Spartan Spirit November 2014

1 Spartan Spirit November 2014

From the Principal’s desk…. Editor in Chief—Morgan Fatteicher “Together, we make a strong team!” Co-editor—Mr. Stanko This quote is certainly demonstrated at KCI! Collective responsibility for student learning is a priority for us. It is truly inspirational to see such a strong team commitment to children's’ education. As a staff, we are very appreciative of your involvement in your child’s education, and we are grateful to be working with such a strong parent community.

Please consider attending the SCC Annual General Meeting being held at the KCI Library on November 18, 2014 at 7:00 pm. For the latest info and happenings check out the KCI website, like us on Facebook, or follow us on twitter at @KCISpartans. We update it regularly.

On November 7th, we will participate in the Remembrance Day program hosted by KCI students, and in this way, remember those individuals who served our country so bravely and cou- rageously. We invite parents and other community members to attend our assembly at 10:45 am and join with us in this solemn occasion.

Term 1 progress reports were sent home on Thursday, November 6th. Parent/Teacher/Student interviews will be held from 3:30 – 7:00 on the eve- nings of November 19 & 26.

Once again, thank you for your strong support for us as a school and for your commitment to your children’s education. By working together, we help students reach their potential.

“Together, we make a strong team!” The library will be open for study Sincerely, every day after school starting in November. If you want a tutor Mrs. Tracy Forsythe please see Ms. Bishop or Ms. Fedorchuk and it will be arranged.

The Kamsack Track and Field Club is getting ready to begin its second season! We will have a parent meeting for all people wanting to join the club this year. This meeting will be at KCI at 6:30pm on Thursday November 13. Our first official practice will be Monday November 17 in Gym 1 at 6:30. This year, we will practice every Monday and Thursday in gym 1 and the hall- ways from 6:30-8:00pm. Any student may join the club, but you have to be committed to working hard and improving your skills. We work hard in track club. This year, the club will be sporting a brand new original logo and we will be ordering jerseys from Saskam Sports ear- ly in the season. We will be competing in several meets across the prairies this winter and spring. There is a Sask Athletics fee to join our club. Those wanting more information about the club can contact the club coaches Mr. or Mrs. Kitchen.

Jr Boys Volleyball Jr Boys Volleyball would like to extend a special thank you to RCMP member, Terry Wilson, for coaching the boys this year, it was much appreciated.

The team had 6 very dedicated and devoted players this year; Nicholas Tomochko, Denton Dietz, Lionel Cote, Steven Guillet, Cade Henry-Martino and Jake Philipchuk. A big congratulations to the boys who came away with some wins and some losses this year but managed to place third place at Sturgis tournament on September 20th and came home with a 3rd place plaque from Invermay tournament on October 3rd. It took special dedication from the boys when there are no substitutes and the pressure to be present for every practice and game is crucial. Thank you boys for you dedication and making KCI proud!

Michele Tomochko - Manager Follow us on Twitter @KCISpartans or follow us on Facebook 3 Jr Girls Volleyball

The Jr. Girls Volleyball team had a terrific season. We went to four tournaments, winning silver at our home tournament, and bringing home a gold medal from the Esterhazy tournament. The girls took first place at conferences, which sent us to Districts on October 25. Brooke H, Shani B, Maddie W, Shaelyn D, Julianna R, Sadi M, Annika L, Chloe I, Hannah P, Tara H, and Koryssa W all played extremely well at Districts. The team beat Sacred Heart in two straight sets, but lost a tough battle of three sets to Langenburg and Mel- ville. Congratulations Jr. Girls on a great volleyball season. You were a pleasure to coach! Miss Nichol & Mr. Gareau

Sr. Girls Volleyball The Sr. Girls Volleyball team has had a very busy schedule this year. The team of twelve girls, 1. Michela Cooke 2. Allison Thomsen 3. Jaelyn Dietz 4. Cassidy Irvine 5. Megan Thomsen 6. Mikayla Woloshyn 7. Paige Sterzer 8. Kaytlyn Placatka 9. Lexi Schwartz 10. Kaylie Bowes 11. Bre Bland 12. Lexie Tomochko have attended tournaments in Sturgis, Melville, Swan River, and Regina as well as playing exhibition games against Canora. The Sr. Girls will also be attending a tournament in Norquay and compete in Conferences which is being hosted at Sacred Heart High School. With the wide variety of tournament locations the girls have played against a wide variety of opponents and come up against some who were very challenging. Development and improvement has been the focus of the season as well as showing up and playing our best game every time play. There are a lot of seniors on the team and they have been a reliable foundation for playing as well as for helping develop the skills of the rookies on the team. I will be sad to lose them next year but look forward to seeing many talented players return as well. Thank you for a wonderful season the effort and commitment was phenomenal. Girls it has been interesting, busy, as well as enjoyable season, and I wish you all the best! ~ Ms. McGonigal

