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COLLÈGE PIERRE-ELLIOTT-TRUDEAU<br />

Le Mot Juste<br />

As the saying goes “We are<br />

living in interesting times.”<br />

For the pessimists, these times<br />

confirm their beliefs that<br />

things are dreadfully wrong<br />

with society, our nation, and<br />

international affairs. There is<br />

no doubt that there are many<br />

current events that we are<br />

watching with utter dread and<br />

disbelief. There is ongoing<br />

conflict in various parts of the<br />

world. The global economic<br />

crisis impacts our daily lives.<br />

Some technological advances<br />

are influencing our daily private<br />

lives negatively at a rate<br />

that we never would have<br />

imagined. But an optimist<br />

would view the very same<br />

situations as a way to unify us<br />

even more as nation, a province,<br />

a city, but most impor-<br />

Message from the Administration<br />

tantly as a school and a family.<br />

We are living in times that<br />

need to be questioned.<br />

There are essential questions<br />

that we need to ask ourselves<br />

on an ongoing basis in order to<br />

continue living a life of value:<br />

• Are we informed on what<br />

is currently occurring in our<br />

nation, city and school to offer<br />

support and critical opinions<br />

are how to improve the lives<br />

of others?<br />

• Do we provide support for<br />

others that might have different<br />

cultural or religious views<br />

than our own?<br />

• Do our children know the<br />

difference between a need and<br />

a want?<br />

• Do we value education as<br />

Bolivian Night<br />

means of creating equality<br />

for all?<br />

• Do we control our<br />

money or does money control<br />

us?<br />

• Do we look and actively<br />

listen to a child when they<br />

are talking to us?<br />

• Do we know what our<br />

children are watching<br />

through the media?<br />

• Do we voice our disp<strong>le</strong>asure<br />

when others are<br />

treated unjustly?<br />

• Do we respect our environment<br />

for the future generations?<br />

Do we take time for family,<br />

friends and ourselves?<br />

We invite our community to<br />

Come and hear, see, and taste a slice of Bolivian culture<br />

February 20, <strong>2009</strong><br />

7:00pm – 11:00pm<br />

Dance to the music of Licanantay<br />

Taste empanadas<br />

Learn why we have such strong ties with our friends in<br />

Stansberry Children’s Home and Daycare in Santa Cruz, Bolivia<br />

Tickets are: $12.00 for adults, children ages 5-12 $8.oo and under 5 free<br />

JANUARY <strong>2009</strong><br />

take the time to read our<br />

news<strong>le</strong>tter for information<br />

and ways to support your<br />

school. P<strong>le</strong>ase feel free to<br />

send us any other essential<br />

questions that we need to<br />

focus on in order to accomplish<br />

the princip<strong>le</strong> Henry<br />

Brougham so eloquently<br />

stated ‘Education makes<br />

peop<strong>le</strong> easy to <strong>le</strong>ad, but difficult<br />

to drive; easy to govern,<br />

but impossib<strong>le</strong> to enslave.’<br />

We wish you all the best in<br />

the new year!<br />

Call the school for tickets or approach any CPET student who will be joining us in Bolivia.


