Season’s Greetings:

This school year is moving quickly and I would like to extend a sincere thank you to the staff, students and parents at Spruce Grove Composite High School for your warm welcome in September. Students are now set-tled into their routines and are working hard towards their goals as we move into the end of Term 1 and continue to Build Excellence and Suc-cess Together!

December is a busy time in any school, and SGCHS is no exception. We have recently completed the first reporting period as well as Parent/Teacher Interviews. Interview evening was an excellent opportunity for connecting with teachers and working to set goals for the remainder of the term. Amid the excitement and activities that the holiday season brings, it is important for students to remember these goals. Students will be busy with their coursework this month as they communicate with their teachers on their progress and work hard towards the best possible outcomes in their classes. Teachers are mindful of the days of instruction left before fi-nal exams and are working hard to ensure students are fully prepared. Please refer to the January exam schedule on our school’s website for ex-act exam dates for your child’s grade level and subjects. On December 3rd, students are encouraged to make good use of the last PLT day before the holidays. Good use of seminar time is also critical this month to ensure outstanding assignments and tasks are completed heading into the holi-days. Students are also encouraged to take advantage of Lunch and Learns from the Canadian Reserves and the University of Alberta Augustana Campus in the month of December. These are excellent opportunities for students at all grade levels to reflect on their future career paths and pre-pare for the world of work after high school.

In addition to working hard in their classrooms, December brings a variety of opportunities for students to showcase their talents. In athletics, Basket-ball and Wrestling are underway and we look forward to cheering on those teams as their seasons progress. Performing Arts students are working diligently on The Lion King performances, which will take place the evenings of December 4th, 5th and 6th at Horizon Stage. The Thursday and Friday performances sold out in record time leading to the addition of the Wednesday night show. We look forward to witnessing the hard work and talent of our students. Our gifted music students are also hard at work preparing for their Band Christmas Concert which will take place the even-ing of December 18th. Leadership students are also hard at work planning a Winter Wonderland event for December 17th which will coincide with our Ugly Christmas Sweater day. The SGCHS staff and students are proud to be supporting the Kinette Christmas Hampers again this year. This community program supported 615 families in our area last year. Please consider supporting this cause by providing non-perishable food items, gift cards and unwrapped gifts for children. Collection of these items will be taking place in block one classes during this first week of December.

The SGCHS staff wishes you a wonderful holiday season.

Linnaea Nielsen Assistant Principal Grade 12 Coordinator

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Admin Message…………..1

Prepping for Life….…..….2

Engagement………………3

Panther Apparel…..............3

Grad Update……………...3

Athlete of the Month….….4

Calendar Survey Link……4

Christmas Hamper……….5

Student Services...….……7

Musical Theatre………….7

DATES to REMEMBER

Nov 29-Dec 9– Christmas

Hamper Collection Blk 1

Dec 2-6- Lion King Jr.

Dec 3 - PLT; Canadian Re-

serves Lunch and Learn

Dec 5 - Augustana Campus

(U of A) visit

Dec 10 - TCT

Dec 10 - MacEwan Lunch

& Learn

Dec 17 - Winter Wonder-

Lunch and Ugly Sweater

day

Dec 18 - Band Christmas

Concert

Dec 23 - Christmas Break

SGCHS

Volume 2 Issue 4

SPRUCE GROVE COMPOSITE HIGH SCHOOL

December, 2019

Prepping for Life After High School

Jordan Staigh is ap-

prenticing with Halo

Electric in Sherwood

Park.

Jaron Jober is com-

pleting his 1000 hrs at

Peterbilt in Edmonton.

SGCHS RAP Program! RAP stands for Registered Apprenticeship Program. It is an accredited high school program. For more infor-

mation, please contact Mr. Rob Killen at 780 962 0800.

Engagement—Division, School and Teen

Parkland School Division held another successful Engagement Evening this past Wednesday, November 27. The Divi-

sion’s new vision grew out of Engagement Evening, like this very one, held over the course of last year.

Our Vision: Our students possess the confidence, resilience, insight and skills required to thrive in, and

positively impact, the world.

This time, parents were invited to provide their thoughts on two key areas: 1) Thinking about fees….What are the items or

services in education that should (could) be paid for by the user, and 2) How do we best build resilience and confidence in

our students?

Parents had robust conversations around both topics and notes were taken by volunteers in order to capture the essence

of what was said. This information will be used by the Board of Trustees to inform the overall Education Plan for the Di-

vision. A huge thank you to the parents who represented our school, Rhonda Stewart, our School Council Chair, and Kris

Trojan, a grade 11 parent.

In keeping with the discussion last night, here are some sites for parents looking of information on how to support resili-

ency in their teenagers:

https://psychcentral.com/lib/10-tips-for-raising-resilient-kids/

https://www.mindful.org/three-tips-raising-resilient-teens/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/raising-resilient-children-and-teens/201212/adolescence-designed-failure-recovery-and-growth

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/raising-resilient-children-and-teens/201201/raising-children-thrive-through-good-times-and-bad

SGCHS Panther Apparel

Check out our Official Online Apparel Store at

https://urstore.ca/sgchs-panther-apparel

Get your Panther gear today!

JUNE 12, 2020 - SAVE THE DATE

Please remember to check our website regularly for all up-to-date information on graduation.

