Inferno News: November 8, 2024

Inferno News: November 8, 2024

Here is our weekly update of events and information for Greystone Centennial Middle School. 

Pop up Lunch - Tuesday November 19th

Our first pop up lunch will take place on Tuesday, November 19th. We will be selling Nachos and cheese for $3 or a combo that includes a can of pop for $5. This is cash only and lunches are sold in the pods.

FOGS is still looking for parent volunteers to help with this, please contact FOGS vice-president Chantelle at cschenk73@gmail.com or by phone at 780-983-4722 if you are able to help out.

School Council Meeting - Wednesday November 20th

Our next meeting is Wednesday, November 20th at 6:30. Our FOGS meeting will immediately follow.

Oil Kings Game Announcement

Our Grade 5/6 choir will be performing at Rogers Place on Wednesday, November 20th. Tickets are available at a discounted price for all members of the Greystone community, so we encourage you to come out and support the choir! If you have any questions regarding ticket purchases, please reach out to Mrs. Putt. Good luck to all our performers!

Calahoo Meat Fundraiser

Our tour choir is currently running a fundraiser with Calahoo Meats. If you are interested in supporting our tour choir students, please contact Mrs. Putt for more information. Thank you for your support!

Basketball Tryouts

Basketball Tryouts will start after fall break. Senior Boys tryout will be Monday and Wednesday after school. Senior Girls will be Tuesday and Thursday after school. All tryouts are from 3:45-5:15. More information can be found on the Greystone Athletics Facebook page.

Community Classroom

As you may be aware, Greystone Centennial Middle School offers many programs that support student learning. One such program is Community Classroom, which intentionally targets skills related to social-emotional learning. This year, Community Classroom will be offered for grades 5 and 6 during the last two blocks on Mondays, encompassing some functional literacy and numeracy skills throughout the activities. We will be running this program weekly, in which students will get the opportunity to learn and build skills in the areas of leadership, prosocial skill development, creativity, teamwork all the while tying in literacy and numeracy skills. Students will build confidence through intentional goal setting, collaborative game play, art activities, cooking and acts of kindness. Additionally, there will be approximately one day a month when we are excited to invite the Community Classroom students to bring a friend to an intentional games session. This is where the participants will be able to demonstrate, in a fun way, their social emotional skills that we have been working on in the weekly sessions. Perhaps your child is a participant in this program or gets invited one week to play games in a supported small group, all the while demonstrating positive peer play! If you have any questions about this program, please contact Ali White at the school.

Career Fair - UPDATE 

Due to the Grade 9 Quebec trip, we have shifted our CAREER FAIR to Tuesday, January 28th from 9:30-12:30. Greystone’s Career Fair Committee is asking parents, community members and friends to come in and speak about their career choice and give students an insight to a career that they may have never considered or already have an interest in and want to find out more.

If you would be interested in being one of our presenters for the day please email Janie Scheidl at janie.scheidl@psd.ca with your name, career, a brief description of what you do, and a phone number at which you can be contacted.  You may also leave a message with reception in the general office.  If you are able to volunteer your time, we would be so grateful.  Refreshments will be provided.  

Greystone’s Career Fair Team

Share a Thought Survey- repeat

We want your feedback!

Use our Share a Thought Survey to let us know what is on your mind.  We work hard as a staff to consider your feedback when making decisions regarding many aspects of the school.  

In Search of Volunteers - repeat

FOGS (Friends of Greystone Society) is looking for 6 adult volunteers to help out with pop up lunches. These lunches differ from the 'hot lunch' program, where items are sold directly in our pods rather than pre-ordered. The dates are as follows:

• Tuesday, November 18
• Tuesday, December 10
• Tuesday, January 14

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact FOGS vice-president Chantelle at cschenk73@gmail.com or by phone at 780-983-4722

Hot Lunch Update - repeat

Below you will find the schedule for hot lunch this year.  This schedule can also be found on the GCMS website.  If you do not yet have a hot lunch account please see this document for instructions on how to get set up. 

Important Dates

Monday, November 11-Friday, November 15 - Fall Break - No School