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L i s g a r C o l l e g i a t e I n s t i t u t eN e w s l e t t e rJune 28, 2010Newsletter for Students, Parents and Staff of Lisgar Collegiate InstitutePrincipalD. McMahonVice-PrincipalsM. GoebelA. McKillop-OstromOffice AdministratorN. PetrieAssistant Office AdministratorL. TannerChief CustodianC. HennesseyDepartment HeadsFine Arts, Business & LawR. ArrigoMathematics, ComputerScience & TechnologicalStudiesT. AsselstineSocial Sciences & LibraryR. CrabtreeStudent ServicesA. GreenScienceS. HewittEnglish & LanguagesJ. IsaacHealthy Active LivingJ. RuffFINE ARTS, BUSINESS & LAWMusicLisgar performing ensembles continued onto the Provincial level of the Ontario MusicFestival Association’s competition. TheWind Ensemble received an honourablemention in the Belle Air Music TrophyClass. In the Secondary School StringOrchestra Class the String Ensemble placed2 nd and the Senior Orchestra received anhonourable mention in the SecondarySchool Symphony Orchestra Class.Congratulations to all music students inthose ensembles, Ms. Mennill and Mr.Arrigo.The Wind Ensemble, Senior Orchestra andString Ensemble participated in the CBCInvitational through the Kiwanis MusicFestival on April 29 th , 2010. A total of fiveensembles competed for a $1000.00 bursaryfrom CBC Radio 2. Congratulations to theWind Ensemble who were selected as thisyear’s winner. The prize money will beused to purchase music for next year’sfestival.The Wind Ensemble and String Ensemblealso performed at the Kiwanis HighlightsConcert on May 14 th , 2010 at Centrepointetheatre.On Saturday June 26 th , the Senior JazzEnsemble performed at the OttawaInternational Jazz Festival in ConfederationPark as part of the Youth Series.1Visual ArtsAnother productive year draws to a close forthe Art department. We would like to takethis time to extend our congratulations to allthe Art students who helped make ourSpring Art Show and Sale another greatsuccess. A special thank you as well to allthe parents and teachers at Lisgar whocontinue to encourage and support ourartists. We really appreciate it.As the walls are wiped clean and the piles ofpaper sorted, we would like to remindstudents to take home all artwork. Getinspired this July and August and getcreative!To finish on that artistic note, have a safeand happy summer!BusinessThe Entrepreneurship class ran their verysuccessful summative event, " Summer Jam2010" during lunch hour on June 4th.Students advertised, fundraised, plannedgames and organized the entire event. Wehad wonderful weather, which brought outover 100 students and teachers for fun andgames. From admission and freezie saleswe were able to raise $275 for Free TheChildren!Members of the Lisgar Business VentureClub and of the Business classes participatedin a number of Competitions/Contests overthe semester including Sprott Business

Competition, OBEA AccountingContests and CA Ontario COINChallenge. Three Lisgar teams made itto qualifying rounds of the SprottBusiness Competition and "Klutch"team made it to Semi-Finals- way to go!Congratulations go out as well toVincent (Zheng) Jiang who placed 3rdin Ontario in the OBEA AccountingContest (Gr. 12 Level) and also toCharles Zhang who placed 6th inOntario in the OBEA Contest. LisgarBusiness and Lisgar Business VentureClub are looking forward to another funand successful year in 2010-2011.Chess ClubThe 2010 Ontario high School ChessChampionship was held at theUniversity of Toronto from Friday, May7 th to Sunday May 9 th . It was a threeday, 5 rounds, Swiss-system tournamentwith three sections: Beginner,Intermediate and Championship. It wasorganized by the Ontario High SchoolChess Association with the support ofall of Ontario’s School Boards. Thirtyfourschools and 107 students from 9different cities participated this year.The Lisgar Chess team won the Teamchampionship, scoring 11 points. TheVictoria Park CI team and theUniversity of Toronto School team were2 nd and 3 rd and both scored 9.5 points.Congratulations to Jerry Xiong, SonjaXiong, and Karoly Szalay. Theyshowed strong team spirit andsportsmanship. The team received atrophy and a $140 Prize. Well done!Team Lisgar – 2010 High School Chess ChampionsKaroly Szalay, our team lead andNational Chess Master, won all fivegames and became the Champion of the2010 Ontario High School ChessChampionship. He also received a $100prize.Sonja Xiong, grade 12, received the topgrade 12 trophy and third for the top girlprize. She