Students wishing to make changes<br />

in their second semester schedu<strong>le</strong><br />

are asked to make an appointment<br />

with Mme Konczak.<br />

P<strong>le</strong>ase keep in mind that some requests<br />

cannot be fulfil<strong>le</strong>d, as classes<br />

may be at maximum capacity.<br />

What Is It?<br />

Test anxiety is actually a type of performance<br />

anxiety - a feeling someone<br />

might have in a situation where performance<br />

really counts or when the<br />

pressure's on to do well. This is often<br />

the case with tests and exams, which<br />

may be considered “high-stakes testing”.<br />

Test anxiety can bring on "butterflies,"<br />

a stomachache, or a tension headache.<br />

Other physical reactions include shaking,<br />

sweating, or a racing pulse. A person<br />

may even feel like throwing up.<br />

Stress causes the body to re<strong>le</strong>ase the<br />

hormone adrenaline, which prepares it<br />

for danger (adrenaline helps us with the<br />

"fight or flight" reaction). That's what<br />

causes the physical symptoms, such as<br />

sweating, a pounding heart, and rapid<br />

breathing. These sensations might be<br />

mild or intense.<br />

C OUNSELLOR’ S CORNER<br />

Second Semester Course Changes<br />

The following courses are currently<br />

closed*:<br />

• English 30S block E<br />

• Chemistry 40S block D<br />

*Changes in course se<strong>le</strong>ctions may<br />

free up some space in these classes.<br />

Check with Mme Konczak.<br />

Test Taking Anxiety<br />

What Can You Do?<br />

Use a litt<strong>le</strong> stress to your<br />

advantage.<br />

Stress is your body's warning mechanism<br />

- it's a signal that helps you prepare<br />

for something important that's<br />

about to happen. So use it to your advantage.<br />

Instead of reacting to the stress<br />

by dreading, complaining, or fretting<br />

about the test with friends, take an active<br />

approach. Let stress remind you to<br />

study well in advance of a test.<br />

Ask for help.<br />

Although a litt<strong>le</strong> test anxiety can be a<br />

good thing, an overdose of it is another<br />

story entirely. If sitting for a test gets<br />

you so stressed out that your mind goes<br />

blank and causes you to miss answers<br />

that you know, then your <strong>le</strong>vel of test<br />

anxiety probably needs some attention.<br />

Your teacher, your school guidance<br />

counsellor, or a tutor can be useful resources<br />

to talk to if you always get extreme<br />

test anxiety.<br />

Be prepared.<br />

Some students think that going to class<br />

is all it should take to <strong>le</strong>arn and do well<br />

on tests. But there's much more to <strong>le</strong>arning<br />

than just hoping to soak everything<br />

up in class. That's why good study habits<br />

and skills are so important - and why<br />

no amount of cramming or studying the<br />

night before a test can take the place of<br />

the deeper <strong>le</strong>vel of <strong>le</strong>arning that happens<br />

