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JUNE 26, 2019

STS Express

Weekly Newsletter

CONTENTS

MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL ........................................................................ 3

IMPORTANT DATES ........................................................................................................... 4 JULY .............................................................................................................................................................. 4

AUGUST ........................................................................................................................................................ 4

SEPTEMBER .................................................................................................................................................. 4

SCHOOL CALENDARS .................................................................................................................................... 4

UPCOMING EVENTS – MARK YOUR CALENDARS .......................................................... 5 MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THE FAMILY FALL FAIR! ................................................................................. 5

34th ANNUAL TERRY FOX RUN – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 ........................................................................... 6

FULL SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS .................................................................................. 7 SWEET FAREWELLS ....................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

DONATE YOUR GOLF CLUBS AND BAGS ....................................................................................................... 7

SUMMER FAMILY RESOURCES ..................................................................................................................... 7

THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING ................................................................................................................ 7

MCCARTHY UNIFORMS BACK TO SCHOOL PROMOTION ............................................................................. 9

CELEBRATION AND PRIZEGIVING AWARD WINNERS................................................... 10 Full School Awards ..................................................................................................................................... 10

Elementary School Awards ........................................................................................................................ 10

Middle School Awards ............................................................................................................................... 11

Senior School Awards ................................................................................................................................ 12

MIDDLE AND SENIOR SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS .................................................... 14 MARKETING YOU FOR RECENT STS GRADS AND EARLY CAREER ............................................................... 14

UNIVERSITY PLANNING ................................................................................................. 16

WHAT’S HAPPENING ON CAMPUS ............................................................................... 18 HUMANITARIAN OUTREACH PROJECT (HOP) JOINS HANDS TO SUPPORT BROWN BAGGING FOR

CALGARY KIDS ............................................................................................................................................ 18

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MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL

As we approach the final days of this momentous school year, I pause to reflect on the

celebrations that have taken place in the past week and the connections I have made

with many of you. These celebrations acknowledge student accomplishment and

personal growth, but they also instill a great sense of pride to be part of this thriving

community. Thank you to each of you for your commitment to excellence, your support

and enthusiasm. You have filled my heart with joy.

To our graduating class of 2019, I am excited for you as you embark on new adventures

and face different challenges to build on the character that you have developed during

your time as students at STS. I wish you well in your journey and look forward to hearing of

your accomplishments as alumni.

The tranquil energy that is developing on campus is a sign that some well-deserved time

away from daily routines is approaching. While I am eager for the new beginnings that

September brings, I wish each of you a wonderful summer filled with rejuvenation, fun

and happiness with those you love. I look forward to seeing you in the fall.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Carol Grant-Watt

Head of School

IMPORTANT DATES

In addition to the listed dates below, be sure to check for new events throughout the

year online – the following calendar can be downloaded in an iCal format.

JULY

July 26

First distribution of 2019-2020 Back to

School Handbook

AUGUST

August 12

Second distribution of 2019-2020 Back to

School Handbook

August 23

Complete and return primary menu plan

(Kindergarten – Grade 3)

August 29-30

Tweeds and More Back to School hours

9:00 am – 1:00 pm

August 30

New Student Orientation Day –

first day for new students (casual

dress), Buddies and Prefects (non-

formal uniform

OE15 Orientation Hike (previously

known as “OE15 Challenge Hike”

SEPTEMBER

September 2

Labour Day (School closed)

September 3

First day of school for all students

(formal uniform)

Welcome Back Coffee for parents

at 9:00 am

September 5-6

School Photos

September 9-10

Grade 10 Orientation camp

SCHOOL CALENDARS

For more important dates and upcoming events, the following school calendars can be

found on the STS website:

2019-2020 School Calendar

Upcoming Events Calendar

https://www.strathconatweedsmuir.com/calendar/

https://www.sts.ab.ca/file/2018-2019-school-calendar.pdf

https://www.sts.ab.ca/file/2018-2019-school-calendar.pdf

https://www.sts.ab.ca/file/mysts/Calendar-2019-2020.pdf

https://www.strathconatweedsmuir.com/calendar/

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UPCOMING EVENTS – MARK YOUR CALENDARS

WELCOME COFFEE – TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

Please join us on the first day of school, Tuesday, September 3 at 9:00 am at the Black

Watch Bistro (Cafeteria) for our annual “Welcome Coffee” morning hosted by POSTS. There,

you can meet other parents, ask questions and learn how you can become an STS Parent

Volunteer.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THE FAMILY FALL FAIR!

