December 2008 - Lord Byng Secondary School

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LORD BYNG SECONDARY SCHOOL 

3939 West 16 th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6R 3C9 

Tel: 604-713-8171 & Fax: 604-713-8170 WEBSITE: http://byng.vsb.bc.ca 

Ms. M. Taddei - Principal Ms. L. Green - Associate Superintendent 

Mr. S. Cameron - Vice-Principal Ms. S. Gregson - Liaison Trustee 

Mr. J. Rutley - Vice-Principal Mr. D. Chowne - PAC Chair 

N E W S L E T T E R 

December 2008 

MISSION STATEMENT 

At Lord Byng Secondary our goal is to provide a safe learning environment 

that enables students to challenge their intellectual and creative abilities 

and allows them to meet their full potential as citizens. 

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1Lord Byng Secondary School students and staff would like to wish all members of our community a happy holiday 

season and best wishes for a prosperous new year!! The holiday break gives students and staff a chance to rest and 

relax with family and friends and to get ready for the challenges and opportunities of a New Year. 

Our first term is now complete. As students and parents reflect on the report cards that were distributed on 

December 15 th , we encourage students, teachers, administrators, and parents to take the opportunity over the break 

to “take stock” of your progress: celebrate achievements and acknowledge areas of improvement with a plan of 

action. Through our goal of department and inter-department team work and collaboration we continue to make a 

difference at Byng. 

As I personally take stock of the year, we have much to be pleased with - highlights of key school and department 

initiatives are included in the body of this newsletter. I continue to be pleased with our students’ academic success, 

numerous field trips that enhance the classroom curricula, a strong drama programme, our accomplished musicians, 

elective courses that engage students in hands-on activities and a dynamic athletic programme that saw both boys 

and girls teams at all grade levels compete extremely well in league games and tournaments. 

Of noteworthy recognition this year are: 

• the changes in our instructional delivery model in all of our Life Skills classes 

• our efforts in providing a more inclusive environment for our special needs students and our ESL students. 

• National Portfolio Day at Emily Carr 

• An interdisciplinary project: the drama production from Page to Stage inspired by our attempts to 

encourage more teamwork and collaboration between and among departments. 

• A new course offering for next year: Social Justice 12 

• We Got Skillz; Global Voice: Bridging the digital divide with technology. 

• Film Awards and Nominations 

• Swim Team Provincial Meet (14 swimmers qualified for the provincial meet). 

• Cross Country teams placed 1 st and 2 nd in Vancouver, 2 nd in the provincial meet. 

• Rugby semi-finalists (gr. 9 boys; gr. 8 boys finished 3 rd in the west division. 

• Senior Badminton team finished 3 rd in the cities. 

• Senior Boys’ Soccer Team participation in the B.C. Soccer Championships. 

• Destination Conservation Project 

• and much, much more. Continue reading the body of this newsletter for details.......

2. Lord Byng Newsletter 

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We are fortunate to have a supportive PAC at Byng. We thank them for satisfying our department wish lists and 

generous donations. We also like to thank a generous group of parents for showing their gratitude and appreciation 

for the purposeful, and challenging learning opportunities our staff provide for the students at Byng. The selection 

and wide array of foods at the teacher appreciation lunch on December 9 th was most impressive. The delicious food 

nourished our hearts, mind, and soul. 

As the holiday season approaches, it is wonderful to see many of our students in the role of global citizens as they 

participate in such initiatives as collecting donations for (i). the Union Gospel Mission, and (ii). building a school in 

Kenya. As always, but specifically in these rough financial times, it is good practice to give to those who have little 

and, in turn, will receive very little. 

The holidays can be a very stressful time of year as we try to meet the many emotional, financial and familiar 

expectations that surround Christmas; however, this is also a time of celebration and fun. So I remind everyone to 

take the time to enjoy your family and take the time to care for self. Be safe and in anticipation of the holidays 

starting December 19 th , let us share our global holiday spirit by saying: 

Merry Christmas 

Happy Hanukah 

(Jewish) 

Joyeux Noel 

(French) 

Buon Natale 

(Italian) 

Feliz Navidad 

(Spanish) 

Froehliche Weihnachten 

(German) 

Kalla Christoughenna 

(Greek) 

Me ri Ku ree su ma su 

(Japanese) 

Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan 

(Chinese: Mandarin) 

Gun Tso Sun 

(Cantonese) 

Sung Tan Chuk Ha 

(Korean) 

Srohzh dyest vom 

(Russian) 

Hartelijke Kerstogroeten 

(Dutch) 

Happy Holidays


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SCHOOL GROWTH STEERING COMMITTEE REPORT 

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Lord Byng’s over-arching school growth goal for 2008 – 2009: 

To continue to improve the level of citizenship in all students at Lord Byng Secondary in order to enhance a 

positive school climate, and to stimulate learning, engagement and student pride. 

Objectives for 2008 – 2009: 

1. To continue to improve bonds between the students and the school community. 

2. To continue to improve bonds between the students and the global community. 

3. To improve communication throughout the school community. 

When another school year begins, the on-going process of school growth at Lord Byng gets off the ground for 

another year. Our growth goal and objectives for the 2008 – 2009 school year were retained from last year, as it was 

felt that the process of achieving them and making the changes part of Byng’s school culture will take a number of 

years to accomplish. The school growth steering committee, which oversees and supports the growth process, has 

welcomed two new members this year – George Yannakoulias has taken over as chair for the School Connections 

committee (Objectives #1) and Len Pelletier is the new chair of the Communications Committee (Objectives #3). A 

big thanks to Doug Matear who decided to retain his position as chair of the Global Awareness and Sustainability 

Committee (Objective #2) for another year. 

Some of the projects that the growth committees have worked, and are working, on are as follows: 

• Working with the MoreSports program to develop student leadership and participation in athletics 

• Co-hosting a live webcast with Africa and Europe (We Got Skillz/Hearts in Action event – Dec. 3 rd ) 

to allow students around the world to discuss global awareness issues face-to-face 

• Fleshing out the school’s Code of Conduct to come into line with Ministry guidelines 

• Supporting greater inclusion of special needs and ESL students at Lord Byng 

• Developing a project to improve the articulation process between Byng and its feeder elementary 

schools 

• Continuing to improve communication between home and school for all stakeholders of the Byng 

community 

• Working towards more electronic communication as part of becoming sustainable with our school 

resources 

Beyond the extensive work above, the Global Awareness and Sustainability Committee is continuing to work on a 

significant number of exciting and meaningful projects and changes. Please see the details of the Global Awareness 

and Sustainability Committee’s work in another part of this newsletter. 

