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VRCORE

Our Gr. 9 students had the opportunity to go to VRCore last Friday for their Action Day. They had a ton of fun playing Virtual Reality games together in groups of four. The games they had to choose from were rock climbing, defending a castle from monsters and surviving a zombie apocalypse. 

I'd like to recognize the students at Currie Campus for demonstrating many of the 5R's this week - being Responsible and Resourceful in preparing for exam week, and demonstrating Resilience during the exams. We are proud of you for all your efforts!!

Semester 2 begins next week. In the High School, students who are taking semestered courses will start their new courses and Friday CTS options will change with students taking Art, Media Arts, STEM, or Outdoor Education. As a reminder, the new Currie Campus timetable is now in effect and will resume next week for the remainder of the school year. 

Grade 8A - Mr. Masse
Grade 8B - Mr. Brodeur
Grade 9 - Mr. Moynaugh
Grade 10 - Ms. McPeake
Grade 11 - Mr. Redick
Grade 12 - Ms. Zhang
Girls School - Ms. Works

Coming up at Currie Campus, the Calgary Police Department will be giving our students a presentation on topics such as hate, discrimination, and bias. As our boys and girls navigate the very real challenges of social media, peer dynamics and friendships, this will be an excellent opportunity for them to engage with these topics. 

Our Girls School started exam week by practicing some calm and confidence through Taekwondo. They attended a 2-hour workshop at MasterRim Taekwondo and came back to school feeling refreshed and energized. 

WEEK AT A GLANCE

JAN. 24 - JAN. 30 - Richmond Campus Exams (See Schedule below)

TONIGHT - Parent Council Meeting 7PM @Richmond Campus

MON. JAN. 30 - Healthy Hunger: Mucho Burrito (Richmond); the Lunch Lady (Currie)

MON. JAN. 30 - ACTION DAY (High School): Flying Squirrel

TUES. JAN. 31 - TownHall, Fun Lunch, Non-uniform day

WED. FEB. 1 - Semester 2 Begins (High School)

FRI. FEB. 3 - Non-Instructional Day - NO CLASSES for students

Parent Council Meeting

There will be a Parent Council meeting TONIGHT at 7pm at the Richmond Campus.  Our meetings are open to all parents of students at all North Point Schools. We are still looking for volunteers to assist in many capacities within the North Point Society. If you are interested we will discuss those roles during the meeting.

Parent Council meetings are scheduled for the last Thursday of each month and will take place at the RIchmond Campus. Here are the future dates:

February 23
March 23 
April 27
May 25

Mark your calendars

February 3 is a Non-instructional Day and there will be no classes for students. Our Teachers’ Convention is Feb. 16-17 so there will be an extra, extra long weekend for students with Family Day being on Feb. 20. Checkpoint meetings will be March 1-2, the system will open for booking on Feb. 22. The ski day at Nakiska will be on March 24.

Grad Portrait Sittings

A Lifetouch photographer will be at the Currie Campus on February 23 to capture this milestone event. Students have the opportunity to bring in several outfits and props to allow their personalities to shine. Make sure to arrange with Mr. Humeniuk if you would like to use a Navigators Athletics jersey as one of your outfits. Check out Lifetouch’s website for ideas. Grad portrait sessions need to be booked online. The booking link is https://prestigeportraits.ca/ There is no 8-digit code, students/parents can search by Province and City. 

NEW “Beat the Winter Blues” Guitar After School Academy

Starting on February 6, come join Mr. Pettifor after school on Mondays to learn to play the guitar. Please use the form below to sign up.

• SIX week Program (Feb 6, 13, 27 & Mar 6, 13, 20) 

• Mondays after school from 3:30 to 4:30PM

• participants are to bring their own guitar (Affordable guitar rentals are available from  from Long and McQuade https://www.long-mcquade.com/rentals/guitars)

• open to North Point Students from Gr. 3 - 7

• $60 for a 6 week program

Richmond Campus Exam Schedule

NAVIGATOR SQUAD POINTS

Physical Education

In Gr. 7 PE class we had a full court basket scored during a kickball type game!  It was scored by Gavin this week during our game of Chaos!  The game was energetic and the students were focused. This earned the time honoured tradition of buying the goal scorer a pizza!

Athletics

Basketball

Our Gr. 9 Boys Basketball team continued their season with two games this week.  They remained undefeated after Tuesday's win over Mountain View and it was great to see the support of a few Gr. 7 and 8 students! 

The Gr. 9 team will be playing the Calgary Jewish School at the time this newsletter goes to press.  Good Luck.
 

Curling

Our Curling team hit the ice in our second week and after some great shot making, the men's team earned a 2-2 draw while the open team had a great comeback and put the pressure on with 5 rocks in the house, forcing their opponents to draw to the button for the win!

HIGH Fitness Exercise Class

Hello NP families!