DSS Apr Newsletter

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Delta Secondary School Newsletter 

April 14, 2009 Volume V 

Principal’s Message 

The end of the school year presents many challenges. It’s easy to lose sight of long term goals and get 

caught up in the excitement of the present. Work to retain some balance in your life. Enjoy the celebrations 

but build in time to finish the year off well in your classes and in your final exams. The road ahead will offer 

many opportunities. Focus on your goals, and find joy in the journey. 

Third term is underway and many of our thoughts and 

actions are directed toward the end of this school year 

and the beginning of the 2009-2010 year. For grade 12 

students, graduation activities and plans for next year are 

coming on fast. For all students, the excitement of this 

time of year is very evident. 

That said, there is still much to do. Students who are 

doing well need to continue to practice their good work 

habits. Students who have been less diligent still have 

time to improve their grades before the end of the year. 

Speaking of good work habits, Delta Secondary students 

are proving to be responsible learners. A scan of the 

report cards indicates that more than 600 students 

achieved “good” work habits in a minimum of seven 

classes during the second term. There is a clear 

correlation between work habits and success in school. 

Delta Secondary has developed a rubric that describes 

the performance standards for work habit marks on 

report cards. You may find it helpful to review this rubric 

with your student. You can find a copy on page 14 of the 

student agenda book. 

Elsewhere in this newsletter you will find a record of 

some of the exciting things that are happening at your 

neighbourhood secondary school, including our honor 

roll and principal’s list students for the second term. 

Congratulations to all of these students on their 

outstanding achievement! 

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Grad Activities 

The graduation season is quickly upon us. The Grad 

Banquet and Dance will be held on Friday, May 8th, at 

the Hyatt Regency Vancouver. That same evening, a team 

of hard-working parents have organized the Dry Grad 

celebrations. On Thursday, June 25th, the valedictory 

ceremony will be held at the South Delta Baptist Church. 

These are opportunities for our students to shine! 

Students and parents need to know that all of these 

events are drug and alcohol-free. Any student who 

chooses to use or be under the influence of drugs or 

alcohol will be sent home. Let’s work together to ensure a 

safe and enjoyable graduation season. 

I would like to thank the many staff and parents who have 

devoted so much time to grad preparations. These 

include: Ms. H. Bowling, Mrs. A. Goel-Stevens, Mr. F. 

Sawatsky, Mr. G. Harkley, Mrs. V. Botkin, Mrs. K. 

Cuthbert, Mrs. P. Stewart, Mrs. K. Lerner, Mrs. C. Tudge, 

and Ms. D. Johnston. 

Best wishes to all for a successful spring term. If you have 

any comments or questions, please contact me at the 

school or by email, tainge@deltasd.bc.ca


Learning Community 

Parent Connect 

Parent Connect is a tool that helps parents communicate with their child’s teachers, review courses, marks, attendance and 

to select courses. Information on how to use Parent Connect is available on the school website and from the school office. 

The following are important links that you might want to bookmark: 

DSS School Web Site: www.deltasd.bc.ca/de 

Parent Connect : https://cimsweb.deltasd.bc.ca 

Calendar of Events 

April 9 School Newsletter Distributed 

April 10 Good Friday 

April 13 Easter Monday 

April 15 Parent Advisory Council, Library, 7:00 p.m. 

April 23 Artstravaganza, 7:00 p.m. 

April 24 Non-Instructional Day (District Wide) 

April 24 Interim Reports Mailed 

April 27 – May 1 Theatre Production, Genesis Theatre 

May 8 Grad Dinner and Dance 

May 8 Non-Instructional Day 

May 13 Gauss (8) Math Contest Exam 

May 18 Victoria Day 

May 20 Parent Advisory Council, Library, 7:00 p.m. 

May 27 Spring Concert, Genesis Theatre, 7:00 p.m. 

June 2 Day Awards Assemblies, Genesis 

June 4 Awards Night, Genesis Theatre, 7:00 p.m 

June 5 School Newsletter Distributed 

June 10 - 16 School Exams and Tutorials 

June 17 - 25 Provincial Exams 

June 25 Final Report Cards and Yearbooks Distributed 

June 25 Commencement, South Delta Baptist Church, 7:00 p.m. 

June 26 Schools Close 

Ministry of Education 

Satisfaction Survey for Parents 

Information on completing the satisfaction surveys was sent 

home with the Term Two Report Cards. All parents received a 

login to complete the survey online. If you haven't already done 

so, please take the time to complete the short survey. Your 

feedback will help to guide school planning. The survey will be 

open until Friday, April 24th. 

Grade 12, Tineke Cuthbert, is awarded a $1000 Scholarship from 

Wendy’s Canada, in recognition of her outstanding achievements 

and community service. Tineke is pictured here with DSS teacher, 

Ms. Dana Huff, counsellor, Mr. Frank Sawatsky, and Wendy’s 

District Manager, Mrs. Parjeet Sanghera. 

