3_December 2014 - Ecole Sir John Franklin High School

DECEMBER 2014
NEWSLETTER
4701‐52nd Avenue ‐ Yellowknife, NT ‐ X1A 2N8 Phone: (867) 669‐0773 ‐ Fax: (867) 873‐3630 www.sjf.yk1.nt.ca Principal’s Message
DECEMBER EVENTS
2: Staff Meeting
4-5: Jostens Grad ring orders
5: Grad Christmas Potluck
11: Winter Prom
11: PAC Meeting
15: Christmas Concert, 7 PM
19: Christmas lunch & assembly
22-31: Christmas Break
JANUARY EVENTS
1-2: Christmas Break
5: Photo retakes
5-9: Grad Photos
15: PAC Meeting
16: Last day of regular classes
20-29: EXAMS
30: Semester 2 begins
30: Grade level assemblies
December is a short school month as our Christmas Break will
begin December 22nd, 2014 through to January 2nd, 2015. Because it is such a short school month, students need to make sure
that they are caught up in all of their classes before the break to
ensure that they can properly prepare for their final exams beginning January 20th, 2015.
Following the break, there will only be two weeks of classes before
exams begin. The last day of regular classes for the first semester is
Monday, January 19th, 2015. Students are responsible to hand in
all outstanding assignments and seek additional help if required.
Teachers and staff are available to discuss concerns or answer any
questions you may have. Please email the staff/teachers or call
the school (867.669.0773) to arrange a meeting. Email addresses
are found on our website (www.sjf.yk1.nt.ca).
Congratulations to all of the volleyball and hockey participants
who took part in Spike It and the Challenge Cup. The Falcon spirit
has shone through brightly this year and I am thrilled to see our Sir
John students taking pride in their school by showing their spirit and
great sportsmanship. Good luck to our badminton players who will
be participating in the Yellowknife tournament this weekend!
I hope you enjoy some time off over the holiday season. Merry
Christmas and Happy New year!
Mr. Ed Lippert
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Encounters with Canada
École Sir John Franklin High School will, once again, be sending students to the Encounters with
Canada Youth Forum this year. Sir John students who have attended in the past have returned
with so much excitement and a new found love for their Country. For more information on this
amazing program, please go to: https://www.ewc-rdc.ca. If this is something you would like to
take part in, please see Mr. Krause or Mrs. Straker.
UPCOMING FORUMS:
Name: Dylan Maguire
Grade: 11
Theme: Arts & Culture
Dates: February 1st-7th, 2015
Name: Beverley Rockwell
Grade: 11
Theme: Arts & Culture
Dates: February 1st-7th, 2015
Name: Sheraz Daher
Grade: 9
Theme: Medicine and Health
Dates: February 8th-14th, 2015
Name: Quinlyn Chiasson
Grade: 11
Theme: Arts & Culture
Dates: March 29th-April 4th, 2015
Name: Braden Johnston
Grade: 10
Theme: Sports and Fitness
Dates: April 12th-18th, 2015
Name: Linnea Stephenson
Grade: 10
Theme: Ecology and Environment
Dates: April 26th-May 2, 2015
Name: Taylor Soloy
Grade: 9
Theme: Arts & Culture
Dates: March 8th-14th, 2015
Name: Ashley Peddle
Grade: 10
Theme: Medicine & Health
Dates: February 8th-14th, 2015
A Sir John Halloween
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On October 31st, 2014, the Student Council held a costume contest. This year, many Sir
John staff and students participated. Congratulations to the contest winners!
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FALCON NEWS
VOLLEYBALL
Spike It Tournament
Congratulations to all of the Falcons who participated in the Spike It tournament! All teams displayed great skill, school spirit and sportsmanship.
1st place banner - Junior Boys
Silver medal - Senior Girls
Silver medal - Senior Boys
HOCKEY
The Challenge Cup took place on Wednesday, November 12th, 2014.
Congratulations to the Lady Falcons for bringing home the Cup for another year. The Boys team fought a good fight and should be very
proud of their efforts. We’ll get ‘em next year!
BADMINTON
Good luck to all badminton participants who will take part in the tournament on November 28th and 29th, 2014.
BASKETBALL
Basketball practices have begun. Please see the practice schedule
posted on the gym bulletin board. The Senior Cager will take place
February 19th-22nd, 2014.
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SPIKE IT!
