Library:

• All library monitors are to meet in the library at break today.

Destination Imagination:

• All students interested in taking part in this year’s STEM competition please go to Mr. Murphy’s foods room today at 12:10 to learn about the project based challenges being offered this year! This is your chance to be part of an exciting hands-on learning opportunity in science, technology, engineering, arts, and math and have the chance to represent PEI at a global competition!

Leadership:

• Day 2 of our Spirit week here at Birchwood is twin day.  Please make sure that you tally your homeroom results and post them on your homeroom door.
• Leadership students are having a bake sale during break today. Come and get your treats.

Grade 9 Trip:

• The fry truck will be back tomorrow for the last time this year! Come out and get an order of fries for $2.

Music:

• Jazz band rehearsal at lunch today has been cancelled.
• Rock band tomorrow after school will be postponed until next Wed afternoon.
• Grade 8 band will meet tomorrow morning at 7:45 for rehearsal.
• Grade 7 band meets at noon tomorrow.

Boys VBall:

• Game today here @5:30pm against M.E Callaghan. Winner goes to provincials.

Intramural Dodgeball:

• Sign up outside the gym

Girls Basketball:

• Any girls interested in trying out for A & AA basketball should sign up outside the gym.  Tryout dates will be announced later this week.

Athletic Fees:

• Thank you to all athletes who have paid their athletic fee ($30 for team sport, $10 for individual sports).  For anyone who hasn’t paid, please pay your coach or online: https://birchwood.payschoolfees.net/admin/?sid=&un=0
• Fees for all fall sports are now overdue.  Please pay this week.

Student Fees:

• Thank you to all students who have paid their Student Fee ($35 for each student or $45 for family). For any student who hasn’t paid, please pay in the office or online at: https://birchwood.payschoolfees.net/admin/?sid=&un=0
• These fees are now overdue. Please pay this week.

Basketball:

• Early morning basketball is every Tues/Thurs 7 – 8:15am – all boys and girls welcome!

Destination Imagination

• There will be a meeting today in the foods room at 12:10 for all students who are interested in learning about the Destination Imagination competition

Library

• Please return all overdue library books.

Leadership ******VERY IMPORTANT******

• Today is our first spirit day- Sweater Weather– Please have one student from each homeroom tally the number of students that participated out of the total number of students in your class. Post the results on the outside of your homeroom door. Leadership students will collect all the totals without disturbing classes.

AA Girls Soccer:

• please return your jerseys asap to Ms. Morrison in the gym.

A & AA Girls Volleyball:

• Congrats on another volleyball tournament this weekend at Queen Charlotte.

Music:

• Band:
  • Grade 9 band Tuesday morning, 7:45.
    • Grade 8 band Wednesday morning, 7:45.
    • Grade 7 band Wednesday at noon.
    • Cookie dough sales start today!
    • Please pass in your band shirt money!

Outdoor adventure club:

• There will be an outdoor adventure club meeting today in room 225 to discuss this week’s outing. As always, new members are welcome.

Upcoming dates:

• Oct. 26 Grade 7 Off Grounds For Lunch
• Oct. 26 Deadline to get Yearbook Special. Click here
• Oct 29-Nov 2 Spirit Week
• Nov. 6 School Dance 7:00-9:00
• Nov. 7 Remembrance Day Ceremony
• Nov 8 & 9 PEITF Convention – No Classes
• Nov. 12 Remembrance Day (Sunday, Nov 11) – No Classes
• Nov. 14 Take Your Kid to Work Day – Grade 9 students
• Nov. 17 Picture Re-takes
• Nov. 22 Parent Teacher Interviews – 3:00 – 7:00 pm
• Nov. 23 Parent Teacher Interviews – 9:00 – 3:00 pm – No Classes
• Nov. 26 Professional Learning Day – No Classes

Soccer:

• Girls’ AA soccer:  THE GIRLS WON THE BRONZE!  Goals were scored by Tessa Dodds & Chloe Campbell.  Team should meet in the gym at break to return their jerseys and plan for the season end party!  Good luck to our Grade 9 players moving on to Colonel Gray and Charlottetown Rural!

Volleyball:

• Girls’ Volleyball: AA & A teams should meet in the gym at break to arrange drives to QC for their tournament.  AA team will leave at 1:20, A team after school

Library

• All Mrs. Gairns classes will be held in the art room today, expect for period 4, 5 and 6- those classes will be held in Mr. James classroom.
• Megan MacDonald, MacKenzie Thompson and Olamide please meet in the library at break.
• Please return all overdue library books.
• A big thank you to everyone who took part in the library activities this week.

Leadership

• Leadership students will be meeting in the cafeteria today.

Field Hockey:

• Field hockey girls please meet today in room 227, Ms. MacGillivray’s room for a quick meeting at break, 9:45.

Music:

• Band:  
  • Great job to all students who performed at CRHS last night.  Well done!! Band shirt payments are due today

Math Club:

• Will meet today at 12:10 in Mr. Craig’s room 237. Just a reminder that anyone in Grades 7-9 is welcome to attend as both enrichment and extra Math help is provided.

