Announcements – Friday, October 16th Posted on October 16, 2026 QMS Morning Announcements Today is Day 3, Friday October 16th 2026 Did you know – Humans share about 60% of their DNA with bananas! COUGAR REMINDERS -Photo re-takes are happening on MONDAY. Please return your Photography card to get a retake -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 The art room will be open the second half of lunch today for those in any grade who would like to enter a Remembrance Day art or writing contest or Grade 8s who need to work on their day of the dead art. Stay tuned for more times the art room will be open next week! WELLNESS CENTRE: UBU meets every Tuesday and Thursday at lunch. LIBRARY CLUB – Meets the first half of lunch on Day 5s SPORTS Three on 3 Basketball:Boys on Monday 3 – 4:00 pmGirls are on Tuesday 3 – 4:00 pm 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 next week as follows: Grades 6 and 7 tryouts are Tuesday, Oct. 20; Grade 8 tryouts are Wednesday, Oct. 21; and callbacks will be Thursday, Oct. 22. All tryouts run from 2:40 until 4:30. Students planning on trying out MUST add their name to the sign-up sheet outside the gym by end of day today. Please see Mr. Crowther if you have any questions.” D&D ClubToday, Friday October 16th, is the last day to sign up for D&D club in Mme. Maxwell’s classroom. D&D is every Day 1 and Day 3. Lunch Soccer Intramurals (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays):Next Tuesday is the last day for regularly scheduled soccer intramurals before playoffs begin! 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 practice for grade 8 band students at lunch today. Please bring your lunch and we will get playing! PRIDE PASSES: This week we recognized the following students for demonstrating our PRIDE CODE: –Charlotte and Joaquin in 8Hanson for being on task-Lexi in 8Crowther for helping clean up after the lab activity-Courtney in 8McLean for Aider en Classe-Veronica in 8Crowther for coming up with a list of attendance questions-Sam in 6Lamey for helping out a student in needand today,-Serah in 7Lord for always bringing in her positive attitude to class-James in 8Hanson for putting all the chairs down at the beginning of the day Thank you to our students this week who make QMS a safer, happier, and safer space for everyone! Please come to the office at Break this morning for a prize! Last month I forgot to draw two pride pass recipients for a special prize from Mr. Nelson. Every month, two names are drawn from the many names read each month for our Pride Pass of the Month recipients. September’s students names drawn were BROOKLYN in 8Roberts and Loucas in 7Maxwell. Please see Mr. Nelson at BREAK for your prize. Congratulations! TUESDAY TRIVIA / Answers on Wednesday – Please send answers to Mrs. Lyon Happy Birthday to: Isla in 8Goodman. Quote of the Day “What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.” – Ralph Marston Here is your Let’s Ghost the Hurt at QMS thought for the day is this Thought #4 – I disagree with what you just said. When reflecting on this thought, maybe imagine returning to a moment when saying those words might have interrupted discrimination or bullying. We can all practice using those assertive words to help us next time.