April 24, 2012 - Lisgar Collegiate Institute

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 rApril 24, 2012Newsletter for Students, Parents and Staff of Lisgar Collegiate InstitutePrincipalDavid McMahonVice-PrincipalsAnne McKillop-OstromBruce SummersOffice AdministratorNeil PetrieAssistant Office AdministratorLaura TannerChief CustodianChris HennesseyDepartment HeadsFine Arts, Business & LawRichard ArrigoMathematics, Computer Science &Technological StudiesTania AsselstineSocial Sciences & LibraryRuth CrabtreeStudent ServicesSteve SpidellScienceSusan HewittEnglish & LanguagesDerrick GroseHealthy Active LivingJohn RuffENGLISH & LANGUAGESStudents from both ends of the Englishcurricular spectrum are joining withLisgar’s Culture Club to completeLisgar’s contribution to the OntarioTeachers’ Federation’s Books of LifeProject. Ms. Christie’s ENG1D classand Ms. Whitfield’s EWC4U class arecontributing to a book on contemporarystudent life at Lisgar. We will beexchanging books with groupsfocusing on First Nations, Metis andInuit Cultures at Rideau High Schoolhere in Ottawa and with North ParkCVS in Brantford. The purpose of theproject is to raise awareness of FNMIcommunities in Ontario and of theircontributions to Canadian society.Congratulations to Mr. Hodgson andall of the student contributors to TheLisgarwrite. The second issue of theyear with a beautiful cover inspired byspring is linked to both the school andthe library web site.Saakshi Sutarwald and Grace Chenare to be congratulated for theirachievements in OCDSB Concoursd’art oratoire 2012 at Bell HighSchool. Saakshi finished third inFrançais cadre and Grace took secondplace in Français intensif. Thanks toMr. Derry for co-ordinating theparticipation of Lisgar’s competitors.On April 10, almost 200 of Lisgar’ssecond semester French studentswalked to the Bytowne Cinema for aspecial morning showing of MonsieurLazhar. Philippe Falardeau’s academyaward nominated film is about anAlgerian immigrant who is hired toteach at a Montreal grade-school afterthe suicide of a popular teacher. Thefilm gave students a glimpse atcontemporary Quebec cinema andculture as well as a great opportunity topractice their listening skills at thetheatre and speaking skills indiscussions of the thought-provokingfilm.IMPORTANT DATESApril 27 – PD day, no classesMay 2 – School Council – 7:00pmMay 10 – Jazz & Choir NightMay 15 – June 13 - SummativesMay 17 – Spring Music NightMay 21 – Victoria Day – noclassesMay 24 – Athletic BanquetJune 1 – Trivia NightJune 4 – School Council – 7:00pmJune 7 – Art ShowJune 7 – Grade 12 RecitalJune 20 – 26 – ExaminationsJune 29 - Commencement1

FINE ARTS, BUSINESS & LAWBusinessLisgar Business Venture Club:Students from the Business VentureClub completed a successfulInvestopedia investment simulation thissemester. As well, our studentscontinue to participate in the SprottBusiness Competition. We are hopingto send a team to the finals at CarletonUniversity again this semester. Lastsemester Jesse Wang and Bill Jiangcame second in the province and won a$1000 cash prize! Congratulations!IC Change Club:This club is new to Lisgar this year.Our students work in conjunction withCarleton University's SIFE, (Studentsin Free Enterprise), to createentrepreneurial ventures that aresocially or environmentally beneficial.The club’s next project is thePastapalooza & AuctionExtravaganza on Friday May 4, 2012at 6pm. This is a dinner & silentauction event to raise money for Freethe Children. Please come out tosupport this wonderful cause (kidshelping kids in developing nations).Bring the whole family for a yummypasta dinner and bid on some greatprizes in the silent auction!MusicCongratulations to members of ourIntermediate Orchestra, SeniorOrchestra and String Ensemble whoperformed extremely well here Lisgaras part of the Kiwanis Music Festivalon Wednesday April 18. Our concertbands and our Jazz groups will performApril 23 – 27 th at Sacred Heart HighSchool in Stittsville.Sacred Heart High School is located at5870 Abbott Street, Stittsville.Directions are as follows:• Queensway west to Carp Road• Exit Queensway at Carp Road• Turn left at Carp Rd/ Regional Rd. 5• Turn right at Stittsville MainSt./Regional Rd. 5• Turn left at Abbott St. E. (trafficlight)• Turn right onto Shea Road• Enter school via side entrance (SheaRd. Entrance)Important Music Dates:Monday June 14 th – AP Music TheoryexamThursday May 10 th , 7:00 pm in AlumniAuditorium – Jazz and Choir Even.Tickets are $5.00 for adults and $3.00for students.Thursday May 17 th , 7:00 pm in AlumniAuditorium – Spring Music Night.Tickets are $5.00 for adults and $3.00for students.Thursday - Thursday June 7 th , 6:00 pmin Alumni Auditorium – Grade 12Graduation Recital. Free Admission.On Saturday June 23 rd @ 1:00 pm theSenior Jazz Band will perform as partof the Ottawa International JazzFestival Youth Series in ConfederationPark.Music Tour 2012During the March Break, 73 LisgarMusic students from the WindEnsemble and the Senior Orchestraenjoyed an educational tour ofEngland. During their 8 day excursion,students toured a number of historicsights including Westminster Abbey,The Handel House Museum, WindsorCastle, Stonehenge and the RomanBaths in the city of Bath. As well,students took in a production of “Aida”at the Royal Albert Hall and a MozartClarinet Concerto at the BirminghamTown Hall. As well, both music groupsput on performances at CoventryCathedral, Warwick Castle and theSalisbury Guildhall. The studentswould like to thank Mr. Arrigo andMs. Mennill for organizing the tour aswell as the other chaperones whoaccompanied them on the trip, Mr.Derry, Ms. Sintic, Ms. McWhinnie,Mr. Desjardins, Mr. Petrie & Mr.LeBlanc.Visual ArtsThe Art Department is pleased toannounce that the ten murals paintedfor the Ottawa Hospital were picked upthis week. These murals will bedisplayed at the Civic and Generalcampuses. A ceremony to honour theLisgar painters will take place in May.The grade ten Craft students went tothe Ottawa Art Gallery in March whilethe grade 9 and grade 11 art studentswill head off to the National Gallery onApril 26th.All art students are reminded to takeadvantage of the "open studio" time inthe Art room during the lunch hour.They can use this time to get caught upon their assignments.If you are interested in seeing what thissemester's students have been workingon, come on out to the Spring ArtShow and Sale to take place in June.Hope to see you there.MATHEMATICS, COMPUTERSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGICALSTUDIESComputer ScienceLisgar brainiacs have been involved intwo major computer sciencecompetitions this semester. InFebruary, 23 individuals competed inthe Canadian Computing Competition.Three students placed in the top 20 inthe country with perfect or near perfectscores and will qualify to compete atStage 2 of this contest at the Universityof Waterloo in May. The qualifierswere Geoffry Song, Sandro Youngand Fan Zhang. Bailey Gu was thewinner of the Junior competition with aperfect score.If that success was not enough, Lisgarplayed host to the OCDSB board-wideECOO computer contest. Nine teamsContinued on page 32

Phys. Ed. Cont’dAthleticsOur spring teams are now underway.Lisgar will be fielding three rugbyteams, Track and field, Senior Co-edvolleyball, rowing, ultimate,badminton, and Varsity girls’ soccer.The seasons are short making itimperative that all team members arecommitted to attending all practices.Mr. Findlater and The Senior Boys’Soccer team are making preparationsfor AAAA OFSAA in June.Both of our junior volleyball teamshave topped their divisions and arenow in the hunt for championships.Congratulations to our Snow boardersand Nordic skiers for representing theNational Capital Athletic Associationat the Ontario championships.Congratulations to Ben Wilkinson-Zan for successfully defending hisTitle of OFSAA Men’s NordicChampion!Team schedules can be found atwww.fatdog.ca under NCSSAA andwww.lisgar.ca under athletics.SCIENCEGrade nine classes recently attendedthe ecology field trip at MacSkimmingOutdoor Education Centre. This fieldtrip provided them with the opportunityto perform the bulk of the hands-onactivities associated with theirupcoming ecology unit.Senior students are presently gearingup for the Biology, Chemistry, andPhysics contests.Three Lisgar students excelled at theOttawa Regional Science Fair. AdamoYoung (grade 10) and Fan Zhang(grade 11) each placed first in theircategories and earned places at theCanada-Wide Science Fair inCharlottetown in May. Adamo waspresented with the Ontario Ministry ofEconomic Development andInnovation Stepping Stone Award.Sandro Young (grade 12), also acategory winner at the Ottawa Fair, hasbeen selected to be a member of thestudent team representing Canada atthe Intel International Science andEngineering Fair from May 12-19 inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He also wonthe Carleton University Science andEngineering Entrance Award for hisscience fair project.SOCIAL SCIENCESCongratulations to Ben Hillier-Weltman who took 4th place in theNational Finals of the CanadianGeography Challenge. The good newsis that Ben should be eligible tocompete next year, with another year ofGeography under his belt! The Grade 9Geography students have beenembarking on geocaching