GRAD VIDEO: Start collecting pictures and video footage for the Grad Video that is shown that evening. Stay tuned

for information as to how and when these can be submitted.

BABY PICTURE/GRAD PICTURE: A PowerPoint which features graduates baby pictures (then) and their grad photo

(now), is played throughout the evening. Start looking through your baby pictures now and email your favourite to

sgchsbabypics2020@gmail.com Please remember to include your name in the subject line and an appropriate quote.

GRAD FEE: Just a reminder to parents that the Grad Fee of $52.50 is included in your student’s fees. This fee in-

cludes: rental of the graduation gown, graduation cap, tassel, cover and certificate that each student keeps, one picture

of the graduate crossing the stage and receiving their certificate from their grade coordinator.

TICKET INFORMATION: Graduation takes place on Friday, June 12, 2020 at the Edmonton Expo Centre.

Ticket prices for the Commencement Ceremony, Dinner and Dance are $90.00 each. This cost includes: the venue,

meal, commencement ceremony, all audio visual (ie: large screens located throughout the venue), online video of the

entire event you receive following graduation, the meal, decorations, DJ and photo booth.

Tickets for the Commencement Ceremony and Dance are $35.00 each. This cost includes all of the above except the

meal.

InviteRight charges a service fee of 4.9% + $2.78 per ticket.

ALL tickets are purchased online at: https://sprucegrove.inviteright.com/grad2020 from May 1, 2020 at 10:00 am to

May 22, 2020 at 11:00 pm

No limit on the number of tickets you can purchase (tables of 10).

Everyone, including graduates, must purchase a ticket in order to attend.

All sales are final, no refunds.

If you have any questions regarding graduation, please contact Mrs. Nullmeyer at cnullmeyer@psd70.ab.ca or call 780

-962-0800.

Official Online Apparel Store

SGCHS Panther Apparel

These monthly

athletic awards

are sponsored

by our local

Boston Pizza

located at 201

Calahoo Road,

Spruce Grove!

We Need to Hear From

You!

Please complete the PSD 2020-2021 Calendar Survey to

help the Division set our Next School Year.

Calendar Survey

The holiday season is rapidly approaching

and, as always, we are collecting non-

perishable food items and new, unused

gifts to support the Kinette Club of Spruce

Grove Christmas Hamper program. Last

year, our donations helped to fill

615 Hampers; this year, we are hoping to

increase our efforts so that the program

can continue to meet the growing needs of

the community. Our hamper drive will run

from November 29th to December 9th.

Starting on the 29th, we will kick it all off by

playing the world's MOST ANNOYING

SONG on loop until we raise $1500 in cash.

This year, we are changing it up and making

it a one week, whole school challenge.

Points will remain the same -

$1 or 1 small item = 1 point

1 medium size item = 5 points

large items / gifts = 10 points

The prizes, however, are where it's at. In-

stead of rewarding 1 class, we are going to

motivate many by punishing a few. When

our donations reach a certain point total,

the next level of rewards is unlocked and a

host of interesting prizes are unleashed.

1500 Music plays until we raise enough funds

2000 Fortier - Athlete of the day (new Panther jersey each block)

2500 Ms. Martin: Dress like a flower and give a positive complement to everyone who walks into the office

3000 Anderson & Bounds - 80’s prom queens

3500 Robertson & Rose and Gord & special guest - handcuffed together for the day

4000 Phys-ed Dept - Reindeers for the day (additional ring-toss event) Fouquette & Milne - one week of dressing in the Christmas spirit

5000 Ms Hann’s holiday treats - free hot chocolate and treats for all Rae -Holiday helper (Life size elf-on a shelf)

6000 Festival of lights: - Construction/Mechanics - Fitted and Festive (tight and bright) - Killen & Oldham - Glitter Bombed/chrome domed

6500 Otto & Marshall - Hot sauce challenge (Bonus student buy-in to try to beat them)

7000 Leduc & Kremp - Bread basket of holiday horrors (3 terrible items between bread)

7500 Young & Philibert & Nielsen & Petryshen-Kozak - Shaving, Bleach-ing and Dyeing

8000 Students get to eat lunch in their cars for a day

9000 Hot lunch for all!

9500 APs - Student personal assistants for the (half) day (will draw names and admin will have to sit in class and do all of the work for their student during that time)

10 000 Otto - Arctic Office (Work the day from the roof)

December 2 through 6 is a big week for our Musical Theatre Program. Mrs. Carol Gilchrist, Miss Rebecca Forbes and their students, along with the volunteers who support the program, have eleven shows this week. That’s right, 11! Wow! Monday is filled to the brim with the final dress rehearsal. Tuesday sees to shows for our feeder school students, one at 9:00 am and one at 1:00 pm. Starting Wednesday, this is increased to three shows a day, one at 9:00 am, one at 1:00 pm and one at 7:00 pm. The morning and afternoon perfor-mances these days are also for our feeder school students.

The evening performances on these three nights are open to the public. If you are interested in seeing the show, contact our main office as we are almost totally sold out. Tickets are $15 each. To each of our student performers, crew members, staff and volunteers, we say the proverbial “Break a leg!” The Lion King Jr. in the ha nds of this incredible director , ca st a nd crew is bound to blow the audience’s minds!