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June 2018
Principal’s Message Dear Parents and Guardians, Here we are, already at the last month of another amazing school year. As I reflect on what this last nine months has brought to the LSL community, I am in awe of our successes and achieve-ments. I am so proud of the students, the staff, and the parents for the many ways they demon-strated creativity, ingenuity, resiliency and collaboration in building the LSL community this year! Please be reminded that we still have 2 weeks of High School classes, 3 weeks in Junior High, followed by final exams, before we can wrap up our year of learning. It is imperative that stu-dents commit to thorough review, completion of outstanding assignments, and quality preparation for final exams, so that they experience the greatest success on these year ending assessments. The exam schedule is included in this newsletter and is posted on our school website. Parents, please be sure to post it in an obvious place at home so that you can support your child in their exam preparations. There is also a segment within this newsletter that provides excellent guidance to exam prepara-tion, review resources and classes to access, as well as strategies for optimizing exam experi-ences…please check these out! Summer School registration is presently open, as are Diploma Preparation sessions to be held right here at LSL...both can be accessed at www.ae.ecsd.net and more information to be found within this edition of our newsletter also. Please take some time to locate any textbooks or school resources that your child may have ac-cumulated during the course of the school year and return them to the school Business Office. All textbooks should be returned as soon as final exams have been written. There are a number of exciting events coming up this month to celebrate the many achievements of this past year, including Grade 9 Farewell, Athletic Awards, Junior High Awards, Big Band Night and Art Show, Year-End Celebration, and Grade 12 Commencements and Graduation. As always, parents are welcome and encouraged to attend any of the events that include their chil-dren. I wish to give a very special thank you to the parents who served on this year’s School Council. Your continued support and faith in what we do for your children is so valuable to us. We are blessed to collaborate in such an authentic and trusting manner, in the service of all our students. As always at this time of year, there will be some changes in our staffing scenario for the upcom-ing year. I will provide a summary of all these changes in our year-end newsletter that comes out in late June. I do want to make special mention of a significant milestone, however…Mr. Cliff Sosnowski, high school physics teacher, will be retiring this June. Mr. Sosnowski has faithfully and enthusiastically served the students of LSL without interruption for 45 years!!! This is an exceptional educational commitment and milestone, and we as a school community want to ex-tend our thanks on behalf of the generations of students he has served! Congratulations, Mr. Sosnowski, and God bless you in this new chapter of your life! Please note the many events, schedules and activities listed in this newsletter that will occur in the month of June. Yours in quality Catholic education T. Wasylenko
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June 2018
The important thing is that each believer discern his or her own path, that they bring out the very best of themselves,
the most personal gifts that God has placed in their hearts.
~ Pope Francis, Rejoice and be Glad, paragraph 11~
The end of the school year is fast approaching, and this provides us with a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the
growth and learning that has taken place over the course of the year that has empowered our students to journey fur-
ther down the lifelong path of discovering their own giftedness as children of God. This is at the heart of Catholic edu-
cation in Edmonton Catholic Schools.
Edmonton Catholic Schools’ Student Senate has had a very productive year. You can learn more about this very im-portant body of student representatives at www.ecsd.net . As part of their work to champion Catholic education, they launched the Humans of ECSD project. Humans of ECSD explores the personal experience of students and staff at Ed-monton Catholic Schools. Our Student Senators interviewed and photographed people from their school communities and asked them to describe in their own voice the depth and richness Catholic education provides. This digital story-telling campaign takes its cues from the Humans of New York project. We are pleased to offer Diploma Exam Preparation Sessions at various locations throughout the city. Visit www.ecsd.net and click on the Diploma Preparation Banner to see the complete schedule of course offerings.
Our Budget for the 2018-19 school year is before the Board of Trustees on the afternoon of May 29th at their Public
Board Meeting. The approved budget will be posted on our website at
https://www.ecsd.net/AboutUs/annual_reports/Pages/District-Budget.aspx.
June 21 each year marks National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada. Many of our schools will be hosting activities to
help all students grow in appreciation of the contributions of Indigenous peoples to Canada and to build an apprecia-
tion of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit cultures.
