May2016 - Leduc Composite High School

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Leduc Composite High School
Issue 55 May 2016
4308 50 St
Agreement Number:
400487762
Leduc AB
780-986-2248 Fax 780-986-5503
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Admin Corner:
Our LCHS Grade 12 Formal Graduation Ceremonies will be held on Saturday, May 28th at
the Edmonton Jubilee Auditorium, 1:00 pm followed by the Formal Banquet at the Leduc
Recreation Centre (5:30 pm). Our LCHS Parent’s Association is sponsoring an After Grad Activity (non-alcohol) after the Formal Banquet at LCHS.
Our next School Council and Parents’ Association Meeting is on Wednesday , May 4th, 2016
starting at 6:30 pm in our Staff Room. We thank our School Council and Parent Connections
for the superb Road to High School & Beyond Workshop for incoming grade 9 students and
parents that was held on Thursday, April 28th at LCHS.
Congratulations to our LCHS Band and Teacher/Conductor Mr. Don Steenwinkel for their superb Silver Medal Performance at the Whistler, British Columbia National Music Festival. We are proud of you all!
Congratulations to our LCHS Medical Services Helping Phalanges teams for their Alberta St.
John’s Ambulance Award winning championships held Saturday, April 30th at West Edmonton Mall. Thank you to Coach/Teacher Ms. Jennifer Lasychuk for your mentorship and help
with our superb medical services teams!
Our LCHS Drama productions for the One Act Competition (Zones) were superb and well attended by our community. Thank you to Mr. Jim Nahrebeski, students and many community
volunteers for the exemplary productions and all the best at provincials in Red Deer!
We ask that all drivers please use caution in and around our school parking lot and roadways. The safety of our students and community members is a responsibility for us all.
Sincerely,
Paul Wozny
Chris Stiles
Vince May
Dave Holbrow
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ADMINISTRATION
Dr. Paul Wozny
Principal ext 144
Mr. Dave Holbrow( 10)
Mr. Chris Stiles (11)
Mr. Vince May (12)
Assistant Principal ext 145
Assistant Principal ext 150
Assistant Principal ext 164
Mrs. Kelly McConnan-Wiltshire
Mrs. Shelley Hamilton
Mr. Keith Kruse
Empowerment ext 148
Empowerment ext 147
Empowerment ext 149
ATTENTION PARENTS/GUARDIANS
IF YOU HAVE A CHANGE OF MAILING ADDRESS, EMAIL ADDRESS,
OR ANY PHONE NUMBERS, PLEASE NOTIFY THE SCHOOL AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
PARENT PORTAL: If you do not have an access to Power School Parent Portal please
contact Ms Becker at 780-986-2248 next 142. The Parent Portal allows you to view
your students attendance, marks, pay fees on line, among other features.
ATTTENTION: If you are not planning on returning to LCHS for the
2016-2017 school year, please notify the school as soon as possible.
SPANISH NEWS
On Friday May 6, let's get a taste of the Cinco de Mayo by WHACKING A PINATA FOR A
LOONIE!! Join Mr. Mateo at Room 112 during Lunch Time and get a chance at giving one blow
to one of the Spanish Program's Pinatas for 1 dollar (or a can of food). Profits and/or food raised
will be kindly donated to the Local Food Bank.
Students from the Spanish Program will have the opportunity to give a try to Latin American Cuisine by taking part on a Lunch Trip to El Rancho Restaurant on Thursday, May 19th in Edmonton.
They will be leaving at 11:00 am and returning at 2:30 pm. For further details, see Mr. Mateo in
room 112.
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LCHS Sweeps St John Ambulance First Aid Provincial Competition
Imagine a concert rehearsal taking place on stage when something goes very wrong and the
stage collapses without warning. Equipment, instruments and debris are hurled into the audience. Six spectators close to the stage sustain various injuries, some are critical. This was
the scenario for St John Ambulance Provincial First Aid Competition April 30 th, 2016.
Leduc Composite High School was well represented with four teams participating at the
competition in Edmonton on Saturday. Our school club members competed against sixteen
other teams from Alberta industries and other high schools from Edson and Red Deer. The
accident scenes were staged in West Edmonton Mall with high school actors from Tofield
and St. Albert.
For Emergency First Aid, our school team "Code Blue" with members Ashley Poitras, Emma
Read, Kathleen Hastings and Natasha Sparkes placed second. First place winners
were Carolyn Geiger, Enreet Mann and Ravreet Gill with team 'Trauma Trinity". The Team
Leader individual award was won by Team Captain Carolyn Geiger.
