Volume 10, Issue 2 November 5, 2012
ROCKIES RUMBLINGS M E S S A G E F R O M T H E P R I N C I PA L It's really hard to believe that we are already at the beginning of November. There are a few things that I would like to highlight in the past month and a few for the coming month.
“WE MOVE MOUNTAINS”
Remembrance Day INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Message from the Principal Open House
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Counsellor’s Notes Society News Annual General Meeting Poppy Fund Food Drive
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Guinness World Record Speaker Series
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In Their Own Words We Day
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Fine Arts
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Halloween
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Outdoor Environmental Education
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Senior High Cross Country Wrestling Junior High Girls Volleyball
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Junior High Boys Volleyball
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Rundle College Football
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Rundle College Football Cont’d
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Senior High Honour Roll
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Activities for October
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School Nurse
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It's almost time for our annual Remembrance Day Ceremony here at Rundle Academy. This is our opportunity to show respect to those who have fought to keep Canada a free country. Our hard working team of teachers are set to put on a wonderful service and we would like to extend an invitation to any parent who would like to join us. Our service will take place on November 8th at 10:30 A.M. and if you are planning on attending, please let Mr. Brad Mellor (mellor@rundle.ab.ca) know so we can be sure to accommodate people with enough seating. Professional Development Day Rundle College teachers will be taking part in a system wide Professional Development Day on November 9th. There will be no school for students on that day.
tion, please call the Rundle College Society Office at 403-291-3866. CREB Grant We would like to thank Gary Cronin and Donna Rooney for nominating our school for the CREB $25,000 for 25 Grant. In addition, we would not have been able to secure the grant without the support of all the parents and real estate agents who voted for us. As a result of our communities’ combined efforts, we came in first place and in the spring will be able to do some significant upgrades behind our elementary school. Calgary Herald's Reader's Choice Gold Medal In the Friday, October 26th edition of the Calgary Herald, Rundle Academy was awarded the distinction of the Gold Medal for Charter/Private Schools. We would like to thank all the people who voted for us. Our community is so excited to have received this honour!
Annual General Meeting Rundle College's Annual General Meeting will take place on November 29th at the Primary School. For more informa-
OPEN HOUSE RUNDLE ACADEMY 4330 16 Street SW Calgary, AB T2T 4H9 Ph: 250-2965 / Fax: 250-2914 www.rundleacademy.ab.ca
Rundle Academy’s Open House will take place on Monday, November 5, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. in the Fine Arts Centre located at 4416—16 Street SW. Rundle College awards “sibling status” to any siblings applying before December
1st; however, parents are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as openings are limited. If there are any questions, please call Nicola Spencer, Director of Admissions, at 403-291-3866.
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COUNSELLOR’S NOTES Ms Caines has left Rundle Academy temporarily; she is on parental leave until May of 2013. Substituting for Ms. Caines is Dr. David Miller, a counsellor recently retired from the Calgary Catholic Board. Dr. Miller has been busy getting to know the procedures, policies, and of course, the students at Rundle Academy. Of immediate concern is the pressure grade twelve students feel as they prepare to apply to post-secondary institutions. Rundle Academy will play host to information sessions from both in-province and out-of-province universities, with the intent of helping our grade twelve students obtain all the information they need to make choices regarding their future education.
In the near future, grade tens and elevens will be taking part in a Dare to Care Day, where an in-depth discussion of bullying and its effects on students and schools will take place. The Junior High just completed a Dare to Care Day, and from all accounts it was a valuable and successful event. Dr. Miller has been visiting the elementary classes and learning much in the process. If you have any questions for Dr. Miller, please contact him at miller@rundle.ab.ca or 403-250-2965.
SOCIETY NEWS Uniform Store Hours All Year Monday to Thursday - 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Friday - 8:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. 12:00 P.M. to 1:00 P.M. (store closed daily)
A N N UA L G E N E R A L M E E T I N G Rundle College Society Annual General Meeting Time: Date: Location:
7:00 p.m. Thursday, November 29, 2012 Rundle College Primary 2445 - 23 Avenue SW
All parents are welcome and encouraged to attend.