Alberta Education will be sharing information about the draft K-4 provincial curriculum with stakeholders between the
period of May 31st and June 15th. The feedback gathered from the spring information sessions will be shared with the
teacher writing groups and inform their ongoing work. The organizational structure of the new curriculum involves es-
sential understandings, guiding questions, and learner outcomes. Conceptual and procedural knowledge, provincial
competencies, and literacy and numeracy progressions serve to support teachers in planning for student understanding
of the learner outcomes. One of the key goals of the K-4 curriculum is to lead students to deeper understandings that
transfer across different situations. Teachers will assess and report on the learning outcomes. The curriculum timeline
tool, which may be viewed at: https://education.alberta.ca/curriculumtimeline/ showcases past and future engage-
ments and activities and allows users to identify how various stakeholders are included. The implementation dates, as-
sessment plan, and accompanying resources are yet to be determined. We will keep parents apprised of new infor-
mation as it becomes available. . . . 2
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Alberta Education is also seeking the input of stakeholders with respect to the criteria that is currently being used to
determine which students are eligible for free busing to and from school in Alberta. This online survey is open until
June 15, and you can access it by clicking on the link https://t.co/f2oaxe4jN9. Your voice is extremely important. You
may answer as an individual or as a group.
Edmonton Transit is redesigning their Bus Network and is also seeking stakeholder input to ensure that the new strate-
gy meets your needs. You can go online and view the draft routes and guiding principles and complete an online sur-
vey until June 30 at https://t.co/WUhiokGAVt .
As we begin to look forward to all of the wonderful opportunities for recreation, exploration, and relationship that
summer brings to our family life, let us take a moment and pray for our fathers, grandfathers, brothers, and all of the
men who fill those roles in our lives.
God our Father,
We give you thanks and praise for fathers of all ages.
We pray for young fathers, newly embracing their vocation; May they find courage and perseverance to balance work,
family and faith in joy and sacrifice.
We pray for our fathers around the world whose children are lost or suffering; May they know that the God of compas-
sion walks with them in their sorrow.
We pray for men who are not fathers but still mentor and guide us with fatherly love and advice.
We remember fathers, grandfathers, and great grandfathers who are no longer with us but who live forever in our
memory and nourish us with their love.
Bless them all as they serve you through their vocation to nurture your children.
Amen
(adapted from Lordcalls.com)
Have a wonderful, blessed summer full of joy and peace!
Sincerely, Joan Carr Superintendent
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Father’s Day – Loving and Caring for Our Neighbours
My father, John, turns 90 next month! He has aged like fine wine!
He joins a host of celebrities 90 years and older, including Tony Bennett, Kirk Douglas, Betty White, Bob Barker, Angela Lansbury, Doris Day, and Mel Brooks (but my dad is way funnier than Mel Brooks!).
He may not be a celebrity in the sense of being a movie star, but he is my hero – always has been; always will be.
As we celebrate Father’s Day, join me in expressing our love and gratitude for our fathers (mine included), as well as for our step-dads, adoptive dads, foster dads, grandfathers, godfathers, and the like.
Dad’s are our coaches, best friends, and protectors. They teach us – like my dad did for me – true values in life, real stuff that we can pass on to our own children: love, faith, honesty, self-confidence, integrity, and so on. And they teach us simple things like to ride a bike, build a birdhouse, and drive a car.
If I were to pick one thing that I admire most in my father’s 90 years, it would be is his love, respect, and compassion for neigh-bours. When he was younger, healthier, and stronger, he took it upon himself to care for our neighbours, especially the elderly and those in need. He would fix a broken window, repair a leaky faucet, cultivate a garden, help with the harvest, even milk the neighbour’s cows.
On more than one occasion, I’ve asked my self why did dad do the things he did? What motivated him? As I grow in age (and I’d like to think in wisdom!), I like to think that dad reached out to neighbours because he not only thought it was the right thing to do, but that in some small way he recognized Christ in them. You see, dad loved God and the Church. (More than once he even painted our small church of Saint John the Baptist, Lavoy, including the domes high above the earth – dad was a carpenter, which makes me the son of a carpenter, just like Jesus! Isn’t that sweet?).
In loving God and the Church, it wasn’t a far leap of faith for dad to recognize Christ in our neighbours.
This Father’s Day, let us honour our fathers by imitating them in their goodness. Let us strive to become like Jesus, doing the works of Christ, that is, the works of compassion, forgiveness, sacrificial love.
Perhaps a page from the life of Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta would be helpful here in making real our outreach to one another. (My dad, and late mom, met Mother Teresa when she visited Saint Paul, Alberta, in 1982).
