aden owman ollegiate institute...aden owman newsletter-june 2016 aden owman ollegiate institute 1904...

Aden Bowman Newsletter-June 2016

ADEN BOWMAN COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE

1904 CLARENCE AVENUE SOUTH

SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN S7J 1L3

T: 306-683-7600 F: 306-657-3944 E: [email protected]

Hello June!

With the end of the school year just around the corner things are happen-

ing with a flourish here at Bowman!!! There are the many year-end func-

tions that always conclude a school year like: Color Day, the Outdoor Ed.

trip and Bowmanpalooza but learning continues to be the focus as we pre-

pare our students for their final assessments at month end. Please see the

attached calendar for all of the important dates connected to our end of year activities.

The month of June is also the time when we say goodbye to departing staff members. I am pleased

to say that all of our current staff are returning for next year but I do share, with regret, that both

Mr. Fisher (vice-principal) and myself were given news recently that we are moving on to new

schools next school year. Mr. Fisher will be the vice-principal at Nutana Collegiate and I will become

the principal at Centennial Collegiate. Mr. Paul Humbert, currently the principal of Evan Hardy, has

been announced as the new principal and Mrs. Lisa Gurski-Risling, currently our counsellor, has

been named as the acting vice-principal. I have made

mention in previous newsletters about the continued

growth in our school population and because of this

growth I am happy to introduce six new staff mem-

bers to Aden Bowman next fall; Barclay Patterson

(Social Sciences), Sharon Harvey (Math), Kerry Alcorn

Continued on Page 2.

What's in this Issue: Page 1-2 Principal’s Message

Page 3 Study Hall, Text Book Return

& New Student Registration

Page 4 Finals Schedule

Page 5 Visual Arts

Page 6 Japan Exchange, Grade 9 Orientation

Page 7 Music Program, SYMT Summer Camp

Page 8 Athletic Banquet, SRC

Page 9 Graduation Notices, CHEM-FREE Grad

Page 10 Robotics Club, Postsecondary Transcripts

Page 11 Schulich Leadership Scholarship

Page 12 Highlights from the Board Meeting

Pate 13 2016-2017 School Calendar

Page 14 June 2016 Calendar

PRINCIPAL’S

MESSAGE

Aden Bowman Newsletter-June 2016 2

… Home of the Bears

(Social Sciences), Shauna Pierce (Phys-ed/Science), Stacey

Harvey (Science/Math) and Mike Cawood (English). I

know all of these staff are welcomed additions to Aden

Bowman.

Just a brief update about the push for a crosswalk across

Clarence Ave to the mall that was mentioned in a previ-

ous newsletter. The City of Saskatoon Transportation

Dept. has provided a detailed review of the issue (feel

free to contact me should you wish a copy of the review)

and has denied our request for a crosswalk and suggested

instead that a concrete/wire fence be installed down the

middle of Clarence Ave to prevent jaywalking to the mall.

Your School Community Council has been informed of

these conversations and have requested a meeting with

City Councillor Loewen to explore alternatives to keep

our students safe. Feel free to join us at this meeting on

Monday, June 12th at 7 p.m. in the library.

In closing, I would like to let you know how much I have

enjoyed my time at Aden Bowman. Though my stint here

was short, I will fondly remember the unmitigated sup-

port for the school that exists in this community. Wishing

you all the best.

Cody Hanke

Principal

Mr. C. Hanke

PRINCIPAL

Mr. D. Fisher VICE PRINCIPAL

Ms. C. Scrimshaw SUPERINTENDENT

[email protected]

Mr. Darrell Utley TRUSTEE

[email protected]

Main Office 306-683-7600

Attendance Office

306-683-7605

Student Services 306-683-7606

WEBSITE:

HTTPS://WWW.SPSD.SK.CA/SCHOOLS/ ABC

PORTAL: HTTPS://PORTAL.SPSD.SK.CA/SCHOOL/ABC

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Continued...

