On The Trail - October, 2000 (Back to Publication Main Menu)

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Our school year began under very different circumstances with the disruption to our extra-curricular program and noon-hour supervision. We want to sincerely thank parents/guardians for your patience during this difficult time, and we are pleased with the resumption of our regular out-of-school activities. Our thanks are also extended to those parents and community members who volunteered their time so that we were able to re-open our school at noon. We are hopeful that we have no further disruptions to our school program for the remainder of the school year.

It is at this time that we extend a welcome to all parents and guardians whose children are new to our school. We encourage you to become actively involved in our school program by supporting our many activities and parent nights. We look forward to meeting you at one of our school events.

Our Facility has undergone some changes over the summer months. The main computer lab was re-equipped with new computers, the drafting lab saw all of its computers replaced and additions of computers, cameras and a laser colour printer in the graphic arts area have greatly helped in enhancing instruction in our school.

We are also pleased with other developments/changes that have occurred around the school for the upcoming year.

1. 1. We were honoured to present our Academic Excellence Assembly on Monday, October 2. This served as an opportunity for us to recognize our top academic students from the previous school year. As well, we were happy to have the Governor general medal and the Millennium History medal presented to Diedre Diachuk, a 2000 graduate, by Mrs. R. Baxter, Director of Education. We extend congratulation to all recipients and their families for their accomplishments.
2. 2. Our drama and music departments are busy preparing for our musical, Bugsy Malone, to be held in December. This is the first undertaking of our musical in our school and we thank Mrs. Pittman, Mrs. Kadyschuk, Mrs. Browne and Ms. Summerfeldt for their commitment to what will be an outstanding production.
3. 3. The delivery of our grade nine program has undergone some changes. In order to better address the transition of our students from our elementary schools to our collegiate, students will be with their same classmates for periods one and two for semester one. Even though students will take different subjects from different teachers, keeping students together allows them to better acquaint themselves with classmates and gives our teachers a better opportunity to be consistent in our expectations of their students. We are confident that this alteration will greatly assist our students as they adjust to their new school,
4. 4. Requirements for graduation have also undergone some changes. In order for grade twelve students to take part in our graduation ceremonies scheduled for late June, they must have obtained a total of twenty-four required credits. In this way, students receiving their diploma at graduation will indeed be true graduates of our school.

We encourage all our parents/guardians to continue to take an active role in your sons'/daughters' education. We value the home and school partnership and we look forward to seeing you at upcoming events. Please set aside some time on the evening of Thursday, October 12 or the afternoon of Friday, October 13 to visit us for parent-teacher interviews.

We cannot end our comments without acknowledging the pending retirement of our head secretary, Beth English. She is retiring at the end of October after twenty-six years of service to Mount Royal Collegiate. She has provided outstanding leadership in our school and we will miss her when she leaves. The contributions she has made over the years will stand the test of time. Our hope is that her retirement will be filled with happiness and good health.

Brain Hilsen, Principal

Mrs. Rene Baxter, Director of Education, was on hand to present our top graduate from last year, Diedre Diachuk, with the Governor General's medal and the Millennium History medal. Congratulations Diedre.

Congratulations to the following students:

At its June 20, 2000 meeting, the Board of Education approved a new policy providing directions to staff regarding school-opening exercises, connections to curriculum and celebrations. Within this policy, the Board provides for voluntary student participation in spiritual events conducted before and after school. Such events can be organized by parents, students, and community members with the approval of the school principal. All such activities must be supportive of the goals and values of the school division.

If you are interested in organizing and leading spiritual activities before or after school, please call your school principal. The principal will welcome your inquiry and provide you with the necessary information.

Have a great school year

We have many terrific activities to look forward to in October. On October 3, we will travel to the Diefenbaker Building at the University of Sask. to view the Millennium Display. Students will leave the building at 9 a.m. and return by lunch.