Saint Teresa writes: “Another time I was walking through the streets of London in a poor area where our sisters also work. I saw a man in a truly terrible condition sitting there looking so sad and alone. So I walked up to him and took him by the hand and asked him how he was. When I did this, he looked up at me and said, ‘Oh, after such a long time, someone is touching me.’ And then his eyes brightened, and he started to sit up straight. Such a tiny attention had brought Jesus into his life. He had been waiting so long for a show of human love, but it was actually a show of God’s love.
“These are beautiful examples of the hunger I see in these people, the poorest of the poor, the ignorant and unwanted, the un-loved, the rejected, and the forgotten. They are hungry for God.”
In some sense, I think that’s what motivated my dad in caring for our neighbours. He wanted to satisfy their hunger for God.
This Father’s Day, let us recommit ourselves to meet the hunger of God in each other, “not only a hunger in people suffering phys-ically, but also a great hunger in people suffering spiritually and emotionally – people suffering in their hearts and souls, especially our young people.” (From “A Call to Mercy”).
Happy Father’s Day! Happy 90th Birthday Dad!
Bishop David
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What’s happening in June 2018 at LSL
June 1 The Gala of Dance page 14
June 5 JH Drama Showcase
June 6 JH Track and Field Zones
June 7 Year End Celebration @ 9:15 am page 11 Athletic Awards Night @ 5:30 pm in the LSL Gym
June 8 Big Band Night /Year End Art Show @ 6:30 pm - page 11
June 11 Junior High Track and Field Cities
June 13 Gr. 9 Farewell @ 7:00 p.m. page 11
June 14 Grade 8 Cherry Blossom Festival
June 15 Last day of SH Classes
June 21 Last day of JH Classes—No Exams JH Awards Night @ 6:30 pm—page 11
June 28 Grad Commencements page 16
June 29 Grad Banquet page 16 NO SCHOOL—Staff Only Day JH/SH Marks available page 7
*Exam Schedule pg. 6/ JH, SH and Diploma Exams and Diploma Prep Information pg. 7 and 8
**To register for Summer School Please visit www.sae.ecsd.net for more information. ***For the Baron’s Athletics Newsletter please visit https://www.ecsd.net/schools/8409/Athletics/Pages/Baron%27s-Athletics.aspx
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June 2018 Diplomas/District/Junior High Exam Schedule
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 9 AM English 30 Part A
14 9 AM Social 30 Part A
15
Last day of SH Classes
16
17 18 9 AM Science 10/20 1 PM Physics 20
19 9 AM Social10-1/10-2 Social 20-1/10-2 1 PM Conflict Exams
20 9 AM English 30-1/30-2 Part B 9 AM English 20-1/20-2 1 PM Conflict Exams
21
Last Day of JH Classes
No Exams
22 9 AM Social 30-1/30-2 Part B 9 AM English 10-1/10-2 9 AM Gr.9 Science PAT 9 AM Gr.7/8 Science 1 PM Conflict Exams
23
24 25 9 AM Math 30-1/30-2 9 AM Math 10C 1 PM Math 20-1/20-2 9 AM Gr.9 Social PAT 9 AM Gr.7/8 Social
26 9 AM Chemistry 30 9 AM Chemistry 20 9 AM Gr.9 ELA Part B 9 AM Gr.7/8 ELA 1 PM Conflict Exams
27 9 AM Biology 30 9 AM Biology 20 9 AM Gr.7/8/9 Math 1 PM Conflict Exams
28 9 AM Physics 30 12 PM Science 30
29
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Senior/Junior High Exams—Things to Remember
Senior High: • Last day of classes for SH students is June 15th.
• Beginning June 18th teachers will be available throughout the day in each of the core subjects to assist students with individual questions and concerns. It is not mandatory, however if need be, students will need to make an appointment with their teachers to ensure availability.
• Exams will be written in the LSL gym and the start times are 9:00 AM or 1:00 PM.
• Students should gather in the cafeteria about 15 minutes before the start of their exam.
• Students are NOT to bring cell phones, ipods, MP3 players, or other electronic devices into the exam room.
• Students are also NOT allowed to have purses, gym bags, or large/heavy outer wear in the exam room.
• Only water is permitted in the exam room. • Only students with a documented medical condition are permitted to bring juice/drinks, and/or food into the exam room.
• Photo ID must be shown in order to get into the exam room.
• Diploma exams will be administered in the Ancillary Room and are on the extended writing schedule.