This year report cards will be

mailed out on June 30th.

mailto:[email protected]


UPCOMING EVENTS

Fine Arts Night

THURSDAY, JUNE 2—6:30-8:30 PM

Canoe Trip

JUNE 5-7

Dance Showcase

THURSDAY, JUNE 9—7:00 PM

Colour Day—Bowmapalooza

FRIDAY, JUNE 10

Athletic Banquet

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15

Study Hall


Art 10—Comic Book Launch


Final Exam Week

JUNE 20 - 27

Turnaround Day—No School

TUESDAY, JUNE 28

Grad Ceremony & Banquet

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29

Grade 9 Orientation

THURSDAY, JUNE 30

Textbook & Book Return Textbook returns will take place from Tuesday, June 21st to

Monday, June 27th , between 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM in the li-

brary.

Library books should be returned to the library by Friday,

June 10th. Students with textbooks or library books that have

not been returned (or paid for, if the book is lost) will not be

able to receive books in the fall.

New Student Registration Any students new to Saskatoon or the area are invited to con-

tact the school at any time during the summer months to re-

ceive information, ask questions and make arrangements to

pre-register for the fall. Counselors will

begin seeing new students on Wednes-

day, August 24th. For an appointment

please phone 306-683-7606. Early pre-

registration results in a better likeli-

hood of getting desired classes and

saves time and inconvenience later.

YEAR-END

Study Hall Thursday, June 16TH

2:30 - 4:00 PM

This will be a supervised study session where students can

prepare for final exams. Teachers will be on hand in the li-

brary to support students in their efforts, and to provide clar-

ification and assistance.

This is intended to be a serious and productive study oppor-

tunity. Anyone who is disruptive will be asked to leave.

The Alternate day will be

switched to Friday, June

10th and Thursday, June 9th

will be a regular day. This

is to accommodate our Col-

or Day Activities as well as

Bowmapalooza.


Last Day of Classes

for Grade 9-11.

SEMESTER TWO

Final Assessment Week

Period 5 Final Assessment - Grade 12’s ONLY Monday, June 20 9 AM—12 PM

Period 1 Final Assessment Tuesday, June 21 9 AM—12 PM

Period 2 Final Assessment Wednesday, June 22 9 AM—12 PM

Period 3 Final Assessment Thursday, June 23 9 AM—12 PM

Period 4 Final Assessment Friday, June 24 9 AM—12 PM

Period 5 Final Assessment - Grade 9-11 ONLY Monday, June 27 9 AM—12 PM

June

20

Monday

June

21

Tuesday

June

22

Wednesday

June

23

Thursday

June

24

Friday

June

27

Monday

Please note that any absences during Final Assessment week must be supported by a medical note. Please call the attendance line at 306-683-7605.

Have a great summer Bears! Classes resume Thursday, September 1st at 8:45 a.m.


Fine Arts Night is Coming up Soon!

Fine Arts Night will take place Thursday June 2nd. Come and see

art work, woodwork, applied arts projects, listen to musical and

spoken word performances and more! Celebrate the achieve-

ments of the Fine Arts award winners for this school year.

THURSDAY, JUNE 2nd

Art Viewing and Performances

6:30 to 7:30 PM

Awards and Performances

7:30 to 8:30 PM

Earlier this year the IB Visual Arts Stu-dents had the opportunity to collaborate with the artist Jeff Nachtigall to create a mural that would become part of Rivers-dale’s “Museum of Temporary Art” (aka MOTA). You can find more information about MOTA and a map of all temporary artworks at this website: https://motaart.wordpress.com/

Here is Dakota L showing off the Moose Mural the IB Art Stu-

dents made. It is somewhere in an alley near the Farmer’s

Market.

ART 10 - COMIC BOOK LAUNCH

JUNE 16th, 5:00 - 7:00 PM

UNREAL CITY

Come see the finished product of our semes-

ter-long Comics Project led by Professional

Comic Artist, Nathen Wahl. On June 16th, Art

10 students will be holding an opening event

at Unreal City, a downtown comic book

store, to celebrate the launch of the graphic

novel that they have been creating this se-

mester. This comic will be professionally

printed and will be sold in local comic shops!

