School Dance: The Student Council has a Much Music Dance booked for Friday, January 13, from 8:00 P.M. until 12:00AM. Doors are open from 8:00-9:00. Students from other schools must be invited by a G.F. Kells student to get their names on the Invitation List. Guests' names must be on this list by Thursday. Only invited guests who are on the list will be admitted.
Now that 2012 is here, it means the end of the semester is near. Grade 10-12 Final Exams will be on Jan. 25, 26, and 27. Middle Years classes continue as normal.
There will not be classes on Monday, January 30 due to a staff development day.
As many people may have heard, GFK School will be making some changes to the scheduling for Semester 2. A letter has been sent home to parents and further details are available on the school blog: gfkells.wordpress.com.
School clothing has arrived. For anyone interested in buying school clothes, extras have been purchased. Please check out all of the pictures of the school clothing located on the school blog.
The Junior and Senior Drama Clubs continue to meet Monday evenings. They are looking forward to competing at festivals this spring.
Junior and Senior Curling teams have started to practise. They are looking forward to a terrific season.
Buy a yearbook during the month of January and your name will be entered into a draw to win a gift certificate in the amount of $40.00 from Life Touch Photography. The gift certificate can be used for school pictures if you wish. Local businesses can have a business-card size advertisement placed in the yearbook for $20 or they can sponsor a photo page for $30. Half-page and full-page advertisements are also available. If you are interested in placing an ad in the GFK yearbook please contact Melissa Sweet for details. If anyone has taken pictures of GFK students which might be of interest to the Yearbook Committee, please email them to Melissa Sweet at melissa.sweet@cornerstonesd.ca so the pictures can be included in the 2011-2012 yearbook. The 2010/2011 yearbooks will be available in mid-November.
Anyone who is interested in advertising on the school's virtual signs should contact Mr. Howe at the school. For all of your Gordon F. Kells news and updates, check out the new virtual signs or visit our school blog at gfkells.wordpress.com!
