program.
Important Dates
• Wednesday, December 17th – Craft Day
• Friday, December 19th – Last day of classes before Winter Vacation
• Monday, January 5th- School reopens
• Wednesday, January 14th – Next Vancouver Playhouse Theatre matinee
• Monday, January 26th – Last day of Unit 3 and end of senior level semestered courses
• Tuesday, January 27th to Thursday, January 29th – Semester turn around, no school in session for students
• Thursday, January 29th – New parents and students info night for 2009 enrollment
• Friday, January 30th – Pro-D Day, no school in session for students
Parent Meetings
If you have any questions or concerns about your son or daughter’s progress, at any time during the school year, please phone the school at 604 588 6934 and leave a message for any of the Inter-A teachers. We will be happy to schedule a meeting time with you and your son or daughter to discuss his or her progress.
We hope that you all have many good times with friends and family
over the holidays and have a very Happy New Year!
Inter-A Teaching Team: Anthony Jay, Melanie Skelin, Sheila Dhaliwal, Roger Blenman, Chris Wakelin, Amanda Ballard, and Alyssa Poynter