DRAMA
IN THE WORKS!
ASCVI SCHOOL COUNCIL
An Information Newsletter to Parents
October 4, 2002
Denise Severin, Vice-Principal David Myrvold, Principal Penny Hope, Vice-Principal
Adam Scott is off and running for another year. Our school has once again established itself as a leader in many areas. Our Science Fair participants enjoyed success on the national stage with several medals and awards in Saskatoon. A list of the Science Awards of Merit appears on the following page. I am very proud of these students and know how much our community appreciates our school receiving the deserved praise. Congratulations to our Science Department staff for all their extra effort.
Our Grade 10 students are preparing for the Literacy Test on October 22nd and October 23rd. Please make sure your son and/or daughter is in attendance those days. Our results for last years test were amongst the highest in the Province and we continue to set very high standards for our students. Improvement of student learning is our number one priority here at Adam Scott.
We are also busy preparing our graduating students for this "double cohort" year. Assemblies have been held and college and university representatives will ensure that our students have all the information they need to make informed decisions about this very important year in their life.
It is very rewarding to see the high level of participation in after school activities. Our school bands are practicing hard, our football, basketball, rowing, soccer, cross-country, field hockey and volleyball teams are working every day with their coaches to be the best they can be. Girls rugby has been introduced this year and over 50 girls are quickly establishing Adam Scott as a force to be reckoned with.
Our Drama, History and Technical Departments are already hard at work preparing for our Remembrance Day assemblies.
These are just some of the activities that go on each and every day. For this, I thank our volunteer teacher/coaches for the enormous amount of time they put in after or before a very heavy workload in the classroom. We even have intramural activities every day at lunch!
Finally, I would like to thank our student leaders - Jeff Westlake is doing a great job with the student council. The student representatives and their staff advisors have a very busy year planned. Andrew Glynn, Jordana McDonald and Erika Faux are keeping everyone's school spirit up and Dana Johnston and Helen Dry are hoping to make our Terry Fox Run the most successful ever.
Keep up the good work, Adam Scott - together, we are a great school!
Science Fair:
Trent Regional: Sara Basterfield, Rebecca Hall
Canada-Wide: Shannon Walker
Matt Kay - Bronze Medal (An Engineering Award)
Allison Millen - Weismann Award (a Top
Award in Fair)
National Biology Exam: (5445 entries)
Adam Scott finished in the top 25%
Rob Lesurf - 97th percentile - National Biology Scholar
Rob Hiseler - 85th percentile
Kaila Kusmenko - 81st percentile
Mark Mohamed - 77th percentile
Julie Tyne - 76th percentile
Waterloo National Chemistry Exam: (3811 entries)
Bill Cocks - 89th percentile
Rob Lesurf - 78th percentile
Steve Amirault - 70th percentile
Sir Isaac Newton National Physics Contest: (4473 entries)
Adam Scott finished in the top 25%
Rob Lesurf - 94th percentile
Bill Cocks - 89th percentile
Alex Campbell - 82nd percentile
Steve Amirault - 77th percentile
MUSICAL NOTES
The Adam Scott Junior Band, Scott Singers, Senior Band and several small ensembles are pleased to present "Fall Fiesta" on Wednesday, October 30th at 7:30 p.m. in the school auditorium. This one hour concert will feature traditional marches, jazz, folk songs and an inspiring arrangement of songs from "Mamma Mia", for all you ABBA fans.
The Senior Concert Band is planning a trip to Montreal for next April. Fundraising activities will include "Citrus Sales" in November.
The grade nine and ten music classes
are in full swing and for student's and parent's convenience, assignments
and test dates are posted on the school's website. Students may sign out
instruments every day after school and on the weekends. Remember - the
way to becoming a better musician is to play, play, play!