in thedowntown area, and will be headingout to Gatineau Park early in May.Recently our Geography staff has beenexpanded with the arrival of Mr.MacKenzie, a student teacher fromOttawa U., who has been with us on afive week placement, and we thank himfor all his assistance. Congratulationsgo to Ms. Jarvis on the arrival of herbaby boy in early March. We welcomeMr. Foster and Ms. Anderson whohave taken over teaching her classes.AP History students have been puttingin extra time in preparation for theirupcoming exam - we wish them everysuccess.LibraryThe Lisgar Library offers students andteachers much more than the bookstraditionally associated with libraries.Every week the web site highlights anew on-line resource. In recent weeksthese have included PicMonkey (an onlinephoto editor), Reuters.com (thenewswire service) and memorize.com(a flashcard generator). You can seethe latest feature by going to lisgar.caand clicking on Library. You can see4past features by clicking on the SNEWArchive link.Another resource available through thelibrary is CBC News in Review. Atregular intervals throughout the schoolyear DVD’s with study guides coveringcurrent topics are released. The mostrecent issue covered these topics:Election 2011 and the Robocallscandal,” “BILL C-30 and internetprivacy, Generation One: living in twoworlds (about children of immigrantswho were born in Canada, but are stillheavily influenced by the cultures andtraditions of the countries where theirparents once lived), and the drug war inMexico.The OCDSB makes a wide variety ofon-line databases and other referencematerials available through itssubscription to Knowledge Ontario andOSAPAC. One resource that isparticularly useful to English studentsis the Literature Resource Centerwhich is part of the INFOTRAC suiteof databases. Students will find criticalanalyses such as "Living in a HardTime: Politics and Philosophy inMacbeth" and “Poison, Play, and Duel:A Study in Hamlet.”The library also has a new piece ofhardware for use in teacher and studentpresentation in the library. The“Ladybug” document camera enablespresenters to project both two and threedimensional items and record eitherstills or video images of the objectsbeing projected.Of course the library is also a goodplace to find a good book. Asgraduating students move into theirfinal semester, they may be interestedin titles such as Good to Go: APractical Guide to Adulthood, MovingOut: A Young Adult’s Guide to Livingon Your Own, The Naked Roommate:And 107 Other Issues You Might RunInto in College and, perhaps mostessential of all, The Ultimate StudentCookbook.

Model UNThe Model UN club hosted a verysuccessful conference mid-April,which was attended by delegates fromWoodroffe, Nepean, and RidgemontHS as well as Elmwood School.Delegates worked together to achieve aresolution about a possible health crisisDebating SocietyThe Debating Society was proudlyrepresented by Grace Chen and PeterRussell at the Ontario StudentDebating Union's Regional andProvincial Debating Championshipswhere they acquitted themselves well.LEAFLEAF has just wrapped up a verysuccessful and busy Earth Week, whichincluded a showcase display, helpingwith "Clean Up the Capital", avegetarian lunch, sprucing up some ofthe school garden, rewarding batteryrecyclers, and hosting a very wellattendedCoffee House. Other recentinitiatives have included "Earth Hour",the sale of attractive refillable, stainlesssteel Lisgar water bottles, and raisingawareness about wasteful water habits.They are currently working onqualifying officially as an eco-school,which takes into account a wide rangeof initiatives and routines within eachschool.ReachIn mid April the club hosted anothertournament for local teams, andemerged victorious in the final againstEarl of March school. A senior teamtravelled to Guelph to play in theProvincial Quizbowl in late March (seephoto - Eddy Gao, Joe Su, CharlesLi, Will Sanna, Andrej Vukovic) andtook the title for the third consecutiveyear. The following week the team wonthe regional Reach title (the 8th time inthe last 9 years), thereby claiming aberth in next month's Reach provincialfinals in Toronto. We wish them goodluck in trying to qualify for theNational FInals at the end of May. Thefundraising Trivia Night had to berescheduled and will now take place onFriday, June 1st. Mark your calendars!STUDENT SERVICESTwitterThe Student ServicesDepartment haslaunched a Twitter feed.This valuablecommunication tool isused to let students know aboutupcoming events such as universityvisits, scholarship opportunities,community involvement activities andtimetabling issues. Students andparents