If you have any questions or would be willing to give some time to any of the committees, please feel free to contact 

the School Growth department head, Sean Nugent (snugent@vsb.bc.ca) at any time. Any interest in being a parent 

rep on the School Growth Steering Committee should be made through PAC or Maria Taddei (mtaddei@vsb.bc.ca)


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WE GOT SKILLZ – GLOBAL VOICE 2008 

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A Growth Plan Action Research Project Initiative Involving a Partnership with Heart in Action Enterprises. 

Lord Byng was involved in our first online LIVE Multimedia Interactive Global Community with students from 

Lord Byng, students from Bulles D’Oxygene in Paris, France, an internationally renowned musician and producer 

from NewYork, Nile Rodgers who is chairman and founder of “We Are Family Foundation”, and students from Aga 

Khan Secondary School in Uganda. 

We are very pleased that Byng was a launching point for young people around the world to start utilizing innovative 

secured multimedia communication - interactive video over the Internet. Participants were able to connect, to 

communicate and to collaborate online in a CNN type roundtable telecast. Our students had an opportunity to 

prepare and discuss issues they are currently facing in their respective regions and collectively build solutions for the 

future. Topics included: 

• Human Rights 

• HIV/AIDS 

• Unity 

• Poverty, Education, Inequality 

• Future 

The event also gave students and youth the opportunity to make new connections with other youth and to meet 

surprise guests who connected online. The interactive video will play a major role in the future of the new media 

sector. We are excited about the partnership with Heart In Action Enterprises, to spearhead the push to close the 

digital divide and to increase the level of online protection for children and youth in developing countries when 

communicating over the internet. This kind of technology has implications for future curriculum and instruction that 

is meaningful, relevant and engaging for our students. The global journey of unification and mobilization of young 

people is a great opportunity to enlist young people all around the world to engage in the democratic process, to get 

involved with their community and to promote positive change. 

A huge thanks goes to the following people for their participation and involvement in organizing this event. 

Teachers included: Mr. Nugent, Mr. Howes, Ms. Mann, Mr. Redekop. Our student participants, panelists and 

technology support included: Torie Joy-Warrent, Ljudmila Petrovic, Frannie Heeney, Stefana Fratila, Michael 

Mitton, John Carr, Giardatia Scales, Vivian He, Alice Huang, Abdi Boubia. 

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SUSTAINABILITY/GLOBAL AWARENESS TASK FORCE 

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Committee Members: Kristina Tanner, Manuel Madeira, Maureen Bryce, Erin Zimmaro, Paula Violi, Jaime Tong, 

Elise Barber (“Check Your Head”), Jim Rutley (administrator), Helen Xu (student), Doug Matear – Chair 

Next Meeting: December 4 th in the library from 2:15 – 3:15 p.m. 

This year we have continued to work hard on making sustainability and global issues a part of the Lord Byng 

Growth Plan. We continue with our commitment to a Destination Conservation Project (this year the focus is on 

water issues) and with our partnership with “Check Your Head”. 

Starting early in September, students from the environmental club presented at grade assemblies. They also 

presented to students during a Planning 10 assembly. As well, a group of environment club students presented to all 

the elementary students at Jules Quesnel about how to start a school-based recycling program on October 10 th .


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Then our environmental club leaders – Alyssa Boky and Anna Benke presented at the Environmental Educators 

Provincial Conference on October 22 nd at Science World. Along with Mr. Raoul, these students finely represented 

our school and the efforts we are making in regards to environmental practices such as composting, recycling, and 

how we are trying to get a school garden started (i.e., preliminary plans have occurred for a vegetable garden and a 

memorial garden). 

On October 29 th , we were invited to attend a special presentation at York House where 6 of our students heard Jane 

Goodall speak about her life as a scientist and conservationist. Ms. Goodall was the keynote member of a panel 

which included environmentalists (Simon Jackson, Ian McAlister) and another scientist (Dr. Daniel Pauly). 

Then on October 31 st we initiated our first “flick off” event but only to a limited success. This event tried to 

encouraged students, staff, and teachers to consider turning off or using less electricity on this day. Unfortunately, 

our posters and advertising for these events need to be better developed and thought out. Hopefully, our next “flick 

off” day will be better planned and orchestrated because we strongly believe awareness raising event do have a 

positive impact on environmental initiatives. 

Andy finally, on November 14 th a group of environmental club students were invited to the Amnesty International 

Film Festival where they spoke on why our club is encouraging people to take the tap water only pledge and why 

we are campaigning for the use of metal water bottles instead of the plastic ones. By the way, we are in the process 

of ordering metal bottles which we will sell within our school. 

This first term, we have been enormously active and involved. The students in the environmental club have been 

extremely active with various initiatives and deserve a lot of accolades for all their hard work. Nevertheless, we 

could still use more student, staff and parent input and involvement. Please consider sharing ideas with us or 

possibly attending our next sustainability task force meeting which is scheduled for December 4 th from 2:00 to 3:00 

p.m. At the task force meetings, time is always set aside to allow the various sub-committees to report back on what 

is happening in their groups. In addition, students can always join our environmental club which meets Wednesdays 

in room 210. Students consider getting involved and making a difference! Thank you. 

Please feel free to email Doug Matear at dmatear@vsb.bc.ca about sustainability and global issues. 

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INCLUSION PROJECT: 3 B’s BRIDGE, BLEND BUILD 

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Guided by Lord Byng’s school growth objective, the VSB Settlement Workers in Schools (SWIS) Program is 

embarking on a new journey to engage and to encourage immigrant students and parents to actively participate in the 

school and the community. 

Funded by the Immigration Integration Branch of the Ministry of Advanced Education & Labour Market 

Development, the Byng Busy Bees Club is a pilot project co hosted by the Byng Settlement Worker, Janet Chung as 

well as Vicky Ma and Kenneth Lo from SUCCESS. 40 students, staff and special guests will meet at lunch time 

once every two weeks starting from the middle of January to May 2009. 

Through the program, students will have opportunity to get to know the school staff better in a friendly and relaxed 

setting: meeting new friends with different cultural backgrounds; hearing successful stories from motivational guest 

speakers; volunteering together in the community as well as showcasing their talents in special events. Above all 

students will have great food and great fun!! The club will endeavour to invite all students who are interested in 

participating in one or more of the activities planned. 

