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June 24
We support the Catholic teachings of sexuality while encouraging parents to make an informed decision on the HPV Vaccine. The District believes that this is a health issue and not a religious one.
Our District looks forward to working with Capital Health to offer the HPV Vaccine to Grade 5 students in our schools next school year, and to Grade 9 students in 2009. The District will work with Capital Health to give information to parents that outlines the benefits and any risks associated with this vaccine.
Board Chairperson Cindy Olsen has been interviewed by some media today. Watch for the story on tonight's 6 p.m. CBC TV and Global TV newscasts.
June 11
CTV was at Ben Calf Robe/St. Clare School this afternoon and a part of the Grade 8 class as students watched the apology from Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The complete story with the students will be on tonight on the CTV 6 p.m. news.
June 5
This morning, children at St. Vincent Elementary, launched their Paper and Pen Drive for children in Afghanistan. Members of the Arndt Foundation visited their school to discuss the need of Afghanistan children to get an education. The Arndt Foundation started on August 15th, 2006, following the death of Master Corporal Raymond Arndt, a Canadian Soldier, of the Loyal Edmonton Regiment, who was killed in Afghanistan on August 5, 2006. To carry on his memory, The Arndt Foundation collects pads of paper and pens and the Edmonton-based soldiers take them to the children in Afghanistan. Two Grade 5 students at the school have initiated this project and will be collecting paper and pens for the next couple of weeks.
CTV was also there this morning and the story will be on tonight's 6 p.m. CTV news.
June 4
This afternoon Ben Calf Robe/St. Clare School hosted the one-year anniversary and ongoing partnership that offers technology expertise to First Nations and Metis students in Alberta. The IGN.I.T.E. (Igniting Interest in Technology and Engineering) partnership creates opportunities for Aboriginal people in the IT sector by engaging Aboriginal youth in technology camps. Watch for the story tonight on the 6 p.m. CTV news as well as tomorrow on APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network).
June 3
St. Alphonsus Elementary/Junior High hosted the provincial government's launch today of the new Nutrition Guidelines for day cares, schools and recreation facilities! Alberta is the first province to create nutrition guidelines for this purpose. Speakers included Dr. Raj Sherman, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Health and Wellness. The media were also there so watch for the story tonight on the 6 p.m. news on Global TV, City TV, CTV, and CBC TV. The story will also be on CBC Radio throughout the day. Interviews include Cheryl Shinkaruk, our District's Physical Education and Health and Life Skills Consultant, St. Alphonsus Principal Dan Cavanagh and several students from the school.
May 30
CBC National will be featuring the Breakfast program at St. Hilda Junior High on their newscasts this weekend! A local CBC crew visited the school this morning for a story on the Breakfast for Learning initiative, and St. Hilda is a part of this program. The vision of the Breakfast for Learning program is 'to ensure that every child in Canada attends school well nourished and ready to learn.' The story is scheduled to run on their newscast sometime between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. on CBC Newsworld this Sunday night.
May 26
Global TV will feature a special tribute tonight to St. Angela Elementary teacher Ed Carson. Ed has been on leave for several months since being diagnosed with terminal cancer. Reporter Carolyn Jarvis will have this special story on Global's 6 p.m. news tonight.
St. Benedict Elementary now has a Health Hut that is open to students twice a week, offering healthy snack alternatives. Each Wednesday and Friday students are able to purchase fresh fruit, frozen yogurt tubes, cranberries, cheese strings, fresh vegetables and fish crackers from the Health Hut. All items are priced from .25 to .50 cents. Global Television visited the school this morning and the story will be on Global's 6 p.m. newscast tonight!
The adults in the English as a Second Language (ESL) classes at
St. Francis of Assisi Elementary performed for students at the school today! The ESL students are new immigrants to Canada and come from a wide variety of languages and cultures. They were dressed in their cultural regalia and performed for students. The school's Aboriginal Dance group also entertained the children! Global TV will have the story on their 6 p.m. news tonight.