If you want your own copy you can contact

Ms. Rusnak at [email protected]. This pro-

ject has been possible thanks to generous

funding from the Saskatchewan Arts Board

though their Arts Smarts Grant.

Find us on Instagram

@abciart

Keep up to date with this project (and others

in the ABCI Art Room) you can follow us on

Instagram.

https://motaart.wordpress.com/


This Easter, the Japan Exchange Program 2016 successfully completed their visit to Kitahiroshi-ma and Takaoka in Japan.

The 20 students selected from the city and su-pervising teachers were required to take a short Japanese language and culture course on the weekends. On the trip, they had a chance to practice their skills and expand their knowledge through this unforgettable experience.

The group will visit Takaoka and Hitachi, Japan around Easter 2017 for two weeks. The stu-dents will also have a cultural tour around the Tokyo and Kyoto area. The estimated cost for the exchange is approximately $3,800 if there are 20 students. This includes transportation, cancellation, and out-of-country medical and accident insurance, chaperone share, and teach-er substitute cost. Not included in this fee are personal expenses such as spending money, passports, etc.

The application form and information package will be ready to pick up from the contact teacher in each collegiate starting the second week of September.

Application forms are being accepted for the

Japan Exchange 2017

Deadline is Friday, October 14.

Welcome to All Incoming Grade 9 Students Thursday, June 30th, incoming Grade 9 Aden Bowman students are invited to an orientation in preparation for the fall school year. Students will arrive before 9:30 AM and meet in Castle Theatre. After some brief instructions and wel-come, students will have an opportunity to fol-low their semester one timetable to meet their teachers and classmates. Following the mini-timetable, the SRC will provide refreshments and activities in order for new grade nine stu-dents to get a taste of what they will experience in the fall. Students will complete this activity by

11:00 AM.

We look forward to meeting you!


It has been a busy second semester for the Aden Bowman music program. The grade 9 band travelled to Edmonton for the Alberta International Band Festival in March, the senior band and choir trav-elled to Winnipeg for a concert and work-shop tour in April and the grade 10 band travelled to Calgary for a concert tour in May. We were fortunate to have Ms. Watt from the University of Saskatchewan working with our choir and bands for three weeks during her student practi-cum. In May, Aden Bowman hosted the National Youth Band concert. This group was made up of auditioned musicians from the ages of 16 to 23 from across Canada and we were very proud to have one of our own, Sam B., performing on percussion. In attendance were just over 500 elementary and high school students, parents and friends. It was a truly out-standing concert enjoyed by all.

All of our groups performed at the Saska-toon Music Festival in April. Congratula-tions to the junior jazz band, grade 9 con-cert band, grade 10 concert band, and the senior concert band for receiving sec-ond place in their respective classes. Congratulations to the choir, and senior jazz band for receiving first place in their classes, and overall first place for senior jazz in the Stage Band Grade B category. The final performance of the year was held on Tuesday, May 31. Congratula-tions to all of our graduating music stu-dents! Fine arts night is on Thursday, June 2.

Saskatchewan Band association offers

several band camps throughout Saskatch-ewan. Please find all of the required infor-mation at

http://saskband.org/2016-saskatchewan-summer-band-camp-program/

Thank you all for an excellent year! For our grade 9 to 11 students, we will see you in the fall and to our grade 12's we wish you all the best in the future.

Sincerely,

Lindsay Sandbeck & Brent Pittman

Aden Bowman Music Program

SYMT Summer Camp Saskatoon Youth Music Theatre Sum-mer Camp is currently accepting regis-trations for ages 13 - 18 into the En-tracte level. The camp will be held July 2 – 13th, 2016 with sessions for all par-ticipants from 9 AM to 4 PM each day at La Danse School of Dance Arts. 14-318, 105th Street, in Sutherland.

