*SEE REVISED DATE FOR CHRISTMAS FAMILY DINNER ON

THURSDAY DECEMBER 20TH.*

I would like to begin by thanking the families and students who attended

our Parent/Teacher interviews on November 15th. We had a fabulous

turnout. PACI staff, so appreciate meeting families and working together

toward creating successful learners. Thank you so much!.

This year, we are continuing to track student attendance. As we often

say, research links success achieving credits to excellent attendance!

Students should focus on attending their classes at least 90% of the

time. We understand that illness and life outside of school sometimes

happens but making school attendance a priority is also important to

graduation. Please talk to your student about what their monthly attend-

ance is and help them set goals to improve. At PACI, homerooms are

challenging each other for the best monthly attendance. The best home-

room gets a pizza lunch. Congrats to Ms. Jordan and Ms. Klein’s home-

rooms!

We have had students participate in many activities in October and No-

vember developing literacy skills outside of the school. Students helped

with the Fall Food Fair, attended a court hearing and toured the Sas-

katchewan Penitentiary.

Please join us for a couple of PACI Christmas traditions:

Our annual PACI Winter Showcase on Wednesday, December 5th at

7:00. It will promise to be a great evening of performances featuring

our Drama, Dance and Music students this semester.

PACI Family Dinner is served on Thursday, December 21st at 12:00.

Families are invited to join us. We will recognize deserving students

with Bear Award presentations, eat plenty of turkey and share fellow-

ship.

Enjoy your Winter holiday! When we return, we will have a busy 3 weeks

until Semester 1 final assessments begin! Remember to check schedules

for our final assessment schedule. Semester 2 starts on Wednesday,

January 30th.

Dawne Adams

Principal’s Message

DECEMBER NEWSLETTER

Important Upcoming

Dates:

Wednesday, Dec. 5th PACI

Winter Showcase at 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 20: Family

Dinner

Dec. 24 - Jan. 4 Christmas

break, no school

January 7 - back to school

January 30th - Second semes-

ter starts

How important is it for kids to be in school?

School attendance is a baseline factor in determining student

success.

https://www.greatschools.org/gk/

articles/school-atten

PACI Semester 1

Assessment Schedule

Thursday, Jan 24 pm - Period 1

Friday, Jan 25 am - Period 2

pm - Period 4

Monday, Jan 28 am - Period 3

pm - Period 5

Tuesday, Jan 29 - Credit Recovery

Day.

Wednesday, Jan 30 Semester 2

begins.

Do You have your Timetable?

Friday, Feb 1 - PLC Day

No Students - No School

(306) 763-6485

https://pa.srsd119.ca/

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MOMS PANTRY

P.A.C.I. Graduates are selling Mom’s Pantry. Order forms are available from any grad, or from

Mrs. Lysyk in Student Support Services. Orders are due Wednesday, December 5th. Orders will be available for pick-up at the school before the Christmas Holidays.

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WEDNESDAY WORKSHOPS—LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL

Get Learning - University & College Applications—Wednesday, December 5th during Homeroom.

Get Money to learn - Scholarships & Bursaries- Wednesday, December 19th.

Get A Job - Resumes & cover Letters—Wednesday, February 13th.

Get Hands On - Apprenticeship & Trades - Wednesday, March 6th.

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ATTEND TODAY, ACHIEVE TOMORROW

This is the slogan above our attendance bulletin board. We believe attendance is not only directly linked to aca-demic achievement, but also an important life skill. At the end of each month, students have been provided with an attendance report displaying all lates and absences (both excused and not excused). Students then cal-culate the percent of classes they have attended. Smiles all around when some realize they had no calculations to do as they had not missed one class! Homeroom teachers are reinforcing the correlation between attendance and achievement and supporting students in developing their own strategies for getting to school. We recognize student attendance during assemblies where excellent attenders receive certificates.

Help us make school attendance a priority:

Talk about the importance of showing up to school everyday, make that the expectation.

