What's Inside? - St. James Collegiate
What's Inside? - St. James Collegiate
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What’s <strong>Inside</strong>?<br />
<strong>St</strong>evenson Homework Club<br />
Siloam Mission<br />
Wall of Fame Winners<br />
<strong>St</strong>udent Photography<br />
Spaghetti Bridge Competition<br />
Journal<br />
January 2012<br />
ST. JAMES COLLEGIATE<br />
1900 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg MB, R3J 0J1<br />
Phone 204-888-4867 Fax: 204-889-0830<br />
D. L. Hicks - Principal<br />
D. DeSerranno - Vice Principal
Principal’s Message<br />
Happy New Year! We hope everyone enjoyed a restful and relaxing holiday<br />
break. Now we’re back preparing for a busy January filled with many<br />
academic and extra-curricular events.<br />
Our exam week begins January 27 and continues until February 2; however,<br />
provincial exams for Grade 12 students have already started and take<br />
place at different times over the month of January. Over the next three<br />
weeks students will be busy finishing their course work to ensure they<br />
have their best work completed in the courses they are currently taking.<br />
Have your son/daughter see a Guidance Counsellor if they need their<br />
course selections checked over before starting Semester 2.<br />
<strong>St</strong>evenson Homework Club<br />
<strong>St</strong>evenson Homework Club held their annual Holiday Party on Wednesday, December 14th. The party is an<br />
annual event that the SJCI students put on for <strong>St</strong>evenson Britannia students. The party began with an organized<br />
craft for the <strong>St</strong>evenson students to complete. The students made reindeers out of candy canes this year!<br />
A special snack was provided for the party; everyone enjoyed sugar cookies, mandarin oranges, chocolate<br />
milk and egg nog! A great time was had by both <strong>St</strong>evenson Britannia and <strong>St</strong>. <strong>James</strong> <strong>Collegiate</strong> students.<br />
Extra-curricular events continue during the month of January while students<br />
finish Semester 1. Our boys’ hockey team will be participating in<br />
an inter-provincial tournament in Moncton, New Brunswick at the end<br />
of January and basketball teams are very busy with practices, games and<br />
tournaments. The students involved in the Drama production this year are<br />
practicing each day to prepare for another great week of theatre for our<br />
enjoyment during March. Don’t miss their production, MASH, just before<br />
Spring Break.<br />
After six and a half years of service as the Principal of <strong>St</strong>. <strong>James</strong> <strong>Collegiate</strong>,<br />
I will be leaving at the end of January to pursue new adventures. It<br />
has been both an honour and a privilege to work with the students, staff<br />
and parents of <strong>St</strong>. <strong>James</strong> <strong>Collegiate</strong>. Please welcome Mr. Kevin Dueck as<br />
our new Principal effective February 1, 2012.<br />
Spaghetti Bridge Engineering<br />
Ms D. Hicks, Principal<br />
Dates To Remember<br />
Jan 17 Early Dismissal<br />
Jan 27 Exam Period Begins<br />
Feb 6 Semester 2 Begins<br />
Feb 7 Early Dismissal<br />
Feb 10 Report Cards<br />
On December 16th, Ms Tremblay’s Current Topics in Science class put<br />
their engineering skills to the test and came up a with a variety of spaghetti<br />
bridge designs. Each bridge constructed had a limited amount of material<br />
and had to be designed to support a minimum of 5kg. The winning design<br />
was created by Andrew Serra and Sam Purtell.<br />
Feb 13<br />
Feb 16<br />
Feb 18<br />
Feb 20<br />
Feb 21<br />
Mar 1<br />
Mar 6<br />
Mar 14<br />
Mar 15<br />
Mar 16<br />
Mar 17<br />
Mar 20<br />
Open House<br />
Parent Advisory<br />
Siloam Mission<br />
Louis Riel Day<br />
No School<br />
Early Dismissal<br />
Grad Fashion Show<br />
Early Dismissal<br />
Success Assembly<br />
Humanities Fair<br />
Admin Day-No School<br />
Siloam Mission<br />
Early Dismissal<br />
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Spirit Week<br />
Our December Spirit Week featured four different daily themes: Sports Day, Fashion Disastuh, 80s Day, and<br />
Holiday/Ugly Sweater Day. At the end of Spirit Week, we celebrated the beginning of holidays with a loudand-proud<br />
Jimmies Jam and our first ever “Jimmies Got Talent” show. Thanks to all the staff and students who<br />
dressed up and participated throughout Spirit Week!<br />
