Claremont Secondary School

THE CHRONICLE
Wednesday January 16, 2019

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Exam Schedule
The January exam schedule is posted on the Claremont website. Please triple check your dates and speak with teachers about any conflicts.

Numeracy Exam
Any grade student who would like to write or re-write the numeracy exam, please sign your name on a list in the office.  If you are currently in a grade 11 math class, your numeracy math assessment has already been built into exam week.

Seeking Nominations
We are taking nominations for Claremont’s Athletics Wall of Fame, which will be updated at the end of January of 2019.  Three categories exist: Player, Coach or Builder.
If you have a name that you feel should be considered, please nominate him or her via email to Darren Reisig at dreisig@saanichschools.ca. Please include: name, achievements, grad year, and dates/details to consider. Deadline to submit a nomination is this FRIDAY, January 18 @ 4:00 p.m.  Please see the Claremont Website for full details.

Night of Dance
Congratulations to everyone involved in yesterday’s Night of Dance.  It was a vibrant show full of beautiful talent and great choreography.  The final show is TONIGHT at 7pm. Tickets are on sale at lunch and are only $5 for Claremont students ($10 for all others).

Learning Commons Hours
The Learning Commons has NEW operating hours.  Please see the posted times on the door.

CLUBS
Math Club
There will be a special Math Club meeting on THURSDAY at lunch to do the January Math League contest. Everyone welcome.
Also, Math Challengers students: please come to get a field trip form from Mr. Skanks

Spirit Squad – Jersey Day
Our next Theme Day is Jersey Day this FRIDAY Jan 18. Wear your favourite team or Spartan jersey.

ATHLETICS
Senior Boys Basketball
Congratulations to the Senior Boys Basketball team who won the 2019 Spartan Invitational Tournament after going 3-0. Grade 11, Ethan Boag, was named Tournament MVP. Also, well done to Joseph Reyes who was named a tournament All-Star at the UVic Alumni Tournament in late December. Go Spartans!

Jr. Boys Basketball Division 1
The Junior Boys clinched 1st place in Division 1 beating Belmont 61 to 54. They are undefeated in league play with an 8 and 0 record. Ben "the Rocket" Manns lead all scorers with 18, but every player contributed (except the injured one!). They are currently ranked 7th in the province and hope for a big playoff run this year. You can catch the Jr. Spartans at home at the end of exam week here at Claremont.  Go Spartans!

Athletes of the Month
Congratulation to the following students on being named "Spartan Athletes of the Month" for December:
Senior Male: Ethan Boag
Senior Female: Maki Jenner
Junior Male: Jakob Neufeld
Junior Female: Charlotte Westhaver
You can read more about their accomplishments in the display cases outside the gyms.

CAREER CENTRE
Job Opportunity
London Drugs is hiring!  They offer flexible schedules for students, employee discounts, and opportunities for career advancement. Visit the Career Centre for information on how to apply or go to londondrugs.com/careers.

Doors Open to Technology: Field Trip Feb. 5
DOT - Doors Open to Technology - has planned an all day event for students interested in technology-based careers, on February 5th.  School bus transportation and lunch will be provided. Visit two tech firms downtown and hear speakers from Microsoft, BCHydro and League of Innovators.  Please visit the Career Centre for field-trip sign-up and permission information.

Fairmont Empress Hiring Fair – Jan. 24
The Fairmont Empress Hotel is holding a hiring fair at the hotel on Thursday, January 24th,  9 am - 12 pm. There are many temporary summer positions and part-time permanent entry level positions available for interested students. Choose from roles in the housekeeping, banquets and stewarding areas. Competitive wages. Be prepared with your resume for an on the spot interview!  Visit the Career Centre for more information.

Animation Work Experience Opportunity
Animal Logic, a world leader in Feature Animation that creates such films as The Lego Movie 2, Peter Rabbit and Guardians of the Galaxy 2, is going to be running a second ‘work experience week’ for grade 11 students from BC at their Studio in downtown Vancouver!  Successful applicants will spend the week learning and applying a variety of computer animation related skills. Students achieve all of their 30 hours work experience, in one fun and exciting week!  This event will be taking place March 18-22 (during Spring Break). Please visit the Career Centre for more information or check out www.animallogic.com.

Women In Trades & Technology – Feb. 20
Camosun College will be hosting the annual Women In Trades & Technology event on Wednesday, February 20st. Students will have the opportunity to explore and participate in activities in trades of Carpentry, Electrical, Automotive Service Technician, Sheet Metal/Metal Fabrication, plus four technology areas including Computer Science, Civil Engineering, Electronic Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. This is a whole day event open to a limited number of female students from SD63, and lunch will be provided. Interested students please sign up in the Career Centre.

Volunteer Opportunity
UVic’s Tsukino-Con Convention is looking for volunteers to help with this year's anime, games and Japanese culture convention, February 22-24. Volunteers must be a minimum 14 years of age. Tsukino-Con is a non-profit organization that supports a variety of charities including Child's Play, the BC SPCA, as well as the Mustard Seed and UVic Food Bank.  Please visit the Career Centre for more information.

GRAD 2019
Yearbook: Grad Write-Ups
Grads, please make sure you submit your grad write-up for the yearbook. The submission needs to be done online with your GOOGLE account on the Grad Page. All instructions and the link are on the Grad Page and the deadline is January 31st.

Grad Photo Retakes – Jan. 21 & 22
Lifetouch will be back at Claremont for two days only, January 21 & 22 to do Grad Photo Retakes and take photos of students that missed the original date.  The Lifetouch website is ready for grads to go online and book their appointments.  Please go to www.lifetouch.ca/victoria  or call 250-744-4100 if you require assistance.
If you are having retakes, please bring your original package and if you are having photos taken for the first time please bring the sitting fee of $25

Grad Transition
Reminder to Grads to get your Grad Transition forms and interview completed while you still have time to choose your own person to interview you!  GT forms are available from the Career Centre.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Peninsula Youth Clinic
The Peninsula Youth Clinic is located at Peninsula Medical, 2a-2379 Bevan Avenue, Sidney and is open every THURSDAY from 5:30 - 7:30pm with both a doctor and mental health clinician on hand.

*If you need a reminder about any of this information, the daily announcements are posted outside of the front office.*