TIGER News

March has seemed to come in like a lamb this year, so hopefully, it doesn't get too lion-like!

The first month of the second semester has definitely gone quickly! Last Friday marked the 100th day of the school year, and our Gr. 1 and 2 classes celebrated the day this past Monday. Students recognized pink shirt day on Feb. 22nd, and had Valentine's Day activities on the 14th!

Our basketball teams have been extremely busy this past month, playing multiple league games and participating in, hosting and co-hosting multiple tournaments. Several of our teams will be participating in regional and zone playoffs. Thank you so much to all of our coaches for their great support to our teams this year, and all of our volunteers for the tournaments.

We appreciate your continued support of our school this year. We have enjoyed having parents and other members back into our community for sporting events, and we are appreciative to those parents who help with different school events.

Parents with students in grades 4, 7, and 10 may have already received a package from Alberta Education that contains their random access code to complete the Alberta Education Assurance Survey online. The information collected in this survey is shared directly with the school and helps the staff determine our areas of need for the coming years for students. Students and teachers will also be completing the survey.

The survey must be completed by March 17th.

If you have lost or didn't receive any information about the survey, please contact the Systems Assurance Branch by phone at (780) 643-9193 or by email at EDC.SystemAssurance@gov.ab.ca

Our next school council meeting will be held on March 14th at 7 pm.

For any parents who aren't able to attend in person, we will also be providing a Google Meet Link on the day of the meeting. Please email Mr. MacKenzie for the Google Meet Link.

All parents are welcome. This is a fantastic way to be a part of your child's school community. We are looking forward to seeing you.

If you are interested in joining the email list for the Hay Lakes School Council, please send an email to feedbackHLSC@gmail.com.

Looking for agendas and minutes from our previous meeting this year? Check out the School Council page on the Hay Lakes School website.

We are very grateful for the continued support from the Battle River Community Foundation whose generous grant allowed us to purchase two new saxophones and a new baritone for our band program! Thanks as well to Mr. Lewsaw for his work in applying for the grant, and then for his work purchasing the new instruments!

Pictured below are the students who will get to use these new instruments, Jeremy Hebert-Potter with the baritone, and Tanner Lindberg and Harlie Smith with our new tenor saxophones!

Please don't forget to pay your current school fees for athletic programs, field trips, and other activities, as well as Division Technology fees, by following this link.

This is also the link that will let you order hot lunches as well hotdog, milk and ice cream cards!

Our Senior High Basketball teams have been successful in their tournaments of late!

Our girls came second in the Pastor Charlton this past weekend. They previously won the tournament they attended in Westlock, and came third in the Quint Tournament. The boys team won the consolation side of the Westlock tournament and have played well in their other tournaments this year!

Congrats to our Gr. 12 players as they finish up their season this year. We appreciate your leadership for our teams over the years.

Our Senior GIrls team is off to their Zone playoffs next weekend in Consort. Good luck girls!

Over the years, high school students taking French at Hay Lakes School have had the opportunity to participate in travel trips to Quebec. Due to Covid, it has been a few years since our last trip. This spring, I will be having an evening information session to see if there is sufficient interest to plan a trip to Quebec next winter (Jan/Feb 2024). Please stay tuned for further details and a meeting time. If you have any questions, please feel free to send me an email.

Merci! Mme Lunty

We would like to thank the BRACE shared students for working so hard to stay on track at the start of the semester. Accessing your courses daily, as well as checking emails is important to help stay on track! Please note that we are able to see your log in information in Moodle and how long you are working online each day - weekly reports are available for students and parents. Please email your teacher if you are interested in receiving this and you aren't already doing so.

Remember that your teachers at BRACE are available by phone, email and google meet. It is important you check in with your teacher(s) on a regular basis so that you can have the most success possible.

If you have any questions or concerns, you are welcome to reach out to Mrs. Swanson at 780 672-2205 or lswanson@brsd.ab.ca.

Here are some upcoming important dates for the coming weeks:

March 2nd - Early Dismissal Day

March 10th - Hot Dog Day

March 14th - School Council Meeting - 7 pm

March 15th - Let's Eat Catering Hot Lunch

March 20th - Professional Development Day - No school for students

March 24th - Pizza Hot Lunch

March 27th to 31st - March Break - School Closed

April 6th - Early Dismissal Day

April 7th - Good Friday - School Closed

April 10th - Easter Monday - School Closed

April 11th - Professional Development Day - No school for students

Want to see an up-to-date school calendar? Go to our website to see our public calendar!

A research team with representatives from the University of Alberta, the ATA, and undergraduate students from UofA Augustana are conducting a survey of children from ages 6 to 12 about how they feel about singing! Appropriately titled Voices of Children, the survey is completely voluntary.

To access the survey, go to: https://www.fromthevoicesofchildren.com/

The password for the survey can be found on the image below!

Check out the latest Winter 2023 newsletter from the Camrose Family Resource Centre here.

Our Mental Health Capacity Building team has let us know that there's a new virtual mental health walk-in clinic for Alberta youth and young adults aged 12-25 called Kickstand.

At Kickstand Connect, you can access free mental health and substance use counseling, peer support, employment services, and register for free workshops and support groups! Registration takes only a few minutes – all you need is an email address and to provide your name, date of birth, gender, and postal code when you book an appointment; you do not need your health card for most services.

It's a creation of the Mental Health Foundation, the Stollery, RBC, ATB and the Oiler Community Foundation, and has been "designed by students for students".

For access to a PDF version of the Career Counsellor's Newsletter with links, please click here.