over time with regular study. It makes<br />

sense - the more you know the material,<br />

the more confident you'll feel. Having<br />

The following courses are nearing<br />

maximum capacity:<br />

• Biology 30S block A & C<br />

• English 40S Trans. block A & B<br />

• Physics block E<br />

• French 30S block A<br />

• History 30S block C<br />

confidence going into a test means you<br />

expect to do well. When you expect to<br />

do well, you'll be ab<strong>le</strong> to relax into a<br />

test after the normal first-moment jitters<br />

pass.<br />

Watch what you're thinking.<br />

If you find yourself thinking negative<br />

thoughts ("I'm never any good at taking<br />

tests," or "It's going to be terrib<strong>le</strong> if I do<br />

badly on this test"), replace them with<br />

positive messages. Not unrealistic positive<br />

messages, of course, but ones that<br />

are practical and true, such as "I've studied<br />

hard and I know the material, so I'm<br />

ready to do the best<br />

I can." (Of course, if you haven't studied,<br />

this message won't help!)<br />

Accept mistakes.<br />

Another thing you can do is to <strong>le</strong>arn to<br />

keep mistakes in perspective - especially<br />

if you're a perfectionist or you<br />

tend to be hard on yourself. Everyone<br />

makes mistakes. Learning to to<strong>le</strong>rate<br />

small failures and mistakes is a valuab<strong>le</strong><br />

skill.<br />

Take care of yourself.<br />

It can help to <strong>le</strong>arn ways to calm yourself<br />

down and get centred when you're<br />

tense or anxious. For some peop<strong>le</strong>, this<br />

might mean <strong>le</strong>arning a simp<strong>le</strong> breathing<br />

exercise. Practicing breathing exercises<br />

regularly (when you're not stressed out)<br />

helps your body see these exercises as a<br />

signal to relax.<br />

And, of course, taking care of your<br />

health - such as getting enough s<strong>le</strong>ep,<br />

exercise, and healthy eats before a test -<br />

can help keep your mind working at its<br />

best.<br />

Source: www.kidshealth.org


L E MOT JUSTE PAGE 3<br />

The 2010 France Trip planning committee<br />

is busy working with Duvine Adventures<br />

to develop a Spring French Cycling<br />

Adventure for students who will<br />

be in grades 12 and 11 for the <strong>2009</strong>-10<br />

school year.<br />

The adventure includes 6 days of<br />

(moderate ) cycling in the Provence<br />

area, 3 days of sightseeing in Paris, and<br />

2 travel days. Bikes, helmets and safety<br />

gear are provided by Duvine.<br />

This 11-day journey includes such activities<br />

as:<br />

New Teacher Web sites, or portals,<br />

can now be accessed via our new<br />

school Web site which went live in<br />

November 2008 as part of our divisional<br />

Technology for Today’s<br />

Teaching mandate. Our Web site<br />

can be viewed from any internet<br />

user seeking overviews of our programming,<br />

information pertaining<br />

to ca<strong>le</strong>ndar events, news, access to<br />

pertinent documents including our<br />

news<strong>le</strong>tters.<br />

In fact, this edition of the Mot Juste<br />

will be our final full-edition mailout.<br />

Subsequent news<strong>le</strong>tters will be<br />

availab<strong>le</strong> in e<strong>le</strong>ctronic format directly<br />

from our Web site. We believe<br />

this is a logical progression as<br />

we become increasingly comfortab<strong>le</strong><br />

with the new technology, not to<br />

mention the incurred decrease in<br />

paper and mailing costs. Naturally,<br />

we will have copies printed for<br />

those parents who request them.<br />

Tour de France 2010...Cycling in Provence<br />

• The Pont du Gard Aqueduct—a<br />

UNESCO World Heritage site,<br />

• Uzès –a medieval town,<br />

• A visit to the Haribo Bon-Bon factory,<br />

• An encounter with local artisans,<br />

• Les Beaux-a “nesting place for eag<strong>le</strong>s,”<br />

• Accommodations set inside an olive<br />

grove,<br />

• An olive oil tasting and a decadent<br />

unlimited chocolate tasting,<br />

• Visits to all the usual sites in Paris,<br />

• And much more!<br />

Web Site and Teacher Portals<br />

Now we are p<strong>le</strong>ased to announce<br />

that parents and students in our<br />

school community will be granted<br />

the usernames and passwords required<br />

to access our teacher portals<br />

which are currently in various states<br />

of development. Our goal is to have<br />

each teacher provide course information,<br />

important due dates, links,<br />

and re<strong>le</strong>vant documents in time for<br />

the 2 nd semester. Students and parents<br />

will be ab<strong>le</strong> to email teachers<br />

directly via the portal should they<br />

wish. We believe these Web sites<br />

will be useful in helping keep students<br />

and their parents informed of<br />

course developments. Some teachers<br />

have really embraced this project<br />

as you will discover sites that<br />

are not only informative, but mildly<br />

entertaining as well.<br />

Once you have accessed the school<br />

Web site, users can access the<br />

teacher portals by logging on. Click<br />

on the Login button in the upper<br />

horizontal menu bar. You will be<br />

An info<br />

night will<br />

be held on<br />

Wednesday,February<br />

18<br />

at 7pm in<br />

room 106.<br />

All interested<br />

students<br />

are invited to accompany their parents/<br />

guardians to the meeting for more details<br />

on this adventurous, exhilarating,<br />

and (sure to be) rewarding experience.<br />

Giants Ridge <strong>2009</strong><br />

The snow is coming and so is the Giants Ridge Ski and Snowboard trip. Once again the grade 10 students will be<br />

heading off for three amazing days at Giants Ridge, Minnesota. The schedu<strong>le</strong>d dates for the trip are March 4 th -6th.<br />

This will be a wonderful opportunity for students to practice their French in an informal setting and get some fresh<br />

air.<br />

prompted to provide the username<br />

and password provided below. Logging<br />

in enab<strong>le</strong>s the Teacher Sites<br />

button which will appear in the <strong>le</strong>fthand<br />

menu through which you can<br />

navigate the various teacher portals.<br />

Access Information<br />

Web Site: www.cpet.retsd.mb.ca<br />

Username: *******<br />

Password: **************<br />

(Contact Ron Cadieux for access<br />

information)<br />

Any questions or comments concerning<br />

our Web site may be directed<br />

to Ron Cadieux at<br />

rcadieux@retsd.mb.ca


There I see the world, but not like everybody else sees it.<br />

I see a sunrise with colours of orange, pink and purp<strong>le</strong>.<br />

I see the sunset, saying goodnight.<br />

I also see different colours and different cultures.<br />

There are many peop<strong>le</strong> with different clothes and different<br />

languages,<br />

CPET a eu l'honneur de présenter <strong>le</strong><br />

dernier tournoi de l'année 2008 de la<br />

LIIBRE. (Ligue d'improvisation d'immersion)<br />

Nous avions acceulli <strong>le</strong>s<br />

collèges Mi<strong>le</strong>s Mac, Jeanne-Sauvé et<br />

Lorette <strong>le</strong> 12 décembre au gymnase.<br />

Puisque Mi<strong>le</strong>s Mac n'avait que seu<strong>le</strong>ment<br />

3 joueurs, CPET <strong>le</strong>ur ont prêté<br />

“There I See the World”<br />

Music News<br />

Optimist Band Festival<br />

Grade 9 Band performs at 10:00 AM on Wednesday February 18 at the Winnipeg Convention Centre.<br />

