Terry Fox Raven         TERRY FOX SECONDARY eNews - December 6, 2011
December 2011 Calendar
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 Dec 6th - Winter Ball
Dec 7th - Winter Music Concert
Dec 8th - Spirit Rally
Dec 8th - After Grad Meeting (7pm Library)
Dec 13th - PAC Meeting (7pm Library)
Dec 16th - Last Day of Classes, Early Dismissal at 12:30

January 2012 Calendar
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Jan 3rd - School Re-Opens
Jan 5th - 7th - Leagle Beagle Basketball Tournament
Jan 10th - PAC Meeting (7pm Library)
Jan 10th - 12th - Rock The Fox
Jan 23rd - Last Day Semester 1 classes (Monday)
Jan 24rd - 27th - Provincial Exams
Jan 26th - Tour de Fox for Grade 8's (9:00am - 12:00 noon Main Gym)
Jan 30th - First Day Semester 2

TERRY FOX MUSIC WINTER CONCERT
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Terry Fox Music is showcasing the School’s Concert Band, Jazz Combos, Choir and Vocal Jazz in a Winter Concert next Wednesday, December 7th at 7:00pm in the Terry Fox Theatre.  The Concert Band is exploring selections from West Side Story as well as some new Christmas arrangements.  The Terry Fox  Jazz Combos will delight through a variety of genres, and with pieces that include the Theme from the Muppet Show.  The Choir and Vocal Jazz will be singing everything from Michael Buble, to Josh Groban to STYX and show off some humours takes on some old Christmas favourites.  We would love to have your join us to celebrate both the music and the season.  Tickets are available from Music Students and are 5$ each.  All proceeds will go to finance extra-curricular field trips and activities in the Music Department.  Hope to see you there!

Football Fundraising Events
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Neufeld Food Orders - Delivery is Dec 9th at the front of the school at 2:30.

Breakfast with Santa- Sat. Dec 10th  9am-12:00 pm at Terry Fox cost $12.00 each 3 years and up, $10.00 each with a food donation. Tickets available at the door. Ticket price includes: breakfast (pancakes, sausages, juice, coffee/tea), crafts, picture with Santa, cookie decorating. Bring your family, friends, neighbors, co-workers!

Super Bowl Party- keep Sun Feb 5th aside and join us with our very large screen tv, lunch etc and see your favorite team up close!

RAVENS Basketball Program
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Get your hands on the new Ravens Basketball Team Program and get 14+ chances to win!! The basketball season has started and the Ravens have a brand new program booklet to help you keep up with the schedule and get to know all the players. But that’s not all!  Our beautiful new booklet also gives you 14 entries to win 4 great prizes.

  • A hot new tablet computer
  • Dinner at Bella Vita Restaurant
  • 2 - $25 gas cards from Superstore

Pick up your program for only $2 at any home game or see our Athletic Director, Ms. Rhonda Trunkfield. Fill out your tickets and bring them to Ravens Senior Boys home games to enter. PLUS – You can win prizes on the spot when you play our half time trivia contests. Answers to all the questions can be found in the program. Cineplex passes, restaurant gift cards, and goodies to eat handed out to winners at every game! The Ravens have already won their first two home games against Vancouver College and the Mandura Magic from Australia. Come out to see some great basketball and YOU CAN WIN TOO! GO TERRY FOX RAVENS!!

Pick up your Poinsettias (from the Sr. Girls fundraiser) at the back of the school by the small gym on Thursday, December 8th between 3:30 - 4:30pm. Thank you.

Attention Grade 11 & 12 Students With a Job in the Trades
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If you have a student with a job in the trades, please ask them to fill out a survey which can qualify them for a $1,000 Scholarship and 4 High School Credits after 1,000 hours of work. The Secondary School Apprenticeship (SSA) Survey as well as a list of trade jobs can be downloaded from our website. Have student fill it out and hand into the school office as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Haerdi at the school.

Next After Grad Meeting December 8th
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The next meeting of the parent after grad committee is Thursday December 8th, 7:00 PM in the library

We urgently need volunteers (parents and students) to sell raffle tickets this weekend, please e-mail Ken Golner (kengolner@telus.net) if you can do a shift.

Blood Donor Clinics
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There  are blood donor clinics in POCO at Northside Church- Grace Campus…2606 Kingsway on Dec 5th and Jan 2nd from 1:30-8pm. There are also clinics in Coq, POMO, Maple Ridge etc.  Students and parents can call 1 888 2 DONATE for appointments and information about eligibility. They can also email Jeffrey O’Brien at Cdn Blood Services  (jeffrey.obrien@blood.ca ) to arrange group appointments and a shuttle bus. You can find out more about the Stem Cell Registry at www.onematch.ca.

PAC Agenda For December 13th Meeting and Minutes From Past Meeting
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Next PAC Meeting is Tuesday, December 13th at 7:00pm in the Terry Fox Library. Click here to see the Agenda. The Terry Fox Requests and Budget Approvals for this school year has been uploaded to the PAC webpage. The last PAC Meeting Minutes have also been uploaded.

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Terry Fox Secondary Administration and Counsellors
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Terry Fox Administration

Ms. Heather Murphy - Principal (hmurphy@sd43.bc.ca)
Ms. Lisa Dubé- Vice-Principal - students A-G (lidube@sd43.bc.ca)
Mr. J.J. Hyde - Vice-Principal - students H-N (jhyde@sd43.bc.ca)
Mr. Ross Jacobsen - Vice-Principal - students O-Z (rjacobsen@sd43.bc.ca)

Counselling Department

Ms. Rhonda Trunkfield - students A-E (rtrunkfield@sd43.bc.ca)
Ms. Jo Ann Ward Ward - students F-K (jward@sd43.bc.ca)
Ms. Nina Norlin - students L-P (nnorlin@sd43.bc.ca)
Ms. Tammy Ough- students Q-Z (tough@sd43.bc.ca)

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