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FALCON HOCKEY
Suzie Chambers, Kandis Villebrun, Katie Lapka, Kyla Lesage, Sahara Lafferty, Maggi e Works, Taylor Clarke, Darla Allen
Mr. Kowalzik, Autumn Beemer, Lauren Eggenberger, Raeleen Villebrun, Taylor Maxwell, Grace Clark, Sophie Clark, Kyoko Kimura, Raquel Blazquez, Ms. Martin
Teala Gonzalea, Shakita Jensen, Emily Paddock, Ayesha Barlas, Danielle Patzer, Caitlin Chambers, Ali Flemming
Curtis Van Zanden, Nathan Dunne, Taylor Clarke, Jared Tordoff, DJ Doak, Jeremy Penney, Julian Drover, Taltson McQueen
Mr. Kowalzik, Mr. Kilbride, Dauson True, Seth Aumond, MacKinley Moore, James Thomas, Chris Walcer, Gabriele Lazzaroni, ???, Mr.Curran
Brendan Wolfe, Adrian Bergeron, Carson Othmer, Craig Pyke, Gavin Dwyer, Isaiah Richard, Bradley Beaulieu, Brandon Jacobs
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CHALLENGE CUP
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Remembrance Day
The Sir John Remembrance Day Assembly took
place on Friday, November 7th, 2014. Thank you to
the special guests that took part in the ceremony.
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Scuba Club
The Scuba Club has been busy training for their
certification and fundraising for their trip taking
place April 2015.
Route 51 Learning Institute
Outreach Learning – Feeding Body and Mind
Learning becomes more appealing and trendy when learners find a learning site that is accessible and centrally located, in a town or city. The combination of balanced nutritional snacks
and ambient learning space forms a catalyst for learners between the ages of 16 to 21. Perhaps, other explanations may offer further insights on learners’ participation in individualized
paced learning in different public education jurisdictions. However, learning either as selfdirected or teacher-directed becomes more appealing when the learner feels cared for
through planned nutrition. Both the body and mind become, invariably, receptive to the care
that such a learning experience provides.
Learning location is also an integral fit to most learning experience, and such a fit is often positively manifested for learners who – for one reason or another – do not fit into the regular public school system, as of present. So the flexibility to come and leave from, learning sites, at the
learner’s select time lends to independence of learning, and undoubtedly dares the learner’s
willingness to take risk, as well as challenge. The surrounding or environment of a learning site
adds to its trendiness, or lack thereof. There are invariably some benefits and pitfalls to a trendy
location, but it is hoped that learners will lean more to the positive than negative incentives to
feed both body and mind at Route 51.
MONDAY - THURSDAY 11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM
FRIDAY 1:00 PM TO 4:00 PM
REGISTER AT ÉCOLE SIR JOHN FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL - (867) 669-0773
ROUTE 51 LEARNING INSTITUTE - (867) 920-4960
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French Immersion
Qu’est-ce qui se passe dans le département de français?
Le 14 novembre dernier, 25 élèves d'immersion, de Core French et de Français post-intensif de
la 11e et 12e année ont écrit le Test de français international. Ce test certifie le niveau de français des personnes non francophones. Ce test ne se passe pas seulement au Canada, mais
aussi dans 26 autres pays! Bravo, les élèves de la 11e et 12e année de la classe à Mme Ricard et
Mme Johnson!
On the 14th of November, 25 Immersion, Core French, and Post-intensive French students in
11th and 12th grade wrote the International French Test. This evaluation is a certification of the
level of French for non-francophone students living in non-francophone areas. This test isn’t only
given in Canada, but all across the world! Congratulations to the 11th and 12th grade students
in Mme Ricard and Mme Johnson’s classes!
Dans les cours Core French 30 et Français post-intensif 31 de la classe de Mme Johnson, tous les
élèves ont complété un projet individuel pour trouver des exemples de français autour d’eux,
faisant ainsi une recherche à l’extérieur de la classe. Quelques semaines passées, un élève a
présenté une émission d’enfant dans laquelle les personnages faisaient des crêpes. Après
l’émission, l’élève devait préparer une activité pour ses camarades de classe. Cet élève a invité sa classe à se rendre à la cuisine de l’école pour faire des crêpes. Délicieux!
In Mme Johnson’s Core French 30 and Post-intensive French 31 classes, all students have completed an individual project to find examples of French from their daily lives. A few weeks ago,
a student presented a kids’ television show where characters were making crêpes. After the
show, the student had to prepare an activity for his classmates and took them to the school
kitchen to make the tasty treats. Delicious!
