This Week @ Journey November 9-13, 2015

November 8, 2015 in School News

Parent Teacher Conferences are November 19. Book your conference time online beginning Monday.

Presentation: In the spring of last year, our School District hosted a session on Anxiety and Youth presented by Dr. Kristin Buhr. Parents provided us with positive feedback about this session, stating that they found the content informative and relevant to some of the challenges facing our children today. We are pleased to announce that Dr. Buhr will be joining us again on January 27^th from 3:30 to 4:45 at Happy Valley School and at Journey from 6 – 7 pm for parents, caregivers and educators. In this way, parents have the option of attending an afternoon or evening session. Please feel free to share this information with friends and enter the date into your calendar.

Book Fair – Thank you to the parents who have signed up to help at our Book Fair. We need a few more people to make this run smoothly and put extra books in our classrooms. Please contact Laurie Gitzel lgitzel@sd62.bc.ca to volunteer during the following times and dates:

November 19 Afternoon Shift One: 1:00 to 3:00 pm

November 19 Afternoon Shift Two: 3:00 to 5:00 pm

November 19 Evening Shift One: 5:00 to 7:00 pm

November 19 Evening Shift Two: 7:00 to 8:00 pm

November 23 Morning Shift: 8:00 to 9:00 am

November 23 Lunch Shift: 12:00 to 1:00 pm November 23 After School Shift: 3 to 4 pm

November 24 Morning Shift: 8:00 to 9:00 am

November 24 Lunch Shift: 12:00 to 1:00 pm November 24 After School Shift: 3 to 4 pm

Monday

Parent Teacher Conferences are November 19

Book you appointment on the Journey Middle School website beginning today

Go to the Journey Middle School website
Click on Calendar November 9 OR go to Links
From this location, you will find instructions to book your appointment
Having difficulties – contact Mr. Bedard 250-642-5881

Imagination Studio –lunch in the Project Room

“Hear ye, Hear ye, Hear ye – Journey Middle School is pleased to announce the formation of the new and exciting – Dragon’s Den Creative Writing Club!

Budding writer’s, together with those of established and formative penmanship and coupe de plume skills, come and write on a subject of the day, or their own choice of subject, for an hour then share their work with other student scribe’s that same day (if they wish) – A short story, poetry, drama, fiction, non-fiction – it’s all up to the writer. ALL written genres are welcomed. Themes on the day are suggested by Mr. Bryan our Dragon’s Den champion. This last week for example, the focus was on creation of Halloween written works designed to describe All Hallow’s Eve. All grades are welcome and all students are encouraged to discover, embrace and channel their inner Shakespeare! Come one, Come All to this weekly composition adventure. The only rule is that there are … no rules when entering the wondrous and brave new world of the Journey Dragon’s Den Creative Writing Club! The Club meets each today at Noon in the Main Computer Lab.

We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life, is rounded with sleep, Better three hours too soon than a minute too late, We know what we are, but not what we may be. William Shakespeare”

Tuesday

Remembrance Assembly – the community is welcome to attend our Remembrance Day assembly today at 10:45 am. Our assembly will be opened by T-Sou’ke elder, Ms. Shirley Alphonse. We also have veteran, Mr. Joe Danylenko as our guest speaker this year. Our choir and band will perform and several students will read selected poetry and essays.

District Swimming program remember your bathing suit, soap and towel if you are in this group.

Halloween Pictures – If you had your picture taken in our Halloween Photo Booth at the dance, those pictures are ready for pick-up in the foyer at lunch today.

Student Council – meets today at lunch

Orchestra – 5:30-7:45 pm at Journey in the band room. For more information contact Lorna Bjorklund at lornabj@hotmail.com

Wednesday – Remembrance Day

Thursday

Exploratory – bring all your necessary equipment (ie: proper clothing, bike, helmet, sense of adventure, change of clothing etc.)

Gamers’ Club meets today lunch in the Main Computer Lab

Mindstorm Robotics Club meets today after school from 3:05-4:15 in the Project Room

Jazz Band meets today at 8:15 am in the Band Room

Friday

Essays and Posters due – If you have a poster and/or essay to enter for this year’s Sooke Legion Remembrance Day Contest, please have them to the office by noon today.

Field Trip – Ms. Kilpatrick and Ms. Maragh’s classes are going to Charters Creek Salmon Enhancement Centre today to study the spawning salmon and the ecosystem they have returned to complete their life cycle.

Field Trip – Ms. Lennox and Mr. Constable are taking their classes for PE outside of the school today to Langford Lanes.