GSA Attend <strong>St</strong>andOUT Conference<br />
Seven students attended the <strong>St</strong>andOUT Conference at the University of Winnipeg on Wednesday, Dec. 14th.<br />
They were quite moved by Jeremy Dias who was the keynote speaker. Please check out www.jersvision.org<br />
for more information on Jeremy and his story. The students also attended workshops and came back ready<br />
with an action plan to further develop our Bulletin Board, plan additional activities for our student body, etc. -<br />
all around the idea of Respecting Diversity!<br />
Aboriginal <strong>St</strong>udents’ Group News<br />
A number of aboriginal students visited the<br />
University of Manitoba on Friday, Dec. 16th.<br />
We visited the Entymology Department,<br />
checking out the stickbugs and Madagascar<br />
cockroaches. We also participated in a Scavenger<br />
Hunt finding out a little more about the<br />
campus and what it has to offer. The afternoon<br />
involved a discussion group on Governance<br />
- which will be an ongoing theme<br />
for this group for the remainder of the year.<br />
Thank-you to Christine Cyr for organizing<br />
this event for us. Also, our aboriginal students<br />
group gathered for the Annual Aboriginal<br />
Holiday Feast on Tuesday, Dec. 20th. A delicious<br />
meal of Indian tacos, veggies, Christmas<br />
cookies and oranges were enjoyed by all.<br />
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Siloam Mission Holiday Volunteers<br />
For the fifth consecutive year, staff and students from <strong>St</strong>. <strong>James</strong> <strong>Collegiate</strong> offered service with a smile<br />
to the patrons of Siloam Mission. On December 15th we prepared and served a holiday meal for over<br />
300 people while the school choir performed a spectacular selection of Christmas carols for all to enjoy.<br />
The experience was both fun and rewarding for all participants.<br />
Athletes of The Month<br />
September<br />
October<br />
Ms. vanAggelen with Ali Ahmed.<br />
Missing: Emmalee Mosher<br />
November<br />
A.J. Schmidt and Rebecca Fentum-Jones<br />
Christmas Classic Tournament<br />
Luke Seburn and Kelsey Ngo<br />
Our annual Christmas Classic Boys Basketball Tournament<br />
was a big success once again this year. The<br />
tournament is a week-long event featuring 8 JV teams<br />
and 8 Varsity teams from some of the best AAA<br />
schools in the province. Our boys did us proud once<br />
again as both the JV and Varsity teams made the finals.<br />
Both teams lost close games to Westgate. January and<br />
February should be exciting with our Varsity Boys<br />
team looking to repeat as AAA provincial champions!<br />
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The next SAFE GRAD parent meeting will be held on<br />
TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012 at 7:00 pm in the school<br />
library. Please show your support for your graduating<br />
son/daughter by attending the third meeting of the parent<br />
committee.<br />
Grad News<br />
<strong>St</strong>udent Photography<br />
The photos below were taken by students enrolled in our yearbook class during their photography field trips to<br />
The Forks and during their weekend leisure time. Check our newsletter each month for more student photography<br />
samples!<br />
The Fashion Show will be held on Thursday, March 1,<br />
2012. Parental support will be required to ensure a successful<br />
evening. A number of parents will be required to<br />
pick up and drop off clothing the day before, the day of,<br />
and the day after and to provide refreshments. Anyone<br />
with donations for the silent auction can drop them off<br />
anytime at the school. Letters are available for any businesses<br />
who require them.<br />
Graduation photos will be taken during exam week on<br />
Wednesday, February 1 & Thursday, February 2. Appointments<br />
must be made with Ms Tuchscherer. Sitting fees<br />
are paid to the photographer. All students should make<br />
arrangements to have their picture done at school so they<br />
can be included in the yearbook and in the grad composite.<br />
Cap and Gown fees should now be paid to Ms Tuchscherer<br />
if you are planning to attend the formal convocation at<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Paul the Apostle Church on Wednesday, June 27.<br />
The fee is $25 and includes the rental of the gown and<br />
purchase of the memento cap and tassel. If this is not<br />
paid, you will not be able to receive your diploma during<br />
