Issue #7 an Official Publication of Westview Secondary School - May 2013

WESTVIEW NEWS

Issue #7 An Official Publication of Westview Secondary School - May 2013

Principal’s Message wish you all the best because we know that Westview is a “Great Place to Be.” This has been another great year filled with hard work and many wonderful memories. Highlights include many athletic successes, Breaking Down the Walls, music concerts and Athletic News student leadership events (great dances). Our students travelled to Africa, Mexico and Physical Education 11/12 - Ultimate Fitness Edmonton and we brought the world here Challenge 2013 through our diverse array of international On May 3rd, students in PE 11 /12 participated students as well as the 2nd International Soccer in the 7th annual Ultimate Fitness Challenge. Tournament. We are already a long way into Students organized their teams of five to run a planning for next year and I am excited about relay event which involved two 1.5 km runs, a what our staff has in store. Our students are 700 m sprint, flipped monster truck tires over going to get more opportunities than ever 100m, carried a set of dumbbells over 100m before to impact our community, the province then met their team in a transition area for a as well as places around the world. We are run to a 12 ft. wooden wall. After each member able to live a richer, more fulfilling life when we got over the wall, all team members had to run take our eyes off ourselves and look to see what to the finish line to complete the event. This we can create in order to make this a better was a tough and physical event. place. This is the vision that our staff has for your kids and I know that we can continue to CONGRATULATIONS to the team of Matt make this vision a reality in our community. I Mariott, Hank Wang, Rob Soloway, Jeff look forward to hearing all about the Seebauer and Colton Davies as they set a new wonderful sense of community that continues record in this event with a time of 28:35. to grow at Westview. A number of teachers will be moving on (Mr. Okada retiring) as well as THANK YOU to all 13 teams for your effort in our admin team. Mrs. McCuaig, Mr. Liversidge giving your best for your team. and myself have all been assigned to new The PE staff were impressed with your placements so we want to thank this whole enthusiasm and determination. amazing community (students, staff and parents) for embracing us and for the great This year was the 4th year that students made experience we had while we were here. We the Fitness Challenge event a charity fundraiser. Always popular are the t-shirts. This year’s t- at 7pm in the music room. Your child must have shirts design was based on our new school logo. 2 years playing experience, minimum, to All students were unanimous in the design. participate.

To the many VOLUNTEERS, THANK YOU for June 11th is our Beginning Elementary Band helping make this event such a success. registration night. This class runs Sept. - May and is open to any student entering either To our STAFF, THANK YOU for your support so grade 6 or 7. Classes are free. For further we can run this charity and fitness event. information, please come out to our parent We are looking forward to making the Ultimate meeting June 11th at 7pm in room 1180. Fitness Challenge event better each year. Advanced Elementary Band 7 students should return their registration forms to Mrs. Jensen by May 27th.

Our Final Concert is Thursday, May 30th in the WSS gym. The event starts at 7 pm and will involve all five of the music classes. There are a couple of entertaining groups lined up to perform besides the regular classes. The choir is singing some classic rock charts, and the Band 9-12 is performing Skyfall , by Adele. We hope to see you there. Admission is by donation.

If you are walking through the lobby, into the cafeteria, check out the photographs on display of all our music students this year. Here you will Sixty-one WSS and PMSS music students, in also see the lyrics to our very first school song either band or choir, travelled to Edmonton in that our students created on February 5th. early April to attend music camp. We had 9 Finally, a note to all our music graduates: Best clinicians come in and work with the students at wishes to you and congratulations, from Mrs. Camp Nakuman. We then travelled into Jensen. Edmonton to shop at the mall and go on the waterslides. It was a memorable trip! A huge thanks to the chaperones who volunteered their time to join us on this five day trip.

Next year Mrs. Jensen is planning on taking the Website: schools.sd42.ca/westview/ students to California for music clinics at an LA University, perform in a recording session at Twitter: @WSSSD42 Disneyland, visit two famous beaches and go to Universal Studios. If your child is interested in this trip, there will be a parent meeting June 6th On-line Payment Option now available for School Fees and Yearbooks

In response to popular demand, School District No. 42 is now offering parents/guardians online options for payment of student fees and yearbooks. Before parents/guardians can use this new

Dance online option after July, 2013, they must visit the new site at https://parents.sd42.ca and register for an account. Westview Dancers did the Flashmob to "Cha cha Slide" at Laityview Elementary, Glenwood Elementary, and Fairview Elementary last If you have any questions regarding on-line month and on the first two Mondays of May. payments or creating an account, please Students and Staff joined us outside at their contact Ms. Anne Hibbeln, Accounts Office at Westview, 604-467-3481. recess and we had a lot of fun "cha cha sliding". The girls were very well received, and in fact, there are elementary students still dancing!

Are you new to grade 8 at WSS? You are invited to join us for a back to school BBQ on Wednesday, August 28 at 10:30 am. You will be able to pick up MESSAGES FROM OUR ACCOUNTANT your timetable, student agenda and locks. You can take a school tour, find your homeroom and OUTSTANDING FEES AND TEXTBOOKS locker, pay school fees and meet up with your Students are held accountable for all textbooks friends for lunch on us. Please visit our website at assigned to them and are also responsible for http://schools.sd42.ca/westview and follow us on returning such books to the proper teacher at twitter @WSSSD42 to stay updated on school the end of every school year, not during the events and activities. We look forward to seeing following year. All students with outstanding you in August! textbooks and/or fees were mailed an invoice after Spring break.

