West Kildonan Collegiate - Seven Oaks School Division

West KildonanCollegiateSchools must help kidsgain knowledge, believein themselves, believe inothers, and love learning.Dennis LittkyInside this issue:Principal’s Message 2New SchoolUpdate2School Events 3Aboriginal ArtsTraining & Mentor-Dates toRemember58Volume 6 Issue 1 September, 2007Grade 9 students share their first week of high schoolI like high school a lot more thanmiddle school. One of the major differencesis switching classes throughoutthe day. I find it breaks up the dayto go for a short walk. I also like thecross country program. Four races isquite a bit which is a good thing.Overall, I think high school is going tobe more enjoyable than middleschool.KyleThis first week at WesKay has beenkind of confusing. I did not bring mytimetable on the first day so I followeda friend. I learned where all theclasses were and learned a couple ofnew names. The higher grades cameup to us a few times to try and scareus but we ignored them. Now highschool feels like regular school butsomehow the days feel shorter :)MitchCanada is a new place for me. Newclimate, new people around me andof course, WesKay is a new schoolfor me. WesKay is quite different thanmy school in the Philippines. It’s muchbigger, much cleaner and the teachersare always smiling. My first dayhere was quite confusing becausethis school is big. On the first day, myfeet ached because of walking andSchool newsletter editorsThe school newsletter is onceagain produced by the studentsin Ms Andrejowich’s DesktopPublishing class. We interviewteachers, staff and students towrite our articles and we attendschool activities and games totake photographs to capture themoment of the event. We alsolearn how to create publicationsthat look professional as weapply the principals of design todifferent audiences.We are Katelyn and Kaylene, thestudents who worked on thisissue.transferring to different classrooms butI’m fine now. I like this school. It lookslike a lot of fun!SophiaOn my first day of school things wentgreat! At first, I thought I’d get lost but Ididn’t. It was a good schedule. Turnsout in Phys. Ed. Leadership, I’m one ofonly two girls. But things are still good.ShellyMy first week at WesKay has beencool. It’s a lot easier to find out wheremy classes are than I thought. I’ve meta lot of new friends. CameronThis week when I started high school, Ienjoyed most of my classes and wasable to find them without much difficulty.All of the teachers were greatand really helpful. I look forward to therest of the year and my second semesterclasses.AnonMy first week at WesKay was fun. Ihave lots of funny teachers and they donot give us a lot of homework. I metnew friends and lots of my old friends.SimonMy first week of school was prettygood. There’s a lot more of freedomthan middle school and the seniors areThis is one of many projects thatwe will be working on throughoutthe school year. As the CommunityChristmas dinner approaches,the whole class will be making theplacemats and centre pieces forthe tables. The theme of the dinnerwill be historical reviewing thehistory of the West Kildonan community.The placemats and centrepieces will reflect this historicaltheme. As we move from an oldschool to the new school, we wantto remember the past as we lookforward to the future.friendly. I like that there are only 5periods in the day. It makes the dayseem shorter. I’m looking forward tothe rest of my school years here.BreanneWhile in WesKay this first week, I had alot of fun. I really like all of my teachers.I got lost a few times and I didn’t reallyknow where I was going a lot of thetime but I eventually found my wayaround.LukeMy first week of school was prettygood. High school isn’t what I thought itwould be. My teachers are so far verynice and my favourite classes are Art,Graphic Tech, Math and English.KatrinaIn my first week at West K, I learnedabout the classes I’ll be taking, metnew teachers and students and had afresh start. Pretty much everything hasbeen straight forward and made easy.TimMy first week of school was kind ofnormal. I got lost a few times, but otherthan that, it’s alright.PatrickPage 1

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West Kildonan CollegiateWinnipeg Speed Skating ClubAccepting Registrations2007—2008Get Fit!Learn how toskate fast!Have fun!For more information:www.winnipegspeedskating.caCall Mike at 668-5695CONTINUING EDUCATIONFALL 2007Call for your FREE brochure338-4031REGISTRATION HAS BEGUNAUGUST 29, 2007West Kildonan’s Best Kept Secret!!!PLAYCENTRELocated at Leila and PowersAre you looking for a safe, fun place to take yourchildren during the week?Luxton Playcentre is anon-profit, parent runcooperative which offerschildren from infants toschool age, the change to play with other children.The parents have an opportunity to spendquality time with their child as well as connectwith other parents and develop a strong supportsystem.Morning or afternoon sessions arecurrently available. For more information,contact Sheryl at 334-3017 or come see us in the lowerlevel of 1080 Powers Street.Register soon because spaces are limited!!!Global Partners Programs is excitedto offer our Scholarship program to Canadianstudents to study in Japan for 3, 5 or 10 months!When a student’s school hosts a Japanese exchangestudent for one year, a Canadian studentcan travel, expenses paid (flight to and fromJapan, home-stay and school fees, including orientation)to study in Japan. If your school ishosting 2 or more students with Global Partners,we make the same number of scholarshipsavailable to Canadian students in your school!Students will take an adapted study program inJapan including more electives (Music, Phys. Ed,Art, etc depending on course availability) so asto make it manageable for you!We can help you do your Japanese languagestudy prior to leaving, and provide the samesafety, security, and cultural benefits that weoffer to our Japanese students here in Canada!If you are interested, here’s how to apply:Please contact Patricia Scoles, GlobalPartners Coordinator for Manitobaat: 204-957-5773oremail: patricia@gpicanda.comQualifying students must complete Japanese language& cultural preparation prior to trip. Weassist in the arrangement of this process.If any families have a spare room and welcominghome, HOST FAMILIES are requiredwith Global Partners in the area fornext year. Families receive a monthly payment,orientation/continual support, andan international student to enjoy and experiencelife in Canada through new eyes!Please contact Deanne Groen atPage 7

Dates to RememberOctober 30 •Period “C” DayNovember 1 •Report Cards DistributedNovember 2 •Grad LuncheonNovember 9 •Remembrance DayNovember 15 •WesKay T-Shirt DayNovember 15 & 16 •Parent/Student/TeacherConferencesNovember 20 •Blood Donor ClinicWesKay T-Shirt DayonNovember 15thWear your sports, drama, or clubt-shirt or buy theWesKay T-ShirtChoose from a variety of maleand female styles in all sizes!November 22 •Period “D” DayNovember 23 •SAGNovember 29 •Grade 12 U. of M. (am)December 11 •Winter ConcertDecember 13 & 14 •FrenchDecember 17 •Community ChristmasDinnerDecember 21 •Last Day of School beforeChristmas BreakJanuary 7 •School Reopensonly $15.00ORDER NOWVisit our school newsletter website:Page 8http://www.7oaks.org/site/westkildonan/school_newsletters.aspx