To support the program operation, 26 parents have signed up for the Volunteer Parent Committee to coordinate and 

plan special outings, lunch menu, ordering food, taking rotation duties to serve lunch, cleaning up and supervising 

events. We need more parents! Together, we will make this meaningful program a success! 

If you are willing to participate, we will make it possible for you! Just call Janet Chung at 604 – 713-6000 ext. 2486 

and leave your name and phone number. And we will be in touch with you!


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January 14 th is the inaugural day of the Byng Busy Bees Club! 

Registration is from January 5 th to January 9 th , 2009. All Chinese immigrant students who have arrived in 

Canada in the past three years are welcome to participate. Invitations will be delivered by Student Committee in the 

class. However, any eligible Chinese immigrant students who are interested in joining the club can call Janet Chung 

at the above number to register as well. 

Students must register to become a member to come to the first session! 

For more information, please follow the updates of the program on the Bulletin Board close to the library…watch 

out for the news!!! Look forward to seeing you all!!! 

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SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 

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We have had a busy start to the school year in Special Ed. With 3 new teachers to Byng in our Life Skills programs, 

there was a lot to learn for our new staff and for our new and returning students. Now that first term is over, things 

seem to have settled and we are all looking forward to a smooth second term with a less arduous learning curve! 

Our department goal of increased inclusion and integration with the regular school program continues to provide 

opportunities and challenges for the staff and students to face. 

• Life Skills I – Ms. K. Pender – there have been lots of field trips happening this term. The class 

goes to the “Snoozeling Room” every Monday; the students love it as it has a lot of soft lighting and 

multi-sensory toys. As well, the class regularly attends swimming and gymnastics. They went on a 

fieldtrip to the VSO and a Historical Walking Tour of Steveston. Both Lifeskills I and II are 

working on the soy candles as a fundraiser for their programs. Upcoming December events – 

Canada Place, Fort Langley, class Christmas Party and the District Bowling Party in Richmond on 

December 4 th . 

• Life Skills II – Ms. A. Frers - three students are in Work Experience programs right now. The 

class has been practicing for the big bowling party on December 4 th – their goal is to beat Ronnie’s 

score of 140! Every Tuesday, they have a Yoga instructor come for lessons and there is also weekly 

Music Therapy for all kids in both life skills I and II programs. 

• Learning Assistance/Life Skills – Ms. J. Tong - Students are involved in numerous clubs at lunch 

– weight room with Alisa, Student Council, GSA Club, Environmental club, and they were the 

dodge ball champions for intramurals. Regarding integration – one student is in 2 ESL classes, a 

number of students are integrated into choir, art, media, photography, PE and cooking. Another 

student attends English and Social Studies with the grade 8’s, two students are working in the 

Cafeteria, another two students are shredding at the VPD, and 4 students currently have jobs out in 

the community. The class is looking forward to the big bowling party on December 4 th . 

• Byng Satellite – Mr. S. McKeen – students are getting lots of new kids enrolled, particularly at 

Grade 8 and 9. The kids have been working hard preparing for an alternate school volleyball 

tournament and narrowly missed out on seeing “Chuck D.” 

• District Resource for Deaf and Hard of Hearing – Ms. D. Little - There are 6 deaf and hard of 

hearing students enrolled at Byng. The kids have support from 2 sign language interpreters and one 

SSA. Each of the 6 students gets a special party on their birthdays – sushi and cake to celebrate the 

event. One of our Grade 11students achieved a perfect score for her SATII Math exam. A new 

course – ASL 11 (American Sign Language) is being offered through Signing-On-Line and Ms. 

Little is supervising one grade 10 student taking the course. Any student interested in taking this 

course (they do not have to fall into the Deaf or Hard of Hearing category) can see Ms. Little or Ms. 

Hurst.


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• Resource Team – Ms. S. Hurst, Ms. M. Pronk, Ms. K. Crosbie, Mr. G. Kosman (Skills) and 

Ms. A. Lee (Skills) – staff have been busy working with our new Grade 8’s to help them transition 

successfully into high school. As well, as term one came to an end, there was lots of work preparing 

students for term tests and exams. The skills teachers developed two checklists (one for home one 

for school) for students who struggle with organization. Anyone interested can contact Ms. Hurst if 

they feel their child could use extra help in this area. We are thrilled to have extra resource support 

in Math/Science through Ms. Pronk and English/Socials through Ms. Crosbie and very happy to 

welcome Ms. Lee to the SDC. We all look forward to getting students ready for midyear exams 

upon our return from Christmas holidays. 

The Special Education Department welcomes any Byng students who are interested in volunteering in our Life Skills 

programs. Contact Ms. Hurst in A 213 if you would like to volunteer in a program or create new friendships with our 

students. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 

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UNION GOSPEL 

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Students from Ms. Tong’s Learning Assistance/Life Skills class are once again collecting donations for the Union 

Gospel Mission. This will be the 8 th year of fundraising organized by students in LA/LS. They began planning in 

November and made posters and obtained the support of Student Council. 

Students visit classes every morning to see if there are any new donations. This annual project gives special needs 

students a chance to try public speaking and money math (with staff assistance), as well as to raise awareness of 

social responsibility among all students. 

Our goal this year is $1500. All money raised will go towards the UGM to help with their meal service programs. 

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THEATRE COMPANY 

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Theatre Company presents from Page to Stage from Tuesday, December 9 th – Friday, December 12 th at 7:00 p.m. in 

the auditorium. Tickets are $5.00 for students and seniors and$8.00 for adults. 

In this cross-curricular production, the actors of Theatre Company have taken short stories from the English 

department’s curriculum and have adapted them into short one act plays, while the art department under the direction 

of Ms. D. Webber has painted exquisite backdrops inspired by the stories. 

The Byng Arts Drama 8 class will be presenting “A Musical Review” on December 17 th at 7:00 p.m. in the Drama 

Studio (A021). Join us for an evening of musical numbers from various Broadway hits such as Rent, Hairspray, The 

Little Mermaid, etc. Partial proceeds from the evening will go towards Helping Hands’ school project in Kenya. A 

minimum donation of $4.00 is recommended. 

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HAPPY NEW YEAR DRAMA FANS! 

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Lord Byng’s Drama department is once again presenting The One Act Festival. A total of 8 one acts will be 

presented over two evenings. Directed by the grade 10 drama coaches, these one acts feature over 70 of our grade 8 

and 9 students. Join us in the auditorium January 14 th and 15 th at 7:00 p.m.


