Volume 10, Issue 9 June 14, 2013
ROCKIES RUMBLINGS M E S S A G E F R O M T H E P R I N C I PA L
“WE MOVE MOUNTAINS”
INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Message from the Principal
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Principal’s Address to the Grads
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Principal’s Address Cont’d Counsellor’s Notes
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Society Office Used Uniform Sale In Their Own Words
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Grade 9 Celebration
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Grade 12 Graduation
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Graduating Class of 2013
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Dr. Evan’s Speech to the Grads
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Valedictorian Speech
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Valedictorian Speech Cont’d
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Awards Day
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Fine Arts - Drama
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Fine Arts - Drama Cont’d
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Fine Arts - Music
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Volunteer Day
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Jump Rope for Heart Weaselhead Park
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Bottle Drive 2013 Outdoor Environmental Education
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Junior High Track and Field
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Senior High Track and Field
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Soccer Extra Curricular Awards
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Moves Mountains Awards
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Citizenship Awards
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Exam Schedule
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Activities for June
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Attachments from the College
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The other day when writing a memo to the staff, I started it with the date. Here's what I wrote: March 9, 2013!?! This oversight could be seen as early onset dementia, however, I would like to believe that I am not losing my mind and believe that the fact is that this year has been such a good year the time has flown by! After all, don't they always say 'time flies when you are having fun!'? When we look back at the past nine months, we can really start to see the amazing things that have transpired. Some of the highlights include student excellence in sports including multiple athletic banners and personal bests, our high school students travelling to Guatemala to help out families in need of stoves, a great start to our annual Entrepreneurial Spirit Project, multiple arts performances in all divisions, a volunteer day that saw our school contribute thousands of hours to improve life in Calgary and the recognition from the Calgary Herald as the 'Best Private School in Calgary!' These mentions hardly scratch the surface of all that has been happening here at the Academy! In addition to celebrating our school year, we have spent the past few weeks celebrating the successes of our students. At
our Academy Awards Day last week we handed out 100's of items of recognition, celebrating students' achievements in academics, athletics, the arts and leadership. We also saw our Grade 9 students into high school at their annual Grade 9 Celebration Evening and will do the same for the Grade 6 students next week. Finally, we had the opportunity to celebrate the Graduation of our Grade 12 students on May 31st, 2013. This was an excellent ceremony, banquet and dance, all in honor of our Grade 12 students. We will miss each and every one of them and wish them all the best in the coming years. Lastly, we would like to thank all the parents for their support over the past year and into the coming year. Without you, none of these many success stories would be possible. It is your dedication, appreciation and faith in the process that allow us to help your children move their mountains! I can say with confidence we've moved the equivalent of a mountain range this year and look forward to doing the same next year. Have a wonderful summer that is filled with family, fun and relaxation and we look forward to seeing you and your children back in the fall.
Elementary Awards Day
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P R I N C I PA L ’ S A D D R E S S - G R A D E 1 2 G R A D UA T E S Grade 12 Graduates, parents, students, and special guests. It is my honor to deliver this year’s Principal’s address to Rundle Academy’s Graduating Class of 2013. Graduates, to frame today’s address, I’d like to take a moment and share three events that I think relate perfectly to your final year of high school and to your special day today and ultimately your future. I would like to reflect on our school’s themes for this year - respect and perseverance and I would like you to consider just one other of our core values as you move forward into the next stages of your lives.... In fact.... this mystery core value might the most important 21st century skill of them all. To fully articulate my feelings around these qualities and skills, let me take you back in time.... The year 1969. The world was in turmoil. The Viet Nam War was raging on and citizens across North America were protesting by conducting massive anti violence gatherings. In addition to this war, John Lennon had also made the choice to leave the most popular rock band of all time, the Beatles, and go out on his own. Even though John was leaving the band - he was going through a renaissance in his own music writing. He and his new wife, Yoko Ono, were actively trying to make the world a better place. In the year 1969 after a protest in Montreal, John penned the song ‘Give Peace a Chance.’ John Lennon desperately wanted the people of the world to find a way to respect each other and live in harmony. Sometimes when observing the actions of our students, and these actions are almost always led by the Grade 12 students, it feels as though we have realized some of the utopian ideas John Lennon had around everybody respecting each other. Sprinting forward 29 years to the year was 2008, most of you would have been in Grade 7. This is a story of a young man from Jamaica who had a dream, he wanted to be the fastest man on the planet. He grew up in rural Jamaica and spent his days playing cricket and soccer while his parents earned a modest living by working at a local grocery store. If you haven’t guessed already, this is the story of Usain Bolt. What you might not know about him is that, Bolt wasn’t always a sprinter, in fact, for most of his life only he believed he could be the fastest runner of all time. Prior to the year 2000, Bolt was unknown to the track world - he was largely even unnoticed in his own country. However, Bolt’s running career really took flight in 2001 when started to run professionally at the 200 and 400 meter lengths. Bolt’s coaches believed he would only be successful at these distances, not the 100 meter that Bolt so yearned to run. Bolt was relentless in his pursuit of the 100 meter and never let his coaches forget what he really wanted. He and his actions embodied persever-
ance! Eventually, in 2007 at a meet in Crete, the coaches gave him his chance and he ran the 100 meter in a time of 10.03 seconds. In spite of his best efforts that day, he knew he was still 29 hundredths of a second off of the world record and in the sprinting world, this amount of time could be seen as an unmovable mountain. Even in the face of this adversity, Bolt was not discouraged. Over the course of the next year, he trained daily and halfway through 2008 at the Reebok Grand Prix track event in New York City, Bolt realized his dream and became the fastest man on the planet, running the 100 meter distance in a time of 9.72 seconds. Ultimately, it was his perseverance that propelled him to reach his goals. Finally, moving back to when I, and many of your teachers, were in high school, the year is 1990. A young writer named Larry David and his best friend, a 36 year old comedian named Jerry Seinfeld truly believed in the power of creativity; and thought, that if they used their outside the box thinking and insightful observations of people, they could make a television sitcom about ‘nothing’ and people would still watch. They were both, 100% right. People all over the world loved the outside the box antics of a crew of unique characters in New York City. Seinfeld's new formula of evaluating the simple and mundane and making it funny and unique changed the face of television forever. So much so, that after 9 seasons and 180 episodes, Seinfeld had created the most popular sitcom of all time, the show won Golden Globes and Emmys. The core value that helped him rise from being an unknown stand up to being my generation's most recognizable comedian was Creativity. Graduates, these three stories about John Lennon, Usain Bolt, and Jerry Seinfeld really epitomize your year. You have Respected, Persevered and Created. Maybe even more remarkably, each of these events: the penning of ‘Give Peace a Chance,’ the breaking of the world record sprint time, and the first episode of Seinfeld all happened on May 31st. That brings us to today, May 31, 2013 - the day of your graduation. This is truly a landmark day in your lives and the lives of your families. During the course of your education, you have had to learn respect, develop perseverance and leverage your natural gifts of creativity. You have all made it here and we are so proud of you. For each of you, this is the first step of many that you will take to live a happy and fulfilled life. A life where you, like John Lennon, Usain Bolt and Jerry Seinfeld, will make your dreams a reality and change the world in the process.
