KEC Update We Believe in Excellence, Respect, Citizenship, Safety and Responsibility
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Spring/Summer Edition June 2014 KEC Update We Believe in Excellence, Respect, Citizenship, Safety and Responsibility Kildonan-East Collegiate River East Transcona School Division 845 Concordia Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2K 2M6 Provincial Announcement at KEC Phone: 204-667-2960 The Autobody Paint Shop at Kildonan-East Collegiate was the site of a major provincial funding announcement on May 27th . Principal Diana Posthumus Premier Greg Selinger was on hand to announce that the province is making a $30 million investment to upgrade technical training facilities Vice-Principals used to train high school students, to help meet the growing demand for Rob Hadath skilled workers in Manitoba. Don Kupiak Darlene Martineau “Providing more opportunities for young Manitobans to transition from high school into good jobs is critical as we work toward our ambitious target of Attendance Line adding 75,000 more workers by 2020,” says Premier Selinger. 204-669-6036 Technical training facilities give students opportunities to learn on cutting- RETSD Board of Trustees edge equipment, earn high school credits and enable work placements and participation in the High School Apprenticeship Program. Robert Fraser 204-667-9348 “Speaking on behalf of all Manitoba school divisions, we welcome and (Chair) appreciate the additional funding announced by the province today. (Ward 3 for KEC) High school students throughout Manitoba will benefit greatly from the Colleen Carswell enhanced technical training facilities, which will translate into good jobs 204-222-1486 Ward 1 in the future,” says RETSD Board Chair, Peter Kotyk. George Marshall 204-221-8464 Ward 1 John Toews 204-663-0475 Ward 2 Wayne Ritcher 204-663-6669 (Vice-Chair) Ward 4 Eva Prysizney 204-668-3501 Ward 4 Peter Kotyk 204-668-4181 Ward 5 Shirley Timm-Rudolph 204-414-8239 Ward 5 Greg Proch 204-663-1925 Ward 6 Spring/Summer Edition Page 2 Message from Administration I would like to thank our school community for a terrific year! We have celebrated many successes this year and have seen our students excel academically, in extra-curricular programs and as ambassadors in the community. This newsletter will feature and highlight our many achievements over the past four months. Please find some time to read our newsletter on-line or by reading one of the paper copies. I would encourage you to go to our KEC website at http://schools retsd.mb.ca to check it out. This will be my last opportunity to address you as the Principal of Kildonan-East Collegiate as I will be moving to River East Collegiate in the fall. I would like to thank the Kildonan-East Collegiate family for the opportunity to work with you and walk beside you on our journey over the past 10 years. I have been honored and privileged to serve as your Principal and thank you for your friendship and support. I thank you as well for trusting me with your children and allowing me the privilege to get to know them and work with them as they travelled through high school. Kildonan-East Collegiate is an amazing school that I will truly miss. I thank you for your dedication to your children and to our community and wish you only the best in your future. I will always have Reiver pride in my heart. We would like to thank and honor Mr. G. Streuber, Mr. Malcolmson, Mrs. Auld, Mr. Jonasson, Mr. Janz, Mr. Woitowicz, Mrs. Morran, Mrs. Jantz and Mrs. Ramsay for their years of service to Kildonan-East Collegiate and wish them well in their retirement or in their future endeavors. We thank them for their dedication to the classroom and to our students over the many years of being educators at Kildonan-East Collegiate. We would like to welcome Mr. Darwin MacFarlane, our new Principal. Mr. MacFarlane comes to us from Murdoch Mackay Collegiate where he has served as Principal for the past six years. Mr. MacFarlane brings to Kildonan-East Collegiate a wealth of experience and many years as an excellent educator. We welcome the following new teachers to Kildonan-East Collegiate in the fall. Mr. Burton (auto- technology), Mrs. Duerksen (EAL), Ms. Thomas ( Dance and ELA), Mr. Neuendorff (ELA), Ms. Way (Math), Ms. Grewal (Science), Mr. Pernerowski (Math), Ms. Layton (Culinary), Ms. Redekopp (Pastry), Mr.Klassen (Social Studies), Ms.Nabess(Languages), Mr. Hall (AACT) and Mr. Opalko (Counseling). We wish them great success at Kildonan-East Collegiate. I wish all students, parents and community members a safe and warm summer! We look forward to a well-deserved holiday and to the fall when we will meet again! Diana Posthumus, Principal Don Kupiak, Rob Hadath, Darlene Martineau, Vice-Principals Check out Kildonan-East Collegiate’s first attempt