Bonjour BP Parents and Guardians:

We have experienced another week of rich learning and community building. Seeing the community show up last Friday with their creative and hilarious costumes was a delight. Many belly laughs and smiles were had with this bit of a return to normal. I would like to extend my gratitude to teachers for planning spirit events, intramural lunchtime sports, coaching, and clubs. All these supplementary experiences help support a sense of belonging and well-being in school. They provide the social-emotional foundation upon which all good learning is built.

Staffing Update

As some of you may know, school funding is finalized based on the number of students accounted for every September 30. Although our student population is higher than last year, our current numbers are lower than anticipated when staffing was finalized last spring. It is because of this dip in enrolment that we must shift our resources for the school year. We will be saying farewell to our Educational Assistant, Mrs. Laura Belton, who will be taking on an EA role at another school effective next week. On behalf of the staff and students at Bishop Pinkham, we would like to thank Mrs. Belton for her commitment and dedication to our students and wish her well in her new position.

Human Sexuality Unit

As part of our continuing work in teaching the health and life skills curriculum to all Bishop Pinkham students, the physical education department will begin instruction of the human sexuality component of the program on Tuesday November 16th, 2021.  Instruction will continue for two weeks ending prior to Winter Break. 

Parents may request that their child not participate in this human sexuality instructional component of the health and life skills program.  Any students not participating in these activities will work on an alternate health-related research project. Please connect with your child’s PE teacher should you have any questions. The following links will detail the curricular outcomes per grade and has your child's PE teacher contact information.

Grade 7 Outcomes

Grade 8 Outcomes

Grade 9 Outcomes

Homework Club

Homework club is open to all students who would like a place to work or study alone or in a group. The club is in the Learning Commons where students can access space and computers. Teachers are available to help students. The students can drop in any Thursday after school from 2:45 to 3:45 PM.

AHS Community Education Sessions (CES) - Youth Health & Wellness

CES continues to offer free webinars on topics including: stress in children, bullying, COVID-19 and mental health, support for LGBTQ children and youth and more. Some of the upcoming sessions include:

Nov. 4 “Real Talk: Break the Cycle of Domestic Violence

Nov. 6 “Super Dads Super Kids”

Nov. 15: “Stress and Healthy Coping: Health Youth Address Their Stress”

Nov. 17: “Supporting LGBTQ2S+ Children and Youth”

Visit the CES page for more information and to register for upcoming presentations.

WESTERN CANADA HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION EVENINGS FOR PARENTS OF GRADE 9 STUDENTS

Please consider joining the staff of Western Canada High School at an upcoming virtual information session on our school programming to assist in the transition of current Grade 9s to their Grade 10 school year.

They will be offering two separate virtual information sessions in November. One session will be for International Baccalaureate (IB) programming. The other session will cover all other programs as well as option classes for all students.

Wednesday, November 3 – IB INFORMATION NIGHT

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Hosted by S. Rivers, Learning Leader and Coordinator of IB

Link will open that night: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NjkyYzM0ZWYtMjQ4NC00ODZlLTk2NjktYWE5NTAxZmNiZGFk%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22ef161387-255a-4777-af36-80b8fce4ee73%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22868256bf-eb52-49d5-89ec-1b767ce07d90%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d&btype=a&role=a

Thursday, November 4 – School Information and Registration

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

They will be providing information on all our programs including English and French Immersion programming, electives and option courses, and registration and transfer procedures.

Link will open that night: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NDVjMTRmYjQtNzM2NC00ZDg3LTg1MjItYzA0NjRjNGE5NTBk%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22ef161387-255a-4777-af36-80b8fce4ee73%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22868256bf-eb52-49d5-89ec-1b767ce07d90%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d&btype=a&role=a

Please note that if you are unable to attend the “live” virtual session, we will be recording both sessions and posting to our website; and we are also planning to repeat the sessions in January closer to actual registration dates.

Important Dates

· The Athletics calendar for November is found here (scroll down and you will see it)

· November 10- Online observance for Remembrance Day

· November 11- Remembrance Day- no classes

· November 12- Non-Instructional Day- no classes

· November 18- Healthy Hunger lunch- Little Caesars ( Order here Healthy Hunger )

· November 18- BPPC/BPPA Meetings 6-7:30 Click here to join the meeting

· November 25- Student Led Conferences Online, 3-8 PM

· November 26- Student Led Conferences Online, 8 AM-12 PM, no classes for students

· Registration will open November 19th- more details will follow

· Special booking instructions for families with more than one child at BP will also follow closer to November 19th.

· Dec 10- this was originally a PD day, but is now an operational day- there will be classes for students

· Dec 16- Healthy Hunger Lunch- Edo Japan (Order here- Healthy Hunger)

· Dec 17- last day of classes

· Dec 18- Jan 3- Winter break

Have a great week!

Rishma Hajee

Principal | Bishop Pinkham School

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