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Pacer Athletic Report 

The signs of spring are undeniable: 

the grass is growing, flowers are 

blooming and birds are returning to 

the gymnasium. Meanwhile, muddy, 

disheveled lumps are slumped in the 

corner of the changing room trying 

to remove their soiled boots before 

oozing into the showers for their 

restorative ablutions. Yes, it’s rugby 

and badminton time again – and 

more. The spring season is the 

Athletic Department’s busiest with 3 

girls’ soccer teams, 2 golf teams, and 

2 tennis teams joining the 3 

badminton teams and the grade 8 

rugby boys in action. Leagues are just 

beginning and hopes are high as we 

look forward to our teams garnering 

more Delta, Fraser Valley, and 

Provincial championships. 

Our spring sports hope to 

repeat the success of our basketball 

teams who had another very strong 

year. As the Winter Newsletter went 

to print several of our teams were still 

in the playoff hunt and, although 

none of our teams qualified for 

provincials, a few came very close. 

Perhaps the most heartbreaking nearmiss 

belonged to the senior boys who 

lost a close game to a Seaquam team 

they had defeated twice earlier in the 

season. Had they won that game they 

would have been the first Pacer 

senior boy’s team to qualify for the 

provincials since 1993. Similarly, the 


senior and the junior girl’s teams 

played very well but fell just short of 

qualifying for provincials. Ms. 

Lopez’s Grade 9 girls finished a very 

impressive fourth in the province and 

look ready to move up to even 

tougher competition next year. 

The Pacer tennis programme, 

under the direction of Ms. Rogers 

and Mr. Vuorela is looking very 

promising despite having to travel far 

and wide to find competition. Our 

road warriors are ranked very highly 

and we fully expect them to qualify 

for their respective provincial and 

Fraser Valley championships. 

Ms Huff’s senior badminton 

team is just completing a very 

successful league season and is 

preparing for a long playoff 

experience. Ms. Chan and Ms. Yao 

are guiding our junior badminton 

team and Ms. Morrison is head coach 

of our Grade 8s. Both teams are just 

beginning their seasons and are 

benefiting from the able assistance of 

senior students Katie Hikida, Ryan 

Cheong and Rob Anderson. 

Mr. Adamson’s Grade 8 rugby 

warriors are winning games and 

breaking bones (unfortunately their 

own) and gaining great experience 

which, we hope, will allow us to 

enlarge the programme. 

The junior golfers under Mr. 

Bazilewich, and the seniors, under 

Mr. Thompson, are getting in practice 

rounds and watching Tiger to prepare 

themselves for a repeat of last year’s 

great success which saw the seniors 

advance to the B.C.’s in Nelson. 

Finally, on the soccer pitch, 

Ladner’s future Christine Sinclairs 

and Julie Armstrongs are heading 

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into battle at Holly Park. Mr. Fenn 

and Mr. Smillie’s Grade 8s look very 

strong and will hold their own in the 

junior league where they will 

encounter Ms. Bennett’s and Ms. 

McCabe’s junior girls among the 

other older opposition. At the senior 

level, Mr. Novix, Mr. King and Mr. 

Ellis are impressed with their girls’ 

very positive early results and believe 

they will qualify for the Fraser Valleys 

this year despite having to play 

against provincial champions and 

arch-rivals South Delta. 

The Athletic Department is 

very proud of the terrific number of 

student athletes who make the 

commitment to represent our school 

and who do so with skill, enthusiasm 

and dedication. These athletes and 

their coaches put a great deal of 

energy, hard work and time into their 

endeavors and we encourage our 

school community to support them. 

Pacer midfielder, Quinn Ellis, battles for 

possession in senior girls soccer action 

vs. North Delta.


DSS Theatre 

The DSS Theatre Department will be presenting LEFT OF CENTRE, its annual One-Act Play Festival, running five 

evenings from April 27 - May 1, Genesis Theatre, curtain at 7:00. This year the festival will feature 13 plays, all comedies. 

They range from a dark comedy entitled "Smile" which deals with murder and cover up; to "The Bingo Affair", a farce 

about old ladies in a bingo tournament; to "Sittin", a gentle comedy about a boy who, for the girl he loves, sits 65 days in a 

tree trying to break the Guinness Record for "tree-dwelling". 48 grade 11 and 12 actors will be involved in the festival. 

All the plays are student directed, and in the DSS theatre tradition, they will leave the audience laughing. 

Tickets are $5 but a Festival Pass is available for $15 allowing the pass holder to attend all five nights at a bargain price. 

There will be no reserved seating and the box office will only be open lunch time, after school for a half hour, and five 

evenings of the run. Again, no reserved seats - cash and carry only. 

Music Department: Noteworthy News 

The Pacer Tour Band enjoyed a wonderful cultural 

experience over March break, as they performed at high 

schools and elementary schools across Japan. Homestay 

families gave students amazing memories incredible food 

and family experiences. These photos are from the high 

school that we visited - note their cheerleading club in the 

background! Chelsea Hastings enjoyed a lesson from one 

Japanese drumming club member. Ms McKay would like to 

thank Mr. Dobrovolny, Mr. Boldt, and Ms. Ste Croix for their 

hard work during the tour. Without wonderful chaperones like 

them, students could not enjoy such an adventure. 

