What's Inside? - St. James Collegiate
What's Inside? - St. James Collegiate
What's Inside? - St. James Collegiate
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What’s <strong>Inside</strong><br />
WE DAY!<br />
Take Your Kids To Work Day<br />
Vow of Silence<br />
<strong>St</strong>udent Photography<br />
My Friend’s Closet<br />
Journal<br />
December 2011<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
Administrators’ Message<br />
We have a few weeks to Christmas Break and when students return to<br />
school in January they will be busy finishing off Semester 1 course assignments<br />
and final evaluation before exams. Please check our new Parent<br />
Portal if you wish to have a current update of your son’s or daughter’s<br />
progress. If you have concerns, please contact their teacher.<br />
We Day!<br />
WE Day Wows Winnipeg and <strong>St</strong>. <strong>James</strong> <strong>Collegiate</strong> students. 56 of our students (Grades 9 - 12) joined<br />
15,950 other students from across Manitoba to celebrate WE Day and be inspired by the likes of Al Gore,<br />
Mia Farrow, Paul Martin, Shawn Desman, Rick Hansen, Spencer West and Hedley. <strong>St</strong>udents came away<br />
pumped and ready to take on social justice issues in our local and global community. Check out<br />
http://www.weday.com/event/winnipeg to find out more about this exciting event!<br />
Our school sports teams have been quite busy with games and tournaments<br />
this fall. Basketball is just starting and will be continuing after the Christmas<br />
Break. The boy’s hockey team has been active, with lots of practices<br />
and some great team action.<br />
Our <strong>St</strong>udent Council has been busy organizing some great activities to activate<br />
school spirit and the Social Justice <strong>St</strong>udent Group has been meeting<br />
with other schools within Manitoba to begin planning their student activities<br />
for the rest of the school year.<br />
Please call us if you have concerns. Consider attending our next Parent<br />
Advisory meeting on December 15 at 5:30 pm.<br />
We wish you a pleasant, restful break and all the best in the New Year!<br />
Ms D. Hicks, Principal<br />
Mr. D. DeSerranno, Vice-Principal<br />
Dates To Remember<br />
What’s Happening<br />
Ms. Kopetsky’s Gr. 11 English class attended MTYP’s Improv Shakespeare<br />
Production on Monday, November 21st. There were alot of laughs and the<br />
students hopefully cameth home with a better understanding of not only<br />
improv but Shakespearean/Elizabethan language!<br />
On November 25th, 48 Grade 9 students (from Ms Kopetsky’s, Ms Young’s,<br />
Mr. Boville’s and Mr. McLeod’s classes) attended the MTC production of<br />
Romeo and Juliet. This modern production was an exciting introduction to<br />
our reading of the play next semester!<br />
Four students attended the Divisional Gay <strong>St</strong>raight Alliance Committee<br />
meeting on Friday, November 25th at the PSDC Centre with Ms. Tremblay.<br />
They came back with tons of resources and plans for activities to be implemented<br />
here at SJCI!<br />
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12-16<br />
Dec 14<br />
Dec 15<br />
Dec 15<br />
Dec 20<br />
Dec 23<br />
Jan 9<br />
Jan 10<br />
Jan 17<br />
Jan 27<br />
Feb 6<br />
Christmas Classic<br />
Basketball Tournament<br />
Siloam Mission<br />
Parent Advisory<br />
Success Assembly<br />
Winter Concert<br />
Winter Break Begins<br />
School Re-Opens<br />
Early Dismissal<br />
Early Dismissal<br />
Exam Period Begins<br />
Semester 2 Begins<br />
The Youth in Philanthropy Group has been busy researching organizations<br />
that meet their focus areas: Youth in Recreation, Health, Sexual Diversity and Equality, Homelessness & Poverty,<br />
Animal Protection. The visits to identified organizations will take place in the New Year followed by the<br />
difficult decision making of sharing $5000.00 with so many deserving sites.<br />
The Human Rights and Holocaust Education Program is up and running again. Fundraising has been taking<br />
place. Education classes will be starting on Wednesday, Dec. 7th. We still have a couple of spots for Gr. 9 students<br />
open... Please contact Ms. Kopetsky or Mr. Halbert for more information.<br />
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My Friend’s Closet<br />
Vow Of Silence<br />
What an incredible success! On Friday November 25th, approximately 1500 items of clothing were passed<br />