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P R I N C I PA L ’ S A D D R E S S C O N T ’ D So I end with a question. The question is, when you look back at the history books of your life and this day in history - what will the record say? I hope that each of you will answer this question with a similar theme and It is my earnest aspiration that you will say that on May 31, 2013 - I graduated from Rundle Academy with a true understanding of how to respect myself, others and my environment. I had developed the skill of perseverance and never quit when faced with a challenge that had, at first, seem insurmountable. And
finally, I was able to harness my creativity to be innovative and to solve any problem that was put in front of me. I am fulfilled and happy and have used the tools I learned in high school to change the world. Grade 12 graduates - use this pivotal day in your history to propel yourself into the next stages of your life. Go forward. Be remarkable. Respect. Persevere. Create. Congratulations to the graduating class of 2013.
COUNSELLOR’S NOTES Accessing Support Services in the Summer The Student Services department at Rundle Academy offers students support in a number of areas. As we head into summer, some of you may be wondering where to find short-term assistance in the absence of in-school access. The following is a list of resources you may wish to keep handy in case you are looking for some help outside of school: Academic Support Chinook Learning Services Summer school and skill building for all grades; www.chinooklearningservices.com Consider a summer camp focused on academic skills https://www.calgaryschild.com/2013-summer-camp-a-program-guide Counselling Support South Calgary Health Centre Walk-in, no-cost counselling and referrals Monday - Thursday 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., Sunday 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Sunpark Plaza SE, 2nd Floor; 403-943-9374 Eastside Family Centre Walk-in, no-cost counselling and referrals Monday - Thursday 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., Friday 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., Saturday 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Northgate Village Mall, #255, 495 - 36 Street NE; 403-299-9696 Psychologist Association of Alberta Online referral search for private psychologists http://www.psychologistsassociation.ab.ca/site/doctor_search_form Crisis Support Calgary Distress Centre 24 hour telephone support and referral services; 403-266-4357 Community Resource Team 24 hour telephone support and mobile crisis response; 403-299-9699 On behalf of the Student Services department, I would like to express our appreciation to Dr. Miller, who stepped in from October through May while I was on parental leave. The Student Services team looks forward to continuing our support of the academic progress and personal wellness of Rundle Academy students in the upcoming school year. Please do not hesitate to be in contact during these last weeks of school if there is anything with which I can be of assistance. Ms. Jana-Lynn Caines, Psychologist caines@rundle.ab.ca / 403-250-2965 (ext. 103)
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SOCIETY OFFICE
Uniform Store Hours June - September Monday to Thursday - 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Friday - 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. Wednesday, August 28 - 9:00 A.M. to 7:30 P.M. 12:00 P.M. to 1:00 P.M. (store closed daily) Closed on the following days: Friday, July 5, 12, 19, 26 Monday, August 5 Friday, August 30 at 12:00 P.M. Monday, September 2
USED UNIFORM SALE Rundle Academy’s Annual Used Uniform Sale June 27, 2013 Fine Arts Centre 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. If you have any used uniform items, please drop them off to Mr. Maitland as soon as possible. All items should be cleaned, pressed and folded. Blazers should be dry-cleaned. Thank you for your donations!
IN THEIR OWN WORDS How Our Alumni Continue to Move Mountains Adam Trommeshauser ’02 After leaving Rundle Academy, I attended SAIT and graduated with a Marketing Diploma. I then attended the University of Lethbridge and graduated with a degree in General Management. I took some time to travel through Thailand and worked in Lethbridge as a bike shop manager. I am currently a project coordinator for an oil and gas manufacturer in Lethbridge. “Mr. Lawson you were a big influence on me, and I thank you for being such an amazing teacher. If it wasn’t for the Academy, I would not be where I am today.”
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GRADE 9 CELEBRATION
The grade nine students at Rundle Academy celebrated their successes in junior high at the celebration dinner held on June 4th at the Al Azhar Centre. The students were treated to a video presentation that showcased their baby photos and their years at Rundle. They also got a little chuckle when they saw photos of what their teachers looked like as junior high students!
Mrs. Kopp would like to thank the following staff members who helped her in the preparation of the special event: Mr. Burla, Mr. van der Meer, and Mrs. Del Castilho.
We will
miss the warm personalities of this grade nine group and wish them good luck in high school.