Follow us on Twitter @KCISpartans or follow us on Facebook 4 Junior B Volleyball With so much interest in playing junior volleyball this year, KCI has been fortunate enough to offer a Junior B Girls volleyball team. The girls worked hard on developing strong volleyball skills and played games against the Norquay B team, the Canora B team, and played in the Jr. Girls KCI home tournament. They split a fair amount of sets with Norquay B and they came out on top when they played Canora B. Your coaches are very proud of every one of you girls! Best of luck in your future years of volleyball. Miss Butler and Kaylie Bowes

KCI Spartans Senior Football

All in all, the KCI Spartans senior football season has been a learning experience for the players and coaching staff. We have endured a series of crippling injuries that has resulted in a number of games where we have been short players: Trai, Henry, Ethan, Jaraden, Austin, Taryn, Nathan, Brandon, Teegan, & Jayden have been injured at various points. Zack Cote shone as our fourth-string quarterback during our lone win at Porcupine Plain. While we have not experienced success in the win column, we have been learning the great game of football all season long. Brandon Cote, Chase Shingoose, and Ethan Musqua are our only football players who are in grade 12, so we expect to be a strong squad that competes for a playoff spot next season.

Mr. Thomas ART CLUB – It is not too late to join noon hour Art Club. The club meets on Day 5’s in the art room. Parental consent forms can be found on Ms. Doyle’s Art room door. Special Thank you to Please encourage your children to participate as we are always working on something new, and different from what we do during class time.

For the donation of $330.00 towards our SRC taco in bag sales !

2014-15 SHSAA Cross Country Provincial Championship at Madge Lake In June of 2013 at the SHSAA Annual General Meeting in Nipawin, the 2014 Provincial Cross Country Championship was declared an open bid, meaning anyone in the province had the opportunity to place a bid to host the event. I love planning sporting events and I love new chal- lenges, so a light bulb immediately went off in my head. I knew the perfect spot to host a fall event such as this would be the rolling hills and picturesque views of Madge Lake Golf Course, just minutes from town. Very quickly, everyone was on board and the planning began. Fast forward 15 months to October 4, 2014. With 556 athletes registered from 14 districts around the province of Saskatchewan, over 100 volunteers from Kamsack and area, I took a few moments to look around the golf course and take it all in. What I saw was a beautiful set- ting for a cross country race, the best athletes in Saskatchewan, and the hard work of dozens of volunteers, each donating time out of their busy lives to provide a memorable experience for student athletes and their families. As someone who values athletics in education very much, I have been involved in high school sport for many years. Like many coaches or managers, I was once an athlete myself. I had the advantage of taking part in many high school provincial events myself, but I never understood how much work went into the planning and running of those events. I believe in giving back, or paying it forward if you will, so this was a great opportunity for me and my colleagues to do just that. Selfishly, I couldn’t help but feel an extreme sense of pride on Saturday evening when the event was complete. I was proud of my co-workers, my students, my community members, my school division, and my province. People from all across Saskatchewan came together and experienced an event that will not soon be forgotten. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that this event happens around Thanksgiving each year. What I am most thankful for this year is a community that comes together and lends a hand when needed. You all stepped up to the plate, and I cannot possibly thank you enough for that. In the spirit of Thanksgiving - Chantel, Barb, Andrea, Glenda, Joanne, Rich, Becki, Lesley, Dave, Lisa, Ryan, Ryan, Ryan, Brian, Bryan, Rod, Bob, Leanne, Julie, Michele, Michelle, Monica, Greg, Jana, Karie, Tracy, Tracey, Mark, Roger, Allen, Linda, , Kev, Laura, Bob, Erin, Mike, Grant, Dale, Shelley, Darran, Val, Claire, Wayne, Tyson, Leona, Reid, Chantelle, Melinda, Lee, Amanda, Shelley, Carla, June, Maria, Chrissy, Wendy, Lucy, Kevin, Lyle, Fred, Jake, Kim, Chad, Kristen, Brian, Juliana, Alexis, Sarah, Krystal, Garnet, Jessica, Laurie, Marty, Scott, Faye, Carol, Colleen, Chelsey, Kim, Kim, Kendra, Rhonda, Maddie, Madelyn,

