This Week @ Journey January 11-15

PAC Fundraiser –  All proceeds go to classroom/school projects.  Visit fundraising.westcoastseeds.com  to take a look at how to place your orders.  Click “Participants“.  Once you’re ready to make a purchase click “Cart“.  It will give you a drop box option to “select your organization”.  Please click “Journey Middle School PAC“. If you do not take these steps and do not click JMS PAC in the drop box we will NOT receive any donations for PAC.  Last year seeds were in high demand.  Don’t miss out on ordering your favourites!   Seeds can be picked up at the school or sent home with your child.  

 Library/Learning Commons Update: Welcome back to school and welcome to a new year of reading!  Family Literacy week is January 24-31, 2021 with the theme of “Let’s Be Active!”, you can find more information here: https://www.decoda.ca/support-us/events/family-literacy-week/.   We encourage you to spend time reading with your student that week (and every week!).  We are also hosting a literacy contest at school to win a reading party for the class!

Does your student identify as female and are they interested in coding?  Check out Hackergal’s Code for Change 2020 challenge, open now until January 31, 2021.  Details can be found here: https://hackergal.org/getinvolved/codeforchange/ and interested students can connect with Mrs. Wallace for support.

Help us get our library books back into circulation!  We have many overdue books from 2020, please check at home for any books and have your student bring them to school to return.  Thank you for your support! 

Picking your child up early?  Please remind your child what time you’re coming and let their classroom teacher know as well.  Give the office a call when you are in the parking lot and we will sign them out and send them to you.  This helps teachers so they can arrange their schedules (ie: class out for a walk or at the creek etc.) and reduces PA interruptions to other classes.

Monday

New Zones begin each week – Morning: students may go to any zone.  Must always wear a mask and physically distance when possible.  Recess and Lunch: zones rotate today.  Masks are not required when in cohort zone but must be used when travelling to and from zone.

PAC Meeting tonight at 7 p.m.  For an initiation to attend virtually on MSTeams please email lszadkowski@sd62.bc.ca

Tuesday 

Hold and Secure Drill 9:00 a.m. 

Wednesday 

Skateboarding Club is starting up.  Listen for announcements about waiver forms, equipment needed, and Covid protocols. Thanks in advance to Mr. Donegani, Mr. Van Hooydonk and Mr. Schorer for volunteering to get this club up and running! 

Thursday 

Friday 

Pajama Day – come in your favourite, school appropriate PJs today!

Subway Lunch order forms due today (Lunch is next Wednesday)

Run to be Here/Wear your mask/Stretch your Brains

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.