Announcements
Friday, November 3, 2017

• Picture orders have arrived, please come down to the office to see if your order is here.

• The learning centre will be selling popcorn today in the front lobby at lunch time.  Popcorn is $1.50 or $1.75 with seasoning.

• Mr. Down would like to meet all students attending the NSSSA Metro Conference today at 11:30 in room 230 for a brief 5 minute meeting.

• Mr. Down would like to meet all students available to volunteer at Sobeys during the Poppy campaign this weekend.  Meeting in Mr. Down’s room at 11:30 today.

• Mr. Down would like to congratulate the students who collected food donation for feed Nova Scotia on Halloween during Trick or Eat.  The total weight of the donations collected was 706 pounds.

• Students’ Council would also like to celebrate and recognize the efforts of all students who participated in the Terry Fox run and raised funds for Cancer Research.  The total funds raised were over $700 this year.

• The Youth Health Centre is closed today but it is still Brain Food Friday! Please stop by the Guidance Office last block to pick up a snack to put in your Knap Sack for the weekend

• If you would like to represent JL Ilsley at the upcoming Armbrae Dialogue at King's College on November 8th and 9th, please speak to Ms. Curran in room 201 as soon as possible.  This is an opportunity to participate in small group discussions with students from communities all across the Halifax Regional Municipality, from both public and private schools.  Admission is free, and Ilsley has been allotted an extra 4 spots due to our excellent participation in this event in the past. If you are interested in student leadership, public speaking or public service, this may be the conference for you.  

• Auditions for Musical/Dramatic Performance Tuesday, November 7 at 3:15 in the artspace, sign up outside 141.  Please prepare a song and/or a Monologue

• All students who are attending the Dalhousie Health Sciences Discovery Day must pass in their permission forms to Mrs. Shore by this Friday. Students who do not pass in their forms by the 3rd may not be able to attend.  

• News from the Library:
The first installment of our new books are in at the library, with more to come very soon!
As always, no matter your interests, we have something for everyone!!!
First Reader: If you like mystery rolled in with a bit of sarcastic humour, check out Vicky’s Grant’s new novel Short for Chameleon.   Cam’s agency “rent a relative” ensures you never have to deal with that embarrassing brother, mother or sister again. Intrigued???  I am!
Second Reader: You know, “the truth” is a slippery item!!  And in Angie Thomas’s new novel The Hate You Give, getting to the truth can be dangerous and unpredictable.  Themes of racism, honesty and police violence battle each other in this page turner.
1st Reader:  If action and suspense is more to your taste, you might like Boy Robot by Simon Curtis.  What if you woke up one day and everything you held on to in your life turned out to be a lie.  What if someone told you, you are not a boy, but a robot….not only a robot, but a killer robot….saaaay whaaat???
Check out these and other brand new reads on display in our library now!!  See you at the library!

• Monday, Nov 6th will be the last day to drop off permissions slips to guidance for the SMU bus tour on Nov 17th. We need to have 40 students interested or the tour will be cancelled.

• Reminder to all cross country runners to return your jersey to Mrs. Harris asap. 

• OK Judges it's playoff time! Come out, be loud and show support for your judges as the football team takes on Cole Harbour in a Quarter Final game this coming Monday night. Kickoff is at 7pm at Mainland Commons and will be televised by Eastlink TV. Tickets will be $5 at the door 

• Any grade 12’s who bring in a prize for this year’s Prom Bingo will be entered into a draw for a free prom ticket!  Donations must be worth $25 or more and can be dropped off at Ms. Butler’s room 319.