Category Archives: Students

Accepting Donations to the Steller Market All Week!

What: The Steller market is a thrift/craft event where you will find:

  • student arts and crafts

  • affordable clothing for students grade 7 to 12 (think things like dances or interviews)

When: March 22nd 3:30-6:00pm

Where: Steller Secondary

Why: All proceeds will go to OpGroup

How you can help:

Donate your gently used clothing for grades 7 to 12. Keep this in mind:

To Donate, bring your items to the drop off spots set up in the front office and in Allison’s room.

For arts and crafts, there will be a survey where you can tell us about the piece and who made it. If you are worried about your donation being damaged, feel free to reach out to us (Jayla, Maia, Ash, Kai, or Allison) so we can collect it ourselves. We can’t wait to see your contributions.

Market will be Friday, March 22nd. 3:30 pm to 6:00pm

And please mark your calendars to attend the Steller Market and get your hands on great hand crafted pieces from our community, pick up some clothes for your teen, and support this wonderful student-led initiative.

Jayla, Maia, Ash, Kai, 

Allison

 

Buy Your Tickets to Trivia Night Now!

Join Steller Parent Group and the Junior Class for Trivia Night!

Who: Steller Parents and Guardians

When: Friday, November 17th     7:00 to 8:30 in the MPR

What: A community building event for Steller adults to get to know each other. Hosted by the Junior class, this will be a fun night of trivia. Light Snacks and Beverages will be included. Door prizes and more!

Cost: $15 per person. Ticket revenue will be split between the Junior Class (to help fund a special activity like Senior Trip) and Steller Parent Group.

Details: You can make your own team of 6, or we will place you in teams the night of the event. Stay tuned for the costume theme!

Quiz Night Extras:

  • Help everyone in our community attend this fun event and sponsor a single ticket or a table of 6.
  • Buy a package of 10 Mulligans for $20.00. Use these to “buy” ten correct answers on quiz night.
  • Buy double the points for a single category for $10.00.

Buy your tickets now! 

(If you would like to receive a sponsored ticket please contact the office and they will make arrangements. We want everyone in the community to be able to participate!)

Questions? Contact Kirsten at communicationspg2@gmail.com 

Well Done Steller Community!

So far, Cups for Kids has raised $8389! Thank you for your generosity. 

We are at 56% of our annual goal of $15000!

If you haven’t had a chance to donate, there’s still time!

  • Click DONATE NOW.
  • Drop cheque (made out to Steller Parent Group) off at the Office.
  • Many workplaces offer donation matches, so please check yours and make the most of it! 
  • Help raise money for SPG while you shop – Link your Fred Myers Reward Card here. 

Want to know more about where your money goes? See what we were able to fund in the 2022-2023 school year. With your help we can fund even more things! 

Day 1 of Cups for Kids Fundraiser!

Cups for Kids Fundraiser – Day 1 Donation Totals and More!

Thank you, Steller community, for making the first day of Cups for Kids a huge success! With $3064  in donations from day 1, we have now raised 20% of our $15,000 goal for Cups for Kids! 

Remember, the coffee and cocoa is on us. If we are able to average $120 per student in donations, we can meet our goal!

On October 3 and 4th during drop off and pick up, you are invited to either join us in the lobby for coffee or cocoa, or students will bring coffee or cocoa to your car. Students will be ready to take your donation via cash or cheque, via QR code, or click here:

DONATE

More Volunteers are needed to make this event happen. Thank you to all those who have already signed up! Sign up and ask your student to help and volunteer together! 

Read on for more details!



Steller’s very own teacher, Leigh Anne Bonney has donated  beautiful handmade mugs. 3 will go to the highest donors of the fundraiser and 2 will be selected at random among all donors. 

Steller Students in Action at Cups4Kids

Thank you to our wonderful students and parents for helping with our annual fundraiser Cups4Kids today! 

If you didn’t get a chance to speak with them today, make sure you take a moment Tuesday and Wednesday at drop off or pick up, marvel at how articulate our students are, and learn about how the money you donate to Steller Parent Group makes a difference for the children at Steller.

Future of Steller (Meeting 1 Video)

Major changes are coming to ASD and Steller in the 2024 school year:

  • All ASD high schools are going to become Academies starting with the 2024 Freshman year. 
  • All grade 6 students will be moved to middle school.
  • New schedule changes will be implemented.

These changes have a direct impact on Steller’s future, and our community is being given an opportunity to make a recommendation to the board about what Steller wants to do.

In November we will be asked if we want to:

  • Become a 6 to 12 school.
  • Become a 9 to 12 school.
  • Stay 7 to 12 school.
  • Join the ASD Academy or if we want to do something different. 

It is important to be informed about these issues in order to make the best recommendations we can, in the interest of our current and future students.

  1. Listen to the presentation from September 21st (see above). View the accompanying slide show.
  2. Visit the ASD website:
  3. Ask your questions to Maria using this form.
  4. Follow the Steller Website for updates.

How you can have your voice heard:

  1. Listen to the answers to community questions 
    • Steller Parent Group Meeting on Tuesday, October 10.
  2. Share questions, comments, concerns at the SPG parent forum:
    • Monday October 16, 7:00 to 8:30 pm via Zoom OR
    • Thursday October 19, 6:00 to 7:30 pm at school.
  3. Make our final recommendation 
    • All Community Forum on November 2nd (we need a quorum of 75 people) 

 

BBQ Tomorrow!

 

 Great Steller BBQ of 2023 is today! Tuesday, August 15, 6:00 to 7:30

Meet other students, and families, staff, and Steller Parent Group. Mingle. Maybe you will find that last minute car share you are looking for! 

Steller Parent Group will supply hamburgers, hot dogs, veggie options, and drinks. 

What can you bring?

  • Families with names A – L are invited to bring a side dish to share
  • Families with names M to Z bring a dessert to share 
    • Please make sure your dish is well labeled for allergens, pre-cut, preferably and ready to serve. Label your dishes and take them back at the end of the night.

A few final details:

  1. In case of light rain we will forge ahead with the Can-do Steller Spirit. If you have “Pop-Up Tents” you can bring that would be great. Dress appropriately! 
  2. Bring your own chairs, tables, blankets and whatever else you need to be comfortable! 
  3. Please remember to bring your own dishes – we are trying to minimize waste.
  4. We need a few more volunteers for the second shift so our first shift gets to mingle
    1. BBQ meisters (6:30 to 7:30)
    2. Food servers (6:45 to 7:30)

Sign up here: .https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040B4EABAD2EABF94-great

5. If everyone helps stack chairs, takes down tents and brings home their own dishes at the end of the night its a HUGE help to our volunteer crew! 

We are looking forward to seeing you all there! 

Donations for Prom

Steller Prom was this weekend and was a wonderful success. Thank you to the Prom Committee and Teacher Sponsor for all your work planning this event. 

SPG is committed to supporting equity at Steller school, and as such we have committed $1500 to help reduce the tickets cost from $50 to $25. 

This was not a planned donation in our budget, and so we are asking our very generous community to help us once again with donations that would go towards this specific event. 

To donate, click “Read in Browser” at the bottom of this message, and scroll down to the bottom of the page and click “DONATE”! It’s that easy. 

As always, we thank you for your support!