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Through the week of November 3 - 6 NPSS classes will be collecting winter clothing for the homeless which will then be given to the Salvation Army. The purpose of this activity is to bring awareness that the Salvation Army has been short clothing for the last little while and needs donations.
Thank you for your participation!
The following link is a copy of the letter sent home to parents on October 26th.
“Time and Support is a new initiative at North Peace Secondary School this year. Time and Support is a 44-minute period of class time that runs every Tuesday through Friday from 8:45 to 9:29 am. The instructional time has been adapted on these days in order to accommodate this block of time. The intent of this block of time is to provide extra support for students who may require it, time for student to work on assignments and complete work in order to demonstrate understanding of the learning outcomes of their courses.”…
For the full letter please click on the link below.
The yearbook staff would like to ask the students of NPSS a couple questions about music. Please take a moment to fill out the survey using the link below.
http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/188974/npss-top-20
Thanks for your responses!
Dear Parents & Students,
Get your pictures in the yearbook! The Yearbook Staff invites students and parents to submit photos for the yearbook. If you’ve got great photos of school and community events or you and your friends just having fun, we’d like to see them. Our photographers can’t be everywhere. Help us get as many photos as possible to create a terrific book everyone will want to have.
Here is how you can submit photos online:
• Go to: https://images.jostens.com/login
• Browse to select the photo(s) you wish to upload.
• Enter information about the photo and provide contact information in case the staff needs additional information.
• Click “Save Details”.
It’s that easy! Submit your photos today! The last day to submit photos is 1/30/2010.
Thank you, and enjoy the rest of the school year!
Sincerely,
Yearbook Adviser and the 2010 Yearbook Staff.
The Yearbook Staff will review all photos and determine final yearbook content. We cannot guarantee that all submissions can be used in the book.
NPSS would like to re-design our shirts. Below is a link to a survey, with 3 questions. Choose your favourite design &Â colour swatch.
This Friday September 11th is Picture Day. Photo Package envelopes can be picked up at the office. Students that do not wish to purchace pictures can still get their photo taken, as it will be needed for their student id card and yearbook.
I want to share briefly with you our new Time and Support block that will be part of our learning day at North Peace, starting in September. Because we believe that learning is the #1 goal of schooling, we want to ensure that we are doing all that we can to support students so that they are successful in all of their courses.
* Time and Support block will run as the first block of every day for 44 minutes, except Monday, which will be a regular day.
* Time and Support block will be mandatory for all of our grade 10 students.
* Students in grade 11 or 12 who allow their grades to fall below 60% will be assigned (by that course teacher) to Time and Support for at least one week, or until such time that they are passing/demonstrating success. Grade 11 and 12 students need to make their daily attendance to classes a top priority so their grades stay above 60% at all times.
* Grade 11 and 12 students who do not require extra support for learning will have the opportunity to attend the Time and Support block, or come to school for their regular classes, if they are not bus students. Students in Grade 11 and 12 will be able to attend the Time and Support block at any time if they so wish, which we believe many students will.
* Students will be getting the support for learning from their classroom teacher. We believe this to be a very good thing, as the teacher knows best what each particular student needs to spend more time on.
* Half of our teaching staff will be collaborating during the Time and Support block, while the other half will be teaching those students who need extra instruction or time for learning.
* With the addition of Time and Support, teachers will have time to collaborate in teams so that we can continue to improve our teaching and thus, improve learning conditions for students.
* We also anticipate that Time and Support will increase students’ attendance. We know that most students with poor attendance records have a difficult time keeping above this percentage.
Daniel Vecchio
Principal
The City of Fort St. John hosted the 2nd Annual Community Awards at the Pomeroy Hotel on June 10, 2009. NPSS students and staff were recognized for their significant achievements, leadership roles and personal as well as professional contributions to the community. NPSS nominees included students Darlene Jakubowski, Brandy Palmer, and Aislinn Gentles as well as staff Derek Laychuk and Julie Ludwinowski. In addition to nominations, NPSS’s community of learners received the following awards:
Northern Health would like parents to read the following article on immunizaton: immunization-info
The 2009 NPSS Yearbook has arrived early this year! Students who have pre-ordered yearbooks will be able to pick them up in Room 206 (but not during class time).
Once yearbooks have been distributed, any remainders will be able to be purchaced at the office starting Monday June 8th for $60.
Additionally, this year the Avid students will be selling Yearbook Signature Inserts for $1.
Congratulations to the Yearbook Staff for producing this great book. Hundreds of hours went into making this a success.
