Daily Announcements

Tuesday October 21, 2014

  • Tomorrow is Waste Free Wednesday. Earn spirit points, win a trophy for your class, and help our environment at the same time by only using reusable containers for your lunch. So, get packing Birchview. Good luck!
  • ​It’s Ontario Waste Reduction Week Birchview. Do you have any old cell phones lying around your house. The batteries and parts used to make cell phones can damage our environment if thrown in the garbage. You can make a difference and have a chance to earn our school $500 by bringing in your old cell phones. A box will be placed in the front foyer where you can deposit used phones.
  •  THE FIRST ECOSCHOOLS EXECUTIVE TEAM MEETING TAKES PLACE TODAY AT 10:55 IN MR. PINKERTON’S PORTABLE. This is a reminder for Rhea, Mariah, Emily, Rayne, and Emma C.
  •  Congratulations to the jr boys’ basketball team who played their first game of the season last night against Byng. The boys played a strong game with great team defence, accurate shooting, and some excellent passing. Mr. Brooks and the players would like to thank Mr. Carson for being our ref last night. The boys are reminded of their practice tomorrow after school.
  •  Congrats to all of the Birchview students that competed in the Caribou Math Test last week.  There were over 15 000 people in the world that competed in this test from Grades 3-12.  At Birchview, our best results were in Grades 7/8 Brodi D. 1st and 19th in Simcoe County, Rayne H. 2nd and Victoria W. 3rd.  In Grades 5/6 1st from Birchview was Isabelle T. and 5th in the board, 2nd was Owen R. and 3rd was Katie W.  If you have not had a chance to access your code and see your results please see Ms. Winstone. The next test will be November 12th.​
  •  Mr. Charman is looking for recyclers to help him please.