May 21
On tonight's 6 p.m. newscast, Global TV will have a story on a Grade 9 St. Kevin Junior High student who has Cystic Fibrosis. Verity Filipow turns 15 today and reporter Su Ling Goh will have a story about the teen's journey with CF. The story will be on Global's 'Health Matters' segment tonight.
May 14
Global TV was out at St. Francis Xavier High School at noon today as students were getting their heads shaved for the Canadian Cancer Society. The head shave at St. FX is always done in conjunction with their annual Bike-a-thon. The school also announced that the total amount of money raised for this year's Bike-a-thon and Head Shave is $70,000! Global TV will have the story tonight on the 6 p.m. news.
Annunciation Elementary held a Parent Appreciation Day and parents were given breakfast-in-a-bag and each bag was carefully decorated with student artwork! In addition, the Grade 6 handbell choir held an outdoor concert between 8:15 and 8:45 so parents and motorists could enjoy the music as they dropped off their kids or drove by the school. The story will be on tonight's 6 p.m. newscast on Global TV.
Also on Global TV tonight there will be an interview with Monsignor Fee Otterson! In 2010, the Monsignor Fee Otterson Catholic Elementary/Junior High School will open in Rutherford. This interview will be on tonight's 6 p.m. news.
May 9
CTV visited St. Clement Elementary/Junior High this afternoon to take footage of this year's Excellence in Teaching Award finalist Jeff Boddez as he taught Language Arts to his Grade 9 students. The story will be on tonight's 6 p.m. CTV news. Jeff will receive his Excellence in Teaching Award tomorrow night in Calgary at a special ceremony.
Today's Edmonton Journal has a photo of the District's fourth annual Junior High Iron Chef Competition which was held at Louis St. Laurent Junior/Senior High School yesterday. The picture is on the front of today's City Section. Congratulations to the winning team from Sir John Thompson Junior High!
On page B3 of today's Edmonton Journal there is a story on the new Italian pre-school pilot program at St. Matthew Elementary School! Interviews include Manuela Ninassi, our District's International Languages Consultant.
May 6
Today, Louis St. Laurent Junior/Senior High School was the site for a provincial government announcement. Doug Horner, Minister of Advanced Education and Technology met media in the Senior High Art Studio to announce that the Rutherford Scholarship will now enable students in Grades 10 to 12 to earn up to $1,500 towards post-secondary studies with an average between 75 and 79.9 per cent. The current Alexander Rutherford Scholarship, which provides up to $2,500 over three years to students achieving 80 per cent, or better, remains unchanged. The deadline has been extended to June 1st this year. For the complete announcement, log on to the home page of the Alberta Government web site at: www.gov.ab.ca and click on 'News.'
Watch for the story on the 6 p.m. CTV, City TV and CBC TV newscasts tonight. The story will also be on CHED Radio throughout the day. Interviews include Louis St. Laurent Principal Kathie Tourangeau, Louis St. Laurent Art Teacher Janice Fehr, and several students.
May 2
Monday's City TV Breakfast Television with Bridget Ryan will feature students from St. Kevin Junior High. The students will be at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village working with artist Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn on a workshop about "how to illustrate a folk story" which is part of the Ukrainian Bilingual Program of Studies.
The Grade 5 class from St. Jerome is featured in a new 60 second commercial on Global TV (that will be shown throughout Alberta as well as B.C. and Ontario). The commercial is part of a series for the A+ for Energy Education Program. The students of the St. Jerome Science Academy as well as Assistant Principal Walter Kowalchyk have been working on a project that allows their Microwave to run on wind power that they generate at the school!
Two of three students that won a Canada Day Poster Competition are from Edmonton Catholic Schools! The Canada Day Committee of the Mill Woods Presidents' Council approached schools asking for entries. The theme was 'Celebrate Canada Day in Mill Woods' and was open to any school located in Mill Woods or The Meadows. The two students who won from our District are: Alicia C, a Grade 5 student from St. Richard Elementary, and Joslyn V, a Grade 6 student from John Paul 1 Elementary. The posters should start appearing around Mill Woods and The Meadows in late May.
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