On October 11, we take learning outside the classroom. We plan to spend the day at Shekinah, doing a variety of physical activities.

Our future thespians are off to Persephone Theatre on October 27 to view the prairie classic Who Has seen The Wind. This enhances our unit on Prairie Writers.

A well-known prairie author, Shelley Leedahl, will work with our students on October 25. She will read from her works. In addition, she will provide a two-hour writing workshop to inspire young writers.

MDA students have expressed interest in a spring trip to Banff. We have started fundraising already. Students are gathering cans around the school, working Parent-teacher interviews on October 12-13, and selling chocolate almonds. We welcome all ideas for fundraising. We look forward to an exciting and busy year in the MDA Program.

Also, if you have any old cars or engines that our grade 11 & 12 could use, please contact the Auto lab.

Commercial Cooking 10 -- The students in the initial year of the program have accomplished much in the first few weeks of semester one. Throughout the six classes various topics have been covered including working in the food service industry, garnishing techniques and menu trends. Various items have been produced in the bakeshop including muffins, decorated cakes and cookies. Ms. Drew and Mrs. Samborsky have started Foodsafe certification with their classes.

Commercial Cooking 20 -- The students have been practising cooking techniques as they prepared foods in the appetizer unit - the parmesan chicken and beef satay brochettes were highlights. They will spend the next six weeks in one of three areas preparing food for cafeteria students and staff lines; continuing the lab work in salad, soup, sandwich and dessert production; and catering where they will decorate character cakes and make other bakery items for sale.

Commercial Cooking 30 -- The students have been working on several advanced skills and techniques in the area of food production.

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On December 9 there will be an evening featuring the musical only. Tickets for this evening are $6.00 and can be purchased from Mrs. Kadyschuk November 6 to 9.

More information will follow in October.

Our schedule is:

Watch for a new shipment of paperbacks arriving in October.

Remember that students wishing to use the Internet must sign an Acceptable Use Agreement; this can be done any day before school or after school with Mrs. Godin in the library.

Experience Us -- This annual open house at the University of Saskatchewan is happening on Thursday, October 26. Grade 12 students who are considering the U. of S. have been encouraged to pre-register by September 29 for this event. The day-long activities will include displays, tours, lectures, etc. and provide an excellent way to check out U. of S. post-secondary opportunities. Except for lunch, the event is free, including bus transportation from MRCI to and from the U. of S.

Post-Secondary Day -- Monday, November 27 will be a special day for grade 12 students at "Royal". Representatives from a variety of post-secondary institutions (public and private) will make presentations and have displays to help students in their planning for the future. Parents/Guardians are welcome to take part in this. Contact Al Farrell, counsellor, for details (683-7812)

Junior Achievement -- This organization of business people in Saskatoon sponsors several kinds of programs for high school students. Mount Royal students have an opportunity to be involved in a couple of them.

a) The Company program allows students to become part of short-term businesses and experience first-hand what's involved in running a business. Start-up for this program is early October.

b) Economics of staying in school (ESIS) is classroom-based and targets grade9's. the date is April 11, 2001 and for most of the day, with leadership provided from business people, students will examine the financial realities of everyday living, post-secondary realities/costs/opportunities and the need for completing high school and planning post-secondary education/training.

Kelsey Peek Preview -- This event is similar to experience Us at the U. of S. It is a chance for grade 12's to spend-a-day in the programs of their choice at Kelsey Institute and finalize their post-secondary plans. Several dates are planned throughout the school year. Interested students should check with Mr. Farrell in Student services.

Post-Secondary Fair -- This annual event will be held October 30/31. All students and families across Saskatoon and area are invited to the Saskatoon Inn to hear presentations, meet representatives, and see displays from many post-secondary institutions/programs across Canada.

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SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN S7K 4L4

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September 21,2000

Welcome back to all school children and families, and a special welcome to the new families in our city. Block Parents are needed in this area. Applications can be obtained by calling 373-2323. As a Block Parent, you display the sign only when you are available to answer the door.