along to our students through My Friend’s Closet over Friday and this morning. Some items were sold, some<br />
were traded for non-perishable food items, many were given away free. Thank you to each and every one of<br />
our staff and students who participated or purchased to help make this a successful event!<br />
Hot off our “We Day” experience, students wanted to show they care by participating in The Vow of Silence<br />
through Free the Children. The Vow of Silence is to show support for children whose voices have been silenced<br />
through slavery (carpet mills), being a child soldier or forced into the sex trade. <strong>St</strong>udents were silent<br />
for 24 hours, no texting, Facebook, writing to communicate, or miming. 43 students participated in this event.<br />
Donations have reached $275.00 and pledge forms are still coming in. Way to go Jimmies!<br />
Take Your Kids To Work Day<br />
On Wednesday, November 2, Grade 9 students<br />
at <strong>St</strong>. <strong>James</strong> <strong>Collegiate</strong> participated<br />
in “Take Our Kids to Work Day”. <strong>St</strong>udents<br />
spent the day at work with a parent, guardian,<br />
adult friend or volunteer host to provide<br />
the opportunity to view the world of work<br />
and understand its demands and opportunities.<br />
The day allowed students to see parents<br />
or volunteer hosts in different roles and responsibilities<br />
and understand what they do to<br />
support a family.<br />
Our students were involved in many different<br />
activities. Dustin Tower spent the day with<br />
his dad, Darren Tower, at Extra Foods on Roblin<br />
Boulevard learning more about the food<br />
industry while Rose Nigidja worked along<br />
with her sister, Ms Ives, an Educational Assistant<br />
at George Waters Middles School.<br />
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There has been two meetings of the Safe Grad Parent<br />
Committee – thanks to all the parents who came out. The<br />
next SAFE GRAD parent meeting will be held in January,<br />
date to be determined. Please show your support for your<br />
graduating son/daughter by attending this meeting of the<br />
parent committee. If you are unable to attend and would<br />
like to be added to the parent email list for grad information,<br />
please email Ms Tuchscherer (ttuch@sjsd.net).<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<br />
to pick up and drop off clothing the day before, the day<br />
of and the day after and to provide refreshments. Please<br />
attend the Safe Grad meeting in January if you can help<br />
out. Anyone with donations for the silent auction can drop<br />
them off anytime at the school. Letters are available for<br />
any businesses who require them.<br />
Graduation photos will be taken during exam week. Appointments<br />
(on a first-come-first-served basis) must be<br />
made with Ms Tuchscherer in the new year. Sitting fees<br />
are paid to the photographer. More information will follow<br />
in January.<br />
Thank you for all the support in the seven fundraisers we<br />
did over the last few months. <strong>St</strong>udents can check their<br />
accounts on the grad board across from Room 105. We<br />
will do one or two more fundraisers in second semester in<br />
addition to the Fashion Show in March and the Car Wash<br />
in May.<br />
Important Grad Dates<br />
January 2012 – Grad Photos during exam week<br />
March 1, 2012 – Grad Fashion Show – 7:30 p.m.<br />
June 27, 2012 – Grad Ceremony, Dinner and Safe Grad<br />
Photo By Francis Merto, Grade 11.<br />
Band Notes<br />
Photo By Paula Rufino, Grade 10.<br />
Photo By Suah Cho, Grade 10.<br />
Christmas Concert<br />
Featuring all our GWMS & SJCI Bands and Choirs will<br />
be held on Tuesday, December 20th at 7:00 p.m. in the<br />
GWMS Concert Bowl.<br />
Note: <strong>St</strong>udents should arrive in concert dress with their<br />
instrument and music you later than 6:30 P.M. SJCI<br />
Band students are to meet in the library and GWMS<br />
students in the Band Room.<br />
Spring Concert<br />
This will be your last opportunity to see and hear your son/daughter perform this year. The Concert<br />
will take place in the GWMS Concert Bowl on Thursday, June 7th at 7:00 pm.<br />
Photo by Kelly La, Grade 10. Photo by Danielle Bolo, Grade 10.<br />
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