On Saturday, September 21, 2019, from 11:00 am to

3:00 pm the STS Alumni Association and the Parents'

Organization of STS (POSTS) will co-host a fall fair on

our beautiful country campus in conjunction with our

Homecoming Celebration.

A fun-filled day of activities are being planned for the

whole family. Grandparents are welcome too!

Activities planned for the day include:

Food Trucks

Petting Zoo

Farmer’s Market

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STS Merchandise booth

Art Display

Cupcake Decorating Contest

Sports and Family Activities – face painting, carnival games, baked goods, an OE

activity and a few more surprises up our sleeve.

34th ANNUAL TERRY FOX RUN – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

The 34th annual STS Terry Fox Run to support cancer research will be held on Friday,

September 13, 2019 starting at 9:00 am. Over the years we have raised over a half a

million dollars, one of the highest totals in Alberta!

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FULL SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

DONATE YOUR GOLF CLUBS AND BAGS

The Physical Education (PE) department needs your help! We are currently seeking

donations of slightly used golf clubs, golf bags and baseball gloves with a high demand for

left-handed gear. If you are cleaning out your garage or basement and would like to

donate these items, please contact Mr. Dale Roth ([email protected]).

SUMMER FAMILY RESOURCES

As you and your family transition into summer you might want to check out the following

articles in our online health and wellness resource, LifeSpeak Academy!

What's a trick I can use to encourage my teen to eat more healthily?

When it comes to screentime, how much is too much?

My kids are always on their phones, what can I do?

It seems my kid is always gaming. Should I worry?

My child is going to University soon. What should I do to help with her transition to

financial independence?

What do kids often forget when dealing with cyberbullying?

LifeSpeak Academy no longer requires users to register for a

personal account to access library content. Simply visit

sts.lifespeak.com, click “Access through group account” and

enter “sts” (all in lowercase) to enjoy convenient access to

LifeSpeak Academy’s expert information, video seminars and

resources on hundreds of topics.

THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING

Thank you to all the volunteers for another wonderful year!

The extent to which you support our children, the staff and the many STS events is

amazing. Without your help these activities would not be possible. Your contributions span

across all grades and encompass areas such as in-class helpers, athletics, graduations,

speech/debate tournaments, appreciation lunch and treats for teachers, as well as

performing and visuals arts (just to name a few). Volunteers also run Tweeds and More, the

Lost and Found and build a stronger STS community through the Welcome Coffee, New

Parent Committee, fundraising and the Homecoming Fall Fair.

I am proud to work with such a dedicated group of volunteers. Have a great summer and

we look forward to seeing you in September.

Mrs. Tracy Maybaum

POSTS Volunteer Coordinator

mailto:[email protected]

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BACK TO SCHOOL HOURS AT TWEEDS AND MORE

Tweeds and More is now closed for this school year. We will open again for Back to School

Days at the end of August.