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G R A D E 1 2 G R A D UA T I O N
Grade 12 Graduation Ceremonies st
On Friday, May 31 , the Grade 12 Convocation was held at the University of Calgary’s Rozsa Centre. This was the first year that we streamed the ceremony live to the students who were at the school. Thank you for everyone’s hard work and patience in making this happen. Parents, students and staff watched and cheered as the Grade 12 students received their diplomas.
The graduates, their families and teachers also enjoyed a dinner and dance that evening at the Palliser Hotel. It was a great success and everyone had a fantastic time. Thanks to everyone that was a part of organizing these graduation events.
Congratulations Graduates of 2013 and best of luck with your final exams.
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G R A D UA T I N G C L A S S
Belot, Aaron Breton, Sebastian Buckley, Jason Chepyha, Daniel Davis, Ben Dirks, Ian duBerger, Brock Empey, Lucas Hartwell, Alexander Hill, Victoria Hohmann, Daniel
OF
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John, Alexis Jurok, Keanan Klimek, Grayson MacKichan, Carson Marston, Stephanie McCarthy, Alison McNally, Evan Midkiff, William Rabik, Sarah Ruck, Alexandra Salahor, Drewe
Shearer, Hunter Sikora, Kara Smith, Margaret Tate, Liam Taylor, Samuel Timlick, Steven Tyson, William
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D R . E VA N ’ S S P E E C H
TO THE
GRADS
LOOKING DOWN THE TRACK To the Rundle Academy Class of 2013 – The rapid evolution of technology and the related information explosion create significant and largely unpredictable changes in the markets for goods, services and skills. As newly-minted high school graduates, how will you address these uncertainties? How will you maximize the benefit of your education and minimize the risk that your skills will become obsolete? I invite you to consider three strategies which involve a hanging building, an exotic bird and a talking dog. The first strategy is to be flexible in your thinking but resolute in your character. Flexibility provides strength in unsettled and unpredictable situations if it is built around a core of solid values like honesty, humility, kindness, perseverance and empathy. The Westcoast Transmission building on West Georgia Street in Vancouver illustrates what I mean. The Westcoast building is like a square doughnut that hangs from twelve large steel cables around a concrete inner core that rises through the doughnut’s hole. In high winds, the building moves as it swings on the cables around the concrete core. As you know, Vancouver lies on a fault line and is therefore in an earthquake zone. The Westcoast building is designed to withstand significant earthquakes, because it can shift and therefore absorb shock – it is flexible. But that flexibility is built around that solid concrete core to which the cables are attached. When you consider how best to navigate life in the 21st century, think of the Westcoast building. Don’t compromise on the strength of your inner core but be open to new ideas and new ways of doing things. Be flexible in your thinking but resolute in your character. And if you want to see a picture of this unusual hanging build-
ing, just Google “Westcoast Transmission Building”; and you can view several good images.
feels his tires break free will retain control of his vehicle. Your car goes where your eyes go
The second strategy is inspired by a bird that lives just above the confluence of the Maranon and Ucayali Rivers in Peru, where the Amazon is born. This exotic creature is the yellow-rumped cacique – a bird that imitates whistles, gravelly sounds, other birds, frogs, insects and even the sound of human beings. In all, the yellow-rumped cacique can produce about 25 different sounds; and it uses this ability to frighten away predators.
So “look down the track.” You cannot ignore the near term, but dream about the distant future as well. Without those energizing hopes and aspirations, our time on this Earth would be reduced to a tiresome and episodic progression of lifeless, disconnected and unsatisfying events in which we are merely reactive players. But with creativity, dreams and striving in practical terms to bring those dreams to fruition, you will become worthy of the finest human potential that God has given you.
By embracing the strategy of the yellow-rumped cacique, you will acquire multiple skills rather than a single skill. You will become a Renaissance person whose knowledge is broad rather than narrow; and these broad capabilities will protect you against predators such as technological change and obsolescence. Be flexible in your thinking but resolute in your character. Acquire multiple skills and become a Renaissance person. And finally, remember that you are only at the beginning of a hopefully long, productive and meaningful life. Setting and achieving short-term goals is important, but you should also consider long-term plans that permit you to dream about great possibilities – possibilities that, through good character, confidence and perseverance, you can fashion into reality. The protagonist in the book The Art of Racing in the Rain is a dog named Enzo who belongs to a race car driver. The book is written from the dog’s perspective; and at one point, Enzo muses: “In racing, they say that your car goes where your eyes go. The driver who cannot tear his eyes away from the wall as he spins out of control will meet that wall; (but) the driver who looks down the track as he
Be flexible in your thinking but resolute in your character. Make the architecture of your being like that of the Westcoast building. Cultivate a protective strategy like the yellowrumped cacique by acquiring multiple skills and becoming a Renaissance person. And as you contemplate the future, be sure to dream, savor your long-term plans and, as Enzo the dog would have put it, “look down the track” to the next turn and the next turn and even to the turn beyond that. By embracing these strategies, you will find yourself successfully negotiating the uncertainties of the 21st century; and you will create a life story that is a masterpiece. Your family, your friends, your teachers and all of us at Rundle Academy are proud of your accomplishments. We are even more proud of the splendid people that you have become; and we wish you the very best on the next part of life’s journey. May God bless you and all of your efforts. Thank you, and congratulations. Rundle Academy Grade 12 Graduation · 31 May 2013