the ceremony.<br />
Important Grad Dates<br />
January 17 – Safe Grad Meeting – 7 p.m. – Library<br />
February 1 & 2 – Grad photos – APPT REQUIRED<br />
March 1, 2012 – Grad Fashion Show – 7:30 p.m.<br />
June 27, 2012 – Grad Ceremony, Dinner and Safe Grad<br />
Photo By Danielle Bolo, Grade 10.<br />
Band Notes<br />
Photo By Kelly La, Grade 10.<br />
Photo By Charizma Zacarias, Grade 10.<br />
Christmas Concert….<br />
Congratulations to all the participating GWMS /<br />
SJCI Band and Choir <strong>St</strong>udents for their wonderful<br />
performance before a very appreciative audience at<br />
our Christmas Concert.<br />
A special thanks to all those who gave so generously<br />
to the silver collection. This year we collected $229<br />
which will be donated to Siloam Mission. Also, a special<br />
thanks to the staff for providing the six turkeys<br />
which were raffled off at the end of the concert.<br />
Photo by K.J. Rocan, Grade 10. Photo by Suah Cho, Grade 10.<br />
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Wall of Fame Winners<br />
Semester 1 Exam Schedule -‐ January 2012<br />
The schedule shown below is the exam schedule for January 2012. <strong>St</strong>udents should be aware of the date<br />
of their exam for each course and report any conficting dates to the office as soon as possible.<br />
SUN. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT.<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7<br />
8 Day 5 9 Day 6 10 Day 1 11 Day 2 12 Day 3 13 14<br />
English 40S Provincial Exam Jan 10 - 13. All morning on<br />
Jan 10th followed by in class from the 11th - 13th.<br />
Schools Re-opens<br />
after holiday break Early Dismissal<br />
15 Day 4 16 Day 5 17 Day 6 18 Day 1 19 Day 2 20 21<br />
AM AM AM AM AM<br />
Back: Andre Smith, Alex Olsen, Karlissa Little, Layton Haley, Abby Willman, Scott Templeton, Yousef Mutawe, Zach Mutawe, Cale Simonson.<br />
Middle: Claudia Elliot, Rayna Haley, Austin Eronen-Hirst, Riley Thiessen-Lewchuk, Karlene Wiebe, Mikaela Gussie, Kellie Slobodian, Erik Nottveit,<br />
Cam Dorbolo, <strong>St</strong>even Chau, Chrizia Zacarias, Chris Lansang,Monica Sarreal. Front: Jo-Anna Wichenko, Kelsey Ngo.<br />
We would like to congratulate the newest members of the Wall of Success for their efforts this school<br />
year. A student may be nominated by a parent, teacher, classmate, group or organization, or even be selfnominated.<br />
To be considered by the committee a student must have achieved success in two or more of<br />
the areas listed below:<br />
Academics<br />
Honours average or exceptionally positive change in the approach to academics<br />
Athletics<br />
Sportsmanship or leadership, or effort, or athletic ability or a combination of these characteristics<br />
Arts<br />
Demonstration of dedication to musical, visual or performance arts<br />
Citizenship<br />
Contributions to the school, the community and its citizens. This may also include the 40 hours of volunteer<br />
service required for Graduation.<br />
Special Achievements<br />
An outstanding achievement in any field that is both positive and beneficial.<br />
Do you know a student who has done well in at least two of the areas mentioned above?<br />
Visit the high school office to get your nominations in today!<br />
Early Dismissal<br />
22 Day 3 23 Day 4 24 Day 5 25 Day 6 26 Day 1 27 28<br />
AM PM AM PM AM PM AM PM AM PM<br />
MA40SP<br />
Provincial<br />
Exam<br />
MA10F<br />
EN20F<br />
EN30SL<br />
EN10F<br />
MA20SF<br />
AC30S<br />
EN10F/EN20F/EN30SL - Exam Jan 23 - 27 in class. Final Copy<br />
PH30S<br />
written on Friday Jan 27th in the high school gym.<br />
29 Day 2 30 Day 3 31 Day 4 1 Day 5 2 Day 6 3<br />
AM PM AM PM AM PM AM PM<br />
SC10F SC11G SS10F MA30SC FB11G<br />
GE20F<br />
MA20S<br />
SC20F MA30SP MA30<br />
PH<br />
SA<br />
BI30S<br />
HI30S<br />
CH30<br />
&<br />
PY42S<br />
S<br />
HI30G<br />
PY40S<br />
BI40S<br />
MA40S<br />
C<br />
Provin<br />
cial<br />
Exam<br />
CH40S HI40SW/<br />
GW<br />
Conflicts<br />
and Make-<br />
Up Exams<br />
Admin.<br />
Inservice/No<br />
School<br />
A.M. EXAMS – 8:30am – 11:30am P.M. EXAMS – 1:00pm – 4:00 pm<br />
MA40SC <strong>St</strong>andards Test Portfolios due prior to Tuesday, January 24, 2012<br />
Last day of classes Thursday, Jan. 26th<br />
<strong>St</strong>udents do not attend school Jan. 27-Feb. 2, 2011 except during their exam times.<br />
First Day of Semester 2 – Monday, February 6, 2012<br />
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