SYMT is a two week day camp that in-volves students in singing, drama, and dancing. This year’s feature production is the musical revue History in Harmony – celebrating 20 years! All students will participate in the production, which will be presented on stage on the final even-ing of the camp. An exciting opportuni-ty for students of all levels of experi-ence! For registration information call Diane at 931-3493, email [email protected], visit our website www.symt.ca or visit us on Facebook!

http://saskband.org/2016-saskatchewan-summer-band-camp-program/http://saskband.org/2016-saskatchewan-summer-band-camp-program/http://saskband.org/2016-saskatchewan-summer-band-camp-program/mailto:[email protected]://www.symt.ca/


Please contact the school at

306-683-7606 to confirm

that all contact information

is correct. It is very im-

portant for us to be able to

contact parents and guardi-

ans, so please ensure we

have the correct home

phone numbers, work num-

bers, cell numbers and

email addresses.

There are student fees out-

standing for the 2015-16

school year. If your son/

daughter’s fees are unpaid,

we would welcome pay-

ment at your earliest con-

venience. Post-dated

cheques are also welcome.

Grade twelve students

must have all fees paid in

full before graduating.

ABCI ATHLETIC BANQUET Wednesday, June 15th, 5:30 PM

Castle Theatre

Please join us to celebrate the achievements of

our fine student athletes! Pizza, chocolate milk

and ice cream treats to follow in the social cen-

tre. Athletes purchased their tickets from their

first season coach. If parents would like to dine,

they can purchase tickets at the door. Please

direct all questions to Mr. Pearson.

Please Return your

ABCI Uniforms!

Aden Bowman Athletes—Please check your

gym bags, bedrooms, laundry rooms and

vehicles for school sports uniforms and re-

turn them to the school before June 30th.

2015-2016 SRC Congratulations goes out to the 2016/2017

members of your SRC! Treyton Z. and Alyssa

C., your new senior ring and pin, are looking

forward to working with their new team next

year. The new and old SRC will be meeting

on June 1 for their annual year end retreat to

finalize plans for the rest of the school year

and come up with new ideas for next year.

Over the past few months, the SRC has held

the following spirit days: Formal Friday and

Twin Day. They have also been holding ran-

dom acts of kindness every month in which

the SRC chooses random classes that will re-

ceive treats and each student receives a note

to lift students’ spirits.

Recent events included: Denim on Denim

Spirit Day on Thursday, May 26th, Multicultur-

al day on May 30th at lunch in the gym and

the Fort Mac Fundraiser. Our final event of

the year is Bomapalooza which is happening

on Friday, June 10th. This year 52 students and 5 adults

will be heading to Meadow Lake Pro-

vincial Park to paddle the Waterhen

River. The water levels are low but

we will try to avoid the rocks. Our

group has been meeting once a

week to prepare for the trip as well

as canoe practice sessions on Stone-

bridge pond and a mini trip from

Beaver creek to Saskatoon. As al-

ways, sun

and good

weather

will help

make this

a memo-

rable trip

for all in-

volved.


Graduation Notices

GRADUATION REHEARSAL

Thursday June 16th, 10:30 AM

Castle Theatre

All grade 12 students are expected to attend.

GRADUATION CEREMONY

Wednesday, June 29, 3:00 PM

Prairieland Park - 503 Ruth Street

No Tickets Required, Rush Seating

All Graduates should be at Prairieland Park at 2:00 PM

GRADUATION BANQUET AND DANCE

Wednesday, June 29

4:30 PM Doors Open

5:00 PM Banquet Begins

7:00 PM Dance begins

AFTER GRAD After Grad takes place at Prairieland and begins at 10:00 PM (right after the dance). Please make

sure to bring a change of clothes. Parents will sign in the students and a parent MUST COME IN

and sign the students out when they leave. They can leave at any time, but the end of the party

will be 3:15 AM. Parents must come to pick up the student and sign them out.

A big thank you to all the parents who have helped with all the planning and organizing of this night and to all that will be there chaperoning the night of grad!

If you would still like to purchase tickets for after grad, please contact:

Joanna Baker [email protected]

Sarah Woo [email protected]

The After Grad Committee wants each grade 12 stu-dent to come to the After Grad Celebration. If you need financial assistance for the ticket just let the front office know and we will be happy to help!