Grade 10-12 Band performs at 7:25 PM on Thursday February 19 at the Winnipeg Convention Centre.<br />

Parents are invited to attend this free performance.<br />

in other cities and other countries.<br />

I think the world is a beautiful place, you just have to look.<br />

So tell me, what do you see?<br />

-Michel<strong>le</strong> D.<br />

Le tournoi d'impro CPET décembre –08<br />

trois joueurs pour former une équipe<br />

amalgamée. La fou<strong>le</strong> était très excitée<br />

et ont bien appuyé notre équipe qui a<br />

réussi notre meil<strong>le</strong>ur tournoi à date.<br />

Puisque CPET était représenté par deux<br />

équipes, nous avions en fin, pris<br />

la première et la troisième place du<br />

tournoi. Une mention spécia<strong>le</strong> à Ariel<br />

Doy<strong>le</strong> qui s’est méritée une médail<strong>le</strong><br />

pour l'étoi<strong>le</strong> de l'équipe de CPET. Nous<br />

avons maintenant très hâte au prochain<br />

tournoi à Lorette en février.<br />

-M. Miron<br />

Big Band Dance<br />

Join us for our 3 rd annual Big Band Dance, Friday March 13 at 7:00 PM, featuring the Jazz ensemb<strong>le</strong>s of CPET, éco<strong>le</strong> Dugald éco<strong>le</strong><br />

Regent Park and Murdoch Mackay Col<strong>le</strong>giate.<br />

Spring Festival<br />

The CPET Sr. Band and Sr. Choir have been se<strong>le</strong>cted to perform at the prestigious Canadian Rocky Mountain Festival in Banff Alberta,<br />

April 24-28. The cost is $525 per student. Fund raising opportunities are availab<strong>le</strong>. P<strong>le</strong>ase refer to the school website for more<br />

information regarding payment due dates and permission forms.<br />

Name that Tune results:<br />

At the Winter Choir and Band Concerts we held a raff<strong>le</strong>. The winner of the raff<strong>le</strong> at each concert was allowed to choose a piece that<br />

the band or choir would perform at our Spring Concerts.<br />

And the winners were:<br />

Melissa Suggitt and Janis Arnold<br />

Melissa chose, “Trash’n the Camp” from Tarzan and Janis chose “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen.<br />

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone for participating.<br />

Congratulations Congratulations to all our jazz soloists, including Stephen, Cassidy, Ryan, Carmen, Kar<strong>le</strong>e, Kiana, Ray,<br />

G<strong>le</strong>nn, Nick, and Meagan.


L E MOT JUSTE PAGE 5<br />

We Will Perfect Time Travel and<br />

Upload Our Consciousness to Computers<br />

(Freejack (1992)): In <strong>2009</strong>, we<br />

will use time travel to steal bodies from<br />

the past moments before death. The<br />

still-living bodies will then be sold to<br />

the highest bidder, who may have already<br />

uploaded their consciousness to a<br />

machine. The lucky buyer will then take<br />

over the sto<strong>le</strong>n body and start life anew.<br />

Artificial Intelligence Will Run Our<br />

Lives (Silver Hawk (2004)): In <strong>2009</strong>,<br />

Professor Ho Chung will develop a<br />

wearab<strong>le</strong> AI that will improve our very<br />

existence. The device will detect our<br />

every vital sign, every whim, and every<br />

need, and a robot attendant will provide<br />

us with food and drink, instruct us to<br />

exercise, or whatever else we require.<br />

And, of course, an evil fellow with a<br />

British accent will try to use it to take<br />

over the world.<br />

Asper Foundation Human Rights and Holocaust Studies Program<br />

CPET is proud to announce that seven<br />

of our grade 9 students will be participating<br />

in the Asper Foundation Human<br />

Rights and Holocaust Studies Program.<br />

They will begin their 18 hours of seminars<br />

and 16 hours of volunteering in<br />

As a school division, we need to be as<br />

prepared as possib<strong>le</strong> in the event pandemic<br />

influenza threatens the health of<br />

our students and staff.<br />

In September, the board of trustees<br />

approved a document entit<strong>le</strong>d <strong>River</strong><br />

<strong>East</strong> <strong>Transcona</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>Division</strong> Pandemic<br />