received a $60 prize.Jerry Xiong, grade 10 and NationalChess Master, received the top grade 10trophy and also received a $30 prize.Jerry Xiong, Sonja Xiong & Karoly Szalay withtournament organizer.Lisgar parents were also recognized formaking the tournament banner and Jerry& Sonja’s father, Wei Xiong, donatedthe Team T-shirts and made the “LisgarCI” words glow in the dark.Doors Open Ottawa 2010 at LisgarOn Saturday June 5, Lisgar once againthrew open its doors to the communityand participated in Doors Open Ottawa.Sixteen enthusiastic student volunteershad a very busy day conducting toursthat introduced a record 259 visitors toLisgar's significant architectural featuresand long and storied history. As always,visitors were moved by the remarkabledisplay of courage and sacrificerepresented by the war memorials inMemorial Hall. Many were alsosurprised and intrigued by tales fromLisgar's past, among them the fact thatLisgar's cadet corps participated in thehonour guard at the celebration ofConfederation in 1867, and that all ofthe windows on the south side of the2school were shattered by an FLQ bombin 1970. Student volunteers whoparticipated were wonderfulambassadors for our school. Kudos for agreat effort to: Sarah Seward-Langdon, Sandro Young, BrendaWang, Alex Chao, Laura Blackmore,Neil Warnock, Justine Zebrowski,Sam Hamidid-Farahani, DaphneMcLarty, Amy Munro, Jeffrey Do,Harry Rusnock, Franky Quang, DJPaull, Bailey McCulloch and RebekahPotter. Thanks also to parent volunteersRina Young, Tina Hogue, DavidPaull, Liz Melanson and SanjaySrivastava, who gave up their Saturdayto help out.Lisgar students Volunteer for Doors Open OttawaIMPORTANT DATESAug. 26 th – Timetable Pick-up(Grades 10-12)Aug. 27 th – Timetable Pick-up(Grade 9)Aug. 30 th – Timetable Pick-up(Grades 9 – 12)Sept. 7 th – First Day of SchoolSept. 13 th – School Council Meeting(Election Meeting)Sept. 23 rd – Mock Timetable EveningOct. 8 th – School Council MeetingOct. 14 th – Undergrad Awards EveningOct. 21 st – Parent Teacher InterviewsNov. 9 th – Term 2 beginsNov. 19 th – Report Cards issued

MATHEMATICS, COMPUTERSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGICALSTUDIESOnce again, Lisgar students achievedimpressive results in the Fryer, Galois,and Hypatia Contests. Bringing home aGold Certificate were Bailey Gu(Fryer), Joe Su (Galois), and Di Xiao(Hypatia). Silver Certificates wereawarded to Marta Calitoiu and GeorgeLiu (Fryer), Yunjae Kim, Sean Xia,and Eddy Gao (Galois), and RutgerCampbell (Hypatia). Karoly Szalaywon a Bronze in the Hypatia. Ourschool champion in the Euclid Contest,a contest aimed at grade 12 students,was Di Xiao, who just completed grade11!In March, a group of Lisgar studentsparticipated in the InternationalContest-Game, Math Kangaroo 2010,hosted by the University of Ottawa andseveral were recognized as follows:Bailey Gu – First in Canada, Gold MedalOttawaNancy Guo – Top 25% in CanadaRyan Warnock – Top 25% in CanadaSean Xia – Silver Medal OttawaNeil Warnock – Silver Medal OttawaRutger Campbell – Gold Medal OttawaAnd Congratulations to Geoffrey Song,Sandro Young, Joe Su and Eddy Gaowho finished second in the province,winning the Silver Medal in the ECOOProgramming Contest Provincial Finals atYork University on May 1 st .Finally, here is a little something fromthe Math Department for you to ponderover the halcyon days of summer…Theorem: A cat has nine tails.Proof: No cat has eight tails. Since onecat has one more tail than no cat, itmust have nine tails!QEDSee you in September.PHYSICAL EDUCATION &ATHLETICSAthletic BanquetThe annual athletic banquet celebratedthe efforts and achievements of the wellover 200 coaches and alumni of L.C.I.Congratulations to our team awardwinners and the recipients of thefollowing major athletic awards:Intramural Leadership: Leslie Chaplin& Laura CornerVolunteer Service: Grafton Reid150 th Anniversary Award forSportsmanship and Selflessness: KimNguyenOutstanding Junior Boy: Ryan LiuOutstanding Junior Girl: MorganWilliamsOutstanding Senior Girl: LeslieChaplinOutstanding Senior Boy: MustaphaAyyobLisgar Athletic “L” Award forgraduating students making a significantcontribution to Athletics during thecourse of their career at Lisgar:Jennifer ErskineConor KingKim NyguyenLeslie ChaplinNick ChenLaura CornerEvan MunroJessica FangMadelaine Erola-ChannenThank you to all the Physical Educationstaff, Care staff, and volunteers formaking the event a great success.Thank you to Mr. McMahon for hissupport