Junior High: Year end exams for all Junior High students, will be written in the mornings from 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM. Students are expected to register in homerooms @ 8:25 AM for exam preparation time prior to the actual exam start time of 9:00 AM. Textbooks will be collected after the final exam on June 27th. It is important that all students arrive at school on time for exams so they can take advantage of the full time available to them and so they are not disruptive to the other students who are trying to write exams. Exams will be written in their homerooms. Extended time will be offered if needed, please speak to your Homeroom teacher for more information.
• Last day of JH classes is June 21st.
• After the last exam on June 27th, students will return all textbooks, so it is important that students have all their textbooks at school on that
date. Homeroom teachers will instruct students on the procedures for returning their textbooks.
• Students will NOT be allowed to share materials/supplies during exams.
• Students are to bring all materials they require, such as 2 sharpened HB pencils, erasers, and where allowed, calculators, dictionaries, and
notes.
• Students must be prepared to stay in the exam room from 9:00-11:00 AM. Students should bring a book to read with them into the exam
room, in case they finish their exam early. They will not be able to leave the exam room to get reading material once the exam has started.
• Students are asked not to bring food, cell phones, cards, CD players, IPODs, MP3, Gameboy, etc. into the exam room, and book bags, text-
books, purses and coats should be left in lockers. Water bottles will be allowed in exam rooms.
Study Hall After Exams: Study Hall will be available for JH students who are staying at school once exam writing is completed. Students do have the option of going home after they finish exams, if they have a signed Permission Form from their parent giving them permission to do so. Permission forms will be sent home on June 8th and must be returned to homeroom teachers no later than June 15th. Students who do not have their form signed will not be permitted to leave the school, and the office will not accommodate phone calls home for verbal permission.
Junior High Make Up Exams: The afternoons of June 22nd - 27th have been set aside for Junior High students to write make up exams. If a student was not able to write an exam at the scheduled time, they are to check with their subject area teacher, who will arrange for them to write the exam on one of these alter-nate days.
Senior High Final Marks High School final marks, with school course marks only, will be available on PowerSchool by June 29th. Hard copies will not be distributed, how-ever, they can be printed upon request by a parent to the school office. Diploma marks will be uploaded to myPass during the summer. Students who need help creating a myPass account should see Ms. Roberts in Student Services before the end of June.
Junior High Report Cards Junior High year end report cards will be available through PowerSchool on Friday, June 29th, 2018. Hard copies of report cards will only be printed upon request at the school office.
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At Home Prep: Provincial Achievement Tests and Diploma Exams
Leading up to the exam… 1. Be consistent with study time; a little each day will be much better than trying to cram everything into one long session. In addition, consider
developing a glossary or collection of note-cards for vocabulary review in each class. Many students find that preparing for an individual class for 60-90 minutes per day, five or six days per week, will leave them well-prepared at exam time. All-nighters simply don't work for most peo-ple, and students experience declining returns on their efforts when they attempt to study for four and five hours straight.
2. Do not multi-task while studying. Set aside time to study in advance and then follow through. For most people, that means leaving your room and turning off visual/auditory distractions, including iPods, Facebook, and music with lyrics.
3. Complete a mock test. Why not set aside a review assessment and time yourself. Try to answer these questions on paper without using your notes? If you complete a mock test, 3-4 days before an exam, you’ll then know where to focus your studying. You may also combat pre-test jitters by demonstrating to yourself what you know. For the humanities, try answering a couple of potential essay questions on a timed, closed book basis and see how you do. Another simple way to conduct a mock test is to ask a friend or classmate to give you an oral quiz based on concepts in the textbook or in either of your notes.
4. If you have outstanding questions, go see your teacher, tutor or parent at least three days before the exam. If you’ve given yourself a mock test in advance, you’ll be able to go to the school with an agenda.
5. Think about what written questions might be on the exam; outline each potential essay as a form of pretesting and practice. 6. Consider studying with a group of dedicated students. A group study session is an ideal time to review and compare notes, ask each other
questions, explain ideas to one another, discuss the upcoming exam and difficult concepts, and, when appropriate, delegate study tasks. Be sure to set an agenda and a specific time frame for your group study session, so that your work stays on track.
… the above tips have been selected from http://www.stlawu.edu/academic-support/how-should-i-prepare-tests-and-final-exams
Test Taking Tips...
