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For a short month February is jam packed with activities. Rehearsals for our spring production Get a Clue are going Monday to Wednesdays for singers, Thursdays for dancers, and Fridays for actors. Students are working hard and I’m looking forward to seeing the results on May 3-5 when our production airs. Our very first production GOOD involved 45 cast and crew members and now we have 70 cast and crew working on Get a Clue. It’s exciting to see how our production has grown to be triple casted for the first time and will feature choirs from the Westside Catholic schools: St. Pat’s, St. Martha’s and Van Tighem’s.

During the second week, we finish up our junior basketball season while our seniors will finish up after the break. While our junior high teams finish up, our grade 6 program starts. Good luck to all our teams and thank you to all our coaches for the many volunteer hours they have put into our students.

Thank you also to Lyndsey G for organizing our Shrove Tuesday pancake meal on the 9th and to all the parents who have volunteered to help make this day a success. We will start the Lenten season by celebrating Ash Wednesday on the 10th at St. Martha’s Church. Each week we will come together as a community to pray and celebrate during the Lenten season. Please feel free to attend and celebrate with us. As Lent is a time of prayer, fasting, almsgiving the canteen will not be serving meat on Friday.

After the Family Day week, our Grade Nine students will be attending CCH on the 24th for an orientation to Grade Ten. Throughout the month students are busy with after school skating, elementary book club, junior high book club, scrapbooking and beading. I’m sure there will be other activities coming up as our Leadership class organizes other activities for our students.

Parents of students in grades 4 and 7 may already have received information on completing the Alberta Education Accountability Pillar Survey. Students in grades 4 and 7 and all teachers will also be completing their surveys online at school. All surveys are anonymous and ask questions about experiences with the school. In addition to English and French, the parent survey is available in Chinese, Punjabi, Arabic, Blackfoot, Cree, Korean, Spanish and Tagalog. Your participation in the survey provides important information on the quality of education your child is receiving, so we encourage you to complete your survey promptly. If you want to find out more information and get more involved in your child’s education, come out to our School Council Meeting on the 10th at 7:00.