Monthly Archives: March 2016

TRADES FAIR 2016

trades fair poster 2016

I would like to invite all students and parents to our second Trades Fair at North Island Secondary School.  It will be held on Thursday, March 10th at NISS.  We will begin at 11:30 with an opening by Jay Dixon and then students will be able to move throughout the Fair with their teachers or in small groups. Our PAC will be providing a free hot dog for all students.  This year we will have the ‘Find Your Fit Tour” on site. This will give students a real chance to discover a trade they may be interested in.  More information can be found at: https://www.findyourfittour.ca/

There will be hands on activities for the students and they will have a bingo stamp card that they can have filled up for a chance to win an awesome prize.  Some of the businesses in attendance will be Hardy Buoys, Greigs Seafood, Marine Harvest, Progressive Diesel, West Coast Helicopters, Vancouver Art Institute, Visions Hair Salon, Creation Renovation, Coastal Community Insurance, North Island Employment Foundations Society, Community Futures, and many others.

I hope you will participate.  This was an awesome day in 2014 and NISS loves hosting the Trades Fair.  It is also open this year to the public from 4:00 -7:00 p.m. See you there.

If you have a business and would like to participate contact kmcarthur@sd85.bc.ca or phone Kathleen McArthur at 250-956-3394.

COURSE SELECTION – PARENT INVITATION

Over the next three weeks your son or daughter will be participating in our course selection process. You should see students bringing home course selection sheets and a course selection handbook. These can also be found on our North Island Secondary School website:

https://northislandsecondary.edublogs.org/course-selection/

We encourage you to have discussions with your son or daughter about what course options they will be choosing for next year.  Parents, who have a son or daughter in grades 10 to 12, please review the graduation checklist form found in the course selection handbook (on page 3) to help with your decision making.  If you have any questions or would like to meet with an advisor, please feel free to contact the school.  We will also be having a parent night to help you and your child fill out these forms on Monday, March 14th at 6:00 p.m.

We would please ask that you return these forms to the school before spring break.  The information that is provided on these forms is very valuable and helps us decide what North Island Secondary School will be offering in September 2017.