LEGACY PATHWAY Get your beautifully engraved brick and mark your permanent place at QMS. Orders are due tomorrow for the next phase of our Legacy Path. Connect with our Development & Alumni Relations Office for further details.

PAC SUMMER SUNSHINE Prepare your garden for the sunshine this summer with beautiful flowers, berries and vegetables from Van Noort. Bulbs, roots and potted berries are available until tomorrow. To view the complete PAC fundraising catalogue, click here.

POETRY CAFÉ Celebrate student poetry created in languages from around the world during a poetry reading event on April 14 from 6:00pm-8:00pm in the Fine Arts Hall.

KELOWNA REUNION Do you know of family or friends who attended or worked at QMS and now live in Kelowna? Invite them to our Kelowna Social on April 28, 7:00pm at the Hotel Eldorado. There is no charge for attending this event and light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to our Development & Alumni Relations Office by April 25.

YEARBOOKS ON SALE Treasure the memories by placing your order today for yearbooks. Junior School yearbooks are $35 before May 1 and Senior School yearbooks are $65 before March 18. After Spring Break, Senior School yearbooks will be $70 until May 1.

LORD OF THE FLIES The English 11 class has been competing for the past two months in an annual Lord of the Flies Survivor Gamified Literary Unit. The class divided into tribes, underwent numerous critical thinking challenges, and collaborated as they dove into the layers of the human condition and what it truly means to "survive.” It was a close race this year, but the winning team was Shadow Tribe! Congratulations Murphy Zhang, India Hounsome, Maya Gaudry, and Becky Staley.

THE ROYAL REMINDER

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QMS ADMISSIONS CALENDAR

APR 8 QMS OPEN HOUSE, BC, CANADA

APR 21-24 RED DEER, AB, CANADA

APR 27 CALGARY, AB, CANADA

APR 28 KELOWNA, BC, CANADA

MAY 1 SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA

MAY 16-20 FRANKFURT, DUSSELDORF & ESSEN,

GERMANY

MAY 21-24 NEUSS, GERMANY

JUNE 10-12 SACRAMENTO, CA, USA

Our Admissions staff travel to cities around the

world to meet with prospective families. If you have

friends or family who are interested in meeting

with one of our representatives, please contact us

by calling 250-746-4185 or emailing Admissions.

QMS PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION Keep up to date with all of our Parents’

Association’s activities by clicking here to read

the most recent PA Minutes. If you have any

concerns or suggestions, please contact one of

the committee members:

Co-Chairs Dina Holbrook & Kirsty Grant

Vice Chair Jennifer Pelton

Secretary Tammy Gurski

Treasurer Nancy Wilson Becerra

A PRIME SELFIE Jelly Pei (Grade 12) enjoyed every moment of her experience at the Forum for Young Canadians in Ottawa during Spring Break. She met wonderful students from across Canada, Members of Parliament, and even met our Prime Minister Justin Trudeau!

Next PA Meeting: May 3, 2016

Time: 8:10am

Karin Quinn Hall

THURSDAY APRIL 7, 2016 Facebook Twitter

UPCOMING EVENTS ALL SCHOOL

APRIL 8 9:00AM QMS OPEN HOUSE, TLC

APRIL 15 11:00AM-2:30PM ALL SCHOOL SERVICE DAY

JUNIOR SCHOOL

APRIL 12 10:00AM-1:00PM PRIMARY SCHOOL SWIMMING LESSONS

APRIL 13 8:15AM-11:45AM AUTHOR PRESENTATION BY LEE EDWARD FODI, TLC

APRIL 14 10:00AM-1:00PM PRIMARY SCHOOL SWIMMING LESSONS

APRIL 14 2:45PM PRIMARY SANDBOX GRAND OPENING

APRIL 14 2:45AM-4:15PM GRADES 6-7 GIRLS SOCCER GAME, QUEEN OF ANGELS SCHOOL

APRIL 15 2:30PM JUNIOR SCHOOL EARLY DISMISSAL

APRIL 19 10:00AM-1:00PM PRIMARY SCHOOL SWIMMING LESSONS

SENIOR SCHOOL

APRIL 11 9:00AM WE VOLUNTEER NOW WORKSHOP

APRIL 13 END OF TERM 3

APRIL 14 8:30AM-12:30PM GRADE 11-12 HOLOCAUST SYMPOSIUM, SLS

APRIL 14 6:00PM-8:00PM POETRY CAFÉ, FINE ARTS HALL

APRIL 15-16 MODEL UN, SLS

RESIDENCE

APRIL 22 OPTIONAL BOARDER TRIP, VICTORIA, BC

EQUESTRIAN

APRIL 9 MENTAL PREP CLINIC WITH SONJA SEYFORT, SHIRLEY BURR EQUESTRIAN CENTRE

APRIL 10 HUNTER/JUMPER SCHOOLING SHOW, SHIRLEY BURR EQUESTRIAN CENTRE

APRIL 20 6:00PM-8:00PM CALM & CONFIDENT EQUESTRIAN CLINIC, SHIRLEY BURR EQUESTRIAN CENTRE

2015-2016 SCHOOL CALENDAR

2016-2017 SCHOOL CALENDAR

Bio: For over 20 years, Allison Rees has taught LIFE Seminar courses to parents from all family situations. Her courses have been attended by thousands of parents and have changed people’s lives profoundly. She has co-authored two books, “Sidestepping the Power Struggle” and “The Parent Child Connection.” Allison’s articles and monthly “Cut It Outs” regularly appear in Parenting Today, the Times Colonist, and Island Parent Magazine. She takes a no nonsense approach to teaching, which takes the guess work out of parenting. “How we parent today has an impact on our child’s future self.”

proudly presents

Creating Healthy Family Boundaries with Dr. Allison Rees

Winning Co-Operation with Effective Communication

Date: Monday, May 2, 2016 Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm Location: The Learning Centre, Queen Margaret’s School Cost: FREE RSVP: mjurisic@qms.bc.ca (Seats are limited, please register early to avoid disappointment.)

We invite QMS Parents and Guardians to a parenting workshop. Dr. Rees will focus on family boundaries and how these invisible lines can separate us or bring us together. Dr. Rees believes that when we take over our children’s responsibilities, we are crossing specific boundaries and interfering with their learning. Don’t let personal fears interfere with your parenting, depriving our kids of taking normal, healthy risks. How do we find balance? How do we avoid over-indulging? How can we secure the true meaning of respect in our families which really means having boundary clarity? We invite you to explore these questions with Dr. Rees and other QMS parents.