Thank You Mrs. Sheppard

One of our grade 12 students made a card for Mrs. Sheppard, who has finished her assignment here at PHSS. Great job!!! We will miss you Mrs. Sheppard.

The Ocean Floor

Creativity and a sense of humour were found in Ms. Mullins Earth Science class today. Students have artistically shared their understanding of what the ocean floor looks like.

Cango Cave (Grade 7 Band)

The copy of them playing can be viewed on the webpage. Good job for your 3rd time running through this number!

Clay Projects Completed

Mrs. Sametz students did an awesome job with their clay project which were just glazed. Bravo!!

Glazed Clay

Mrs. Sametz Art students have produced some excellent clay projects, which were recently glazed. Well done !

Power Outage to Start the Day

We have a resilient staff and study body, that weathered the power outage and lack of water, due to the loss of power this morning, here at Pender Harbour Secondary. I appreciated the great work of our SD 46 electrician, Jim Cooper, who worked with BC Hydro to rectify the problem in an expeditious fashion. Hopefully the rest of the day will go smoothly.

Skateboard Park

The Grade 7 students have been working on a group project-- building a miniature skateboard park. The students seem to be enjoying this project. Great job and keep up the good work!

Skateboard Park

The Grade 7 students have been working on a group project-- building a miniature skateboard park. The students seem to be enjoying this project. Great job and keep up the good work!

Beautiful Sunrise

I was coming from the Sechelt Pool this morning and saw the beautiful sunrise. Sometimes one has to take the time to enjoy our surroundings. I took advantage of this and wanted to share what I saw. We are certainly blessed to live here on the Sunshine Coast and see the beauty this place offers.

Observation & More

I had a busy day which started with a call indicating that we were short a TOC today. With some juggling and cooperation, from some of our part-time staff, we were able to make it work today. I was able to do an observation in one of our classes, which went really well. After lunch hour supervision I covered two classes. It certainly was action packed. Until tomorrow. Mr. H

Junior Girls' Basketball Team Win Thriller vs Carson Graham

The PHSS Junior Girls' basketball team won a thriller vs Carson Graham today 35-33. Makenzie Stewart hit a 3 point shot in the last 2 minutes of the game and also hit 2 free throws to give the home team the edge. Carson Graham had several opportunities to tie the game in the last minute but Pender played some solid defence, not allowing Graham to come back. Great job girls!!! Bravo!!

PHL set for playoffs

Today was the last day of the regular season for the PHL-- Mr. Mocellin's team is heading into the playoffs undefeated. Thanks to all students who helped run the games.

PAC Meeting Coming Up

Thanks to my grade 12 helpers who updated the PHSS sign today. Have a great weekend everyone.

Metal Shop Projects

I took a couple of pictures of students working on different metal projects in the shop today. The students were really engaged in making their projects. Well done!

New Assistant Superintendent visits Pender

Mr. Greg Kitchen , our new Assistant Superintendent, visited Pender today along with, our Superintendent, Patrick Bocking. He commented on how pleasant out students seemed and he felt that the school climate was excellent. I appreciated his kind words, which made me feel proud to be part of Pender Harbour Secondary.

PHL at Pender

Staff and students are involved in the PHL. Today's games ended in tie! Well done everyone.

Woodwork Projects

The grade 7 students in Mr. Walls Shop class were working on their woodwork projects when I stopped by this afternoon. THey are building a miniature skateboard park. Great job and keep up the good work!

Kidney Dissections

Ms. Mullins Biology 12 students were dissecting sheep kidneys when I stopped by today. It is great to see the students engaged in hands on activities and this was a good one. In this activity the students were identifying the various aspects of the kidney.

Clay projects

I covered for Mrs. Sametz this afternoon and the grade 7/8 class worked on clay projects, utilizing different techniques. The first firing of projects will happen on January 10th. It will be interesting to see the changes as they get their first firing and then

glazed and fired again.

Happy New Year!!!!!

Welcome back everyone. I hope that everyone had a restful holiday filled with lots of fun with family and friends. I wanted to share a picture that Mrs. Sametz sent to me.... she was thinking about us over her break.