Paradise Intermediate

Good morning Phoenix Families,

We hope that everyone is enjoying their weekend. A reminder that there will be no school for students on Monday, September 30th as we observe the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. Classes will resume on Tuesday, October 1st. It will be day 6 on our schedule.

Also, this is the final few days for anyone wishing to purchase items from our school clothing store. Orders can be placed until Wednesday, October 2nd.

As we close out the month of September, we would like to pass along a thank you to our school community for their continued support and for helping to make our school opening and first month of school so successful!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Admin Team - Paradise Intermediate

Monday, Sept. 30th - National Day of Truth and Reconciliation - No school for students.

Tuesday, Oct. 1st - Classes resume, it will be day 6 on our Schedule

Tuesday, Oct. 1st - Annual PI Food Drive begins

Tuesday, Oct. 1st - Fluvarium Field Trips begin

Wednesday, Oct. 2nd - Kids Eat Smart Walk to Breakfast

Wednesday, Oct. 2nd - School Clothing Store Closes

Monday, Oct. 14th - Thanksgiving Holiday - No school for students.

There will be no school for students on Monday, September 30th as we continue to promote awareness surrounding Truth and Reconciliation honoring those impacted by the residential school system

Our 7 day school cycle calendar has been posted to our website. Families and students are reminded that Tuesday, Oct. 1st will be day 6 on our schedule.

School Cycle Calendar

We have some upcoming field trips for our grade 7 and 8 science classes. Parents/guardians of these students are asked to sign into Powerschool and use the fees and forms tab (RYCOR) to give their child permission to participate and to pay the fee (which includes the admission and bussing for the field trip).

Grade 7 Fluvarium field trip:

Tuesday, Oct. 1: 7-1

Wednesday, Oct. 2: 7-2 & 7-5

Thursday, Oct 3: 7-4 & 7-7

Friday, Oct. 4: 7-3 & 7-6

Grade 8 Manuel's river trip:

Monday, Oct. 7: 8-3 & 8-6

Tuesday, Oct. 8: 8-4 & 8-5

Wednesday, Oct. 9: 8-1 & 8-8

Friday, Oct. 11: 8-2 & 8-7

Throughout the month of October, our Student Leadership Committee will be dedicated to highlighting some community outreach initiatives.

Beginning tomorrow, October 1st to Friday, October 11th, students will be collecting non-perishable food items for the CBS-Paradise food bank. Donations can be placed on collection tables located in our main foyer. Prize draw tickets will be provided to students for each item they donate to our food drive. Tickets can be entered for a chance to win class level prizes throughout the next two weeks.

There will be some additional initiatives that our leadership team will also be heading up, including winter clothing collection and Janeway Jamarama. More information to come on these events in the coming weeks!

Thank you to our school community for their support of these initiatives and our Student Leadership Team.

Paradise Intermediate is offering an after school Study Hall for grades 7-9. This is a quiet space for students to prepare for upcoming assessments or catch up on missing work. It will operate every second Tuesday starting on October 15. Extra help will be available for Math, Science, Social Studies, and English.

TD Walk for Breakfast will be taking place on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024. If families would like to make a donation to our breakfast program, they can do so at anytime through the link below. Please be sure to select Paradise Intermediate when designating your donation. Thank you in advance to our school community for your support of this valuable program.

www.kidseatsmart.ca

We now have an X (Twitter) account for our Athletics and Physical Education news. Please follow and check for updates throughout the school year.

The link is:

https://x.com/PI_Athletics_

Or look for us on X at: @PI_Athletics_

Our Phoenix School Clothing Store is now open! Orders will be accepted until Wednesday, October 2nd. Clothing will be distributed to students at school once the orders are complete. If you have any questions, please contact Universal Corporate Wear at 685-9505.

Phoenix School Clothing Store

Our school Recycling Team has started for another year at our school. All proceeds from our recycling funds go directly back into the school to provide to our students and support various activities throughout the year. When dropping off your recycling at any Depot, please consider supporting our recycling team and our school by entering our school account number, 7821867. Thank you to our community for your continued support.

We have been receiving some communication from our school community regarding electric scooter use by some of our students. We kindly ask families to continue their conversations with their children regarding scooter safety while both on and off school property.

To continue to ensure the safety of all of our students, we kindly ask families to review parking lot procedures listed below.

• Reverse parking only.

• Cars are not permitted past the red pylon. The red pylon indicates that there is no parking (parking lot is full) beyond that point.

• Students are asked to exit cars anywhere along our drop of (kiss and ride) lane. Please do not wait to drop off at the front door unless otherwise indicated. This will help assist with traffic flow.

• When using our parking lot, please park in designated parking spaces.