The month of May brings with it a number of special activities which means for very full, but exciting weeks.
Results from last Saturday’s Concours Oratoire were excellent. Congratulations to Kinza Hart, Gr. 9 and Maria Samman, Gr. 8 on their Gold Medals, and to Annie Xu, Gr. 8 on winning a Silver Medal. Kinza also won a week at the Terry Fox Centre in Ottawa, and Maria won a week at CPF Camp Kadimah this summer.
Debating news: Mattea Roach and Rory Flynn made it to the quarter finals of the National Debating Tournament in Calgary. Rory placed 5th overall. Mattea and Rory left on Wednesday for Cambridge, England for more debating. On May 9th Rory Flynn, Anya Friesen and Catherine Burke leave for the Junior High Nationals in Vancouver. Good luck!
Congratulations to our 2013-2014 Class reps: Mia Cao & Nouran ElBulkiny (Gr. 12), Bailey Francis & Claire Reardon (Gr. 11), Kinza Hart & Meghan MacAskill (Gr. 10), Thea Hart & Sarah Tanner (Gr. 9), Meg Currie & Sophie Moryto (Gr. 8).
Tapis Rouge, the annual Grade 9 French Film Festival, was held on Thursday. We have a group of very talented film-makers! This was also a $2 colour day to support our sister school in Uganda.
Carley Bekkers, Grade 12 has been awarded a Schulich Leader Scholarship from the University of Toronto valued at $60,000! The Schulich Leader Scholarships are undergraduate scholarships for students intending to enroll in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) areas of study. Carley is one of 40 Schulich Leaders in Canada. Congratulations, Carley!
Next week the Grade 9s will spend three days at Camp Brigadoon where the staff will run a camp experience based upon the students discovering their individual talents. Mr. Griffiths, Ms. Grant, Mme Riley and Mrs. Hughes will be accompanying the girls.
On Thursday they will participate in a Day of Service – half the day will be spent at Feed Nova Scotia and the second half will be spent doing a clean-up project.
AP exams begin on Monday – good luck to all Grade 11 and 12 students who will be writing.
Tomorrow Baratbot will compete in the RobotsEast competition at Dalplex. Good luck!
The Alumnae/I Association Luncheon takes place at The Lord Nelson Hotel at 12 noon – the Graduates of 2013 will be guests of honour.