Tweeds and More Back to School Hours

Thursday, August 29, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Friday, August 30, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

First week of school hours

Tuesday, September 3, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Wednesday, September 4, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Thursday, September 5, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Friday, September 6, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

For more information, contact [email protected]


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MCCARTHY UNIFORMS BACK TO SCHOOL PROMOTION

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CELEBRATION AND PRIZEGIVING AWARD WINNERS

Full School Awards

Michael A. Copeland Memorial Award

Finlay Wagner ’25

Rex Armor ’20

Ruby Nerbas ’20

Kiarra Sears ’20

King Constantine Round Square Medal

Arman Lakhu ’20

Governor’s Award

Mr. Dale Roth

Engstrom Design Award

Dimitri Girgulis ’24

Xavier Benoit ’24

Raza Sidhu ’23

Armaan Sandhu ’22

Sofia Valoria ’21

Production Excellence

Maya Wilkinson ’19

Outstanding Theatrical Performer

Carly Black ’20

Elementary School Awards

Click here for photos from the Elementary Celebration

W.A. Heard House Award

Burns

Division II House Award

Janiya Mahal ’25

The Mrs. A.E. Dunn Trophy

Hassan Kurwa ’25

The Ken Headrick Environmental Award

Kavya Dandugula ’27

Angelina Wen ’27

Elizabeth Aherne ’27

Olympic Citizenship Award

Kenzy Elayaat ’25

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POSTS Award for Volunteerism

Rahmaan Shajani ’26

Middle School Awards

Click here for photos from the Middle School Celebration

STS Middle School Trophy for Diligence

Sophia DeLuca ’22

The Buchan Trophy

Alia Nanji ’22

Middle School Spirit Award

Azam Ali ’22

Shaheena Shajani ’22

The Dan Arato Award

William Schneider ’22

The Dr. Dorothy Goldstein Memorial Prize Middle School Math and Science

Sophia DeLuca ’22

New Sun/Joy Harvie Maclaren Award

Lucy Coleman ’22


Sameena Shariff Abdul ’22

The Grant-Fisher Family Award of Excellence

Kate Julian ’22

The Patricia Sullivan Award for Most Enthusiastic and Committed Grade 7 Debater

Trace Cannon ’24

The Hewitt Award for Citizenship

Shaheena Shajani ’22

Grade 7 Chairman’s Book Prizes

3rd: Abbey Stannard ’24

2nd: Daan Verschoof ’24

1st: Anusha Singh ’24


3rd: Luke Martinez ’23

2nd: Raza Sidhu ’23

1st: Carissima Rapai ’23

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Grade 9 Chairmain’s Book Prizes

