This Week @ Journey May 31-June 4

Our flags will fly at half-mast, and students and staff are encouraged to wear orange this week, as our Journey community honours the lives of the 215 children found buried in a mass grave at the site of a former residential school in Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation territory.  In 2015, a National Center for Truth and Reconciliation report estimated that more than 150,000 children attended residential schools and more than 6,000 died, never returning home.

“We should never forget it’s part of who we are as a nation.  And this nation must never forget what if once did to its most vulnerable people” Senator Murry Sinclair

Our hearts hurt for the families who, for generations, continue to so deeply mourn the loss of their children.

Learning Commons Update: As we enter June, we look towards the end of year processes in the library learning commons.  Students will have 2 more weeks to sign out books from the library and then we will switch our focus to getting all books returned.  Books will be available in classrooms for reading for the last couple weeks of school.  Please start looking in your house for any school library books that are hiding and send them back to school!  We appreciate all your help, thank you!

PAC Update:  Our PAC is doing a short fundraiser for Father’s Day with Island beef jerky and Stick in the Mud coffee. Orders are due June 9th cash, cheque (Journey Middle School PAC) or etransfers are accepted (journeymiddleschoolpac@gmail.com)

Monday

Cohort Zone rotation change for recess and lunch

Tuesday

Trans & Parent Perspectives: How to support transgender, non-binary and gender non-conforming youth:

• Free Community Webinar Alert from MentalHealthLiteracy.org! Please join Tammy Plunkett & Kiersten Mohr on June 1st at 6:30pm as they candidly discuss, and inform on, Trans & Parent Perspectives: How to support transgender, non-binary and gender non-conforming youth. Learn more here: https://t.co/EGhfqaSEpv

Skateboarding Club – First Lunch students with signed waivers and proper gear. No exceptions to any of the rules. Listen to announcements each morning for additional opportunities.

Wednesday

Skateboarding Club – Second Lunch students with signed waivers and proper gear. No exceptions to any of the rules.  Listen to announcements each morning for additional opportunities.

Thursday

Camosun College Workshops @ Amphitheatre:

Vine/Walker – block one

Barnes – block two

Sulzen – block three

Federici – block four

Maragh – block five

Planned Road Closure for Port Renfrew.  No bus service from that community only.

Last Exploratory Afternoon

Division 11&13 Golf Exploratory is going to DeMamiel Creek Golf Course

Friday

Camosun College Workshops @ Amphitheatre:

Van Hooydonk – block one

Wiens – block two

Croft – block three

Sims/Nadeau – block four

Popcorn order due today – no late orders taken because we have to pre-order!

 Thanks for doing your part during the pandemic

Daily Health Check – please remember to follow the DHC and not send your child to school if they are not well.  If a student becomes unwell, or tells us they are unwell, at school, they will wait for pick up in our Supervision Room which is sanitized between guests.  Up to two students can be in the room at one time (physically distanced and masked).  Masks – please continue to provide and remind your child to bring a mask to school each day.