PO Box 27, 9350 Granville St Home Of e Whalers Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0 www.phss..ca November 2016 Volume 17 Issue 2 U E A November M
17 PAC Meeting 7:00pm in It is will regret that we say good-bye to Principal Patti Burt as her transfer the library to North Island Secondary School takes effect. We wish her well at the high December school in her home community and welcome Ms. Rena Sweeney, who takes on the role of principal of Port Hardy Secondary School beginning Nov. 9 School-Based Pro-D Day 28, 2016. e education of students at both high schools is indeed in good 9 Interim Reports Mailed hands. Home I’m grateful to have the opportunity to work again with PHSS students 22 PAC Meeting 7:00pm in and staff. It’s exciting to come out of retirement and become a part of the the library education of young people once again and I look forward to interacting with them on an occasional basis when Ms. Sweeney takes on her new role 23 Last day of classes before here. Christmas Break Sincerely, Dec 26 - Jan 6 Christmas Break Lauren Deadman Interim Principal January 9 School-Based In-Service Day J 10 First day of school after S G Christmas Break V 13 I-Only Reports Sent Home 19 PAC Meeting 7:00pm in the library 23-27 Provincial exams 25 Last day of classes 26-27 In-class exams e Junior and Senior Girls Volleyball teams have been playing well S V and having fun so far this Visitors to the school are season. reminded to check in at the office upon arrival. November 2016 Volume 17 Issue 2
PHSS PAC News Boys Soccer e PHSS Parent e boys soccer team had the opportunity to play in the islands on Advisory Council is October 19th and 20th. ey played hard and did very well. Congratulations boys! always looking for par- ents to participate in meetings and other activities around the school. If you are interested in coming to a PAC meeting, please feel free to join us. No commitment nec- essary. Next Meeting: Nov 17 ththth @7:00pm in the Library
Forestry Academy We completed another great session of the Forestry Academy this past month. We had students from all three high schools (Port Hardy Secondary, North Island University Trip Secondary, Eke Me-Xi Learning Centre). Students in From November 29 th to December 1 st , 30 senior this session worked with WFP out of Port McNeill and PHSS students and 3 chaperones will have the Woss, Strategic, went down island to tour the opportunity to travel down island to tour five post- Charmaine's mill and visited VIU to learn about secondary institutions from Port Hardy to Victoria. programming and research on their wood lot. ey also School tours will include North Island College, received there S100 fire suppression training. e photo Vancouver Island University, Camosun College below shows them practicing the practical component of (Lansdowne and Interurban campuses), and the laying out the hoses and running the pumps. We will be University of Victoria. Students will also have the looking forward to the next session of this program in opportunity to visit the BC Provincial Legislature, the the spring. Royal BC Museum, and a WHL hockey game.
Halloween Our annual Halloween assembly was a huge success. Students had fun and there were a lot of great costumes!