Congratulations Tour Band. You were wonderful ambassadors 

for our community! 

YPI Finals 

The finals for the 2009 YPI (Youth Philanthropy Initiative) will be held Thursday April 16th at 3:00pm in the Library. 

YPI requires participants to choose one charity within the social service sector, thoroughly research their charity and 

complete a site visit. Planning 10 students participated in this years initiative where students presented on a variety of 

local grassroots charities. The winning group will be given a $5000 grant from the Toskan Casale Foundation to donate 

to their charity. Parents and community members are invited to attend the competition. 

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Career Prep - Work Experience 

What an exciting time to be thinking about starting work. Even with the 

current down turn in the economy, there are many interesting jobs out in the 

current labour market. Capable people can basically write their own ticket 

into the working world. All this optimism sure helps but for young people to 

really get ahead they still need some experience in their area of interest. It’s a 

good thing that DSS has such a great work experience program in place. 

Students just need to fill in a one page green sign-up sheet to become a part 

of the program and they will instantly have upwards of seven teachers to 

work with. These teachers will open their extensive work experience options 

up to the student who can then try out any number of different careers. 

Every student should take advantage of this? Two excellent examples are 

Rachel and Ashley, pictured left. These two enthusiastic, out going, young 

ladies are spear heading the volunteer drive for the Children’s Festival. They have spent hours recruiting volunteers who 

will help out at the Children’s Festival this year in May. Both Rachel and Ashley have further developed their 

organizational, promotional and public speaking skills during this project. These are skills they can take with them into 

their future career and do well because of it. 

It isn’t too late to sign up. Any student currently in grade10 or 11 can go and see Mr. Harkley in Room 2706 or one of the 

counsellors to get the form. In order for students to get four credits for this program they need to complete 90 hours of 

work experience. 

There is also the great apprenticeship option. If a student is really interested in getting a jump on a career they can sign up 

to start an apprenticeship. There are many trade options available and all the details can be found at: http:// 

www.itabc.ca/Youth-SSA.php 

Student Success Day - Playland 

Any student who is eligible for Student Success Day (had 6 “Gs” 

and no “Ns” or was on the Honour Roll) for Term Two may sign 

up for the Playland trip which will be on June 24. The cost is $27 

per student, which includes an all-day ride pass and transportation 

to and from Playland by school bus. Information/sign-up sheets 

will be made available in the school office; space on the school bus 

is limited so sign up as soon as possible. Please contact Ms. Huff 

for more information. 

Skills Canada BC 

For the past 15 years, Skills Canada BC has organized annual provincial 

skills competitions for youth. This competition is a showcase of trades 

and technology occupations in demand in today's workforce. Over 500 

youth will demonstrate their skills in contest areas including Carpentry, 

Culinary Arts, Graphic Design, Hairdressing, Robotics, Welding. 

Library Challenge 

Every Monday, Wednesday, Friday since early 

February 4-person teams have been competing at 

lunchtime in their Grade Library Challenge. Each 

team plays 2 games of 51 general knowledge 

questions, before the semi and final games. Winners 

for Grade 10 were the Power Rangers: Tanner 

Nelson, Elsa Langill, Amy Zell and Alexa Borje. 

Grade 11 winners were 4 Boys with Big Hearts: C.J. 

Pentland, Dylan Trent, Ian Duck, Sam Buchanan. 

The Grade 9 winners were Team Obama: Ben Laird, 

Duncan Ramage, Thomas Buchanan, Jonathan 

Chapple. The Grade 12 Library Challenge has just 

begun and should end in early May when the 

winning team takes on the strong Teacher Team. 

In addition to the contest, the "Pathways to Career Showcase" provides 

students an opportunity to meet representatives from various career 

and educational organizations. 

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PRINCIPAL’S LIST (G.P.A. 3.85 – 4.0) 