3rd: Sameena Shariff Abdul ’22

2nd: Nourallah Elayaat ’22

1st: Andrew Beingessner ’22 and Sophia DeLuca ’22

Senior School Awards

Click here for photos from Senior School Prizegiving

The STS Model United Nations Award

Brock Jekill ’19

The Stephenson Award for Debate and Speech

Chelli Shapiro ’19

The Dr. Dorothy Goldstein Memorial Prize Senior School Science

Samuel Dayo ’19

The Timothy Stiles Memorial Mathematics Award

Samuel Dayo ’19

The Scott Seaman Outdoor Leadership Award

William Tilden ’20

The Alexander Pattillo Fine Arts Award

Zasha Rabie ’19

The Serena Mohamed Award

Aidan Wolfson ’19

The David Pike Memorial for Fellowship

Brock Jekill ’19

Aidan Wolfson ’19

The John S. Burns Family Trophy

Aadam Nanji ’19

The Tanner Cup for Citizenship

Abbey Stanick ’19

The Scott Broshko Award

Cecilia Liu ’20

The Peter B. Ditchburn Award for Leadership

Matthew Haverko ’19

The Dr. Martha Cohen Award

Aidan Wolfson ’19

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The Neil McQueen Award

Konrad Krusche ’19

The Margaret Cameron Award

Alice Yates ’19

The Howard Trophy for All-round Excellence

Samuel Dayo ’19

Turnquist Award for Altruism

Kennedy Simmons ’21

A.I.R. Wood ’99 Achievement Award

Brennan Cowley Adam ’20


Jayhan Kherani ’19

New Sun/Joy Harvie Maclaren Award

Luke Johnston ’21

Premier’s Citizenship Award

Benjamin Coleman ’19

Valedictorian

Brock Jekill ’19


3rd: Jhana Van Zyl ’21 and Sofia Valoria ’21

2nd: Marie Paletta ’21

1st: Sophie Verschoof ’21


3rd: Abigail Prevost ’20

2nd: Ruby Nerbas ’20

1st: Samuel Barber ’20

Grade 11 Chairman’s Book Prizes – IB Diploma Candidates

3rd: Zaki Lakhani ’20

2nd: Brennan Cowley Adam ’20

1st: Cecilia Liu ’20


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3rd: Cole Shaigec ’19

2nd: Brock Jekill ’19

1st: Samuel Dayo ’19

Grade 12 Chairman’s Book Prizes – IB Diploma Candidates

3rd: Basil Ng ’19

2nd: Anuoluwap Kasumu ’19

1st: Hannah Smith ’19

Grade 12 STS “Lifers”

Hussein Ali ’19

Matthew Beingessner ’19

Hannah Brown ’19

Benjamin Coleman ’19

Uday Dhillon ’19

Megan Evans ’19

Emina Hafiz ’19

Brock Jekill ’19

Carter King ’19

Lucas Kloberdanz-Dyck ’19

Maxwell Mercer ’19

Daniel Rusnac ’19

Mason Shopperly ’19

Benjamin Spilak ’19

Melissa Spyker ’19

Connor Wiebe ’19

Alice Yates ’19

MIDDLE AND SENIOR SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

MARKETING YOU FOR RECENT STS GRADS AND EARLY CAREER

Saturday, September 14, 28, October 5, 19

9:00 am to 4:00 pm, STS Campus

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Early Bird Pricing: $300 (deadline August 16, 2019*), Regular Pricing: $400

Space Available: 18

*No refunds after August 16, 2019

To register, please contact

Brenda Thompson, Alumni Engagement & Events

403-938-8318, [email protected]

The STS Advancement Office is offering an opportunity for any recent STS grads who are still

in their university studies that will be job hunting for co-op or summer placements, or people

in their early-career stage looking to advance to a ’bigger’ role. It provides practical

advice and a methodical approach to networking, job searching, interviewing and

managing your digital footprint. It is particularly helpful for young adults with limited working

experience to present their skills and strengths in a compelling fashion.

Facilitated Workshops

This is a facilitated hands-on course consisting of four one-day workshops. It is educational,

interactive, and experiential. Participants should be prepared to complete a few hours of

guided preparation prior to each workshop and to be ready roll-up their sleeves when we

all meet.

Day 1: Resumes and Information Interviews

Day 2: Personal Brand Framework

Day 3: Digital Footprint including LinkedIn

Day 4: Cover Letters and Job Interviews

Benefits

Gain confidence, devote the required time, focus your energy, adopt a purposeful

approach and find fellowship with peers pursuing similar goals.

Course Facilitator: Linda Williams

Adept at facilitating contributors of all stripes toward a common end, Linda brings extensive

facilitation, branding, communications and marketing experience. Linda holds an MBA

from the University of Toronto as well as a Certificate in Facilitation (JIBC) and Teaching

Excellence Foundations (SAIT). She is certified as a Professional Facilitator from the

International Association of Facilitators.

Beginning in 2015, inspired by the classic Tom Peters “The Brand Called You” article, she

applied the discipline of corporate branding to personal branding. More recently, she

taught Marketing You at the SAIT School of Business to guide students who are launching

their careers.

In addition to teaching, Linda is a branding and marketing consultant with an emphasis on

developing value propositions (what you say), brand personality (how you say it) and


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marketing plans (reaching the right audience in the right channel at the right time). More

recently, Linda has been collaborating with STS on their recent value proposition exercise

and ‘Say Yes To STS” advertising campaign.

UNIVERSITY PLANNING

Grade 12 Application Process

In University Planning class last week, we went over some important final tasks for the year:

All students who will be attending post-secondary in

the fall must order their final transcript from Alberta

Education via MyPass. If this step is missed, the

student will lose their conditional offer of admission.

STS has no way of tracking who has completed this

step, so it is incumbent upon each student to ensure

that it is completed before the school year ends. It is

also imperative that the students select the option

for the transcript to be sent after June exams rather

than immediately.

