Announcements – Monday, October 19th Posted on October 20, 2026 QMS Morning Announcements Today is Day 4 Monday, October 19th 2026 Did you know – that lemons float but limes sink!? This is WEEK 2 of our GHOST THE HURT CAMPAIGN. This week, we are focusing on GHOSTING OUT BODY-SHAMING. COUGAR REMINDERS -Photo re-takes are happening TODAY! Please bring your photography card from the last time. -Yearbooks are on sale online; please ask your families to see the information on the QMS website, in Mr. Nelson’s weekly emails, or on Facebook Get FOUR FREE ICONS with the purchase of personalization, until Oct. 23rd. -Our QMS parent connections group is collecting new or gently used cards or card games. Please forward them to Mrs. Lyon! ART ROOM Art club after school Monday for 6s and 7s The Art Room will be open on Tuesday and Wed second half of lunch for those finishing up projects or working on Remembrance Day art. WELLNESS CENTRE:A big Cougar Pride shout out to Deanna, Natasha, Kyler and Jacob from 8 Gonzalez for anchoring Take 5 this week. So well done and respectful too. UBU meets every Tuesday and Thursday at lunch. LIBRARY CLUB – Meets the first half of lunch on Day 5s SPORTS The JVG played a hard-fought game against RNS on Friday. Despite the loss, the girls should be proud of their efforts in the rain. The JVG are in action again on Wednesday when they host HMS. Today, the VG soccer team hosts HMMS at 4pm. Following the girls’ game, the JVB will practice. A reminder to all cross-country runners of the run at lunch time today. Please be on time and prepared with your running shoes. Tomorrow, both the VB and JVB soccer teams play. The VB host HMS while the JVB play at HMMS. Both games are at 4pm. Good luck boys! Three on 3 Basketball:Boys on Monday 3 – 4:00 pmGirls are cancelled for Tuesday of this week due to badminton try outs. Girls 3-on-3 will resume next week. Badminton TEAM “Badminton Club is now done; thank you to all the students who participated over the past five weeks. Badminton Team Tryouts will begin this week as follows:Grades 6 and 7 tryouts are Tuesday Oct. 20thGrade 8 tryouts are Wednesday, Oct. 21stand callbacks will be Thursday, Oct. 22.All tryouts are from 3:00 – 4:30 pm. D&D ClubD&D is every Day 1 and Day 3. Lunch Soccer Intramurals (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays):Tuesday’s last games are Spain vs. Italy and Sweden vs. EnglandReferees and Score keepers are Rose/Madison and Kaelyn/Lydia.Playoffs will happen once all scores are calculated! Stay tuned. Tech Room The Tech Room is open the second half of lunch all week. Morning Intramurals Bring your gym shoes and enter the school at 8:00 a.m. Music There will be a noon hour practice for Beginner trombones, clarinets and flutes tomorrow during lunch. Please bring your instruments tomorrow! PRIDE PASSES: This week we recognized the following students for demonstrating our PRIDE CODE:Thank you to a student in 8Gonzales for helping with extra clean up, and a student in 6Sankey for showing quality behavior and was patient when technology wasn’t working. Good decision! TUESDAY TRIVIA / Answers on Wednesday – Please send answers to Mrs. Lyon Happy Birthday to: Kamden in 7Wood and Teresa in 8McLean today! Quote of the Day “Kindness begins with understanding we all struggle.” – Charles Glassman Here is your Let’s Ghost the Hurt at QMS thought for the day is this: This week, Let’s Ghost Body Shaming at QMS. Body shaming is making negative comments or jokes about someone’s body or appearance. Sometimes people say, “I was only joking.” But if the joke makes someone feel badly about themselves, is it really funny? Please reflect on that today.