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LIBRARY 

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Congratulations to Alisa Brandt, a Byng Arts student, who was one of the prize winners of the VPL bookmark 

contest. We will be receiving printed versions for her bookmarks for the students at Byng very soon. Well done, 

Alisa! 

The librarians continue to welcome students to suggest book titles (fiction or non-fiction) that they would like to 

see in the library. It is important that students understand that this collection is for them and that they are therefore 

encouraged to give us input. 

OVERDUE books: Parents of students who have not returned books due in September will receive a bill from the 

library attached to their child’s report card. Please help your son or daughter find and return these books so that 

other students may have access to the material. Also, we like to foster a sense of personal responsibility in students 

and a sense of value for books in our library. Thank you for your support: it means everything. 

Donations and other support: We always welcome and appreciate any donations of fiction or non-fiction to the 

library: if a book is a “friend” you will always know that it has a safe haven here. Also, please visit the library if 

you happen to be in the school. If you have some time to spare, and are interested, you are always welcome to 

volunteer – your advice and talents will be appreciated. 

A final note about WEBCAT, our online catalogue. Parents, please encourage your children to explore this 

excellent resource. They can use it not only to renew books online, but can to access the online databases that the 

School Board has purchased. We look forward to your continued support. Have a happy holiday! 

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MUSIC DEPARTMENT 

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CONCERT BAND AND SYMPHONY 

www.byngmusic.org 

Our Winter concerts will be on December 17 and 18. The junior night, Dec 17, will include the Beginner 

Band, Junior Band, Junior and Intermediate Jazz Bands, and Intermediate Band. The senior night, Dec 18, will 

consist of the Choir, Senior Jazz Band and the Senior Wind Ensemble. We hope to see you there. 

On Nov. 17, the Ad Mare Wind Quintet (professional local group) played in class for our Junior Band and 

inspired the students with their chamber music. Then the Intermediate Band attended a Vancouver Symphony 

Orchestra rehearsal at the Orpheum Theatre on Nov 28 and observed how a professional ensemble prepares for a 

concert. 

The Junior Band and Intermediate Bands played at the junior night of the Vancouver Secondary Concert 

Band Festival on Nov. 13 and received excellent comments from the adjudicators. Both bands played wonderfully! 

The Senior Wind Ensemble performed at the senior night of the Vancouver Secondary Concert Band 

Festival on Nov. 20 and were the last to play. The adjudicators said it was an outstanding performance and that it 

was the best way to end a great evening. 

On Friday, November 21, the Lord Byng Symphony Orchestra’s first concert, was a great success and 

congratulations to Scott Bae and Ed Mason who were both featured during the night. The LBSO will continue our 

partnership with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra through their VSO Connects program (this year Keeping 

Connected). Members of the VSO will come to the school to work with our students in a clinic and inspirational 

discussions. Please see our website for more details on VSO Connects and other news. www.lbso.ca The next 

LBSO concert is February 27, 2009 when we will celebrate Felix Mendelssohn’s 200 th birthday with an all 

Mendelssohn concert. 

The Junior Symphony played on Nov. 25 during the Strings Winter Concert and did a wonderful job. This 

class is team taught by Ms. Kurth and Mr. MacLennan and is now in its second year as a course.


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This year’s Byng Arts Piano Concerto Competition final will be held on Friday, Dec. 5 at 2 pm in the Band 

room. The winner will be announced then and we will post the results on the LBSO’s website. 

The Senior Wind Ensemble and Lord Byng Symphony Orchestra will be travelling to the United Kingdom 

in March for a 10 day performing tour of England Wales and Scotland. See the Band website for the itinerary. 

www.byngmusic.org/band 

We will post pictures of our travels on the net while we are still there so you can follow along with our adventures. 

We have 65 students going and 5 chaperones and one of the highlights will be our performance in St. Paul’s 

Cathedral in London. 

Ralph Hultgren, one of Australia’s greatest contemporary composers, will be here on Tuesday, Dec. 2 to 

conduct his own piece Masada with the Senior Wind Ensemble. We had a teleconference through the technology of 

Skype on Oct. 28 and the students had the opportunity to ask him questions about the piece, why he wrote it, and 

about himself. We will perform Masada at our Winter concert Dec. 18. 

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JAZZ BANDS AND JAZZ CHOIR 

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Coming Up Soon 

Our year-end winter concerts are coming up on December 17 and 18. We always look forward to presenting 

our students’ performances in our beautiful Theatre. Their efforts to prepare to entertain you and the high they get 

from hearing your response are very important to us teachers. Please come to hear the Junior and Intermediate 

groups on Wednesday, Dec 17, and the Senior groups on Thursday, December 18. We know that you’ll appreciate 

the quality of the music you hear. 

Recent Successes 

All three Jazz Bands and the Jazz Choir recently performed at District festivals, where they received very 

enthusiastic comments from the adjudicators. 

The Junior, Intermediate and Senior Jazz Bands played at the Vancouver Secondary Jazz Festival on 

Thursday, November 15. Both groups played extremely well! Junior and Intermediate bands combined in 

performances of Duke Ellington’s Mood Indigo and the much newer On Broadway. The Senior Band played 

wonderfully on a very difficult arrangement of Fascinating Rhythm, and blew the roof off with a powerhouse 

version of Green Onions. The adjudicators made special mention of the good solos our students performed. 

The Jazz Choir followed their emotional performance of Amazing Grace at the Byng Remembrance Day 

ceremonies by performing it again at the District Choir Festival. The audience roared its appreciation for this song, 

and the beautiful solo countermelody sung by Tonnette Choi, as well as for the sultry Sway, a great old standard 

made popular again recently by Michael Buble. 

Further Ahead 

Looking ahead to the spring, the Senior Jazz Band and the Lord Byng Community Music Society will 

present the eleventh annual Swyng with Byng Big Band Dance on Friday, April 24, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. in the school 

gymnasium. We invite all adults in our community! We would love to see you come out to enjoy a great evening of 

music and dance. We have professional dance instructors to help you with some swing moves, and David Branter 

and other local professional musicians will again sit in with the band. The gym is transformed with lights, candles 

and decorations into a sparkling Swing Era ballroom. This event is traditionally our Music Society’s biggest 

fundraiser, through ticket sales and the Silent Auction, but the emphasis, as always, is on your enjoyment of the 

music of the Swing Era, dancing and spending an evening with friends. Tickets are $15 and are available from the 

Music Department. Please phone 604 713 8171 local 7727, or email rholburn@vsb.bc.ca


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STRINGS PROGRAM 

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The Strings Program had a full and exciting 1 st term. Lord Byng was very honoured to be selected as the only 

secondary school that the National Arts Centre Orchestra coached. Honour Orchestra received a wonderful mast 

class from Donnie Deallorn – the principal second violinist with NACO and both Senior and Honour Orchestra 

students participated in a master class with Pinchas Zuchermann – at UBC School of Music. 