Term 2, March 2009 

Grade 8 

Andersen, Patricia 

Athwal, Prabhroop 

Atwal, Kalvin 

Baerg, Joshua 

Beaton, Kiana 

Britz, Kennedy 

Chahal, Brittany 

Dreisinger, Amanda 

Eng, Lillian 

Esau, Ryan 

Gill, Kelsey 

Gillespie, Tannar 

Goldman, Ashleigh 

Grierson, Philip 

Gulick, Amelia 

Harper, Jessie 

Jackson, Jennie 

Jang, Presley 

Koot, Julia 

Low, Jennifer 

MacKenzie, Erika 

Martin, Kathleen 

Mesich, Christie 

Plett, Callie 

Pogue, Rory 

Ring, Kean 

Smith, Connor 

Srimokla, Sorana 

Stevens, Nicole 

Strukoff, Mikayla 

Tsui, Antony 

Vincent, Tessa 

Walton, Tamara 

Zell, Katelyn 

Grade 9 

Azizi, Tara 

Bourgeois, Lauren 

Cameron, Mackenzie 

Corbett, Rebecca 

Dhaliwal, Arjan 

Dhaliwal, Naveen 

Esau, Nathan 

Fung, Alison 

Harris, Miranda 

Haskins, Blair 

Jang, Connor 

Kuang, Emily 

Le Noury, Michelle 

Lockhart, Sarah 

McCallum, Quinn 

McNair, Olivia 

Nederend, Monica 

Nikelski, Ellen 

Pope, Emery 

Preston, Claire 

Rai, Harkiret 

Richardson, Robin 

Srimokla, Ornicha 

Taipalus, Madison 

Tilby, Matt 

Tyc, Andrea 

Von Ende, Alyssa 

Winslow-Hansen, Hayley 

Xu, Ming 

Yao, Anna 

Grade 10 

Block, Nicole 

Botkin, Mary 

Bourgeois, Stephanie 

Chatha, Gursimar 

Clancy, Alexandra 

Cuthbert, Kajsa 

Donaldson, Mike 

Dow, Amanda 

Dutka, Gordie 

Dyson, Devy 

Enns, Joanna 

Fernandes, Christian 

Franco, Alex 

Garcha, Kelvin 

Griffing, Rebecca 

Humphry, Whitney 

Hwu, Hilary 

Kim, Lydia 

Laird, Isabella 

Langill, Elsa 

Lee, Brandon 

Lessingham, Nyssa 

Lin, Louis 

MacLaren, Scott 

Mooney, Jessica 

Nelson, Alexa 

Nickel, Sarah 

Parker, Haylee 

Passmore, Kiana 

Pridmore, Jessica 

Riley, Katie 

Russell, Christopher 

Sair, Matthew 

Stevens, Michelle 

Stewart, Caelie 

Strukoff, Emily 

Taffinder, Shayna 

Thompson, Paul 

Tramontin, Angela 

Williamson, Jessica 

Zell, Amy 

Grade 11 

Britz, Evan 

Buchanan, Samuel 

Cooper, Jordan 

Frewer, Francesca 

Gal, Kayla 

Grierson, Charlotte 

Harbott, Michelle 

Hodgins, Trevor 

Jack, Justin 

Kirkegaard, Nathaniel 

Koulas, Avyi 

Lucertini, Sunita 

MacCulloch, Jason 

Motzek, Deanna 

Omand, Conor 

Pope, Tessa 

Rempel, Ashley 

Russell, Andreas 

Sandhu, Jessica 

Sartori, Riana 

Sheehan, Erica 

Sibbald, Shannon 

Speidel, Jason 

Stewart, Vincent 

Stillwell, Karly 

Uppal, Alexandra 

Van Ommen, Clara 

Wang, Catherine 

Wilson, Kassandra 

Zhou, Wendy 

Grade 12 

Andres, Clayton 

Bandiera, David 

Bartz, Tamara 

Chan, Jason 

Cuthbert, Tineke 

Davis, Laura 

Day, Christina 

Dreisinger, Olivia 

Ellis, Ashton 

Enns, Katherine 

Feng, Ao Ao 

Fung, Jonathan 

Harraway, Victoria 

Hwu, Margaret 

Klein, Melanie 

Kroeker, Peter 

Lang, Emilie 

Lanier, Deanna 

Locke, Conrad 

Low, Timothy 

MacCulloch, Christopher 

Mack, Kendra 

McKeown, Kelsey 

Munro, Jonathan 

Nielsen, Blair 

Redekop, Mikaela 

Van Der Zwan, Timo 

Wong, Timothy 

Young, Jane 

Zhou, Shuyi 

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HONOUR ROLL (G.P.A. 3.25 – 4.0) 


