Claremont Secondary School

THE CHRONICLE
Wednesday June 8, 2016

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Found
A ring has been found in the school. Please come to the office to claim it.

Student Data & Year End Procedure
Good morning.  Due to storage space issues on school computer servers, we are going to have to return to the practice of deleting all data on student home folders at the end of each year.  If students have any data that they want to keep that is currently stored on the school servers, they must copy the files to their own devices by June 29, 2016.  The data will be deleted at that point in time.

“Lose the Shoes” Barefoot Soccer Tournament
Do you enjoy playing or watching soccer? We are hosting a barefoot soccer tournament this THURSDAY June 9th after school from 4:00-6:00 and we need teams!  The sign-up list to play is on the theatre door in the PE hallway.  It is only $2 per person to play and we will be selling lots of pizza and pop.  Come out and support the teams!  All proceeds go to “Because I Am A Girl,” which is a global initiative working to end gender inequality and promote girls' rights.

Europe 2017
Yesterday was the 72nd Anniversary of D-Day.  Do you want to visit Juno Beach, Paris, Amsterdam, and the 100th Anniversary of Vimy Ridge in April next year?  There are 5 spots left for Claremont students on this amazing trip and prices go up on July 1st.  See Mr Gardner in room 327 for details.   dgardner@sd63.bc.ca

Night of Dance
Claremont's Night of Dance shows are next week on Tuesday June 14th & Wednesday June 15th.  Both shows are at 7pm, doors open @ 6:30pm.  See Mr. Danyluk or Ms White in the dance studio for tickets.  $5 for Claremont students, $10 for all others.

Summer Session Courses
Applications are available for the following Summer Session courses:
  *Social Studies 11
  *English 11
  *Biology 11
  *Chemistry 11
  *Physics 11
  *Pre-Calculus 11
  *Recreational Leadership 11
  *Law 12

STUDENT GOVERNMENT
No news today.

ATHLETICS
CSI Rowing
The CSI rowers were in St. Catharines, Ontario for Rowing Nationals last week.  Congratulations to all rowers for your great rowing and on being fine ambassadors for Claremont.  In the finals on Sunday, our boats placed:
Gold - Jr Women's double (Jordyn Sjerven, Maddi Holmes)
Silver - Sr Men's quad (Moritz Marchart, Simon Muller, Charles Holmes, Sam Pacheco)
Bronze - Jr Women's coxed four (Jenna Mayburry, Serina Ames, Chantal Kwan, Jenna Giorio, Keisha Hodge)
Bronze - Sr Women's 63kg coxed four (Brittney Rosenberg, Jordyn Sjerven, Hannah Hughson, Maddi Holmes, Chantal Kwan)
4th - Jr Men's double (Jack Walkey, Leo Donnecke)
5th - Sr Men's double (Moritz Marchart, Simon Muller)
5th - Jr Women's quad (Serina Ames, Jenna Giorio, Marissa Murray, Keisha Hodge)
Our women's team placed 5th out of all the schools in the women's point championships.

CAREER CENTRE
Class Afloat - West Island College International
Are you looking to try something completely different for grade 11, 12, first year university, or a GAP Year studies??  Class Afloat offers a unique international learning environment aboard their 23ft tall ship, the Gulden Leeuw (Golden Lion).  Class Afloat students will study a full academic year program while sailing a 21,000 nm voyage and earn Canadian academic credits through West Island College International.  Brochures and more information available in the Career Centre on this unique learning opportunity.

Job Opportunities
(Sidney): small condo complex in Sidney is looking for a student to help maintain the parking area and sidewalks. Duties will be sweeping, touch up painting, filling in pavement cracks. No gardening is required. Every second week. 2 hours @ $12.00/Hour.
(North Saanich) – Weeding gravel driveway 2 hours @ $12.00/Hour
(Sidney): weekly housework. Washing floors, dusting and cleaning the bathroom. 2 hours weekly @ $15.00/Hour.
(Broadmead): gardening maintenance. Mowing grass, dead-heading shrubs, pruning and more.  No experience necessary; owner will train!   
Visit the Career Centre for contact information.

Volunteer Opportunities
Hartland Landfill's Annual Open House   A few more student volunteers are still needed to help this Sunday, June 12th, from 9:00 am-3:00 pm.  Help is needed in the food area, sand box, coffee and set-up.  Volunteers will receive lunch, a letter of hours, a hat and sunglasses!.  Please visit the Career Centre or Mr Gardner (room 327) for contact information.
Food service at a church bazaar. St Pauls’ is still looking for 6 volunteers to help by preparing food, setting tables, serving, and general sale support. Saturday, June 18th 8:00- 2:00
Race support for the Ironman Race and Sole Sisters - June 9-12. Various locations around Elk Lake.  Get a free t-shirt, lunch and a great experience!
Serve bbq hamburgers. 8 volunteers needed to help Rotary in Sidney at the Canada Day Celebrations on June 30th. This is a great way to get involved and have front row seats to the fireworks at sunset!
Visit the Career Centre for more information on all these volunteer opportunities!

GRAD 2016
Grad Ceremony
Would Amber Dayton, Trevor Hamer, Josie Tamburri, Charmaine Koenig, and Tanya Christie please come to the band room TODAY at lunch to see Mrs. English re: Grad.

Slide Show Photos
Grads: there are still LOTS of childhood photos of you in the office, waiting to be picked up.  Please come to get them so they can be returned to your family's photo albums.

Dry Grad
Graduation is fast approaching and the parents involved in the Dry Grad Committee are working hard to make the night a success.  We’d like to take this opportunity to reach out and ask for parent help and support.  If you haven’t already done so we encourage you to click on our volunteer sign-up link; you will see time slots for all kinds of jobs – consider coming as a team; dad can help set up while mom helps decorate!  We encourage all parents, guardians and extended family members to help out wherever possible.

As a fund-raising initiative, we have Thrifty Food cards; which are available at the school office.  If you own or operate a business or know of someone who would like to make a corporate donation of either products or services, please contact us - we welcome and appreciate your generosity.  If you would like to make a cash donation, please note that 100% of all donations will be applied to prizes for the grads.  Cheques may be made payable to ‘Claremont Grad All Nite’ and left at the school office.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
Pizza Lunch
The final pizza lunch of the year for International students is on TUESDAY June 14th in the Learning Commons.  There will be  good-bye gifts for students who are graduating, and for students who are leaving.  Don't miss out!

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