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VALEDICTORIAN SPEECH Good morning parents, special guests, staff, and fellow students. Warm welcome, and sincere thanks for having come out to support the graduating class of 2013, as we mark this milestone in our lives. Having your support here today amplifies its significance, and makes what each and every one of us graduating has accomplished and what we have been through more real. Personally, my academic ability was doubted from the very beginning of my schooling career by my kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Donovan. Within the first two months my parents were called in to talk about whether I would graduate from grade school, let alone high school. Thank God my mother, after crying for a solid day, regained her senses and decided to have me assessed. Shortly after she returned to the school armed with new information. Needless to say, the rest is history, and here I stand before you today. This brings to mind something very important for us to be mindful of today, and that is, the importance of positive expectation. I learned from early on that my choices were essentially two – graduate high school or die trying, and, all kidding aside, there was never any doubt (at least that my parents would let me believe) that I would be successful. Please join me now in taking the opportunity, in front of this community who has contributed so significantly to our success, to thank our parents, and all those teachers, including those who are not here today from elementary and middle school, but especially those who have taught us at Rundle, for not only putting up with us, but for supporting and believing in the best parts of us, for putting up with the not so best parts of us, for believing in us, and most especially, for daring to expect the very best of us as sons and daughters, as students, as athletes, as friends. From your expectations, we can now come to expect the very best of ourselves as men and women. Last year, my sister, Rosemary Breton, addressed the graduating Class of 2012 as their Valedictorian. Those of you who know my sister can understand how humbled I am to be standing here today. One year ago Rosemary talked powerfully to us about how Rundle has taught us how to learn. Today, I want to point out that in addition to this, being students at Rundle has taught us how to live. I believe that living is continually changing and becoming from what we have been. Our high school years make up an important part of our history, and in many ways, we are a combination of our learning and experiences. However, because history is non-negotiable, what we have before us today is now, and the future. Rather than defining ourselves by our pasts, each and every one of us here, from the youngest to the oldest, is, in fact, much more defined by what he or she decides to think and say
and do in the next moment, and the next, and the next. We have had, each in our own way, solid ground on which to build these “nexts". And you can begin to do this…now…starting in your minds, with your thoughts, and your feelings, and your way of looking at things. My guess is that most of us already know how enormously complex the mind is, and that there isn’t anyone here who understands all of it. The fact that our minds are so complicated is precisely why we can have mixed feelings about things, why we can have conflicting motivations about things, how we can feel hopeful and excited, and at the same time, scared. It is this kind of mindset from which we must now, as young adults, make some different kinds of decisions – decisions that will affect the nature of our tomorrows, and influence where we will be in our lives 10, 20, 40, and 50 years from now. It wouldn’t seem fitting to be addressing the Rundle Academy graduating class without acknowledging that we are, to varying degrees, different from other graduating classes. As I have learned first hand, this can be both a bad thing and a good thing. Take, for example, the fact that most of us still can’t sit still for more than 5 minutes at a time, learn and approach things from the opposite pole compared to the rest of the world, and blurt out unsolicited, and often, off the cuff and out-of-the blue comments . Does this make us inconsistent, unstable, chaotic, and unpredictable, or does it make us good manipulators of activity level, diverse, interesting and “out-of-the box” thinkers? Well, that depends upon what we decide to do with our differences. Will we use them and be an annoyance, or will we use them to keep the rest of the world on its toes in a way which will contribute positively to our society? So we aren’t stable, steady, or predictable, but neither are we boring, monotonous, rigid, repetitive, and mundane. Will we use our challenges as excuses to avoid having goals, or will we find ways of using our individual ways of thinking, together with accepting the advice and support of those we respect and trust, to engage in pursuit of the kinds of goals which will not only make us perform better over time, but also will help us feel happier, more creative, and, fulfilled as individuals? Now is the time to create a vision for how our lives are going to be, to think of what our lives could look like, how good and satisfying they can be to us, if we can take what we’ve learned about living and positive expectation and use this to make the kinds of decisions that will make these visions evolve. What can be more powerful than a person with a vision…a possibility that is so motivating and compelling that you start making good decisions now, that make your vision possible…eventually. Think of what you have already accomplished: starting with this high school diploma. You got it by consistently going to class, studying and doing homework. And were there times you
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VALEDICTORIAN SPEECH CONT’D didn’t want to go to class, but you went anyway, and you discovered, I think, that your feelings of a lack in interest in going comes and goes, but you will also discover that the diploma stays. It’s a very valuable realization that the goal of graduating high school kept you going, even when you didn’t feel like it. That is the power of vision – to see beyond the moment’s discomfort. We can take this invaluable principle, which, I would venture to say does not come naturally to most of us here, but which Rundle Academy has so successfully demanded of us, and apply it in such a way so that no matter what struggles we may have faced in the past, we can now develop our vision of building on what we have learned about life and its process, and decide what to do from here, as slowly and as gradually, or as quickly for that matter, as we need to, doing more things for tomorrow’s successes than for today’s comfort. I want to end with a question – perhaps the most important question that we will ever have to ask ourselves over and over and over as we live our lives: having accomplished this great day, how do we decide what to do next? Notice that I’m not asking what, but how? Well, think on it – how do you decide what car to buy? Size, speed, fuel efficiency, appearance. So how do we decide what to do now that we’ve graduated high school? Do we decide
based on what’s easiest or based on the love of a challenge? Do we decide based on what’s most convenient or based on what will pay us the most money? Do we decide based on what we really enjoy doing or what will give us the most leisure time to do what we really enjoy doing? Do we decide based on a desire for a strong family life or perhaps based on where we will have to live? Do we decide based on preferring to work with lots of other people, or based upon preferring to work on our own? I could go on and on. How do we decide? Our lives so far, and in particular, being students here at Rundle Academy, have taught us how to live, and really living means deciding based upon what is best. The experience of being students at Rundle Academy has been an epitome of one question leading to another; and so, with this, the next question is: what’s best for you? Fellow graduates of 2013, think on the possibilities that I have presented here today, and come up with a vision - a vision that represents how you, each in your own unique way, want to live, and you can base that… upon what is best – for you. Love you guys! Thanks to all.