GRADES 8 – 10 

Grade 8 

Andersen, Patricia 

Athwal, Prabhroop 

Atwal, Kalvin 

Baerg, Joshua 

Bains, Arjun 

Beaton, Kiana 

Begg, Alexis 

Blachford, Tianna 

Britz, Kennedy 

Brunton, James 

Cervi, Tavia 

Chahal, Brittany 

Chand, Shania 

Coates, Dani-Rose 

Diomis, Zoe 

Doolan, April 

Doolan, Cassidy 

Dreisinger, Amanda 

Ducasse, Gabriel 

Dyer, Jessica 

Eng, Lillian 

Esau, Ryan 

Evans, James 

Fenn, Megan 

Francis, Meredith 

Gaytmenn, Mackenzie 

Geekie, Claire 

Gill, Kelsey 

Gillespie, Tannar 

Goldman, Ashleigh 

Grierson, Philip 

Griffing, Reece 

Gulick, Amelia 

Harper, Jessie 

Hughes, Zachary 

Jackson, Jennie 

Jang, Presley 

Keen, Daniel 

Keith, Matthew 

Keogh, Taryn 

Kinnarny, Laura 

Klatt, Randy 

Koot, Julia 

Kuang, Dominic 

Langford, Morgan 

Lister, Evan 

Little, Sophie 

Locke, Thomas 

Longpre, Sydney 

Low, Jennifer 

Lu, Lucia 

MacKenzie, Erika 

Mageau, Brittany 

Marra, Melaina 

Martin, Kathleen 

Mattu, Dylan 

McFadyen, Hannah 

Mesich, Christie 

Monger, Susan 

Morrison, Chalane 

Nelson, Christopher 

Nelson, Michelle 

Ottens, Michelle 

Paje, Herschel 

Pimentel, Devon 

Plett, Callie 

Pogue, Rory 

Remenda, Richard 

Ring, Kean 

Salas, Jordie 

Shaar, Summer 

Smith, Connor 

Srimokla, Sorana 

Stevens, Nicole 

Strukoff, Cameron 

Strukoff, Mikayla 

Strukoff, Sarah 

Sweeney, Natalie 

Thompson, Amanda 

Thomsen, Nikolas 

Thrasher, Kurtis 

Tsui, Antony 

Uppal, Ellery 

Vincent, Tessa 

Wallis, Grant 

Walton, Tamara 

Warn, Michael 

Wlasichuk, Philip 

Wong, Rodin 

Yurkoski, Jena 

Zell, Katelyn 

Zhao, Jasmine 

Grade 9 

Alfano, Rheanne 

Askin, Katie 

Azizi, Tara 

Badesha, Joyti 

Bains, Sabreen 

Bains, Shianne 

Bandiera, Peter 

Bassi, Veena 

Beeksma, Marisa 

Bourgeois, Lauren 

Briseno, Andrea 

Buchanan, Thomas 

Cameron, Mackenzie 

Chapple, Jonathan 

Cochlan, Delaney 

Copeland, Candice 

Corbett, Rebecca 

Currie, Nicole 

Dasler, Alexandra 

De Lotbiniere- 

Basset, Francine 

Dhaliwal, Arjan 

Dhaliwal, Naveen 

Dhillon, Balkirat 

Donaldson, Ian 

Du Hamel, Alec 

Duke, Shane 

Dutton-Jones, Samantha 

Ellis, Cassidy 

Enns, Camilla 

Esau, Nathan 

Eyolfson, Kirstin 

Ferguson, Emily 

Fung, Alison 

Gaio, Alexander 

Gao, Nina 

Gatfield, Lauren 

Gerrard, Sarah 

Grey, Jeremy 

Grunlund, Chelsea-Rose 

Gulbrandsen, Halle 

Hanuse, Desiree 

Harris, Miranda 

Haskins, Blair 

Holowaty, Jesse 

Hunchak, Alyssia 

Hwu, Henry 

Jang, Connor 

Jang, Riley 

Johnston, Matthew 

Kirkegaard, Kristin 

Kirkwood, Elizabeth 

Knoepfel, Mitchell 

Kuang, Emily 

Lavery, Jodie 

Le Noury, Michelle 

Lockhart, Sarah 

Lou, Tracy 

MacDonald, Taylor 

McCabe, Emily 

McCallum, Quinn 

McLean, Liam 

McNair, Olivia 

Meier, Aaron 

Merritt, Josh 

Nederend, Monica 

Nielsen, Kelsey 

Nikelski, Ellen 

Ortiz, Fabian 

Osborne, Jake 

Panesar, Jeri 

Pettypiece, Tanner 

Pope, Emery 

Porteous, Tess 

Preston, Claire 

Priestlay, Jess 

Rai, Harkiret 

Rempel, Connor 

Richardson, Robin 

Robertson, Courtney 

Sandelands, Mika 

Schwuchow, Larissa 

Serrano, Gabriela Nicole 

Shannon, Jackson 

Sherman, Kyle 

Shih, Kelly 

Sibbald, Ryan 

Son, Steve 

Srimokla, Ornicha 

Stebeck, Hayden 

Swenson, Cassidy 

Taipalus, Madison 

Tang, Meng 

Teschner, Austin 

