ANNOUNCEMENTS 

Good Morning Ladysmith!

These are your announcements for

Friday, September 25, 2020  

Masks

Please remember to cut the elastics off of single use masks before you throw them away, it helps save the wildlife.

Breakfast Club

Hungry?  Need some food to start your day?  Breakfast Club every morning from 8:00-8:25am in room 2002.  Everyone welcome.

Mountain Bike Trail Building Course

Ladysmith and Cowichan are offering a trail building course on Saturday October 3^rd – cost is free.  One of the top trail builders in the Province will be involved in this course.  See Mr. Travers fro more information.

Yearbooks

2019/2020 Yearbooks are in.  If you paid for a yearbook last year, you can pick it up at the office at midday break or after school until 2:30.

Bus Passes

Bus passes are available for pick up in the office

Bus Route 8

Bus Route 8

AM Cassidy Students picked up by Route 8, transfer to Route 12 at Thomas Road to LSS.

PM Monday to Thursday, returned to Cassidy by Route 11 bus departs LSS at 3:00pm

PM Friday, returned to Cassidy area by Route 8 bus departs LSS at 1:30pm

Mountain Bike Club

If you are interested in joining the Mountain Bike Club please Mr. Travers for a consent form

Orange Shirt Day

LSS will be participating in Orange Shirt Day on Wednesday, September 30^th, to honour the survivors of the Indian Residential School System and remember those who did not.  The reason we wear orange is based on the real life story of Phyllis, a survivor of St. Joseph’s Mission School in Williams Lake, BC, whose brand new orange shirt was taken from her on her first day when she was just a little girl.  Please wear orange on Wednesday.

Golf

The students that have signed up for golf, there is a meeting today at break time in room 225

Grade 12 Study Area

The Grade 12 study area is now closed during class time due to vandalism.  It will be open at mid-day break.

And now for today’s Dad joke

Why do chicken coops only have two doors?  Because if they had four, they would be chicken sedans!

• Try your best!!
• Get better each day!!
• Do the right thing!!
• It’s the 49er way!!

Any girls wanting to play spring basketball from April to June please see Mr. Rodgers.  It will be Tuesday’s around 5 or 6 pm.

There are some opportunities for free Spring Break Certification Courses.  Sign up forms are posted on the board outside the office.

Attention all graduates!  This week, March 9-13 is a grads only decade’s spirit week!  Today, Tuesday is 70’s, Wednesday is 80’s, Thursday is 90’s and Friday is 2000’s.  if you are dressed up please come to the foyer at lunch for a photo! On Wednesday, if you’re dressed up there will be treats in the library.  This is also a great opportunity for group photos!

Any grade 10 or 11 boys wanting to play spring league basketball please see Mr. Rodgers ASAP

The best time on the clock is 6:30.  Hands Down

• Try your best!!
• Get better each day!!
• Do the right thing!!
• It’s the 49er way!!

There are some opportunities for free Spring Break Certification Courses.  Sign up forms are posted on the board outside the office.

Attention all graduates!  This week, March 9-13 is a grads only decade’s spirit week!  Today, Monday is 60’s, Tuesday is 70’s, Wednesday is 80’s, Thursday is 90’s and Friday is 2000’s.  On Wednesday, if you’re dressed up there will be treats in the library.  This is also a great opportunity for group photos!

Congratulations to the Senior Boys Basketball team on going 2 winds and 2 loses at the Triple A Provincials.  Thanks for representing us.  Also many thanks to all coaches and sponsors for all your time and dedication in this basketball season.

Hi LSS Family,

I am sitting here at my hallway desk reflecting on this past week. So pleased on how students are wearing masks, staying in classes and I’m also enjoying having students check in with me. LSS has had a great start and it feels good.

Reporting
As you know we are working in a Quarter system for this year. What will report cards look like? Please check the attached document to learn how teachers will communicate with you about your child’s learning.

Cafeteria
We are open for business starting Monday but there are some changes.

• You have to preorder the day before in the MPR. No food is sold the day of.
• Your order will be delivered to your morning class where lunch is eaten
• You can purchase food cards through online cash system $45 bucks gets you a $50 card but you can still use cash if you want to. See below on how to use School Cash Online.
• Menu is on the LSS website under Areas of Learning – Cafeteria

PAC
We have a PAC executive. Huge shout out to the new executive. PAC meetings will be on Zoom and will be the third Tuesday of the month (in most cases) at 6:30 pm. Don’t worry I will remind you and send out a link for you to join. If you have any 49^th parallel receipts send them with your kids and have them drop them off in the Receipt box in front of the office. It is a very simple way to help fundraise.

Yearbooks
We are expecting to have the 2019-20 yearbooks in by the end of next week. Once they are in, I will send out an email to all. If you are interested in helping with the Yearbook for this year see Mr. Bennett – he would love the help.

LSS is stepping into the 2000s by going electronic with permission forms

Please Sign Forms Online

As another method for reducing transmission, we are also asking that you use the School Cash Online system to electronically sign school forms. The first electronic form we have created is a mandatory measure put in place by the Province of B.C. and the Provincial Health Office. The daily health check form and other consent and permission forms that relate to your child(ren) will be accessible online (as they become available) for electronic signature, in lieu of students bringing home paper forms.

Paying and Signing Forms Online is Fast and Easy

Paying school fees and signing school forms online is fast and easy and can be done from any computer or smartphone.

Get setup in three simple steps:

1. Create Your Profile: Go to https://nlps.schoolcashonline.com and click on “Register” and fill in all appropriate fields.
2. Confirm Your Email: Check your inbox for the email confirmation and click on the link inside. Sign in with your new login details.
3. Add a Student: Click “Add Student” and fill in the required fields with your child’s details.

More information and instructions on how to sign up and use School Cash Online are available here https://www.sd68.bc.ca/schoolcashonline/.

This Week at LSS
Monday September 21^st – School photo day
Tuesday – Student council elections in Band room at long break
Friday – Fire drill

Coming up
Orange Shirt Day September 30^th – find that shirt.

Okay Ladysmith – stay awesome

D. Travers

What did the duck say when he bought lipstick? Put it on my bill

• Try your best!!
• Get better each day!!
• Do the right thing!!
• It’s the 49er way!!

This is just a friendly reminder that students in grade 10, 11 and 12 as well as the art teacher are reminded of the Dry Grad T-shirt and Logo contest.  The closing date is today.