November 2, 2012 - Lord Byng Secondary School

Lord Byng News
November 2, 2012
15 items in this Ebulletin
1. Lord Byng Grad 2013 bottle drive, Saturday, November 3, 2012
2. Byng Athletics Update
3. Special PAC Meeting, Tuesday, November 13 at 7:00 pm
4. Career Centre News
5. English Language Learners Testing – November 6, 2012
6. The Lord Byng Symphony Orchestra – Friday, November 23, 2012
7. Senior Students' Art Work on Display at Vancouver Convention Centre
8. Take our Kids to Work Day – Wednesday, November 7, 2012
9. Christmas Trees
10. Grad Fundraiser – Take your recycling to the Return it Center on Broadway
11. Remembrance Day Assemblies
12. Parent-Teacher Conferences
13. Grad Photos
14. Keeping Valuable at Home!
15. November Calendar of Events:
1. Lord Byng Grad 2013 bottle drive, Saturday, November 3, 2012 – 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
The Grads of 2013 certainly hope you have been remembering to save your beverage containers for the GRAD
2013 BOTTLE DRIVE this SATURDAY NOV. 3!! Drop off all your recyclable beverage containers in the staff
parking lot from 10 am to 2 pm and you will be helping the grads fundraise to make their graduation celebrations
safe and spectacular! Please remember to ask your friends and neighbours to drop off their bottles as well – or
you could even offer to do it for them if they bring them to your house! Every effort to gather a LOT of bottles is
much appreciated. Thank you!
2. Byng Athletics Update
RUGBY
Gr. 8 boys rugby advanced to next week's VSSAA semi-final match with a quarter final victory over Pt. Grey.
Gr. 9 boys rugby defeated Magee, Thursday, in the semi-finals, 50-7 to advance to the VSSAA championship
match on Tues Nov. 6 at 3:00p.m. at Camosun Field.
SOCCER – SENIOR BOYS
Sr. Boys Soccer team won yesterday in a shootout against Eric Hamber so now they are off to the BC
Championships in Burnaby Nov.22.
CROSS COUNTRY
The Lord Byng Cross country team heads to Prince George on Fri. for BC Champs on Saturday. The strong
Greyghosts boys team is hoping to strike some fear into St. Georges !
SENIOR GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Finished 6th in Western Division
3. Special PAC Meeting, Tuesday, November 13 at 7:00 pm
Due to the time constraints at the last PAC meeting on October 30th, a Special PAC meeting to vote on PAC
expenditures will be held on Tuesday, November 13 at 7:00 pm in the Byng Library. Please join us to provide
your input on how our funds should be spent in the 2012/2013 school year. A list of the current requests from the
teachers that will be voted on at the Special PAC meeting, will be posted on the Byng PAC website next week at
(www.lordbyng.net/pac).

4. Career Centre News
Emily Carr University of Art and Design will be at Byng at 1 pm on Monday, Nov. 5th in room 223
Dalhousie University will be in the library on Wednesday, Nov. 7th at lunchtime
Post Secondary Evening at Byng is on Tuesday, Nov. 13th from 7 - 8:45 pm (BC institutions) On Monday, Nov.
5th from 7 - 9 pm at St. George's, David Prutow will be presenting on US Admissions - What you need to know.
Admission trends, what colleges are looking for, navigating the process and athletic recruiting will be highlighted.
Parents and students are invited.
5. English Language Learners Testing – November 6, 2012
ELL Students have ELL Testing Tuesday, November 6 in the cafeteria. ELL 10, 11 and 12 Students are tested in
periods 1.1 and 1.2; ELL 8 and 9 Students are tested in period 1.3 and 1.4
6. The Lord Byng Symphony Orchestra – Friday, November 23, 2012
The Lord Byng Symphony Orchestra opens its 10 th season on November 23 rd with a concert featuring two string
soloists, Jesse Lu in a bass concerto by Bottesini and Emma Bazinet in a Mozart violin concerto. Conductor
Odette Kurth has also included a Beethoven overture and a symphony by Haydn. General admission is $10.
Reserved seating subscriptions for all three Friday evening concerts are still only $25. NEW: $5 student
admission. The LBSO is probably the best classical music value in town. Note: If you’re undecided, you can
subscribe at the first concert for $15 with your general admission ticket.
We look forward to seeing many new faces in our audience. For details and subscribing online, please go to
www.lbso.ca.
7. Senior Students' Art Work on Display at Vancouver Convention Centre
Congratulations to 15 of our Visual Art and Photo students whose art work was chosen to be displayed at the
Vancouver Convention Centre, November 7th to 11th as part of the Circle Craft Christmas Market's Student Art
Display. Congratulations to Ashley Tsang, Bobby Zheng, Carmen Lew, Danielle Mainman, Emily Ackermann,
Emily Lim, Kate Metras, Kelly Zhong, Marita Bradley, Nancy Luo, Ryleigh Staples, Sabrina Wang, Sehee Ahn,
Sharon Liu, and Stacy Hsu. Art work will be on view in the entrance lobby of the convention centre (no admission
required). See the Market website for more details: http://circlecraft.net/content/other-attractions.
8. Take our Kids to Work Day – Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Dear Parents of grade 9’s!
Take Our Kids To Work Day is fast approaching! It will be on Wednesday, November 7 th . Ms. Tanner will be going
into the English 9 classes to give information to the students about the day. For detailed information please visit
the Website: http://www.thelearningpartnership.ca/page.aspx?pid=250 “Take Our Kids To Work 2012” and click
on Resources for the “Parent Guide’” and the “Consent Form”. Please download the form, fill it out, sign it and
sent it back with your son or daughter and have them bring it to the grade 9 counsellor, Kristina Tanner.
If Ms. Tanner doesn’t have the forms back signed, the students will have to come to school! This is a very popular
event every year and the students not only really enjoy it but they also learn a lot and have a better understanding
of what their parents /relatives do in their work place.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact Kristina Tanner ktanner@vsb.bc.ca
9. Christmas Trees
The PE Dept. will be running the annual Christmas Tree Lot Dec.7-20. We will be looking for parent help and will
send out more info. soon.

