It’s hard to believe we have reached the end of unit 1 already! We have had a busy and very successful start to the school year.
Report Card
- The unit 1 report card for the courses your son or daughter had from September 2nd to October 17th is enclosed. The report shows a separate page for each class. Students in grades 7, 8, 9, and 10 will have a total of six report pages: Math, Science or Humanities, PE, Visual Arts, French, 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 Inter-A Student’s Society, run by our parent volunteers, has organized two fundraisers to support the program. Please look in your child’s report card envelope for the order forms.
- The first is a Gift Card purchase fundraiser. The gift cards are available from a wide variety of merchants and services. The order form and information page are on goldenrod paper. The orders and payment, cheques made payable to the Inter-A Student’s Society, need to be returned to school by November 12th.
- The second is a Purdy’s Chocolates fundraiser. These are always popular treats. Please return one order form and one cheque (if possible) for all orders, made payable to the Inter-A Student’s Society by November 14th.
The gift cards and chocolates will be available for pick up on November 27th at 1:30pm.
Multicultural Day October 22 – South Asian Festival
A very hard working group of students organized an excellent set of seminars about the festival of Diwali and Eid. Their peers were treated to great presentations. The day ended with a fantastic group event, “Inter-A has Talent,” which provided great entertainment for everyone.
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.
Important Dates:
- November 5, 2008 Grade 9 Take Your Kids to Work Day: Grade 9 students, who have returned their permission forms, will be participating in this national event where students spend a day job shadowing a family member to see what a day at work is all about.
- November 10, 2008 Professional Development Day: Students will not be in session at school as teachers will be attending professional development workshops.
- November 26, 2008 Vancouver Playhouse: Senior students, who purchased season tickets, will be attending the first play of the season entitled The Drowsy Chaperone. Students will be back at school at approximately 4:30 pm.
- November 27, 2008 Early Dismissal: Students will be dismissed at 1:26 pm. Students who placed orders for Purdy’s chocolates or gift cards will pick up their orders before they go home.
- November 28, 2008 End of Unit 2: Unit 2 report cards will be sent home with students approximately 1 ½ weeks after the end of the unit.
- December 17, 2008 Winter Craft Day: This year our annual winter craft day will take place on December 17th. If you are available to help lead a craft or supervise a student lead craft please contact Ms. Skelin at the school phone number.
Inter-A Teaching Team: Anthony Jay, Melanie Skelin, Sheila Dhaliwal, Roger Blenman, Chris Wakelin, Amanda Ballard, and Alyssa Poynter