Halifax West High School

October 16th, 2018

Cross Country practice afterschool today.  Permission slips must be handed into Mrs. Brennan or Mr. Sullivan by the end of the day today.

There will be Free Pizza today at lunch in B320 for students interested in learning about a free after school coding and robotics program.  The purpose of the RBC iCode+ Program is to teach coding to African Nova Scotian and racially visible minority youth (ages 15-19). This FREE program is designed to engage learners with hands-on coding exercises and introduces students to the fundamentals of coding. Participants will learn how to control current, voltage, and resistance using combinations of hardware and code. They will be introduced to 3D computer-aided design drawing and printing, and by the end of the program, they would have built an autonomous robot.

Hey Warriors!  Pledge forms are available now in the main office for our annual Wake-a-thon.  The Wake-a-thon will take place on Friday, October 26 from 7pm-7am.  There will be activities scheduled and food served throughout the night.  All pledge money will be donated to the Brunswick Street Mission and the Ronald McDonald house.  Pick up your pledge form today!

Calling all tutors!  If you are in grade 11 or 12 and want some volunteer hours, then this program is for you. We will be having a peer tutoring program to help other students with subjects like math, science, English, and history. You would only need to commit to tutoring once a week and you decide your schedule! Please come by room C320 for more details and a registration form!

For anyone interested in trying out for Boys Basketball, tryouts will be held this Friday, the 19th at 7 pm, Saturday the 20th at 4:30 pm and Sunday the 21st at 11 am.

NSSSA is being held at Mount st Vincent University from Nov 10th to the 11th all student leaders are welcome. Forms to register are in the office and everyone who is interested in going should go see Ms Whiteway in room C343 Tuesday at lunch!

Attention grade twelves.  Want GradWear? Or, better yet, want a prom? Support your graduating class by purchasing a super cozy GradWear hoodie or super cool GradWear t-shirt.  Get your order forms in the office, sample sizes available.

"Hairspray" character and dance call backs will be posted on the Call Board this Friday morning. All students who auditioned are asked to check all three lists for their names. Students who receive a Character Callback are required to attend a brief meeting Friday at lunch in the Drama Room B223 to receive their script and song. Thank you to everyone who auditioned.

HW's Jack chapter will meet today, Tuesday in the youth health centre, B315. New members welcomed!