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For Friday, November 19th, 2021

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:

• Monday: Not a highlight, but the our province was hit by floods


• Wednesday: Grade 7 girls volleyball tournament, Grade 8 boys postponed due to Abbotsford flooding


• Friday: Miss Wilkins did her first chapel talk this morning


• Friday: Grade 8 students have begun working on a Grade 8 yearbook

Upcoming Dates:

• Monday, November 22-Tuesday, November 23 - K-12 Food Drive for Flood Relief for the Abbotsford Food Bank (The most needed items include rice, hearty soups, canned meats, size 4/5/6 diapers, and feminine hygiene products.)


• Thursday, November 25 - End of MS Term 1


• Thursday, November 25 - VCS AGM via Zoom beginning at 7:30 pm


• Friday, November 26 - Professional Learning Day


• December 1-10 - MS Food Drive for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank


• Thursday, December 16 - Last Day of School, Christmas celebrations

We’d like to share a shoutout to our listeners!

This week’s shoutout goes to … Erin Goheen Glanville. She writes “Thanks for the podcast. I just caught up on the episodes and am wishing I had caught up earlier. So helpful! Now I understand better some of the things I've been hearing from my daughter. She is loving it at VCS lately.” 

Stay tuned for announcements about our Christmas-themed family fun pack in early December. Your feedback about the show qualifies you for entry, so keep those comments coming.

Final Words

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. 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! Stick around to hear bits and bytes from our wonderful middle school community. Talk to ya later!