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AWARDS DAY Rundle Academy Annual Awards Ceremony Our annual award ceremony was held on Thursday, June 6th. It was great to see so many parents in attendance to watch our students celebrate their successes this year! In addition, we were joined by our Headmaster and Superintendent, Mr. Dave Hauk, as well as former board member Clarence Buckley and his wife Evelyn, the generous donors of our Buckley Scholarships. Two new awards were added this year. The Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes past students of the Academy who have found success in their endeavors since high school. This year we awarded Rachel Dornian, a graduate of the 2004 class. The Dennis Holowaychuk Award is a new award that recognizes student leadership; this year’s first recipient was Kara Sikora. Congratulations to all our award winning students for an excellent year of achievement at Rundle Academy! Thanks as well to all of you who helped with the ceremony and to those who came and celebrated with us. See you again next year!
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FINE ARTS - DRAMA
Congratulations to the cast and crew of Disney's Aladdin. The production ran for four nights and played to sold out audiences. Congratulations to Ian Dirks and Madison Shields-Knutson for winning the Shining and Rising Star awards. Thank you to all the grade twelve students who participated in the Drama productions over the years. Your talents and dedication will be missed. Our next production will be in December of 2013.
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FINE ARTS - MUSIC NOTES Dreamcatcher On May 28th, the elementary students performed "Dreamcatcher," to a full house. This musical story about the dreams and wishes of children was enjoyed by parents, families, friends and staff. The students shone on stage while singing, dancing and acting. Well done! Thanks goes out to all the teachers and students who helped make this performance a success.
Johnson Collegiate Concert On May 30th, Academy students in grades 4-8 were treated to a band and choir concert by the Johnson Collegiate music group from Regina, SK. It was a wonderful concert. Students had the opportunity to see and hear many instruments and hear beautiful vocal harmonies. Our Academy music students opened up the show and got the audience dancing with their renditions of "Twist and Shout" and "Kick Drum Heart."
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VOLUNTEER DAY On May 24th the students and staff of Rundle Academy participated in our 2nd Annual Volunteer Day. This year we could been seen helping out at the International Children’s Festival, Shouldice Retirement Lodge, Westview Retirement Lodge, Royal Park Retirement Lodge, the Mustard Seed, Weaselhead, and SilverSprings Birth Place Forest. It was a cold and rainy day and many of our students braved the elements in order to give back to the community. All 250 staff and students contributed almost 1000 hours of volunteer service in our community. An amazing accomplishment we should all be proud of! A huge thank you goes out to Rundle Academy for helping to make this day a great success.
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On May 30, 2013, the elementary students participated in an afternoon full of energetic fun and excitement! In a two hour period the students did a Zumba warm up followed by completing 16 stations with various skipping activities. The elementary came alive dancing, laughing and skipping! Not only was the music pumping but so were our hearts! Who knew that you could have so much fun bringing awareness to such a worthy cause! As a group, the students in the elementary more than doubled their goal and in the end raised more than $1500! Thanks to all the parents and family members that made a donation to the Heart and Stroke Foundation
WEASELHEAD PARK On June 3rd, the grade four and five students spent the day outdoors in the rain. They were participating in wetlands studies at several locations in Weaselhead Park. Students learned about the importance of wetlands, how we can protect Alberta’s wetlands, and the interactions between wetland organisms and the environment they live in. It was a rainy day, but worth it!
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BOTTLE DRIVE 2013 For the second year in a row Mr. Vesey and Mrs. Vesey’s TA teamed up to do a bottle drive in the local community around Rundle Academy. Joined by some extremely helpful friends, we were able to raise $1002.85 to donate to a rider in the Enbridge Ride for Cancer. This effort will help to raise money that will go directly to the Alberta Cancer Foundation to support cancer patients and families throughout Alberta.
A huge thank you to everyone who helped collect, delivered fliers, brought in bottles from home and made cash donations. Special thanks to those who volunteered to drive and helped transport the bottles to the depot. It was amazing to see everyone come together for a great cause. Hopefully we will see you all again next year.
O U T D O O R E N V I R O N M E N TA L E D U C A T I O N This spring the OEE class has been very busy. Cycling classes ended with a full day bike ride. We toured the pathways and numerous bridges in the downtown core and finished the rainy day working on riding skills under-cover at the Ramsey Community Rink. We had four terrific classes of canoeing at the Calgary Canoe Club and made it through without a drop of rain. The semesters off-campus activities cumulated with a spectacular trip to the Grassi Lakes Trail in Canmore. A big thank you goes out to Ms. Hoehn for her assistance and time for these trips. Congratulation to the grade sevens and eights for a tremendous effort through the semester!