Tilby, Matt 

Trotman, Megan 

Tyc, Andrea 

Valle, Alona 

Veperts, Madison 

Vistan, Christian 

Von Ende, Alyssa 

Voros, Tegan 

Walton, Lauren 

Williams, Kourtneay 

Winslow-Hansen, Hayley 

Xu, Ming 

Yao, Anna 

Grade 10 

Athaide, Olivia 

Bears, Amy 

Beutel, Anthony 

Block, Nicole 

Botkin, Mary 

Bourgeois, Stephanie 

Brooks, Tyson 

Chatha, Gursimar 

Clancy, Alexandra 

Copland, Alexa-Rae 

Corea, Brittany 

Crema, Andrea 

Cummings, Taylor 

Cuthbert, Kajsa 

Davis, Jordan 

Derksen, Bria 

Dhillon, Prabkirat 

Donaldson, Mike 

Dow, Amanda 

Dutka, Gordie 

Dyson, Devy 

Emery, Elizabeth 

Enns, Adam 

Enns, Joanna 

Euerby, Zachary 

Eyerund, Julia 

Fernandes, Christian 

Forsyth, Michaela 

Franco, Alex 

Garcha, Kelvin 

Gee, Nathaniel 

Gill, Brittney 

Gomez, Victoria 

Griffing, Rebecca 

Harms, Katelyn 

Humphry, Whitney 

Hundal, Jasleen 

Hwu, Hilary 

Kim, Lydia 

Kuckein, Hailey 

Kular, Amy 

Laird, Isabella 

Langill, Elsa 

Langill, Tori 

Lee, Brandon 

Lee, Hannah 

Lessingham, Nyssa 

Letendre, Paige 

Lewis, Breanne 

Lin, Louis 

Louis, Rachel 

MacLaren, Alyson 

MacLaren, Scott 

Marshall, Lauren 

Martin, Rachel 

Matas, Klaudia 

Matas, Monika 

Mitchell, Roseanne 

Mooney, Jessica 

Munro, Sarah 

Nelson, Alexa 

Nelson, Tanner 

Nickel, Sarah 

Parker, Haylee 

Passmore, Kiana 

Pentland, Tyler 

Pineda, Jenine 

Poon, Brendan 

Poulin, Emily 

Premji, Soraya 

Pridmore, Jessica 

Ravena, Karen 

Razavi, Ryan 

Riley, Katie 

Russell, Christopher 

Sair, Matthew 

Selman, Coulten 

Sharpe, Barrett 

Skopelitis, Joshua 

Soares, Spencer 

Soukoreff, Richelle 

Steinwand, Maddy 

Stevens, Michelle 

Stewart, Caelie 

Strukoff, Emily 

Swenson, Alyssa 

Taffinder, Shayna 

Teja, Alysha 

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HONOUR ROLL (G.P.A. 3.25 – 4.0) 


GRADES 10 - 12 

Grade 10 

Thompson, Paul 

Thornton, Leah 

Toor, Nicky 

Tramontin, Angela 

Vanwoerkom, Curtis 

Veerman, Michael 

Voute, Piet 

Welch, Aryana 

Wickett, Tyler 

Wilkins, Rebecca 

Williamson, Jessica 

Yamasaki, Jeffrey 

Zell, Amy 

Zonneveld, Jaime 

Grade 11 

Arathoon, Anaheit 

Azizi, Roya 

Bains, Shaanjeet 

Baird, Caitlin 

Bartz, Jessica 

Berg, Nickolaj 

Bock, Rachel 

Borje, Samantha 

Bowers, Ryan 

Britz, Evan 

Bryan, Sarah 

Buchanan, Samuel 

Bufton, Brandon 

Centola, Nina 

Clark, Darcy 

Coffey, Sean 

Cooper, Jordan 

Craig, Laura 

Cumberworth, Sarah 

Day, Jaycee-Ann 

Donaldson, Jessie 

Dowling, Shelby 

Du Hamel, Livia 

Egan, Vanessa 

Esau, Jessica 

Everell, Brandon 

Evickson, Ashley 

Fonseca, Andrea 

Forsyth, Katie 

Frewer, Francesca 

Gal, Kayla 

Gooch, Jackson 

Goodwin, Katie 

Gorman, Joseph 

Gough, Shaunna 

Grierson, Charlotte 

Guichon, Jenelle 

Harbott, Michelle 

Harms, Joshua 

Hastings, Chelsea 

Hatlelid, Cleve 

Heald, Kayla 

Hodgins, Trevor 

Hundal, Amaneet 

Jack, Justin 

Kensley, Caitlin 

King, Natasha 

Kirkegaard, 

Nathaniel 

Koulas, Avyi 

Li, Qing Zi 

Lin, David 

Littler, Rachel 

Lucertini, Sunita 

MacCulloch, Jason 

McMartin-Goodwin, 

Daemion 

Milholm, Melissa 

Mills, Sarah 

Motzek, Deanna 

Mulder, Rebecca 

Munn, Adam 

Nelson, Brandon 

Nielsen, Reid 

Nikelski, Brian 

Omand, Conor 

Osterreicher, Carly 

Pentland, C.J. 

