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Jan. 27 2017 Edition

UPCOMING DATES: Jan. 30 – Semester 2 Begins

Feb. 1 – Early Dismissal for Staff Collaboration – 1:23 PM Dismissal Feb. 7 – AM PAC Meeting

Gr. 8 & 9 Career Fair On Thursday LFMSS hosted its first Grade 8 & 9 Career Fair. Career Education has become a focus theme in the redesigned curriculum and we are looking at different opportunities on how to meet the curricular competencies of Careers. A huge thank-you to Mr. Thomas for organizing this event and to all our staff and parent volunteers who shared their career paths, choices, and stories. We look forward to seeing more career opportunities within our school and across the school district.

Gr. 6 WEB Dodgeball Game On Tuesday at lunch our Grade 8 WEB leaders hosted a dodgeball game for all the Grade 6 students in the Main Gym. 60+ Grade 6 students joined the game which unfortunately didn’t end before the lunch break did. We look forward to all the future WEB Leadership and Gr. 6 activities.

Fundamental Family of Schools Middle School Consultation On Thursday evening School District 35 hosted the first of a planned three part consultation meeting on Middle Schools. While LFMSS currently is a Middle School, Coghlan Fundamental Elementary is currently a K – 7 configuration. Some of Coghlan’s students choose to attend DW Poppy while others continue on to LFMSS. Presentations were made by Acting Superintendent Gord Stewart and Secretary-Treasurer David Green. Parents and community members then had the opportunity to attend breakout sessions to generate further questions or topics for consideration as the consultation moves forward. The second consultation meeting date, time, and location will be announces in February.

Titan’s Athletics The Senior Boy’s Basketball team improved their record to 5-0 with victories January 17 and 19th, moving their overall record to 8-0. The Titans had to go into Aldergrove's gym Tuesday,

and they came out with a convincing 70 to 54 victory. The team was led by Eric Aujla with 21 points, Sammy Vankevich with 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Larry Cong with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Next up the team hosted Garibaldi Secondary Thursday and defended our gym with a 81-51 win. The team was again led by Eric Aujla with a triple double, 23 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists, Sammy Vankevich had 17 points, and Larry Cong finished with 15 The Titans Senior Boys next home game will be January 31 against Sands secondary school (3-1) at 8 pm. This will be the night that we celebrate the grade 12's on our team, as this will be their last regular-season home game. Please come out and support your exciting team.

This past weekend our Junior Girls’ Basketball Team participated in the Guildford Park Junior Girls Basketball Tournament. The girls finished in 3rd place with 2 wins and 1 loss. On Thursday the Junior Girls lost a hard fought game 32-31 to LSS.

Thursday night was Seniors Night for the Senior Varsity Girls Basketball Team. The girls played Rick Hansen in a very physical battle. LFMSS came away victorious with an 82-73 final score. Congratulations to our two Grade 12 players, Jenny Lee and Alison Evens on their commitment to the Langley Fundamental Basketball program.

Whistler Ski Trip Friday saw the Alpine Sports Adventure program take to the slopes of Whistler Blackcomb. 3 busses of students departed LFMSS very early for what looks like an amazing day on the mountain.

Math Contests, Puzzle and Cube Clubs

Lunchtime at LFMSS have active places for active minds! There are various math clubs that have sprung up since the Christmas Break. Take your pick!

Cube Club (all grades)

Mondays at lunch in Mr Low's room W13. Learn how to solve the 2x2 or 3x3 Rubik's cube. Or improve your cube solving time to under a minute. You can even try the 4x4 or 5x5 cube, or even (gulp!) the 10x10 cube! Prizes for beginners and experts!

Puzzle and Games Club (Grades 6-8)

Thursdays at lunch in Ms Miller’s room E9. There’s plenty of puzzles and googols of games in Ms Miller’s room! Play games, solve puzzles, win prizes and have fun!

Math Contests

All LFMSS students can take math contests. Math contest questions are a bit more like puzzles than normal math course questions. At the younger ages, math contests are a fun experience, and awards for top marks are given. At the senior ages, top achievers in math contests can get scholarships and invitations to various post-secondary institutions. There are two math contest prep times:

Beginner and Intermediate (Grades 9-12)

Wednesdays at lunch in Mr Low’s room W13.

Advanced (Grades 11-12)

Fridays at lunch in Mr. Low’s room W13.

PAC NOTICE We need parent volunteers for the canteen. There were closures this month due to lack of helpers. The canteen provides hot food choices for the high school students, and is an integral PAC fundraiser. If you are able to help us out with any shifts for February (2 hour commitment), please contact Kim Dieterich at kdieterich@shaw.ca.