of athletics at Lisgar.3RugbyThe Junior Boys’ finished the regularseason with only one defeat andadvanced to the East Conference Finalwhere they dominated possession andterritory for large periods of time butunfortunately came up just short of thechampionship game. The team’sperformance was outstanding and bodeswell for our fortunes in senior rugbyover the next two years. The seniors’team also advanced to the East final.The Women’s’ teams had successfulrebuilding season but was unfortunatelyhampered by injuries to our experiencedveterans. The future all teams looksgreat as we have attracted a largenumber of junior athletes to the sport.BadmintonJessie Luo and Jessica Fang competedin OFSSAA Badminton in Stratford andwon a Gold medal in the B-Flight.They won all of their matches exceptone, which they lost to the No. 1 rankedteam who eventually won in the A-flight. Every other match was won intwo games. Both girls played very welland had an excellent tournament.The Ottawa 'team'(NCSSAA) also wongold medals in MS, XD and MD (all A-flight!).Badminton Gold Medalists: Jessie Luo & JessicaFangGirls’ SoccerThis years’ team was again very youngand continues to mature. They took astep forward into the playoffsContinued on page 4

Phys. Ed. Cont’dTrack & FieldTrack and Field came to a close withsome great results. Firstly from EasternRegionals.Fiona King tied for 12th high jumpSasha Vrany 10th in 3000M and1500MSonja Li 15th in long jumpDaphne Grant 5th in triple jumpMorgan Williams 6th in the 3000M,11th in the 1500M and 12th in the1500M steeple chaseAt the provincial level we had onequalifier. Julia Stille qualified forprovincials with a 3rd in sprint hurdlesand a 1st in the triple jump. She alsofinished 5th in long jump. Julia wenton to provincials and finished second inthe triple jump with a jump of 12.19M.Congratulations on a great season!Outdoor EducationStudents enrolled in the course for nextyear should ensure that all their formsand deposit fees have been handed in toMs. Middleton.Lisgar Sport CouncilThe sport council executive has begunpreparations for next year. Newmembers are invited to join inSeptember to assist the executive in theorganization of our many successfulintramural tournaments. Next year willkick off with Ultimate.SCIENCELisgar students excelled in variousnational science contests this year:Physics Contests:Sir Isaac Newton (Grade 12)Lisgar placed third in Canada in the 4-peron team competition.Individual results included:Chris Hawthorne 98.8 %tileYuhao Shi96.8 %tileSebastien Dragnea 94.0 %tileRutger Campbell 92.1 %tileO.A.P.T: (Grade 11)Rutger Campbell placed second out ofabout 900 students.Lisgar results included:Rutger Campbell2 nd place 99.9 %tileKaroly Szalay5 th place 98.4 %tileTom Niu5 th place 98.4 %tilePedro De Zuviria Abbate51 st place 94.4 %tilePhillip Tsang67 th place 92.5 %tileElizabeth Robson-Gordon (grade 11)was one of three students in Canada tobe awarded the University of TorontoEngineers For The World Award.Chemistry Contests:National Crystal Growing Contest:Alice Ye grew the Best Quality Crystalin Canada and also earned a SpecialMerit Award as a Provincial Finalist inthe Chemical Institute of Canada -Canadian Chemistry Olympiad.University of Waterloo - Chem13News ExamAlice YeCharles Zhang499th %tile95th %tileTom NiuMegumi MoriChris HawthorneYuhao Shi95th %tile95th %tile94th %tile93rd %tileUniversity of Waterloo - AvogadroExamRutger CampbellPedro De Zuviria AbbateScience Fairs:99th %tile90th %tileSandro Young came first in his category,Engineering, as well as first overall inthe Regional Science Fair. He went on tocompete at the National Science Fair,where he won the Platinum Award forBest Intermediate Project, and gold inComputing & Information Technology(Intermediate). Sandro was also 1 of 3recipients of the Australian NationalYouth Science Forum Award (trip toAustralia for the 12 day NYSF - NationalYouth Science Forum - in Canberra inJanuary 2011), and has been asked torepresent Canada at the EUCYS(European Contest for Young Scientists)in September 2010, in Lisbon, Portugal.Emma Graham's project earned herawards in two separate contests. Atthe 2010 Intel International Scienceand Engineering Fair in San Jose,California she won the EnvironmentalManagement Category Fourth Prize. Inthe Sanofi-Aventis BiotalentChallenge, she came first overall inEastern Ontario and won theCommunication Prize and a SummerResearch Internship in Dr. BarbaraVanderhyden’s lab. In the NationalCompetition she won the award forMost Commercial Promise.University of Toronto BiologyContestThe Lisgar team placed 21 st out of 259teams & 4702 participantsIndividual scores included:Bob Sun:24 thAndrei Dan:93 rdZhixin Ye:233 rdCornelia Tang:302 ndMegumi Mori & Jennifer Sun: 427 th

