Announcements – Wednesday, October 14th

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QMS Morning Announcements

Today is Day 1, Wednesday October 14th 2026

Do you know An average cloud can contain hundreds of thousands of kilograms of water.

COUGAR REMINDERS 
Grade 8 students are in the cafeteria this week.  Please remember to pick up after yourselves and hold onto all of your garage until you are dismissed by the duty teacher, and then throw it out on your way out of the cafeteria please!

ART ROOM

The art room will be open the second half of lunch on Wednesday and Friday 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:

A great big Cougar pride shout out to Willem and Connor from 8 Melanson for getting us started with our Ghost out the Hurt Campaign. You did a great job with a very serious topic. ALSO. A great big thanks to my anonymous visitors who helped with creating the script for Connor and Willem. Your wisdom and personal insights were incredibly valuable.

LIBRARY CLUB  – Meets the first half of lunch on Day 5s

SPORTS

 Three on 3 Basketball:
Boys on Monday 3 – 4:00 pm
Girls are on Tuesday 3 – 4:00 pm

Lunch Soccer Intramurals (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays):

Wednesday:  Italy vs Sweden and Portugal vs. Spain
Referees and Score Keepers:  Clara/Emma and Ethan

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.

D & D Club:  meets the second half of lunch each day 1and day 3 in Mme. Maxwell’s class.  There is a sign up sheet outside the gym, or see Robin or Mr. Cook to sign up!

Badminton Club

Wednesdays and Thursdays, 2:40 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome. 

Music 

There is a Band Prep today for Senior Band members in period 1. Please ask your teacher for permission before going to the Music room.

There is Senior Band rehearsal after school today. It ends at 4:30pm.

PRIDE PASSES:

TUESDAY TRIVIA / Answers on Wednesday  – Please send answers to Mrs. Lyon


1) In what decade was the first official, national Thanksgiving holiday in Canada established? Hint: think about how old Canada is A. 1870s (1879)
2) How many million turkeys were consumed in Canada during Thanksgiving 2025? (Round to the nearest million) A. 2 million
3) How many turkey farmers are registered in Canada? [Round answer to nearest hundreds] A. 500

  

Happy Birthday to: Kaden Vickers in 6Cyr

  
QMS Inspirational Quote of the Day: As part of our Let’s Ghost the Hurt at QMS we will consider a daily thought to help us better understand more about kindness and respect. Today’s thought is this Thought #2 – “The beauty of anti-racism is that we don’t have to pretend to be free of racism to be anti-racist. Anti-racism is the commitment to fight racism wherever we find it, including in ourselves. It is the only way forward.” Please take some time to reflect on this today.     Following students: 
Please come to the office.		 
Andre, Emmett, Mackenzie, Ava