Claremont Secondary School

THE CHRONICLE
Monday November 16, 2015

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Bake Sale on Tuesday
Mr. Belvedere's block 4 class is hosting a bake sale to help raise money for the Vancouver Island Cancer Research Centre.  The bake sale will be on TUESDAY (tomorrow) at lunch by the lounge.  Bring your sweet tooth and some change to support this great cause.

IPod Drive
Please don't forget to bring in any gently used IPods for Broadmead Lodge.  Key Club students will be in the lounge at lunch all this week to collect them.

Photo Retakes
Photo retakes and ID cards are available for pickup in the office. 

Peer Tutoring
Reminder of peer tutoring on TUESDAYS and WEDNESDAYS at lunch in the Learning Commons.

STUDENT GOVERNMENT
No news today.

ATHLETICS
Intramural Volleyball
Intramural volleyball begins tomorrow (TUESDAY) at lunch in the big gym. All teams will be in action. The schedule will be posted today at lunch. Players must be in gym strip and ready to play no later than 12:00. Spectators welcome!

Congratulations and Good Luck!
Congratulations to the Junior Girls Volleyball team as they placed 2nd to a very strong Belmont team this weekend in the city championships.  They now join our other 3 teams (sr boys, sr girls and jr boys) who are all competing in their respective Island Championships this upcoming weekend.
Our Grade 9 Girls Volleyball team have their city championships this TODAY and TUESDAY.  Good luck to all teams.
Congrats to our Boys Cross Country team for placing 7th at BC's last weekend.
The Senior Boys Soccer season came to an end this past week at the Island championships in Nanaimo, and they had a tough 1/4 final loss on Thursday in the Colonist cup playdowns.
Good luck to the Senior Lacrosse team as they head to Denver this weekend to participate in the Denver University recruiting tourney.

Practices this week for Basketball
Jr boys - TODAY at 7:00 in small gym
Jr boys B tryout - TUESDAY after school in small gym
Sr Boys - TUESDAY at 7:00 in main gym
Girls -  TUESDAY after school in main gym

CAREER CENTRE
Employment Opportunity
A local resident is looking for someone to do general yard work.  Please see Mr. Arsenault in the Career Centre for contact info!

TEAC 105 - Explorations in Technology
Open to any students in grades 10, 11 and 12, this course will teach you to identify careers in the 4 technology fields (Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics, and Computer Science).  The course runs on Fridays from 3-6 pm, starting Feb 26 - May 27, 2016, (no classes during Spring Break), at Camosun Interurban.  **There are 18 seats available in a special focus group for GIRLS in Technologies.  Students are responsible for a $39.41 application fee.  Please visit the Career Centre for more information on this great course!

University of Waterloo – Grade 11 opportunity
Grade 11 students of exceptional potential are invited to apply for a unique trans-disciplinary program hosted by Waterloo Unlimited,  March 14-18,  2016 (Spring Break ). From engineering and the environment, to science fiction and virtual reality, students will explore the theme of "Design" across disciplines.  Attending lectures, seminars, and workshops on the University campus, they will join a community of like-minded high school peers from across Canada as they learn the Design Process and its application.  Application deadline: Dec.16, 2015.  Please visit the Career Centre for more information about the program and fees!

OSEF Educational Exchanges - Info Session Nov. 17
OSEF- ASBL is now accepting applications for the 2016/2017 exchange year.  Consider living and going to school in France, Belgium or Spain to improve your language skills and learn all about a different country! One-month Summer programs are also available.  Find out more at a regional information session TUESDAY, Nov.17th, from 7-9 pm in room 325 at Claremont or see Mrs. Rhodes in the Career Centre.

GRAD 2016
Grad Portraits Proofs
Grads:  Your grad portrait proofs will be handed out on TUESDAY at lunch in the student lounge. Make sure you come by to pick them up.

Grad Transitions
Grade 12s:  don't forget about your Grad Transition completion!  This is a Grad requirement!  Fill out the necessary forms from the Career Centre, arrange for your interview and get it all over and done sooner than later!!  See Mr. Arsenault or Mrs. Rhodes in the Career Centre for more information! 

INTERNATIONAL
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