POPPY FUND FOOD DRIVE Support our veterans! This is the eighth year that Rundle Academy will be sponsoring the Poppy Fund Food Drive. The Poppy Fund Food Bank has come to rely on the generous donations of non-perishable food items donated by Rundle Academy students and their families. Students are asked to bring nonperishable food items to school during the month of November. Thank you for helping make this worthwhile activity a yearly success!
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GUINNESS WORLD RECORD Rundle Sets a World Record! October 12th, at exactly 11:00 a.m., the Grade 7s and 8s participated in a Guinness World Record attempt. Forty-nine students took part in an attempt at the record for the most people doing the same practical science experiment at various locations at the exact same time. The students successfully did two experiments dealing with Bernoulli’s Principle of Fluid Motion. As it stands, the attempt is listed as an unofficial world record! WOW – great job Rundle!
SPEAKER SERIES Information Evenings For Parents and Students November 5, 2012 Open House * For prospective parents November 13, 2012 Career and Post Secondary Planning * Mr. Dave Miller, Mr. Gary Sylven January 10, 2013 It’s Test Time! - Making these as successful with as little stress as possible…. * Mr. Dave Miller, Mr. Gary Sylven January 22, 2013 Junior High School Orientation & High School Orientation * All Grade 6 and Grade 9 Parents and Students * Mr. Dave Miller, Mr. Brad James, Mr. Keith van der Meer and Ms. Nicole Davidson March 19, 2013 Discussions on ADHD & Learning Disabilities —Implications for School & Home * Speakers TBA April 18, 2013 What to expect at Post Secondary Institutions—Transition Planning * Dr. Brent Macdonald, St. Mary’s University College and Alumni Student Panel
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IN THEIR OWN WORDS How Our Alumni Continue to Move Mountains Alumna Robin Darsi ’01 Well it’s been about 11 years since I have graduated from the Academy. So much has happened in my life!!! I have worked with all levels of the Canadian Government, including being a returning officer for one of the provincial elections. Currently, I am working on my thesis in environmental policy at Mount Royal University. I am also a lead policy analyst for Husky. I will be using my research from my thesis to help with implementing more carbon capture programs at all of Husky’s oil and gas sites. Politics is an important aspect in my academic journey, and I hope that any students that
read this take some serious interest in what is going on in the world. I’m sure that Mr. Richard Lawson would be happy to oblige. Good luck to all of you at the Academy! Robin Darsi, Class of 2001
WE DAY We Day 2012 Rundle Academy High School and Jr. High students had the privilege and honor in participating in the first We Day event held in Alberta. Our students made their way down to the Saddledome along with 18,000 students from across the province to join in the youth empowerment event. We Day is a Free The Children's motivational day for youth to take action on local and global issues. We Day featured speeches and performances from leaders such as Larry King, Alison Redford, Mayor Naheed Nenshi, Ken King, Lisa Murray, Spencer West and Marc and Craig Kielburger of Free the Children. Music was performed by Canadian bands such as Hedley, Marianas Trench and Lights. Students left motivated and inspired to do their part! “We are the Change” at Rundle Academy!
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FINE ARTS
Rundle Academy Drama Club Proudly Presents
"An Evening of Parodies of Some Classic Tales" December 18, 19 and 20, 2012 Rundle Academy Theatre 7:30 p.m. Tickets on Sale December 5, 2012
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HALLOWEEN On October 31st, Rundle Academy had a scary Halloween day with kids eating the grossest food the world has ever seen.