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French Immersion
Le 21 novembre, les élèves de la classe chimie 20 en immersion
de Mme Chenard ont déterminé le pH de plusieurs solutions en
utilisant des indicateurs acido-basiques. Voici quelques photos
de cette expérience :
On the November 21st, students from Mme Chenard’s immersion
Chemistry 20 class found the pH level of different solutions using
acid-base indicators. Here are a few pictures of this experiment:
Pendant le mois de novembre, les élèves du cours français post-intensif 9 de la
classe de Mme Durepos ont créé une revue collaborative. Elle contient divers articles de sports, des critiques de films et de jeux vidéo, ainsi que quelques articles de
santé. Pendant la rédaction de la revue, les élèves ont appris le vocabulaire de la
création d’une revue, ainsi que plusieurs nouvelles
expressions utiles pour le sujet de leur article. Venez
visiter le département de français pour feuilleter
cette nouvelle création!
During the month of November, students of Mme
Durepos’ Post-intensive French class have created a
collaborative magazine. This student creation contains various articles on sports, film and video game
reviews, as well as a few articles on health topics.
While creating this document, students have
learned vocabulary relating to the creation of a
magazine as well as many other new useful expressions on the subject of their articles. Come visit the
French department to admire this student project!
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Take your kids to work day
On Wednesday, November 4th,
2014, Sir John’s grade nine students took part in the Take Your
Kids to Work day. Pictured here
is Mr. Lippert talking to Josh
Elford, Evan Patzer and Chris
Sangris about his responsibilities
as the Principal of the school.
In the afternoon, the three students went to William McDonald Middle School to join Mr.
Skauge in the woodshop class.
#workingwednesday
By Hunaifa Malik
For Take your kid to work day on Wednesday, November 5th, I went to the hospital with my
Mom from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM. There, I did my homework for the first few hours. At lunch, I
served eggs and bacon. After lunch, I worked the cash register, then this scary woman
came, and my mom’s boss had to take care of it. Also, when I was there, they called a
code brown (chemical spill), but I didn’t know until they called the “all clear”. My favorite
part was the people, customers and workers alike. Everyone was so sweet and kind. I had
fun with my Mom, even met some of her “besties”. There’s nothing I didn’t like, although the
small coffee was very strong.
Anyway, after my mom’s work, I went with my dad to his office. My dad is a Federal Government worker, he’s an Economic Development Advisor, which means he gives individuals/
groups who have ideas that will benefit the community as a whole. My favorite part of his
job, is the technology. His office is very high-tech. They also have free hot chocolate, and all
the people are nice people. I got to make fun of my dad with his co-workers, it was a good
day. The one thing I didn’t like about my dad’s job is, it’s kind of boring. I consider both my
parent’s jobs as careers I could one day do. I’d rather do my dad’s job though, because he
gets to travel a lot, and he gets paid four times more than my mom. I had a good day. I wish
we could do it again. Come on YK1, we’ve got four long years ahead of us, give us a break!
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2015 Grad News
December 4th and 5th, 2014 - A representative from Jostens
will be at the school for Grads who wish to order GRAD RINGS.
December 5th, 2014 - Grad Christmas Potluck
February 1st, 2015 - Grad fees are due
Grad will take place on Thursday, June 25th, 2014
Falcon’s Nest
Falcon Spirit Wear makes the perfect gift for that
special someone this holiday season!
FALCONS HOODIE - $40 (1 Lrg left)
SJF SCARF - $20
EST. 1958 SWEATPANTS - $35
FALCONS T-SHIRT - $20
I AM A FALCON T-SHIRT - $5
Prepare for your exams
Helpful study ps: 1 ‐ Understand your goals. 2 ‐ Priori ze the tests that ma er most. 3 ‐ Clarify the content and format of your exam. 4 ‐ Aim to begin studying at least one month before the exams. 5 ‐ Learn how you study best. 6 ‐ Take healthy snack breaks. 7 ‐ Know when to stop studying. 8 ‐ Get a good night’s sleep. 9 ‐ Naturally energize yourself before the exam. Go for a walk. 10 ‐ Relax. Take a deep breath before you begin your exam. t
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Christmas Concert
École Sir John Franklin High School's music students invite you to attend our wonderful annual Christmas celebration on Monday December 15th, 7pm at the Northern Arts and Cultural
Centre. Come to hear our fantastic classical chamber ensemble, our beginning band students performing their first concert, a high class trombone duet, and the city's only school
directed rock ensemble. Tickets are a steal at $5 each, and the show is expected to run for
one hour, so it's ideal for kids from one to ninety two! -Buy tickets at: www.naccnt.ca.