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AND
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Rundle Academy’s Junior High Track and Field Team For the past month and half, we have witnessed the junior high students practicing for the city Track and Field Meet that took place on May 28-29, 2013. Many students even came out to after school practices on Mondays and Wednesdays. All in all, we had 43 junior high athletes compete for Rundle Academy. Grade 7 (Bantam) Annette Berry Kemarr Bishop Bram Bouma Jack Conquergood Aneisha Gardiner Lachlan Gordon Ryan Holan Emma Jacob Olivia Leaver Jasmine Mancuso Phoenix Shomody Aiden Voit
Grade 8 (Midget) Soren Bradley Sierra AdamowBoudreau Ross Geiger Ellie Hardock Sadie Matus Adam Miller Quintin Millions Georgia Needham Tal Preston Sarah Reeder Tyler Robertson Avery Rogers Michael Savilow Sneh Yadav
Grade 9 (Juvenile) Jack Bridges Robyn Brodylo Cali Champagne Paige Croasdale Max de Paiva Sarah Fawcett Madison Hillstead Jessica Lorne Brendan Molloy J.T. Rehill Garrett Smith Max Smith Anthoney Stan Alix Stephen Cal Tecklenburg Alycia Udy Tyler West
The meet took place at Glenmore Athletic Park on Tuesday night and at Foothills Athletic Park on Wednesday. Rundle Academy competed in all events including javelin, shot put, discus, hurdles, 100 meter, 200 meter, 400 meter, 800 meter, 1500 meter, 3000 meter, 4X100 meter relay, 4X400 meter relay, long jump, high jump and triple jump. The students had a positive attitude and practiced / competed with admirable determination. They fought through rain and pain to accomplish their goals. The students came closer than ever to winning a banner. We had many top 8 finishes. We also had a few students move onto Zones which was held at Foothills Athletic Park on Wednesday June 5, 2013. With perseverance and poise, all three students placed at Zones. Sadie Matus
- Bronze in Discus
Quintin Millions - Silver in High Jump with a personal best jump of 1.65 meters Annette Berry
- Silver in Hurdles with a personal best time of 14:08 - Silver in High Jump with a personal best height of 1.37 meters - Gold in the 800m race
All of the coaches would like to congratulate all competitors on an amazing track and field season this year. GO ROCKIES!
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SENIOR HIGH TRACK
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On Friday May 17th the Senior High Track team emerged victorious with the 1A Track and Field Banner for the second straight year. A solid group of athletes committed to giving their best; each contributed to the team win. All 36 athletes competed in the complete range of running, jumping and throwing events throughout the day which ran from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Grade 10 (Junior) Mia Berloni Rajan Bhullar Jonathon Boland Jesse Buker Sean Clarke Gabe Colpitts Taylor Evans Jaxon Gaetz Curtis Holloway Carley Louw Alex Moumdjian Cameron Olson Taylor Quantz Liam Rinehart Derek Wispinski
Grade 11 (Intermediate) Sam Adams Carson Brennan Ally Duckworth Doug Gardner Bryce Hall Darian Halwas Natalie Heaton Jonathan Hockey Charlotte Jones Emily Matlo Conner Rasch Cole Risebrough
Grade 12 (Senior) Jason Buckley Dan Chepyha Ben Davis Brock duBerger Luke Empey Victoria Hill Alexis John Hunter Shearer Steven Timlick
“It was impressive to wander around and see so many of our athletes excelling in these individual sports,” said Mr. Waterbury. “And it was particularly impressive to see some athletes who do not compete in team sports get involved in track and field.” With the intention to start the track season just after Spring Break, the weather did play a role in our shortened season, but this did not derail some students from gaining the necessary skill to be competitive in some unfamiliar events. Most noticeably were hurdles and triple jump which saw students adapt to these technical skills and be competitive at the meet. With the flurry of activity throughout the day and impressive performances by many, below are all the athletes with top 3 finishes (* qualified for the city championships). Grade 10 (Junior) Mia Berloni – 3rd Discus Jonathon Boland – 2nd Javelin Sean Clarke – 2nd Discus Taylor Evans – 2nd Discus Taylor Evans – 3rd 100m Cameron Olson – 3rd 100m Cameron Olson – 3rd Long Jump Taylor Quantz – 2nd Shot Put
Grade 11 (Intermediate) Sam Adams – 2nd Hurdles Ally Duckworth – 2nd Javelin* (7th at City Meet) Conner Rasch – 2nd 100m* (2nd at City Meet) Conner Rasch – 2nd 200m* Conner Rasch – 3rd Long Jump
Grade 12 (Senior) Jason Buckley – 2nd Triple Jump Brock duBerger – 1st Long Jump* (3rd at City Meet) Brock duBerger – 2nd Shot Put Brock duBerger – 3rd Triple Jump Luke Empey – 2nd 800m Alexis John – 2nd Shot Put Hunter Shearer – 2nd Hurdles
This Track Season was very successful and all the coaches (Mrs. Vesey, Mrs. Whiting, Mr. Barry, Mr. Mellor, Mr. Maitland, Mrs. Defoy and Mr. Vesey) would like to congratulate all the athletes on their efforts, and we all hope to see everyone back next year ready to compete for the Banner again. See you on the Track, Rockies!
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SOCCER The return of Rundle’s Grade 8/9 co-ed soccer team came with great success!! The team had a great season and ended up winning the bronze medal game against Waldorf School. What a great group of players who really improved over the season and came together to compete in our
league. All of the coaches (Ms. Thompson, Mr. Locking and Mrs. Kapitza) would like to congratulate the athletes on an extremely successful first season back and for all of their commitment and effort throughout the season. Looking forward to a great season again next year.
EXTRA CURRICULAR AWARDS Awarded to students who exemplify the values of sportsmanship, participation, cooperation and team work.
Noah Kane Grade 7
Lachlan Gordon Grade 7
Lara Smith Grade 8
Tal Pretson Grade 8
Madison Hillstead Grade 9
Max de Paiva Grade 9
Sarah Fawcett Grade 9
Payton Budd Grade 9
Curtis Holloway Grade 10
Jason Buckley Grade 12
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M O V E S M O U N TA I N S A W A R D S Awarded to students who overcome challenges academically or personally while displaying appropriate and positive behaviour.
Ari Bouma Grade 6
Tyler West Grade 9
Juliana Bruyn Grade 6
Sam Toews Grade 6
Ian Hards Grade 6
Brock Fisher Grade 6
Sophie Burt Grade 6
Miles Fryett Grade 6
Nathan Litvinchuk Grade 6
Emma Jacob Grade 7
Aiden Voit Grade 7
Avery Rogers Grade 8
Rachel Crossfield Grade 9
Mitchell Tuckwood Grade 9
Mia Berloni Grade 10
Jaxon Gaetz Grade 10
Jon-Jacob Bruyn Grade 10
Cristi Louw Grade 10
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CITIZENSHIP AWARDS Awarded to students who display an aptitude in leadership, contribute to positive school climate and have a genuine concern for the well-being of others.