Please make sure you clear your account before May 31, 2013. We will have no choice but to keep your yearbook and hold your report card if you have not settled your account in full. how they perform at lower mainland scholastic tournaments next year. Grade 12 students All students are welcome to start playing, find We know how important it is to have your Mr. Manweiler to ask when and how. ‘Like’ the yearbook at the end of the year and have it Chess Players of Westview page on Facebook signed by friends and teachers. However, if you too. still owe textbooks and/or fees, your report card and yearbook will be held until these are settled.

Battery Recycling

There is now a small receptacle for students to Chess at Westview drop batteries for recycling in the Westview library. Any alkaline, rechargeable, or similar The first Westview chess tournament is being household batteries can be dropped in, and held in May, and is currently still in progress. small electronics with integrated batteries Sixteen players have been going head-to-head would be fine too (iPods, cell phones, etc). over the past two weeks in a double knock-out Please keep batteries out of the garbage. format tournament. There have been some upsets, and plenty of good sportsmanship throughout. The champion will be named on If you have old car batteries laying around at May 25th, and the top five finishers will be home, please call the school and speak to Mr. invited to represent Westview against the best Manweiler about how to arrange pick-up. that Thomas Haney Secondary can muster, sometime before the end of June.

One of the nice outcomes of the tournament The Westview Hi-Fi Room has been the attention that many students of Westview have given the players, and there are This is the room that lets students hear music more new students wanting to start playing like they never have before. With excellent every day. The talent of all players has stereo components, and high definition digital improved so much over the past couple months audio files, we are able to hear pieces of songs of practicing, that next school year should be that may have been missed before. Any very exciting to test their skills against other students who are interested in listening to great schools. Watch for reports on our players, and sounding music, and want to hear the songs they’ve always listened to, a little bit better, wishing to write Honors Math it will be May then come hang out and get started. 29th, Honors English will be held May 30th, after school in our Library. Projects that are in progress include some Do-It- Yourself speaker wires and interconnect cables, and anyone can be part of the builds if you’d 2014 Upper Fraser Valley like. The Hi-Fi Room is always looking for donations of usable outdated / unwanted stereo components and speakers… old and heavy is just fine. Youth Academy

Currently on the ‘Wish List’: FUND RAISING EVENT  Shelf and floor standing speakers (rotten foam surrounds are OK) Valley Fair Mall  Popular brand DVD player (old is OK)  Surround sound receiver (old is OK) Sunday, June 2nd, 2013  Working turntable  CD / LP collections (any genre, any 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM condition) BBQ hot dogs and pop

The Westview Metal Shop Information on the Annual RCMP Youth Academy You can now see and follow what is happening in the school metal shop by going to Facebook and ‘Like’ the Westview Metal Shop page. See our projects and how the students are making Aboriginal Achievement Awards them. Thursday, May 30 THSS 5-8PM

Grade 7 Day – May 29

All students attend in the place of grade 8’s on Report Card Pickup this day (8:25 – 2:40). Schedules for this day have been delivered to elementary schools Thursday June 27 during the week of May 20. Students should bring these schedules with them on their visit Grade 8 – 8:45-9:15 day. We will provide a hot dog bbq, but students are welcome to bring snacks or an Grade 9 – 9:15-9:45 alternate lunch if they wish. For students Grade 10 – 9:45-10:15 Grade 11 – 10:15-10:45

Grade 12 – 10:45-11:15

Webster’s Corners Elementary CALENDAR School May 20 Victoria Day (no METAL DRIVE school) May 21 Pro D Day – FUNDRAISER District st May 27 PAC Meeting 7PM Saturday June 1 , 9am – 2pm May 29 G7 Visit/G8’s Stay Home Corner of 256th St. & Dewdney Trunk May 29 Battle of the bands 7PM MPR Rd - school parking lot May 30 Final Music Concert 7PM Clean up your home, business or May 30 Aboriginal Achievement Awards THSS 5-8PM farmyard! May 31 Fun Friday/Spirit Assembly We will collect all types of metal big and June 1 Grad Dinner/Dance small. Such as old fridges, stoves, Dry Grad June 14 All lockers must be empty washers, dryers, car batteries, bikes, by BBQs, lawn mowers, farm machinery, June 18 June 18 Last day regular classes steel tubing, old cars and parts - We will June 21 Grad walk through Big even arrange towing of your old car or Gym truck at no cost to you! Drop items off Mandatory 2PM June 25 School Leaving Ceremonies on the day of the event, Saturday June Red Robinson Theatre 1st, or call for pick-up or if you have any June 19-26 Exams June 27 Report Card & Yearbook questions please call Cindy 604-816- Pick up MPR 9410. We are collecting now! G8: 8:45-9:15 AM G9: 9:15-9:45AM [email protected] G10:9:45-10:15AM G11:10:15-10:45AM G12:10:45-11:15AM August 28 G8’s pick up timetables, pay school fees, get locks, assign

lockers, school tour and BBQ 10:30 AM (arrive) – 1PM dismissal