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The string department received a very generous donation this Fall. Catherine Preyra, a parent of one of our grade 9 students contacted the Kun Shoulder Rest company in September. She and her daughter Katrina Thurlow were concerned that the school violins and violas did not have proper shoulder rests. As a result, Mrs. Kun donated one shoulder rest for every instrument at Lisgar. This is a total of 77 rests! The students are very grateful for this addition to their instruments and are enjoying playing with the help of these fine shoulder rests. In early October members of the Lisgar Singers were invited to participate in the ceremony of the Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching. The singers gave an outstanding performance of the national anthem in front of teachers, families, and MPs from across the country, as well as Stephen Harper. The morning concluded by meeting and having photos taken with the Prime Minister. Lisgar Singers with Prime Minister Stephen Harper ENGLISH & LANGUAGES English Next month, the students in Ms. Szeles' Grade 11 English class will have the pleasure of attending a matinee performance of A Christmas Carol at the National Arts Centre. They will compare this new stage adaptation of a classic work by Charles Dicken's to his novel A Tale of Two Cities, which they studied earlier in the semester. This past September, 39 students from Grades 10 to 12 had the opportunity to tour New York City and see three amazing Broadway performances including Wicked (our favourite by far), Billy Elliott, and West Side Story. Another highlight of the trip was a back stage tour of Radio City Music Hall where we were allowed to dance across the stage and meet a real Rockette! We were lucky to have such beautiful weather and such an amazing group of students! Next year, we will return to the Stratford Festival of Ontario (listen for sign-up information in March), but we hope to do another NYC theatre tour in a few years. Languages In the last week of November, students from Ms. Kunstmann’s Grade 11 Extended and Grade 12 Core French classes will attend a classic French production at the Théâtre de la Catapulte: L’illusion comique from the well-known classic playwright, Pierre Corneille. Also, two students from the Grade 11 Extended course, Yiki Yang and Melina Cazorla Bak, were selected for a double workshop at the theatre this school year; they will join «~le club des mordus~» and will attend two Saturday workshops to explore the French theatre of Corneille and Molière. PHYSICAL EDUCATION & ATHLETICS Congratulations to the Junior Boys’ Soccer team, and the Senior Boys’ volleyball teams for your success in the play offs. Congratulations to our Junior Girls’ Cross country runners for capturing the NCSSAA East title. The senior and Junior Girls’ Basketball teams continue to build and had exciting seasons. Both Teams qualified for the playoffs. The swim team has been enjoying there new training location and partnership with Carleton University. The team 2 continues to attract many student athletes in its third year. The senior and Junior Boys’ Basketball teams are set to start their seasons at the end of November. The program is getting stronger and we hope to build on last year’s success in playoff success. The Hockey teams are enjoying competitive seasons. The Senior Boys’ are undefeated and are focusing on a strong playoff run. Thank you very much to Stinson family for generously contributing an alternate set of jerseys to the team. Thank you to Mr. MacDonald and Mr. D’Emilio for volunteering their time, on short notice, to ensure that Lisgar’s hockey tradition continues. The swim team is off to an amazing start with 4 mini-meets leading up to the city finals on December 1. Our 42 swimmers are working hard and hope to better last year's 5th place finish in the city. The Senior Girls’ Volleyball team will begin play at the end of November. Mrs. Morrison will lead the team into Tier one, building on last year’s championship. The Rowing team has been training continuously. New rowing shells have been added to the team equipment this year as Mr. Tang continues to build the program. Badminton training is taking place on most Friday afternoons. Practices will be scheduled as gym time becomes available. Rugby off season training will begin this winter. Some players have taken part in fall sevens tournaments. The League begins in the spring. The Intramural Dodge ball tournament was a great success. The basketball tournament is set to begin in November.
IMPORTANT DATES Nov. 20 – United Way Pancake Breakfast Nov. 24 – Last day to drop a course before full disclosure Dec. 3 & 4 – Drama Production - Night Chills Tales of Mystery and Terror Dec. 9 – Jazz & Choir Evening 7:30pm Dec. 10 – Winter Music Night Dec. 14 – Jan. 15 – Summative Evaluations Dec. 21 – Jan.3 – Christmas Break Jan. 4 – First day back from Christmas Break Jan. 22- Jan. 29 – Examinations Feb. 1 – First day of Semester 2 Feb. 9 – Last day to begin a new course for Semester 2 Feb. 11 – Semester 1 Report Cards distributed The Nordic Skiing and Snowboard teams will begin training soon. Thank you to all our fall coaches for your commitment to Lisgar Athletics. Physical Education Summatives are due on January 11 th . Students will be receiving their assignments soon. The department has now received Automated External Defibrillator trainers and mannequins. Our grade 9 students will receive the training this year in their physical education classes. The program is supported ACT Foundation with partners: Eugene Melnyk, The Ontario Government, The Heart and Stroke Foundation and The Sens Foundation. Guy Ouellette of Elite Karate has been working with our grade 9 &12 classes providing instruction in self defense and kick boxing. The gym schedule is on the Lisgar website under Athletics. All intramural and interscholastic events are posted there. The grade 10 outdoor ed. trip has completed successful canoe and orienteering trips to Algonquin Park, the Arboretum, and Gatineau Park. The classes will soon begin preparations for winter camping. SCIENCE Emma Graham took first place in the Intermediate Physical and Mathematical Science Division at the Ottawa Regional Science Fair in April. She was also selected as one of 16 students to represent Canada at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Reno, Nevada in May 2009. Emma won the Partners in Research Award which gave her the opportunity to attend the "Ottawa Evening" and meet and talk with Marc Garneau and Justin Trudeau. Emma says she was proud to represent Lisgar CI at all these events and she hopes more LCI students will do science fair projects this year. Emma Grhaham with her Science Project 3 SOCIAL SCIENCE & LIBRARY DEPARTMENT Social Sciences At the beginning of September we welcomed Mr. Shuck to teach Grade 9 and 11 Geography classes. Since then we have added a number of volunteers and a couple of student teachers who have helped with a variety of activities and trips. The Grade 9 Geography classes visited Gatineau Park and have had an introduction to Geocaching using a GPS loaner kit from the School Board. Ms. Jarvis'Grade 10 History students went to the National Archives and researched documents relating to former Lisgar students who were involved in the First World War. A number of Grade 11 Sociology students attended a conference entitiled "In Love and In Danger" with Mr. Buschlen, while several senior Politics, World Issues, International Law and International Business classes were fortunate to hear Allan Rock (former Cabinet Minister and president of Ottawa U.) speak about "Protecting Human Rights". Back in early September, the AP History class visited the National Gallery and viewed the collection of European Art dating from the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century. Students were excited to see masterpieces by Tintoretto, Peter Paul Rubens, Jacques-Louis David and Vincent Van Gogh. As part of their unit on Ancient Egypt, students in the Grade 11 World History classes have had the opportunity to study artifacts such as a necklace, a linen and glass fragment, and amulets from ancient times provided by the Royal Ontario Museum. Students marveled at the workmanship and beauty of these objects which are thousands of years old. LEAF LEAF are busy preparing for their first Coffee House this month. They have already held a couple of successful vegetarian lunches, have planted hundreds of daffodil bulbs in the flowerbeds in the Mall, and have participated in the "Clean Up the Capital" initiative. They have learned
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