Preparedness Guidelines, which<br />

outlines the steps we will need to take<br />

to minimize the risks to our students<br />

and staff and to keep our division operational<br />

in the face of a communitywide<br />

health crisis.<br />

Science Fiction’s Predictions for <strong>2009</strong><br />

Americans Will Strugg<strong>le</strong> Through a<br />

Post-Apocalyptic Existence (The Postman<br />

by David Brin (1985)): Seventeen<br />

years after an apocalyptic event, Americans<br />

will continue to live without a<br />

postal service, radio system, or central<br />

government. Instead, they will live in<br />

isolated communities, waiting for signs<br />

of civilization's return. And, in <strong>2009</strong>, a<br />

man in a postal uniform will start visiting<br />

these communities, carrying with<br />

him what appears to be a <strong>le</strong>tter from the<br />

provisional government with promises<br />

for a better future.<br />

The World Will Face Life Without<br />

Oil (We Were Warned: Tomorrow’s<br />

Oil Crisis (2008)): In September <strong>2009</strong>,<br />

a Category 5 hurricane will demolish<br />

the oil drilling an delivery systems in<br />

Texas. Three days later, a terrorist<br />

group will attack Saudi Arabia’s largest<br />

oil refineries, choking off much of the<br />

February and culminate with a trip to<br />

the United States Memorial Holocaust<br />

Museum in Washington, D.C. in May.<br />

-Mme Kjernisted and Mme Lamoureux<br />

world’s supply of oil. Faced with a<br />

global energy crisis, the world’s governments<br />

will race to find new sources of<br />

oil and explore alternative forms of<br />

energy.<br />

Humanity Will Go to<br />

War with an Alien Race<br />

(The Super Dimension<br />

Fortress Macross<br />

(1982)): In <strong>2009</strong>, the Zentradi<br />

f<strong>le</strong>et will arrive,<br />

looking for an enemy spacecraft that<br />

crash landed on Earth ten years ago. A<br />

panglobal space agency will have successfully<br />

reverse engineered and rebuilt<br />

the ship, and will defend the Earth in<br />

Space War I.<br />

Source:<br />

i09-Strung Out on Science Fiction<br />

http://io9.com/5121683/science-fictionspredictions-for-the-year-<strong>2009</strong><br />

Pandemic Preparedness Guidelines in Place<br />

The guidelines were developed by a pandemic<br />

planning committee that included<br />

the assistant superintendent of student<br />

services, division administrators, teachers,<br />

support staff and a representative<br />

from the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.<br />

The committee, which worked for<br />

almost two years to develop the guidelines,<br />

also solicited input from the division’s<br />

unions and professional associations.<br />

Some of the issues that will face RETSD<br />

in the event of a pandemic include student<br />

and employee absenteeism, possib<strong>le</strong><br />

school closures, interruption of services<br />

and supplies, and the reassignment<br />

of duties. The guidelines outline<br />

plans to address these and other chal<strong>le</strong>nges.<br />

The guidelines will also be shared<br />

with the community during the Parent<br />

Advisory Committee meeting on<br />

February 11, <strong>2009</strong> at 7pm.


