March 2018

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Principal’s Message

Key Dates

Student Action Team

Grad 2018 Important Dates

Viewing Diploma Marks

Bandits Sport Desk

ESBCHS Cosmetology

Student Services Information

Parent Teacher Interviews

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

“The greatness of a community is most

accurately measured by the compassionate

actions of its members.” -Coretta Scott King-

I have had the pleasure of working as an educator in Beaumont for 29 years and it never ceases to amaze me how this

community comes together during difficult and trying times. Without fail, the people of Beaumont band together unconditionally to support their family, friends, neighbours, colleagues and acquaintances in times of need. Most recently, the community’s response to the adversity facing the Shtuka family has once again shown the genuine caring and compassionate nature of this town. From the Candlelight Vigil coordinated beautifully by friends of the family to the Ribbons for Ryan campaign initiated by thoughtful students, the people of Beaumont have shown once again that their priorities ultimately rest with the relationships they have forged while living in this great community. I am certain that the Shtuka family greatly appreciates the support as we continue to wish for the very best for them.

March is a busy month, with lots going on here at school during the day and in the evenings. Basketball playoffs continue as the Sr. Teams are in Provincial Playdowns, the Grade 9 boys and girls are in their league playoffs, Sr. High Badminton gets underway next week and both Rugby and Soccer are right around the corner. In addition to athletics, the arts continue to thrive in our school with the Celebration of Arts being held at the Winspear on Friday, April 13th and Drama One Acts and the Band Trip happening in May. Other student initiatives are also happening with the SADD Spinathon, SAPP’s 30 Hour Famine and Art Beat all coming up soon. Talk about a community working together...it is incredible to see so many opportunities for students to be engaged with

the support of their teachers. These varied activities provide unique experiences for our students, but also serve to foster strong relationships and to ultimately create a safe and caring school community.

On Thursday, March 15, Parent Teacher Interviews will be held from 5:00 - 8:00 pm. Now is the best time to meet with your child’s teacher as it is early enough in the semester to address any concerns that may be emerging but it is also a good time to celebrate your child’s successes as well.

On Wednesday, March 21, we will be holding our Open House from 6:30 - 8:00 pm for incoming Grade 9 and 10 students and their parents and we welcome all families new to our community that evening as well. The Open House will be an opportunity for students and parents to explore our great facility and to attend short information sessions of their choice on a variety of topics. Please tell your friends to attend!

I am confident that the strength of our school community will continue to serve us well and it will be an important asset to us next year when we will be operating in much closer quarters with a big increase in our school population. As 2018-19 will be the last year of the reconfiguration of schools, our school will see a one-year blip of very high numbers. This could result in some crowded spaces and potentially larger class groupings in order to maximize limited space. As such, it will be imperative that everyone be prepared to work together to make the experience a positive one. The good news is that this should only be for one year as 2019-20 should result in the final shifting of grades across town to allow for some breathing room in all schools. We have great students, staff and parents and given what I know of Beaumont’s ability to support one another, I am sure it will all work out.

Chris Peacocke Principal

CONTACT US

Ecole Secondaire Beaumont

Composite High School

5417 43 Ave

Beaumont, AB T4X 1K1

Phone: 780.929.6282

Website: esbchs.blackgold.ca

Facebook: facebook.com/esbchs/

Twitter: @esbchs

Instagram: @esbchs

STUDENT ACTION TEAM

Better start memorizing the digits of Pi (π) because on March 14, the Student Action Team will be having a contest at lunch to see who knows the most digits, prizes to be won. On March 16, don’t forget to wear green in preparation for St. Patrick's day and keep an eye out for the shamrocks hidden around the school. Breakfast Club will also be running Friday mornings before school in the atrium.

We hope to see you there!

Lots of activities coming up before Spring break- be sure to listen to the announcements .

If you are interested in joining the Student Action Team come to Ms. Watson’s room (room 112) Mondays at lunch!

