This Week @ Journey Dec. 14-18

Power Outage on Friday – Thank you to the parents/guardians, grandparents, neighbours and friends who came by to pick up children during our power outage. We understand how disruptive it is to your day; however, we have to take our direction from our School Board Office when they make decisions for our safety. We haven’t seen two outages in two months since the school opened and hope this is the last of them for a while. Please always remember that your children are safe at school and we will always have staff at school to care for them. The positive side of this is that we are honing our dismissal procedures to make them run efficiently each time. A few things families can do: update who you have assigned to pick your child up, update your address and/or phone numbers if they have changed since the beginning of the year, understand that it takes time to sign out 478 students, and know the name of your child’s teacher.

Good Great News! – We have received some great news from our IT Department this week – A new (to us) Computer Lab will be installed over the Winter Break! Staff and students are looking forward to trying out new ideas on newer technology.

Thank you/Merci – to the Brooks Family for their donation of our biggest tree ever! Each year they donate a tree to our school from their Christmas Tree Farm on Whiffen Spit Road and our students decorate it with homemade ornaments. Thanks Quinton L. for taking on the job of Foreman of the Lights!

Presentation – A reminder that Journey is hosting guest speaker Dr. Kristin Buhr on Anxiety and Youth January 27^th. She will present information that is relevant to some of the challenges facing our children today.  Journey is opening our school to all who are interested from 6 – 7 pm for parents, caregivers and educators. Please feel free to share this information with friends and enter the date into your 2016 calendar.

Monday

Imagination Studio –lunch in the Project Room

Dragon’s Den – creative writing club meets in the Main Computer Lab at lunch today

Tuesday

Culture Club – meets today in the Kitchen. Everyone is welcome to check out what we’re making at lunch today

Field Trip – Our Life Skills students have been learning the art of gingerbread making and today they head out to Laurel Point Inn for Canada’s National Gingerbread Showcase to see what can be accomplished.

Wednesday

Spirt Day – Today come with your most festive holiday hair. This can be your very own hair or a wig or holiday hat or . . .

PAC Lunch – enjoy Pizza today for only $3.00 per slice. Drinks and other goodies available too.

Choir – singers invited to join in at Lunch to sing and have fun

Chess Club @ Lunch in the Project Room

Student Council @ Lunch in Mme. Abell’s room

Sumo-bots @ EMCS 3:30-5:00 pm

Concert – Tonight our concert band, community band and Poirier choir will perform in our gym beginning at 7:30 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Thursday

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

Grade 8 students – Career Cruising parent permission forms due to the office by today.  This is important for you to sign up for courses at EMCS next year.

Friday

Talent Show –10:30 a.m. today our talented students and staff will perform on stage during our annual talent show. Families are welcome to attend.

From all of the staff at Journey Middle School we wish you a safe and happy holiday season. See you Monday, January 4, 2016.