Mr. Ruskay came to class to preview how students go about ordering their IB grades

to be sent to universities. Full IB students must complete this step, and partial IB

students are encouraged to do so. There is no downside to sending the grades in,

and having them on file allows students to use advanced credit if they choose. In

some cases, universities may require these partial IB grades in the conditions of

admission. Mr. Ruskay has sent an email to students with written instructions as well.

Every Alberta student is eligible for funds through the Alexander Rutherford

Scholarship, if they had a 75% or higher average in any of their Senior School years.

To receive this money, the student must fill out the form in mid-July at

https://studentaid.alberta.ca/scholarships/alberta-scholarships/alexander-rutherford-

scholarship/how-to-apply/

If a student is concerned about meeting the conditions of an offer, they would be

wise to consider accepting a back-up offer that is less competitive as well. While this

has the downside of losing one deposit, it is worth it if the first choice offer is revoked

after diploma exam results and final grades are released (please note that students

can only hold one offer in the province of Ontario).

If they haven’t already done so, students should apply for residence as early in the

process as possible. Not every university has guaranteed residence for first year

students, and those that do also assign the best rooms first.

Grade 11 Application Preparation

https://studentaid.alberta.ca/scholarships/alberta-scholarships/alexander-rutherford-scholarship/how-to-apply/

https://studentaid.alberta.ca/scholarships/alberta-scholarships/alexander-rutherford-scholarship/how-to-apply/

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As Grade 11 students near the end of the school year, there are a few items to keep in

mind for over the summer:

Several scholarship applications require that the student be nominated by their high school.

The nominees for these “High School Nominated Awards” are decided in September by a

panel of faculty members. To be considered, students must submit an application package

in the first week of Grade 12. The details will be previewed in our final University Planning

class next week, and an information package will be emailed to students and parents after

that.

There are some courses and universities that require entrance testing and/or preparation

over the summer. International, direct-entry medicine programs, U.S. colleges, as well as

Cambridge and Oxford all have entrance testing requirements. If you need information

about any of these processes, please book an appointment with Ms. Caines before classes

finish in June.

Any current Grade 11 student planning to submit international applications next year will

need to declare this intention in our University Planning class next week. This allows Ms.

Caines to ensure that they are doing the required work over the summer, as well as to plan

for letters of recommendation. International applications are a complex system and we

strongly encourage parents to be highly engaged in the process. Many deadlines occur as

early as October in the international application process.

All current Grade 11 students should enter Grade 12 with a short list of four to six universities

for each country to which they plan to apply. This list should be realistic to their academic

performance and consider the factors and values that we explored throughout University

Planning class in Grade 11.


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WHAT’S HAPPENING ON CAMPUS

STS has a blog! Visit https://www.strathconatweedsmuir.com/blog/ for stories and what is

happening on campus. Be sure to bookmark this page! In addition to the blog, here are

some highlights this week:

HUMANITARIAN OUTREACH PROJECT (HOP) JOINS HANDS TO SUPPORT BROWN

BAGGING FOR CALGARY KIDS

Our Elementary Humanitarian Outreach Projects team (HOP) worked hard these past

months to support a local organization called Brown Bagging for Calgary Kids. We learned

that this brilliant organization brings food to 4,200 hungry kids each day in Calgary.

Volunteers travel to 220 schools in every quadrant of our city to deliver snacks and lunches

to students who don’t have the means to bring lunch with them during the day. HOP

members invited all of our PYP students to donate non-perishable snacks and money to this

cause. The HOP team has been busy decorating bags with messages of kindness and filling

them with delicious snacks. After weeks of dedication, we are happy to share that we

decorated and packed 1,150 snack bags and donated an additional $250 to Brown

Bagging for Calgary Kids. Way to go, HOP!

We hope this brings inspiration for all of us to look for ways to make the day a little brighter

for someone in need. Enjoy taking action this summer!

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