KEY DATES

Parent Teacher Interviews

Wednesday, March 15 5:00 - 8:00 pm

Open House

Wednesday, March 21 6:30 - 8:30 pm

PD Day

Friday, March 23

Spring Break

March 26—April 2 Grad 2018 & Awards Important Dates

Grade 12 Classroom Visits (Awards and Grad) Wednesday, April 4 & Thursday, April 5

Salutatorian Nominations Open Monday, April 9

Salutatorian Nominations Close, Phil Oh Essays and “Why Should I Be Considered for Awards Night” Due Friday, April 20

Craig Gamble Nominees Notified Monday, April 23

Craig Gamble Essays Due Friday, May 4

Salutatorian Voting Opens (online) Monday, May 7

Salutatorian Voting Closes Thursday, May 10

Graduation Rehearsal, Gown Distribution, Announcement of Valedictorian & Salutatorian (3:10—6:00) Thursday, May 31, 2018 - ESCBHS Gym, Atrium & Mezzanine

Graduation Ceremony Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 7:30 pm - Evangel Pentecostal Assembly (4461 50 St NW, Edmonton, AB)

Graduation Banquet Friday, June 29, 2018 at 5:30 pm - Leduc Recreation Complex Field House (4330 Black Gold Dr, Leduc, AB)

2017/18 YEARBOOKS

The deadline to order 2017/18

yearbooks is Friday, May 4. Orders are

to be places through the PowerSchool

Parent Portal.

DESIGN SURVEY

Parents are invited to take part in a

survey to explore school branding. This

survey was made by students as part of

the Design 30 class. The goal is to make

signs for easier navigation around the

school. We are conducting the survey to

gain insight of what you think our

school’s key aesthetics and themes are

to increase the design’s overall

relevance.

Link:https://goo.gl/forms/

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ART AT THE BEAUMONT LIBRARY

Student artwork will be featured at the Beaumont Library from March 7 to April 9. Be sure to check it out!

EVERYTHING YOU EVERY WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT VIEWING DIPLOMA

MARKES BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK...

Due to recent changes to PowerSchool that were mandated by Alberta Education, PowerSchool parent and student portals are not able to display a student’s diploma marks or their official blended mark. Students must have a MyPass account in order to view diploma and official blended marks and also to register for re-writes, re-scores and to order transcripts. Parents are also entitled to have their own MyPass account up until their child turns 18, at which point Alberta

Education deactivates the parent account. To sign up for a parent account, please go to myPass.alberta.ca and follow the instructions.

If you have questions, please contact Mrs. Robinson in the main office at 780.929.6282.

ESBCHS Annual Awards Night

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

7:00 pm

School Gym

BANDITS SPORTS DESK

Basketball season is quickly coming to a close with only the Grade 9 teams having playoffs for their LDAA league. The undefeated girls are working toward a league final in Westaskiwin on March 14. Boys are looking to knock off teams ahead of them and get to Leduc Jr High for March 15 finals. Thanks to Mr. Steve Wilson, Ethan Wilson, and Arnold Nsengiyumva for coaching the Grade 9 boys this year. Many thanks to Mr. Jeff Rawlings and Mackenzie Novotny for their work with the Grade 9 Girls.

Thanks to Ms. Kavanagh and Ms. Vreim for their great work with the Sr. GIrls and Mr. Tschritter along with Vern Gerhardt for leading the Sr Boys basketball teams. The JV Boys ended their season with a satisfying 3rd place finish in the Camrose tourney Feb 24. Thanks to Mr. McIntyre and Amit Gill for their time and efforts with this group.

Congrats to the Cheer Squad on their 2nd place finish in a local competition last weekend in Edmonton. True North Camp coming up. Well done team!

Thank you to Mrs. Kim Lamb and her very young group of curlers who competed in the Beaumont league this winter and will be ready to challenge for Edmonton Zone Playdowns next season. Your work is appreciated!

Stay tuned for Rugby, Badminton, and Soccer seasons that are gearing up. Go Bandits!

ESBCHS COSMETOLOGY

The Cosmetology program received some AMAZING deals and we are pleased to be passing the savings on to YOU! Litre size shampoo and conditioners are concentrated and contain high quality ingredients, keeping your hair in top shape. 1 liter duos take about 1 year to use up, so you are paying around $5.20 per month on average to keep your hair looking its best. All money from sales goes back into the program to help support the operating costs. Your support is appreciated.

