Announcements – Monday, February 9th Posted on February 9, 2026 Announcements for Monday, February 9th, 2026 Today is Day 1 Warm Cougar Pride Welcome to the Honorable Aaron Kennedy, our local MLA and Minister responsible for Service New Brunswick. He is joining us today, observing in classes, interacting with staff and students to get an up close perspective of the New Brunswick school system. Welcome! And Happy Staff Appreciation week to all the superstar staff here at QMS. Today, our parent Connections group has some morning treats set up in the staff room for everyone to enjoy. Pastries on the table and fruit and yoghurt in the fridge. Yum! Many thanks to the parents who have supported our Show the Love Campaign to fund the daily items for Staff Appreciation this week. Families can still donate on Cashless Schools and for every $2 that is donated, the student will receive a paper heart on which they can write the name of a staff member who they would like to celebrate. Art: The Art Room is closed today at lunch to everyone except the ‘Graphic Design Group’. Grade 8 Graphic Designers, you are invited to bring your lunch to the art room and spend the lunch hour working on your Canva creations with Mrs. Holder. Art & Poster Club will meet after school until 4:00. Please have your way home arranged in advance. Sports: Intramurals: 3 on 3 basketball intramurals are postponed this week as we switch our attention to the Olympics. The gym will be open during the second half of lunch for any students who would like to watch events on the big screen. Students must remain seated in the bleachers while watching and must stay until the 12:30 bell. Current medal count for Canada – 2 Bronze! In basketball action today the Varsity Boys host SMS at 4pm. Following the Varsity Boys game, the Varsity Girls will practice. Tomorrow, the JV Girls host RPS at 4pm. Score keepers are needed for the JV Girls game tomorrow so if you can help out, please see Ms. Hannam. Other: Have you thought about how you will make someone’s day a little brighter? The leadership team is challenging all students to perform random acts of kindness from Feb 6-11. Small gestures have a big impact. When you do something nice for someone, take a ballot from the envelope on the bulletin board and fill it out with your name, homeroom and a brief description of your kind act. Drop the completed ballot in the office and we’ll all work together to fill the Kindness Tree. Thank you for spreading kindness!! Daily Affirmation – I’m choosing to have an amazing day PRIDE Passes – Starting the week off with a ballot nominating a grade 8 student who displayed Quality, Motivation and Success when they had great participation. A grade 7 student was very kind and put down the chairs for all her classmates!