This year marked our 17 th annual Whistler Retreat. The students enjoyed their coaching and rehearsals and 

everybody had a great time. 

Honour Orchestra made a great impression on all Lord Byng community when they participated in the 

Remembrance Day Assemblies and performed in a professional and moving manner. 

Honour Orchestra students participated in both Byng Arts Information Night and a Grade 7 Parent Information 

Night. They played very well and represented our school at the best possible level. 

Our Strings Winter Concert was very successful. All our groups made a very good start this year. This year also 

marks the first time I am teaching Choir. It is a great treat to be able to see how much young people can learn in 

such short time. I would like to extend my thanks for your attention, enthusiasm and willingness to improve. 

To all our parents and students’ I would like to thank you for your support of each other. 

With the best and warmest wishes, Ms. O. Kurth 

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE VISUAL ARTS DEPARTMENT 

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This fall the Visual Art students in Ms. Webber’s classes have not only been busy with their own projects they have 

enjoyed working with other groups in the school. The Drama Department’s “Page to Stage” production offered an 

opportunity for the Visual Arts students to become involved with painting the illustrations to the stories. They also 

supported the Student Council’s Dance “Frost Yourself” by making snowmen and snow flakes for decoration. The 

Business class joined an art class in the production and sale of Christmas wreathes. All ventures have been very 

successful and we look forward to many more partnerships with other classes and school groups while also keeping 

focus on growing as artists. Our next venture will be getting involved with the open area at Queen Elizabeth 

Elementary during their craft days December 16 th & 17 th . 

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SCIENCE DEPARTMENT 

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The Lord Byng Science department would like to formally welcome Melanie Pronk and Ceara Mullin into the group. 

Both teachers arrive with a wealth of talent and enthusiasm for teaching and will make a significant impact in the 

department. 

The Science department is in its third year of new curriculum in Science 8 (2006), Science 9 (2007) and Science 10 

(Sept. 2008). Teachers have worked diligently in adapting to changes in content and have been well supported by 

new teacher resources in all three courses. Students have been well supplied with brand new textbooks in each 

course and the optional and very supportive student workbooks. Workbooks in these and any other science course 

are always available through consultation with your subject area teacher. 

This year due to student demand, the department is offering and running two blocks of Earth Science 11. This 

course has replaced Science & Technology 11 as it is recognized as a science credit needed for graduation. It should 

provide an ideal opportunity to fulfill student needs and help prepare students for the rigors of Geography 12.


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Science teachers are offering many opportunities to both current and future Lord Byng students. Physics teachers 

are developing future engineers with spaghetti bridges and trebuchets, along with the Physics Olympics in the 

spring. In Chemistry classes, lab experimentation is practically applying theory in the areas of Chemical Kinetics 

and Measurement. Future Byng students are getting a first hand look at things in science classes through a Sciencelink 

program being offered by George Yannakoulias. Students from Queen Elizabeth School get the opportunity to 

join classes and get a hands-on-look science processes via experimentation. This is an excellent opportunity to 

connect ourselves to one of our feeder schools and provide a mentoring experience for our science students. 

With the end of 2008 drawing near, I would like to extend season’s greetings to all the Lord Byng Community. 

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FILM STUDIES DEPARTMENT 

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“Lord Byng Film makers bring home the hardware. During the first weekend in November over 20 Lord Byng 

students participated in the annual Zoom festival, a 48 hour film contest for high school students. Participants were 

given a theme (to err is human) and a prop (a wheel) at 5 p.m. on the Friday. They had to hand in their completed 

films at 5 p.m. the following Sunday. All of the Byng contestants passed the first hurdle, completing the film, this is 

the first time in Byng’s history that all students were able to get their films completed. 

Of the five films submitted, four were then nominated for prizes. On December 6 th , at a lavish gala screening in 

Mulgrave School, two of those films earned awards. 

The film “2 Err” won a special jury prize for its overall excellence barley missing the top prize in the festival. The 

film makers are: Dustin Brons, Matt Dietrich, Tristan McKinlay and Robert Sturrock. 

The film “Almond, Cohen” won the award for best female actor, Stefana Fratilla, best male actor, Thomas 

Weideman (from Prince of Wales) and won second prize for best script. The film makers are: Sam Beatch, Sam 

Ellis, Stefana Fratilla and Sine Kundargi. 

The other films that were nominated are: “3 rd Wheel” by Sylvana Baugh, John Carr, Colm Hill, Michael Mitton, 

Kenta Nezu and Giordano Scales & “Tireze” by John Connell, Natalya Kautz and A.J. Lutsky. 

Look for these films to be posted on you tube in the near future with links from Lord Byng’s homepage. 

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HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT 

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In between tailoring their jackets, Textiles 3 students have made little teddy bears we hope to give to the ambulance 

service for children affected by trauma. Look for our jackets after winter break! Also the Textile 3 students will be 

collaborating with the theatre department by designing costumes for the upcoming production of “Much Ado about 

Nothing”. 

Textile 2 students are busy with jackets too. These are not as fitted as the tailored ones and should be seen around 

the school in January. Very stylish this season. Our project for the community involves a trip to Blenheim Lodge in 

January where we plan to distribute our adult clothing protectors. 

Textile 1 students are finishing their pyjama bottoms just in time for the holidays! Very stylish togs with cuffs and 

piping galore. 

Grade 8 Textile Applied Skills students are making puppy dogs and painted tote bags. (Shh! I know what some 

people are getting for Christmas!) 

Fibre Arts students have been very busy knotting coat hangers, embroidering bags, and knitting scarves. (Let’s hope 

it gets cold enough to wear them!) For the final two weeks before the holidays we are working on holiday cards 

using skills borrowed from embroidery and quilting.


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Senior Foods and Nutrition students have driven the school crazy with the smell of gingerbread wafting through the 

halls. Their decorated and wrapped gingerbread houses can be seen in display cases throughout the school. Turkey 

dinners are on the menu next. 

Foods and Nutrition 10 are starting their “B’s” holiday baking, biscotti and bars. It’s amazing how many “visitors” 

we get during this time! 

