le mot juste janvier 2009 - River East Transcona School Division
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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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