Before the Test Tips 1. Get a good night’s sleep and eat a high protein breakfast. Drink plenty of water. 2. Practice guided imagery, visualizations of succeeding on the test, mentally “going where the information is stored in your brain”, or breathing
techniques. 3. Don’t study right before the test. Concentrate on being calm and mentally accessing the information you have already studied. 4. Get to the test a little early. 5. Don’t engage in negative talk with other students before the test, such as “I’m so nervous – I don’t know if I studied enough.” 6. Eliminate negative thoughts or self-talk by replacing them with a positive affirmation, like “I am prepared for the test and I will do well” or “I am
smart – I can do this.” 7. Ask your teacher if you can use a blank piece of paper during the test (be sure to ask or it may look like you are cheating). Use the paper for
“brain dumping” or “mind mapping” during the exam. 8. Make a decision to ignore students who finish the test before you. Research shows that students who leave early usually don’t score as well
as those who take more time. 9. Sit as close as possible to the area where you learned the information in class.
Multiple Choice Test Tips 1. Read the directions carefully. 2. Read the sentence stem, think of the answer, and then find it in the choices. 3. Pay careful attention to negative words (underline them) in the stem and these are distractors. 4. Read all the options, before choosing. 5. Don’t dwell on the ones you don’t know. Close your eyes and tell yourself, “the answer will come,” mark the question, and then move on to
questions you know. Go back to the one(s) you marked and try again – the answer has probably come to you. 6. Go back to the questions you were unsure of. If the answer hasn’t come to you, use one of the strategies below to help you answer the ques-
tion.
During the Test Strategies 1. Look for the one that is grammatically correct. 2. Look for similar words in the question and answer. 3. Look for the longest and most specific answer. 4. Try the “True or False” technique. 5. Stick to the subject matter of the course. 6. Watch out for negatives and extreme wording. 7. Numbers in the middle range are usually correct. 8. If two options are opposite, the answer is probably one of them. 9. Research shows the most commonplace answer is “C” followed by “B”. 10.“None of the above” is seldom correct. 11. “All of the above” is often correct if the answers are very specific.
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High School Transcripts Alberta Learning has developed a new secured website for high school students called myPass. It was developed in April 2015 to allow high school students to view their academic information. The website can be accessed by going to mypass.alberta.ca. Some important features of this website include: 1. myPass access is limited to high school students
• Students must have high school enrolment or completed high school courses.
• Student mailing address must be up-to-date at the school where they are registered. 2. Access
• Automatic access will be given to students writing diploma exams beginning with April 2015 administration (letter with PIN code will be mailed to students using the preferred active mailing address on file at the school in Powerschool.
• Sign up is self-service using public website. 3. Disclosure Restrictions
• Students with active disclosure restrictions (court ordered and/or caution) cannot complete self-service access request.
• They must gain access to myPass using in-person authentication at school or Alberta Education. 4. What can students see and do on myPass?
• View/Print/Download DAR (Detailed Academic Report)
• View/Print/Download Diploma Exam Results Statement
• View/Print/Download demographic information
• Request High School Transcripts - View/Print/Download unofficial transcripts
• Request a reprint of credentials
• Student self-registration for diploma exams Sign up now for easy access to academic information.
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Business Office Info
Please make note of the following information from our Business Office:
Online Payments: We will be utilizing our online payment system to pay school fees for the 2018/2019 school year. In late Au-gust / September you can pay school fees through the POWERSCHOOL website. This will alleviate having to come into the school on busy registration days. If you have not yet set up your account for PowerSchool, please contact Ms. Ruptash in the office at 780-435-3964 to receive instructions on how to register.
Bus Passes: June bus passes will be available from the Business Office until June 11th. If you will have three or more children riding the bus every month next year, complete the Family Plan Application form to receive a further discount on your 2018 - 2019 bus passes. Family Plan applications have to be submitted every year. The application form can be found on the Edmonton Cath-olic Schools Website under Transportation Services Department.
Textbook Rentals and caution fee refunds: All SH textbooks are to be returned as soon as possible directly to the Business Office during regular business office hours, which are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM. JH students will return text-books after their last exam on June 27th. Students should not leave textbooks anywhere other than the Business Office, and should NOT give them to any other student to return.
Caution Fee refund cheques, where applicable, will be mailed out during the month of July once all textbooks have been returned and outstanding fees have been paid. Please make sure your mailing address is current so cheques are not sent to a wrong ad-dress.
Lock Return: On the day of the last JH exam, June 27th, JH students will turn in their locks to their Homeroom Teachers. SH students should return their locks to the Business Office once their lockers have been emptied.
