Middle School Matters

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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).

Here's a link to the position description: https://vancs.org/downloads/sb_vancs/MSHumanitiesTeacher1.pdf

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Tim: Our next scheduled staff interview will be with … Karen Prinsloo on April 1st.

Mary: Thank you again to YOU, our dear listeners, for your constant encouragement and feedback! As always, your emailed feedback earns you a spot on the prize wheel, so please continue to let us know what you are enjoying about the show and how we can improve.

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Mary: Thank you for listening! We so appreciate your support. 

Tim: We’d encourage you to subscribe so that you don’t miss a future episode, and encourage other parents to do the same! 

Mary: Contact us at any time at [email protected] or [email protected]. 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.

Tim: 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! 

Welcome back to our Middle School Matters podcast!

Highlights from this week included THEME WEEK: Life in the 1800s! Our students had so many fun workshops to experience and learn from.

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

March 10th - from 8C: Theme Week Reflections

1️⃣ What is one thing that you LEARNED today?

2️⃣ What is one thing that you LIKED about your learning activities today?

3️⃣ What is one QUESTION that you have about the day's learning?

🎯 Learning Target: I can ... use inquiry to ask questions, gather ideas, and communicate findings.

Up next on the show: let’s get to know our incoming Principal, Mrs. Michelle Davis

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Tim: Our next scheduled staff interview will be with … MARY on Thursday, March 24th.

Mary: Congratulations again to Joanne, our last winner of the listener prize pack! When she reached out to us this week she shared even more wonderful encouragement. Thank you so much, Joanne.

As a reminder, we’ll be sharing one more great prize pack at the end of the year for YOU, our faithful listeners! As always, your emailed feedback earns you a spot on the prize wheel, so please continue to let us know what you are enjoying about the show and how we can improve.

Final Words

Mary: Contact us at any time at [email protected] or [email protected]. 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.

Tim: 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! 

For Thursday, March 3rd, 2022

Welcome back to our Middle School Matters podcast!

Before we get rolling, we just want to take a moment to say that we are watching the situation in Ukraine unfold each day and like all of you our hearts are heavy for our friends and relatives there. We pray for peace in Ukraine.

It's Mary's Birthday on Friday, March 4th! Happy birthday, Mary.

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

Upcoming Dates:

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

Up next on the show: let’s get to know one of our amazing Grade 8 teachers, Miss Michaela Mulder!

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Our next staff interview will be with … Mrs. Michelle Davis on Thursday, March 10th. We are going to get to know our next middle school principal … very exciting!

It’s now time for our prize pack draw. One lucky listener who shared their feedback with us is about to win a $60 gift card for Boston Pizza, the book, How to Hug a Porcupine:  Negotiating the Prickly Points of the Tween Years, and SET, the family fun game of visual perception. 

And our winner is ... Joanne Ng! Congratulations, Joanne. Thanks for supporting the podcast.

Contact us at any time at [email protected] or [email protected]. 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.

Welcome back to our Middle School Matters podcast!

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

Upcoming Dates:

Other Items

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 [email protected] or [email protected]. Remember to send us your comments and feedback about the show.  Our next "spin it to win it' draw for a family prize pack will happen on Friday, March 4th will include a $60 gift card for Boston Pizza, the book, How to Hug a Porcupine:  Negotiating the Prickly Points of the Tween Years, and some other fun family items.

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! 

For Friday, February 18th, 2022

Here were some highlights from the week:

Looking ahead to lightened restrictions:

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Mary: Now we’d like to share a shoutout to our listeners! This week’s shoutout goes to one of our fabulous Grade 7 students who we’ll call M. She writes: Hi Mr. Cavey and Mrs. Deboer! I hope your week is going well. I just wanted to say that I appreciate the effort that you are putting into the Middle School Matters Podcast. Our family loves listening to it, me included, and we look forward to it every single week. I think it is such a wonderful way to get to know our teachers, and what has been going on at school. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this for us. 

Final Words

Thank you for listening! We so appreciate your support. 

Contact us at any time at [email protected] or [email protected]. Remember to send us your comments and feedback about the show.  Our next "spin it to win it' draw for a family prize pack will happen at the end of February and will include a $60 gift card for Boston Pizza, the book, How to Hug a Porcupine:  Negotiating the Prickly Points of the Tween Years, and some other fun family items.

For Friday, February 11th, 2022

Welcome back to our Middle School Matters podcast!

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Mary: That was such a great conversation with Tim. One thing I appreciate about Tim is his dedication to our democratic right to vote.  Every time we have a federal or provincial election, Tim takes on the task of organizing the Middle School student vote.  Our students are becoming well-informed about the election process in the hopes that they will take on their civic responsibilities when they become eligible voters.

Tim: We are taking a couple of weeks off on the staff interview line-up as our teachers focus all of their energy on completing the next reporting period. Our next staff interview will be with … Miss Michaela Mulder on March 4th.

Mary: Now we’d like to share a shoutout to our listeners! This week’s shoutout goes to Dian Moon who works in our VCS business office.  She told us in person how much she appreciates the podcast and especially the interviews with our MS staff.  We'll be adding your name to the "spin it to win it" wheel, Dian!

Final Words

Mary: Contact us at any time at [email protected] or [email protected]. Remember to send us your comments and feedback about the show.  Our next "spin it to win it' draw for a family prize pack will happen at the end of February and will include a $60 gift card for Boston Pizza, the book, How to Hug a Porcupine:  Negotiating the Prickly Points of the Tween Years, and some other fun family items.

Tim: 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! 

For Friday, February 4th, 2022

Welcome back to our Middle School Matters podcast!

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Social media trends (read parts of letter to Grade 6 parents)

Staff Interview: Miss Anika Brandt

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Bits & Bytes

Welcome back to our Middle School Matters podcast!

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

Upcoming Dates:

Our next staff interview will be with … Anika Brandt

Mary: Now we’d like to share a shoutout to our listeners! This week’s shoutout goes to Laura Campa, who wrote “Hi Mary, Just wanted to let you know how much I’ve enjoyed the middle school matters podcasts. It’s great being able to hear from the teachers, through interviews, as we haven’t had the opportunity to do that in person (thanks Covid). Thanks for making the time and effort to bridge this gap!”

Final Words

Mary: Contact us at any time at [email protected] or [email protected]. Remember to send us your comments and feedback about the show.  Our next "spin it to win it' draw for a family prize pack will happen at the end of February and will include a $60 gift card for Boston Pizza, the book, How to Hug a Porcupine:  Negotiating the Prickly Points of the Tween Years, and some other fun family items.  By the way, if you are a student listening in to our podcast, we'd love to hear from you as well.  Let us know what you are enjoying about the pod!

For Friday, January 21st, 2022

Welcome back to our Middle School Matters podcast!

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Students are invited to sign up for the Vancouver Sun Run

Interview with Mrs. Maureen Tran

Contact us at any time at [email protected] or [email protected]. Remember to send us your comments and feedback about the show.  Our next "spin it to win it' draw for a family prize pack will happen at the end of February and will include a $60 gift card for Boston Pizza, the book, How to Hug a Porcupine:  Negotiating the Prickly Points of the Tween Years, (*read back cover of book) and some other fun family items.

For Friday, January 14th, 2022

Welcome back to our Middle School Matters podcast!

Here were some highlights from the week:

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Other Items: Off-campus privileges for Grade 8s will is a GO next week

Staff Profile: let’s get to know one of our amazing Grade 6 teachers, Miss Jennifer Tang!

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 [email protected] or [email protected]. 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! Good-bye!