are encouraged to follow us@LCIStuServices.Post-Secondary Study InformationGraduating students arereminded that their 40hour CommunityInvolvement requirementmust be completed anddocumentation handed into the Student Services Department nolater than the end of May. There aremany opportunities coming upincluding the Tulip Festival and theOttawa Race Weekend. Moreinformation is located in StudentServices as well as at www.lisgar.caUniversity and college offers ofadmission can arrive at any timethrough the spring with many comingonce the institutions have received theApril mid-term marks. May 29 th is thelatest date by which all universityapplicants shall expect a response froman Ontario university and June 1 st is thedeadline response date for applicants to5their offers. For college-boundstudents, applicants must respond byMay 2 nd to an offer. Students areencouraged to regularly log in to theirOUAC and/or OCAS account to reviewtheir current courses and marks foraccuracy.Scholarship informationis available in StudentServices and on theStudent Services page ofthe Lisgar website. TheOntario Student Assistance Program(OSAP) access window is located atwww.ontario.ca/OSAP. Applicationswill be available on-line at thebeginning of May. Lisgar will host anOSAP information session in Room202 at lunch on May 29, 2012.Summer School 2012Registration begins May 1 st and classesare held from July 4 th to 27 th . Studentsmay earn credits through Reach-Ahead,Make-Up, Cooperative Education orOnline programs. Students interestedin Summer School may makeappointments with their counsellorsafter April 27 th to begin the registrationprocess. Students may now registerfor summer school courses using aweb-based application form. See theLisgar website for instructions in lateApril. Students who choose this optionwill not have to register in person; theentire process takes place online. Formore information, check the Night andSummer School Credit Program link atwww.ocdsb.ca/continuweb.Please note that the summer schoollocations for 2012 are:- Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School,1515 Tenth Line Rd, Orleans;- Adult High School, 300 RochesterSt., Ottawa;- Sir Robert Borden High School, 131Greenbank Rd, Nepean; and- Longfields-Davidson HeightsSecondary School, 149 Berrigan Dr,Nepean.Student Services Cont’d on page 6

Student Services Cont’dSummer Employment OpportunitiesStudents seeking summer employment are encouraged tovisit Mrs. Stephens in the Student Services office, dailybetween 8:30 and noon. There are many opportunities forsummer employment with the Ontario Public Service,summer camps, City of Ottawa, etc.Special Education and Student SuccessThe Special Education and Student Success teams continueto offer a wide range of services for students with identifiedlearning needs. In addition to extensive classroom supports,their very successful Room 203 lunchtime drop-in programserves dozens of students each week.Advanced Placement ExamsTake note that these exams will be written off site at theConfederation Education Centre, 1645 Woodroffe Ave (atHunt Club).The examination schedule is as follows:Calculus ABWednesday, May 9 th , 7:30amConfederation EC, CafetoriumThese AP examinations are four to five hours in length(French Language and *Music will be extensively longerdue to the recordings.) Cell phones and other electronicdevices are prohibited from the exam room and may notbe used during the break. (Students may bring their ownapproved graphing calculators to use for Statistics and forCalculus.) Food and drinks are not permitted in theexam room. A snack will be provided during the breakand vending machines are available. *Music studentsneed to bring a bag lunch to the site.Successful candidates may be given consideration foradvanced standing at some universities. (At the time ofwriting the AP exam, students can select one university toreceive the exam result.)A few students will be writing AP exams at other locationson the following dates:Chemistry - Monday, May 7th 7:30 am Earl of March orNepean HSMacroeconomics - Thursday, May 17 th , 8:00am, Bell HSMicroeconomics - Thursday, May, 17 th , 12:00, Bell HSEnglish LiteratureThursday, May 10 th ,7:30amConfederation EC, CafetoriumLatin: VergilThursday, May 10 th , 12:00Confederation EC, CafetoriumEuropean HistoryFriday, May 11 th , 12:00Confederation EC, Room 126Music TheoryMonday, May 14 th . 7:30amConfederation EC, CafetoriumFrench LanguageTuesday, May 15 th , 12:00Confederation EC, CafetoriumEnglish LanguageWednesday, May 16 th ,7:30amConfederation EC, GymnasiumStatisticsWednesday, May 16 th ,12:00Confederation EC, Gymnasium6