LION TALES

ADAM SCOTT C.V.I.

An Information Newsletter to Parents


Karl Wunderlich, Vice-Principal Catherine Foy, Principal Wilf Gray, Vice-Principal

Monte Smith/Sharon Hatton, School Council Co-Chairs April 2004

PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE

The sun is shining, the days are getting longer and Spring is in the air. With the better weather, numerous activities are in full swing here at Adam Scott: the boys' rugby teams are practising for their upcoming season, the girls' rugby team is preparing for OFSAA, the rowing team has begun early morning training, the girls' field hockey team is up and running, the Track and Field team has begun outdoor training and the school band continues to play on!



Just recently, the school ran a successful 30-Hour Famine to raise funds for starving children. Over eighty students participated. Thanks to all staff who helped supervise, especially those who volunteered in the wee hours of the morning! A special thank you goes to Mr. Pierre Robert for organizing and supervising the entire event.



Our school also hosted a successful Fashion Show. The show went for two nights with students modelling fashions from local businesses as well as designs produced in our own Fashion Industry class. A thank you to all who participated, particularly Mrs. Tracy Minnema for organizing the show.

Congratulations to Mrs. Kim McBride (Mathematics and Phys. Ed. teacher) and family on the birth of their baby girl, Ella Faith. Both mother and daughter are doing fine.
The Adam Scott school community would like to welcome Mrs. Lyn Davidson who will be teaching at our school during Kim's absence. In addition to being a conscientious teacher, Lyn is an Adam Scott parent.

Lastly, with the good weather, we are starting to see more skateboards at school. Students are reminded that skateboards are not allowed at school for safety reasons and should be left at home.


A reminder to parents and guardians to check our website www.adamscott.ca to keep up with the multitude of activities and events here at the school. As always, we appreciate your support and input. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 743-7373 Ext. 143.

Next School Council Meeting

May 18, 2004 - 6:45 p.m. - Library

KIWANIS FESTIVAL - DRAMA



Congratulations to Adam Scott's Grade 10 Drama class for a fine set of performances at the Kiwanis Festival. All of the students demonstrated commitment and talent.



Particular mention goes to those placing first:



In poetry: Nathan Brock for a nostalgic memory o f his grandparents' farm;In storytelling: Heather Wilkes for her story of a lost teammate;

In mime: David Barnes, Marshall Guest, Tom Kingdon, Cameron Nevin, Jared Root-McCaig and Mike Triggs for "The Measure of Masculinity - at the Gym";

In Improvisation: Amber Buott, Marshall Guest, Jared Root-McCaig, Jesse Romano and Logan Stewart for "The Reluctant Parachutist".

 






ADAM SCOTT'S

STUDENTS SUPPORTING SENIORS


Seniors living within the Adam Scott school boundaries may request help to complete various jobs around the house i.e. yard work, small paint jobs, light lifting, etc. Requests may be phoned in to Adam Scott (743-7373, Ext. 159) on Wednesday, May 5th or Thursday, May 6th. Leave a message with your name, address, phone number and brief description of the required work. Volunteer students will perform the requested tasks the morning of Tuesday, May 11th (rain date: May 12th). Students must not be left unattended at a private residence and may not accept remuneration for work completed.

Science Fair Winners Bound for Newfoundland!!

On Tuesday, April 6, students from Adam Scott competed at the Peterborough Regional Science Fair held at Trent University. Almost three hundred projects were entered in the fair this year, including a large increase in the number of senior projects. Despite this tough competition, our students again showed Adam Scott proud!


Congratulations to Sarah Gastle, who won first prize in the Senior Biological Sciences Division and first overall in the fair with her project on selective hearing entitled, "Left is Right". With their project, "Magneponics: Electromagnet-aided plant growth", Patrick Bunting and Braden Root-McCaig captured second place in the Senior Biological Sciences Division and second overall in the fair. Andrew Olson also competed in the Intermediate Engineering Division with his Robotics project and a number of Intermediate students also attended the fair with Mme Girard supervising their entries.

With these regional fair wins, Sarah, Patrick and Braden qualified to go on to the Canada-Wide Science Fair to be held this May 15-23 in St. John's, Newfoundland. There, they will meet over 500 of the best science fair projects from across Canada, in an exciting week of competition and exploration.


Many thanks to Mr. McAuley, Mr. Wright, Mr. Bemrose and Mr. Keay for performing such an awesome Science Show during the afternoon of the fair. They kept the audience enthralled as they awaited the results of the judging. Thanks also to the senior science students who provided excellent judging at the fair.


Great appreciation is extended to Ms. Foy, Mr. Minnema, Mr. Davies, Mrs. McIlmoyle, Mr. MacMillan-Jones, Ms. Ginn, the custodial staff, James Pammett and Iain Jeffrey for their continuous support of the science fair winners.


Good Luck, Sarah, Pat and Braden! Watch for their results from Newfoundland in May!


IMPORTANT DATES
April 23 - Report Card Distribution

April 27 - Intermediate "Historica" Fair

May 11 - Students Supporting Seniors

May 12 - Rain Date for Students Supporting Seniors

May 15 - Adam Scott Formal

May 18 - School Council Meeting

May 24 - Victoria Day holiday

June 9 - Student Involvement Awards Assembly

June 10 - Athletic Awards Night

June 11-17 - Activity Moratorium

June 16 - Last Day of Classes (Secondary)

June 17, 18, 21, 22, 23 - Exam Days (Secondary)

June 23 - Grade 8 Graduation

June 24 - Report Card Distribution (Intermediate)

June 24 - Assessment Day

June 24 - Last Day of Classes

(Intermediate)

June 25 - Professional Activity Day

June 28-30 - Non-Instructional Days

July 2 - Final Report Card Distribution

July 2 - School Office Closes

August 30 - School Office Reopens

LIST SERVERS


Adam Scott CVI now has three free "email mailing lists" that parents and students may wish to subscribe to. This is due to the generosity of a company called L-Soft that offers this service free to schools. http://netpals.lsoft.com

In essence, one email sent to the list will go to everyone on the list automatically. Please note that only school administrators can do this. This is known as an "announcement" type of email list.



The first email list called ASCVI-NEWSLETTER-L is for grades 9 to 12, bulletins, current events, the school newsletter and anything else that is of general interest to the school.



The second email list called ASCVIIS-NEWS-L is for the Intermediate grades 7 and 8, bulletins, current events, the school newsletter and anything else that is of general interest to the school.



The third email list is called ASCVI-NEWSEXTR-L is for the entire school to send out announcements about the extracurricular events that are happening at the school (sports schedules, music productions, fund raisers)

Please type the instructions as shown (ie. in Capital letters)

In order to subscribe or unsubscribe to any email list simply send an email to:

LISTSERV@NETPALS.LSOFT.COM

The body of this email must contain the required command. For example to subscribe to the "newsletter" Email List the command would be:

SUBSCRIBE ASCVI-NEWSLETTER-L Firstname Lastname

You should remove any other text from the email.

In order to subscribe to the "Intermediate Newsletter" list:

SUBSCRIBE ASCVIIS-NEWS-L Firstname Lastname

In order to subscribe to the Extracurricular news list:

SUBSCRIBE ASCVI-NEWSEXTR-L Firstname Lastname

To be removed from either list simply replace the word "subscribe" with the

word "SIGNOFF" in the command.

SIGNOFF ASCVI-NEWSLETTER-L

Here is an example using a sample name:

SUBSCRIBE ASCVI-NEWSLETTER-L John Doe

For security purposes you will receive an email reply asking you to confirm your request.

School Web Page Address: www.adamscott.ca