Foods and Nutrition 9 are keeping with the gingerbread theme with shaped gingerbread cookies decorated with 

colourful icing. Students continue to impress us with their creativity! 

Grade 8 Applied Skills-Foods will be contributing the smell of pizza to the halls to finish this rotation. Always a 

popular lab! 

Social Psychology AKA Family Management are looking at coming of age celebrations for adolescents and will be 

moving toward self-concept and how it’s influenced by the media etc. 

As for Psychology 11 we have looked at our brains (ha ha), finished our unit on sleep (some more enthusiastically 

than others!), and are moving towards Altered States of Consciousness and Abnormal Behaviour. Should be an 

interesting winter! 

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GALLERY ART CLUB 

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The white walls of our Gallery have been awash in colour thanks to the outstanding creativity of our student artists 

and the hard work of the Gallery Art Club. Each month we curate a new show with a different theme. We began the 

year with a presentation of landscape paintings by Ms. Webber and followed that with a display of Senior work 

completed over the summer. We recently took down our Art History Show titled “A Walk in the Woods”. This 

show was highlighted by an installation of coloured sticks based on the work of the Group of Seven done by Ms. 

Violi’s Art 1 class. Our current show is the Colour Show with work from all the art classes as well as submissions 

from celebrating the exceptional work of our students. 

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SENIOR HONOURS ART 

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Congratulations to our Senior Honours Art students on their strong start to the new year. Over 20 students submitted 

one or two works completed over the summer for the Senior Summer Show and from that group, five students were 

selected to have their work displayed at Canada Place as part of the Circle Craft Fair. We are very proud of Sherry 

Heo, Sally Kim, Rachyl Myara, Oliver Johnson and Julia Pearce for their outstanding work. 

Several students also took part in National Portfolio Day at Emily Carr. Each year post-secondary institutes from 

across North America come to review the artwork of prospective students and offer feedback and suggestions as 

how to best present their work when applying for art school. In preparation for this event, representatives from 

Emily Carr, Ontario College of Art and Design, Concordia University and Parsons visited our Ssenior Honours Art 

class. In addition representatives from the Art Centre of California, Maryland Instituted College of Art, and Nova 

Scotia College of Art and Design were in the school tos speak to students about their programs. Frannie Heeney, 

Ellis Sam, Sherry Heo, Claire Hsu, Grace Kim, Jess Sallay-Carrington and Hande Ersoy all stepped forward to have 

their work critiqued. These students and those who went to Portfolio Day should be commended for putting their 

work on display. It takes a great deal of courage and maturity to open oneself to criticism but it is the first step in 

growing as an artist. 

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED 

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Its intake time for new students to Byng Arts, parent volunteers are needed to help out with data entry in preparation 

of our upcoming auditions. Please contact Mr. Hartley-Folz if you are interested (jhartley@vsb.bc.ca).


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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT 

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Now that Term One has come to a close and there is a moment to step back from the marking, there is a chance to 

share and celebrate some of the news items from the English Department. There is always something exciting going 

on in all of our classrooms, but here are just a few examples to give you a sense of the sorts of things that go on in 

Byng’s English classrooms. 

Celebrations 

Alisa Brandt (Byng Arts 9) was awarded her prize for the Vancouver Public Library Bookmark contest. On Friday, 

December 5 th , representatives from the Dunbar Branch of the VPL and the Friends of the Library came to Ms. 

Yeung’s classroom where, before her class and a handful of teachers, Alisa was awarded a cheque for $250, 100 

bookmarks with her design on them, and a 4' high poster size version of her winning bookmark. 

This year, VPL received 547 entries for their bookmark contest; Alisa won for “Best Computer Generated Design” 

and her bookmark will be distributed in all 22 libraries across Vancouver. 

Collaboration 

For a look at Alisa’s winning entry, go to 

http://www.vpl.ca/events/details/express_yourself_teen_bookmark_contest 

The Theatre and English Departments proudly presented Page to Stage (December 9 th - 12th). This theatre event 

brought several of the stories from our English 12 curriculum to the Lord Byng’s main stage. While true kudos go to 

the Ms. Mann and Ms. McKay and the Th. Co. students, this collaborative project was a great first venture between 

our departments. 

In the classroom 

On December 5 th , Joanna Reid, a Byng Grad of ‘98, PhD Candidate in Geography at UBC, and winner of the 

Orange/Harper’s Bazaar Short Story Competition 2007 came to Byng to share a writer’s workshop opportunity for 

our students: Free Write. These Free Community-Based Workshops will provide “young writers the opportunity to 

learn from local working writers” such as Jen Sookfong Lee, Dan Mangon, Brendan McLeod and others, including 

our very own Joanna Reid. 

http://www.orangeprize.co.uk/show/feature/orange-pr-harpers-winner-07 

Students in Literary Arts 10 and Writing 12 have been targeted for this opportunity; only 25 students will be 

selected by Free Write to join the workshop. 

Baba is back! Returning for the 6 th year in a row, Baba Brinkman (http://www.babasword.com/)brings his 

internationally acclaimed Rap Canterbury Tales to Ms. Yeung’s Literature 12 class. This wonderful spoken word 

artist always plays to rave reviews. We are pleased that he is still able to fit Byng into his very busy performance 

schedule. For more on Baba, see (http://www.babasword.com/). 

English Teacher In-service 

Of course, a key focus in our department is literacy. Richard Harris is our school’s Literacy Coordinator and has 

been attending monthly District Literacy meetings at the VSB on our behalf and reporting back to us at our monthly 

department meetings.


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Additionally, on our December 4 th Collaborative Day, Media Literacy Specialist Wendy Chen came and provided inservice 

for the English Department. We will be working with Ms. Chen on the development and implementation of 

media units which will present and build upon some of the skills needed to view texts (in this case still and moving 

picture texts in particular) in critical and thoughtful ways. We are still working out the details, but we would like 

Ms. Chen to help us implement these units in as many of our main school and Byng Arts English classes as possible. 

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SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT 

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1. Recent developments in federal politics led to CTV News filming at Lord Byng. Once of Mr. Nugent’s 

Social Studies 11 classes were filmed discussing the various possibilities of parliamentary transition that 

could occur based upon the recent political showdown in Ottawa. The Global news reporter was very 

impressed with level of discourse provided by our students and their teacher. 

2. Results from the November term three History 12 exam have indicated that our students are again among the 

best in the province. Students did very well overall in light of the fact that for many of them, this was their 

first sampling of a university style three hour exam. 