Help your child maintain daily routines, such as finishing homework and getting a good night’s sleep.

Try not to schedule dental and medical appointments during the school day.

Don’t let your child stay home unless truly sick. Complaints of headaches or stomach aches may be signs of anxiety.

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HOMEROOM NEWS

Are you on track to achieve your credits How do your CSL’s look in each class? Are you aiming for an exemption? These are some of the questions homeroom teachers discussed when students reviewed their midterm report card. The scheduled homeroom is supporting our school mission of “Building a strong community to achieve suc-cess” in many ways including providing instructional support, building relationships and creating a space of be-longing.

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2018/2019 PACI GIRLS BASKETBALL SEASON

Practice Times - PACI Gym: Mondays: 3:30—5:00 p.m.; Wednesdays: 5:00—6:30 p.m.

League Games at PACI will be Tuesdays from 5:30—7:00 p.m. (Schedule will be given)

Tournaments we are registered in: November 30 - December 1st at St. Mary High School.

December 7 - 8th at St. Mary High School

January 11 - 12th at PACI

February 9 - 10th at Carlton Comprehensive High School

March—conferences (TBA at a later date)

PACI BOYS VOLLEYBALL

The volleyball season has officially come to an end. The PACI boys volleyball team made huge progress throughout the season and participated in several games and tournaments along the way. We were also able to compete at conferences in Melfort. This brought on new challenges and a new perspective on how to play the game. Although the boys did not advance, they defi-nitely showed them what it means to play PACI volleyball. It was a fantastic season filled with laughter, hard work, determination and sportsmanship. Congratulations boys on a fantastic season!

SENIOR GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Our Senior Girls volleyball team had a great development year. We had tournaments in St. Louis, St. Mary’s and Carlton. We played hard at every tournament and got noticeably stronger on and off the court as a team. We played league at Carlton and showed huge improvements every week. We entered conferences in La Ronge and finished in 2nd place, qualifying for Regionals in Nipawin the following weekend. We had some tough matches and did not qualify for Provincials. We were very pleased with how our season turned out. The girls worked hard every week and they were a dedicated team. We finished the season off by go-ing to a U of S Huskie volleyball game. It was a great end to a great season. Looking forward to next sea-son!.

Remind notifications for SRPSD buses are now available. Follow these simple steps to receive important information

about your school bus sent right to your phone!

We ask that along with your specific school(s), you also subscribe to “All SRPSD buses”. In some circumstances, im-

portant division wide information may be sent only to “All SRPSD buses”. For instance, in the case of cancelled buses

due to weather related reasons, a notice will be sent out on the “All SRPSD buses” channel.

How Exemptions are determined for Semester 1 . . . Will You Be? Students will be exempt from completing final assessment in a course at semester end IF they have:

1. achieved a 3 (Proficiency) or higher on all curricular outcomes for the course, and have Usually or Consistently in their Characteristics of Successful Learners for the class.

Characteristics of Successful Learners:

Confidence Welcomes new opportunities; perseveres when met with challenges; is invested in learn-ing.

Citizenship Respects others, rules & property; is caring & trustworthy; conducts self with dignity.

Responsibility Exhibits personal and academic independence; takes responsibility for own behaviour; resolves conflict. Work-Habits Works effectively with others; completes and turns in assignments; comes prepared to class.

Characteristics of Successful Learners KEY C – Consistently

Your child consistently demonstrates these characteristics. U – Usually

Your child usually demonstrates these characteristics. S – Sometimes

Your child sometimes demonstrates these characteristics. R - Rarely

Your child rarely demonstrates these characteristics. It states on the report card “Assessment information which is not related to outcomes (e.g. behaviour, completion of homework,

effort) complements the reported achievement and is reported to you under the Characteristics of Successful Learners scale. Teachers will inform students if they are exempt prior to final assessments, and parents will be contacted if your student is exempt. Students who are exempt may choose to write their final assessments in order to increase their final mark. For more information, please speak to your teacher, Ms. Adams, or Mr. Morri-son.