at a school wide lip dub at youtube. Our grade 11 dramatic arts class and Ms Francis worked tirelessly to feature some of the awesome programs here at KEC! Spring/Summer Edition Page 3 Counsellors’ Corner June 2014 KEC DANCE TROUPE It has been an exciting year for our very own KEC Dance Troupe. The students have had numerous performances both in the school and community. From the cultural dance performance at Valley Gardens to our numerous dances in front of the office, there was barely any rest time for these dancers. The Counselling Department has been planning for the 2014- A successful four show run of our “Night at the Movies” 2015 school year. We are available for any questions you dance recital, which included 23 dances, took place at the may have regarding programming choices for next year. end of May and was very well received. Visitors included Hampstead school, Salisbury Morse Place and our very Course changes will be permitted during the week prior to own KEC students. Different genres of dance were school start up and during the first week of classes. Students showcased along with various styles of music. A big thank and parents should ensure courses enrolled meet the you goes out to Mr. Wichert and his choral ensemble for requirements for diploma completion, scholarships, or any starting off the show with Eatnemen Vuelie featured in post-secondary plans. Students are encouraged to make the movie “Frozen”. The show would not have been a course changes for the 2014-2015 school year as soon as success without the support of numerous staff and our possible. talented and dedicated dancers. Alas, this year would not be possible without the creative minds and talents of Kate Post-secondary information is available for all interested Bennett, Christian Earl Lagaya, Ms. Thomas, and Ms. students. Counsellors are available to explore future Vaughan who helped to choreograph numbers. Many, opportunities for KEC students. Please make an appointment many thanks to all of you! with your counsellor to discuss plans for your academic I will sure miss all of you, especially our graduates, but future. look forward to the invite to see you perform next year. Summer School information is now available in the All the best and have a safe and very restful summer! Counselling Department or on the divisional website. A list of Salamat, Obrigada, and Thank you,! available courses is available for students to take at the Ms. Resendes-Unger McLeod Education Centre, 530 McLeod Avenue. The course fees are $190.00 per course. The registration deadline for all classes is 4:00 pm, Monday, June 30th. All classes will be conducted between July 2 and July 24. Repeater students must have completed the course with a grade above 35% as verified by a report card. Instruction cannot be provided for students who require modified or EAL programming. Please contact (204) 667-6193 for further information. Additional information on Summer School options through other school divisions is available in the Counselling Department. GIRL’S CLUB We would like to wish Mrs. Shelley Morran all the best as she Recently our Kildonan East Collegiate Girl's Club moves to the Counselling Department at River East was a awarded a grant from the Winnipeg Arts Collegiate for next year. At the same Council to create an Intergenerational Project. time we want to welcome Mr. Matthew We are very pleased to announce we will be Opalko who will be joining the working with Winnipeg Artist, Denise Prefontaine counselling team at KEC. to create a Public Work of Art for our community. Our project will begin in September and we We wish all KEC students the best of would like all girls who are interested to please luck in their exams. To all of those stay tuned for further information. graduating, we wish you much success Ms. Michaleski and Ms. Audrey in all future endeavours. To those students returning, have a great summer break! See you in September! Spring/Summer Edition Page 4 2014 GRAD COMMITTEE NEWS Grad Garden Party: Monday, June 23rd from 3:00PM–5:00PM at KEC. This reception for graduates, guests, family, and friends is a great opportunity for photos and for extended family to see all of the graduates dressed in their finest! Grad Dinner and Dance: Monday, June 23rd from 6:00PM–1:00AM at the Fairmont. Doors will open at approximately 5:30PM and dinner will be served at approximately 6:15 PM. Speeches will be taking place after the dinner. The theme for this year‘s grad is ―Black Tie Ball‖. Music will be provided by JAG Sound and Light. The Casino will be run by Casino Fantasy's. The dinner and dance is a non-smoking event. Graduates and their guests will remain on the mezzanine floor. Once they are signed out and leave, they cannot return. If your daughter/son or their guests smoke, please remind them of this policy.