5B Classroom

5B is a great place to be! We have been learning many things across all curriculum areas. - In ELA, we have nearly completed a Book Club Unit with a main theme of bullying. Students each read a novel and met weekly to discuss their book. They are now writing a comic book detailing a main event in their group's novel and learning to summarize and sequence textual information. Additionally, a new Guided Read- ing Unit has just begun where students from Grades 5 and 6 are grouped by level to practice reading comprehension strategies. - Our students love extra-curricular programs! Students from 5B participate in Cross-Country, SRC, Free the Children, Knitting Club and Art Club regularly. - Also, in Math we worked on representing, comparing and ordering numbers to 1 000 000. Stu- dents practiced writing and reading numbers in all forms. They played place value games and represented numbers with manipulatives. We are now working on multiplication and division. Strategies for mental math such as using arrays, repeated addition and subtraction, halving and doubling are very helpful. Have your students show you the facts they have mastered so far! - Students in 5B are enjoying Art, Career Education, Music, Band, Science and Library classes in other areas of the school. - Good character traits have been the focus of our Health class so far. We practiced reframing statements to encourage good self-esteem and are now skilled at fighting stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination. Current- ly, students are writing a book that will teach our audience about the positive aspects of diversity. - Physical Education class got off to a jumpstart with a unit on high jump and long jump. Next, we practiced putting and chipping golf balls outside on the track and grass. At this time, we are practicing backhand and forehand frisbee throws and catching like alligators as we lead up to playing games of Ultimate Frisbee.

6A has been learning about amazing, over the top, super fun, new things in Social, Science, Math, E.L.A., Health and Phys. Ed. In Social we're learning about geography and how where a person lives affects their life. In Science we're talking about diversity of living things and ani- mal adaptations. In Math we are learning about place value and are now onto a new unit of patters and relationships. In ELA. we are learning about fables, myths, and wonderers. In Health we have been concentrating on our values and what is important to each of us and in Phys. Ed. we're learning about offensive and defensive strategies. Other fun subjects are Art, Career Ed, and Band. In Art we're creating pictures that identify ourselves, in Career Ed. we are talking about periods in our lives when something important happened, and in Band we are doing, well Band. That's it for your 6A news. This is Makayla Romaniuk signing off. Fol- 7 5A Classroom In LA we are doing guided reading. The grade 5 and 6 classes have been divided up by reading levels and are taking part in a guided reading program five out of the six days of the school cycle. Each classroom teacher has four groups in their classroom that cycle through the following stations: Teacher-led Time, a Must Do (an assignment related to the reading strategy that has been taught and discussed during Teacher-led Time), Technology Tasks, and Independent Reading. This past month we have been focusing on the reading comprehension strategy of “Making Connections” to self, text, and the world. The next strategy we’ll be working on is “Predicting”. We also completed a book club unit about the body. For September and part of October, students in 5A were divided up into four groups to read magazines about the human body. This topic relates directly to the unit we are studying in Science and even touches on the personal eating practices unit we are studying in Health. Aside from reading magazine articles about the body, they: performed an experiment related to a body function; participated in discussions and responded to questions before, during, and after reading; and listened and responded to a fic- tion book that is related to our book club unit’s theme. They have just completed a poster to tie everything they learned together. In Math we are learning multiplication. Students are currently working on using a variety of multiplication strategies to learn their basic multiplication math facts. They will be using these facts to multiply a minimum of 2-digit by 2-digit numbers. In September, 5A students completed a unit on place value. In Health we are learning about our body systems. Students have been learning about personal eating practices in order to evaluate the reasons for making the choices they make when they eat. They have studied about nutrients, the food groups described by the Canada Food Guide, and the influences that determine what they eat. They have also evaluated the messages the media sends in regard to eating practices. Students have kept a food log to record the items they eat in a week and have used that information to create an action plan for healthy eating. In Science we are learning about the respiratory system. This is included in a study of the human body systems and how they work together. Students have learned about traditional and non-traditional methods for keeping the body healthy. This past term they also researched an organization or individual that provides a health service. In Social Studies we are making match boxes. We are also studying First Nations, Inuit, and Metis history. Stu- dents have been developing an understanding of the Aboriginal heritage of Canada through a variety of reading and responding activities. They are also learning about the evolution of Canada as a multicultural nation. We are making pictures for the nursing home. In Art, students are studying pop art and its history. Before Hallow- een, 5A students created artwork to display in the local nursing home. In Phys. Ed. we are learning how to throw a Frisbee. 5A students have also learned golf skills and a variety of movement activities and games. We are learning how our career starts from when you are born until you die. This is an ongoing theme in 5A’s career education class. Students in 5A participated in several activities around the school over the last couple of months including the Terry Fox Run, a fall hike at Duck Mountain Provincial Park, and the annual magazine campaign. Grade 5/6 volleyball is the next exciting activity in which students will have the opportunity to participate this fall. Compiled by Jordyn Thomas, Riley Harlow, and Mrs. Guillet

8 6B Classroom Report. Hello KCI!