SCAC JUNIOR VARSITY GIRLS <strong>2009</strong> BASKETBALL<br />

SCHEDULE<br />

Girls’ games start at 6:00 p.m.<br />

Tuesday, January 6 – Bye WMC girls<br />

PET @ SNC<br />

Thursday, January 8 –Bye PET girls<br />

CB @ PET<br />

Tuesday, January 13 –Bye WPC girls<br />

WMC @ PET<br />

Thursday, January 15 –Bye SJR girls<br />

WPC @ PET<br />

Tuesday, January 20 – Round 5 Reversed– Bye SNC girls<br />

SJR @ PET<br />

Tuesday, February 3 –Bye WMC girls<br />

SNC @ PET<br />

Tuesday, February 10 –Bye PET girls<br />

PET @ CB<br />

Tuesday, February 17 –Bye WPC girls<br />

PET @ WMC<br />

Thursday, February 19 –Bye SJR girls<br />

PET @ WPC<br />

Tuesday, February 24 –Bye SNC girls<br />

PET @ SJR<br />

Thursday, February 26 – First Round of Play-offs<br />

Game A - 5 th @ 4 th<br />

Thursday, February 26 – First Round of Play-offs<br />

Game A - 5 th @ 4 th<br />

Tuesday, March 3 – Semi-Finals<br />

Game D - Winner of Game A @ 1 st<br />

Game E – 3 rd @ 2 nd<br />

Tuesday, March 3 – Semi-Finals<br />

Game D - Winner of Game A @ 1 st<br />

Game E – 3 rd @ 2 nd<br />

Thursday, March 5 - Championships<br />

Game H - Winner of Game D vs. Winner of Game E @ home<br />

of highest-seeded team at the end of the regular season.<br />

Vol<strong>le</strong>yball Game Schedu<strong>le</strong><br />

SCAC JUNIOR VARSITY BOYS <strong>2009</strong> BASKETBALL<br />

SCHEDULE<br />

Boys’ games start at 7:30 p.m. or 20 minutes after the girls’<br />

games.<br />

Tuesday, January 6<br />

PET @ SNC<br />

Thursday, January 8<br />

CB @ PET<br />

Tuesday, January 13<br />

WMC @ PET<br />

Thursday, January 15<br />

WPC @ PET<br />

Tuesday, January 20<br />

SJR @ PET<br />

Tuesday, February 3<br />

SNC @ PET<br />

Tuesday, February 10<br />

PET @ CB<br />

Tuesday, February 17<br />

PET @ WMC<br />

Thursday, February 19<br />

PET @ WPC<br />

Tuesday, February 24<br />

PET @ SJR<br />

Thursday, February 26<br />

Game B – 6 th @ 3 rd<br />

Game C – 5 th @ 4 th<br />

Thursday, February 26<br />

Game B – 6 th @ 3 rd<br />

Game C – 5 th @ 4 th<br />

Tuesday, March 3 – Semi-Finals<br />

Game F - Winner of Game C @ 1 st<br />

Game G – Winner of Game B @ 2 nd<br />

Tuesday, March 3 – Semi-Finals<br />

Game F - Winner of Game C @ 1 st<br />

Game G – Winner of Game B @ 2 nd<br />

Thursday, March 5 - Championships<br />

Game I - Winner of Game F vs. Winner of Game G @ home of<br />

highest-seeded team at the end of the regular season<br />

We encourage all CPET parents to come support our teams!


