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Happy Winter Break LSS
Twas the week before break and here at LSS
Students were learning and trying their best
The past months were testing but all persevered
As students adjusted to a COVID based year
Staff changed their teaching to engage and help out
and provided a culture that was supportive throughout
Through the challenges and changes that we saw
I say thanks to the parents that supported us all
LSS is a place where we work all together
and I am thankful to be here it doesn’t get much better
So I say to all students, staff and caregivers
Have a restful few weeks – may blessings you receive and deliver.
Student’s council – Festive Fun
Special thanks to Student’s council for the great work you did in making LSS a festive place to be for the past couple of weeks – many positive comments from the school.
Course Selection booklets 2021-22
Can you believe it? We have started thinking about courses and planning for next school year. If you want to look at the first draft of our course calendars for 2021-22 check out the website. It’s under students and parents – course planning guide. Course selection sheets are not ready to go yet.
PAC fund raiser – Bottle collection
This might be the easiest fundraiser you have ever participated in! Take your empty Refundable beverage containers to the bottle depot and drop them off (they sort them and deposit the funds into the PAC account). That is it. Okay, there is a little bit more, but not much:
The only things you need are
- Large Clear (see-through) plastic bag(s)
- Refundable items – Friends, Family and Neighbours are great sources of refundable bottles, cans, and boxes
- Bags should not be too heavy, please split into multiple bags if necessary
- The school phone number 2502453043
The bag label kiosk at the Ladysmith Bottle Depot is inside to the right of the registers. At the kiosk you input the phone number 2502453043, confirm that it is Ladysmith Secondary PAC, choose the number of bags you’re depositing and print the labels. Place one label on each bag and deposit in the proper bin. There is a limit of 6 bags per drop off. – Just tried it and it was awesome.
Cultural Events
Kw’umut Lelum Presents programming specific to their 9 member Nations that include: Halalt, Lyackson, Malahat, Penelakut, Qualicum, Snaw-naw-as, Snuneymuxw, Stz’uminus and Ts’uu baa-asatx (Lake Cowichan FN). – see flyers attached.
In addition, Kw’umut Lelum would like to add that First Nation’s Health Authority (FNHA) has free counselling (all ages) through their mental health provider’s list program. All of the counselors are registered and have had to take a cultural safety course within the first year of them being on this provider’s list. The mental health provider’s list link is https://www.fnha.ca/Documents/FNHA-First-Nations-Health-Benefits-Mental-Health-Provider-List.pdf
In case you didn’t see the holiday message sent out by our District Superintendent Scott Saywell, here is the link. https://youtu.be/YlfeyDRaj4k
Dates
Jan 4th – School starts back up 😊
Jan 28th – Last day of regular classes for Quarter 2
Jan 29th – Students not in session as staff prepare for Quarter 3
Feb 1st – Quarter 3 starts
Dave Travers
Principal Ladysmith secondary school
250 245-3043