 We are creating graphic novels in ELA. The students read graphic novels about space in small groups that correspond to reading levels. The students then either extended their story or made up their own story set in space in a graphic novel format.

 Also, in Math we have been doing a test on place value and we are also going around the school and surveying people. Our first unit was in the Shape and Space strand where we learned about perimeter of polygons, area of rectangles, and volume of right rectangular prisms. Students learned very quickly how to communication numbers larger than one million and smaller than one thousandth. In the Statistics and Probability strand, we are undertaking surveys and creating graphs using Excel.

 For Social, we have been looking up our cultures and we are interviewing our family about our culture. Students are creating presentations that combine research into culture with the interviews of family members about culture.

 In Health we have been learning how to control stress. Students are creating a six-day action plan for stress management that includes a personal goal statement and information about personal standards.

 And in Art we are doing Halloween art for the hospital. Also in Music we are playing the xylophones. In Band we have been playing songs. We have played some songs in Band like "March Zuma."

 In Physical Education we have been learning offensive and defensive strategies. Students are going to culminate this unit by writing and speaking about offensive and defensive strategies.

 We have gone on a hike at Madge Lake with grade 5s and 6A. Grade six students led a number of activities during the hike from Batka Lake to Moose Lake and back. Special thanks to Ms. Doyle for leading us in creating art in nature according to the technique of Andy Goldsworthy.

 6B students are getting into the habits of co-creating criteria for assignments with Mr. Thomas and assessing the level of their own learning.

 The grade 5s and 6s started a guided reading program in ELA this past week whereby students are grouped together according to reading levels. Students do either teacher-led activities, a must-do, a technology component, or independent reading during guided reading.

 by Aidan, Curtis, Charlotte, and Connor & Mr. Thomas

This has been a busy time for all grade 9’s. We have completed our first short story unit with both groups. The final evaluation to this unit was a personal short story. Students worked hard for this assignment. Please ask your student to share their outline and check to see if they have completed all tasks. 9A began their novel study Messenger. 9B began their novel study The First Stone. Some students are keeping up and others are struggling. Books should be coming home daily! Please ask your child to see their work and ELA binder daily. Please help your child to organize their work and stay organized throughout year. At this age, your child should be reading 20-30 minutes every day. This could include: reviewing notes from school and /or an independent novel, the Kamsack Times, magazine(s), or a cook book. Reading is a lifelong skill for all; please encourage this daily at home. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions and concerns. I would like to encourage all parents to come and see me during parent teacher interviews to discuss your child’s progress in more detail . Thank You Mrs.J. Schwartz Joanne Schwartz

This year has gone really well. In Math we have reviewed fractions, decimals, divisibility rules and multiplication so far. Coming up is percentages, ratios and other things like that. In ELA we have been using lots of reading strategies. Some of them are comprehension, inferring, connecting, questioning, etc. For Science we have been studying ecosystems, how animals interact, and what they are classified as in food chains and food webs. During Social we have been learning about globalization and how it affects the world in positive and negative ways. Health has been cool. First we have done a movie study on “A Walk to Remember” and it’s a really good movie, and now we are doing a book study on “The Hunger Games”. We have done this because these different situations are great examples of healthy and unhealthy relationships. Phys. Ed has been exciting! We have learned lots of different and fun games this year. We have also made an Action Plan about something we would like to improve on. For example: run faster or jump higher. During Career Ed we have had a presentation about following your dreams and making your life goals happen. This year we have had the opportunity to have a 7A vs. 7B Academic Octatholon which we would like to host every month. It was a big success and will be continued. That’s it for October but there is more to come. -Sadie McGriskin