The Board has hired an independent consultant
to review student accommodations and submit a report addressing
these issues. There will be a public information meeting with the consultant
focusing on the schools in the City of Peterborough, Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield
Township, Cavan-Millbrook-North Monaghan Township, Otonabee-South Monaghan
Township, Galway-Cavendish-Harvey Township, Douro-Dummer Township west
of County Rd. 38 and North Kawartha Township west of County Rd. 28 on Tuesday,
October 8, 2002 at 7:00 p.m. in the Auditorium at
Adam
Scott Collegiate Vocational Institute.
DRAMA
IN THE WORKS!
The Grade 12 Drama students are looking
forward to attending SECOND CITY, a comedy club in Toronto, on Wednesday,
October 9. The students will enjoy a professional show geared to teens,
focussing on social issues. Following a light lunch at the club, the students
will participate in an improvisational workshop with professional instructors.
On November 11, the same Drama students will present a docudrama honouring those Canadians who served and sacrificed their lives at
History (Mr. Winslow),
Technical (Mr. Minnema), and
Drama (Mrs. Briscoe).
"LEST WE FORGET - 60th Anniversary of Dieppe"
Paediatric Preventative Health Clinic
Health Care for children without a family doctor.
At the Paediatric Preventative Health Clinic,
children will receive health care from a Nurse Practitioner with the focus
on maintaining health and preventing disease. This will include regular
checkups and immunization in addition to treatment of minor illnesses and
injuries. Children who require immunization and are unable to schedule
an appointment with their family doctor may also receive immunization at
the clinic.
The clinic is for children without a family
physician who are 18 years of age or less.
The clinic is located at the Peterborough
County-City Health Unit, 10 Hospital Drive. To book an appointment call:
705-748-2021.
Clinic Services are free.
EXCHANGE STUDENTS
A great, big Canadian welcome to all our
three month exchange students at Adam Scott.
Rémi Morin, Tiffanie Lion and Coralie
Dumoux, all from France, are being hosted by Meghan Dunford, Nicole Cameron
and Leah Fallaise, our Adam Scott students who will be flying off to study
in France in February.
Welcome also to Rotary exchange student,
Kevin Richmond who is here from Switzerland.
We hope you all have a wonderful stay.
IMPORTANT DATES
October 8 - School Accommodation Information Meeting
(7:00 p.m.)
October 10 - Parent-Teacher Night
(7:00 - 9:00 p.m.)
October 11 - Professional Development Day
October 14 - Thanksgiving Holiday
October 17 - Terry Fox Run
October 18 - Terry Fox Run Rain Date
October 25 - Hallowe'en Dance
(8:00 - 11:00 p.m.)
October 30 - Fall Fiesta Concert
(7:30 p.m.)
November 1 - Junior Awards Ceremony (12:30 p.m.)
November 2 - Commencement
(1:00 p.m.)
November 11 - Remembrance Day Assembly
November 15 - Interim Report Cards
November 27, 28 - Flu Shots
TERRY FOX RUN
This year's Terry Fox Run is being held
on Thursday, October 17 at Nichol's Oval. All of the high schools in Peterborough
are participating -- raising money for innovative cancer research. To be
eligible to participate in this event, a student must raise at least $20.00
in pledges and return the permission form signed by a parent or guardian.
Students are encouraged to then take a blue pledge sheet and to raise as
much money as possible. Adam Scott's goal this year is to raise $16,000.00.
(Last year, we raised $14,000.00!) The timetable for this event is:
12:25 p.m. - students go to Per. 4 class
for attendance
12:30 p.m. - those eligible to go on the
run assemble on the front lawn of the
school with most of the teachers.
(the rest of the students and teachers
will assemble in the auditorium.)
12:35 - 1:00 p.m. - we walk, as a group,
to Nichol's Oval
1:00 - 2:15 p.m. - we walk, as a group,
around Nichol's Oval
2:15 p.m. - we walk, as a group, back
to Adam Scott for our regular dismissal
at 3:02 p.m.
Students are expected to stay with the
group. No student cars may be taken to the park. No smoking is permitted
at this event.
We thank all families and friends in advance
for your support of this worthy cause.