Klaassen Corner

It has been a fabulous full week at Thorsby Jr/Sr High and I was once again reminded that the company that one keeps is so very important! I feel lucky to be able to share this school with so many fabulous staff and students!

Below you will find all kinds of things that are going on around the school. Wellness, sports, nutrition new 3D/Laser printers and lunchtime trivia! Good things are happening at Thorsby Jr/Sr High!

What's coming up at THS

March 10: Sr Girls Zone Championships in Thorsby! Come and cheer on the team! First game at 10:30!

March 13: PD Day No classes

March 13: PTA Meeting

March 14: Grad Retakes

March 20: Ski night

March 27-31: Spring Break, Schools closed

Ms. Dutton - 20 Years Service with Black Gold!

A huge thank you to Ms. Dutton for her tireless work to make our school look fabulous! From arriving early to shovel snow to coming in on the weekend to support a tournament and everything in between, we appreicate you! To honour her time with us we asked her a few questions!

If you could be Batman or Robin, which one would you be? Robin!
If Hollywood made a movie about your life, whom would you like to see play the lead role as you? Sandra Bullock
If you were a salad, what kind of dressing would you have? Zesty Italian
How many light bulbs are in this building? I don't know! 2500?
Are you more of a hunter or a gatherer? Gatherer
What do you think about when you’re alone in your car? I sing. LOUD!
What was the last thing you watched on TV? 1923

Athletics

Basketball

On Monday, March 6, the Senior Girls took on Breton in their league championship game. TJSHS started off slowly and were down by 11 at half time. After the third quarter the girls had pushed through the Breton defence and stormed back to take the lead by 2. By the end of the game the Thorsby girls were up by 15 and won the championship. Congratulations to all of the girls. They played amazingly and overcame a huge deficit!

Basketball Zone Championship -

This year, Thorsby Junior Senior High is hosting the 1A Girls Basketball Zone Championship. The tournament is taking place on March 11 from 9AM - 5 PM. Thorsby's first game will be at 10:30AM. against Breton, which is a remtach from the league championship game!

If you are wanting to watch some competitive basketball or just want to come out and cheer on the Thorsby Senior Girls team, please come to the school and be supportive.

When - Saturday, March 11 (9Am - 5PM)

Where - TJSHS

What - Senior Girls Basketball Zone Championship

Badminton

Badminton season is just around the corner. We will be starting practice right after basketball season is done and those practitces will take place at lunch. Junior High School students can compete in a one day tournament at various venues in Leduc (depending on what their age category is) and the Senior High students have the opportunity to compete in Edmonton at the Saville Center in April. The goal this year is to get as many people wanting to play badminton as possible. If your child is interested, tell them to come and check it out.

The Wellness Beat

Over the course of semester two, we will be looking at different areas of wellness throughout the school. March is Nutrition month and so we will feature some ideas around that area. Here at TJSHS, Mr Feil has taken on the Wellness role and is trying to get as many people involved as possible. Keep your eye on the Wellness Beat section for Wellness ideas and information.

Nutrition

One of the things we will be doing this month is another food bank drive. I know we did one around the holidays and it was extremely successful, but people in need aren't just in need during the holidays. We can help by running another food drive and donating what we can to those in need. The rules will be the same as last time. People can donate items to the food bank and those items will be assigned points. The house with the most points at the end will gain 3 house points, second most will gain 2 house points, and third most will gain one house point. Last time it got pretty competitive and people did an amazing job bringing in whatever they could.

Random Nutrition fact

Did you know...

Health claims on food packages are often misleading and false. The food manufactoring companies are well aware of modern day societies need to look at the packaging and the will often put misleading labels on their tins and wrappers to persuade you to buy them. Be careful with labels and always take a deeper look at the item.

Give it a try!

Step away from the usuals and try to cook something new this week. I know my family and I often have a general rotation of meals that we like and we will cook them over and over again, but every once in a while we will step outside the box and find a recipe we have never had before. Sometimes you can find new meal that you will then put in your general cooking rotation because you liked it so much. Take a picture of you all hard at work and send it in. You can send your pictures to jonah.feil@gshare.blackgold.ca.

