From Mr. Ridgen’s desk: I would like to thank the students and staff 41 graduates. Although grad- at MCI for another great school year. In my uation marks the end of high Chancellor Athletics Report first year as the Principal here at MCI the school, it opens a door to MCi had several teams who compet- support of our staff, students, and parents many new and exciting op- ed at the provincial level: Cross was a great asset during my transition. portunities. I am excited to country (2 runners), Girls soccer, As is always the case, the 2015-2016 see what the class of 2K16 Hockey, Badminton, Track and Field school year went by very quickly. Students will accomplish as they move athletes (15 athletes). MCI teams benefitted from a lot of unique and exciting on to the next stages of their also hosted successful tournaments learning experiences this year. As you will lives. over the year in hockey, volleyball, see in the rest of the community report our I hope everyone has a great and soccer. MCI would like to thank staff have provided a number of opportuni- summer break, and returns all of the volunteer hours that are ties to extend student learning beyond the in September excited to take staff put in to make the Minnedosa traditional classroom setting to make learn- on the challenges of the new Chancellors athletic programs suc- ing more engaging and authentic. school year. cessful. Our staff and community Our graduation this year was an amaz- coaches and managers put in close ing celebration of the achievements of our Mr. Ridgen to 2000 volunteer hours to make it possible to offer the variety of sports that MCI students have access to. MCI physical education students Academics Summary 2015-2016: were able to try a variety of activities Minnedosa Collegiate has a graduation rate M.C.I. Undergraduate Awards in our area again this year: downhill of 93% this year. 41 out of 44 grade 12s skiing at Ski Valley, snow shoeing, graduated. The drop out rate for 2015-16 was Wed. Sept. 7th at 11:15 am canoeing, and RMNP hikes. This 1.2%. A total of 1494.5 credits were attempted by Student Families and year's intramural program involved 177 students during this school year. 99.5% Community are Welcome more than 70 students and staff and of these courses were successfully complet- featured such activities as indoor ed. soccer, dodgeball, volleyball and The Connect for Success program was con- basketball. tinued for all grade 9 students. Staff contin- Student Council ued to meet weekly to identify students in In the fall of 2015 you elected us as student council co- need of additional supports. presidents in MCI’s very first fall election. We would like to take the time to sincerely thank you for the support along Student Council Elections the way for all the participation that you put into the M.C.I. by the Numbers: will be in the fall of 2016 177 Students as of Sept. 30, 2015 events. Without you, there would be no us. We hope that 10.5 Teaching Staff (by FTE) at the end of this year you can look back at the weekly Speeches and Voting 1 Principal events we hosted and smile. We hope that you will always 0.5 Resource Teacher Friday Sept. 23 7 Educational Assistants remember the food fight, Mr. Dornn getting a pie in the 0.66 Student Support Facilitator face, the first ever Triple Grade Wars and High School 0.5 Guidance Counsellor Hangout, Fear Factor, Minute to Win It, and the highly re- 0.5 Career Prep. Coordinator quested “Formal Day”. There were some challenges along 1 Secretary ~ 1 Librarian the way but at the end of the year we are glad to say that that 1 Canteen Staff ~ 3 Custodians we enjoyed the year every step of the way working with every

MCI says goodbye to student, teacher, and member of student council. We would Wilma Meadows, like to thank all Student Council members, along with Mrs. Mindy Dobreen and Chris Warkentin Barrett and Mrs. Storozynsky for making Student Council You will be missed by students and staff. such a great experience. We would also like to congratulate the graduating class of 2016 and wish them all the best in their future. Thank you to everyone of MCI for giving us the Apprenticeship Program Participation opportunity to be your co-presidents, we hoped you had fun, We had 3 Grade 12 students participated we wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. and all 3 will continue with technical Thank you, training. In Grade 11 we had 7 student Michael Kreshewski & Ryan McLenehan (co-presidents) participate. Our MCI students are in car- Secretary: Brooklyn Saler, Treasurer: Linnae Topham, pentry, welding, mechanics and other Staff participate in Minute-to- Social Chairs: Megan Sheridan and Samantha Smith trades. Win-It games