In Standard First Aid, Team "Contageous Cure" with Sharidyn Tischer, Nadia van
Bruinessen, Kailey Schatz and Mallikarjun Moola was runner-up. The competition winners
were the “Helping Phalanges" (yes that's fay-lan-geez, and it means fingers) with Susan Van't
Hoff, Jessie Behiel, Jacoba Snellen and Emily Brezden. In addition, the "Helping Phalanges" was the highest score team out of the twenty teams in the competition.
Thanks to our parents and spectators who came to cheer on Saturday. Thanks to Ms Lasychuk for running the club, and congratulations to all the club members who supported each
other and represented our school in such a fine way.
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2015-2016 SCHOOL YEAR
SEMESTER II
May 20 ........................... Professional Development Day
May 23 ................................ Victoria Day-School Closed
May 28….Graduation Commencement & Banquet & After Grad
June 7 .............................................................. Color Night
June 13 ............................................. Diploma Exams Start
June 21 ............................................... Last Day of Classes
June 22 – 28 ........................................ School Exams Start
June 28 ................................................ Last Day of School
FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM
If you would like to see some of the amazing food products prepared by our Foods
Studies 10, 20, and 30 students, follow us on Instagram @ FoodsLCHS
Film & Media Studies (FMS) has setup an Instagram account that features images by
FMS students and alumni. The idea is that selected students will post three images,
over the course of a week, based on a visual or conceptual theme of their choosing. The first featured photographer is FMS alumni Evangeline Belzile. Evangeline
was in the first FMS class that Mr. Templeton taught at LCHS and has since moved on
to study at Emily Carr University in the media arts. Her work in both the FMS and Art
programs was very compelling!!
Feel free to follow to see what FMS students are producing. The handle is
@clubmeetings https://www.instagram.com/clubmeetings/
Leduc Central Interact Club Book Drive
The Leduc Central Interact Club is collecting books to raise funds for the
Leduc and District Emergency Shelter. All proceeds will go to helping families who are having financial difficulties. We will be holding a contest that
will run through May for block one classes. Each class has a box in their
room that will be used to collect donated books and the class that collects
the most books will win a prize.
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ALL STUDENTS MUST SIGN UP FOR MY PASS
MY PASS is an Alberta Education self-service website for high school students to:
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View and print diploma exam results
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Order transcripts
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Register and apply for diploma rewrites
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View high school final marks, credits and other student information
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When registering use your personal email address (NOT your school email).
Once you receive your access code please register immediately as the code is valid for 60
days. Visit myPass.alberta.ca to register for access
(Any questions please come to the office)
SKILLS CANADA NEWS
Dimitri Pontikes, a Grade 12 student at
Leduc Composite High School represented
his school's welding program at the 2016 Edmonton Regional Skills Competition in the
Welding event at NAIT on April 9. Dimitri
placed 4th among the region's finest high
school competitors, which qualifies him to
advance to the Alberta Provincial Skills
Competition at the Edmonton Expo Centre.
The provincial competition is a 2-day event
which will involve the top 4 students from
the 5 provincial regions. Dimitri has already
proven himself a formidable competitor,
having eliminated 25 of the Edmonton Region's top welding candidates, and has the
necessary skills to win at the provincial level
as well.
Best of luck on May 11 and 12, Dimitri!
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PEP Buddies
I think it's awesome that these three young gentlemen Zach, Justin and Matt use their block 3 spares
to join us in the gym. They exercise, have fun with us and compete when they could do anything else with their
spares. They choose us out of the goodness of their hearts. These guys, my classmates and myself, have
found a connection that has made a big difference to my classmates and myself. We have created more fun
while learning because we are like a family of our own.
Zach was approached last year to join us and he did and enjoyed it so much that this year he changed
his courses so he was able to volunteer in our Phys Ed class. Zach is kind and soft spoken however; when he's
in the gym with us he demonstrates his athletic abilities and shares his knowledge with others. He is on the
LCHS Tigers football and basketball teams. Zach loves to dunk the basketball in the net and he is very good at
it too! His favourite sport is football and almost any sport he’s in. We know when he's on the court when we see
bright gym clothes and red shoes!