Pope, Tessa 

Powroznik, Emily 

Rempel, Ashley 

Robertson, Sarah 

Russell, Andreas 

Sandhar, Sukie 

Sandhu, Jessica 

Sartori, Riana 

Sawatzky, Melissa 

Selinger, Colin 

Sheehan, Erica 

Sibbald, Shannon 

Speidel, Jason 

Staples, Richard 

Stewart, Vincent 

Stillwell, Karly 

Strathdee, Cameron 

Terpenning, Meghan 

Tompkins, Matthew 

Uppal, Alexandra 

Van Ommen, Clara 

Van Ryk, Cory 

Victorino, Jonathan 

Wang, Catherine 

Wanhella, Stephen 

Wilson, Kassandra 

Yao, Victor 

Zhou, Wendy 

Grade 12 

Aamir, Urooj 

Ahnert, Aly 

Andres, Clayton 

Athwal, Amandeep 

Baerg, Courtney 

Bandiera, David 

Bartz, Tamara 

Bears, Jessie 

Brown, Taylor 

Bruneau, Myles 

Chaisson, Steven 

Chan, Jason 

Cheema, Sonia 

Cheong, Ryan 

Chow, Emily 

Clarke, Devyn 

Coghill, Kelly 

Corbett, Nicholas 

Currie, Carleen 

Cuthbert, Tineke 

Davis, Laura 

Dawson, Ryan 

Day, Christina 

Dreisinger, Olivia 

Eccles, Celene 

Ellis, Ashton 

Enns, Katherine 

Enns, Kyle 

Feng, Ao Ao 

Flockhart, Amy 

Fung, Jonathan 

Furlong, Lian 

Graham, Jenna 

Grann, Deanne 

Grant, Kristie 

Guo, Hannah 

Gurniak, Biannca 

Harraway, Victoria 

Harris, Kolby 

Hikida, Katie 

Husband, Andrea 

Hwu, Margaret 

Jang, Brittany 

Kaiser, Carly 

Kinnarny, Meghan 

Klassen, Kevin 

Klein, Melanie 

Klootwyk, Jenny 

Koning, Ronny 

Kroeker, Peter 

La Chimea, Nancy 

Lang, Emilie 

Lanier, Deanna 

Lee, Elliott 

Locke, Conrad 

Lockhart, Adam 

Low, Timothy 

MacCulloch, Christopher 

Mack, Kendra 

Marentette, Colton 

Marshall, Kayla 

Mattu, Asia 

McCartney, Carli 

McKenzie, John 

McKeown, Kelsey 

McRurie, Scott 

Millman, Kelsey 

Mills, Samantha 

Munro, Jonathan 

Murdock, Kathleen 

Myles, Ashleigh 

Nielsen, Blair 

Oakley, Chris 

Palmer, Jess 

Parkinson, Jeanie 

Parrett, Samantha 

Passmore, Teila 

Peters, Mack 

Pugh, Mitch 

Qi, Lu 

Redekop, Mikaela 

Seney, Alyssa 

Shih, Daisy 

Sieben, Perry 

Skands, Jenine 

Smith, Jason 

Smith, Kyla 

Smith, Kyle 

Stewart, Michael 

Tan, Brendan 

Thauli, Kimberly 

Thornton, Larissa 

Valeri, Christa 

Van Der Zwan, Timo 

Veerman, Charlotte 

Waddell, Lucas 

Wallis, Derek 

Warwick, Sean 

Whittaker, Bryan 

Wlasichuk, Amy 

Wong, Timothy 

Wright, Geoffrey 

Young, Jane 

Zhou, Shuyi 

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Delta Secondary School Parent Advisory Council 

the parent page 

April 2009 

Message from the Chair 

One of the things we have been pretty happy about at the DSS Parent Advisory Council is the fact that we do not 

participate in fundraising activities beyond applying for our annual gaming license. Recently, however, the financial 

situation at our high school has changed. There has been a significant drop in revenue to the school as vending 

machine income has declined due to the new ‘Healthy Schools’ initiative. Soft drink machine revenue has also 

dropped dramatically, affecting the resources of our athletics department and there have also been significant 

decreases in provincial dollars for that department’s travel expenses. Added to this is the legal action made in recent 

years which has meant that student fees have been significantly reduced or eliminated for many programs. 

As a PAC, we understand these changes: we support healthy lifestyles and wish for equitable education opportunities 

for all. We do recognize, however, that there has been an impact at our school because of these changes. That 

impact will only become more significant over time, and we are quite restricted in the types of purchases on which we 

can spend our gaming dollars. The question we are asking ourselves is this: do we want to see an erosion in the 

quality of the program materials, equipment and supports our children benefit from at DSS? 

So the PAC has decided to begin asking parents if they wish to make a one-time annual donation to the school. We 

stress that this donation will be entirely voluntary, and donations over $20 will be eligible for tax receipts. Current 

needs at the school include computers, projectors, guitars, employment support materials for students with special 

needs, upgraded technological supplies and software. None of these items can be purchased using our gaming 

dollars. These types of needs arise every year and affect many of our programs, and we want to ensure that your 

child is not negatively affected by our changing economic environment. 

As parents, we all care about the same thing. Our children may take different paths as they move through high 

school, but our hope is that whatever your child needs is available when he or she needs it, so that all of our children 

have an opportunity to find success on their own terms. 

Thanks to everyone who gives of themselves for our children and their school, 

Marcia McCafferty, DSS PAC Chair 

Upcoming events: 

April 16th - DPAC's Spring Parent Education Event - Partnering with CUPE and DTA. All candidates meeting for 

candidates running for MLA positions in Delta ridings. Location: DSS Library at 7:00 p.m. EDUCATION FOCUS 

PAC Meetings. If you have a child attending DSS you are a member of the PAC – everyone is invited! 

Wednesday, April 15th, we will meet at the Library as usual. Trustee, Brenda Schnieder, will be in attendance. 