3. Social Justice 12 is an exciting new course offering next year for students in grade 11 and 12. The course 

offers a dramatic new learning opportunity for students to raise their awareness of social injustice, to enable 

them to analyze situations from a social justice perspective, and to provide them with knowledge, skills, and 

an ethical framework to advocate for a socially just world. Students will be offered a broad perspective of 

many historical and contemporary examples of social injustice in Canada and throughout the world. Among 

the many issues that will be examined during the course will be the discrimination and persecution of 

individuals and/or groups due to age, sex, race, sexual orientation, religion, disability, socioeconomic status 

or political belief. Students will be given a variety of learning opportunities through field trips, guest 

speakers, role plays, and discussion groups culminating in a student created social justice action plan for 

their local community or beyond. 

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COUNSELLING- GRADE 12 

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Grade12’s are reminded to check out the green Post-Secondary Information Booklet for important dates and general 

information. If requested, self-report first term marks to institutions applied to. Please see Ms. Dowell in the office 

to request an official transcript. Most institutions will request marks to be self-reported after 2 nd term marks are in. 

Ms. McMillan has visited all Grade 12 English classes to review Ministry Transcript Verification Reports. Any 

student in Grade12 who has either already passed English 12, is not taking English 12 or has not yet reviewed their 

TVR, please see Ms. McMillan A.S.AP. 

UBC requests that any student who is taking a Distributed Learning course, is completed by March 1 st to ensure the 

final grade is electronically sent to the Ministry with the 2 nd term report. Students should bring their VLN final 

report to Ms. McMillan upon completion of the course. It is recommended all students who are taking VLN courses 

who plan on going to a Post Secondary Institution in September and finish their courses by March 1 st .


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TITLE OF STUDY: THE IMPACT OF CHINESE CANADIAN ADOLESCENTS’ 

PERCEPTIONS OF PARENTAL WARMTH AND CONTROL ON THEIR 

PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT 

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My name is Cynthia Ho and I am a M.A. student in the Department of Counselling Psychology at UBC. You may 

recall from the June 2008 Newsletter that I am currently working on my graduate research study that is seeking to 

investigate the impact of parenting on Chinese Canadian youth. 

Over the past 6 months, I visited several secondary schools in Vancouver and Richmond to invite students to take 

part in this study. I made my visit to Lord Byng Secondary between late October and early November. In total, 107 

students at Lord Byng participated in this study, which is a fantastic turnout rate that accounts for over 50% of the 

entire study sample! 

As some of you already know, I offered the first survey session at Lord Byng on Thursday, October 30 th . While I 

was excited to see over 100 enthusiastic students on this particular day, I had not anticipated this overwhelmingly 

positive response rate and was unfortunately not prepared to accommodate such a large crowd. I would like to 

extend my sincere apologies to all students and parents who were inconvenienced on this day. I have since offered 2 

make-up sessions to ensure that all students who were interested in participating were given the opportunity to do so. 

My experience at Lord Byng has been wonderful and I would like to express my gratitude to all those who have 

supported this research initiative. I am currently in the process of analyzing the data and writing up the final report. 

When this study is complete, I will be in contact with Maria Taddei (Principal) to discuss how to share my overall 

findings with all of you. In the meantime, feel free to contact me or my supervisor if you have any questions, 

comments, or concerns about this study. 

Best Wishes, 

Cynthia Ho, M.A. Candidate 

Email: Cynsmho@yahoo.ca 

Lynn Miller, Ph.D., Supervisor 

Email: Lynn.miller@ubc.ca 

Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education 

University of British Columbia 

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FALL SPORTS REPORT 

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Highlights for the Fall Season: 

Cross Country 

- Girls’ team was first in Vancouver 

- Boys’ team was second in Vancouver. Won the combined league title 

- Junior Girls’ were 2 nd at the Provincial meet. Devan Weibe was 2 nd at the B.C.’s for Junior Girls’. 

Swim Team 

- Swim Team qualified 14 swimmers for the Provincial Meet 

Rugby 

- Grade 8 Boys’: The Boys’ finished 3 rd in the west division and lost in the quarter finals. 

- Grade 9 Boys’: Lost 15 – 14 in the semi finals.


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Volleyball 

- It was the first time that every team qualified for the playoffs. 

Senior Badminton 

- Our Senior Badminton team finished 3 rd in the cities. 

Senior Boys’ Soccer Team 

The Senior Boys Soccer Team had an excellent season playing at the top level of soccer for high schools in 

British Columbia. The team lost in the Vancouver City Championship Final but continued to win in the Lower 

Mainland playoffs eventually qualifying for the B.C. Soccer Championships. Our soccer lads had a great 

tournament winning their first group round robin matches and then narrowly missing going to the final four after 

tying Stellys from Vancouver Island only to lose a heartbreaking penalty shot loss tie breaker. 

Nevertheless, the team regrouped eventually finishing seventh in B.C. with a tournament record of 3 wins, 1 tie, 

and 1 loss. Taan Hennigan narrowly lost out on winning the Golden Boot award as he scored five goals during 

the tournament and the winning player had six. Taan was also chosen as Lord Byng’s most valuable player for 

the “Commissioner’s Sixteen All Star team. All in all, Mr. Johnston and assistant coach Mr. Hodgeson wish to 

thank all of the team members for their outstanding effort and results this year. 

A special thanks to all the parents that have bought their Christmas Trees at the Lord Byng Tree Lot and helped 

support Athletics @ Lord Byng.