SOCIAL SCIENCES & LIBRARYLibraryThe 2009 – 2010 school year was oneof consolidation for the Lisgar Librarywith respect to both the use oftraditional resources and technology.Many students made use of the SmallWonder video cameras that wereavailable for loan this year. Studentsdemonstrated a growing familiaritywith Alexandria, the library’s on-linecatalogue, as a tool for finding books(83.3% of user survey respondentsindicated that they had used it.). Theyalso showed an increasing tendency torefer to electronic databases rather thansimple web searches when seekingperiodical articles, with 41.7% ofsurvey respondents identifyingthemselves as users of the Infotracdatabases. Unfortunately, theavailability of database resources at nodirect cost to the school is in jeopardyas a consequence of the withdrawal ofprovincial funding to KnowledgeOntario.The “Be Heard” library user surveycontinued to be linked to the library’smain page this year. The response waslimited, but the students who didrespond indicated that, in their opinions,the library’s most important role was asa place for accessing computers, theprinter and the photocopier; its role as aplace for research was a secondary one,but at least it ranked much higher thanthe library’s role as a place to meet andsocialize with friends. The library’scollection grew modestly this year with607 books and resources having beenadded to the collection by June 18th.Both this year and last year studentsexpressed general satisfaction with thelibrary’s fiction collection. Although theycontinue to find gaps in the library’s nonfictioncollection, their overall assessmentof that part of the collection has risenfrom “somewhat satisfied” to “satisfied.”This may, at least in part, be a result ofthe fact that approximately 75% of theadditions made to the collection werenon-fiction, covering social sciences, pureand applied science, business, the Arts,history and geography.Efforts to fill gaps in the collection areon-going and they will continue tofocus on the pure and applied sciencesand technology; there will also be aneffort to expand the fiction collection,especially in support of the Spanishlanguage program. Hopefully the Lisgarlibrary will continue to improve theoverall level of satisfaction with thebook collection. It continues to bewell-used with circulation reachingeven higher levels than last yearThe library also received some specialsupport from students and thecommunity. Ten students contributedmore 77 hours of after-hourscommunity service in the library. Othersupport has come in the form ofdonations of large numbers of books(primarily fiction) from school staff,parents and students.In terms of instructional programmingin the library, the library orientationprogram for grade nine was expandedto include not just general informationabout the library, but also researchethics and documentation, the use ofelectronic databases, and reading andtest-writing skills. Not only were otherclasses booked into the library forresearch, they also participated in onlinebook clubs and research orientedwikis set up by the teacher-librarian.This was the year in which the newMinistry of Education supporteddocument for libraries was released bythe Ontario School Library Association.Together for Learning: SchoolLibraries and the Emergence of theLearning Commons supports thedirections taken by the Lisgar Librarywith respect to its on-line existence andits promotion of collaborative activitiesin the library. The library will continueto explore how the library can help tocultivate the spirit of “the learningcommons” at Lisgar next year.Social SciencesGeography Students in Gatineau parkIn the first half of May Grade 10 Historystudents paid a trip to the War Museum,while Grade 9 Geography students'lucked out'with pleasant sunny days inGatineau Park for their field trip and indowntown Ottawa for their geocachingactivity. Grade 12 World Issues studentsvisited the Doctors without Borders'"Refugee Camp in the City". As onestudent described it "the tour wascomprised of about ten different stations.A different aspect of refugee camps wascovered at each of the stations. Wetoured living quarters, camp bathroomsand medical treatment stations. We sawexamples of food rations, water stations,medicine and land mines. As well, ourguide spoke of some of the uncertaintiesthat face these refugees and thepsychological impact of the situation.This impact was emphasized by realdrawings that had been made bydisplaced children. These hauntingimages often showed crude drawings ofpeople being mown down by gunfire.Refugee ArtworkContinued on page 65