Year End Reminders... Locker Clean up: On June 21st JH students will be cleaning out their lockers and taking personal possessions home. The only things JH students should have in their lockers after June 21st are their textbooks for L.A., French, Science, Social Studies, & Math, HB pencils for exam writing, and something to read in the event that they finish writing their exam before the designated dismissal time. Please make sure your child has something to carry home all their belongings in.
Lost and Found: Our school Lost & Found box is full of lost clothing, shoes, pencil cases, and other items left behind by students. Please ask your child to check the Lost & Found box to be sure none of their personal belongings have been left there. Also, there are various pieces of jewellery, house keys, glasses, etc. at the school office. If your child has misplaced any of these items, have them check in the office so their lost treasures can be returned safely to them. Items left in the Lost & Found after June 28th will be donated to our local Goodwill store.
Message from the Library Quote of the Month: Books Don’t Need Batteries……..In a world besotted with electronic devices, books don’t need batteries. Believe in the power of imagination and the importance of reading. …….anonymous
The library will be closing for the borrowing of books on Monday, June, 11th. All books borrowed prior to this date and on this date, must be returned to the library by Friday, June 15th. Library books that have been borrowed and not returned by this date, a replacement fee will be administered.
For study purposes, the library will remain open to students until the completion of all exams. A reminder to students, like any library, entry to must be in a quiet and respectful manner. While in the library, the space is to be shared with many other students who may be reading, writing an exam or working on an assignment. Let’s be respectful of each other and work quietly and independently as possible.
Wishing all LSL students and their families a wonderful, safe and pleasant summer break. Looking forward to reacquainting with
our many LSL readers and meeting and working with new ones.
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JH Band Information Congratulations to the Grade 8 - 12 Band students who performed at the Spring Concert on May 31st! The audience was very impressed with your music making achievements and the night was a big success. Our last band performance of the year will be Big Band Night on June 8th! Big Band Night will take place in the Louis St. Laurent Gymnasium, and the Art Show will take place in the cafeteria. It is free to get into the Year End Art Show, and it will begin at 6:30 PM. Doors to Big Band Night will open at 7:00 PM and the show will start at 7:30 PM. This year, five live jazz bands will be playing (the Louis St. Laurent Senior High Jazz Band, the Louis St. Laurent Senior High Jazz Combo, the Louis St. Laurent Lab Jazz band, the Archbishop Joseph MacNeil Jazz Band, and the Archbishop MacDonald Jazz Band). There will also be a concession. Admission is $10 for students and $15 for adults. Tickets can be picked-up at the Business Office, or at the doors (if you'd like to pay at the doors, please bring cash). This is the best dance of the year and this year our theme is the Best of the ‘80’s and ‘90’s! Come out and dance the night away!
Have you Moved?? If you have a change of address or a new telephone number, please be sure to let the school office know. It is important that we are able to reach you in case of an emergency regarding your child. Also, letters will be mailed during the summer months to the address we have on file, so we do need a current address.
Louis St. Laurent Grade 9 Farewell LSL Grade Nine Farewell will take place on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @ St. Thomas More Catholic Church (210 Haddow Close, Edmonton). Please remember that the ceremony takes place in the church and appropriate clothing is required. Strapless dresses will need something to cover shoulders. The Farewell Mass will start @ 7:00 PM. Prior to the Mass, a Grade 9 group pic-ture will be taken by Lifetouch Canada. Students are asked to be at the church by 6:15 PM to prepare for this group photo. The Mass will be followed by distribution of Gr. 9 Diplomas and a reception in the church hall. As is the tradition, we are asking parents and guardians to assist in supplying some of the refreshments for the reception. If you are able to provide a fruit tray or a dessert, we would greatly appreciate it. Please ensure all donations are nut-free and pre-cut (if necessary) into individual servings. If you are interested in volunteering to provide a refreshment, please email Ms. Schatz at [email protected] no later than June 1st. We thank you in advance for helping to make this a memorable occasion for our Grade 9 students.
Junior High Awards Evening
Louis St. Laurent Junior High awards evening will take place in the Cartier McGee gym at Louis St. Laurent School on Thursday, June 21st starting @ 6:30 PM. Students who will be receiving awards will be given a special invitation during the week of June 18th. As a staff, we always look forward to this evening as it provides us with the opportunity to honour those students who excel in various aspects of their Junior High life. We hope all parents will join us in the celebration of their child’s contributions to Louis St. Laurent School.
