ANNOUNCEMENTS!
Announcements: Thursday, February 13, 2025
*PRACTICES/GAMES/REHEARSALS
Monday – There is a tier 2 girls basketball wrap-up after school.
There is a SV girls practice at 5:00 pm
There is a JV boys basketball practice in Lomond at 5:00 PM
The S.V. boys are playing in Med. Hat Vs. Crescent Heights at 7:30 pm
There is drama practice from 3:30-4:30 on the stage after school.
Tuesday – Badminton practice after school.
The S.V. girls have a home game at 6:00 pm against Milk River. The
senior girls will be honouring this year’s grade 12 players with seniors’
night at the game.
The J.V. boys have a home game at 7:45 PM against Warner.
Wednesday – Badminton practice after school.
The S.V. boys are playing in Brooks vs. St. Joe’s at 7:00 pm
Thursday – There is a SV girls basketball practice after school.
There is a JV boys basketball practice in Vauxhall at 5:00 PM
There is a SV boys basketball practice at 7:00 PM
There is drama practice from 3:30-4:30 on the stage after school.
Friday -
*"Continuing this week, student council is going to be selling candygrams at lunch. You can
purchase a CRUSH pop for $1 or a candy bag for $2 to be sent to someone in the school on
Valentine’s Day. You will have the option to attach a message or send it anonymously. This year
we are also bringing back singing grams. For $5, you can have 3 of student council’s finest sing
a love song to someone of your choosing in the school. This will take place this week."
*All students in high school that are taking work experience, green certificate, or RAP. Mr.
Pritchard will be here on Wednesday at lunchtime. The meeting is in Mr. Reiling’s room, and it
is mandatory to attend. You are being tracked for meeting attendance for your marks and credits
so please make sure you are there!
*Our Career Counselor, Mr. Mouland, will be here on Wednesdays. If you need any information
in regards to college, university, work study programs, entrance requirements, programs offered
and student loans, please let the office or a teacher know and we can book you an appointment
with Garth.
*February is Random Acts of Kindness Month, and the Headstrong Team wants to challenge all staff and
students at VHS to be intentional with spreading kindness over the next two weeks! Yesterday in
Advisory each student and teacher should have gotten an anonymous random act of kindness. Don't forget
to try to complete your random act of kindness as many times as you can between now and our next
Advisory on February 26th! (Students who were away Wednesday and did not get one can go and see
their advisory leader for instructions.)
*There is a student council meeting at lunchtime on Tuesday in Mrs. Astalos' room.
*There will be a Grad Decorating meeting today at lunch in Mrs. Schellenberg's room.
*Just a reminder that if you’d like to purchase a 2024/2025 yearbook, please let the office know.
Also, if you have purchased a 2023/2024 yearbook, they are available for pick-up at the office.
There are also some copies available for purchase.
*Hungry, Need Breakfast –the breakfast program is back on for this school year. Every
morning, from 8:05 a.m. to the start of class, you can go into the foods room and grab some
breakfast. We are continuing with bagel Thursday.
*HOT LUNCH on Wednesday will be chicken fingers and fries. We are continuing with our
punch card or single card system. You must purchase a card for lunch. A single card can be
bought for $5.00, and a multi-card can be bought for $20.00 (4 lunches). The punch cards must
be purchased from the office ahead of time or they can be bought with an e-transfer to
vauxhallbaseball@gmail.com.
To pick up your hot lunch please go to the following rooms:
Gr 7 – Miss Karmann
Gr 8 – Mr. Virginillo
Gr 9 – Mrs. Astalos
Gr 10 – Mrs. Finlayson
Gr 11 – Mr. Reiling
Gr 12 – Mrs. Schellenberg
*This year, if you need to purchase a cup of soup for lunch, please go to the office instead of the
corner store. This option is available Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday’s!
*Career Transitions are excited to invite you to the Career Exploration Sessions for this school
year! Those interested in attending need to register in advance in order to receive a link to the
virtual event.
February 26 - RV Technician
March 11 - Video Game Developer
March 20 - Wildlife Biologist
O’Canada on Mondays