Cont’d from page 5The idea of having the camp in themiddle of the city emphasized the sharpcontrast between life in the developedworld and life in the developingworld....It was a hands-on learningexperience that hit home more than anydocumentary or worksheet."We wish to extend our thanks and bestwishes to Mr. Scott Barker who ismoving to become Head of Languagesand Library at Osgoode H.S. Bestwishes also go to Mr. Ramsey Shuckwho has been an L.T.O. teachingGeography this year.ReachThe Reach team played some friendlygames against Gloucester H.S. beforeboth advanced to the provincial finals inToronto in mid May. The practice musthave helped Gloucester more than us asthey went on to win the provincial title!Our juniors played in a tournament atBell H.S. and finished with 3 (Joe Su,Alex Rochon & Geoff Song) of the top4 individual scorers.Lisgar’s Reach Teams in ChicagoIn late May two teams (Patrick Liao,Junlan Li, Ben Kingston-Cook,Stuart Macdonald, Jibril Jeewanjee,Zheng Jiang, Harry Rusnock, Joe Suand Alex Rochon) went to theAmerican National Academic QuizTournament Finals in Chicago whereour A team made it to the second roundof final play-offs, which is veryimpressive for a team of Grade 11s.During the trip we visited the ArtInstitute, the Shedd Aquarium, NavyPier and the Museum of Industry andScience. However the highlight, forsome at least, was running into DonCherry, (who was in Chicago for theStanley Cup Finals), and getting anautograph and photo opportunity!LEAFThe hosta / flower beds in the Mall arefilling in well (though any plantdonations would be welcome) and awaitthe addition of compost from our wormcomposters. The City of Ottawa hasgiven us a grant to purchase a largecomposter, for our kitchen / cafeteriawaste, which we hope to acquire forSeptember. From its Coffee House andVeggie Lunch fund-raising LEAF hasmade an $800 donation to USC Canadato go towards the Seed Bank Projectand the purchase of four stoves inBolivia to reduce greenhouse gasemissions. Four members attended theLEAForum on environmentalleadership at The Museum of Nature onEarth Day. Two raffles and cookierewards were held to encouragestudents cycling to school this spring.At the annual EarthCare Expo Lisgarwas awarded the Jenny Award for beingthe top environmentally-friendly highschool in the Board! Thanks go to ourdeparting Co-heads, Tamar Wolofskyand Savannah Vetter for a great year.Earth Day/Week a LEAF-y Successby Elizabeth Robson GordonWith the help of Lisgar's EnvironmentalAction Force (LEAF) the whole schoolcelebrated Earth Week, which was fullof activities. All week long there was thesale of reusable water bottles,discouraging the use of disposable waterbottles; there was also fresh orange juicealongside the LCI water bottles.Another thing that lasted all week wasthe encouragement to cycle to school;cyclists were eligible to enter a rafflefor a bike lock and gift certificate andon the Wednesday they were rewardedwith baked goods. Outside at lunch allweek was the Clothing Swap, wherestudents brought in the clothes they no6longer wore and exchanged them fornew-found clothes brought in by fellowstudents. Leftover clothes were taken tothe Salvation Army.Also, taking advantage of the sunnyweather in the mall, there was amarvellous veggie lunch on Tuesday;members of LEAF made deliciousvegetarian food which was offered as abuffet meal at a reasonable price,especially if you brought your ownplate. Yumm-y!Winding down the week was theshowing of an environmentaldocumentary at lunch on Thursday,while some LEAF members attended anEarth Day event (LEAForum) at theMuseum of Nature, and learned aboutorganic farming and sustainability.“Lights out” took place on Fridayafternoon, when teachers were asked toturn off some of the lights used in eachclassroom., to reduce energyconsumption.All in all it was a great week and LEAFlooks forward to many more events tocome.LEAF water bottle saleSTUDENT SERVICES & CAREEREDUCATIONWe congratulate all of Lisgar’s June2010 graduates!University & CollegeAll graduating students who haveapplied to Ontario universities andcolleges should check the OUAC(Ontario Universities’ ApplicationCentre) and OCAS (Ontario CollegeContinued on page 7