So far this year in 7B we’ve learned a series of Math, Social Studies, Science, ELA, Music, Phys.ed, Art, Health and Career Ed. outcomes. In Math so far this year we have learned about adding and subtracting integers, along with adding and subtracting fractions, and mixed numbers. In Social Studies we have been learning about globalization and how it affects all of us in different ways. In Science we’ve learned about ecosystems and what makes up a good ecosystem for organisms to live in. In Phys. Ed. we have been playing a variety of fun and stamina raising games. In ELA every one of us wrote a mystery story and we presented it during an author’s tea in front of the class. We have also been working on a multi genre inquiry project as we learn about Remembrance Day. We look forward to reading In Flanders Fields at the Remembrance Day Ceremony. In Music we’ve been learning a song on the xylophones, we’ve been playing it now for the last few classes and it has been a lot of fun. In Career Ed. we’ve learned about our dreams and wishes in life and one that may come true and ones that probably won’t; we had a presentation from Mrs.Wienheimer about that topic. In Health we have been learning how to maintain a healthy diet, and about the different servings of each food group we need. For our last subject we have Art. In Art we have been making clay sculptures and drawing Remembrance Day posters.

So far this year the students are busy working on their projects. The grades 8s are finishing drafting and moving onto hands on projects. The grade nines are working on engines and welding. Grade tens are also on engines and welding. The 11 and 12 are also doing their work. We have also been able to assemble the new commons tables which look great. As a collective whole we have also completed one of our now famous utility trailers and are starting another. The students are having a great time in the shop, showing much care and attention, and the learning has been fun!

Mr. Angeloni

The 2014-2015 school year kicked off with some volleyball skill-work and understanding sportsmanship. Fitness was our next focus where the classes learned many different exer- cises and the muscles that they affect. We were fortunate to have a Crossfit coach (Taryn Ro- manowich) come in from Yorkton and lead us in some workout fundamentals. The students created action plans that they will bring home soon to improve an area they chose to focus on. At the moment we are finishing a unit on tchoukball before we learn strategies, tactics, and skills involved in basketball. Volleyball season is wrapping up with basketball following soon after! Thank you to all the coaches who volunteered for the upcoming season. Thank you to our volleyball coaches: Mr. Gareau, Ms. Nichol, Ms. Butler, and Kaylie Bowes for coaching the junior girls teams. Terry Wilson volunteered to coach the junior boys volleyball team with the help of Mrs. To- mochko. Jake Broda and Mrs. Raabel teamed up to coach the senior boys volleyball team and Ms. McGonigal is working with the senior girls team.

Mr. Stanko From Home Ec. Our Home Ec. Lab has been very busy so far this year! The grade 8 students have been working very hard on theory about kitchen skills, food safety, and baking. So far they’ve also had a chance to make no-bake cookies, quesadillas, and pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. We are right in the middle of our baking unit which means the students will have a number of cooking labs throughout the month of November. In Grade 9, our students have learned about the basics of clothing care, sewing equipment, and sewing machines. They’re also well into their practical projects – sample books, chenille hot pots, and gym bags. So far the projects are looking fantastic, and the students are showing a lot of creativity! Meanwhile, our Grade 10’s have been cooking up a storm as the KCI Spartan Chefs prepare a meal once a cycle for the servery. They’ve also constructed some adorable sock monkeys and Ugly Dolls from scratch, and are now into a theory unit on Commer- cial Cooking where they are learning about the food service industry. In addition, our classroom has had an intern, Ms. Woloschuk, from the U of S who is learning from Mrs. Parnetta and the students about teaching. So far she’s enjoyed the experience very much! A reminder that projects and photos from these classes can be viewed at the KCI Home Ec. Face- book page or on Mrs. Parnetta’s blog. Both Mrs. Parnetta and Ms. Woloschuk would love to see you during parent teacher interviews to discuss your child’s progress in these classes.

Follow us on Twitter @KCISpartans or follow us on Facebook 12 KCI Art Class Update The Grade 5 artists have been learning all about pop art and how popular culture influences not only our daily lives, but contemporary artwork as well. Students have just begun a pop art self-portrait. We start by taking a picture of each student and then tracing just the outline or contour of their facial features on to our good copy paper. Students will then use an old optical illusion called Benday dots to fill in their face. Pulp comic books of the 1950s and 1960s used Ben-Day dots in the four process colors (cyan, magenta, yellow and black) to inexpensively create shading and secondary colors such as green, purple, orange and flesh tones.

