GRAD PARENT MEETING
May 15, 2017
OUR AGENDA
• Drive One for Charity & Special Olympics Bowling
(updates)
• Grad Transitions, Grad Fees, Who gets to Graduate?
• Bursaries
• Blood Drive, Tailgate Bar-b-que
• Relay for Life
• Commencement and Dry Grad – Please sign up to
support us
GRAD TRANSITIONS & GRAD FEES
• Grad Transitions completion chart (on Student
Services window) Check it out – what needs done.
• Students taking courses toward graduation must
have those courses completed by June 1st
• Grad fees ($125) must be paid before receiving
grad tickets. If the grad had poinsettia sales and/or
test drive credits, the new amount owing is on the
spreadsheet.
THE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY IS FOR
GRADUATES
• Students must be graduating to
participate, and if they have not met
grad requirements, they will be
excluded.
• Students need to meet ministry
prescribed curricular requirements,
including grad transitions.
• If your son/daughter is in jeopardy, you
will have been contacted by their
counsellor.
BURSARIES
• The Bursary Reception is on June 5th. We
will be giving out Group 1 bursaries
(decided by Isfeld staff) and Group 2
bursaries (decided by the donor
organization).
• Students getting bursaries will be invited
to a pizza lunch on May 23 to meet and
discuss protocol for this event.
Counsellors will deliver the invites.
• Students must hand in a donor thank you
letter to Student Services before getting
their grad ceremony tickets.
JUNE PROVINCIAL EXAMS
• Fri, June 23 – 9am EN 12
• Tue, June 27 – 9 am
Mon, June 26 – COM 12
FRAL 12
• Students may rewrite ONCE within the 12 month period
following the first attempt at the exam. Must notify the office
by end of day tomorrow if rewriting EN 12 or COM 12, FRAL
12
• The Ministry of Education uses the BEST MARK.
• July 31st June exam results released to students.
WE WANT YOUR BLOOD – MAY 23RD AT FILBERG CENTRE
• Every year all high schools compete for a
bursary in a blood donation challenge.
• Isfeld wins every year, except last year, which
went to Vanier. We are determined to redeem
ourselves
• Graduates over 17, and their parents, and their
close and distant relatives, and any stranger
willing to say Isfeld made them donate, will
count toward our total.
• Drink water before you go. Eat breakfast and
lunch. Bring your ID. 1-888-2DONATE
RELAY FOR LIFE – JUNE 10TH
6 PM TO 6 AM
• The most important event of the year, and
the most anticipated by the grads.
• This is a community event, not a Grad
event. Grads need to be respectful of what
this event means to cancer survivors and
those still battling the disease. We have 15
grad teams, 3 parent teams & 2 staff teams.
• “Give Cancer the Boot” theme (Western)
• $ to the office or online. We’ve raised
$9175 so far. PAC still accepting members.
RELAY FOR LIFE - WHAT TO EXPECT?
• SET UP YOUR TENT STARTING AT 5 PM IN OUR DESIGNATED SPOT AT THE TOP END OF THE
TRACK
• BRING: TENT, SLEEPING BAGS, BLANKETS, SNACKS, WATER, EXTRA CLOTHES, LAWN CHAIR,
GAMES
• OPENING SPEECHES AT 5:45 PM, SURVIVOR’S VICTORY LAP AT 6:00 PM (ISFELD LINES THE
TRACK TO HIGH FIVE SURVIVORS), THEN WE ALL JOIN .
• THERE WILL BE HEAD SHAVES, MUSIC, BOUNCY CASTLE, MUSICAL CHAIRS, LIP SYNC,
ZUMBA, ETC
• LUMINARIES LIT AT DUSK AND LAP IN SILENCE, TO HONOUR AND REMEMBER LOVED ONES.
LUMINARIES STAY LIT FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT
• MIDNIGHT SNACK PROVIDED AND BREAKFAST AT 5:30 AM. ALSO FOOD TRUCK ON SITE SO
BRING $
• ONE MEMBER OF EACH TEAM ON THE TRACK AT ALL TIMES
• YOU CAN COME AND PARTICIPATE OR WATCH.
TAILGATE BAR-B-QUE – WED MAY 31
• Grad Relay teams organize and run this school-wide
event
• Staff versus students hockey game
• Big Concession over lunchtime, which the whole school
attends. Please send $$ with your son/daughter to buy
lunch.
• Biggest Fundraiser for Relay for Life.
• We need parent helpers. Sign up sheet on wall.
GRAD REHEARSAL
TUES JUNE 27 AT 4:30 PM
• TAKES PLACE IN THE GYM
• NEED ALL GRADS TO ATTEND, COMPLICATED ENTRANCE
AND EXIT TO GYM
• REVIEW WHAT HAPPENS AT THE CEREMONY, DISCUSS CAR
PARADE AND AFTER GRAD.
DECORATE CROWN ISLE – TUES JUNE 27TH
– Time to be announced
GRAD DAY – WED. JUNE 28
• Ceremony starts at 6:30 pm, doors open at 5:30 pm.
• Each grad gets 5 tickets (they don’t need a ticket). If we have extras, you can go on a
list, but no guarantees. Notify the office for specialized seating/parking
requirements.
• Support is available for those in financial hardship through the Prince
Charming/Cynderella program via the school counsellor.
• Dry Grad really means NO alcohol, NO drugs.
• School staff run the Grad Ceremony, grad parents run the Dry After-Grad with admin
help.
GRAD CAR CRUISE – WED JUNE 28TH
DRIFTWOOD MALL
• Two types of participants:
• 1) NEED A CAR – the local car clubs provide a car and
driver. Grads signup in the office starting tomorrow. Grads
pick their car based on best attendance. At a lunch meeting
we show them pictures and they make their pick. They then
call their driver and introduce themselves
• 2) HAVE A CAR – Grads signup with details in the office. Car
needs to be in good shape
GRAD DAY
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28
• 3:30 pm Meet at the Driftwood Mall for the Classic Car Parade, 4:15 pm leave
• 5:00 pm Grads assemble in gym for a group photo, then go to Home Ec rooms
to get appetizers & beverages, then grad cap and gown
• 5:30 pm Gym doors open, parents find seating
• 6:00 pm Grads line up in TA order
• 6:30 pm Commencement Ceremony begins at 6:30pm and will run to 8:00 ‘ish
• 8:30 pm Reception in the pods will follow in the location of grad’s homeroom
• 9:00 pm Grad/Parent dances (3 or 4 songs max)
• 9:30 pm Parents go home, Grads get bussed to Crown Isle
• 3:15 am
Thurs. June 29
Parents pick up grads at Crown Isle
WE WILL STAY BEHIND FOR
QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS.
THANK-YOU FOR YOUR
INTEREST IN GRAD 2017.