have formed a Teacher Inquiry Team to investigate pedagogical best practices that we are going to be implementing into our classrooms as we start to organize for in-struction next year. We have also started Professional Learning Communities (PLC’S) to investigate and learn about Google Apps for Education (GAfE), Student Centered Learning, Teacher Advisory / Character In Action and School Culture during our Pro-fessional Days. Wm. E. Hay Graduation is fast approaching on May 28th and students are busy prepar-ing for this very special and memorable day. I would like to congratulate Ms. Lize-Mari Bouwer on being named this year’s valedictorian. Please remind your graduat-ing student that they will need to be present at all the grad practices for the week of May 24th to May 27th. There will be busses transporting the students to and from the arena for rehearsal practices during this week and students need to remember that they are not allowed to transport them-selves. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call me at 403-742-3466 or e-mail me at nbaharally@clearview.ab.ca. Mr. Baharally Principal

Our student registration process for the fall of 2016 is now almost complete; May 4th is the deadline for all student registra-tion forms but there are still a few students that have not handed in their forms. We will be trying our best to make sure that all students receive the courses that they have selected. However, students may not get everything that they have selected. This is usually due to the fact that there is a scheduling conflict between courses that are only offered one time during the year. Also, if students were late with returning their registration forms or if a particular course may have reached maximum enroll-ment. I would like to thank Mrs. Enyedy, Mrs. Lovell and all other staff members involved in our registration process for their time and energy spent in making sure that all of the meticulous details are taken care of. Our school truly appreciates all of your efforts, time and commitment. Please be aware that there will be NO school mail out in August. Student timeta-bles will be available to view and/or print from the Maplewood system in August. There will be no timetable changes in Au-gust. High School students will be given the opportunity to make necessary timeta-ble (class) changes during the first days of the school year. Notifications and remind-ers will be sent out through our Synre-voice message system, Remind, Face-book, Twitter, School Website and Memo as well as our new outdoor sign. School calendar magnets showing important school year events will be available again but will not be mailed out. They will be distributed to students to bring home at the start of the school year as well as available to be picked up at our open house on Tuesday, September 13th. Continuing in September 2016, Clearview School Division will be entering into the tenth year of embedded Professional De-velopment for all of their teaching staff. Embedded Professional Development allows teachers in all Clearview schools, the opportunities to work with the same grade and subject colleagues to plan units, lessons and projects together. It also gives teachers an opportunity to share common assessments, evaluations, teach-ing strategies, best practices and re-

sources within their areas of expertise. Also, next year our teachers will again be spending time understanding and imple-menting the Ministerial Order, Curriculum Prototyping and the Inspiring Education document. Our staff will also be continuing their work on Google Apps For Education (GAfE) in our classrooms as well as contin-uing with Project Based Learning, as part of the regular classroom-learning environ-ment. We have also taken on a new initia-tive with Professional Learning Communi-ties (PLC’s) that will be a part of our regular Professional Days. The days of our Divi-sional Collaborative times have changed slightly and now include full Professional Days in most months to allow our teachers more flexibility in how to use the collabora-tive P.D. time. Next year’s school learning calendar is also on-line on the division’s website and on our schools’ website outlin-ing all of the Embedded Professional Days in which the students will not be required to be in school. Also continuing in September 2016, Clearview School Division and Wm. E. Hay Stettler Secondary Campus will be continuing with the refining of the delivery of our courses in a competency (mastery) based fashion as well as student assess-ment, evaluation, grading and reporting to reflect this practice. We have completed one round of the “Tell Them From Me Surveys” and we will be doing another round of surveys towards the middle of May in order to find out what our students think about our current educa-tional model and to listen to their sugges-tions to improve our school and their learn-ing. During round two of the TTFM survey we will be surveying our current grade 7-11 students as well as our Outreach students to get their opinions regarding how we are meeting their current educational needs as a school. Once this data is collected, we will use it to help in determining some of our decisions for next school year as we continue into our second year of our grade reconfiguration as Wm. E. Hay Stettler Sec-ondary Campus. We will be continuing to host student and parent focus groups, to listen to the students, parents and commu-nity voices to discuss various options as to how we can improve to offer the best edu-cational programs possible. Internally, we

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R E M E M B E R :

Early Monday 2

Registration Deadline 4

Mother’s Day 8

No School-PD 19

No School-lieu of interviews 20

Victoria Day-No School 23

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ATTENDANCE LINE: 403-742-3476

S t e t t l e r S e c o n d a r y

C a m p u s

Mental Health Week, celebrated from May 2-8th, 2016, is an

annual event designed for all people across Canada to

celebrate mentally healthy lifestyles and positive attitudes.

What is Mental Health?

Mental Health is “a state of wellbeing that allows us to “feel,

think and act in ways that enhance our ability to enjoy life

and deal with the challenges we face.” (Public Health Agency of Canada)

WEAR GREEN TO GET LOUD Green ribbons were used in the 1800s to label people

“insane.” Let’s turn that on its head by wearing green during

Mental Health Week. Show your support: wear green loud

and proud!