The Grade 6 artists have been learning about identity and how to represent their experiences in an abstract artwork. Our last project was an oil pastel assignment called “Mapping our Journey” Students were challenged to create autobiographical artworks without using symbols or recognizable imagery. Instead, they had to think about how line, shape, colour and pattern can convey a message. The Grade 7 artists have just finished their first clay unit. The goal of this unit was to learn how to properly work with clay and clay tools. We were inspired by Saskatchewan artists Joe Faffard who creates sculptural works that are inspired by the people and places that surround him. Since this was our first time using clay, students were invited to experiment with making clay tiles, pinch pots and/or figures. The first batch of clay pieces have been bisque fired and students are now learning how to properly glaze their masterpieces to achieve a rich, high gloss colouring. The Grade 8 artists have completed themed mixed media collages. Each student was asked to choose a topic of concern to youth, or an issue they felt strongly about. Mixed media simply means that there is more than one art material being used. Many of the pieces created included paper, oil pastel, chalk pastel and marker. Students are now working on Remembrance Day posters in either colour or black and white. The Grade 9 artists are currently working on Remembrance Day posters in honour of those who so coura- geously fought for our freedom. Our last project was community driven and in line with our conceptual focus “Taking Action”. Students were given the opportunity to paint pumpkins and hand deliver them to both the Eaglestone Lodge and the Nursing Home. This is all thanks to a very generous donation of 30 pumpkins from Wayne and Laura Lomenda. The residents were very pleased to receive the spirited art works and meet the artists. Senior Artists have just completed an art history project where they were asked to research an artist of their choice and create piece inspired by their artwork. Since all of the artists chosen were different, a variety of ma- terials were used to create the student’s final art works, such as pen and ink, acrylic paint, watercolour, and even the video game Minecraft! The creative and building aspects of Minecraft allow players to build con- structions out of textured cubes in a 3D procedurally generated world. This platform was approved as an art medium as the student was able to recreate historic statues and art galleries in the game. Next, we will be learning how to create atmospheric landscapes in watercolour.

Mrs. Doyle

Workplace and Apprenticeship Mathematics 10 have covered outcomes associated with unit pricing and cur- rency, earning an income, and length, area and volume. Workplace and Apprenticeship Mathematics 20 have been working on slope and rate of change, graphical representations, and surface area, volume and capacity. Foundations of Mathematics 30 outcomes have been associated with financial mathematics, set theory and logic. As for the other half of education, athletics are in transition. Junior and senior golf teams have hung up their clubs for winter but are eagerly awaiting the signs of spring? Hopefully it will be a mild winter and we will be swinging our clubs again in March. If the golf course is closed, it must be basketball season……come out to KCI and cheer on our Spartans!

Mr. D. Placatka

TRAINING NOVEMBER 15, 2014 9am-5pm $50.00 KAMSACK COMPREHENSIVE INSTITUTE REGISTER ONLINE to: [email protected], on the website swf.sk.ca, or call Andrea Verigin at 306-542-2521 Sponsored by: Town of Kamsack and SWF Kamsack Branch. Must be 18 years of age.

Career Explorations 2014 Join us for the largest education and career fair encompassing East-Central Sas- katchewan. The event is brought to you by Parkland College, Good Spirit School Division & Christ the Teacher School Division. Discover post-secondary options and meet potential employers all under one roof on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014 at the Gallagher Centre in Yorkton, SK. Approximately 2,000 students will be in attendance with an open invitation for community members to also be involved throughout this event. Back by popular demand this year is the opportunity to attend presentations throughout the day for students.

Our students have a great opportunity right after the long weekend! Grade 10, 11 and 12 students will be travelling to the Gallagher Centre in Yorkton for the annual Career Explorations event. There are many exhibitors and presenters to choose from, including: Access Communications All Nations Healing Hospital Ambrose University Army Cadets Assiniboine Community College Avant-Garde College Bayer CrosScience Bethany College Brandon University Briercrest College & Seminary Canadian Forces Army Reserves Canadian Mennonite University Centre for Arts and Technology Christ the Teacher Catholic School Division City of Yorkton Canadian Welding Association CWC Energy Services Eston College Encounters With Canada Farrell Agencies Ltd. Fedorowich Construction Ltd. First Nations University of Canada Gabriel Dumont Institute SUNTEP– Gabriel Dumont Institute Good Spirit School Division Harvest Meats International Rural Exchange Canada JBS Food Canada Inc. K & S Potash Canada GP Labour Market Services Industry of the Economy Lakeland College Leon’s Manufacturing/Ram Industries Logan Stevens Construction (2000) Ltd. Louis Dreyfus Commodities M.C. College Maple Farm Equipment Marvel Beauty School Medicine Hat College Millar College of the Bible Minot State University (next page)