The
kids strutted their stuff on the runway. Some of the teachers even got pied in the face because they made the mistake of giving us kids’ homework. How could you! Happy Halloween! Madison Shields- Knutson, Stu-
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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 The Junior High Outdoor Education Class has had a fiery start to the year. We started the semester learning outdoor rope work, knots, emergency shelters, safety, and camp cooking skills. The fall camp to Alford Lake was a tremendous success. We started the camp trip with lessons on the three minute fire, emergency shelters and signal fires. Dinner was a smorgasbord of culinary delights. Each group of students participated in an Iron Chef contest and we had dinners ranging from gourmet asian dumplings to good old dirt and worms! On bonfire night many marshmallows were devoured and everyone enjoyed the varied songs that accompanied the night. Thursday morning we participated in archery lessons and got dressed for the unsettled weather and dropping temperatures. In the afternoon individual, groups were sent off in isolation to “survive� with a basic emergency shelter, a flint and steel, and five matches. All groups survived and had an entertaining afternoon building their home away from home. The Gourm-engash dinner fed everyone, but could use some refining in the future. A wildlife identification lesson with the staff from Alford lake was the last session of a very long day. A big thank you goes out to Mrs. Adams for all her expertise and assistance on the trip. Congratulations OEE students on a very successful camp. In November we will have a class visit from the Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation (http://www.aiwc.ca) and in early December we will have two visits to the Bow Habitat Station at the Sam Livingston Fish Hatchery. Other activities will include snow shelter building, tobogganing, outdoor equipment/wildlife assignments and a Snowshoeing day in January. Our full-day snowshoe trip to Peter Lougheed Provincial Park is on Thursday the 10th of January. Students will need to have ski poles, winter pants, jackets and snow boots. Full equipment lists will be sent out later in the semester. Thanks again to all the parents and teachers for their support of the OEE program.
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S E N I O R H I G H C R O S S C O U N T RY The senior high cross country running team had a spectacular season. This year we had more runners come out than ever before and we brought home the first banner of the year. Congratulations to all the runners this year and we are looking forward to an even bigger team next year.
WRESTLING Rockies Wrestlers Come Out in Droves! The wrestling season has officially begun and the mats are packed with grapplers in grades 5 through 12. The coaches have been wildly impressed by the number of new wrestlers trying out the sport, as well as by the leadership from our veteran athletes. We have only a few short weeks to get whipped into shape and then we will attack a few months of tournament after tournament. Faculty helping out the team this year include Mr. Mellor, Mr. Palmer, Mr. James, Mr. Barry, Ms. Hoehn and Mr. Sylven. Good luck this year, wrestlers!
JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS VOLLEYBALL It has been a productive and exciting month for both girls’ volleyball teams. Both teams have been involved in tournaments and are about to embark in the playoff rounds in November. The Grade 7/8 team was successful during both their tournaments and the Grade 9 team won the bronze recently at their tournament at Menno Simon School. The 7/8 team begins their run for the championship on November 2, and the 9s are in the playoffs starting November 1. Good luck girls!
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JUNIOR HIGH BOY S VOLLEYBALL
October has been an incredibly busy and productive month for the Junior High boys’ volleyball teams with practices, league games in both divisions, and numerous tournaments. All the players have shown significant growth in their own abilities as well as their confidence both on and off the court. The level of sportsmanship displayed by our teams, and their determination, effort, and teamwork has been a pleasure to watch. Thanks for all your hard work this month!! Coaches: Mr. Bucher, Ms. Scott, Mr. van der Meer
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RUNDLE COLLEGE FOOTBALL Congratulations to the Rundle Football Team on an outstanding season so far. The team started the Big Rock Playoffs with a convincing 30-1 win over Tier II Provincially-ranked Holy Trinity Academy Knights. In the Big Rock League Championship, the Rundle Cobras were able to drive at will against the Tier II frontrunner Foothills Composite Falcons with a convincing 49-30 victory to claim our first ever Big Rock League title. This is an amazing accomplishment and proves once again that we are a force in the high school football community. The article following is from a High River newspaper describing the game: “…Before the first quarter was even half over, Cobra running back, Noah Meruve, had already rushed for over 170 yards and two long touchdowns to give the Cobras an early 14-0 lead.
Rundle came out fired up and scored a major early in the third quarter, and from that point on both teams exchanged scoring drives in classic cat and mouse fashion.
The Falcons defence, seemingly, had forgotten how to tackle properly, as although several of them got a hand on Muruve, they were all left grasping air as he streaked the length of the field repeatedly.
