Symmes – D’Arcy McGee Update – 4/25/25

Dear Families,

I hope you are doing well.

Here is some information for this week:

Grade 9 & 10 Vaccines

• The team of CISSSO nurses will be back at our school on May 13^th to administer vaccines to students in grades 9 & 10 who are missing doses
• These vaccines are part of the regular vaccination campaign through Public Health and include: measles, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, poliomyelitis, mumps, rubella, meningitis group ACWY, varicella (chicken pox), hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and HPV
• Parents of students missing any of these vaccines will receive a letter with more information prior to May 13^th

What’s the Plan?

• The Service de Police de la Ville de Gatineau (SPVG) has launched a new impaired driving prevention initiative called “What’s the Plan?”
• Our grade 11 students will listen to a presentation given by our school police educator next Tuesday, April 29^th
• We encourage parents to speak with their children about the importance of making safe choices when driving
• I have attached a letter from the SPVG to this email

WQSB Virtual Library

• The WQSB Virtual Library has been newly designed and updated and the link can be found here:

https://bibliowqsbvirtuallibrary.my.canva.site

• I have attached a student guide to this email as well

Upcoming Dates

• May 16^th – PD Day
• May 19^th – Holiday

Have a great weekend!

Tara Laine Directrice Principal Symmes-D’Arcy McGee High School  Phone: 819-684-7472 Ext. 437001  925 boul. du PlateauGatineau, QC, J9J 3G2 Website: https://symmesdarcy.westernquebec.ca/