May 14, 2018

Daily Announcements

May 14th, 2018    

  • CAFETERIA -Tacos/Fresh Baked Goodies
  • NUTTY’S LOCKER – CLOSED

NEW TODAY

Congratulations to the Oak Bay Sailing Team on their victory in the Discovery Cup Regatta on Saturday, beating SMU in a tie break.  Good work team!

For students who are writing the TRU Chem Competition Contest:
Grade 12 are writing on Tues May 15 from 12:30 – 2:00 in Room 218 (Mr. MacKenzie’s Room)
Chem 11 are writing on Wed May 16 during 9:30 to 10:30 in the Library.

Ultimate Frisbee Tournament – After school, TODAY at Lansdowne Middle School.

Congratulations to Choir students in Vocal Jazz on outstanding performances at Ship Point on Saturday!  Well done!

​Senior Concert Choir at lunch today! 100 attendance please!

Oak Bay Band Parents Association are hosting a silent auction on Tuesday, May 15th 2018 starting at 4:30pm and closing after the band concert that night. 17 gift baskets are being auctioned including a wheelbarrow of wine, a 3 night stay in a beautiful 2 bedroom house right on Sproat Lake, Ferry tickets, a family experience basket, a house beautiful basket that includes window washing, a guitar, 2 x 18 holes of golf, a printer, and many more.
Full details of the items on auction can be seen on the website: www.oakbayband.com/silent-e-auction.html

PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS

GRADS HEADED TO UVIC
All students who will be attending UVic next fall are invited to attend a UVic Registration session in the cafeteria on Friday May 25th during focus.  This is a very important session as it explains how to use their system to register for your courses next year.

Reminder to all grade 12’s…
Applications and information on both the Greater Victoria Scholarships and the District Authority Awards can be found in the Career Centre.  Please see Ms. Giesbrecht or Mr. Alexander if you have any questions.  Due date for all awards is June 8th except for the Stephanie Johnson scholarship which is due May 31st

Oak Bay Short Film Fest premieres again.  Submissions of 5 minutes max being accepted until June 1st.  Festival is Friday, June 8th during Focus.  Any questions please see Mr. Laird.

Congrats to our school golf team for qualifying for Islands yesterday at Highland Pacific Golf Course. They placed 3rd out of 7 teams
Scores were as follows:

  • Enrico Mattarella: 76 (second best score on the day!)
  • Chris Tang:  83
  • Claudia Singh:  89
  • Matt Sweeney:  91, and
  • Lucrezia Gallo: 93

Islands are at Gorge Vale Golf Course on the 24th…wish the team luck!

Complete/Finish a Math Course this Summer with AMP:  Are you interested in completing a course this summer?  Please see Mr. Spray in 309 and fill out this form: Spring/Summer AMP PROGRAM​

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Purely Optometry is looking to hire a full-time or part-time receptionist.  You should be able to work independently as well as with a team, have positive attitude, be friendly, hardworking and able to work efficiently in a fast paced environment.  Please email your resume to lu.jenny5@gmail.com if you are interested.

There are still seats available…If you are interested in earning school credits this summer, learning about the outdoors and want to experience the adventure tourism industry consider applying to the SD61 Tourism & Leadership Exploration program.  It runs all summer in various locations.  Please see Mrs. Giesbrecht if you are interested.

Pedalheads Bike Camps are looking for paid instructors and volunteers for this summer.
Paid instructors should be students in grades 10-12 (turning 16 prior to Dec 31, 2018) Volunteers should be from grade 8-10. Please see the poster outside the Career Centre and the website for details on how to get involved.  www.pedalheads.com

Volunteer Opportunity

Camp Pringle is seeking youth between the ages of 16-18 years of age to volunteer this summer as Counsellors in Training.  If you are interested in volunteering a few weeks during the summer please contact Kezia Cowtan at 250-743-2189 or email www.camppringle.com

Pedalheads Bike Camps are looking for paid instructors and volunteers for this summer.
Paid instructors should be students in grades 10-12 (turning 16 prior to Dec 31, 2018) Volunteers should be from grade 8-10. Please see the poster outside the Career Centre and the website for details on how to get involved.  www.pedalheads.com

Grad 2018 News

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GRADS HEADED TO UVIC
All students who will be attending UVic next fall are invited to attend a UVic Registration session in the cafeteria on Friday May 25th during focus.  This is a very important session as it explains how to use their system to register for your courses next year.

Reminder to all grade 12’s…
Applications and information on both the Greater Victoria Scholarships and the District Authority Awards can be found in the Career Centre.  Please see Ms. Giesbrecht or Mr. Alexander if you have any questions.  Due date for all awards is June 8th except for the Stephanie Johnson scholarship which is due May 31st

TRANSCRIPT Information:  You can access your transcript online now, to see information for yourself or for picking post-secondary institutions to order and send to.  No need to have a paper copy now J.  Go to the Ministry of Education’s Transcripts and Certificate website at http://www.StudentTranscripts.gov.bc.ca.  If you have any questions go and see Mr. Alexander or Mrs. Giesbrecht.