Paul Rowe Jr./Sr. High School Newsletter

March 2018

Raider’s Report

Dwayne Peace to return to Paul Rowe

March

7 Mailout

8-12 No school for students (Teachers Convention and PD Day for staff)

21 Parent/Teacher Interviews

21 Dwayne Peace Parent/ Community Presentation 6:30 PM

30 No school for students (Good Friday/Easter break begins)

April:

2-6 No school (Easter Break)

20 Term 3 report cards mailed

23 No school (Staff meeting/PD Day)

25 Parent/Teacher Interviews

Upcoming Events:

Parent/Teacher Interviews

Trickster Theatre returning

New Scholastic teenONLINE book club

Volunteer Appreciation Week

New Paul Rowe Raider

Raiders @ Curling Provincials

Event updates!

Also in this Issue:

In Your Family’s Mailout:

*Dwayne Peace Parent/Community presentation flyer *New Scholastic teenONLINE info. *Distance learning progress reports *Hot Lunch order forms

Messages to parents/guardians:

*Parent Teacher Interviews are March 21st and April 25th. Please call (780) 836-3397 to book your appointments.

Prefer to receive your newsletter by E-mail? Visit www.paulrowehigh.ca to subscribe!

Parents and Guardians:

Dwayne Peace has been well received by students in the past, and is returning to work with our school community.

to deliver “Life’s Challenges” presentations for students and parents

Parents, guardians and community members are asked to save the date to attend an impactful presentation for the adults in our community:

Life’s Challenges in Secondary School Wed., March 21 6:30 PM in Paul Rowe Library

Motivational speaker Dwayne Peace, is returning to our school to share his “Life Synergy” program with our students and our school community. His impactful presentations address issues today’s students face, such as: body image eating disorders bullying cyber-bullying suicide and bullycide

the digital world and digital footprints

texting sexting the power of words cliques isolation showing respect for others the impact of media,

including violent video games on youth

self-harm rumours, gossip and

drama. The parent session is an extension of the presentation that students will attend the same morning.

For information on Dwayne Peace and his presentations, visit: http://lifesynergy4youth.com/.

www.paulrowehigh.ca

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Book Now for Parent/Teacher Meetings

Parent/Teacher Interviews are a great chance for parents and guardians to “touch base” with their child’s teachers. Students are encouraged to attend as well.

Wednesday, March 21st & Wednesday, April 25th

4:00-6:00 p.m. by appointment 6:00-7:00 p.m. drop in

Please call the school office at (780) 836-3397 to book an appointment.

Upcoming School Council Meetings

School Council is a great opportunity to have input on many school-based decisions.

Tuesday, March 27 Tuesday, May 15

Meetings begin at 7:00 PM

All parents and guardians are welcome!

Dwayne Peace is returning to Paul Rowe to share his Life's Challenges presentations!

Please join us for an adults only

PARENT/COMMUNITY SESSION Wednesday, March 21st at 6:30 PM

Paul Rowe Jr./Sr. High School Library

For information on Dwayne Peace and his presentations, visit: http://lifesynergy4youth.com/

Family & friends are invited to an original production starring

TRICKSTER THEATRE MES STUDENTS and

PAUL ROWE JUNIOR HIGH STUDENTS!

Performance begins Friday, May 4th at 1:00 p.m. Manning Elementary School

CAN YOU HELP OUR PERFORMERS?

Volunteers are needed to assist with prop and costume creation—no experience is necessary!

Please contact our school office by Thursday, April 12 to sign up to help.

Scholastic reading club now has a special teenONLINE collection for grade 8+ featuring teen and young adult bestsellers, new series, tough issues and more!

GET STARTED at scholastic.ca/canadaclubs. Create an account, then choose “Shop by Collection”. You can also shop from other grades! Submit and pay online, or hand in a paper order.

The next ordering deadline is March 20th.

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Volunteer Appreciation Week is April 15-21! Paul Rowe would like to thank all of our amazing volunteers for their support throughout the year! A special thank you goes out to:

our classroom volunteers! Your expertise and extra help is always appreciated!

our School Council! Your input and support are invaluable!

our School Foundation! The ”extras” that result from your “behind the scenes” efforts are appreciated very much!

our Food For Thought volunteers! Regularly arriving at school early to prepare breakfast takes dedication and we thank you for it!

our Hot Lunch coordinators! Without you, Paul Rowe would not have a hot lunch program!

our coaches! Your commitment to ensuring students have athletic opportunities is appreciated very much. Thank you for the countless hours that are put in for practices and travelling to events!

our staff! Thank you for all of the extras! our parents! Thank you for your commitment to your child ’s education! our students! Thank you for all you do to make Paul Rowe a great place! Whether it is

helping SCOER promote school spirit, spreading SADD’s message, helping with a school team or group or otherwise lending a hand, your efforts are appreciated!

Volunteer passports will be mailed to our volunteers when they are available. Also keep an eye out for community announcements about events honouring volunteers.

STAT Safety Training recently donated four full days of training services to our school. Each year all grade 10 students complete Standard First Aid with CPR and AED training. This valuable life skill is also a requirement for future high school courses. Thank you to STAT Safety Training for the generous donation and thank you to Lisa for being a great instructor!

STAT Safety Training donates services

Welcome to our newest Paul Rowe Raider!

We are excited to welcome our newest Raider to our school family!

Congratulations to Mrs. Coree Asmussen and Jarvis on the birth of their baby boy Kaysen!