Trivia Challenge Days

Thursday was our last Trivia Challenge day for a while. Throughout the trivia days, we did animal trivia, sports trivia, movie trivia, and the final triva day was geography.

This week's winners were Mrs. Sauer, Adam, and Elijah

Stay tuned for more activities!

3 on 3 Basketball Intramural

The playoffs are now done with the Spicy Cucarachas upsetting the round robin champions Los Tiradores in the semi finals and The Rizzlers beating Totem pole in the other semi final.

The final was incredibly close. 8-8 after regulation time and we needed to go to overtime, where the team who scored three points first won it all. The Rizzlers took a commanding lead after Zander sunk a 3 point shot (which in this game only counted for two points). The Spicy Cucarachas made a sot of their own and cut the lead in half. But The Rizzlers could not be stopped and they sunk the final point shortly after to win it all and take home the championship!

On Wednesday The Rizzlers and the staff (Mr. Feil, Mr Gourley, and Mr. Verge took on The Rizzlers. The Rizzlers put up a good fight but in the end the veteran play was too much for them to handle. Congratulations to the staff team!

Badminton Intramural

This month we are starting a badminton tournament

Players will be able to sign up as a doubles team or play as an individual. For this tournament, staff and students will both be able to take part.

The teams and individuals will take part in a double elimintation tournament. The tournament bracket will be created and posted on Monday for our first games taking place on Wednesday.

Good luck to all participants!

Parent Council

Our Parent Council meets monthly at the school. All parents of students enrolled at our school are welcome to attend.! Our next meeting will be held on Monday, March 13 at 7:00 pm.

Minute to Win It Games St. Patrick's Day Edition

Miss Angela was out this week to play some Minute to Win it games, St. Patrick's Day edition, with our students over lunch. Fun was had by all!

Learning Commons

Mrs. Raugust spends her mornings in the Learning Commons. She is continuously adding to the collection and welcomes suggestions for new books. She is your go-to for textbooks and novels. Come on in whenever you'd like, she is even open at lunch.! If you need a book in the afternoon, she will gladly help you out!

The Learning Commons is also open in the afternoon for online classes. It's a nice quiet place to get your work done!

Subway and Hot Lunch

Subway subs are available for $5.50 every Wednesday. Orders must be placed and paid for before 10:00am on Monday. Order forms are on your child's Powerschool.. Parents can now order for more than one week at a time. Order forms are available through the end of April.

This year, the Elementary has once again invited us to partake in their hot lunch program. Menu items are posted weekly in our weekly news memo. All items are $4.00. We will also accept TES lunch tokens. Hot lunch coupon forms are now available on Power School. They are available to purchase singularly or in groups of 5, 10, 20 and 30.

Ski Club

We are so excited to have Ski Club up and running again! We will have 6 ski nights and then finish up the season with an overnight trip to Marmot1 All of the forms are up on Power School. Our students will ski on March 6 and then the next ski night will be on March 20.

Grad News

Check out all of the info you need for Grad 2023 on the website or click this link.

Grad retakes are on Tuesday, March 14

Grad parent meeting on Tuesday March 14 at 6:00 pm

Our grads are selling VIP Meats as their latest fundraiser. Orders are due March 15 and will be delivered on March 21. Talk to one of our grads to make a purchase.

Bus App

Not sure if your child's bus is running? Download the app! Details on how to do this can be found here:

Yearbooks

2021-2022 yearbooks are available in the Office for $40. These can also be paid for on your child's Powerschool account. You can also preorder the 2022-2023 yearbooks online for $40.

Spirit Wear

We have teamed up with Entripy clothing for our Spirit Wear. They have an amazing selection and prompt service. Delivery is free with all orders over $99. Ordering instructions can be found here. The home page for our Entripy shop is here.