...weekly bulletin...

Getting Into the Christmas Spirit!

North Point's annual tree ornament ceremony was a wonderful time for students and teachers to come together at our respective campuses. Surrounded by their classmates, new teachers and students placed their ornaments on their campus tree symbolizing their bond to our school family. Adding the ornaments of our 58 new students to those of all the students of North Point to date, our trees at both campuses are overflowing. At Richmond Campus we have added a second tree!

This Weeks' Highlights & Coming Up!

• Outdoor Ed students are off to Mosquito Creek for their 3-day trip.

• Grades 3-5 students from our Richmond Campus and Girls School are in Drumheller today.

• Grade 8 boys are heading out to the Central Library as part of their Community of Readers work. 

• Options are switching for Grades K-9 next week!

TownHall

This week's Townhall had our Currie and Richmond campuses come together to recognize students who have exhibited excellence in our 5R's, celebrate team successes, and launch our altruistic and charity season. The theme of our Townhall was Resilience - We Keep Trying, with all students engaging in a whole school Tug-o-War representing the strength in togetherness and community.  

WEEK AT A GLANCE

MON. DEC. 5 - Healthy Hunger: the Lunch Lady (Richmond); Mucho Burrito (Currie)

MON. DEC. 5 - Trimester 2 begins for K-Gr.9. New options begin.

TUES. DEC. 6 - Gr. 9 Vaccinations

Spreading Joy and Helping Others!

December is now upon us, and with it the opportunity for our North Point community to spread joy and help others! Thank you in advance to everyone for your generosity and kindness.  

• Richmond Campus - Gr. K-4/5 classes - Mr. Pettifor, Ms. Glowa and Ms. Brunner’s boys will be spreading cheer throughout our neighbourhood with our annual Candy Cane Walk.  They will also support the Food Bank.

• Richmond Campus - Gr. 5/6 & 6 classes - will be collecting gifts/donations for the Children’s Cottage and then delivering them. Mrs. Bjornson and Mr. Schneider will send an email home to their classes with wish lists.

• Richmond Campus - Gr. 7 classes -  will support the Magic of Christmas by spending some time at the Magic of Christmas Warehouse picking gifts for families and setting up packages for delivery. Mr. Hirtle and Mr. Kostecki will send an email with details to their classes.

• Richmond Campus - Mr. Humeniuk will look for opportunities to take the 5/6 - 7 boys around the community to shovel walkways during Phys. Ed. - pending getting some snow to work with!

• Currie Campus - Girls School & Grade 8/9 Boys: Will support the Mustard Seed by preparing and donating Snack Packs. We are asking that students in these grades donate the following items to the Currie Campus Office by Monday, Dec 12: Chewy Granola Bars, Goldfish, Bear Paws, Fruit Roll Ups, bottles of water, juice boxes. Students in these grades will also receive a presentation from the Mustard Seed to learn more about poverty and homelessness.

• Currie Campus - Grade 10-12: Will volunteer their time at Calgary Operation Christmas Child on Thursday, Dec 8 from 9am-12pm putting together shoebox gifts for children in need. 

• Whole School (Richmond / Currie Campuses:
  
  • Donations are being accepted for the Veteran's Food Bank. Donations can be brought to either the Richmond or Currie Campus office until Monday, Dec. 19. A list of needed items is attached. 
  
  • Stephen's Backpacks. Donations can be brought to either the Richmond or Currie Campus office until Wednesday, Dec. 14. Here is a link of what can be included in a backpack.
  
  • Candy Cane delivery in our local communities to spread joy! 
  
  • Opportunities to shovel snow in our local community (if we get some!)

Be on the lookout for an email from your student's Mentor Teacher with more details regarding activities, altruism and our charity projects.

Coming Together

IMPORTANT: Please use this form by DEC. 16 to let us know if your child is attending the bowling event and their shoe sizes so we can be properly prepared.

Reminder

Just a friendly reminder that you can check your student’s marks in SchoolCloud

NAVIGATOR SQUAD POINTS

Athletics

We are now into "season two" with our North Point sports teams.  It will be a busy month with an amazing group of athletes showing their willingness to become involved with three sports in full swing

Curling:

In High School curling, we are beginning match play this week.  Our North Point team will put practice into motion by entering exhibition play against other schools each week throughout December.  Divisional play starts in the new year!

Basketball

We have been covering basketball in physical education class and the teams have been busy getting ready with after school practices as well .  Players have shown great commitment and North Point will have four basketball teams this year.  We will have a Gr. 7 team, a Gr. 8 team and a Gr. 9 team involved in league play, as well as a Sr High team that will enter exhibition and tournament play late December and into the New Year! 

Wrestling

We will continue to hold in-class practice for our Gr. 6-9 students at the Richmond campus next week in preparation for a championship wrestling tournament on December 14th.  All interested North Point student athletes in Gr. 6, 7, 8 and 9 are welcome to take part in this league competition!

Academies

North Point World Cup Soccer Event - Exhibition Game!

Riding the wave of the World Cup, athletes from the after school North Point Soccer Academy had an exciting after school match set up by Coach Cmacho from Calgary City FC.  Our North Point team met up with a team from Maria Montesorri school to play over 60 minutes of the beautiful game.  There were many amazing moments and a lot of touches on the ball - we will look to future opportunities!