Immac is going to be hosting 33 students from France from March 31 – to April 14^th. We are still looking for a few more families to host these students. If you have a spare bedroom (or could “create” a spare bedroom by doubling up a couple of your kids for two weeks), please contact Shelley Brodeur at irhs.ahc@cisnd.ca or 250-300-3028. We pay $30 per day per student in exchange for room and board and transportation to and from school.

Come cheer on our Immaculata team in changing the world on February 25^th at 7 pm!

Our Immaculata Social Justice team has been shortlisted to present at this year’s Sustainable Development Challenge. Teams from around the Okanagan, looking to make the world a better place in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, all have projects in the works. Immaculata’s project has been selected as one of the top six, with a chance to win funding to make their project a reality.

Wear your green and gold, cheer on our team, and see what is happening in Kelowna to make our world a more sustainable and livable place.

Tickets to the event are free, but there is limited seating and tickets are going fast.

Check the link on the poster or below to get your tickets so you don’t miss out.

On Thursday, some of our grade 11s went down to Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Joseph Elementary for the 2^nd Annual Mustang Road Show! Our Mustangs played some games with the Grade 7s from both schools and handed out Mustang swag bags before Mr. Plaxton's Immac Info Session. We started doing the Mustang Road Show when Covid restrictions prevented us from being able to welcome the upcoming grade 8s into our school for their “Articulation Day”. There are more activities in motion to continue to make the grade 7s feel welcome and at ease, making the transition to High School smoother. Welcome, Jr. Mustangs! 

Sometimes our students go over and above the expectations of a project. And when they do, our teachers get so excited and are so proud that they just want to share for all to see. These are two examples of amazing talent by two of our great students.

The junior girls' basketball team finished league play in sixth place overall last week. This week, they were able to play in a challenge game against KCS on Monday night. They won by 9 points and advanced to the city championship round. The girls had an awesome game, particularly on defense. Jayla Thalheimer and Mila Smith were the top scorers with 19 and 10 points respectively. Beating KCS meant they had to play the number 1 ranked team, Dr. Knox, the next night. Knox defeated us 40-20 on Tuesday, but we saw huge improvement from the Mustangs since the last time we met Knox earlier in the season. Unfortunately, both Mila Smith and Haylie Cruickshank sustained injuries in this game which prevented them from playing on Thursday night in the Bronze medal battle against OKM. The Mustangs went down by 20 in the first half against OKM and, to them, it seemed like their hopes to place were third were fading. But they had a much stronger second half, scoring more points than OKM in both the third and the fourth quarters. With renewed energy in the fourth, the Mustangs closed the gap to ten, but were not able to come back from their first-half deficit. The final score was 41-31. Jayla Thalheimer and Zoe Gulyas were the top scorers with 10 points a piece and Grace Sisett contributed 6. It was an excellent defensive effort from the whole team and an especially exciting finish. Congrats to the girls on their improvement through the season and for their impressive fourth-place finish in the city championships! They came a long way this season and it will be exciting to see them continue to develop their game next year!