This Week At Three Oaks

Dear Students & Parents/ Guardians:

Lucy Maud Montgomery once wrote “ I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” I couldn’t agree more on this beautiful Sunday as I write this email to you. With the leaves changing colour and beginning to fall, and the pleasant temperatures, I am reminded of how lucky we are to live where we do.  

This is a full week of school before our upcoming Thanksgiving weekend. Please note, that next Monday, October 14, there will be no classes. Please also note, that I will send next week’s email on Monday as opposed to Sunday as we celebrate all that we are thankful for.

Attendance and Engagement in the PSB

As we mentioned in our first newsletter of the year, schools across PEI are renewing their emphasis on the importance of regular attendance. Being present and on time ensures that students have the best opportunity to engage fully in their learning and stay connected with their peers and teachers. In September, more than 80% of students missed fewer than 10% of school days across PEI. This is an optimistic start to our school year that we can build on! Let’s continue working together to help reinforce the value of consistent attendance, as every day counts towards building a successful academic year.

Last week I sent out our numbers at Three Oaks for the month of September in regards to attendance. Although we do have a number of students missing classes, the large majority of our school population are attending regularly. At the end of last week, approximately 719 out of a possible 850 students (thanks for the reminder JLR to include the total number of students 😊 ) met this criteria of missing 10% or less school days so far. It is my hope that our TOSH students will continue to see the value of being in their classes each day and treat is as a job, where the payment is a graduation diploma.  

Grad Pictures – Grad pictures have been happening at Three Oaks for the past week. Students who have not signed up for their grad pictures here at the school should book an appointment with their chosen photographer before Christmas in order to be in the 2024-2025 school yearbook.  Students can check in with Heckbert Studio who can be found in the black box theatre at Three Oaks for the next few days about booking a time if they wish.

School Pictures - Student Portraits were taken September 24^th,  25^th  and 26^th by Everest Solutions. Students were given a QR code and web address to bring home to access the photos online. 

Should you have misplaced this QR code, you can still access the photos online at:www.everestsolutionsgroup.ca/order , when prompted for an access code, please use the student ID number (without dashes) to access the online gallery. 

 The due date for free shipping is October 12th, retakes are scheduled for October 22nd

If you do not know your student's ID number, you can find it on their PowerSchool app,  an old report card, or an old student ID card from any PEI school.

Student Well Being Team - Students can refer themselves to Student Wellbeing Team Youth Service Worker who will be here at Three Oaks on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Students can fill out a slip in student services to make an appointment.

Parent Council Meeting:  First meeting will take place this Thursday, October 10 at 6:30 in the lecture theatre.

OCTOBER 18^TH IS THE 95^TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PERSONS CASE IN CANADA – Pink teas (the way early women activists met to discuss topics of the day) will be held across Canada on that date.  Culture Summerside is going to host its own “Pink Tea” event and we are looking for girls who might be interested in this opportunity.  Local female politicians will be in attendance.  If you would be interested in participating in the discussion of current day women’s issues at the Pink Tea Event, please see Mrs. Power.

For more information on the background of this event, check out this webpage.

https://sencanada.ca/en/sencaplus/how-why/why-the-persons-case-matters/#:~:text=On%20October%2018%2C%201929%2C%20it,woman%20named%20to%20the%20Senate.

Out and About

Shout out to grade 12 student, Jenny Somers, who was just named to the Nova Scotia Youth Wind Ensemble after auditioning  for this prestigious opportunity. We are proud of you Jenny for this great accomplishment and for your leadership in our own TOSH music program. For more information about NSYWE please visit our website, nsywe.com.

Shout out to grade 12 student, Nya Martin, and grade 11 student Nina Kenny who will be in Vancouver from Oct 10-14 to participate in the Vancouver WXV1 Tour. This is an elite international competition which was launched in 2023 and was designed to accelerate the growth of women’s rugby around the world.  Nya and Nina  are playing for the Canada Games 7s training team.  We are incredibly proud of you both.

