Sacred Heart School of Montreal the pulse Volume 1 Issue 3, November 2011 Staff Don’t Forget . Faculty Advisor: Ms. McIvor November ©insanityisthefuture Editor-in-chief: Katherine Chamandy 23 - Grad & House Photos Editors: 24, 25 - NO SCHOOL Arts & Entertainment: Sara Turcotte 29 - Grad Photos Associate: Alexina McLeod Regular Columnists: December Jessica Abreu-Moore 1 - English BLC - Full Dress Uniform Jennifer Baritang-Junio 5, 6 - Sec V retreat Caroline Chamandy 14 - Christmas Concert: Students Natasha Hodge-Masnaghetti 15 - Christmas Concert: Parents Monica Petras 16 - Denim Day - Uganda Jasmine Rach Desk and Locker Cleaning Brigid Roberts 20 - House Meetings Contributors: 21 - Last day of Classes Melissa Likoray 22 - Christmas Wishes Melinda Meloche Early Dismissal Bethany Mount 23 - First day of Christmas Break Angelina Smolynec 24 - Christmas Eve: Santa Comes! Annie Tsotas ©Candice Law ©Candice Athina Tzinenvrakis HAPPY HOLIDAYS the pulse January ! 9 - Back to School 13, 14 - Basketball Tournament 17 - CEGEP Evening 17 - Cross Country Ski Meet BREAKING NEWS 18 - Swim Meet 20, 21 - Basketball Tournament 24 - Cross Country Ski Race LUNCH AWAY 27, 28 - Basketball Tournament BY KATHERINE CHAMANDY 30-3 - EXAMS - Sec V girls will soon be able to leave the school for lunch on Fridays - February I am so excited to announce that, after much poking and prodding (and a 1 - 3 - EXAMS lunch date of shish taouk with Mr. O’Donnell - delicious and delightful), Sacred 2 - Groundhog Day 3, 4 - Basketball Tournament Heart will now have a Lunch Away program: Sec V girls will be free to leave 6, 7 - NO SCHOOL school for lunch on designated Fridays. Conditions attached, of course. Details 10, 11 - CARNIVAL to come from administration. 13, 17- Teacher Appreciation Week 14 - Valentine’s Day Cross Country Ski Race You may remember that part of my Student Council President election 16 -18 - Robotics platform last spring was to lobby for the privilege of leaving school for lunch - 20 - End of Term mission accomplished. 21 - Cross Country Ski Loppet 23 - Swimming Championship 24 - DASHABUSTADD Many thanks to Mr. O’Donnell, without whose support this never would have 27 - Cross Country Ski Loppet been possible. Thanks also to the teachers who were behind us. Find us online! In an effort to be more sustainable, the pulse is available online as a full-color PDF - downloadable and forwardable at www.sacredheart.qc.ca/ under the Students and Parents tabs, under News and Reminders. Reading online is a great way to reduce paper usage and our 2011-12 carbon footprint, leading to a better and healthier planet! This message is supported by SHSM’s Environment Club. Poppies: Lest We Forget INTERNATIONAL NEWS BY AN UNKNOWN SOLDIER BY FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS Poppy seeds can lie dormant in fields for long, long periods of time and then suddenly L'école où nous enseignons s'appelle Sunway spring to life when the soil is disturbed and International School et elle surplombe le parc sunlight trickles in. d'attractions Sunway Lagoon. J'enseigne deux cours In Flanders, Belgium, where much of the worst fighting of d'histoire en 10e année et deux cours de français en 7e WWI took place and where so many soldiers were killed, the et 8e années. C'est la première fois que j'enseigne un fields were churned by troops and bombs. As the skies fell cours d'histoire. J'aurais parfois besoin que Ms. Potter silent, poppies began to bloom amidst the makeshift crosses vienne m'aider un peu. M. Pagé enseigne les maths en marking those soldiers’ graves. This “phenomenon” of poppies flourishing over the graves of soldiers in Flanders 12e année et il adore ça. L’école est très moderne; il y a was also noted back in the 19th century after the Napoleonic des smart boards dans toutes les salles de classe et Wars. tous les élèves ont leur ordinateur portable. Colonel John McCrae, the Canadian author of In Nous finissons de travailler assez tôt et nous Flanders Fields, most famously associated poppies with préparons nos leçons du lendemain sur le bord de la remembrance of those who have served. In 1915, his poem piscine de notre complexe. C'est assez exotique!! Nous inspired an American woman, Moina Michael, to wear a ne réalisons pas encore que nous allons habiter ici poppy which in turn inspired a woman from France, Madame Guerin, to make and sell poppies and donate the pendant 2 ans. Tout semble irréel. proceeds to the children of wars. Nous nous adaptons très bien à la vie malaisienne. Lapel poppies were first made in Canada in 1922 by Nos collègues sont très sympas et nous faisons partie disabled vets, and to this day the production of lapel poppies d'une équipe d'Ultimate Frisbee ce qui nous permet de remains under the strict control and oversight of the Royal rencontrer des gens d'ici. Mme Belfort aimerait bien Canadian Legion, Dominion Command. jouer ici, sa grandeur serait certainement un atout! As the vets of the Great Wars pass on and the younger generation of peacekeepers forges new ways of networking, M. Pagé joue au hockey 2 fois par semaine et on l’a the Legion is forced to close more doors. Who will ensure the récemment recruté pour devenir l’entraîneur-chef de poppies are made? Who will ensure the vets will be l’équipe nationale de hockey. Il est bien jaloux que Mme remembered? Charline Labonté soit la stagiaire de Ms. Lecuyer. Il Lest We Forget. aurait aimé entraîner l’équipe de hockey de SHSM à ses http://www.legion.ca/Poppy/campaign côtés… Nous allons fréquemment sur le site du GMAA pour voir les derniers résultats des équipes sportives de l’école. Nous sommes très fiers des bannières obtenues lors de la compétition du club de course et lors des championnats de volleyball. Go SAINTS! Nous partons presqu'à chaque fin de semaine explorer notre nouveau pays. Il y a beaucoup à voir. La Malaisie est un petit paradis pour les amateurs de plein air comme nous. Nous faisons beaucoup de randonnée pédestre et de plongée sous-marine. Il ne nous reste que quelques semaines d’enseignement avant les vacances. Nous allons voyager au Cambodge début décembre et ensuite, mes parents viennent nous rendre visite. Nous avons bien hâte de les voir. Nous leur avons demandé d’apporter une valise remplie de bouteilles de sirop d’érable! Hi hi! Comme vous voyez, la vie n'est pas très stressante ici. La température aide un peu car il fait presque toujours beau et chaud... Nous pensons souvent à vous sous le soleil de la Malaisie! Kita bertemu, à bientôt, see you soon! Martin Pagé et Marie-Josée Talbot Sacred Heart School of Montreal the pulse Volume 1 Issue 3, November 2011 Beauty and Health Ask Alice Ask Alice Ask Alice BY BRIGID ROBERTS What do I do if I have two friends I like, but one of my friends doesn’t like the History of the Stiletto other and only likes me? How can I make her like the other friend? In all honesty, it isn’t easy being the “middle” friend. I suggest you talk to your We all have – or dream of having – at friend and try to understand why he/she doesn’t like your other friend. From least one pair of high heels in our closet. there you can straighten out any rumours or clear up false information. Have When you wear your favorite heels to a you tried hanging out with both friends at the same time? 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