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October 2018

Soccer:

• Girls’ AA soccer:  Good Luck to our GIRLS SOCCER team as they play the BRONZE Medal game today after school… Girls will meet in the gym at Break to discuss drives to the game.

Volleyball:

• Boys’ Volleyball: The boys played their best game all year, fighting hard against East Wiltshire but couldn’t quite pull off the win. There will be no practice today.

Music:

• Band:
  • Reminder to all grade 8 and 9 students of the concert tonight at Charlottetown Rural High School.  Please be in the CHRS cafeteria by 6:40 with your instrument and music. Concert dress as well. Also a reminder that band shirt money must be passed in to Mr. Langille right away for all band students in grade 7 and 8.

• Glee:
  • Today at noon in Mr. Underhay’s room

Outdoor club:

• Outdoor club members will meet in the cafeteria after school for a 315 departure. Dress warmly!

Grade 7 Off Grounds:

• Grade 7’s will have an off grounds day on Friday.

Scholastic Book Orders:

• Scholastic book orders are available outside of Ms. Dunn’s room- 202- on the grade nine floor by the library. Pick up a flyer or two, and your order can help earn books for our library!! Different age ranges and themes to choose from. Pay online at http://scholastic.ca/canadaclubs searching Ms.Dunn to order, or pay at school. First order is due November 16th.

Soccer:

• Girls’ AA soccer:  The girls lost a heartbreaker 2-0 to KISH last evening.  The coaches are very proud of the girls’ strong lay on defense and countless chances on offense.  No practice today. Bronze medal game tomorrow at Stonepark at 4pm. Meeting tomorrow (Thursday) at break to arrange drives.

Volleyball:

• Girls’ Volleyball: The girls lost a nail biter vs East Wiltshire, pushing the match to 5 sets and narrowly losing.  Home game today vs Queen Charlotte at 4pm. Come out and support the girls!
• Boys’ Volleyball: Big win last night against M.E. Callaghan! Game today @ Birchwood @ 5:30pm.

Basketball:

• Early morning basketball is every Tues/Thurs 7 – 8:15am – all boys and girls welcome!

Library

• Homework club will be today after school from 3:15 to 4:15 in the library. Please sign up on the sheet outside the door.

Music:

• Band:
  • Grade 7 band today at noon.

• Glee:
  • Thursday at noon in Mr. Underhay’s room

GSA Club:

• The GSA Club will meet today at 12:20 pm in Room 236.  A GSA is a student run club for members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies.  The group aims to provide a safe, supportive environment for members to meet, support each other, discuss LGBTQ+ related topics and advocate for the community.  This club is open to any student or staff at Birchwood Intermediate School who are interested in joining. Please speak to Mrs. Forbes or Mrs. Munn if you have questions about the group.

Soccer:

• Girls’ AA soccer:  Semi finals at home today vs KISH at 4:00

Volleyball

• Girls’ Volleyball: Game today at East Wiltshire.
• Boys’ Volleyball: Game up at M.E. Callaghan @ 5:30pm. Plan to be there for 5pm.

Library

• In the library today, we are continuing to celebrate the importance of Canadian School Libraries. We are hosting a student body scrabble game. Everyone who comes to the library at lunch will receive a letter of the alphabet. The group of students who form the most creative word will receive a treat.

Leadership

• Leadership students please meet in the library during your flex period today.

Music:

• Band:
  • Grade 8 band Wednesday morning, 7:45.
  • Grade 7 band Wednesday at noon.

• Jazz:
  • Today at noon in band room

• Glee:
  • Thursday at noon in Mr. Underhay’s room

Outdoor adventure club:

• Club members who attended yesterday’s meeting and signed up for the outing today are asked to meet in the cafeteria at 2:30.

Athletic Fees:

• Thank you to all athletes who have paid their athletic fee ($30 for team sport, $10 for individual sports).  For anyone who hasn’t paid, please pay your coach or online: https://birchwood.payschoolfees.net/admin/?sid=&un=0
• Fees for all fall sports are now overdue.  Please pay this week.

Student Fees:

• Thank you to all students who have paid their Student Fee ($35 for each student or $45 for family). For any student who hasn’t paid, please pay in the office or online at: https://birchwood.payschoolfees.net/admin/?sid=&un=0
• These fees are now overdue. Please pay this week.

Baseball:  

• Congratulations to the AA Provincial Champion Birchwood Cobras on a season that can only be described as dominant.  Going 7-0 with a 36 run differential over the 7 games.
• The boys got better as the season went on, and the provincial playoffs serve as proof:  The boys put up an 8-1 Win in the Semi finals against QC and a 10-1 win in the finals against a good Summerside squad.  Congratulations Boys on a perfect season.
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Field Hockey:

• Ms. Holmes, Ms. McGillivray, and Ms. Walsh would like to thank all the girls for their hard work this season. Special recognition goes out to our grade 9 girls – Brooke Smith, Aleea Kirkam, Holly Coffin, and Jami Ward.  We hope to see you on the field at Rural next year. A big congratulations goes out to Brooke Smith who was named an allstar. Could the girls please meet in Mme. Walsh’s room at break.
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Hockey Academy:

• Today at Synergy Fitness at the Mount. Please excuse students at 1:40.