Student Services Cont’dApplication Service) websites regularlyand carefully, ensuring that youracademic information is correct. OnJune 29th, final marks will be sent fromLisgar to the school board fortransmission to OCAS and OUAC.If you have taken a night school course,on-line course, correspondence course,or a Saturday school course, your marksshould appear on your OUAC and/orOCAS site. It is imperative that youcheck your site to ensure that ALLINFORMATION is correct. You mustnotify the Counselling Technicianimmediately if your night school, onlinecourse, correspondence course, orSaturday school course information hasnot been posted on your OUAC orOCAS website.Out-of-Province ApplicationsAttention graduating students who haveapplied to an out-of-provinceinstitution: Remember to request yourreport card be sent after each reportingperiod by completing a request form inthe binder in the Counselling office. Wedo not automatically send out thesereport cards. You must fill out aseparate request form for the Junereport card and/or transcript to be sentto the institution(s) of your choice.DeferralsSometimes students are given a deferralby Ontario universities or colleges inMay or June. This means that theinstitution requires the student to submithis/her final marks from June directly tothe university/college in early July,before an offer of admission will bemade. It is the sole responsibility of thestudent to send these final marksdirectly to the university if the marksare required prior to July 8th, 2010.Summer School Results for GradsFinal marks obtained at summer school2010 should be sent BY THESTUDENT directly to the university orcollege you wish to attend.What To Do If You Have Not BeenOffered A Spot At University OrCollegeQualified students applying foradmission to an Ontario university whodid not receive an offer of admissioncan inquire about possible openings atother Ontario universities throughOUAC between June 3 and August 27,by visiting this website;www.ouac.on.ca. Go to "AdmissionInformation Referral Service". You cancall OUAC Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday & Friday from 9:00 a.m. to4:30 pm., and on Thursdays from 10:00am to 4:30 pm at (519) 823-1940,extension 10.For Ontario colleges, visit this website;www.ontariocolleges.ca. Click on“Find” and go to “ProgramAvailability". OCAS offers a telephoneinquiry toll free line at 1–888-892-2228, Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m.to 5:00 p.m.You might be able to do a course atsummer school to raise your marks. Callthe university or college you hope toattend to let them know that you plan toattend summer school. Ask the institutionif this might earn you an offer ofadmission. Let them know that you arekeen on attending their institution.If you need to raise your marks overall,you might wish to do another year orsemester of high school to upgrade yourmarks. If you decide to return toLisgar, call the Lisgar main office to geta registration appointment. When youcall, mention that you are a returningLisgar student.Community InvolvementParents and students are reminded that40 hours of documented communityinvolvement (volunteer work) arerequired in order to graduate from allhigh schools in Ontario. Blank formscan be picked up in Student Services,and completed forms should be returnedto the main office. Ideally, studentswill have completed their 40 hours bythe end of Grade 10, so that they do nothave to rush to finish them.Special Education ProgramLisgar students have support availablefrom a variety of staff who have specialeducation qualifications and who willwork with teachers to ensure thatstudents’ accommodations areimplemented and that students receiveremedial assistance as required. Thisteam includes our learning supportteachers, counsellors, student successteacher, a vice-principal, and oureducational assistants."University Matters" is a transitionguide for students entering first yearuniversity to help them make good lifechoices and get the most out of theiruniversity experience. It may be helpfulfor some students to read this book overthe summer so that when they arrive oncampus they are ready for universitylife. Reviews have been excellent fromboth students and educators.Free downloads including worksheetsand a student budget can be viewed onsite: www.universitymatters.ca7