Report on School Plan Priorities

PRIORITY 1: Student Engagement PRIORITY 2: Effective Use of Educational Technology Based on the data from last year’s Tell Them From Me This was our first year where every student in our school had access to survey results, our staff identified a need to improve our educational technology for all of their coursework. It is our belief that students’ sense of belonging within our school. It is our when educational technology is integrated effectively students will be belief that if students develop a stronger sense of be- more engaged in course content. However, we recognize that we must be purposeful in integrating technology if we are going to leverage it to longing in the school setting through peer interaction improve student learning. Our focus this year was on using technology to they will be more engaged in the school environment. In allow students to make personalized connections to learning and in order to increase the social connectedness, we targeted March, our entire staff participated in a professional development day the grade 9 and 10 students and had them participate in that focussed on that goal. From this our staff have found a variety of structured non-academic discussion. These discussions ways to personalize student learning some examples include getting stu- were done in groups of three for 5 minutes at the start of dents to published blogs to analyze and defend ideas or arguments, cre- class. This was a successful program this year, as many ate multimedia projects to represent abstract math concepts, and used students became more aware of ensuring that everyone platforms like google docs and schoology to collaborate with peers in feels welcomed in the school. As we move into the 2016- order to share ideas and provide constructive feedback. In addition to these examples staff have continued to give students a lot more choice 2017 school year, we will begin to implement this pro- throughout the learning process. These examples make the curricular gram on a multi-grade basis through our homeroom pro- learning more authentic for our diverse student population. Students now gram, which we will be re-starting in September. have control over what they learn and how they are going to demonstrate they have met required outcomes. This also allows students to make get the 2016-2017 MCI School Calendar online at: connections between their real lives and the curriculum in which they are working from. This leads to more relevant learning and increased en- http://www.rrsd.mb.ca/schools/mci/Calendar/ gagement. MCI School Plan 2015-2016 page 2

From the Power Mech Shop: Connecting with Our Community Seventy- five credits were awarded to students enrolled in grades 9-12 Poewr Experts in our classrooms included: Mech classes this year. Students  Junior Achievement presentations to the Grade 9s from Colleen McNabb, Kelsey Paziuk, Vern May learned a lot about Automotive Service in  Area politicians participated in our pre-election forums: Kate Storey, Green Party; Inky Mark, Independ- those courses and some welding. Spe- ent; Robert Sopuck, Conservative Party; Laverne Lewycky, NDP; Ray Piche, Liberal Party cial highlights of the year were: 1) Com-  Beny Mwenda from Tanzania speaking on Tanzania and sustainability peting in the 2016 Manitoba Skills Com-  Major Craig Ethelson, Chief of Staff Canadian Forces Base Shilo regarding the ethics of war petition where students from grades 11  Jackie Birch, Art Dalton, Blair Grant, singing songs from the American peace movement and 12 applied their skills in Automotive

Service and Outdoor Power and Recrea- Excursions tional Equipment Service. Unfortunately, included: we did not earn a medal this year in ei-  Canadian Muse- ther competition, but we did very well um for Human having three students compete for the th Rights first time. Our highest ranking was 6  Brandon Court place out of 12 Manitoba high schools. House Hopefully next year will bring us a gold  Brandon Career medal or two. Symposium and Another highlight was our trip to Por- Manitoba Con- tage La Prairie where our grade 11 and struction Expo 12 students got to tour three dealerships.  Ag in the Class- Avenue Honda, Portage Chrysler and the room’s Range- NEW Enns Brothers were all very impres- land Adventures sive businesses and the showed our stu-  U of W Enrich- dents some possible future workplaces. ment week (4 We are already looking forward to anoth- MCI students) er great year next year!  True Colours Human Rights Outdoor Ed Report Conference in Minnedosa Collegiate Graduating Class of 2016 Erickson (12 MCI students)  Tanner’s Crossing Planning District round table (2 MCI students)  National Women’s Volleyball CIS Championships in Brandon  Etzchayim Synagogue in Winnipeg  The Forks historical site  MHSAA Champions Mentor Training (4 MCI students)  Friends for Life TADD Workshop (5 MCI students)  Minnedosa Credit Union Youth Board experiential team building at Lake Audy