Year End Celebration
As another school year draws to an end, the Administration and staff of Louis St. Laurent School want to thank our students and parent community for the support they provided during the past school year and invite them to join our Year End Celebration on Thursday, June 7th. We will gather as a school community at 9:30 AM in the LSL gym to celebrate the successes we have experienced during the 2017/2018 school year. Father Vadassery will officiate. We will also conduct a Celebration of Seedlings, where Grade 12 students will receive seedlings, in commemoration of a former LSL student who died during his Grade 12 year. Presentation of our Service Awards will follow the celebration and all parents are welcome to attend.
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Leadership April and May were a busy months for Leadership! This year, to celebrate Easter, Leadership organized various activities. During the week’s events, we had a mini egg contest, in which students had to guess the number of mini eggs. The lucky winner came from our grade 7 group. The junior high students also participated in an egg hunt. Students that were lucky enough to find one claimed a prize at lunch, in which they got an Easter treat. During May, leadership organized more events, including a Talent Show, Star Wars Day and promoted Hats on for Mental Health. The talent show was a great success, showcasing some of the wonderful talent LSL students had to offer. These talents included playing various instruments, singing, dancing, and a band. On May 2nd students were encouraged to wear a hat to show their support for Mental Health. Students were also educated on the significance of this day, thanks to Mr. Robson. Last, students participated in Star Wars trivia on “May the Fourth be With You” with the opportunity to win Star Wars themed prizes. Looking forward, the Leadership will have their year end dance on June 21st. Listen to announcements and keep your eyes on the leadership board for more information.
Congratulations! Congratulations to Lucia Sanchez-Wegmann (Grade 11) who was chosen for an internship with the Alberta Innovates Heritage Youth Researcher Summer (HYRS) Program. Through the HYRS program, Lucia will work full-time this summer as a paid student intern in a medical research laboratory at the University of Alberta. Thank you to the dedicated teachers who supported Lucia in getting this great opportunity to further her future career in medical research.
News From the LSL Dance Studio
Congratulations to the Dance Intensive students for their Cappies nomination for Little Mermaid Choreography! Wonderful work
dancers!
We would like to congratulate all of the dancers, Technical Theatre students and Louis Crew performers for their oustanding showcases of talent in this year’s Gala of Dance! Thank you to all of the family members and friends who supported the show!
The dance program is planning a dance trip to Disneyland in November, 2018. Dancers will have the amazing opportunity to extend their learning and perform in a Disneyland parade. They will also take workshops and work with Disney artists. Dancers that are interested in further information, are encouraged to speak to Mrs. Bawol or Mrs. Timtim-Ramirez. g It has been a busy and wonderful Dance year and we thank all of the students for their hard work and dedication. We hope you have
a wonderful summer and we look forward to seeing you again in September.
Any students or parents/guardians with questions regarding registration next year can contact Mrs. Timtim-ramirez (yvette.timtim-
[email protected]) or Mrs. Bawol ([email protected]).
Have a safe and happy summer!
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2017-2018 Superintendent’s Award of Excellence
This year the Superintendent’s Award of Excellence was awarded to two High School students and one Junior High student at Louis St. Laurent School. This award is given to students whose behaviour has exemplified in an extraordinary way the core values of our school District and/or to students who exhibit outstanding leadership skills and who use their ability to benefit others. These students have shown strength to overcome obstacles in their life and have persevered in overcoming these obstacles. They have shown extraordinary effort to foster a positive quality of life within the school and have contributed in an outstanding manner to the community beyond the school environment. This year Louis St. Laurent is proud to recognize Samantha Tan and Jaia Sthankiya as the Senior High recipients and Eliza De Guzman as the Junior High recipient of the Superintendent’s Award.
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Dodge ball Tournament for the Stollery
Congrats to all amazing Dodge Ball Athletes involved in our Dodge Ball for the Stollery this past month. Student raised a total of $2858.00. The Student's Union worked hard planning the tournament this year which included a food concession, clean up crews and referees. The major prize of a drone going to Olivia Van Bommel raising the most money, as well as a $160 gift Card going to our winning team the Purple Cobras. MVP for this tournament, proving his true Baron spirit in sportsperson-ship, was Eli Hetlinger. Student's Union would like to thank all parents and teachers for their support this past month while they planned and met almost every day to make this an amazing event for our students. Lastly we would like to thank everyone in the LSL community who went into their wallets to sup-port the teams in their cause of raising money for the Stollery Children's Hospital. Great Job Baron's!!