Justin began to come and workout in the mezzanine at the beginning of this
semester. He could hear us having fun playing basketball, and then asked if he could
join in. Of course we said YES! He enjoyed that first day and has been coming back
for more every day. Justin has told me a few things about his experience being in a
wheel chair for 6 months. It was very difficult for him for the first 4 months because of
all the obstacles he had encountered. Then he realized that he had no reason to be
so negative because other people were in a wheelchair every day. His advice to
himself was "don't dwell on the negatives ". He also told me that he looks up to me
and that made my heart cry with happiness!
I first met Matt in the carpentry shop where we asked Mr Lapierre if someone could fix my stylus. A
couple of prototypes were made for me to try. We spoke in the cafeteria with Matt and he offered to make me a
new iPhone stylus holder out of wood. He told me the reason why he helps out my class in gym is just for the
fun of it and to make new Friends! Matt also experienced life for a short time in a wheelchair.
I would also like to send a Big thank you to the cast of "Annie" for taking time to sing "Your never fully dressed
without a smile" for my current event project earlier this year!
I also want to thank the teachers for allowing these students to take the time from their classes this has made
my first year at LCHS an enjoyable one!
Salutations,
Megan Davis (on behalf of the PEP Students)
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Leduc Composite High School Cosmetology Department is OPEN for
customer service. We offer the following services:
Cuts: $ 8.00
Perms: $ 25.00
Colors: $ 25.00 and up
Foils: $ 40.00 and up
Manicures: $ 8.00
Waxing: $ 6.00
All work is checked and supervised by Professional Stylists. For an
appointment call 780-986-2248 Ext 101
The LCHS automotives dept. operates a garage service and is more than willing to
make and provide most repairs and auto services. The students perform good
quality work which is closely monitored by two journeyman mechanic teachers
and shop EAs. The students get a real learning opportunity and you get quality
service for a greatly discounted price.
If you would like to make an appointment, please call the school at:
780-986-2248 Ext 127
**The automotive department is looking for donation vehicles to help with
the program and tax receipts will be given on the value of the vehicle.
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Graduation Tickets
Online tickets sales for Graduation Commencement, Banquet and Dance are now on
sale through the Powerschool Parent Portal. Tickets can also be purchased through
the Accounting Office if families do not have access to a computer and/or debit/credit card.
Tickets for both Commencement, Banquet and Dance will be placed in envelopes
with the graduate’s name on the envelope and will be distributed out of the main office any time after Friday, May 13, 2016.
We are encouraging all graduates to participate in the Grad Processional and Dance
occurring at 8:45 at the LRC. Graduates should be at the LRC at 8:30 to be ready
for the Processional. All students that do not purchase a Banquet ticket will need to
purchase a Dance ticket to be a part of the Grad Processional and Dance. Families
do not need to purchase Dance tickets but are welcome to come to see the Grad Processional and Dance at the LRC.
After all graduates have had an opportunity to purchase tickets to commencement
we will put any additional tickets for commencement on sale through the online system on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 12:00 a.m.
Additional Commencement tickets that were sold after Tuesday, May 17, 2016, can
be picked up in the main office any time after Thursday May 19, 2016.
If you have questions, please speak to Mrs. Thiessen in the Learning Centre or Mrs.
Wig in Accounting.
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All parents are invited to the Parent Council/Parent
Association meeting.
Wednesday, May 4th
6:30 p.m.
LCHS Staff Room
Any student-athlete interested in being a part of the track and field team, please go and see Mrs.
Hjertaas in the main gym to sign up for your events.
Meets are as follows:
Tuesday May 3- Mini Meet 8:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. @ Foote Field
Wednesday May 11- Divisional 8:30 a.m. -4:00 p.m. @ Foote Field
Tuesday May 17 -Zone Finals (only for athletes that qualify at divisional meet) @ Foote Field
Friday & Saturday June 3 to 4 - Provincials in Edmonton (only for athletes that qualify at zone finals) @ Foote Field
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The FORENSIC SCIENCE class at Leduc Composite High School was fortunate to have 2
great guest speakers in April to help with our Arson unit. Following a day of lecture and video
clips to introduce the material, we were fortunate enough to have Gerry Kelly, the deputy fire chief
with the Leduc Protective Services and Gord Mellon, a private canine arson investigator with RaeTech Fire Investigations Ltd. along with his amazing golden retriever Sammy in to teach us more.