Grad Banquet and Dance tickets can be purchased

through the main office until Friday, June 10 from

8:00 AM—12 Noon, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

ABCI Award Winners will be listed on our web-

site JUNE 30th.

AFTER GRAD Wednesday, June 29

10:00 PM - 3:15 AM

Prairieland Park

mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


Robotics Club

This year was the first year for Robot Club at Aden Bowman, and an energetic group of stu-dents took to learning the basics of electronic circuits, servos, and programming to build some mini-sumo robots to enter in the annual Robot

Rumble at Sask Poly-technic. Despite only having a little over a month to prepare for the competition, our three robots did surpris-ingly well, with two

placing in the top 35 of 120 robots. We left the competition with several ideas of how to im-prove our designs for next year’s competition, and hope to place in the top ten next year. We’ll begin our meetings again in the fall; any stu-dents who are interested in participating are welcome to join!

Transcripts for Postsecondary Admission

Grade 12 students

who have applied and

have been condition-

ally accepted to post-

secondary education

must make a request

to the Ministry of Ed-

ucation to submit the

final transcript to the

receiving institution.

High schools are not responsible for sub-

mitting a graduate’s July transcript to postsec-

ondary schools. The final transcript is the offi-

cial diploma that confers graduation standing.

You can request a final transcript be sent to

your chosen postsecondary school by mailing,

faxing, or applying online to the Ministry of

Education using the request for transcript

form available on the government website:

www.education.gov.sk.ca/transcripts

This website is also on our learning Portal un-

der “Helpful Links”. This form can be sent at

any time before graduation. Check the box

that indicates to send the transcript.

This year Summer School is located at

Marion Graham Collegiate

602 Lenore Drive, Saskatoon

306-683-7750

Please call 306-683-8236 or fax 306-683-3966.

Enrollment is limited.


A lana K., Grade 12, has been recently named as one of the re-cipients of the Schulich Leader Scholarship. The Schulich is a prestigious entrance scholarship awarded to high school graduates

enrolling in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics

(STEM) undergraduate program at participating universities in Cana-

da and Israel. Recognizing the increasing importance and impact that

STEM disciplines will have on the prosperity of future generations, businessman and philanthropist

Seymour Schulich established this $100 million scholarship fund in 2012 to encourage our best and

brightest students to become the next pioneers of global scientific research and innovation.

T his program awards 100 scholarships annually, valued at more than $5million. High schools across the country put forth 1,500 Schulich Leader Nominees who were vying for 50 Canadian scholarships. Schulich Leaders can devote their full time and attention to their studies, as all of their

financial needs are covered over the course of their degree. Canada’s highest potential students are

winning these scholarships and will make remarkable contributions to society.

Bowman at a

Glance A world wind end to the school year has seen

us wrap up many activities and events. Our last

music program of the year occurred on May 31.

It was the perfect way to cap an extremely suc-

cessful year. Fine Arts Night on June 2nd gave

our students an opportunity to show off the

time and effort that they have invested into

their Fine Arts Classes. A big thank you to Mrs.

Rusnak for coordinating the evening. One of

our most successful Track seasons in the last

few years occurred at this year’s City Champi-

onships. Bowman sent 33 athletes to the meet

of which 10 got to move on to the Provincial

Championships in Regina on June 3rd and 4th.

Thanks to Coach Loshack and his coaching staff

for a fine season. Our Outdoor Ed Club has

been diligently learning the correct paddling

technique as they set off on a voyage along the

Waterhen River starting on June 5th. Mr. Ens-

Funk and his team of staff advisors are looking

forward to sharing nature and all that it brings

with the students in the Club. Ms. Syrnick and

her Dance 10 class will be hosting their semes-

ter end dance showcase on June 9th in Castle

Theater. To wrap up our athletic season the P.E

Dept. is coordinating our Athletic Banquet on

June 15th. Just before our Final Assessment

schedule kicks in Bowman staff are hosting a

Study Hall on Thurs. June 16th in the library. The

Study Hall runs from 2:30-4:00 and provides

students with an opportunity to get any last mi-

nute questions answered by staff members.