Amanda Petti Grade 4
Ryan Nakamura Grade 6
David Samuels Grade 6
Jack Conquergood Grade 7
Avery Rogers Grade 8
Sneh Yadav Grade 8
Sarah Reeder Grade 8
Aiden Garcia-Ahmadi Grade 9
Davis Maxwell Grade 9
Ramy Abdel-Keriem Grade 10
Stephanie Marston Grade 12
Grayson Klimek Grade 12
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EXAM SCHEDULE Rundle Academy June 2013 Exam Schedule Date May 13 May 15 June 4 June 5 June 12 June 13 June 17 June 17 June 17 June 17 June 17 June 17 June 18 June 18 June 18 June 19 June 19 June 19 June 19 June 20 June 20 June 20 June 20 June 21 June 21 June 21 June 24 June 24 June 24 June 24 June 24 June 25 June 25 June 25 June 25 June 26 June 26 June 26 June 26 June 27 June 27 June 27
Exam ELA 9 Part A ELA 6 Part A ELA 7 Part A ELA 8 Part A ELA 30 Part A Social 30 Part A ELA 30 Part B ELA 6 Part B Biology 20 Chemistry 20 ELA 20 Part B and Math 10C Conflict Science 10 Social 30 Part B Math 6 ELA 20 Part A ELA 20 Part B and Bio 30 Conflict Science 6 Social 10 Part A Math 20 Biology 30 Social 6 ELA 20 Part B Math 10C Social 10 Part B Social 20 Part A Math 31 Science 9 Chem 30 Social 20 Part B Math 7 Science 8 Math 30 Math 9 ELA 7 Part B Social 8 ELA 9 Part B Physics 30 Science 7 Math 8 Social 9 Social 7 ELA 8 Part B
Times 9:00 - 1:30 9:00 - 1:30 9:00 - 12:30 9:00 - 12:30 9:00 - 2:30 9:00 - 2:30 9:00 - 2:30 9:00 - 11:30 9:00 - 12:30 9:00 - 12:30 9:00 - 2:00 9:00 - 12:30 9:00 - 1:30 9:00 - 12:00 9:00 - 2:00 9:00 - 2:00 9:00 - 11:30 9:00 - 2:00 9:00 - 2:00 9:00 - 1:30 9:00 - 11:30 9:00 - 2:00 9:00 - 2:00 9:00 - 2:00 9:00 - 2:00 9:00 - 2:00 9:00 - 12:00 9:00 - 1:30 9:00 - 2:00 9:00 - 12:30 9:00 - 12:30 9:00 - 2:30 9:00 - 12:30 9:00 - 12:30 9:00 - 12:30 9:00 - 12:00 9:00 - 1:30 9:00 - 12:30 9:00 - 12:30 9:00 - 12:10 9:00 - 12:30 9:00 - 12:30
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ACTIVITIES
FOR
JUNE
June 14
Last Day of Senior High School
June 17
ELA 30 Diploma Exam ELA 6 Provincial Exam
June 18
Social Studies 30 Diploma Exam Math 6 Provincial Exam
June 19
Last Day of Junior High Classes Science 6 Provincial Exam
June 20
Biology 30 Diploma Exam Social Studies 6 Provincial Exam Grade 6 Celebration
June 21
Last Day of Elementary School
June 24
Elementary IPP Sign Off Science 9 Provincial Exam Chem 30 Diploma Exam
June 25
Math 30 Diploma Exam Math 9 Provincial Exam
June 26
Physics 30 Diploma Exam ELA 9 Provincial Exam
June 27
JHS/SHS IPP Sign Off Meetings Social Studies 9 Provincial Exam
June 28
Last Teacher Day
September 3 First Student Day
REMINDER TO ALL PARENTS Our Classroom Moodle Pages and our Division Portals sites are accessible from our homepage (www.rundleacademy.ab.ca). Look for morning announcements posted on our Moodle Pages. Follow us on Twitter @rundleacademy for more information and upcoming events.
H o w ’s t h e C a m p a i g n G o i n g Yo u A s k ? We are very excited to report that we are nearing the $2Mil mark, or nearly 1/3 the way, towards our goal of $6.5Mil. Thank you to the many friends of Rundle that have donated to the campaign or purchased VIPERS to support the building of the new Primary/Elementary School at the 17th Avenue campus. If you are interested in purchasing VIPERS or making a donation to the Campaign, please contact Leslie Tecklenburg at 403-250-7180 or tecklenburg@rundle.ab.ca. All donations will be issued a tax receipt and VIPERS are an investment option worth considering. Supporting the Building on Success Capital Campaign is a win-win - for you and for Rundle College.
Did you know?
Alberta has one of the highest charitable donation tax credit rates in Canada (50% on donations in excess of $200)
Rundle College Alumni Updates RUNDLE COBRAS IN THE CFL! Thomas Spoletini ‘09 "Michael Klassen and Thomas Spoletini were Drafted 49th overall Saskatchewan Roughriders both pioneers in a way at Rundle College as
Michael Klassen ‘09 Drafted 32nd overall Montreal Alouettes
they were involved with the football program in the earliest years. Both were leaders on the football team and impact players at whatever position they were placed at. They helped build a program and a culture that has seen some great success since their time here. The Rundle community is so proud of Michael and Thomas for being drafted into the CFL on Monday May 6, 2013. They are fantastic ambassadors for Rundle College and the University of Calgary. Both Michael and Thomas come back to our annual spring football camp to help coach the younger generation of Rundle football players. They are excellent alumni who want to give back to our program while continuing to pursue their dreams of playing in the CFL. Congratulations to both Michael and Thomas, Rundle wishes you all the best in the pursuit of your dreams."