We strongly urge parents to teach their children where the Block Parent homes are in their neighbourhood. Children are to use the Block Parents homes when afraid, being bullied, or other emergencies. Remember - a Block Parent home is a safe home.

Note: There are elementary school areas in the city that are in need of area coordinators, please phone 374-1430 for more information.

The Mount Royal Child care centre is operated by Saskatoon Child Care Services, a non-profit community organization. Our centre was established in 1988 to help teen parents in their efforts to earn a hiogh school education. The daycare, located in Mount Royal Collegiate, was the first child care centre in the province to open in a high school. We have grown from a 10-space infant centre to a 22-space infant and toddler program.

We have a new Play Area!!!

Hard work, generosity, and community spirit helped create a new outdoor play area for the Mount Royal Daycare this summer when the interior courtyard was transformed into a child's outdoor dream playground. Old sod was dug up and hauled away. Land was rototilled and leveled. Nine yards of sand were wheelbarrowed in and dumped into a newly constructed 8' x 10' cedar sandbox and an 8' x8' sandpit. Forty feet of unruly shrubbery was dug out and replaced with a line of evergreen cedars; 1700 square feet of sod was put down. A 30 foot double row of sidewalk blocks was laid as a flat space for toddlers to ride and push their toys on. The weathered deck and benches were sanded and stained. A mini hill, built for children to run up and down on, and a new white vinyl galvanized fence, now provide a combination of adventure and safety. A new underground sprinkler system will help keep our play space lush and green.

The Mount Royal Child Care Centre would like to thank the following for their generous support:

• Brian Hilsen and Mount Royal Collegiate for providing the opportunity to improve and expand our play area
• Debbie and Dave Wigelsworth of Instan-Turf Growers Ltd. for their donation of 1700 square feet of sod.
• Richard Dyck of Julius Cedar (1982) Ltd. for donating cedar lumber for sandbox and sandpit construction
• Dennis Bews of Merlin Motors for his donation of 35 sidewalk blocks
• Rich Krahn of Lakeshore Garden Centre for donating 6 Brandon cedars
• Perry Budnick of red deer Industrial Sands Inc. for coming to our rescue with his truck and hauling 9 yards of sand.
• Don Horosko of Western Concrete Supply Ltd. for his generous donation of 9 yards of play sand for our sandbox and sandpit
• Ray Koch of Cloverdale Paint Inc. for 4 gallons of Cloverdale's best deck stain
• Nordic Fencing Industries (1979) LTD. for their donation and installation of a 30 foot vinyl galvanized fence and gate.
• Ed Mossman of Fairhaven Rentals for the use of his Honda rototiller
• Corey Siemans for the use of his truck to haul materials
• Brain Shortt, Don Kelsch, and the Saskatoon Coop Circle drive for providing the Daycare with a discount price for materials purchased
• Kathie Sider, our assistant Daycare director for her two and a half weeks of intensive landscaping, painting, sanding and wheelbarrowing
• Jeff Sider for his painting, digging and skillful supervision of sandpiles
• Tennise Taras for donating 3 days of her summer to haul sidewalk blocks, dig holes and haul dirt.
• Harlan Weidenhammer who appeared with his wheelbarrow on the hottest day of the summer to help haul nine yards of sand and later spent the afternoon helping move sod.
• Martin May for spending a hot summer day hauling and laying sod.
• Scott Ferguson for spending Friday afternoon laying turf.
• The Mount Royal caretaking staff for their patience, support and encouragement.
• A huge thank you goes to John Taras, a Mount Royal teacher and a member of the Board of Directors of the Daycare. Without John none of the courtyard renovations would have been possible. John spent many hours during the summer contacting prospective donors and coordinating the project. He also put in many hours working on the play area.

"Thank You! You're Great Folks!!"

