Announcements – Thursday, January 15th Posted on January 15, 2026 Announcements for Thursday, January 15th, 2026 Today is Day 1 Wellness: UBU will meet today in the Wellness Centre, everyone is welcome to attend. Music: The Music Room is CLOSED at lunch today. Sports: The Varsity Boys Basketball team lost a close game to HMMS yesterday. Great effort team! In basketball action today, the Varsity Girls host HMS at 4pm followed by the Varsity Boys practice 5:30 – 7. Looking ahead to Monday, all four basketball teams are in action. The JV Girls are at RNS and the JV Boys travel to MCS. On the Varsity side, the Varsity Boys host RPS at 4pm while the Varsity Girls travel to Simonds High to play against Princess Elizabeth and Beaconsfield. Game times are 5:30 and 7. Good luck to all teams! Intramurals: The 3 on 3 basketball schedule has been created and is posted outside the gym. The tournament will start on Tuesday. There are 21 teams, split into 3 groups. Every team will play 6 games, and each team will play twice on one of their days, please pay attention to the schedule. On game days – the 8 teams playing will bring their lunch to the gym at the beginning of noon hour, 11:50, and stay in the gym for the entire lunchtime. Good luck to everyone involved. Ski / Snowboard Club: A reminder to all ski / snowboard club members that even though there is no school tomorrow (Jan 16), the session will still be taking place. The bus will be ready for loading / boarding at 2:00 PM and will depart QMS at 2:30. Any student who knows that they are not available to attend tomorrow night must see Mr. Nelson today at break to advise him of your absence. Other: Yearbooks – The deadline to order a PERSONALIZED copy of the yearbook is January 30th. If you would like to have your name on the cover of your yearbook, follow the Jostens link on the QMS homepage to order your copy today! We are already about 50% sold on available copies this year. https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productBrowse/2524602/Quispamsis-Middle-School/2026-Yearbook/2025091604221702074/CATALOG_SHOP/ Daily Affirmation – I can take deep breaths PRIDE Passes – A grade 6 student is a very hard worker, he completed division fast! Another grade 6 student noticed that a friend had a lot to clean up and he said, “I’ve got it” and jumped in to help. A quality move!