Coach Brent Hargreaves
CONGRATULATIONS MICHAEL AND THOMAS. Your fans at Rundle are so proud!
Rundle Alumni Come Together for a Cause Over 30 Rundle College Alumni, their families, and many Rundle faculty and staff came out to support Michael Baker’s ‘11 fundraiser held on May 9, 2013 at Valley Ridge G&CC. Michael, a third-year student at St. Francis Xavier University, hosted a cocktail party as a way to reconnect with fellow Rundle classmates, while at the same time, raising money for families that cannot afford the expenses related to a loved one going through cancer treatment. Thank you Michael for organizing a great event. Your philanthropic spirit certainly was contagious and an impressive $9,000 was raised for the Calgary Tom Baker Cancer Centre. Thank you for being a true difference maker in the lives of so many.
Celebrating Graduation? Bleacher seat plaques on the Rundle College Athletic Field make a great gift and leave a legacy for your son or daughter.
To purchase your plaque today, complete the attached order form and email to tecklenburg@ rundle.ab.ca; fax to Leslie Tecklenburg at 403-250-7184 or drop off at any Rundle Campus.
LE COLLEGE D N U R CO
BRAS
Rundle Athletic Field Bleacher Seat Order Form Name: ___________________________ Email: _________________________________ Phone #: _________________ Address: ________________________________________ # of bleacher seats purchased: ___________________ Cost: $200/seat Method of Payment: Cheque attached Credit card information as follows: Card Number:_____________________________ Expiry Date: ______________ Tax receipts will be issued in the full name provided above.
In recognition of our generous donors, plaques will be placed on the backrests of the bleachers. Please note that this does not designate reserved seating.
Inscription on Plaque(s):
(use multiple forms for multiple plaque inscriptions)
_________________________________ _________________________________ (Actual Size)
Drop off your Order Form at the main office, fax to Leslie Tecklenburg at 403-250-7184 or email to tecklenburg@rundle.ab.ca
Don’t miss out. Buy your seat today!
Rundle College Professional Development Rundle College Junior Senior High School Professional Development Faculty/Staff Date Location Conference Details Mrs. Moodie Feb 2013 San Diego, CA PowerSchool University: Learning capabilities of the student information system Ms. Fitzgibbon
Feb 2013
Edmonton, AB
Best Practices Day, Institute for Innovation in Second Language Education: Practical sessions in the target language on best practices for Second Language teaching. Largest gathering of 2nd Language educators in the province.
Ms. Mann
Feb 2013
San Francisco, CA
Mr. Leong
Feb 2013
Edmonton, AB
Ms. Armstrong
Feb 2013
Edmonton, AB
Mr. Hargreaves
Mar 2013
Calgary, AB
Mr. Franklin Ms. Penton
Apr 2013 Apr 2013
San Antonio, TX Calgary, AB
Ms. Golebiowski Ms. Dunsford
Apr 2013 Apr 2013
San Antonio, TX Ottawa, ON
Mr. Gibson
May 2013
Medicine Hat, AB
Learning & The Brain Conference: Educating for Creative Minds: Using Brain Science to Ignite Innovation and Imagination. Google Apps for Education Alberta Summit: This high intensity two day event focuses on deploying, integrating and using Google Apps for Education to promote student learning in K-12 and higher education. Google Apps for Education Alberta Summit: This high intensity two day event focuses on deploying, integrating and using Google Apps for Education to promote student learning in K-12 and higher education. Football Alberta Coaches Clinic: NCCP Certification Levels 1 and 2. Coaching seminars geared specifically for football coaching technique, strategy and best practice. National Conference on Science Teaching Critical Thinking Consortium Workshops: Critical thinking relating to social studies instruction. National Science Teachers Association Conference CAUS School Counselor Executive Council Conference: As the elected representative for Alberta, I will participate in the OUAC (Ontario online application site) Regional Dialogue and in planning meetings for upcoming national events. HPEC: Health and Physical Education Council. To improve curriculum and instruction in health and physical education through increased knowledge and understanding.
Rundle College Academy Professional Development Faculty/Staff Date Location Mr. Burla, Ms. Adams Feb 2013 Southern Alberta and Ms. Davidson Teacher Convention
Conference Details Presentations on differentiated instruction and differentiated assessment
Mr. Maitland and Ms. Thomson Ms. Phillips, Mr. Morrow, Ms. Kopp and Ms. Cawthorpe
Feb 2013
Vancouver, BC
Presentation - National Moodle Moot Conference - How to use Moodle as a Learning Tool in High School Social Studies School Tours - Teachers will be visiting 4 independent schools in an attempt to observe best practice in LD education & Differentiation
Mar 2013
Vancouver, BC
8 Academy Staff Members
Mar 2013
Calgary, AB
Mariconda Writing Process
Mr. Barry
Apr 2013
San Francisco, CA
Conference: Brain Research and Teaching
Rundle College Elementary Professional Development Faculty/Staff Date Location Ms. Friesen Feb 2013 San Francisco, CA
Conference Details AISI Conference: Learning in the Brain
Mr. Clark
CAIS Junior Head’s Conference
Mar 2013
Ottawa, ON
Rundle College Primary Professional Development Faculty/Staff Date Location Ms. Danis April, 2013 Ottawa, ON
Conference Details Jr. Head's Conference -Global Learning and Critical Thinking
Ms. Gibson Ms. Carberry Ms. Neale Ms. Harte
Dealing with Anxiety in Young Children Technology Conference Working and Teaching with Anxious Children Earth Matters: Environment Workshop
April, 2013 May 2013 Apr 2013 April 2013
Calgary, AB Calgary, AB Calgary, AB Canmore, AB