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Raiders earn silver medals at Science Olympics

Eight students from our school were very happy to go to Peace River on Saturday, February 24th to take part in the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) Science Olympics. An annual event, the Science Olympics challenge students to work as a team to solve practical problems using hands-on skills. The APEGA program is run in schools across the province as a way to interest students in science and engineering. The challenges change yearly, but the goal is to get students to think about practical problems and what solutions can be informed by scientific ways of thinking.

This year’s Jr. High challenges had students building spillways to minimize soil loss by erosion due to running water, and bridges to hold a maximum amount of weight across a span. Both challenges had students working within a materials budget as a way to promote critical thinking.

The senior high division had three challenges which required students to design models of slow release medications, car bumpers, and earthquake resistant structures. Again, students were regularly working within materials and time constraints to design a practical but effective solution with the materials at hand.

Teamwork was also a significant part of judging in all events and our students worked together well to earn silver in both of their respective divisions. Organizers were quick to commend our students on their respect for other competitors and organizers, as well as their general attitude and response to the challenges

Raiders Attend Provincial Curling Tournament

put to them. We are very happy with the results and look forward to taking part in this event next year.

Congratulations to team members Donovan D., Marissa K., Russell R., Emily T., Justin W., Jes-sica W., Kelsey C. and [student protected by FOIPP].

Thank you to Mr. Andrew Bullen for organizing this activity and to Mr. Matt Taylor for assisting with supervision.

Thanks to a gold medal win at zones, our senior high boys curling team earned a spot in the provincial Alberta School Athletic Association tournament, which was held recently in St. Albert. They came away from the tournament with a 2-2 record. Congratulations to Max A., Kaleb Y., Robert A. and Sam S. on a great curling season! Thank you also to Mr. Da-vid Hyatt for coaching our team! Way to go RAIDERS!

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On Thursday, February 15th, our school community got into the Olympic spirit by holding a spirit day! Students were divided into teams and competed in a variety of outdoor and indoor events, which included Prairie Luge, Snowshoe Relay, Indoor Curling and Science Olympics. In the library, participants had the chance to warm up, enjoy hot chocolate, and watch the 2018 Pyongchang Olympics on the big screen. The afternoon wrapped up with an awards ceremony in the gym and an “Olympic facts” Kahoot quiz.

A huge thanks goes out to all of the students who participated, the staff who ran events and supervised, and to Mr. Matt Taylor for organizing the event.

Paul Rowe celebrates 2018 winter Olympics

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Paul Rowe celebrates Pink Shirt Day!

Paul Rowe celebrated Pink Shirt Day to spread kindness and raise awareness towards a safe and caring school community! Students wore their pink shirts to represent this cause and started the day with a pink pancake breakfast!

During our SOLE block assembly, all students who are new to our school were given a new pink shirt. Student organizers then gave a short presentation, followed by a team-building puzzle activity. Students were divided in to six groups, then each group was given an envelope of large, pink puzzle pieces. Each student was asked to write their own “Pink Day” message on a piece, then work with their group to build their pink shirt puzzle. Students came up with some great messages, including:

“Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone's inability to see your worth.”

“Be a FRUIT LOOP in a world full of Cheerios.”

After all groups had completed their puzzles, students returned to the gym to compete in an interactive Kahoot quiz.

Thank you to our student Pink Shirt Day committee for doing a great job: Lauren B., Sharman B., Rory G., Marissa K., Miranda L., Candyce N., Nelly P., and Samantha P.. Thank you also to staff advisor Mrs. Vikki Presakarchuk for coordinating the event.

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Extra special thanks go out to:

All of our volunteers!

STAT Safety Training for donating time and re-

sources to train our grade 10 students in First Aid!

Our Science Olympics teams for being great representatives for our school! Thank you also to staff coordinator Mr. Andrew Bullen and to Mr. Matt Taylor for supervising!

All of the students who exhibited great school spirit by participating in our school Winter Olympic Celebration! Thank you also to Mr. Matt Taylor for organizing the event and to all of the staff for helping out!

Our curling team for exhibiting sportsmanship and enthusiastically representing our school. Thank you also to Mr. David Hyatt for coaching and travelling with the team.

Our enthusiastic Pink Shirt Day committee for planning our assembly and activities! Thank you also to staff advisor Mrs. Vikki Presakarchuk!

The Manning RCMP and to Manning Victims Services for spending time building online awareness with our students.

We are lucky to be part of such an amazing school community!

RCMP presentations urge responsible online habits

Constable Matt Nyman of the Manning RCMP, and Pat Proskurniak, Program Manager of Manning Victim Services have been visiting classes in our school to spread awareness regarding the issues, and possible legal consequences, of sexting and bullying. Every high school class has now received this presentation, which encourages students to demonstrate responsible use of technology. Parents and guardians are encouraged to discuss these issues with their teens.

It is important for children to learn that they can influence their surroundings and have some control over things that happen to them. Here are some ways to develop this asset:.

Remind children they can control what they do and say but they cannot control what others do and say. Help children understand and accept this.

Give children time to be by themselves—this helps them learn more about their own interests and helps them become more self-reliant.

Asset Tip: Personal Power (Asset #37)

Learn more about the 40 Developmental Assets:

http://www.search-institute.org/research/developmental-assets

More Pink Shirt Day messages from students: “Bullying is NEVER okay.”

“You are enough.”

“I will make others feel safe and welcome.”

“Kindness doesn’t need a filter.”

“With just one smile :) you can make a person’s day.”

“Be Kind, Be Brave.”

“Think about what other people are going through.”

“Don’t be afraid to be yourself.”

“Please be kind to everyone. Be the Change!”

“Don’t be a fool! Don’t bully!”

“Help someone if they need it.”

“Stand up for what is right.”

“Be respectful. Be kind. Be friendly.”

“Be-YOU-tiful.”

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