P.E.I. students attend Canadian Student Leadership Conference in Alberta
Students Arika Pollard, Allison Vandaele, Morgan Jardine, Nicolle MacDonald and Alyssa MacNeill, along with teacher Chantelle Beaton, are in Edmonton this week, representing MRHS at the 2018 Canadian Student Leadership Conference. They will listen to keynote speakers, participate in workshops and a variety of other activities.
Interested Grade 12 students are urged to apply for the 2019 Loran Awards.
Students who are volunteering with organizations are reminded to register with Community Services Bursary to accumulate hours.
The first SAS reports will go home on Oct. 18. Course marks are updated in SAS regularly.
Charlottetown Rural will participate in Orange Shirt Day today. Students and staff are encouraged to wear an orange shirt and, as a community, come together to create awareness of the individual, family and community inter-generational impacts of residential schools.
Three members of the student council and a teacher are at the Canadian Student Leadership Conference in Edmonton. This is a cultural and educational conference with leaders including Chris Hadfield and Phil Boyte.
All potential graduates are reminded to sign up at Remind. com to get important updates and information such as deadlines, post-secondary visits and scholarship information. To sign up, text @crhsgrad2 to the # 902800-0862.
The annual St. Croix Canoe Trip camping and canoeing trip on the St. Croix River in Maine happened this past weekend – a wonderful way to start the school year.
Welcome to new teachers Kate Liu (EAL) and Alanna MacPherson (science and geography), who is replacing Jared Cheverie for the next month.
Mount Saint Vincent University will visit student services at lunch today. The representative will be doing on-the-spot admissions and waiving the application fee.
Any Grade 11 or 12 honours student interested in serving as a page in the legislative assembly should check in student services by Oct. 3.
Students, staff and parents will participate in Colonel Gray’s Terry Fox Run on Oct. 5, starting at 1 p.m. Fred Fox, Terry’s brother, will be at the school to give a presentation in the morning.
Representatives from the University of Western Ontario will be visiting student services over lunch on Oct. 9, University of Ottawa on Oct. 11 and Queen’s University on Oct. 17.
The Colonel Gray K.E.Y. Club (Kiwanis Educated Youth) will be sending students to the Leader Camp in Tatamagouche, N.S., Oct. 12-14.
The Rotary Youth Exchange Program information meeting is Oct. 22, 7 p.m., in the Colonel Gray Lecture Theatre. Use the student/visitor parking lot closest to downtown, last entrance. Interested 2019 exchange students, as well as parents, should attend.
The 38th annual KRHS Terry Fox Run was Sept. 21. with all funds raised going to cancer research. The event raised $1,535. Grade 9 student Mia Grace Payne raised the most pledge money.
The annual KRHS Frozen Pie Fundraiser is Oct. 2-16.
There is no school on Oct. due to Thanksgiving.
The first school dance is Thursday, Oct. 18, 8-11 p.m.
The first Parent Council meeting is Oct. 9, 6 p.m. All parents/ guardians are encouraged to attend.
The Aggies will once again spearhead the Farm Credit Canada Drive Away Hunger Food Drive with the support of all KRHS students and staff. This year the school is working with the South Shore Food Share in Crapaud. The most needed food items: pasta products, rice, canned soups, stews, fruits and vegetables, flour, breakfast cereal, fruit juices, pasta sauce, and baby food.
Grad photos will take place on Nov. 9 at Heckbert’s Photography, Summerside. 8,
Westisle’s blog has been updated with contacts as well as the “Guidance” page. The blog is at www.westislewolverines.wordpress.com.
There are no classes for students on Oct. 8, Thanksgiving or Oct. 19, Provincial Learning Day.
Westisle, Callaghan and Hernewood schools are now offering a pilot late bus program on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Two buses will leave Westisle at 5:10 p.m. with one traveling to Hernewood and one to Callaghan and continue from there to each elementary school for alternate stops.
Feedback is needed regarding meet the teacher night. Parents are encouraged to contact 902-853-8626 or htmorgan@edu. pe.ca.
The Ross Family is on the tail end of an active performance schedule as they prepare for their final performance of the season on Oct. 3.
The Ross Family Ceilidh is an annual concert series that debuted in 2006. It features a brother-sister group comprised of Danielle on fiddle and vocals, Stephanie on guitar and vocals — both of whom stepdance — and Johnny, who plays piano and serves as emcee.
It is modified each season and has evolved significantly from its early years.
Every Monday night since midJune, the group has been pumping out tunes to packed crowds from Clinton Hills.
“We dedicated many hours to revamping things for 2018 and it’s our most exciting show yet,” said Johnny.
In addition to new musical content, there’s an increased focus on comedy and refined showmanship – much to the approval of the audience.
“The crowd gasps in delight when the girls break into the Charleston during a stepdance routine,” said Johnny.
“And their jaws drop when Danielle demonstrates her prowess with a hula hoop. She’s been doing trick fiddling with it for years, but now she also stepdances while balancing the spinning hoop around her waist. It’s a hit.”
True to its name, the event is a family affair. Dorothy, mother of the band members, is a guest stepdancer, while their father, Allison, operates a video camera to help people sitting at the back catch the footwork on the big screen television.
The family’s venue, Clinton Hills, is a renovated dairy barn that dates back to the late 1950s.
“In honour of the former residents of this barn, we’re gonna play music ‘til the cows come. We might be here awhile. The cows haven’t been home in years,” joked Johnny.
Tickets are available at the door, online at www.clintonhills. ca or www.rossfamily.ca, or by phoning 902-886-3080. Telephone box office hours are Monday and Wednesday 12 to 4 p.m.