Thunder News Flash – March 13-17

Thank you to the many families who attended our Re-Registration/AGM Night and brought back the Re-Registration Package for their family.  The deadline for returning these packages to secure your child’s place in their grade has now come and gone, and we will be interviewing the many new families who brought in Application Packages for the 2017-2018 school year.  We are looking forward to a very successful 2017-2018 school year with the possibility of wait lists for many of the grades!

Holy Cross Regional High School in Surrey will be hosting a screening of the documentary Over 18 on Tuesday, March 28th.  Doors open at 6:30pm, the screening will start at 7:00pm and the cost is by donation.  This is an excellent documentary about pornography addiction, how easy it is to access it online and is a movie that every parent should see.   The recommended audience is aged 16+.  Free babysitting will be provided by Holy Cross students. 

Track and Field will begin after Spring Break, with practices on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:40 – 4:00pm.  The Sports Contract for students to join this team went home last week.  If your child would like to join the team, but for some reason did not bring home this contract, please click here to get a new contract.  Please read through this contract with your child, carefully going through each item, and ensure that both you and your child can make this commitment to the team.  Please return the signed contract to the school on March 27th.

St. Ann’s Parish will be hosting an event called “Raising Children in a Digital World” on April 8th from 7:00 – 9:00pm.  The speaker is Deborah MacNamara from the Neufeld Institute, and she comes highly recommended by Sr. John Mary Sullivan from the RCAV.  Admission will be by donation and they will be offering childcare for children 3 years of age and older.  For more information, please see the posters at the school on the parent board.

If you have children in Grades 4 – 7, please come to the mandatory parent evening, Sexuality and Your Child, on Wednesday, April 5th.  The speakers will be from Signal Hill, and they will be sharing information about how to discuss many crucial topics with your child as they get older and get curious as they approach the teen years.  More information will be sent home after Spring Break, including a letter from Archbishop Michael Miller strongly encouraging you to attend this presentation.