LSS Weekly Communication - May 24, 2024
Uy’ skweyul Ladysmith Secondary Students and Families,
It is hard to believe that we are nearing the end of May. This week was a short but busy week, as we celebrated the accomplishments of our Indigenous Grade 12 students on Thursday at John Barsby Secondary School during our District Indigenous Graduation Ceremony. Many thanks to those staff and students who helped prepare for this special event.
On Monday May 27th, we will be having our final Fire Drill of the year. Emergency preparedness drills are a great way for staff and students to practice important safety procedures. Be sure to ask your student about the drill and remind them of the importance of signing out when they leave the school so that staff are aware who is in the building.
Next week also begins the process of welcoming our incoming grade 8’s to LSS. We will be visiting our feeder schools to meet and greet our new students and ask any questions that they may have. Simultaneously, we are preparing to say goodbye to our grade 12’s, who selected their valedictorian this past week. Congratulations to Django Casely, who will be the Valedictorian for the graduating class of 2024.
The Nanaimo Child Development Centre along with community partners have secured a grant from Inclusion BC to research services for Children/Youth with diverse needs in Nanaimo/Ladysmith area. The purpose of the community engagement is to gather data regarding what services are available to them now, what they think the gaps are and their hopes for future services. The report will be shared with Inclusion BC and it will help to inform future community services to better support children and youth with diverse abilities. The data collected from this survey will be received and compiled by a 3rd party neutral agency, Discovery Research. This link will be active until end of July 2024. In addition to collecting data through this survey, they will be hosting a family event June 19th, 2024 at Tillicum Lelum (10th street location).
The Board of Education is seeking feedback on the Draft Strategic Plan for 2024-2028. If you would like to provide input, please email consultation@sd68.bc.ca by May 27, 2024. More information can be found here. Attached you will also find the recently approved local calendars for 2024-2025 and 2025-2026.
Finally, a big congratulations to our Track and Field team for their great showing at the Island Championships this past week. Several members of our team will be competing in provincials, which will be held at the Rotary Bowl in Nanaimo. A special thank you to coaches Brandie Lewis and Hamish Thompson for their work supporting the team.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.
Hay ce:p ‘qu,
Stephen Epp, Shelley Gvojich & Jake Hardy
Upcoming events:
- May 27th – Fire Drill 11:15am
- June 5th – Elders Conference at LSS
- June 6th – t’uxusthamsh at LSS
- June 10th – June 14th – Provincial Assessment Week
- June 12th – Grad Fun Day and School Wide BBQ
- June 12th – Grade 7 school visit (daytime) and parent night 6-7pm
- June 21st – Last formal day of classes
- June 24th – Student completion day
- June 24th – Grad Breakfast 7:45am & Cap and Gown Pick Up 8:30-1pm
- June 24th – Grad Rehearsal 1pm & Photo at 2:30pm
- June 25th – Graduation 10am doors open at 9:45am and students graduating arrive at 9:30pm
PAC Corner:
Our next PAC meeting will be in September. Now is a great time to start thinking about joining the PAC next year.
Did you know PAC meetings are typically no more than an hour long? They are much different than elementary school meetings, there’s no fundraising or hot lunches involved! There will be several executive positions to fill in the next school year. Please consider attending to have your voice heard!
Please continue to send your Country Grocer receipts into the school, it’s appreciated!
Join your PAC online on Facebook: Ladysmith Secondary School PAC
Attachments:
- “What’s on This Week?” from Kwumut Lelum Child and Family Services.
- Cafeteria menu
- Updated 2024-25 & 2025-26 School Calendar
Questions?
Please contact our main office at info.ls@sd68.bc.ca or 250-245-3043
LSS Weekly Communication - May 17, 2024
Uy’ skweyul Ladysmith Secondary Students and Families,
I hope you have had all had a wonderful week. I wanted to start by letting our school community know that, beginning August 1st, I will be moving to John Barsby Community Secondary School as the Principal. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time serving our school community. While I will still be Principal for the remainder of this school year, I will be spending time in both schools between now and the end of the year. Because of this, our new vice-principal, Jake Hardy, started full time this week. Current Vice-Principal, Shelley Gvojich, will be Principal beginning August 1st.
We would like to wish a special thank you to Ms. Rosioru and Mrs. Lewis for organizing the Living Library that occurred this week at LSS. Spanning two days, several human “books” came into our school to share their lived experience with students in several classes. A special thank you to these guests and community members for coming into our building and sharing their gifts.
Next Thursday, May 23rd, John Barsby Community School will be hosting our District Indigenous Graduation Ceremony. As in past years, this ceremony honoring Indigenous grads will take place in the John Barsby gymnasium, doors open at 5:00pm and festivities begin at approximately 5:45pm. Congratulations to all those taking part.
A reminder that the Ladysmith and Area Transportation Survey is open until May 19th. Please see the link to the Ladysmith and Area Transportation Survey based on one of the recommendations from the CommUNITY Together to End Poverty Hw-nuts’-ulwum project.
Wishing you all a wonderful long weekend.
Hay ce:p ‘qu,
Stephen Epp & Shelley Gvojich
Upcoming events:
- May 21st – Holiday – No School
- May 22nd – Fire Drill 10:40am
- May 23rd – Indigenous Learning – honouring our 2024 Grads
- May 27th – Fire Drill 11:15am
- June 5th – Elders Conference at LSS
- June 6th – t’uxusthamsh at LSS
- June 10th – June 14th – Provincial Assessment Week
- June 12th – Grad Fun Day and School Wide BBQ
- June 12th – Grade 7 school visit (daytime) and parent night 6-7pm
- June 21st – Last formal day of classes
- June 24th – Student completion day
- June 24th – Grad Breakfast 7:45am & Cap and Gown Pick Up 8:30-1pm
- June 24th – Grad Rehearsal 1pm & Photo at 2:30pm
- June 25th – Graduation 10am doors open at 9:45am and students graduating arrive at 9:30pm
PAC Corner:
Our PAC meetings are completed for the 2023-24 school year. There will be several executive positions to fill in the next school year. Please consider attending to have your voice heard!
Please continue to send your Country Grocer receipts into the school, it’s appreciated!
Join your PAC online on Facebook: Ladysmith Secondary School PAC
Attachments:
- “What’s on This Week?” from Kwumut Lelum Child and Family Services.
- Cafeteria menu
- Ladysmith Transportation Survey Poster
Questions?
Please contact our main office at info.ls@sd68.bc.ca or 250-245-3043
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