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VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3 “When good Americans die, they go to Paris.” - Oscar Wilde Upcoming French Trip By Elizabeth Montgomery and Brandon Brake While some people head south on March Break for a week of surf and sun, two groups of Grade 10 and 11 students are headed across the pond for ten days of European culture. The Grade 11 immersion class and the Grade 10 immersion and extended core classes have taken it upon themselves to organize an in-depth tour of Paris and outlying areas. The Grade 10 students are first taking a three-day stopover in England before continuing on to France. The twelve Grade 11 students are headed to Paris for eight days over March Break in 2009. The extensive tour of the This year at HERH, we are hosting our first ever wake-athon! A wake-a-thon is an overnight party; you may have seen this on the television series “The OC”. Grades 10, 11 and 12 are invited to come to the school on Friday, April 25th, and spend the night there. That Friday is an inservice day, so everyone can sleep all day in order to prepare. Each student will be required to pay a $15 entrance fee. The money raised will go towards pizza for the night and the “Spread the Net” campaign. “‘Spread the Net’ is a UNI- CEF program that buys insecti- city will hit all the main attractions, including a walking tour of Paris, the Eiffel Tower, Versailles and the Louvre. The toour also includes two days where the students can roam free throughout the city and the French countryside. The Grade 10 classes are taking a similar trip in 2010. Their destinations include London, Canterbury, Normandy, St. Malo, Chartre and Paris. They are spending a full ten days in Europe. Some sights the Grade 10s will be seeing are Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace, war sites in France, and of course the Eiffel Tower. Thirty students are taking the 2010 trip. The costs of both trips is roughly $3000, and the students are planning to fundraise the bulk of the cost. <strong>Hants</strong> <strong>East</strong> Wake-a-Thon By Colleen MacDonald and Kaitlyn Dill cide-treated bed nets,” says Kristin Crewe, one of the event’s organizers. “These nets will decrease the risk of people contracting malaria through mosquito bites while they sleep.” “By paying the $15 entrance fee, not only will you be buying pizza for the night, but you will be buying a net for the foundation,” says another organizer, Michelle Fievet. Third organizer Becky Head explains “Some activities will be Guitar Hero, elementary school games like Red Rover, the parachute, pretend campfires and guitars, a talent show, s’mores, Capture the Flag, movies, and tons of cheers. There will be absolutely NO sleeping! There is a punishment for sleep- Page 2 ing, but it’s a secret.” The three girls got their inspiration for a wake-a-thon through an NSSSA camp in January. A few other schools that attended the camp have held wake-a-thons at their schools, and our organizers saw it as a fun way to raise not only money but school spirit. A lot of teachers are also going to be participating in the wake-a-thon; Mr. Smith, Mr. Fullerton, Mr. Sampson and Mr. MacKinnon are among them. Be there or be square!
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3 24 Hour Relay By Matt Sheehy On June 21st and 22nd, Ms. Burgoyne and twenty-three other teachers will be participants in a twenty-four hour relay race for the Abilities Foundation, which raises money for research involving physical disabilities. It will take place at St. Mary’s University. All the money raised will be donated in Michael Coady’s name. Michael is a HERH student who was paralyzed in a recent snowboarding accident. While participants must be nineteen years of age or older, students are encouraged to help out by donating money (participating teachers will have pledge sheets), or by coming out and cheering. Ms. Burgoyne would like to thank the HERH staff for their great response and participation. “Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven't fallen asleep yet.” - Anonymous Stress! By Liz Waychesko Stress. It’s a part of all of our lives whether we like it or not. It’ll always be there, gnawing on the back of our minds, unknowingly chipping away at what makes us happy. We try not to let it affect us, but it’s everywhere. The upcoming deadlines from work, things that need to be submitted, or rushing your children around town for sports and such can be taxing on anybody and as much as we try not to let it hurt us or the people we love, sometimes the stress of it all just comes out. There are several ways to try and calm yourself down when something big needs to Eye of the Cow By Dan Kloppenburg Mr. Comeau was very pleased with the outcome of his Biology 12 immersion class’s latest assignment. Traditionally, the major lab procedure for the Bio 12 class is the dissection of a fetal pig, but this year it was the dissection of a cow’s eye. This was the first time Mr. Comeau did the procedure with students, and he says it worked out very well. He remarks that dissecting the cow’s eye provided a great “hands on” learning experience for the students and showed them that learning can be fun. Mr. Comeau explains how when a student can learn the theory behind something and then combine that with experiencing it, it can truly give the student a sense of understanding. happen. One of the most important things you can do to help is to stop. Just stop everything (but make sure to keep an eye on anything that can catch fire). You need to pause what you’re doing to take a breather. Look around at what you’re doing; analyze it. Sort everything into what has to be done now and what can be put off until you have time to do them properly. Some things may only take a few minutes to accomplish; do these things first. It’s like a large pile of laundry. Just go along at an even pace. Before you know it, all the laundry is hanging out on the line. You can also beat the stress of daily life by taking time out of your day to do things you like. Watch a movie, go shopping or take a nice long hot bath. But these things take something During the procedure in the biology lab, there was even an unexpected visit by Mr. Smith. It was reported that he was “grossed out”. Corrections The Spring Semi dance will be held on May 14th from 7:30 to 10:30. The school musical “Godspell” will run from May 15th to 17th. The staff apologizes for these mistakes. Page 3 most busy people like us don’t have much of: time. Time is precious and to take some of it out for ourselves…well. As a society, we’re always cramming everything we can get done into the wee hours where we’re awake and then crashing at the end of it, tired and barely finished. People are too busy. They don’t enjoy the simple things. We’re not grateful for what we have, always wishing we had more money, more objects, more time. We need to stop stressing over the things we can’t change and focus on the things we change, and enjoy the small things for what they’re worth. If we stopped fretting over the little things, we’ll stop turning them into big things, and that’ll take a load off everyone’s mind.
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