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Mount Royal University Nipawin Bible College Painted Hand Casino Parkland College Parkland Regional Library PotashCorp (PCS) Providence University College RCMP R.H. Electric Richardson Oilseed Ltd. Rocky Mountain Equipment SK Building Trades Council SK Apprenticeship and Tracdes Certification SK Construction Association Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) SK Ministry of Highways SIIT—Yorkton Industry Career Centre Saskatchewan Union of Nurses Saskatoon Business College SaskTel Sask. Polytechnic (SIAST) Student Recruitment Power Sports Technician Program Skills Canada Saskatchewan St. John’s Ambulance Steinbach Bible College Sunrise Health Region The Mosaic Company The Recording Arts Institute of Saskatoon University of Regina —> Enrollment Services Luther College Campion College Flexible Learning Dimension Faculty of Education Paul J. Hill School of Business University of Saskatchewan —> Recruitment Services College of Nursing College of Agriculture & Bioresources & Western College of Veterinary Medicine St. Thomas More College & College of Arts & Science Vancouver Island University Walmart Canada Corp. #3176 Western College of Remedial Massage Therapies Massage Therapies WorkSafe Saskatchewan Yorkton Co-operative Association Yorkton Plumbing & Heating Business Emergency Health & Human Services Trades Universities

As well, there are many presentations to attend that day! The list of presenters and schedule can be found at the following link: http://www.parklandcollege.sk.ca/media/news/events/career-explorations-2012 It looks like a great day for our students!

Follow us on Twitter @KCISpartans or follow us on Facebook 17 On December 9th and 10th we are hosting Susan Lang from CurlSask to work with our curling teams and a few classrooms to help us “up” our curling game. Hurry hard! Curling rocks! This is sponsored by Sask. Lotteries.

Thank you to grade 6 teachers and students for participating in the Recess Guardians program. On Tuesday October 28th, the students had a blast learning new games and how to be leaders on the playground or in the gym. This program was free to KCI and sponsored by Sask. Blue Cross. The program has been in over 80 schools.

Saskatchewan Blue Cross Recess Guardians is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing play back into recess. By building leadership abilities and encouraging a healthy lifestyle, Recess Guardians helps teach youth positive building blocks for their future in a safe and educational environment--all while allowing them to create their own fun during recess.

Spartan School Clothing is on sale beginning November 6th, 2014! There are some excellent items to buy your favourite Spartan! There are many items to choose from. All items have the Spartan logo embroidered on them on the chest or leg. Embroidered logo is included in the price. Saskam Sportsman is our local partner in the clothing sales. There are some higher end and some “intermediately” priced items. Please apply applicable taxes as per the order form. All items can be viewed on the KCI website. It is a very standard offering of excellent Spartan gear. Prices are on the website as well.

Storm Tech: Storm Fleece Zip Up Hoody Mens S-3XL $87 Grey Melange Womens XS-2XL

Storm Fleece Pant Mens S-3XL $57 Grey Melange Womens XS-2XL $57 Youth XS-XL $52

Signal Track Suit Jacket Mens S-3XL $72 Womens XS-2XL $72 Royal Blue and White Youth XS-XL $67

Blaze Twill Pant Mens S-3XL $57 Womens XS-2XL $57 Royal Blue and White Youth XS-XL $52

Follow us on Twitter @KCISpartans or follow us on Facebook 19 Trimark: Toque (one size fits all) $22 Charcoal Grey Parima Tech Tee Mens S-3XL $24 New Royal or Steel Grey Womens XS-2XL

Rhode Fleece Kanga Hoodie Mens S-3XL

Womens XS-2XL $47 (same price for all sizes) Vintage Navy or Grey

Youth JRXS-JRXL (Vintage Navy is royal blue!)

Russell Athletic:

Dri-Power Fleece Pullover Hoodie Grey or Royal Blue Adult XXS-XXL $30 Youth S-XL $23

Dri-Power Fleece Pullover Crew Neck Adult XXS-XXL $27 Grey or Royal Blue Youth S-XL $20

Dri-Power Fleece Closed Bottom Pant Grey only Adult sizes only XXS-XXL $27

Gildan: T-shirt Adult XXS-XXL $16 Grey or Royal Blue Youth XS-XL

You may pay with a post-dated cheque dated December 1st, 2014. Please use one form per item. Sizes – specify either youth, men’s, or women’s sizes. There is more information included at the end of the SRC section. Follow us on Twitter @KCISpartans or follow us on Facebook 20 School Clothing Order Form - Fall 2014