What does it mean to GET LOUD for Mental Health? Think

of “getting loud” as one big public address system – a giant

loud speaker – calling out to end discrimination and stigma

and shame. It means taking action and using our voices to

raise awareness and build support. Some of the ways we’re

suggesting Canadians #GETLOUD include: wearing green to

show their support, getting loud on social media and talking

to a loved one or friend. And there’s more, simply visit

mentalhealthweek.ca for more ideas.

W m . E . H a y

If you require wheelchair/ walker seating at the Grad Ceremony, please contact the high school office by May 13th. Because of limited seating in these areas, we will be unable to accommodate entire families. Typically, three to four spots, includ-ing the wheelchair / walk-er can be accommodated.

Special Seating

Requests GRAD TICKETS!

Still available for

purchase by the general

public at the high school

office.

Cost: $15.00 per ticket

GRAD VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED!!

Please call Arlene Switenky @ 403-740-5569 to volunteer

DIPLOMA PREP COURSES ROCK THE DIPLOMA! Online Diploma Prep Courses are available to students writing Provincial exams in June. Go To:

http://www.rockthediploma.com/online/ for more information.

Schedule of Events for Grad 2016

A detailed Schedule of Events for the week of

May 23-28 for Grads will be posted on the Wm. E. Hay

website under the “GRAD” heading.

Please check for important dates and times as well as

other Grad 2016 information.

We have spent a couple of hours

over at Superfluity assisting with moving everything from the upper floor to the

lower floor or outside to a trailer. This is due to repairs being done to the roof

of the building. After repairs are complete we will return to help move every-

thing back into the building.

Siobhan from AHS informed us about binge drinking and low-risk consump-

tion of alcohol and the effects of alcohol consumption.

Stephanie continues to share her expertise and knowledge in art and design.

She came to the school and did a session on typography – word art and then we

went to her studio and did a session on glass –fused magnets which everyone

seemed to enjoy and all achieved amazing results.

A big thank you to the students who helped out setting up tables and chairs

for the Women’s Conference at the Community Hall.

Fused-Glass Art

ROTARY EXCHANGE TRIP RECIPIENTS Every year we are pleased to partner with the Stettler Rotary club to

send 3 deserving students on all expense paid exchange trips.

Congratulations to this years recipients : Mackenzie Hankins - Adventures in Science & Technology -Saskatoon

Hunter Paulson - Adventures in Citizenship -Ottawa

Maleigha Cox - Youth leadership - Canmore

MLA for a DAYCongrats to Aanelle Lynham, Ania Bohn,

Amanda O'Donnell, Chase Walton, Cameron Tripp and VJ Belisle for being chosen to be a part of the MLA For A Day program. It is an educational program for high school students in grades 10-12 who have an interest in politics. The program runs from Sunday, May 1st to Tuesday, May 3 at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton. While they are here, participants will get to meet with their MLAs, observe Session, network with other students and members of the media, as well as debate in the Chamber. See Picture in Hay Happenings...

GRAD PORTRAITS

Any Grads still wanting to order photos from Lifetouch can order online or

by phone at: http://lifetouch.ca Or 1-866-457-8212

You will need the Session ID & Access Code provided with your proofs

Band day at the Stettler Music Festival was filled with many proud

moments. Our adjudicator, Karl Schwonik, was wonderful with all

the young musicians, and some of the "old" ones as well. The

Grade 5 and 6 Bands were very solid and certainly on the right track

for continued success. The Grade 7 and 8 bands were very good as

well, scoring A's. They had to really keep focused throughout Febru-

ary and March as we had to juggle in practices throughout lunches and

FBI times. Thanks to the teachers that let me gather them in throughout

that time. The High School band really peeked at the right time and

achieved Honours in the Recital Category. The afternoon and early even-

ing were filled with solos, duets, trios etc. and ended with Jazz Cats Jr.,

Jazz Cats Sr., and the Jazz Guys. Mr. Schwonik was very pleased with

these groups with scores of A for the Jr.'s and Honours for the last two

groups. Overall, a very successful day and I was very proud to be on stage

with these wonderful young, and old, musicians. On Sunday, May

8th the Stettler Concert Band is off to New Orleans. We are a 77 piece

Concert Band this year and we are very excited to see and perform in this

part of the world. Thanks to all for the support! Eric Rahn, Band Director.

Football News: Spring Camp information and Registration forms for the 2016 Fall Season

are now available at the office. Registration/Equipment pick-up: May 16 (returning players); May 17 & 18 (new players) 3:30-5:00 pm PRACTICES BEGIN—Monday, May 24 4-6pm SPRING JAMBOREE – June 4

Players who have equipment out for Spring football are still required to register for the coming season. Contact Mr. Baharally for more information.