FROM THE BOARD TABLE Highlights from the May 10, 2016, meeting of the Board of Education:

The meeting’s Celebrating Excellence item rec-

ognized the 36 Saskatoon Public Schools’ col-

legiate students who attended the provincial

Skills Canada competition, including the nine

gold medal winners. The gold medal recipi-

ents have earned the right to participate in

the national competition during the second

week of June in Moncton, N.B.

Trustees received an update on the board’s Col-

legiate Renewal core strategy and the ways

in which all Saskatoon Public Schools’ collegi-

ates have implemented systems for identify-

ing and tracking students’ learning and

providing intervention and support when

needed. The administrative team from Cen-

tennial Collegiate described the process used

at their school to identify and address the

needs of their students and shared some evi-

dence of the impact their Collegiate Renewal

efforts have had on student achievement.

A report presented by the division’s Information

Services department shows continued

growth in the use of technology and data.

There are more than 11,000 division-owned

devices, including approximately 6,500 com-

puters for student use as well as just over

2,000 tablets. In addition, more than 10,000

non-SPS devices are connected to the net-

work on a daily basis. The division’s user

community includes more than 23,000 stu-

dent accounts along with more than 3,500

staff and nearly 13,000 parent accounts.

The board received the resignation of Ward 7

trustee Bronwyn Eyre, who was elected to

the Saskatchewan Legislature during the

recent provincial election. A by-election to

fill the position will not be held as regular-

ly scheduled school board elections will

take place in October.

Reports and information presented at board

meetings can be found at

www.saskatoonpublicschools.ca.

Next Meeting Board of Education

Tuesday, June 7, 7 PM

The public is welcome to attend.

With the resignation of Ward 7 Trustee Bronwyn Eyre, Trustee Darrell Utley has welcomed the opportunity to represent your school until the next civic election in October 2016.

Aden Bowman Collegiate Trustee Representative:

Darrell Utley [email protected] 306.683.8468

http://www.saskatoonpublicschools.camailto:[email protected]


Su

nd

ay M

on

day

Tue

sday

We

dn

esd

ay Th

ursd

ay Frid

ay Satu

rday

1

2

Fine

Arts N

ight

6:3

0-8

:30

PM

3

4

5

Can

oe Trip

6

Can

oe Trip

7

Can

oe Trip

8

9

Re

gular D

ay

Dan

ce Sh

ow

case

10

C

olo

r Day

Bo

wm

apalo

oza

Altern

ate Day

11

12

1

3

14

1

5

Ath

letic B

anq

uet

16

Stud

y Hall 2

:30

—4

:00

Co

mic B

oo

k Laun

ch

5:0

0-7

:00

PM

17

Last day o

f classes

Grad

e 1

2’s O

NLY

18

19

2

0

Grad

e 12

Perio

d 5

Exam

Last day o

f classes

Grad

e 9-1

1

21

Pe

riod

1 Exam

22

Pe

riod

2 Exam

23

Pe

riod

3 Exam

24

Pe

riod

4 Exam

25

26

2

7

Pe

riod

5 Exam

28

Turn

arou

nd

Day

No

Scho

ol

29

3:0

0 p

m G

rad C

ere

mo

ny

5:0

0 p

m B

anq

ue

t

30

9:0

0—

11

:00

a.m.

Grad

e 9

Orie

ntati

on

Ju

ne 2

016


Su

nd

ay M

on

day

Tue

sday

We

dn

esd

ay Th

ursd

ay Frid

ay Satu

rday

1

Classes B

egin

2

3

4

5

HO

LDIA

Y

6

7

Grad

e 9

Pare

nt N

ight

Castle

The

atre 7

PM

8

9

Stud

ent P

ho

tos

10

11

1

2

13

1

4

15

16

17

18

1

9

20

21

22

23

24

25

2

6

27

28

29

30

Septe

mber 2

016

aden owman ollegiate institute...aden owman newsletter-june 2016 aden owman ollegiate institute 1904...

Documents