Soccer:

• Girls’ AA soccer:  Practice today. Semi finals at home tomorrow vs KISH at 4:00
• Boys’ AA soccer: Boys playoff game at 4:15 vs Stonepark. Taxis will be leaving at 3:30. Please come see Mr Murphy if you are getting your own drive. Go Cobras!

Volleyball:

• Boys’ Volleyball: Practice today after school.

X-Country :   

• Congrats to all X-country runners who travelled up to Mill River on the weekend.  Diviym Khubar, and Will Landry finished 3rd overall in their division. While Brooke Walsh finished 4th in the Bantam division.  Our girls team finished second.
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Basketball:

• Early morning basketball is every Tues/Thurs 7 – 8:15am – all boys and girls welcome!

Library

• There will be a very short Library Monitor meeting at break. All monitors must attend.
• This week at Birchwood, we are celebrating the importance of Canadian School Libraries. Today in the library we are celebrating our readers! “A READER TODAY, A LEADER TOMORROW.” Anyone who is found reading in our library today will be served a complimentary glass of hot chocolate.

Leadership

• Leadership students (with the permission of their teacher) will be meeting in the library on their flex periods to prepare for our spirit week.

Music:

• Band:
  • Grade 9 band tomorrow morning, 7:45.
  • Grade 8 band Tuesday morning, 7:45.
  • Grade 7 band Wednesday at noon.
• Jazz:
  • Tuesday, at noon in band room
•  Glee:
  • Thursday at noon in Mr. Underhay’s room

Outdoor adventure club:

• There will be a meeting for all outdoor club members at 12:15 in Mr Dohoo’s room to discuss this week’s two outings. New members are always welcome

Soccer:

• Girls’ AA soccer:  We WON! Congrats at Ava Burgoyne on her goal.  Girls play today at 4:15 vs KISH at Birchwood
• Boys’ A soccer:  A boys lost a close Playoff game to Francois Buote yesterday… The Boys were led by captain Bandon Loppie and Zin Min !! Great Fight boys !!!!
• Boys’ AA soccer: Practice today and game tomorrow, Thursday

Volleyball:

• Girls’ Volleyball: Tough loss yesterday to Queen Charlotte.
• Boys’ Volleyball: Practice @ 3:00pm

Basketball:

• Early morning basketball is every Tues/Thurs 7 – 8:15am – all boys and girls welcome!

Baseball:

• The Boys travel to Summerside today to take on SIS.  Ethan Smith has the start. First pitch is @4pm.

Field Hockey:

• Practice 3-4:30 at UPEI

Hockey Academy:

• Hockey Academy today. Please excuse students at 1:45.

Music:

• Band:
  • Grade 7 band today at lunch
• Glee Club:
  • Practice today at lunch instead of tomorrow

Outdoor adventure club:

• The outdoor adventure club will meet at 3:10 in the cafeteria to go discgolfing.

Expressions Group:

• The Expressions group will be meeting after school today from 3-4:30pm in the art room. This is a youth empowerment group that includes helping the community, reading stories, making friends, games and art. All students are welcome and can join in at any time.

Soccer:

• Girls’ AA soccer:  Meet at break in the gym today to organize your rides to the game at East Wiltshire School.  Game time 4:20. Cabs will leave BW at 3:15.
• Girls’ A soccer: Game today vs. Morell at the Morell Soccer Complex. Game starts at 4:30. Players need to be dressed at the field by 4pm. All girls A soccer players must see Madame Bernard during break on the grade 7 floor to confirm drives to game
• Boys’ A soccer:    Playoff game today at Francois Buote at 4:15 pm.  Cabs will leave BW at 3:15 pm
• Boys’ AA soccer: No Practice today- Practice Wed and Play Thursday Volleyball:
• Girls’ Volleyball:  A & AA Girls – return your jersey from the weekend tournament to Ms. Morrison ASAP.
• AA Girls – BW @ QC today after school
• Boys’ Volleyball: Practice today at 3:00pm

Basketball:

• Early morning basketball is every Tues/Thurs 7 – 8:15am – all boys and girls welcome!

Field Hockey:

• Practice 3 -4:30 at UPEI

Yearbook:

• Yearbook meeting today at 12:10 in Mr Vaive’s room (room 224)

Music:

• Band:
  • Grade 8 band tomorrow morning, 7:45.
  • Grade 7 band tomorrow at lunch.

Outdoor adventure club:

• This Wednesday’s activity will be discgolfing at the best course in Canada. The outing will be after school and there will be a meeting in Mr. Dohoo’s room on today at lunch. New members are always welcome!

Expressions Group:

• The Expressions group will be meeting after school tomorrow (Wednesday) from 3-4:30pm in the art room. This is a youth empowerment group that includes helping the community, reading stories, making friends, games and art. All students are welcome and can join in at any time.