From the Gym:

Monday, October 7

AM Soccer @ Kinkora @ 5:00

AW vball host Kinkora 5:30

AW Soccer 3:30-5:00 (Bus Depot)

AAAM vball 3:30-5:00

AAAW vball 7:15-8:45

AAAW soccer 3:30-5:00 (CG)

AAAM soccer 3:30-5:00 (Vic Rd)

Field Hockey 3:45-5:00 @ EJ turf

Tuesday, October 8

AAAW soccer 3:30-5:00 (CG)

AAAM soccer 3:30-5:00 (Vic Rd)

AM soccer 3:30-5:00 (Lower)

AAAM vball 3:30-5:00

AAAW vball 5:00-6:30

AW vball 6:30-8:00

AAAM baseball - Host Westisle 6:00 and Kinkora 8:00 @ Legends field. 

Cross Country - 4k run @ 3:20

Field Hockey 3:45-5:00 @ EJ turf

Wednesday, October 9

AAAM Soccer host Westisle @ 5:15 (Vic Rd)

AAAW Soccer host Westisle @ 5:15 (CG)

AW Soccer @ Souris @ 5:00

AAAM Vball host westisle @ 5:30 

AAAW Vball host Souris @ 7:00

Golf practice - weather pending

Thursday, October 10

AAAW soccer 3:30-5:00 (CG)

AAAM soccer 3:30-5:00 (Vic Rd)

AM soccer 3:30-5:00 (Lower)

AAAM vball 3:30-5:00

AAAW vball 5:00-6:30

Field Hockey 3:45-5:00 @ EJ turf

Cross Country - 4k run @ 3:20

Baseball - TBD 

Golf practice - weather pending

Friday, October 11

AAA M & W volleyball @ Dalhousie Classic 

AM Soccer @ Rural @ 5:00

AW Vball host Westisle @ 5:30

From the Music Room

Congratulations to the following students on being selected for the PEI Senior High Honours Band:

Mateo Delgado Keough

Sophie Gallant

Gracie Mei Jara

Adia Laureijs

Amy Lewis 

Abby McMahon

Ana Millan Lopez

Ian Sharpe

Jenny Somers

Paige Thompson

Yixin Weng

These students will be representing Three Oaks alongside the top musicians from high schools across PEI on November 16 at 2:00 at the UPEI Performing Arts Center.

From Student Services

Career Day is Oct. 15, 2024. There will be a Volunteer Fair at lunch. Sessions for grade 11 and 12 students during third block (grade 10 has regular classes). The AARAO Tour will be in the gym last class of the day with grades being called down at specific times. AARAO is the Atlantic Association of Registrars and Admission Officers. The AARAO tour is when the Colleges and Universities belonging to this organization come to our school and are available to meeting and answer questions.  More details to come. Parents, guardians, and students are invited back for an evening session from 5:30-7.

Grade 11 and 12 Sessions (Pick 2)

Consolidated Credit Union Financing Your Future

Creative PEI

PEI BioAlliance Sector

College 101 Information Session – Holland College

Holland College Pathways Program

University 101 – Cindy and/or Connie from UPEI

Apprenticeship Program

PEI Agriculture Sector Council

Connection 2 Employment

RCMP

WorkPEI Client Engagement Officer Workforce Development

Electrical Union

PEI Trucking Sector

Health PEI

Canadian Forces Recruiting Center Atlantic

Army Reserves

*More sessions likely to be announced.

*TRANSCRIPTS NOTE: A link to download transcripts will be sent to Graduates this coming week. Keep an eye on your Cloud email accounts for this information in order to be well prepared for Career Day!!

Upcoming University visits @ TOSH –Representatives from universities will be on-site during the lunch break to answer questions, accept transcripts, guide students through the application process and possibly even waive your application fee!! Be sure to take advantage if interested in any of the below mentioned schools while a rep is here visiting TOSH!

