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Principal’s MessagePrincipal’s MessagePrincipal’s MessagePrincipal’s Message With a busy start to our second semester, Port Hardy Secondary School students

have had many opportunities to shine as leaders as we welcomed students from

other local schools for some exciting events. Matt Dunhae rocked our gym in late

February with his hiphop message of the importance of caring for our mental

health. Last week, The NISS girls’ basketball team joined us for a friendly compe-

tition while our whale mascot worked the crowd and got everyone showing great

school spirit. This week, PHSS hosted the District grade 6-7 basketball tourna-

ment, and our students showed leadership in everything from set-up to reffing.

The ‘Find Your Fit’ Worksafe BC event drew in crowds to explore interactive ac-

tivities to help people find the right career path for themselves. Through all of

these community-building events, our students have been excellent ambassadors

and role models for our visiting students. We are very proud of them.

Rena Sweeney, PrincipalRena Sweeney, PrincipalRena Sweeney, PrincipalRena Sweeney, Principal 250-949-7443 ext. 3222 rsweeney@sd85.bc.ca

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Pictures of the grade 8 shared understandings class in the

A’wilgola’elas room, learning how the log drum is made and the

purpose of the log drum as well as learning a song composed by

Chief William Wasden Jr. The students were able to keep the

beat and a few of them picked up the tune of the song and started

to sing

along.

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PO Box 27 9350 Granville St Port Hardy, BC

V0N 2P0 250-949-7443

www.phss.ca

Upcoming EventsUpcoming EventsUpcoming EventsUpcoming Events March

18-22 Spring Break

25 Classes resume

26 Scholarship

packages due in

office at 3:30pm

27 Grad Photo retakes-

1:00 pm

28 Parent-Teacher

Interviews 6:00 to

8:00 (dismissal at

1:50) April

18 End of Term Three

19 Good Friday-

Easter Holiday

22 Easter Monday

23 Non-Instructional

Day

24 Term Four begins

May

3 Formal Reports

mailed home

10 School-based ProD

20 Victoria Day

31 I-Assignments

mailed home-Term

Four

Allergies: We have

several students

and staff with life-

threatening aller-

gies to foods and

scents here at PHSS. As

such, we ask that parents

avoid sending foods that

contain pickles and all nuts.

We are also a scent-free

school.

EXCELLENT ATTENDANCE AWARD—SEMESTER ONE

Monika Hajsky, Jacob Smith, Arizona Stimpson

Patrick Miller was one of a

group of PHSS students who

attended an Open House event

at North Island College’s

Comox Valley campus Febru-

ary 21. We were excited to

learn this week that he was the

lucky winner of a draw prize, a

Samsung tablet!

Gold River

Girls

Basketball Trip

PRINCIPAL HONOUR ROLL AND HONOUR ROLL

First Semester September 2018 to January 2019

Principal Honour Roll (89.51% to 100%)

Grade 8

Jerzie Cheetham, Madison Grenier, Merrick Masales

Brooke Mercer, Yuan Niida-Smith, Alexander Schmidt

Emma Watson

Grade 9

Georgia Berry, Paige Greer, Lily Trimmer

Grade 10

Jasmine Dayley, Louise Olesen, Angelica Stagg

Emily Walker, Brie Watson, Rowan Williamson

Grade 11

none

Grade 12

Kristen Clair, Monika Hajsky, Myles Janse

Honour Roll (79.51% to 89.5%)

Grade 8

Kerrigan Alfred, Dayna Charlie, Liam Fenton-Passmore

Hailey Gravell, Emma Harrison, Kale Hunt, Aren Kufaas

Allison Matthews, Edie McCulley, Mackenzie Moore

Manvil Sanghera, Jacob Smith, Aaliyah Stewart

Kirsten Strussi, Finn Tanaka, Bryce Walkus, Coen Wall

Gwenyth Williams, Kylie Wilson

Grade 9 Parker Cesaretti, Cassidy Gerrath, Kassie Griffiths,

Paula Walkus

Grade 10

Angus Fenton-Passmore, Koen Harwood, Kylie McDonald

Joelle Wigard

Grade 11

Carson Cesaretti, Vitor Nascimento, Trinity Scott

Grade 12

Owen Bernard, Jenna Brown, Benjamin Coward

Jasmine Crawford, Jalen Hartley, Briann Mallach

Michael McLaughlin, Patrick Miller

Congratulations

K’ak’ot’lats’i Grade 6/7 visit to the PHSS Woodshop.

Soup Day Every Tuesday students are welcome to come enjoy soup day

in the multi-purpose room during lunch.

IMPORTANT SCHOOL INFORMATION:

Please note that there is no supervision before 8:20.

Students are asked to arrive after that time.

If your child is absent, please email

phss@sd85.bc.ca or call the school at 250-949-7443.