- Leadership:
- Friday is Cobra Colors Day. Wear your Cobra colors and enjoy the pep rally during last period.
- Art Club:
- Our Art Club will start on today, October 14th from 3pm-4pm in the Art Room. The Art Club runs for 8 weeks. Local artist, Wayne MacDonald, will teach you new techniques and skills. The Art Club is open to all students. Please sign up on the sign up sheet on the main office window. We collect $10 to help with the cost for supplies.
Music:
- Wednesday: Grade 7 Band at Lunch.
- Thursday: Grade 8 Band at 7:40, and Red Rock Band after school.
- Grade 9 Band Students: Our Halloween concert featuring Birchwood, Stonepark, and Charlottetown Rural is coming up in a couple of weeks. After today’s rehearsal we only have 2 left to be sure we are ready.
Holland College:
- Reminder Mr. Casey’s grade 9 group heads to Holland College today 2nd period.
Athletics: Copies of master schedules on table outside the gym
- Team Athletic Fees
- Soccer, Baseball $20
- Field Hockey, Volleyball $30
- Can pay online or cash to PE office (you will get a receipt)
- Schedules are now live. Please check often in case of changes to game times and/or field location:
- https://peisaa.pe.ca/schedule
- Hockey Academy
- Session #3 for Grade 9 group will take place today. Please dismiss at 1:40.
- Baseball:
- New schedule TBA.
- Field Hockey:
- Girls play today at UPEI at 3:15. Please dismiss the girls at 2:20 to head to the field for 2:35.
- Soccer:
- AAG:
- AAB: Big win for our AA Boys - beating QC 4-0 yesterday. Brian MacFarland with the clean sheet, Theo Aitken with 2 goals, Jackson Clarke and Garrett Brown adding singles. Good luck to the boys as they play Stonepark on Thursday !!
- AG: host EWS today at 4 and Morell Thurs - time TBA
- AB: The “A” Boys finished their regular season undefeated with a win over East Whiltshire. Pete, Ryan, Evan, Jacob, and Adam scored. Tristan and Gavin shared the shut-out. “A” boys, next practice will be next week. Playoffs are next!
- Volleyball:
- AG:
- Regular practice schedule on Wednesday
- Cross country:
- PEISAA Provincials - Grade 9 is Thurs, Oct 15th at Charlottetown Rural and Grade 7&8 is Oct 17 at Mill River. All runners were given a notice with all information and a copy of their schedule. Levi - please pick up your notice from the whiteboard in the gym.
- Grade 9 runners please meet in Ms. MacGillivray’s room 227 at 11:50 today for a meeting for tomorrow’s event
- Grade 9 runners - you will get your uniform on Thursday morning before you leave.
- Bantams - you will get your uniforms on Thurs or Fri. Listen to announcements
- The Fun Cobra Poll is Back - Scan the QR codes that you an find around the school and let’s see where Birchwood students and staff stand on different issues. Friday will be our turn around day with results being shared and a new set of questions published. This week, when you scan, you’ll find some Halloween questions.
Clubs:
- Print and Paint Club:
- Meet up next week.
- Yearbook:
- No meeting this week.
- Reminder to order your book before our sale ends october 23rd, $35. After that, they will be $40. When you order a personalized copy you also get 4 free icons with purchase if ordered before the 23rd. Cash can also be brought to Miss McGill or Mme Wilson.
- https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A09742151
- Outdoor adventure club:
- There is no outdoor adventure club outing this week.
- Ice Cream Treats:
- Will be on sale in the cafeteria on Thursdays at lunchtime. $1.00 each, cash only. Freezies will be on sale also. Freezies and ice cream treats are to be eaten in the cafeteria or outside.
- A quick reminder to grade 8 students that your breakfast program table is set up in the main lobby. Grade 7 & 9 breakfast program tables are on their grade level floors.