Badminton is in full swing at our school. The high school teams are doing very well and will need to bring their A game to Zone

playoffs to be held here in Stettler on Saturday April 30. First and second place finishers at zones go on to Provincials in Edmonton on May 6/7. The Junior High players have had 2 optional tournaments - one in Red Deer and one in Castor - to help them gain experience before they head into CARA on April 27 and then CWAJHAA on May 6/7. Coaches Langford, MacDonald, Nixon, and Olafson are pleased with the progress of their +40 person "team" Congratulations all badminton players who competed in CARA on May 27. Gr 9 winners were Steele & Isaac while Jordan placed 3rd in boys sin-gles. Our gr 8 team were strong!! Brooke & Daylan won 1st, Autumn & Antonio won 2nd place; Corben was 1st, Chase was 2nd; Ben & Cole were 1st in boys doubles and in girls doubles Maddie & Minnie were 2nd and Kyla & Ximena were 3rd. Gr 7 play saw Tyler win 1st and Shay 2nd; Andrew & Reece were 2nd in boys doubles and Kyla and Jacob won 1st in mixed dou-bles. Hats off to all of the badminton players!

Upcoming Dates: Provincial Badminton—May 6-7 Edmonton CWAJJHAA Badminton —May 13-14 Red Deer

Track and Field SR. High Practices: Tues/Thurs 3:30-5:00pm

Area Track Meet, Wednesday, May 18 Stettler

On April 23, the Senior A and both Intermedi-ate School Reach teams went to Provin-cials at Harry Ainlay High School in Edmonton. The Seniors fin-ished 4th in their pool and then advanced to the Consolation final. They lost a very close game to Lacombe in the Consola-tion final. The Intermediates placed 5th and 6th in their pools. They played each other in the first round of Consolation playoffs. The A team advanced to the next round but lost in the final. They were definitely the best dressed teams at the com-petition! So nice to see the kids make the extra effort and make our school proud. (The Intermediates even color co-ordinated their dress clothes!) -see photos next page

The Wm.E. Hay Archery team

finished off their season with a solid third place finish at

Provincials Friday April 29th in Drayton Valley. Brooke

Glasier placed first for gr.9 girls, third for high school girls,

Jessa Heatherington placed second for gr.11 girls, Will Rob-

erts placed second for gr.12 boys and Josh Morris placed

third for gr. 8 boys. Congratulations to all of our members.

You do our school proud! Next up on the Archery agenda

are Skype practices for Jessa Heatherington with the Cana-

dian All Stars team and coach Hal Ziprick. We are looking

forward to next years season and to the growth of our

team.

Also, a huge thank you to all of our

parents for helping us get our equipment

to and from the tournaments safely,

even with complications.

We started our season this past weekend with a pre-season

camp with McNally High School from Edmonton, who traveled

to Stettler to train with us Friday and Saturday (April 22/23).

Camp was a huge success and helped build a lot of team culture.

We played the first ever Stettler rugby game this past Tuesday, April 26, against Rocky Mountain House

and won a thriller, 12-10. We have our first home game of the season this Wednesday at Wm. E. Hay

May 4th at 4:30pm. Hoping to get as many fans out as we can!

Upcoming Dates: May 4- LCHS @ Stettler May 11– Olds @ Stettler

May 13-14-Tournament –Drayton Valley

As part of the School Culture Enhancement project, Mrs. DuToit and several students

have been painting a “Word Wall” in the cafeteria. Thanks also to Shaelyn Albers

who painted this impressive mural in the high school gym.

2016 WEH Girls RUGBY team

after first ever game vs Rocky Mountain House

W.E. Hay Rugby pre-season training camp with McNally High School

The Jr. High Girls Group making

mini ZEN gardens with

Mrs. Ough and Mrs. Warford

MLA for a Day: Aanelle Lynham, Ania Bohn, Amanda

O'Donnell, Chase Walton, Cameron Tripp, VJ Belisle.

Tuesdays 5:00-8:00pm: Tutoring

There are MANY events planned at the Library during the month of

MAY—-Here are just a few—check out the Library WEBSITE

(spl.prl.ab.ca) for more information and other events that may be of interest...

Thursday May 5 @ 7 pm – Readers’ Circle discusses Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend Saturday May 7 @ 11am — Bike Maintenance Workshop. Bring your bike to the library and learn how to keep it maintained all sum-mer! Saturday May 14 @ 10:30 am – Inspire Yourself! Print a gorgeous artwork for framing at the library. Monday May 16 @ 6:15 pm - Organizational meeting Cookbook Club. Interested in joining a cookbook club in the summer/fall? Thursday May 19 @ 2 pm (Clearview PD) – Make a pendant stamped with your initials, a word or a symbol. Chains provided. Keep for yourself or give as a gift! Ages 9+ Friday May 20 @ 2 pm (Clearview PD) – Disney’s The Pirate Fairy screens at the library. Popcorn will be served! Tuesday May 24 @ 4 pm – It’s Origami for Kids with Darlene. Fold beautiful tulips and other things from paper

Band Trip to New Orleans

Badminton Provincials

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Call Barb at 403-740-4049 to book an appointment

Coronation June 2, 2016

Stettler June 3, 2016

May 2016