On the agenda: brainstorming regarding the beginning of the year package parents receive: bring your great ideas. If 

you have a good fundraising idea, please come and share it, or e-mail the PAC at dsspac@deltasd.bc.ca 

Wednesday, May 20 th , we hold our annual AGM. Anyone interested in being on the executive in 2009/10 will want 

to attend. 

Snacks for our meetings will be prepared by Culinary Arts teacher Lori Pilling. 

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Please, if you have a question or comment, contact the PAC at 

dsspac@deltasd.bc.ca 

EXECUTIVE 2008/2009 

School Planning Council members: 

Chair 

Vice-Chair 

Secretary 

Co-Treasurer 

Co-Treasurer 

DPAC Rep. 

Communications 

Past Chair 

At-Large: 

Ladner Partners 

Dry Grad 

Emergency Prep 

Marcia McCafferty 

vacant 

Debbie Carlton 

Jennifer Grady 

Earl Rempel 

Shirley-Ann Reid 

vacant 

vacant 

Selinda Lee-Tan 

vacant 

Dan Heaman 

Principal 

Teacher 

Parent 

Parent 

Parent 

Student Rep 

Terry Ainge 

Todd Allan 

Selinda Lee-Tan 

Barbara Norell 

Karen Russell 

Ashley Rempel 

Sukie Sandhar 

USEFUL WEB SITES AND CONTACTS 

http://web.deltasd.bc.ca/ 

School District/Parent Centre 

www.deltasd.bc.ca/de 

Delta Secondary School 

www.bced.gov.bc.ca 

Ministry of Education 

www.bccpac.bc.ca 

B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils 

www.fraserhealth.ca 

Quick Links/School Health Resources 

www.pep.bc.ca 

Emergency Preparedness 

www.teendrivers.ca 

www.icbc.com/youth/youth_new_parents.asp 

Traffic Safety For Teen Drivers 

http://web.deltasd.bc.ca/programs/curricular/ 

mathematics 

Links to several math websites 

www.reachdevelopment.org 

Reach Child and Youth Development Society 

Contact Si Stainton at sistainton@dccnet.com for 

the Reach Society parent network 

Missed a meeting? Parents are busy, but you can catch up on a 

missed PAC meeting minutes on the DSS website: 

http://www.deltasd.bc.ca/de/PAC/minutes.htm 

Parent Advocacy: if you have a concern about one of your 

children, it is important to first talk to their teacher. If further 

assistance is needed talk to the school principal, and if the issue 

still remains unresolved contact the Superintendent. Please note 

that Delta no longer has its own advocacy workers. Parents 

wishing to receive support in resolving school-based issues may 

contact the BCCPAC's provincial advocates’ toll free message 

line: 1-888-351-9834. The toll free line is checked daily Monday 

to Friday. A helpful resource book, Speaking Up (handbook) is 

available from BCCPAC or a copy is available through our PAC. 

See the BCCPAC Newsbytes magazine at 

http://www.bccpac.bc.ca/resources/whatsnew/ 

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Summer Volleyball Camps 

SPIKE UNIVERSITY JUNIOR 

VARSITY VOLLEYBALL CAMP 

Girls Entering Grades 4 - 7 

Junior Varsity Camp will teach the game of volleyball in a both a fun and competitive atmosphere. Campers will learn 

the correct techniques for serving, setting, spiking, blocking, forearm pass and basic team offensive / defensive 

coverage. All skills will be taught in stations in order to keep a low instructor: student ratio. Core training, dynamic 

stretching and athletic endurance will also be part of the daily routine. Get off to a great start for your school’s 

volleyball team and register for this one! The Seaquam coaching staff and some former Seaquam players will be 

teaching the fundamental skills of the game. 

ID 7976 July 20 – 24 2:00 – 4:00 Fee: $100 

How to register: 

http://connectandlearn.deltasd.bc.ca 

604 940 5550 

SPIKE UNIVERSITY VARSITY 

VOLLEYBALL CAMP 

Girls Entering Grades 7 - 10 

Varsity camp is designed for female athletes 

wanting to further enhance their individual and 

team play competitive skills. Our focus is on developing skills for girls presently playing (or wishing to begin) on club/ 

high school teams throughout the Lower Mainland.. All skills will be taught in stations in order to keep a low 

instructor: student ratio. Core training, dynamic stretching and athletic endurance will also be part of the daily routine. 

This will be a high performance camp offering all girls a very competitive atmosphere allowing each to quickly advance 

their athletic and volleyball skills. Girls will be organized into pods with athletes of similar age, ability and experience. 

The camp staff and guest coaches have included Issaac Payne (speed and conditioning); provincial team coaches Sharon 

Carter and Chris McIver; university/college coaches Ryan Hofer and Ryan Adams from Trinity Western, and Ryan 

Vjandre from Douglas College; high school varsity volleyball coaches Mark Cassels (Semiahmoo), Todd Clarke and 

Bill Tereposky (Seaquam), and Gord Houtchen (Elgin Park). 

ID 7987 Seaquam July 6 - 10 2:00 – 4:00 Fee: $150 

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