1 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS 

2008 - 2009 

DECEMBER Gallery - Colour Show 

01 Mon. Byng Arts Registration Applications Begin 

01 Mon. Planning 10 Assembly - Block A 

04 Thurs. Collaborative Day - Early dismissal at 2:00 p.m. for grades 8, 9, 11 & 12 

except grade 10's 

05 Fri. Hanukkah - (5 th - 12 th ) 

05 Fri. Byng Arts Piano Concerto Competition 2:00 p.m. Theatre 

09 Tues. Peer Counselling Training - Drug & Alcohol Awareness 

09 Tues. Performance Theatre Company - One Act Plays - (9 th - 12 th ) 

12 Fri. Byng Arts Applications Due 

15 Mon. Report Cards issued with students in homeroom 

16 Tues. Junior Winter Concert - 7:30 Theatre 

17 Wed. Intermediate Winter Concert - 7:30 Theatre 

18 Thurs. Senior Winter Concert - 7:30 Theatre 

19 Fri. Last Day of Classes for Winter Vacation 

22 Mon. Winter Vacation - (Dec. 22 nd - Jan. 2 nd ) 

JANUARY Gallery - The Figure 

05 Mon. School Re-opens 

05 Mon. Applied Skills Grade 8 Rotation #3 

08 Thurs. District Wide Cognitive Testing 

13 Tues. Byng Arts - One Act Festival - (13 th - 16 th ) 

13 Tues. Peer Counselling - Grief/Suicide Awareness 

19 Mon. Block Flip - (Day 2 - E, F, G, H) 

19 Mon. Planning 10 Assembly - Block F 

19 Mon. Teacher Candidates from UBC Pre-Practicum - (19 th - 26 th ) 

20 Tues. Block Flip - (Day 1 - A, B, C, D) 

21 Wed. Health & Career Education 9 Assembly - Block F 

26 Mon. Teacher Candidates from UBC arrive - (Jan. 26 th - May 8 th ) 

26 Mon. Provincial Exams - (26 th - 30 th ) 

27 Tues. PAC Meeting - 7:15 p.m. 

FEBRUARY Gallery - The Word Show 

02 Mon. Mid Year Exams - (2 nd - 5 th ) 

02 Mon. ESL Reading Test - (2 nd - 5 th ) 

09 Mon. Grade 7 Visit 

10 Tues. American Mathematics 10 & 12 Challenge Contest 

10 Tues. Course Planning Evening - 7:00 p.m. Auditorium 

11 Wed. Byng Arts Auditions 



17 Tues. Peer Counselling Training - Field Study 

18 Wed. Pascal/Cayley/Fermat Math Contest for Grades 9, 10 & 11 

18 Wed. Spring Concerts - 7:30 p.m. Theatre - (18 th & 19 th ) 

20 Fri. DISTRICT PRO D. Day - School closed 

24 Tues. Planning 10 & Health & Career Education 9 Assemblies - Block B 


27 Fri. Term 2 Ends

27 Fri. Lord Byng Symphony Orchestra - 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Elem. visit, & 7:30 

p.m. Theatre 

MARCH Gallery - The Word Show 


02 Mon. ESL Reading Test - (2 nd - 4 th ) 

04 Wed. Lord Byng Senior Wind Ensemble/LBSO UK Trip - (4 th - 13 th ) 

10 Tues. Peer Counselling Training - Eating Disorders/Queer Issues 



12 Thurs. Byng Arts Round 1offers 

16 Mon. Spring Break Vacation - (16 th - 20 th ) 

17 Tues. AIME (Invitational) 

23 Mon. School Re-opens 

23 Mon. Byng Arts Round 1 acceptance by noon 

23 Mon. Report Cards & Parents/Teacher Request forms issued to students in 

homeroom 


25 Wed. Planning 10 Assembly - Block C 

27 Fri. Byng Arts Round 2 offers 

30 Mon. Byng Arts Round 2 acceptance by noon 

APRIL Gallery - Junior Show 

01 Wed. Byng Arts Recital - 7:30 Theatre 

02 Thurs. Parent/Teacher Conference - Students dismissed at 2:15 p.m. 

03 Fri. PRO - D. Day - School closed 

06 Mon. Block Flip - (Day 1 - B, A, D, C) 

07 Tues. Block Flip - (Day 2 - F, E, H, G) 

07 Tues. Euclid Math Contest - Grade 12 

07 Tues. LPI Exams - Location & Time - TBA 

08 Wed. Fryer/Galois/Hypatia Math Contest - Grade 9, 10 & 11 

10 Fri. School not in session - Good Friday 

13 Mon. School not in session - Easter Monday 

14 Tues. Planning 10 Assembly - Block D 

16 Thurs. Provincial Exams - (16 th & 17 th ) 

21 Tues. Health & Career Education 9 Assembly - Block E 

23 Thurs. String’s Concert at the Chan Centre at UBC - 7:00 p.m. 

23 Thurs. Artists in Our Midst - 7:00 - 9:00 Gallery 

24 Fri. Swyng with Byng - 8:00 p.m. Gymnasium 

25 Sat. Senior Honours Art Opening - 12:00 - 6:00 p.m. Gallery 


28 Tues. Performance Theatre Company Spring Show - (Apr. 28 th - May 1 st ) 


30 Thurs. Band Trip to Camp Squamish - (Apr. 30 th - May 2 nd )

MAY Gallery - Senior Show 

Strings’s Kiwanis Festival - TBA 

04 Mon. PRO D. Day - School closed 

04 Mon. AP Exams - (4 th - 15 th ) 

06 Wed. AP Calculus Exams - 8:00 - 12:00 p.m. 

06 Wed. Planning 10 Assembly - Block D 

07 Thurs. AP English Lit Exams - 8:00 - 12:00 p.m. 

07 Thurs. “The Big One” at 2:00 p.m.- Emergency Evacuation Drill 

08 Fri. Kiwanis String Orchestra Festival - Time TBA 

12 Tues. Peer Counselling - 2 nd Block - In/Out Meeting 

13 Wed. Gauss Math Contest 

13 Wed. Health & Career Education 9Assembly - Block H 

14 Thurs. Collaborative Day - Early dismissal at 2:00p.m. for grades 8, 9, 11 & 12 


18 Mon. School not in session - Victoria Day 

19 Tues. Provincial Exams - (19 th & 20 th ) 

22 Fri. Lord Byng Symphony Orchestra - 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Elem. visit, & 7:30 

p.m. Theatre 


26 Tues. Year End Concerts - 7:30 p.m. Theatre - (26 th - 28 th ) 

29 Fri. Peer Counselling - Final Closure Activities - TBA 

29 Fri. Byng Arts Grad Ceremony - Block D 

29 Fri. Grad Dinner/Dance at Hyatt - Time TBA 

JUNE Gallery - Community Art Show 

01 Mon. Grad Ceremony at Chan Centre - Time TBA 

08 Mon. Junior Achievement Awards Evening Gr. 8-11 - 7:00 p.m. Auditorium 

09 Tues. Term 3 Ends - Last Day of Classes 

10 Wed. Final Exams - Grades 8-11 (10 th , 11 th , 12 th , & 15 th ) 

17 Wed. Provincial Exams - (17 th - 25 th ) 

25 Thurs. Report Cards distributed at 11:30 a.m. homeroom, staff available for 

appointments 

26 Fri. Admin Day

December 2008 - Lord Byng Secondary School

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