Principal's Message
This Week at Lord Tweedsmuir
Thursday Sept 11th, 2025
Good morning Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary!
It has been a very full, complex and exciting week of new learning, new beginnings, new seasons, new projects and new challenges. Thank you to all students and staff for your dedication, school spirit and flexibility as we have initiated the 25/26 school year at LTSS. As I often say, we are all very fortunate to be Panthers! I hope all students and staff have had an interesting and enjoyable week as you have returned to the regular “school year” routine.
On Monday, we had the chance to meet with our Department Heads to discuss our school-wide systems and our start-up week activities. Great thanks to these teacher leaders for your input and your support of our staff and students. We are very grateful for your dedication to our entire school community.
The sun was shining and the skies were blue on Wednesday afternoon. Perfect conditions for high school football! Our LTSS Junior Varsity Panthers were playing a home game against Kelowna. Final score: 28-14 LTSS. Congratulations to the entire football program – students, coaches, staff, community volunteers, parent partners… it takes an entire community to organize and run a successful program. We are very grateful for this incredible opportunity you have provided our students. Thank you everyone!
On Thursday morning, we held our first Fire Drill of the year. Our school was very well organized, evacuating the building very quickly, and lining up in alphabetical order on the grass field. We will be holding several safety drills throughout the year. This is an important priority for us. Great thanks to all students and staff for your purposeful participation. We will continue to refine our systems as we go through the year. Well done Panthers!
I mentioned that this week has also brought us complexity. As a result of lower than expected September enrolment, we have been required to reduce our staffing and remove some classes from our timetable. With this, we will be adjusting some students’ schedules. Our counselling team has worked very hard to minimize the changes. Tomorrow morning, we will be meeting with the affected students and providing them their new schedules. Our teachers will guide students through this transition in order to ensure they are welcomed and supported in their new classes. We appreciate our students’ and staff’s understanding and flexibility as we work through this change.
Have a great day tomorrow and enjoy your weekend. See you on Monday!
Ken
Traffic and Student Parking
All Panthers are reminded that traffic around the school and parking on school property will be very busy with our increased enrollment and Extended Day schedule. All student drivers are reminded that it is very important to drive with care and attention while on or near school property. Safety is our first priority. Please drive safely and responsibly, be aware of pedestrians, and follow all traffic regulations.
If possible, all families are asked to consider alternative transportation options. Please walk or bike to school if possible. It would also be helpful if students are dropped off a couple of blocks away from the school and vehicles do not enter our school’s parking lot.
Please note that this year, students are only permitted to park in the Student Lot on the right side of our parking lot near our Portable classrooms. Students are not permitted to park in the Staff Lot.
All students wishing to park on school property must apply for a Parking pass. Application forms may be picked up at the office.
Parking passes must be displayed on your car’s windshield at all times while on school property. Parking privileges will be revoked for any students not following our parking regulations or for unsafe driving.
Thank you for your help and cooperation in responding to our increased traffic challenges and protecting the safety of our community members.