Mid-way through the fourth quarter the hole the Falcons had dug for themselves only got deeper as the Cobras scored two unanswered late touchdowns, making the final score 49-30 Cobras.
The Falcons broke their goose egg on the last play of the first quarter, only to have the Cobras answer early in the second, with another 85 yard run by Muruve, making the score 21-7 Cobras.
Muruve, no doubt the object of several post game nightmares for Falcon defenders, rushed for over 400 yards on the night, and five touchdowns and the rest, as they say, is now history!
The Falcons sputtered, smoked, bumbled and stumbled, managing to close the gap to within five points by half time with the score 21-16 Cobras.
When the fireworks exploded at game's end, it was the Rundle Cobras, a Tier 3 school, who celebrated under the glow, while hoisting the trophy.”
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RUNDLE COLLEGE FOOTBALL CONT’D
Thank you to all the students, parents and staff for their encouragement and support for that game and throughout the season. We now set our sights on the Tier III Provincial Championship with a game this Saturday against Cochrane. Go Cobras! Academy Players: No. 4 8 64 50 57 12 32 65 42 25 62 45
Name Conner Rasch Carson Brennan Paul Corah Sebastian Breton Rajan Bhullar Miraan Patel Dan Hohmann Will Tyson Steve Timlick Sam Taylor Anthoney Stan Derek Wispinski
Remaining Games: Grade 11 11 11 12 10 11 12 12 12 12 9 10
Position WR/DB DB/WR OL/DL OL/DL WR/DB WR/DB RB/LB OL/DL OL/DL WR/DL RB/LB LB/RB
Saturday, November 3, 2012 Rundle College vs Cochrane High School Cochrane High School Field (12:00 p.m.) Saturday, November 10, 2012 Tier III Quarter-Finals TBA Saturday, November 17, 2012 Tier III Semi-Finals TBA Saturday, November 24, 2012 Tier III Finals TBA
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SENIOR HIGH HONOUR ROLL REPORT 1 - 2012/2013 Excellence (90% - 100%) Midkiff, William (Gr. 12)
Gold (85% - 89%) Abdel-Keriem, Ramy (Gr. 10) Adams, Sam (Gr. 11) Berloni, Mia (Gr. 10) Corah, Paul (Gr. 11) Block, Nicholas (Gr. 10) Scott, Ryan (Gr. 11) Bruyn, JJ (Gr. 10) Wood, Struan (Gr. 11) Clarke, Sean (Gr. 10) Hartwell, Alexander (Gr. 12) Holloway, Curtis (Gr. 10) Olson, Cameron (Gr. 10)
Silver (80% - 84%) Buker, Jesse (Gr. 10) Gaetz, Jaxon (Gr. 10) Hansen, Nicholas (Gr. 10) Thomsen, Kristian (Gr. 10) Wheatley, Amanda (Gr. 10) Andreychuk, Loren (Gr. 11)
Hockey, Jonathan (Gr. 11) Rasch, Conner (Gr. 11) Shideler, Matthew (Gr. 11) Street, Emily (Gr. 11) Tempel, Oliver (Gr. 11) Breton, Sebastian (Gr. 12)
Jurok, Keanan (Gr. 12) Klimek, Grayson (Gr. 12) Smith, Margaret(Gr. 12)
Bronze (75% - 79%) Boland, Jonathon (Gr. 10) Bhullar, Rajan (Gr. 10) Evans, Taylor (Gr. 10) Gardner, Joseph (Gr. 10) Louw, Carley (Gr. 10) McNeill, Denyn (Gr. 10) Quantz, Taylor(Gr. 10) Rinehart, Liam (Gr. 10) Smith, Mollie (Gr. 10) Yee, Ashley (Gr. 10) Duus, Nicolaj (Gr. 11)
Faraj, Bader (Gr. 11) Gardner, Douglas (Gr. 11) Halwas, Darian (Gr. 11) Maybee, Tristan (Gr. 11) Reynolds, Lauren (Gr. 11) Risebrough, Cole (Gr. 11) Belot, Aaron (Gr. 12) Dirks, Ian (Gr. 12) Empey, Lucas (Gr. 12) MacKichan, Carson (Gr. 12) Marston, Stephanie (Gr. 12)
Rabik, Sarah (Gr. 12) Ruck, Alexandra (Gr. 12) Salahor, Drewe (Gr. 12) Sikora, Kara (Gr. 12) Tate, Liam (Gr. 12) Taylor, Samuel (Gr. 12) Timlick, Steven (Gr. 12 )
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ACTIVITIES
FOR
OCTOBER
November 5
Open House (7:00 P.M.) - for Prospective Parents
November 8
Remembrance Day Ceremony (10:30 A.M.) Elementary Fine Arts Centre
November 9
Professional Development Day (No Classes)
November 13
Speaker Series - Career Planning (7:00 P.M.)
