PRINCIPAL’S
MESSAGE
The
2011-2012 school year is like no other! After a re-energizing 2
week Spring Break, we are happy to be back teaching and learning.
Congratulations to the grads who strutted on the runway, sang and
danced their hearts out, spoke with panache and worked behind the
scenes to put on a very successful and entertaining Grad Fashion
Show on March 8. In particular, Grad Council would like to thank
Kevin Hsieh, Sean Chu, Angel Deng, and Anca Dobre who individually
spent over 100 hours each in organizing a very polished production.
Anyone requiring an event planner in the future should see one of
these students! Of course, no event would proceed without the
support and guidance of the dedicated Mrs. Pelech, the main teacher
sponsor for the Grad Fashion Show. Thank you! Mrs. Pelech was
supported by a team of staff members including Ms. Robles, Mr. Hoven,
Mrs. Woods, Ms. Guezalova, Mr. Campbell, Mrs. Huska, Mr. Sabarre,
Mr. El Halabi, Ms. Knudsen, Ms. Rivero, Mr. Lefurgy, Ms. Dickie, Ms.
Bowkett, Ms. Ellis, Ms. De St Croix, Mr. Deutsch, Ms. Bowman, Mr.
Yeung and the recently retired Ms. Smithaniuk.
Please
watch for Report Cards coming home with all students on April 19.
As there are no formal Parent-Teacher conferences planned for this
reporting session, please contact teachers or school counsellors
directly if you have any questions. E-mail addresses for staff
members are found on our school website.
As we
are on the way to planning our educational program and building the
Master Timetable for next school year, please be sure that your
child has completed their course selection at this time. Check with
the counsellors if you have questions about requirements,
graduation status, and post-secondary transition.
Welcome
to 17 Thai students and their teacher who will be visiting Semiahmoo
and Canada until March 27. This is the 7th annual visit
by students from the Patumwan Demonstration School in Bangkok.
Since
our last newsletter in February, there have been other notable
events at the school. Thank you and congratulations to the students
from Students’ Council and the Kids Help Phone Club who organized a
very meaningful Grade 8 Anti-Bullying Day Assembly on February 29.
The Assembly included statistics, videos, games, and speaker Ms.
Blaney from Safe Schools. Mr. Campbell is the teacher sponsor of
Students’ Council and Ms. Ellis, the sponsor of the Kids Help Phone
Club.
Congratulations to the Globalizers Club for their third annual Semi
Fun Fair for charity. See page 8 for a description of the event.
Congratulations, as well, to Mr. Hoven’s Management 12 students for
staging a most impressive Talent Show described on page 12. The
judges had incredibly difficult decisions to make when awarding the
prizes.
As I
write this message, the Senior Band is participating in a much-
anticipated trip to a prestigious competition in Las Vegas. We
hear that they are learning from some very talented professionals
and are looking forward to a performance of "O" at the Bellagio
Hotel.
Be sure to check out the Semiahmoo Facebook and Twitter pages for
all of the latest information, pictures and events. Twitter@semisecondary
and facebook.com/semiahmoosecondarysd36
Bea Hadikin
Principal
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