Tuesday, February 22

22/02/22

We will be having indoor recess today both morning and at lunch.  The wind chills for tomorrow do not look that promising either.  Regardless, please dress for the weather and stay warm. 

 Happy Belated birthday to Xavier M

Skating starts today in most PE classes! All students are reminded they need to get to the gym very quickly in their PE block with their skating gear. If you need to borrow skates or a helmet, please grab some from the PE equipment room. 

Good luck to the senior basketball teams as they travel to play a league game at Broxton Park today after school. Girls play first, boys second. 

Basketball practices today include: Junior A boys and the Junior B boys in the large gym….Junior A girls in the small gym. 

Black History Month - Black History of Alberta

Hazel Proctor was born in 1930, went to school in Edmonton, and began working there before moving to Calgary. Her father’s roots were in Ohio; her grandmother was part of the Oklahoma trek which settled in Amber Valley. Her father worked as a coal miner and then a porter; these were strenuous jobs that kept him away from his family for very long periods of time. Proctor worked for and became involved in the community outreach of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews, promoting diversity, which was inclusive of Indigenous organizations. As leader of the Alberta Association for the Advancement of Colored People (AAACP), she dealt with discrimination and systemic racism faced by black parents in public schools, swimming pools, dance halls, and other public places. A community leader and activist, Proctor belonged to several women’s organizations. She also had an extensive singing career and regularly performed her jazz and blues music at venues throughout Calgary. 

7 A and B are challenging the school to commit random acts of kindness this week! We are setting a goal at 450. That's one act of kindness for every staff and student at Woodhaven. Witness an act of kindness? Give them a "link" in the giant paper chain we will be making in the plaza! Students will be by during block 7 all this week to collect class chains! 

Here are the winners from last week’s Pack Pride draw: 

Grade 5 -  Jeremy Kfrom 5J

Grade 6 -  Ella K from 6M

Grade 7 - Katie H from 7B

Grade 8- Riley W from 8A/8B

Grade 9- Anna G-W from 9B

Congrats to this week’s winners. Meet Mr. Chan outside his office in the gym at morning recess break to get your prize!. There will be another draw this Friday - and it’s the bigger draw and prize for the whole Month of February so make sure to get those Pack Pride slips in!

Tomorrow is Pink Shirt Day.   That’s right, tomorrow is the day we all wear a pink shirt to raise awareness about bullying prevention and healthy relationships. 

The original event was organized in 2007 by twelfth-grade students David Shepherd and Travis Price of Nova Scotia, who bought and distributed 50 pink shirts after a ninth-grade student Chuck McNeill was bullied for wearing a pink polo shirt during the first day of school at Central Kings Rural High School in Cambridge, Nova Scotia.[2][3] I hope you’ll join everyone in wearing pink to lift each other up.  

7 A and B are challenging the school to commit random acts of kindness this week! We are setting a goal at 450. That's one act of kindness for every staff and student at Woodhaven. Witness an act of kindness? Give them a "link" in the giant paper chain we will be making in the plaza! Students will be by during block 7 all this week to collect class chains!