Gonzaga Memo to Families

The Student Council is engaging in their annual fundraiser again this year with their clothing order. The official Gonzaga Merchandise Store is now open at the following link: https://gonzagavikings.itemorder.com/shop/home/. Students and families will be able to go online to choose and pay for their clothes/items from today until Friday, October 18th at 11:59 pm. THERE WILL BE NO ORDERS PROCESSED AFTER THIS DEADLINE. If students/families miss this deadline, they will have to wait until our next online order which will happen in the winter sometime. All graduation hoodies/items will be posted on another order in the winter/spring. All clothing items purchased during this order will be delivered to students here at Gonzaga prior to the Christmas Break. This is a great opportunity to pick up some Gonzaga swag for the whole family and to help support the Gonzaga Student Council initiatives this year. They will make great gifts for the holidays!

Schools will be closed on Monday, October 14th to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. Students will return to school on Tuesday, October 15th and it will be Day 1 on the schedule.

We will be having 10% midterm exams from Friday, November 1st - Thursday, November 7th. Classes will continue during this week as exams are only 1 period in length. A copy of the schedule can be found here. Classes will resume on Friday, November 8th.

Rotary Interact and The Gonzaga Mental Health Coalition (GSMHC) are partnering this year for the Annual VOCM Cares - Coats for Kids Campaign. We hope to help ensure that families in need are kept warm this Winter. We will be accepting:

• Winter wear of all ages is accepted including adult wear. (coats, boots, hats, mittens, scarves)

• We ask that donated items are gently used or new. Please no broken zippers, soiled, or torn items, or out-of-season clothing. This is important for the safety and strength of the program.

• Items will be accepted until Friday, October 18, 2024. For further information please contact Tracy Gardiner (tracyanngardiner@nlschools.ca)

Next week, our various school committees will be organizing Gonzaga's Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. We will be accepting non-perishable food items as well as monetary contributions. Donations can be made up to and including Thursday, October 10th, 2024.

This is a very important message for all students interested in the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze, Silver, or Gold Award levels. Gonzaga is trying to determine the viability of bringing back the program for another year.
Until Friday of next week (October 11, 2024), if you are interested in joining either of the 3 levels please see Mrs. Gardiner in the Guidance office Room 204A. Parents and Caregivers can also email Mrs. Gardiner at tracyanngardiner@nlesd.ca

Please note: This program will only proceed if we have more than 20 members in all 3 levels combined. The registration fee is $225 per participant. We are firm on next Friday, October 11, 2024 being the absolute deadline for expression of interest for this program.

PLEASE NOTE: This fee (paid through our Rycor System) is NON-REFUNDABLE as the program's viability will be based on the number of participants registered.

We are happy to announce that Gonzaga High School will be hosting its annual scholarship meeting on Monday, October 7th at 7:00pm in the LRC. Parents/Guardians are welcome to attend with their student(s).

Gonzaga will be using the NLSchools RYCOR system for schools to be able to make forms available to be completed online by parents.

Any Grade 12 students completing Advanced Placement (AP) courses or challenging any AP exams will need to complete the AP Contract and pay the appropriate fees found in the Parent PowerSchool portal. All contracts and fees will need to be signed and collected through the Rycor system. Only those students registered in certain AP courses will be able to access the AP Contract in their parent/guardian’s PowerSchool portal. All AP Contracts must be signed and fees submitted no later than Friday, October 11th, 2024. All AP exams will be written between Monday, May 5th and Friday, May 16th, 2025.

Any Grade 12 French Immersion student who would like to challenge the AP French exam is asked to see Mme Nash and add their name to the list.

All AP students should have already created an AP account (using a different email address than their nlesd one) and have already joined their AP classes using the join code provided by their AP teachers.

This is a reminder that our building is a scent free building. Please ask your children to refrain from wearing any type of perfume or cologne.

2023-2024 yearbooks have arrived. If you have ordered one you can pick it up at the main office.

Please note, the Loran Scholarship deadline is October 15th, 2024. Applications are available online here and if you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Tracy Gardiner at tracyanngardiner@nlesd.ca.

We are working hard to schedule all athletics according to the competition schedules and availability of locations, coaches, etc. We are regularly announcing sign ups, teams, and roster selections mainly on our social media accounts - and athletics website. Thank you for your patience while we work through all the teams.

IMPORTANT: Interested athletes must sign up using the link in the bio of our social media accounts (and on our athletics website) in order to attend tryouts https://linktr.ee/gonzagaathletics.

You must sign up as soon as possible and confirm that you are in the tryout pool in your teamsnap app.

ALL TRYOUT TIMES, LOCATIONS, and ANY UPDATES are communicated through the app from the coaches.

You must communicate through teamsnap to the coaches, and notify of any conflicts prior to the tryout.

Any interested athletics volunteers - coaches, assistant coaches, etc - can also use the link above and complete the coaches/volunteer application for review.

Stay tuned to our social media for more athletic updates.

Any students who has already rostered for a school team is asked to complete their Athletic Contract and pay the appropriate Athletic Fee on Rycor asap.

We would like to thank you for your continued support and if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the administrative team.

Have a great weekend,

Andrew, Gillian & Peter