The following products are available at the pricing below until sold out, limited quantities in stock:

a variety of AG and Hempz shampoo and conditioner in litre sizes from $25 to $31.00 each (they smell wonderful)

Paul Mitchell 250 ml shampoo, conditioner and styling products- $9.00 each: buy 2 get one free

OPI 900 ml hand and body lotion $20.00, Hempz 500 ml hand cream $15

Chi heat protector $12.00, hairsprays $10-15.00

we are a Neuma Salon, call us to place your order

Appointments can be made between 12:10 and 3:05 daily, and we offer evening appointments with advanced booking. We have a few appointments available for the evening of March 21st, call 780-929-6282 to book. Services include haircuts, colours, hilights, manicures, nail art, facials, pedicures, scalp treatments and deep conditioning treatments. Special pricing is offered for ESBCHS students. All services are supervised by journeyman hairstylists

We are proud to be participating in the Hair Massacure for the 4th year. This year students are shaving heads on March 22nd at the Coloniale Estates School fundraising event. Paper Kali Bears are being sold in the COS room for $2.00 to raise money that will support Children's Wish and Alberta Cancer Foundation. The bears will be displayed in the Cosmetology window, with the names of donors on them. 10" & longer hair donations are also being accepted (they accept coloured hair donations now). We can pre-lighten and pink hair for $15.00 (to cover materials). Donations can also be made on line to support the Coloniale Estates School team at www.hairmassacure.com click on "Hair Massacure -Northern Alberta", select "Donate Now" near the top of the page, search "Coloniale Estates School" press "Find" you can donate to the Coloniale School team or a specific person. Paper pledge sheets are also available at the Cosmetology lab.

We are also very proud to be a Certified Green Circle Salon. All of our senior students will be Green Certified Stylists March 12th! 95% of all materials we use will be recycled. Hair cuttings will be used to soak up oil spills! To find out more about this initiative please check out their web site

On behalf of Operation Christmas Child, we would like to thank SAPP and all the students, staff and ESBCHS families for partnering with us this year by packing shoeboxes. Your contribution of 54 shoeboxes joined the 615,120 shoeboxes we collected from across Canada and the 11 million+ shoeboxes collected from around the world. Due to your generosity, many children living n hurting situations will now love and hope, through a simple shoebox.

For more information on Operation Christmas Child, please visit https://www.samaritanspurse.ca/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Diploma Prep Information

Helping Your Kids Get Enough Sleep

Tutoring & Peer Tutoring

Scholarships

Choosing a Career Path

MENTAL HEALTH

ESBCHS will be hosting a mental health morning on April 30th from 8:40am-11:24am for all Grade 11 students. Our theme this year is “Reduce the Stigma”. We want to provide students with knowledge and resources on where to seek support should they ever need it.

We will also have various breakout sessions filling block 1 for the students. Some topics are…

Stress – How to cope? What can I do to take a break or de-stress?

Therapy Animals

Alberta Health Services – Seeking Help and Finding Support

Mental Illness and the power of yoga.

FCSS and The Youth Centre on supports in the community.

Addictions

MADD with the support of the RCMP will also be presenting at ESBCHS the morning of April 30th. All grades will receive the presentation on dangerous driving

STUDENT SERVICES INFORMATION

UPCOMING EVENTS

Open House - Wednesday, March 21st. 6.30-8:00 pm

There will be a brief welcome, followed by time for parents and students to explore the school, ask questions about programs as they tour, and they will also have the option to attend short breakout sessions for information on a range of topics about our school. Please note that the Open House is in lieu of the High School Orientation.

New Registration Process 2018-2019

There will be a new process for 2018-2019 course registration. On April 3rd all students will receive a registration package for the 2018-2019 school year. The course planner in the package is to be reviewed, signed and returned by April 9th in preparation for computer registration. If students do not receive a package on April 3rd due to attendance or a spare, please come to Student Services to pick up your package.

