Announcements – Thursday, February 19th Posted on February 19, 2026 Announcements for Thursday, February 19th, 2026 Today is Day 2 Art: Music: The Music room is open today at lunch for any band students who would like to practice. A reminder of Beginner Band after school until 4:15pm. This is your last practice before the concert on Saturday. Wellness: UBU meets today in the Wellness Centre, all are welcome to attend. Sports: 3 v 3 basketball intramurals: Round 1 – Kings vs Clippers and Warriors vs Suns Round 2 – Jazz vs Lakers and Warriors vs Nuggets Referees – Cruz, Ethan, Bryant and Terry. Score Keepers – Eila, Leah, Stephanie and Olivia. Friday Feb 20 Round 1 – Raptors vs Celtics and Heat vs Magic Round 2 – 76ers vs Nets and from Group 3 – Jazz vs Clippers (different day from usual) ***Attention all 3 on 3 basketball teams: Please check the updated schedule on the board outside the gym. Starting this Friday, teams will be playing on different days. We don’t want anyone to miss their games so please pay attention to the schedule and the announcements! Congratulations to both the Varsity Boys and JV Girls basketball teams for their victories yesterday. Today, the Varsity Girls host SMS at 4pm. Following the VG game, the JV Boys will practice. Tomorrow, the JV Boys host HMMS at 4pm. Canada’s medal count at the Olympics – 14 😊 6 Bronze, 4 Silver and 4 Gold. Hoping to add another gold today in Women’s Hockey! And Moncton’s Courtney Sarault is on fire with 4 medals in Speed Skating! Other: Theme Days next week: Monday: Vacation Vibes- Hawaiian shirts, etc Tuesday: Adam Sandler Day (baggy clothes) Wednesday: Twin Day Thursday: Decade Day, grade 6 is 60s, grade 7 is 70s and grade 8 is 80s Friday: Pajamas for bananas. Fundraiser for CNOY, $1 to wear your PJs, top class wins a banana split party. Daily Affirmation – I am beautiful inside and out PRIDE Passes – A grade 6 student is always willing to lend a helping hand and a grade 8 student always make a good effort in class. Trivia – Winter Olympics Norway has won the most winter Olympic medals. 405 prior to the current games. Only 1 athlete has won a gold medal at both the Winter and Summer Olympics. Eddie Eagan grabbed a gold medal in boxing during the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Germany. Then, more than 10 years later, he scored another in the 1932 Winter Olympics, as part of a four-man bobsled team. Canada has hosted the Winter Olympics twice. Calgary in 1988 and Vancouver in 2010.