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How to Purchase 2018 Grad Commencement Tickets * The Graduation Liturgy and the Commencement Ceremony is tentatively booked for Thursday, June 28, 2018, at the Catholic Parish of Corpus Christi
Parents and/or family guests are invited to attend this important ceremony. Grads should meet in the Church Hall at about 6:00 p.m. and parents should be seated by 7:15 p.m., the Graduation Liturgy will begin about 7:15 p.m. After the Liturgy and the Commencement Ceremony, everyone is invited to the Church Hall for tea and snacks.
Purchase of tickets for the Graduation Commencement Ceremony Tickets may now be purchased for the Graduation Liturgy and Commencement Ceremony. Tickets are $2.00/ticket. Please see Mr. Sosnowski for a ticket order form or please use the form below. (Grads do not need to purchase their own ticket. They have already paid for their ticket in their registration).
Grade 12 Graduation Information
Louis St. Laurent Graduation Liturgy and Commencement Ceremony 2018 Ticket Registration Form
To register: Complete this form and return to Mr. Sosnowski in Room 246 or at the Business Office
Name of Graduate: ______________________________ Number of Extra Tickets Required: _________________________________ Total payment enclosed is : ___________________________ (Total # of tickets x $2.00/ticket)
Graduation Banquet Ceremony
Where: Shaw Conference Centre in Hall D Date: Friday, June 29, 2018 Preliminary evening Schedule and ticket information: (Please note the time change) Doors—5:30 p.m. Grand March—6:15 p.m. Dinner—6:45 p.m. Dance 8:30 p..—11:00 p.m. Entertainment is throughout the evening!
How to Purchase 2018 Grad Banquet Tickets: Online Sales: April 2nd to May 25th, 2018 Make sure school fees are paid or you will NOT be able to purchase banquet tickets. This information will also be posted online on the LSL website: https://www.ecsd.net/schools/8409/Pages/default.aspx
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ETS Bus Information
In previous years children ages 0-5 were free on Edmonton Transit when accompanied by a fare-paying adult. Starting June 1st, Edmonton Transit is changing the age limit. Effective June 1, 2018, youth 12 years and under ride ETS free when they are accompanied by a fare-paying adult (must 18 years or older). This is available to families all day, every day of the week. These students, using Edmonton Transit, will not require a bus pass. It would be the responsibility of adult accompanying the child to provide proof of age, if necessary. If families require additional information about ETS or this initiative, they can be directed to contact Edmonton Transit through 311.
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Sign up to Read during Mass, volunteer for confirmation, join a youth group
– whatever you’re interested in, we want to have you help out!
Confirmation 2018 will take place November 18th, 2018
Our Confirmation program is for anyone who will be in Grade 7 – 12 in September 2018. Preparation classes will
take place from September to November, with registrations in June 2018. Information about preparation classes
and registrations will be sent out to all Catholic Schools in the area – please check your Catholic school in May for
these documents. The information and documents will also be available on the St. Thomas More website at
www.stmparish.com. Please drop off all registrations at St. Thomas More during our drop in times on Saturday’s
from 10 am – 12 pm, on June 2nd, 9th, 16th, and 23rd.
Contact: Sara Dmitri – Youth Evangelization Coordinator at the Parish Office [email protected] or 780-434-
6313 ext. 223
Reconciliation and First Holy Communion
Over 250 students have just completed their 1st Reconciliation on April 25th, 2018. In the months of May
and June all of these students will be celebrating their 1st Holy Communion, please pray for them.
Contact: Kathleen Eistetter at the Parish Office 780-434-6313 ext. 237
Baptism: for children up to 7 years old
Are you interested in Baptizing your child in the Catholic Faith! Now’s a great time!
Contact: Diane Middleton - Sacrament Assistant at the Parish Office - 780-434-6313 ext. 233
Want to become Catholic?
Are you interested in joining God’s family through the Sacra-
ment of Baptism? Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults and Rite
of Christian Initiation for Children begin with getting more infor-
mation! Classes start
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Homework Help for Teens
Are you in grade 7 to 12 and looking for help with home-work or exam prep in either Essay Writing or Math? The
library has free volunteer tutors who can help! This program is drop-in, first come first served.
Mondays, 6:30 – 8:30, April 30 – June 18 @ Jasper Place Branch (9010 156 Street)
Mondays, 6:30 – 8:30, April 30 – June 18 @ Whitemud Crossing Branch (4211 - 106 Street)
Tuesdays, 6:30 – 8:30, May 1 – June 19 @ Londonderry Branch
(inside Londonderry Mall)
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