Reminder: Only 4 days left!!

The Fundscrip fundraiser is only open until November 18th.  Don't forget to get your orders and cheques in for this popular and potentially lucrative fund raiser.  Click here for all the details and here (right-click and 'save as' to download) for the form.

Open Invitation: Career and Technology Centre

This is an invitation to an open house aimed at Grade 9 students.  The open house will be held on Thursday November 24th at 6:00 pm.  For more details, please click here. - Thank you Mrs. Higgins for the blog submission.

Remembrance Day Ceremony

A submission from Mrs. Lori Taylor:

   Yesterday, we came together as a whole school in remembrance of those who fought for and continue to fight for our freedom. Our student body and welcome guests spent an hour showing our respect for all of these brave men and women.

   I would personally like to thank all of our parents that came to our Remembrance Day Assembly to show their support for the hard work of the students at Wilma Hansen. These times of remembrance and celebration are important to our students and they appreciate the time taken by our families to join us. - Lori Taylor, Assistant Principal

Reminder: Meeting and Interviews

Please join us at the next Parent Association meeting, Tuesday November 15 at 7pm in the Wilma Library.

Also - look for us at the parent/teacher interviews this week on Wednesday and Thursday.  We will have a table set up and manned by volunteers who can answer questions about the PA and advise on our latest fundraising programs.

Fund Raising

You may ask: "Why do we need to raise funds?  We already have Casino's and Bingo's that raise a lot of money...?"  The answer is simple; Bingo and Casino cash is controlled by the government.  Even though the PA gets the money, the Gaming Commission still restricts how that money is spent.

Money that we raise outside of Casino and Bingo is ours to spend as we vote on it.  The Gaming Commission won't let us pay for pizza parties or special awards, they restrict funds on social event costs and teacher appreciation and many other items that enhance the school's environment for our kids.

We have two fund raising activities going on right now that you can participate in and you will be helping yourselves as well as the school.  Neither of these involves 'pity sales', coupon books, or door to door visits. Take your pick or do both!

 1: A magazine subscription campaign: order for yourself or to send to friends and family as gifts.  The order process is online and very simple.  To order online right now, click here, put in the campaign code: AB633, start buying Presents - simple!  Share the campaign code with everyone and anyone to help us out.  There are prizes too, read here for all the info.

2: The very popular Fundscrip Gift Cards: order from a wide range  of gift cards from Starbucks to Superstore to PetroCan.

This is a 'revenue-neutral' funding option which means it doesn't cost you any more to purchase and use the cards - the difference is you'll be helping out the school.





Example1: you go to Starbucks on a regular basis and pay a couple of bucks for a coffee.  Buy yourself the gift card and it doesn't cost you any more for the coffee but Starbucks gives the school 5% (7% for November) of the value of the card.  This could really add up for the school and costs our fund raisers nothing!

Example2: You buy groceries at Sobey's.  Purchase the gift card for Sobey's for $100.00 and use it to purchase your groceries and Sobey's will give our school $3.00!  No extra cost for you.

There are over 100 retailers to choose from: click here to see the complete list.

To become involved in Fundscrip, click here and follow the directions.  The order form is here, simply print it, fill it out and bring it with your cheque into the school.  There is a November promotion on now as well.