PLS Thunderbolt Sept. 22 | Thunder Clothing, After School Program, Volunteer, Phys Ed, Athletics
Dear PLS Families,
Please review our weekly message below:
Important Dates
September 29 - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – Statutory holiday, no school
October 9 – Thanksgiving – Statutory holiday – no school
October 20 - Non-Instructional day
Peter Lougheed Thunder Clothing
Peter Lougheed School is excited to partner with Big Mountain Apparel to offer Peter Lougheed Thunder Clothing. Orders are due by October 16, 2023 and the store can be accessed using the following link:
https://plsapparelfall2023.itemorder.com/shop/sale/
$2.00 from each item sold goes directly to our Athletics program. Thank you in advance for your support!
City of Calgary LEAD After School Program Grades 7-9
Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:45 –5:45pm
Learning Commons at Peter Lougheed School
COST: FREE
The City of Calgary’s LEAD program will help you build upon your leadership skills, gain valuable leadership experience, and will give you an opportunity to make a difference in your community! This is a fun certificate program and includes free daily snacks and fun field trip opportunities! This program will practice safe guidelines as outlined by Alberta Health Services.
Interested students in grades 7-9 can pick up a registration package at the PLS office. The first 30 students to return completed registrations will be eligible to participate.
There are currently 13 spots left. If any students are interested, please let your homeroom teacher know.
Sign up to be a Parent Volunteer
Parent/family volunteers can help the school with field trips, in-class presentations, in the learning commons, and in the classroom. All parent volunteers need to complete a volunteer registration form and require a valid security clearance. This process may take 3-6 weeks. To start the process of getting a valid security clearance please check out this link for details https://www.cbe.ab.ca/get-involved/volunteer/Pages/volunteer.aspx. To find out the status of your security clearance, please call the school at 403-817-3508
McMan Program Information Grades 5 & 7
ReStart Leadership Program is for youth aged 10-24 who would like to increase their leadership, communication and interpersonal skills. This free program is offered during and after school hours in schools throughout Calgary.
ReStart is offered through 10-sessions and provides youth with an opportunity to learn and connect with peers. The 10-sessions cover the following:
- Social Skills
- Emotional Awareness Part 1
- Emotional Awareness Part 2
- Decision Making
- Risk Taking
- Drug & Alcohol Awareness
- Healthy Relationships
- Resisting Peer Pressure
- Media Awareness
- Resolving Conflict
Please visit https://mcmancalgary.ca/rlp/ for more information about this program being offered to all Grade 5 and Grade 7 students this year at Peter Lougheed!
Physical Education
For all parents, can you please have your children bring or wear appropriate footwear to school each day to participate in Physical Education class. Wearing crocs or other types of sandals is not safe to participate in due to the lack of ankle support and potential for spraining or breaking an ankle. We will be asking students that wear these types of shoes to sit out of pe activities for safety. As the weather also starts to get colder we request that our students dress for the weather each day and are prepared to be outside with sweaters, jackets, hats, gloves/mitts and appropriate footwear.
Athletics
Our cross country team had their second meet this week at West Confederation Park where there was a bit of rain but the athletes toughed it out and still were able to run the race. Our athletes competed very well with lots of our athletes improving greatly on their position from the first race. Congratulations Thunder runners!! The team will have their final race on Monday at Confederation Park so come cheer the athletes on.
Our boys soccer team had their first game on Tuesday at home after school. The boys got off to a hot start scoring three goals in the first half followed by two more early in the second half. Unfortunately the skies opened up and it started to pour rain so they stopped the game for safety. Congratulations to the boys on their first win. Our girls team continued to practice this week to prepare for the start of their season next week. Both teams will be playing at Dr. Gordon Higgins school next week so we wish them the best of luck with their games. A reminder that for away games fans for the games should be immediate family members only.
Our basketball teams have continued practicing this week to get ready for their season. All teams will start games next week with our junior boys playing at home on Monday. Please come out and cheer on our teams whenever they play at home but be respectful to athletes from both teams. For away games only immediate family members are allowed to attend these games. Good luck in all of the games this week to our Thunder basketball teams and the rest of their season.
Athletics Schedule
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Monday Sept. 25 |
Tuesday Sept. 26 |
Wednesday Sept. 27 |
Thursday Sept. 28 |
Friday Sept. 29 |
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7:45-9:00 am Sr. Boys Basketball Practice main gym |
7:45-9:00 am Sr. Boys Basketball Practice main gym |
7:45-9:00 am Sr. Girls |
3:45-5:00 pm Boys Soccer Practice |
No School |