10. Grad Fundraiser – Take your recycling to the Return it Center on Broadway
The Return it Center on Broadway this year will once again support the Lord Byng Grads. If you take your
returnables to them and say that you would like the money to go to Lord Byng Grad, they will keep the money in
an account and give it to the grads in the spring.
Please also be aware that there will be a number of bottle drives this year, and that you could please hang on to
all your empties the grads will gladly take them off your hands right at the school.
Thank you for supporting the class of 2013!
11. Remembrance Day Assemblies – Thursday Nov 8 th
Lord Byng will be holding Remembrance Day assemblies for our students on Thursday Nov 8 th to commemorate
members of the armed forces (soldiers). Students will be given poppies in first period and we ask that they bring
a donation, if possible, to be given to the Poppy Fund Committee.
12. Parent Teacher Conference
Our Parent -Teacher conference will be taking place on Thursday November 29 th . More information will be sent
out to our parent community in the next few weeks with details on how to sign up online for appointments. On line
appointments will begin November 22 nd . As it is not possible to accommodate all parent requests in that one
evening, we would like to remind parents that may contact their child’s teachers or counsellor with concerns at
any time in the year with a phone call or an email. We look forward to seeing many of you at Parent Teacher
Conferences!
13. Grad Photos
Grad Photos - for those who missed the scheduled the studio days you can contact Artona (@(604) 872-
7272) directly and schedule a shooting day. For the picture to appear in the annual you must do this before
November 30th.
14. Keeping Valuables at Home and Lockers Locked!
Unfortunately we have had some recent incidents of theft from PE lockers. We are reminding all students to
please leave valuables at home and do not bring large amounts of cash to school. It is essential that all students
LOCK their lockers at all times and do not share their combinations. This is address in the student handbook on
pages 9-10. If anyone has any information about the stolen items, please report to one of the administrators.
15. November Calendar of Events:
NOVEMBER
Gallery – Colour Show
05 Mon. District & Byng Arts Online Registration begins
05 Mon. VCH Information Booth at Byng
07 Wed. Byng Arts Information Night – 7:00 p.m.
07 Wed. Rep from Dalhousie Univ. – 11:40 – 12:20 p.m.
07 Wed. Take Our Kids to Work Day - Grade 9
08 Thurs. Remembrance Day Assemblies
08 Thurs. Canadian Open Math Contest
09 Fri. District Closure Day - School not in Session
12 Mon. School not in Session – Remembrance Day
13 Tues. Post Secondary Evening – 7:00 – 8:45 Auditorium
14 Wed. Period Flip – (Day 1 – 2, 1, 4, 3)
14 Wed. Rep from McGill University visit at 10:00 – 10:30 a.m.
14 Wed. Strings Winter Concert – 7:30 p.m.

15 Thurs. Period Flip – (Day 2 – 2, 1, 4, 3)
15 Thurs. Collaborative Day – Early dismissal at 1:28 p.m. for grades 8, 9, 11 & 12 except grade 10’s
15 Thurs. Opportunity Fair – 10:00 – 2:00 p.m.
19 Mon. Grad Poinsettia/Wreath SaleLast day to drop off Order Forms and Cheques at the School
20 Tues. Grade 7 Parent Information Night – 7:00 p.m.
20 Tues. Rep from Western University – 9:50 a.m.
21 Wed. Planning 10 & Health Career Education 9 Assemblies – Day 2 Period 1
21 Wed. Byng Arts Gala – 5:30 – 9:30 Scottish Cultural Centre
22 Thurs. Parent/Teacher Conference Online Requests begin 6:00 p.m.
23 Fri. Rep. from University of Toronto – 10:00 a.m.
23 Fri. Lord Byng Symphony Orchestra – 12:45 p.m. Elem. visit & 7:30 p.m. Theatre
27 Tues. PAC Meeting – 7:00 p.m
28 Wed. Term 2 Begins
28 Wed. Applied Skills Grade 8 Rotation #3
28 Wed. Senior Winter Band & Choir Concert – 7:00 p.m.
28 Wed. Parent/Teacher Conference online requests end 11:00 p.m.
29 Thurs. Byng Arts FAB Assembly – Jeff Chiba-Stearns animator/filmmaker
29 Thurs. Parent/Teacher Conferences - student dismissal at 2:03 p.m.
30 Fri. Pro – D. Day – School closed
30 Fri. District & Byng Arts Online Registration Ends