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Welcome back to our Middle School Matters podcast!

• My name is Tim Cavey, and I’m the VCS Middle School vice-principal
• My name is Mary DeBoer, and I’m the VCS Middle School principal

Here were some highlights from the week (see MS Community Classroom):

• House Teams Winner for Jan-Feb were the Red Dragons who get ice cream treats next week
• It's Ultimate season and practices and games are on
• Hosted a Badminton Scrimmage with Maple Ridge Christian today

Upcoming Dates:

• Friday, April 15th: Good Friday, no school
• Monday, April 18th: Easter Monday, no school
• Monday, April 25th: Professional Development Day for K-12 (no classes)
• Friday, May 20th: Elementary Sports Day in the morning and House Team event in the afternoon

Other Items

We are looking for a middle school teacher for next year! This is a full-time, permanent, humanities position. If you or someone you know is interested in joining a fun, progressive teaching team that loves to learn together, please check the VCS website (see Careers under the Contact tab). The job description can also be found here: https://vancs.org/downloads/sb_vancs/MSHumanitiesTeacher1.pdf

4 Tips for Parents from Common Sense Media: How to Embrace Your Child’s Screen Time

1. Show interest in what they're doing online.
2. Help them recognize their screen time habits.
3. Talk about their emotional health.
4. Talk about what to do when they have negative feelings or want to set new screen time habits.

Mr. Cavey’s Seesaw Update: What learning have students been sharing lately?

From 7C: In this unit in science, students have been learning about how climate change impacts people around the world, and how people are responding to climate change (i.e. mitigation, adaptation). Students were given a climate change profile of a real person around the world, and learned how to think like them and speak like them. Students interviewed and were interviewed by 6 other students, to learn about how climate change impacts people differently. Students then compared and contrasted these profiles with this graphic organizer. (Previously featured: 8P, 8C)

Mary: Up next on the show, it’s time to hear a little bit more from one of our awesome Grade 8 teachers, Mrs. Karen Prinsloo!

Thank you for listening! We so appreciate your support. We’d encourage you to subscribe so that you don’t miss a future episode, and encourage other parents to do the same! Contact us at any time at mdeboer@vancs.org or tcavey@vancs.org. Remember to send us your comments and feedback about the show.  Our final "spin it to win it' draw for a family prize pack will happen in June. We’re humbled and grateful for the opportunity to serve your children each day. Have a great week, and we’ll talk to you again next weekend!