Outdoor Ed Trip to Nopiming Provincial Park MCI Drama Club MCI TADD On Tuesdays, Drama Club students Teens Against Distracted Driving hosted Model United Nations played charades, tried out monologues, two events to help students and the com- Three MCI students, Riley Barrett, scripted short plays and did improvs. Two munity understand the dangers of distract- Michael Kreshewski and Ryan McLeneh- events were the highlights for the year. ed driving. MPI Friends for Life Speaker an attended the Rotary's Model United Students attended a performance of Billy Series allows those affected by distracted Nations at the Canadian Mennonite Uni- Elliot in Winnipeg, and in March they per- driving to share their stories with high versity in Winnipeg this year. Over the formed a skit at the CHANGE benefit. school students, and we welcomed Kevin course of 48 hours, they argued, debat- Brooks. MCI also hosted a Mock Accident, ed, and built alliances as part of the simu- Eco Group 2k16: a community effort to dramatize the real life consequences of distracted driving, speed, lation. Representing Sri Lanka and The Eco group at MCI aims to promote and impaired driving. TADD members also Greece the MCI students were key parts sustainable lifestyles and build capacity of the Assembly and are already planning towards an eco-friendly future. This year attended a conference in Brandon with their delegation for 2017. the group developed awareness around 3 other Westman area students, provided by Manitoba Association of School Trus- goals in the areas of environmental, eco- C.H.A.N.G.E. Committee tees and MPI. nomic and social sustainability. The group This group’s second year as a Rotary In- receives a yearly $500 dollar grant and teract Club was very successful. They From the Band Room: raised money via bake sales, bottle collec- held 6 bake sales throughout the year and This was an excellent year for the band tions, and tree sales. participated in the Farm Credit Canada’s program at MCI. Many students volun- Environmental – The group ran an Earth teered their time to help younger students Drive Away Hunger which brought in 330 Week campaign on the importance of envi- pounds of food to Minnedosa’s Food Cup- with their instruments or to demonstrate ronmental stewardship and doing our part board. In December, students donated to their instrument at try outs, and the ensem- in waste management and energy con- the Seniors for Seniors “Be a Santa to a bles grew throughout the year. The Grade sumption; promoting a reduce, reuse, recy- Senior” program and worked at the Christ- 9/10 Jazz Band performed at the Winter cle theme in various activities. A dual turn- mas Classic hockey game. From the and Spring Concerts, as well as the Bran- ing composter and a rain barrel were pur- game, CHANGE brought in and donated don Jazz Festival. The Grade 11/12 Jazz chased with funds raised. $818 and another 300 pounds of food Combo performed at the concerts and Jazz Economic – DIY Christmas gifts and Moth- which was all donated to the Food Cup- Fest, in addition to the Benefit for CHANGE ers’ Day gifts workshops were offered. A board. CHANGE volunteered their time to in March. The MCI Concert band had the “No Logo” Day encouraged the student help set up the Expressions Concert in opportunity once again to travel to IMC in body to think about where their clothes February, the Rotary Book Sale, and the September to kick start their musical year, come from, what conditions they were Lion’s Highway Cleanup. In March, the and continued to work with specialists made under and the source of materials. CHANGE Committee held their annual throughout the year. They also performed The aim is to cultivate a conscious con- benefit which showcased some of MCI’s at the Winter and Spring Concerts, in addi- sumer mindset. talent with presentations by the MCI Jazz tion to two festivals throughout the year. Social – The group purchased 4 more con- Combo and the MCI Drama Club. Some They travelled to Edmonton, AB to partici- vertible benches to complete the outdoor other fun things that these students got to pate in the Cantando Festival in April, hav- multipurpose space, with the aim to bring participate in were: WE Day, an Ag in the ing the opportunity to work with profession- classes outdoors and to provide a social Classroom presentation by Johanne als and attend two evening performances. gathering place for students to connect. Ross, and TCS WE Day. Throughout the The MCI Concert Band's performance at They also ran a “Walk for Wellness” cam- year, CHANGE raised over $4000 and the Winnipeg Optimist Festival was out- paign in the spring (March to June) to pro- donated $750 to Free the Children, $500 standing. Their hard work paid off, and they mote physical health and mental well- to Kozy Kritters, $500 to Victoria Wolley, were rewarded with an invitation to Mu- being. The campaign encouraged students $1500 to Blanco’s Children, $500 to the sicFest, the National level of the Optimist and staff to walk for 20 minutes a day over Minnedosa Food Cupboard, and $330 to Festival. This upcoming year, MusicFest the lunch hour 3 times a week, providing the Red Cross in support of the Fort Mac- will be held in Niagara Falls. an opportunity to bring students together. Murray Relief Fund. Congratulations, MCI Band Students!