1. Set up a homework area:<br />

This area should be free from distraction,<br />

well lit and furnish all necessary<br />

supplies.<br />

2. Set up a homework routine:<br />

Set a time and a place were homework<br />

is to get done. It should be the<br />

same bat-time in the same bat-place<br />

everyday.<br />

3. Set homework as a priority:<br />

make the point that homework is<br />

the priority – before a<br />

date, before TV, be-<br />

fore going out with<br />

friends or whatever.<br />

4. Set the examp<strong>le</strong>:<br />

Maybe read the newspaper<br />

or do a crossword<br />

puzze the same<br />

time your child is<br />

doing his/her studying.<br />

If you keep nagging<br />

them to do<br />

Succeeding in school: What can parents do?<br />

We are always trying to find fundraisers<br />

for various school based<br />

activities that actually add to the<br />

family budget. Since everyone buys<br />

groceries, we thought that the<br />

Sobeys Gift Card program fundraiser<br />

would be a good choice. The<br />

gift cards can be used to purchase<br />

anything in the Sobeys stores in<br />

Western Canada.<br />

Depending on the total amount the<br />

school orders, your child can make<br />

Studies have proven<br />

that parental<br />

involvement<br />

significantly affects<br />

a child’s success in<br />

school.<br />

homework whi<strong>le</strong> you turn on the<br />

eighth sitcom of the night, what<br />

message do you think you’re giving<br />

them?<br />

5. Turn off the TV: This may be<br />

the toughest one. Limit the time<br />

your child sits in front of a screen<br />

(TV, video, etc.)<br />

6. Communicate with the teachers:<br />

Getting involved with what<br />

your kids are supposed to be doing<br />

will help you supervise<br />

that your<br />

child is on the<br />

right track.<br />

7. Encourage<br />

and <strong>mot</strong>ivate: but<br />

don’t nag – it<br />

doesn’t work.<br />

8. Supervise<br />

their work: <strong>le</strong>nd a<br />

helping hand when<br />

they need one, but<br />

Fundraiser: Sobeys Gift Cards<br />

5-10% of the sa<strong>le</strong>s for his/her<br />

school-based account. The more we<br />

order, the more profit the students<br />

make. Cards can be purchased in<br />

the following denominations $10,<br />

$25, $50, $100, $200, $300, or<br />

$400.<br />

If we reach an order of $10 000 or<br />

more, the percentage of profit is<br />

8%, which on a $300 card would be<br />

$24.00. The turn around time from<br />

the time we place our order and you<br />

receive your card would be approxi-<br />

Sobeys Gift Cards Purchase Order<br />

don’t fall into the trap of doing their<br />

homework.<br />

9. Praise them to succeed: but<br />

don’t over praise them for mediocre<br />

work. Encourage them to do their<br />

best.<br />

Place the computer in a visib<strong>le</strong><br />

place: so that you can watch that<br />

they do not get distracted by chat<br />

rooms or websites of interest that do<br />

not pertain to their studies<br />

Your involvement in your child’s<br />

education is absolutely essential to<br />

his/her eventual successes. Studies<br />

have proven that parental involvement<br />

significantly affects a child’s<br />

success in school. So get involved,<br />

it’ll have a positive impact on everyone.<br />

Adapted from: “Ace” Any Test 3rd<br />

Edition by Ron Fry<br />

mately one week. Encourage your<br />

family and friends to purchase from<br />

you, thus increasing your total<br />

profit.<br />

We are willing to try this out and<br />

adopt it as an ongoing fundraiser if<br />

there is enough interest.<br />

P<strong>le</strong>ase comp<strong>le</strong>te the following<br />

form and return to the school<br />

with a cheque made out to CPET<br />

by Friday, February 6.<br />

Student Name:____________________________________________________ Grade:____________<br />

Name Te<strong>le</strong>phone Denomination # of cards total<br />

Ex. Jane Doe 555-5555 $100 2 $200<br />

Total:


January<br />

5 First day back – Day 2<br />

12-15 Grade 12 French provincial exam<br />

15 Early dismissal – 2:45 pm<br />

18 Gr. 12 Pre calculus prov. exam<br />

19 Gr. 12 Applied math prov. exam<br />

22 Gr. 12 Consumer math prov. exam<br />

30 <strong>Division</strong>al administrative coordinated day<br />

– no classes<br />

February<br />

2 Administrative day – no classes<br />

3 First day of the 2 nd semester –<br />

Day 1<br />

11 Early dismissal 2:45 pm<br />

11 Parent advisory council 7:00pm<br />

12 Open house 7:00pm<br />

13-22 Festival du voyageur<br />

16 Louis Riel Day – no classes<br />

18 Info Days at U of M...Gr. 11<br />

18 France Trip 2010 Info night 7pm<br />

20 Bolivian night<br />

17-20 Optimist Festival<br />

March<br />

April<br />

3 Grade 9 Immunizations<br />

6 Interim reports<br />

11 Early dismissal 2:45 pm<br />

13 Big Band Dance 7:00 pm<br />

19-21 Brandon Jazz Festival<br />

23-2 Trip to France<br />

27 Last day before Spring break<br />

6 First day back Day 1<br />

10 Good Friday – no classes<br />

17 Reports sent home<br />

Collège Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau<br />

<strong>School</strong> Ca<strong>le</strong>ndar 2008-<strong>2009</strong><br />

