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NEWSConnected to your communitySacred Heart’s Jordana Tierney - sports, drama, student councilJohn Curryjohn.curry@metroland.comEMC news - Sacred HeartCatholic High School gradeten student Jordana Tierneyis involved in sports both atschool and in the community.Although she quips that inbasketball she is simply the“big tall kid who stands in thekey,” you just know that hersports skill goes far beyondher height.In basketball, she not onlyis good from the free throwline but also her best moveis driving to the basket for alayup – and that’s not easy todo. Yes, she’s a lot more thanjust a tall kid – she has talent.She plays basketball notonly at the school but also inthe community, with a GoulbournBasketball Associationhouse league team.When she was in grade nine,she started playing volleyballat school and it has become asport that she really likes. Herheight helps in blocking shotswhen she is at the net. Andwhen she is in the back row,you’ll see her digging the ballout from shoe top territory andgoing on to make plays.Jordana also plays soccer,something that she has donesince she was eight years old.She used to play at the competitivelevel but now playswith West Ottawa Soccer atthe house league level. Shelikes both the shooting andpassing involved in soccer butespecially likes feeding theball to her teammates.Indeed, this behaviour insoccer tells you something ofJordana’s motivation for playingsports. While she likes thephysical activity involved, shealso likes playing with othersin a team environment.But the sports field andcourt are not the only placeswhere you will find Jordana.She has been in schoolplays at Sacred Heart everyyear now since she startedthere in grade seven. This pastApril she was one of RobinHood’s “merry women” inthe play “The Trials of RobinHood,” which, by the way,has been nominated for bestplay in the upcoming CappiesAwards which honours thebest in high school drama overthe past school year.Jordana admits that shelikes being on stage in front ofan audience, likening the experienceto being involved inpublic speaking.She hopes to be in theschool play at Sacred Heartagain in the coming year butJordana Tierneyany thoughts of making dramaa career choice are not there.She says that being involvedin drama is “just a hobby.”As for what she might dolater in life, she is not surejust yet, although she thinks itmight be something involvingDrum workshopSpecial to the NewsEMC news - The drum has a special placein First Nations culture as First Nations maintaina connection to the “Heartbeat of MotherEarth” through the drum.And you can experience this connection andthe role of the drum in First Nations culture byparticipating in an interactive workshop at theStittsville branch of the Ottawa Public Libraryeconomics or medicine.Her favourite subject inschool right now is mathwhich she likes because thereis only one right answer to amath problem. It’s also herbest subject.Jordana, who is enrolledin the French Immersion programat Sacred Heart, lives onthe family farm on Twin ElmRoad outside Richmond. It’s afarm, though, with no animalsas it is a cash-crop operationdealing with corn and soybeancrops. But there is an animalin her life, namely six year oldMolly, a house cat.She admits that she likesliving on the farm where it’squiet and peaceful.Jordana’s favourite booksinclude “The Hunger Games,”the science fiction novel byauthor Suzanne Collins, andalso “To Kill A Mockingbird,”Harper Lee’s 1960 novel thathas become a modern classic.Indeed, she is even reading“To Kill A Mockingbird”again even though she has alreadyread it.Jordana is also active inschool life at Sacred Heart.This year she was a memberof student council. She has enjoyedbeing on student councilwhich organizes dances, spiritweeks and special ceremonieslike the Christmas tree lightingevent at the school.In addition, Jordana hasbeen involved as a peer mentorat Sacred Heart since gradenine. In this role, she makespresentations to grade sevenclasses and helps the studentsget acquainted with the schoolin the fall and then keeps incontact with them throughoutthe school year. It’s also somethingthat she enjoys doing.on Saturday, June 8 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.Co-hosted by the Ottawa Public Libraryand MASC, an Eastern Ontario organizationthat connects artists and learning by offeringprograms for children, youth, teachers, seniorsand artists, this workshop will give you an opportunityto play horn rattles and hide drums aswell as learn social and stomp dances.You can drop in at this interactive workshopon Saturday, June 8. 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