SUMMER PROGRAMS

Red Deer College offers teen camps in film, video game design, music, visual arts, science and sports. For more details, go to http://rdc.ab.ca/continuing-education/summer-rdc/summer-rdc Heritage Youth Researcher Summer Program (HYRS) invites exceptional grade 11 students to apply for this program designed to give students from around the province first-hand biomedical and health research experience at a university campus and introduce them to the many educational and career options available in this field. This intensive 6-week paid! program has students working on health research projects in a variety of work environments with researchers who are on faculty at the University of Alberta, University of Calgary, and University of Lethbridge. For more information about how you can qualify, go to http://www.aihealthsolutions.ca/HYRS/ University of Toronto's Youth Summer Programs (YSP) bring together two of Canada's foremost faculties, the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Medicine to offer a summer program for high school students who wish to experience what it is like to be a

student at U of Toronto. The Med YSP offers a glimpse into the world of medicine and medical research and the Law YSP introduces the legal system and a variety of legal concepts. The programs run from 1 to 6 weeks. For more information visit their website at http://www.ysp.utoronto.ca UBC's Summer Scholars Program provides a unique opportunity for students in grades 10 and 11 to learn about environmental science. Mornings are spent in lectures taught by UBC professors then spend afternoons conducting field research. Students will live and learn on UBS's Okanagan campus in Kelowna. Interested individuals can learn more and apply at http://www.summerscholars.ubc.ca/

EXAM ROOM DRAW

The February winner of the Exam Room Draw for a Boom Box was Sarah Munchrath. Congratulations!

STUDY ABROAD

Considering studying at a college or university overseas? On this website you'll find information about Canada’s largest international education fair. www.studyandgoabroad.com

Resources:

Study in Canada-Study Abroad: www.GoStudy.ca

British Council: www.britishcouncil.org

Study in the USA: www.studyusa.com

German Academic Exchange Service: www.daad.org

Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada: www.aucc.ca

Association of Canadian Community Colleges: www.accc.ca

Study in Australia: www.studyinaustralia.gov.au

CONTACT US

Mrs. Kim Thomas

Counselor (H-Z)

780-929-1307

Mrs. Leaha

Severson

Counselor (A-G)

780-929-1306

Mr. Brad

Umpherville

Learning Support &

Off-Campus

780-929-1319

Mrs. Lise Layton

Youth Worker

780-929-1340 Ext.

1432

General Inquiries

or to book an

appointment

Mrs. Theresa

Busenius

780-929-1340

STUDENT EXCHANGE

Travel is a great way to gain new experiences, explore new possibilities, and figure out the direction you want to take after high school. There are just a few of the many opportunities out there waiting for you! Rotary International Youth Programs http://www.rotary.org/en/StudentsAndYouth/Pages/ridefault.aspx http://www.rotary.org/en/StudentsAndYouth/YouthPrograms/RotaryYouthExchange/Pages/ridefault.aspx EF (Education First) Tours & Programs http://www.ef-canada.ca/Default.aspx?bhcp=1 Blyth Education Tours & Programs http://www.blytheducation.com/

POST-SECONDARY US COLLEGE EXPO

The US College Expo supports Canadian students who are interested in attending a US College.

This FREE event connects admission representatives from US Colleges across America with interested Canadian high school students to inform them about their institutions. This affords students along with their families the incredible and unique opportunity to interact one on one with US college representatives here close to home.

The following is a link to the website which provides further information and a registration link: www.uscollegeexpo.com/ .

Student Services has now sent out three e-mails with information about scholarships, post-secondary and grad information. If either a parent or student has not yet signed up to receive these e-mails and would like to do so, please send an e-mail to Mrs. Busenius at theresa.busenius@blackgold.ca to be added to the list.

GRADE 12 INFORMATION EMAILS

SCHOLARSHIPS

Please note the scholarships listed below are applicable to grade 12 students.

Scholarship Amount Deadline Website

Re/Max Quest for Excellence

$1000 March 14, 2018 Re/Max

Retail as a Career Scholarship

Up to $5000 March 30, 2018 Retail as a Career

Belcourt Brosseau Metis Awards

$1000-$10,000

March 31, 2018 Metis Awards

First Nation, Métis and Inuit Bursary

Up to $6,000 June 1, 2018 First Nation/Metis/Inuit Bursary

You will find a copy of the Alberta Scholarship and Bursary Program booklet at http://alis.alberta.ca/pdf/scholarships/scholarshipsbrochure.pdf