New Westminster School District #40

Friday January 6, 2017

NWSS CODE OF CONDUCT: • Respect learning • Respect yourself & others • Respect the environment

WHAT’S HAPPENING We are quickly approaching the end of Semester 1. It is a busy time with our programming of Semester Transition Week (formerly known as exam week), Winter Formal for our Graduates, the start up of Semester 2 and course selection for next year. With all of these important activities happening at once, we want to ensure that the amazing work of our students is not lost. This past week the Winter Choral Concert took place and this week NDUB’s got Drama is happening in the Massey Theatre at 7pm. While all of this is happening, we have countless students and a team of teachers devoting endless energy to prepare this year’s musical “Legally Blonde”. We were lucky to get a sneak peak at our recent staff meeting and I can tell you this is a show you don’t want to miss! We also are in the middle of Basketball and Wrestling seasons with our teams hard at work in their league play. As we approach Semester Transition, I want to remind everyone that teachers are offering an array of learning opportunities throughout the week. All students can register for individual sessions - now open - and can be accessed through nwss.ca – scroll to recent news and select Semester TurnAround – from there you can access links for sessions Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. A reminder that the last full day of classes will be Monday January 23rd, we have open learning sessions for all students on Tuesday and Wednesday, and a school-wide guided dialogue on Thursday. Semester 2 begins on Monday January 30th Your Principal, Mr. John Tyler #gohyacks

COMING EVENTS • January 17th – NDUB’s Got Talent • January 19th – PAC Meeting 7pm Library • January 23rd – Last Day of Regular Scheduled Classes

Semester 1 • January 24th to 27th – Semester Transition Days (See

page two for schedule and details • January 26th – Winter Formal (Grade 12’s) • January 30th – First Day of Semester 2 *** • February 8th – 12th – Musical Theatre Presents “Legally

Blonde” @ Massey Theatre •

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DRY GRAD PARENT MEETING We have an active group of parents preparing a safe and memorable event for our Grads. Also SAVE THE DATES Fundraiser night April 22nd – Castle Pub “Drive a Ford” May 27th

LEGALLY BLONDE MUSICAL NWSS Musical Theatre Program presents Legally Blonde The Musical February 8th to 12th 2017 Massey Theatre A great gift idea for the holiday season! Buy tickets for those on your list and enjoy a wonderfully entertaining and uplifting evening together. Tickets are $15 for students/seniors and $18 for adults www.ticketsnw.ca

Legally Blonde the Musical is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684 www.MTIShows.com

a school’s out production at MASSEY THEATRE

for ticket info visit:FEBRUARY 8 -12, 2017 MASSEYTHEATRE.COM

NWSS MUSICAL THEATRE PROGRAM presents

Music and Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin

Book by Heather Hach

Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture

SEMESTER TURN AROUND DAYS What is a Guided Dialogue? Students will be assigned times to come to the school based on grade level. During this time, they will engage in conversations with other students in the same grade. The conversations will be focused on giving feedback about strengths and areas of improvement here at NWSS. This is a great chance for students’ to have a voice in initiatives, goals and school culture and climate. A full schedule for this day and registration is available through nwss.ca

PAC FUNDRAISER

The Parent Advisory Council is fundraising to purchase new technology for the high school. We are hoping you will help us out. You can support our fundraiser by purchasing healthy, sustainable food through SPUD.ca There are no commitments or fees when you sign up. All the information you need is below. If you are already a SPUD customer, simply use the promo code “fundraising” and select NWSS when you next order. Please forward this email to friends, family and NWSS alumni!

NDUB’s GOT DRAMA Two comedic one acts for your viewing entertainment on Tuesday, January 17th at 7pm @ Massey Theatre. Join us for an evening of hilarious antics as we learn how to screw-up college interviews in our first play, AND as we attempt to solve who poisoned the meatballs in a wacky murder mystery. Admission is by donation.