• Thank you to the Saskatoon Foundation Cameco Caring Community for their generour donation of $2000!!. This donation will be used to replace aging equipment in the Daycare.
• Thank you to the Mount Royal Staff who raised $200 on a "Dress Down Friday!". This money will be used to purchase a new rocking chair for the Daycare.
• Thank you to Mitchell's Gourmet Foods Inc. for their support of our June BBQ. Mitchell's donated the burgers and weiners.
• Thank you to Boryski's Butcher Block for providing us with a discount on meats purchased for our Board of Directors BBQ.
• Thank you to Mr. Butch Toovey and Northtown Furniture and appliance Ltd. for donating a fridge when our fridge quit working.
• Thank you to Safeway and Wal-Mart for providing us with $20 merchandise certificates.
• Thank you to the North Sask. Council Telephone Pioneers of America for their $1500 donation.
• Thank you to Saskatoon Fastprint for their donation of materials and printing services for our Building A Future brochure
• Thank you to Mitchell's Food services for providing MacDonald's gift certificates for our incentive program.
• Thank you the C.H.E.P. for their assistance for our cooking club.
• Thank you to Gary Hleck who donated a microwave when the centre's microwave broke down!
• Thank you to The Great Canadian Bagel for donating to our Daycare day old bagels every week!
• Thank you to Cam Sikorsky and the Mount Royal secretaries for their assistance in developing our Daycare brochure.
• Thank you to all of the other community-spirited people who have supported our Daycare Centre throughout the year!!

Recognizing Long term Service

At our June barbecue, staff members Kathie Sider and Lynn Olson were recognized for their ten years of service. They join the ranks of Jane Wallace-Brown and Ellen Saccucci, who have with our centre for thirteen years.

Members of the Board were also recognized for long service. Anne Meier and Sharon Van Cleave have been associated with our Daycare for fifteen years. Ann Macknak, John Boersma and Seth Adams were recognized for their ten years of service.

1. Canadian Open Math contest: will take place on Wednesday, November 29, 2000. This contest is for senior students (grades 11 & 12)

2. Pascal (grade 9), Cayley (grade 10), and Fermat (grade 11) are on Wednesday, February 28, 2001. Registration for these contests will take place some time during the month of October.

See Mr. Ouellet in room 239 for more details

Please make a point of joining our parent council by attending one of its regular meetings. This is an enthusiastic group of parents who strongly support the school and community. The schedule of meetings include:

Meetings begin at 7:00 p.m. in the school library. See you there.

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We would like to take this opportunity to extend sincere greetings to all parents and guardians of students at Mount Royal Collegiate. We look forward to working together with you so that our students have an enjoyable experience in high school and receive the best possible education we can provide.

Hopefully, the summer has been a good one for all of you and that our students are looking forward to returning to school, ready to work with the goal of doing their best in their academic pursuits.

Should you have any concerns, please do not hesitate to contact teachers, counsellors or administration so that problems can be dealt with quickly.

We look forward to our association in the coming year

Brain Hilsen, Principal; Bob Bevan, Asst. Principal; Jack Nepjuk, Asst. Principal

Students should appear at Mount Royal, Girls' Gym, at the following times:

Tuesday, September 5th

8:30 am	- Grade Nine
10:30 am	- Grade Ten
1:00 pm	- Grade Eleven
2:00 pm	- Grade Twelve

Please check the lists posted in the gym for your homeroom. Regular classes begin on Wednesday, September 6th and you should bring a binder with paper, pen and pencil. School supplies information will be given out on this day.

During the year, we will have alternate schedules every Thursday. These times will be for staff, department and Leadership council meetings. All other meetings will be held during non-school hours. Days on which the alternate schedule will be in effect will be clearly listed in the Students Handbook.