• U de Moncton – Wed, October 9^th
• UNB – Monday, October 21^st
• Acadia – Tuesday, October 22^nd

On the evening of November 1 Sport PEI will host  “Discovering Your Path in Sport” for students who are interested in working in the Sport Science world, or those who maybe not sure what they want to do.  They have guests from our local AHP (Athlete Health & Performance) team along with two International guests who have worked with pro athletes, teams and companies around the world.   For $10 they will feed the students and walk them through 6 different pathways that are possible for students and lots of time for Q&A.  Register at  https://thelocker.coach.ca/event/registration/11984

Full Disclosure – October 8, 2024

The Full Disclosure date is used to determine when a course will become an attempted credit as part of the Student Transcript. The Student Transcript is an official record. For consistency, it is important that this date is the same in all high schools.

1. The 21st instructional day of each semester will be designated as the Full Disclosure date for all high school courses. 

Implications for Students:

1. Courses dropped in the first 20 days of a semester will not appear on the Student Transcript.
2. Courses dropped on or after the 21st day of a semester will have an entry created on the PowerSchool historical grades screen.  This entry will have a grade of DIS and a credit value of 0.  It will then appear on the Student Transcript as an attempted course with a mark of DIS - Discontinued.
3. School Year Full Disclosure Dates. These dates will be adjusted in the event of school closures.

 Mark your Calendars:

October

7-8        Grad Photos by Heckbert Studio 

10        Parent Council Meeting at 6:30 in the lecture theatre.O

14         Thanksgiving  (no classes)

15 -      Career Day

18 -      Pink Tea Event 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

22        School Picture Retakes

24        Wind Ensemble Performance at  TOSH  @ 7:00 p.m.

NoNvemb21 School Days) (18 Instructional Days)

November

1          Professional Learning Day ( Provincial PD) (no classes)

6          Remembrance Day Assembly 1:00 p.m.

7 & 8   PEITF Convention / CUPE 1770, 1775, 1145, 3260 Annual Convention (no classes)

9&10   TOSH Craft Fair

11         Remembrance Day Statutory Holiday (no classes)

14-16   Honours Band

22        Parent Teacher Interviews, K-12 (no classes)

December

5          Holiday Show at Scott McAulay Performing Arts with Wind Ensemble and R &B Band

20        Last Instructional Day for students in 2023

January

11January 2024 (21 School Days) (21 Instructional Days)

1          New Year’s Day ( no classes)

2,3       Professional Learning Days (no classes)

6          First Instructional Day for students in 2025

24        First Day of Final Assessments for Semester1.

31        Administrative Day for High Schools ( no classes high schools only)

February

3          Professional Learning Day ( Provincial) ( no classes)

17        Statutory Holiday (no classes)

March

7          Parent Teacher Interviews K‐9 / Professional Learning Day 10‐12 (no classes)

17-21   Mid‐term Break (no classes)

April

11        Parent Teacher Interviews 10‐12 / Professional Learning Day K‐9 (no classes)

 18       Good Friday Statutory Holiday (no classes)

21        Easter Monday Statutory Holiday ( no classes)

May

2          Area Association Professional Development Day/CUPE 3260 Annual Convention (no classes)

19        Statutory Holiday (no classes)

June

10        First Day High School Exams

19         Three Oaks Graduation at 6:45 at Credit Union Place

26        Last Day of Classes, K‐9

27        Administrative Day

30        Administrative Day, Last Day for Staff

As always, if you have a question or a concern, please don’t hesitate to reach out to your child’s teacher, whose emails are listed on our school webpage which can be found at https://threeoaks.edu.pe.ca/ You can also reach out to myself at jlreeves@edu.pe.ca ,or by phone at 902-888-8460 ext. 126, or to one our vice principals Claire Caseley Smith cncaseleysmith@edu.pe.ca or David Chisholm at dmchisholm@edu.pe.ca

We’re all in this together.

Let’s make a great week!

Jacqueline Reeves