Name: ______Homeroom : ______Date: ______Item: ______Color: ______

Size: ______(youth/mens/womens)

For Dry Power Hoodie or Crew Neck you may choose Large Embroidery across chest or small standard Spartan logo. Your choice is:______

Price of Garment: ______A

Additional Embroidery: Name on Right Sleeve: ______($5) Additional lines on sleeve:______($1) ______($1) ______($1) ______($1) Name on Left Sleeve: ______($5) Additional lines on sleeve:______($1) ______($1) ______($1) ______($1)

Large name on back ______($15) (this could be “Grad 2015 or 2016 or 2017”)

Total Price of Additional Embroidery: ______B

Add tax (10%) ______C

GRAND TOTAL (A +B +C) ______

Paid by _____Cash _____Cheque (#______)

Student Council has been very busy building a positive school climate for students and staff this fall. They started the year by welcoming returning Spartans back and introducing all new Spartans to KCI on the open- ing day assembly and by delivering ice cream to all Spartans later that day. We had a very successful Terry Fox fundraising and awareness event for cancer research in September, raising just over $1800.00. KCI joins schools all over GSSD and Canada in the Terry Fox National School Run every year. Schools provide students with opportunities to become good citizens when they offer students opportunities to help others and to run charity events.

Six students attended the Saskatchewan Student Leadership Conference in Nipawin in mid-September: Devin Klapatiuk, Cassidy Aker, Bre Bland, Allison Thomsen, Jaelyn Dietz, and Allison Placatka. Along with nearly 800 student leaders across the province, these students had the opportunity to sit in sessions relating to creating positive school climate, SRC ideas and idea sharing, fundraising ideas, school activities, and leadership training. KCI has a proud tradition of being involved in SLC since the very first one over 20 years ago.

The executive has run two very successful Student Recognition assemblies since the beginning of the year and is currently working on their third one. At our assemblies, we recognize current athletic teams and coaches, often have student talent, play a few games that mix students and staff in silly fun, and promote current activities going on in KCI. Often we have videos and presentations by individual students or by groups. Community members, too, are often on the agenda. Other awards are often presented as well. Our assemblies are very important to the culture of KCI and help keep our tradition of our “Spartan Family”. Our assemblies are open to parents………..we encourage you to come and see what great things our students do and the great group of student leaders we have!

Our magazine fundraiser is coming to an end. We have reached over the $15, 000.00 mark and are very happy with that. Our magazine fundraiser helps to offset the cost of student activities for all Spartans and gives families an opportunity to help support the extra-curricular activities are students participate in. KCI offers student activities at avery minimal cost to students because of fundraising and all students are ex- pected to fundraise- including the senior students. Sales are down for magazines, as we suspected. Howev- er, this fundraiser is still bringing in a great amount of money to our school. It is an excellent fundraiser for schools as it promotes literacy. KCI is one of the top selling schools in Saskatchewan. If we do not fundraise, options might be that families will have to pay higher fees such as other schools do for each activity. Can you imagine paying $400.00 for a student to pay volleyball, then $500.00 for basketball, etc? Swan River students do, as do many students in other schools. We are doing two other fundraisers to supplement our magazine fundraiser – a produce one (root crops) that will be delivered in time for Christmas and a poin- settia one that, too will be delivered in time for Christmas. Those forms will be out next week. Students who did not sell in the magazine fundraiser and who are in extra-curricular activities will be asked to sell. Help keep our fees to a minimum! It is important to have extra-curricular activities that are affordable for all. There is a high correlation between extra-curricular involvement and academic achievement.

Follow us on Twitter @KCISpartans or follow us on Facebook 22 Students had the opportunity to wax Devin Klapatiuk’s legs at an assembly as we reached the $7,000 goal in the fundraiser, and also got to pie SRC members in the face as we reached the $8,000 goal. We passed the $12, 000 goal and now KCI staff will get pies in the face! And because we reached the $15, 000 mark, we will be entertained by a fashion show put on by our football team. They are good sports! Thank you everyone for taking one for the Spartan team. All in fun!

More Clothing Information We will collect school clothing orders on Wednesday, November 13th, Thursday, November 14th, and Friday, November 15th. There will be a collection table in the student lounge from 8:30 to 9:55 a.m. each day. Only three collection days! No late forms will be accepted so we can get the items ordered as soon as possible..

Additional Forms are by the student phone in office area.