November 19
Elementary / Junior High Report Cards Home PAC Meeting (7:00 P.M.)
November 22
Elementary and Junior High P/T Interviews (1:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.) High School Half Day PD All Students - 12:00 P.M. Dismissal
November 29
Rundle College Society - Annual General Meeting (7:00 P.M.) Primary School 2445 - 23 Avenue SW
November 30
Dress Down Day/Rally
December 13
Elementary Winter Performance (7:00 P.M.)
December 18-20 Drama Club Production December 21
Last Day of Classes before Christmas Break
January 7
Classes Resume
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.
January 2012
Kids’ Health
Walk this way!
Time to mix it up a little in the lunchbox?
Walking is an excellent form of exercise for people of all ages and abilities. If you have not walked distances for some time, you should start slowly. Increase the length and pace of your walk gradually. Here’s some other tips: Warm-up activity – start slowly, do a few warm-up exercises and stretches first. Don’t walk immediately after a big meal. Walking is one of the best forms of Build activity slowly – exercise out there. And, yes, walkstart with a 20-minute walk ing to school counts! then increase gradually. Try socks. Sensible, comfortable to walk at least three times and lightweight shoes with per week. support are best. Use the correct tech Water – drink water before nique – walk at a steady and after your walk. Take pace, swing your arms freely water with you on your walk, and stand as straight as you especially in warm weather. can. Your feet should step in Cool down. Make sure you a rolling action from the heel to the toe. cool down after a long fast Shoes and socks – wear walk. Do a few stretching exerthick comfortable cotton cises.
Now that your children are a couple of months into the school year, they may be getting bored with lunchbox sandwiches. Consider some of these suggestions... Switch the bread. Alternate Tortillas are a fun bread ideas include pita breads, tortillas, English muffins alternative to bread. and buns. Switch the filling. Consider fillings like tuna, salmon or egg salad. Add variety to the sandwich by adding different kinds of cheese and vegetables. Change it up altogether. Sandwich alternatives include tortillas, quesadillas and pizza. Use the thermos. Hearty soups, stews and chilli are often favourites that will stay warm in a thermos. Pre-heat the thermos with hot water before filling. Try finger-foods. Children who don’t enjoy sandwiches may prefer a finger-food combination style lunch. Mix and match some of the following: - Sliced fruits and vegetables - Whole grain crackers/rice cakes/muffins/bread sticks/mini-bagels - Sliced/cubed cheese
Influenza immunization the most effective form of prevention Protect yourself and your family during influenza season this year by having everyone immunized! With influenza season now underway, it is important that we work together to keep our children healthy. Viruses spread easily among children in schools and families with school-age children often have more infections than others. By keeping our
children influenza-free, we benefit the community as a whole. An influenza immunization is the single most effective way of protecting yourself and the people around you from getting influenza. Influenza immunizations are recommended for a wide range of people including: Children between six months and
five years of age. People over six months who have
certain chronic illnesses. Pregnant women. People 50 years of age or older. Regular caregivers, including par-
ents, grandparents, brothers and sisters, babysitters and day care providers should also have an influenza immunization.
For more invormation about the above, or any other health-related topic, please visit www.albertahealthservices.ca kidshealthnewsletter@albertahealthservices.ca