April, continued<br />

May<br />

June<br />

23 Parent-teacher meetings 4:00 –<br />

5:00 and 6:30-9:00 pm<br />

24 Professional development – no<br />

classes<br />

24 Senior Citizen Prom 7:00 pm<br />

24-28 Canadian Rocky Mountain<br />

Festival in Banff<br />

27 -12 Trip to Bolivia<br />

30 -2 Intermediate honour band<br />

7:00 pm<br />

4 Provincial Music Day<br />

7 Professional development – no<br />

classes<br />

12 Parent Advisory council meeting –<br />

7:00 pm<br />

18 Queen Victoria Day – no classes<br />

25-28 Grade 12 French provincial exam<br />

26 Jazz concert 7:00 pm<br />

27 Early dismissal 2:45 pm<br />

27-29 Grade 9 B’nai Brith Camp<br />

2 Spring concert 7:00 pm<br />

4 Spring concert 7:00 pm<br />

8-9 Gr. 12 Applied math prov. exam<br />

10 Gr. 12 Consumer math prov. exam<br />

11 Gr. 12 Pre calculus prov. exam<br />

26 Administrative day – no classes<br />

29 Convocation and grad dance<br />

30 Last day of school


Administration<br />

Collège Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau Contact List<br />

Estel<strong>le</strong> Lamoureux elamoureux@retsd.mb.ca<br />

Ron Cadieux rcadieux@retsd.mb.ca<br />

Faculty<br />

Alan Binne abinne@retsd.mb.ca<br />

Kathryn Amato kamato@retsd.mb.ca<br />

Tara Berthe<strong>le</strong>tte tberthe<strong>le</strong>tte@retsd.mb.ca<br />

Mireil<strong>le</strong> Chartier mchartier@retsd.mb.ca<br />

Sean Devion sdevion@retsd.mb.ca<br />

Brady Gill rgill@retsd.mb.ca<br />

Anne Grossman agrossman@retsd.mb.ca<br />

Chris Gusberti cgusberti@retsd.mb.ca<br />

Patrice Harvey pharvey@retsd.mb.ca<br />

Denise Hein dhein@retsd.mb.ca<br />

Noah Joseph njoseph@retsd.mb.ca<br />

Amber Kjernisted akjernisted@retsd.mb.ca<br />

WARD 1 WARD 1 WARD 2<br />

George Marshall<br />

33 Walden Cresc.<br />

221-8464<br />

Col<strong>le</strong>en Carswell<br />

147 Larche Ave. West<br />

222-1486<br />

John Toews<br />

2 Tanya Cres.<br />

663-0475<br />

WARD 3 WARD 4 WARD 4<br />

Robert Fraser<br />

Board Chair<br />

845 Louelda St.<br />

667-9348<br />

Rod Giesbrecht<br />

1138 Rothesay St.<br />

661-5984<br />

Eva Prysizney<br />

8 Bret Bay<br />

668-3501<br />

WARD 5 WARD 5 WARD 6<br />

Brian Olynik<br />

Board Vice-Chair<br />

Strongberg Dr.<br />

661-6440<br />

Peter Kotyk<br />

755 Bonner Ave.<br />

668-4181<br />

Greg Proch<br />

2046 Bricker Ave.<br />

663-1925<br />

Faculty, continued<br />

Jennifer Konczak jkonczak@retsd.mb.ca<br />

Diane Lavergne dlavergne@retsd.mb.ca<br />

Eric Miron emiron@retsd.mb.ca<br />

Jean Mousseau jmousseau@retsd.mb.ca<br />

Simon Normandeau snormandeau@retsd.mb.ca<br />

Larry Paetkau lpaetkau@retsd.mb.ca<br />

David Rondeau drondeau@retsd.mb.ca<br />

Rafael Zuath rzuath@retsd.mb.ca<br />

Support Staff<br />

Mark your ca<strong>le</strong>ndars. Our annual open house for students interested in attending<br />

Collège Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau for the fall of <strong>2009</strong> is just around the<br />

corner.<br />

Collège Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau<br />

126 Redonda Street<br />

958-6888<br />

Open House<br />

C<strong>le</strong>rk Rita Buors rbuors@retsd.mb.ca<br />

C<strong>le</strong>rk Lise Giesbrecht lgiesbrecht@retsd.mb.ca<br />

Librarian Rita Vernaus rvernaus@retsd.mb.ca<br />

Paraprofessional Thérèse Garroni tgarroni@retsd.mb.ca<br />

Paraprofessional Rachel Hagel<br />

Custodian (day) Laurent Prairie<br />

Custodian (night) Robert Desrosiers<br />

Custodial aide Va<strong>le</strong>rie Lamy<br />

It’s been a long, cold winter. Wondering<br />

how to chase away the blues? Try<br />

some EdVentures! RETSD Continuing<br />

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mind and body active – in the warmth<br />

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online at www.retsd-conted.com--just<br />

click the Continuing Education link.

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