Happy Holidays!

Happy holidays to all our grade 8 families. We hope you have a wonderful winter break and a very happy New Year. See you January 4, 2016!

Holiday Concert Update

Hello everyone. This is just a quick overview of the many events that will be happening in our school this Thursday, December 17 for the night of our holiday concert.

Refreshments will be for sale. We will have a selection of snacks, drinks, coffee and hot chocolate.

Our Me to We food and clothing drive will still be accepting non-perishable food items and gently used clothing the night of the concert.

Grad Committee will be selling Car Wash Tickets for $5 as a fundraiser for graduation.

The Scholastic Book Fair will be taking place in the library. Stop by to buy a book. 68 cents goes back to the library out of every dollar spent!

Our first annual Gingerbread House Charity Fundraiser will be held. Tickets are $2. Vote for your favourite Gingerbread House (decorated by the teachers) for your chance to win!

See you Thursday!

Food and Clothing Donations

Don't forget, we are still collecting non-perishable food items, toiletries and gently used-clothing to donate to people in need this holiday season.

Please help us support our community.

Thank you.

Progress Reports

Progress reports went home Friday. Please review the report with your child and send back the signed envelope as soon as possible. We like to reuse them to be more eco-friendly.

Thank you.

BAPS Holiday Concert

Our annual BAPS Holiday Concert will be taking place this Thursday, December 17.

There will be two performances:

Concert A: Starts at 6 pm
All Grade 4 classes Veitch Maronitis Nitcheu Hajmollarabi Rahimi Linley Doucas BAPS Choir Grade 7 Band

Concert B: Starts at 7:30 pm
Bereas Borsuk Irwin Chamberland Doucas Mulligan BAPS Glee Club Grade 8 Chorus Dance Trio Grade 8 Band

Scholastic Book Fair

The Scholastic Book Fair will be held at BAPS this week. It will also be open on Thursday evening during the holiday concert performances. This is a wonderful opportunity to find some gifts for the holidays and add to your collection of English and French language resources.

BAPS Holiday Collection

Tis' the season to give! In an effort to give back to our community, Beverley Acres will be holding a food drive and clothing drive until December 17,

Please bring in any donations of non-perishable food items to donate to the local food bank. Help us beat last year's record of over 3000 donations!

We will also be collecting any gently used clothing items for people of all ages! If you have any clothing you would like to donate that is in good shape and wearable, please send it in and it will be passed along to someone who needs it.

Thank you! Let's help make the holidays a wonderful time!

McMichael art gallery trip

Exciting news! Our grade 8s will be visiting the McMichael art gallery next month as an extension to the art curriculum.

A permission form has been sent home today with information regarding the trip. This is an excellent opportunity for students to see beautiful and original Canadian artwork, and to create their own masterpiece.

The permission form and payment are due back by this Weds, Nov 25. The cost of the trip is $25 for the bus and the museum. Cheques should be made payable to BAPS.

The following classes will be going on these dates:

December 3: 8Mulligan and 8Doucas
December 10: 8Shifman, 8Botelho and 8Lee

Baps recycling initiatives

Don't know what to do with your old batteries or markers? Bring them to school and help our Eco club! We are currently collecting old batteries or markers to be recycled.

Langstaff Open House: Nov 19, 2015

Langstaff S.S will be holding an open house on Thursday, November 19 from 7:00-9:00pm.

Here is a schedule of events:

7pm: Life at Langstaff. An opportunity to discover what happens in the classroom and meet students and teachers.

8pm: Welcome presentation

8:45pm: Meet and greet with Langstaff faculty.

Parents of students in Mme Shifman's and Mr. Mulligan's homeroom classes

Mme Shifman has created a Google classroom for the courses she is teaching to 8M and 8S.

Students will be signing up for the class today for homework. This site will be used for homework updates, and as a place to upload assignment and project worksheets.

Please take the time to explore the site this evening with your child. Mme Shifman is hoping that this will prove to be a valuable communication tool between the home and school, and provide your child with extra support outside the classroom.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to give Mme Shifman a call.

Thank you.

Student Verification Forms

Student verification forms are being sent home today. Please check over the forms and update or change any information. Please return these as soon as possible, as it is very important that the school's records are up-to-date.

Thank you.

Pizza orders

Order forms for pizza day at BAPS are being sent home with your child today. Please return all order forms by Weds, Sept 23.

Parent/Guardian Information

As you all know, the first day of a new year brings its share of information and forms to be signed. An information package was sent home yesterday. Some forms are mandatory and must be returned to the school as soon as possible.

Here is the list of forms that must be signed and returned to your child's homeroom as soon as possible:

1) Agenda 6$
2) School Start Up Permission Form
3) Policy Agreement
4) BAPS Information Technology Acceptable Use Agreement
5) The Grade 8 Blog Form
6) The Grade 8 Welcome Letter
7) Getting to Know You Survey (to be filled out by the parent/guardian)

Thank you!

Welcome to Grade 8!

We are so pleased to be starting the 2015-2016 school year! You will notice that you are able to subscribe to the Grade 8 blog through a link on the right hand side of the page. This will automatically send our updates to your email for your convenience.

You will notice a section of important links for you and your child on the right upper hand side of the homepage. These links will allow you to access the History and Geography, and Science textbooks online. As we do not have enough textbooks for all students, they will not be permitted to take them home. This online access allows students to do homework and study without having to take the textbook home.

There will be very important information going home about high schools, registration, course selection and open houses later this year. All of the information will be posted to the blog.

Thank you.