Both presenters had lots of visuals (photographs and bagged evidence) along with stories
and demonstrations to cover some of the details about determining if a fire was deliberately
set. Sammy did several amazing demonstrations and then Gord told us about the process
of training that both he and Sammy have gone through. A huge thank-you to these amazing presenters!
VIMY NEWS
Thank you to everyone who came out to our meeting on April 26th. Mr. Romanchuk came
out to talk about the trip and wanted to address any parent concern in light of international
events. All chaperones, parents and students will be emailed a survey regarding the trip. Student surveys will be sent to their gshare accounts. Please fill out this survey.
-Fundraising is complete for this year. We may choose to do one more fundraiser in the fall.
Fundraising money will be taken off of the October payment. Families will be notified with
regards to how much money their child has raised.
-Updated Travel Insurance information can be found on the Vimy website under Travel Details. http://vimy.blackgold.ca
-Students are asked to Join REMIND - a texting remind app - text avillet to 587-316-6135 to
join
-Next payment is May 30th in the amount of $1000. Payments can be made through PowerSchool or by providing cash or cheque to the accounting office at LCHS.
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Concours photo - Mon coin d’pays
Partage une photo de ton coin de pays pour gagner un iPad mini!
Depuis 13 ans, l’équipe d’Oniva! part à la rencontre de jeunes francophones du pays. De Cornwall à Whistler
en passant par St-Boniface et St-Albert, nos équipes sillonnent le territoire, de village en village et de ville en
ville, pour partager l’expérience Oniva!
Cette année, c’est aux jeunes de nous faire découvrir leur coin de pays !
Du 1er au 31 mars, les jeunes de 5 à 13 ans sont invités à nous soumettre une photo d’eux dans un endroit
qu’ils aiment et à nous expliquer en moins de 100 mots ce que ce lieu représente pour eux. On vous invite à
poser l'affiche en pièce jointe dans votre école.
Deux façons de participer :
 Les jeunes ou leurs parents
ici.radio-canada.ca/oniva/concours
peuvent téléverser une photo et un court texte sur
 Les parents peuvent soumettre une photo avec description directement sur la page Facebook d’Oniva :
www.facebook.com/ONIVAtele
À gagner : un iPad mini !
Règlement complet ici : http://tinyurl.com/z9qgunj
@ONIVAtele
ONIVAtele
ICI.radio-canada.ca/oniva
780-468-7770
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GR. 10 FEMALE
Aevonlois Villa
SPORT
Badminton
GR. 10 MALE
Marvin Fischer
GR. 11 FEMALE
Brooklyn Rye
GR. 11 MALE
n/a
GR. 12 FEMALE
Emma vanBruinessen
GR. 12 MALE
Harrison Cabel
SPORT
Badminton
SPORT
Badminton
SPORT
n/a
SPORT
Badminton
SPORT
Badminton
Breakfast is Served
Did you wake up too late to get breakfast? No worries,
the breakfast program offers any student a free breakfast.
You cannot learn on an empty stomach! Come down to
the foods lab between 7:45 and
8:15 and make yourself some toast,
grab a yogurt, cold or hot cereal,
muffins, juice, milk, etc. No one is
turned away, so don't be shy. Everyone is welcome!
Bon' Appetite
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CATERED BY WAYNE & PAM!!
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FOOTBALL NEWS
Six grade 12 students (Matthew
Mix, Harrison Cabel, Zachary
Burgess, Ben Gregg, James Determan and Brett Yanish) represented
Leduc Composite High School at
the Team North football tryouts
from April 8th-10th for the 2016
Senior Bowl. Harrison Cabel was
one of 42 grade 12 football players
selected from northern Alberta to
participate in the game against
Team South on Monday, May 23rd
at Commonwealth Stadium.
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LEDUC BEACH
VOLLEYBALL
LEAGUE
Age Categories
-Adult Women’s
-Adult Men’s
-Adult Co-Ed
-U16-U18 Women
-U16-U18 Men
-U14 Youth
WHEN
June – August
(10 weeks)
REGISTER
ONLINE !
PRICE
$250 per team
+ $50 default
deposit
Website Address:
http://leducbeachvolleyball.wix.com/outerlimits
All Skill Levels
Welcome!
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Kelsey, Trina and Tracy Ewashkiw
Phone: (780) 913-8518
Email: leducbeachvolleyball@gmail.com
[You Have Room
William
F. Lede
Park
for One
More
Beach Courts,
Here!] Leduc
(by the Rugby Sports Club)
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