4.08.2016

Maria Samman Send Back Photos from Vimy

Maria Samman is one of the Vimy Pilgrimage Award winners this year and is currently in Vimy with the Vimy Foundation and the other Canadian student recipients of the award.  She sent these photos to us of some of the sacred places she has seen.  Thank you, Maria.  

These three photos are credited to Hanna Smyth, the Vimy Foundation photographer, and are posted with the Vimy Foundation's permission.  Maria is shown placing a wreath on behalf of the Vimy Foundation during the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate, Ypres. They are doing us proud!






The photos below are from Maria.











What Wonderful Things Happening at Sacred Heart this Week


The 16th annual Nova Scotia Recycles Contest winners were recently announced. Sophia Tugwell’s (3K) Advertisement Design was chosen as a runner-up in Region 4 (HRM). As a runner-up, she will receive $250 for our school and a backpack with promotional items. Also included is an invitation to a dinner honouring the recipients. The celebration will be held at the Brightwood Golf & Country Club on April 20, 2016. Congratulations, Sophia! (Photo: Mr. Tugwell, Sophia, and Mr. Kane)
The grade 4-6 students wrote the Canadian Geography Challenge in late March.  Charlie Simms from 6M was the first place student.  In second place was Evan Laurence from 6C and in third place was Jon Earle from 5D.  Mrs. Chipman coordinates the ES Canadian Geography Challenge.  Congratulations, boys!

Liberal MP for Halifax, Andy Fillmore, came on Wednesday to speak to GH Grade 9 Civics and BH Grade 8 Social Studies classes. He gave a personal, and often very funny account of his first weeks on Parliament Hill. He then took the students through an interactive explanation of how a parliamentary bill can become law. As a test case, the students chose a bill that addessed gender pay equity.  Thanks to Mr. Fillmore and his team for giving  us a glimpse into your new job as MP!  Thank you for making the arrangements Mrs. Christina McKay for your Civics class and the invitation to Mr. Follini's Fountain's Civics class to attend as well.



4.06.2016

Opening Night of the "The Unbalanced Accounts of the Auditor General"

Tonight is Opening Night of the play/comedy of "The Unbalanced Accounts of the Auditor General" at 7pm.  It runs tonight, Thursday and Friday (April 6-8) all at 7pm.  Tickets available at our reception desk or by calling 902-422-4459.  The Student Review is below.









This year’s annual play production, by Sacred Heart School of Halifax, brings you drama, comedy, betrayal, and mistaken identity from the very depths of our Little Theatre! Be prepared for the most thrilling and exciting play ever to hit the stage! Sacred Heart School of Halifax presents The Unbalanced Accounts of the Auditor General !

In a small Russian district, the Mayor, Anton Antonovich (Max Taylor), discovers that a government auditor was given orders to go to his town and inspect the conditions. Fear breaks out in the minds of the officials and two gentlemen burst through the doors bearing the news that the auditor has been present in the village for two full weeks, incognito! In a panic, the officials scurry to their posts and prepare to demonstrate their “virtue” and “dedication” to the public good. All while trying to keep the auditor from finding out the truth about their trespasses against the government and each other including: embezzlement, mistreatment of prisoners, and gross violations of the law.

Watch as the quirky, mischievous and cocky characters are brought to life by our impressive actors. The government consists of the smart-mouthed Charity Commissioner, Zemlyanka (William Traves), the puppy-loving Provincial Judge, Lyapkin Tyapkin (Alex Jackson), the paranoid School Director, Khlopov (Manal Quraishi), and two overly-enthusiastic gentlemen, Dobchinski (Shannon Jankari) and Bobchinski (Abigail Sinclair).

We have behind us the outstanding guidance of director Andrew Aven-Gillis, magnificent producer Charles Follini and hard-working stage manager Nathan Otley. Our marvelous cast (clothed in exquisite costumes by our incredible volunteers Meredith Wilson, Cathleen Niedermayer) is eager to tell you the story of a Russian district full of self-interested officials in this adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s work “The Government Inspector.”

Mark the date on your calendars! This surely is a show you don’t want to miss! Opening night is Wednesday, April 6th and shows will continue every night at 7pm including the final performance on Friday, April 8th.

Tickets are $12 ($8 for students). Tickets may be purchased at the door or by calling (902) 422-4459. Sacred Heart School of Halifax is located at 5820 Spring Garden Rd., Halifax.

Mitchell Reardon & Maisie Wong, Grade 10 students


4.04.2016

Maria Samman is a "Halifax Hero" in The Metro News

Congratulations to Maria Samman for becoming a "Halifax Hero" in the Metro News due to her volunteer work.  She is a recipient of the Vimy Pilgrimage Award and left for France this past weekend.  We are very proud of you, Maria.  



4.03.2016

Sacred Heart Students Rock the Halifax Sci-Tech Expo!

We are so very proud of our incredible science fair students.  Thank you for the pictures Mrs. Spears and Mrs. Bekkers.

Their showing at the Halifax Sci-Tech Expo (regional science fair) today was stellar.  Here is a list of the awards and prizes received by our students:

Special Awards:
Award for Best Junior Biology Project:  Will Nickerson
Award for Best Senior Physics Project:  Alex Gillis
Best Project Pertaining to Atmospheric, Meteorological, or Oceanographic Science:  Eileen Bekkers
Best Engineering Project:  Alexander Papadopoulos
Best Behavioural and/or Social Science Project:  Abdullah Al-Sharkawi
University Scholarship to St. Mary's University ($2000):  Alexander Papadopoulos

Awards of Excellence Medals
Junior Category (Grades 7 & 8):
Anisha Rajaselvam
Will Nickerson

Intermediate Category (Grades 9 & 10):
Eileen Bekkers
Michaela Hammond
Derek Ryan & Kurt Donovan
Mary Cate Driscoll-Sangster
Maggie Smith

Senior Category (Grades 11 & 12):
Alexander Papadopoulos
Alex Gillis

Grand Prizes:  Attendance at the Canada Wide Science Fair in Montreal May 18-20
Anisha Rajaselvam
Alexander Papadopoulos

The "Special Awards" all come with a cash prize. Mrs. Bekkers said "It was incredible to continually hear our school's students called up for prizes.  I was scrambling trying to write down names/prizes and take photos - Sacred Heart names kept getting called!  I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say we won close to half the prizes."

So well done!  Congratulations!














4.01.2016

April 6, 7 & 8 "The Unbalanced Accounts of the Auditor General"

The Unbalanced Accounts of the Auditor General 
April 6, 7 and 8 at 7pm 
at the Sacred Heart School of Halifax 
Call 902-422-4459 for tickets!




In Celebration of National Engineering Month

In celebration of National Engineering Month, the grade 9 students from SHHS and FASH participated in an Egg Drop Competition that was held in the FASH gym on Thursday, March 31.  Grade 9 science teachers from FASH and SHHS, Mrs. Spears and Mrs. Bekkers, grouped students into teams of three or four. The teams were given the task of designing an apparatus around an egg such that the egg would stay intact when dropped from a 10-foot ladder. Students were given a supply list and a limited budget of $20,000 (fake money) that they could use to purchase these supplies. 

The winning team, with a well-designed apparatus and unbroken egg, was the "Mother Hens".  Team members were Julia Wiseman, Caitlin Gerard, Gwyneth Fountain, and Sophie Warwick-Baur.  Well done! 

Special thanks to the professional engineers who volunteered their time and expertise for this event: Mae Seto and Marcel Lefrancois, current SHSH parents, and Allison Nolting.

Thank you for all the pictures, Mrs. Bekkers and Mrs. Spears!