The regular and alternate schedule are as follows:

Grade 9 Compulsory Fees	.	Grade 10 Compulsory Fees	.
Mount Royal Association	$3.00	Mount Royal Association	$3.00
Accident Insurance	.75	Accident Insurance	.75
SSSAD	.50	SSSAD	.50
General	.85	General	.85
Student Handbook	6.00	Student Handbook	6.00
Mailing	3.60	Mailing	3.60
P.E. Supplies	3.50	P.E. Supplies	3.50
SRC Activity Fee	10.80	SRC Activity Fee	10.80
Computer 09	3.00	.	.
TOTAL	32.00	TOTAL	29.00

Physical Education Uniform. A Mount Royal Phys. Ed. Uniform is required for any students participating in Physical Education 09 or Physical Education 10

19.00

Physical education T-shirt only 7.00	7.00
Physical education shorts only 12.00	12.00

Grade 11 Compulsory Fees	.	Grade 12 Compulsory Fees	.
Mount Royal Association	$3.00	Mount Royal Association	$3.00
Accident Insurance	.75	Accident Insurance	.75
SSSAD	.50	SSSAD	.50
General	.85	General	.85
Student Handbook	6.00	Student Handbook	6.00
Mailing	3.60	Mailing	3.60
SRC Activity Fee	10.80	SRC Activity Fee	10.80
.	.	Partial Grad (includes grad gown rental)	32.00
TOTAL	25.50	TOTAL	57.50

Additional Class fees. Check your timetable for classes.

Accounting 10	6.00	French 09	5.00	Info Processing 10	3.00
Accounting 20	6.00	French 10	5.00	Mathematics 10	1.00
Accounting 30	6.00	French 20	5.00	Mathematics 20	1.00
Calculus 30	1.00	French 30	7.00	Mathematics A 30	1.00
Clothing 30	6.00	Graphic Arts 10	10.00	Mathematics B 30	1.00
Commercial Cooking 10	6.00	Graphic Arts 20	10.00	Mathematics C 30	1.00
Commercial Cooking 20	6.00	Graphic Arts 30	10.00	Physical Education 20	40.00
Commercial Cooking 30	6.00	Independent Living 10	6.00	Physical Education 30	50.00
Computer Science 20	3.00	Interior Design 30	6.00	Physical Education Supplies	3.50
Computer Science 30	3.00	Info Processing 10	3.00	Visual Art 20	5.00
Foods 30	6.00	Info Processing 10	3.00	Visual Art 30	5.00

COMPULSORY SCHOOL FEES DO NOT INCLUDE A YEARBOOK. ALL FEES MUST BE PAID IN FULL BEFORE YOU WILL BE PLACED ON OUR YEARBOOK LIST.

ADDITIONAL FEES (OPTIONAL)

Corridor Lock -- New Students (Each student MUST use a Mount Royal lock)	5.75
Yearbook	24.00

PLEASE MAKE CHEQUE PAYABLE TO MOUNT ROYAL COLLEGIATE

The Saskatoon Multilingual school will be offering the following classes for secondary credit in the 2000-2001 school year.

Filipino 10	German 9, 10, 20, and 30	Mandarin 10 and 20	Norwegian 10
Polish 20	Portuguese 10	Spanish 10	Ukrainian 9, 10, 20 and 30

Call 978-1818 for more information or e-mail us at siassoc@sk.sympatico.ca

Dear Principal.

The German Heritage Language school is again offering language instruction for the 2000/2001 school year, starting in September until May.

Please place the following notice in your newsletter.

German Language School 2000/2001 School Year -- Classes are held at Aden Bowman Collegiate

SATURDAY 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM -- AGES 5 - 13

MONDAY 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM -- CONVERSATIONAL HIGHSCHOOL LEVEL

WEDNESDAY 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM -- ADULT BEGINNER, INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED

WEDNESDAY 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM -- ADULT/CONVERSATIONAL

THURSDAY 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM -- HIGHSCHOOL CREDIT 9/10/11/12

For more information call Marie at 653-0458

Sincerely

Marie Huettemann

Co-Ordinator