With the abbreviated week due to family day, we hope everyone has had a good start to the week and speaking on behalf of all of us, I know we are all excited for some warmer weather that is upcoming.
As a refresher or for those that don’t know the history of this holiday, Family Day weekend came to fruition 35 years ago in 1990 by our former Premier, Don Getty. Premier Getty had a family tragedy at the time and had the vision of the importance of this holiday. It was a bit criticized at the time, but Premier Getty had this one right. With the ‘hustle and bustle’ of all that we go through in life, the time to slow down and spend time together is much needed and appreciated.
To start, a shout out to the players and coaches of our basketball teams who are at the halfway point of the season. This past weekend, our Senior Boys won gold at the SAL tournament while our girls won the consolation final. Our Junior Girls are undefeated in league play and our Junior Boys are right in the mix. Our Junior Development teams are doing that, developing and hopefully having loads of fun. Thank you to the coaches, volunteers, parents and caregivers for supporting Sherwood Heights Athletics!
With recent Open Houses across the Division, the ‘Returning Student Registration’ will be closing on Monday, February 24. To our grade 9 student families, understanding that transitioning to high school can be difficult, should you have any questions around high school programming, please do not hesitate to contact me, sunny.sandhu@eips.ca, and we can meet and I can answer any questions you may have. As a background and again, for those that don’t know, my previous three principalships were all in high school, my last being at Salisbury Composite High School for the past five years.
To our current grade 7 and 8 families, we are working on our course handbook for the 2025-26 school year and will have it published in early March in preparation for the registration process later that month.
As a staffing update, and to better support our students, we welcome two more Educational Assistants for the remainder of the year, Lyndsi Fairweather and Sandra Prior. We also welcome Marie Constant who will be replacing Mr. Wiens. We wish Mr. Wiens all the best in his future endeavors.
In closing, please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any questions or concerns.
Sunny Sandhu
Principal
