blood donor clinic   on october 26th at lunch, the blood bus is coming to pick up students who are over 17.   you can sign up in the office – there are currently 3 spots left.

 

what’s your type   canadian blood services will be here october 19^th at lunch so that students 17 years or over can have their blood typed.

 

grade wars   today is grade war day! Wear your grade colour to receive points for your grade. the grade with the most points at the end of the year will win a prize.

Grade 9 – orange

Grade 10 – Red

Grade 11 – Green

Grade 12 – blue

 

national residential school awareness day    it’s this friday. students are asked to wear orange to raise awareness of canada’s history of residential schools. in canada, from 1876-1996, an estimated 150,000 children were placed in government sponsored, church-run schools with the objective of assimilating these children away from their families and into the CANADIAN CULTURE.

THE WESTWOOD CULTURE CLUB WILL BE HOSTING AN OPEN HOUSE IN ROOM 215 ON SEPTEMBER 30^TH. THERE WILL BE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, DRUMMING, BANNOCK, A SCAVENGER HUNT AND SMUDGING. PERMISSION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE IN ROOM 215, AND ARE NECESSARY TO PARTICIPATE IN SMUDGING ACTIVITIES.

STAY TUNED FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND INFORMATION THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL ALL WEEK.

on friday, students are welcome to pay $1 to wear their hats for the day. money raised will go to the shamattawa relief efforts.

 

u of m   Any gr 10, 11, or 12 students who are interested in Engineering or would like to learn more about it are invited to attend U of M's Engineering Outreach Day october 18, with 2 more dates to follow, for a full day of presentations and hands on experience in design and problem solving. Please see Ms Bennett for details.

 

cafeteria   wednesday – sub sandwiches and bacon cheeseburgers with cupcakes for dessert.

thursday this week – sweet & sour chicken, fried rice, steamed veggies.

 

yip   the first meeting is thursday, september 29^th at lunch in room 219.

 

2016/17 yearbooks   if you haven’t yet ordered a yearbook for next year, come to the office asap.

 

lincoln yearbooks   they’re in. come to the westwood office to pick them up.

 

core dance ensemble   the first meeting is wednesday at 3:30 in the dance studio. any interested students are welcome to attend. see ms. metelski if you have any questions.

 

grad committee   there is a meeting wednesday at noon in room 207.

 

bicycles Bikes should not be brought to school unless they can be secured with a heavy duty lock.

Students bringing bikes to school need to use a heavy duty solid steel u - shaped locks.  Cable locks can be cut.  We had an incident recently where a 30 year-old pedestrian cut a cable lock and stole a bike from our rack.

Community Police have been informed.

 

kw canteen   kwcc is looking for volunteers in their canteen.

 

remind app   go to our website to sign up for grade-specific notifications from our student-services department. parents can sign up as well.

 

late start tuesdays begin october 4.

 

girls hockey   Just a reminder that the girls have practice today at 330 and need to be dismissed at 3pm.  There will also be a team meeting at lunch today in room 217.

 

ultimate   All Ultimate players need to hand in their medical forms and permission slips to Ms. Klassen in Room 123 in order to play in the game against SJR on Tuesday.

 

Deposits for uniform orders should also be brought to Ms. Klassen as soon as possible.

 

basketball   open gym for girls on wednesday mornings at 7:30.

 

boys indoor soccer   Sign-up sheet for Boys Indoor Soccer is up outside Rm. 213.

 

intramural soccer   wednesday:  big boys vs spongebob, eom1 vs cereal