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Announcements September 30, 2020

SOUTHERN OKANAGAN SECONDARY SCHOOL 

Wednesday,  September 30, 2020 

 

  1. Today is a half day for Inquiry, classes are out at 11:57. 

 

  1. The following are the winners of the Terry Fox Raffle Prizes:  Camryn Pister, Mrs. Laver, Hasnoor Tung, Zephyr Pickell, Enola Mills, Rachel Dunlop, Eden Cummings, Nimrit Sidhu, Aidan Wolfe, Travis Nelson, Kate Noftle, Megan Donesley, Emma Millward and Karamjot Braich.  You can claim your prizes at the Library. 

 

  1. As of tomorrow Thursday October 1, the Grade 11 common space will be the North end of the Gym and the Grade 9 Common Space will be the Atrium.  This means the Grade 11’s will be going to the North end of the gym in the mornings and at lunch and the Grade 9’s will be in the Atrium in the mornings and during lunch. 

 

  1. We are excited to announce SAGA club’s return. We will be meeting at lunch on Fridays starting this week in Ms. Shione’s room 205. To allow for sanitization, please come to Ms. Shione’s room at 11:30. Can’t wait to see you all! Everyone is welcome join! (Can you keep repeating please!) 

 

  1. Your A Block teachers should have your Student ID’s.  If you have not received them from your A block teacher, please come to the Library to pick up.  You need your Student ID to order pictures online.  

 

  1. Reminder Volleyball practices today: Grade 8s at 3pm in the Big Gym and Grade 9s at 3 pm in the small gym. Come out and bring a friend with you! 

 

  1. Field hockey players are welcome to do extra work on skills today. Meet on the field at 12:15.  

 

  1. Attention runners of all abilities, athletes wanting extra conditioning or anyone who wants to improve their fitness. SOSS will be starting a kilometer club starting after school Monday next week. There will be a short meeting at lunch time Friday in room 103 for interested runners. We hope to see you come out and bring a friend!  

 

  1. Way.  Today is orange shirt day, orange shirt day is a day set aside to honor and reflect upon the experiences of 150,000 Indigenous Children and over 7 generations of families who experienced the Intergenerational trauma caused by residential schools.  Today school is a safe place for all of us to make social connections, learn life skills, to have opportunities and this is why September has been an exciting month for all of us. However, For Indigenous survivors and communities September brings back the devastating emotions and memories of residential schools. Children were forced into Residential schools where they were stripped of their dignity, culture and language.  This is why we must remember the long lasting effects of residential schools on Indigenous culture and spirits.  Phillys Webstad (a residential school survivor) was taken to Residential School at age 6 with her brand new orange shirt. Her shirt was taken from her and she never saw that shirt again. Wearing an orange shirt symbolizes our freedoms we get to have in schools today.  Let's all take today to remember this chapter in OUR history. 

 

  1. A huge thank you to all the students and staff who participated in the annual Terry Fox run yesterday.  Together we raised over $1100 for cancer research.  If you would still like to donate, you can do so in the office until Friday.