Band Performances

The Concert Band, Performing Arts group and Jazz Band treated students and staff to a noon hour concert.  Excellent performances!

Thank you to Student Council for providing hot chocolate and cookies to snack on!

Gingerbread Houses 2016

Thank you to our student council who arranged for the annual Gingerbread House Decorating Contest.  Students have been voting over lunch for their favorite house!

Click on the link to check out the houses!

Gingerbread House pics

Congratulations to Mr. Pardoski's class on getting the most votes!

Junior Varsity Exhibition Basketball and Tournament

On Friday night, both Junior Varsity teams will be playing Flin Flon in an exhibition game.  

5:30 pm - Tigers JV boys vs Flin Flon

following the boys game (approx. 7:15 pm) - Tigers JV girls vs Flin Flon

There will be a Junior Varsity Basketball Tournament this Saturday, December 17, 2016 at the SVRSS.

The schedule for Saturday is as follows:

9:00 am Tigers JV girls vs Flin Flon

10:45 am Tigers JV boys vs Flin Flon

4:00 pm Tigers  JV girls vs MBCI

5:45 pm Tigers JV boys vs MBCI

Have a great weekend of basketball!

Varsity Girls Basketball Results

The Varsity Girls Basketball team participated in the Crocus Plains Early Bird Basketball Tournament this past weekend.  

The girls were really on their game, placing first in their Pool with wins against Neepawa (79-41) and Elton (72-55).  To advance, the girls had to face the AAAA team from Vincent Massey where they won 77-63.  Now they faced the home team, Crocus Plains, also a AAAA team, for a battle for first place.  They fought hard, but came up short at 61-71.  

It was a fantastic weekend of basketball!  The girls were incredibly happy with their performance throughout the weekend!  

Congratulations go out to Hannah Kitch and Sara Henkleman who were named Tournament All Stars.  Great job, ladies!

Annual Band Concert

I'd like to invite everyone to join the SVRSS bands for our annual Christmas Concert at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 in the SVRSS cafeteria.

Come and get in the spirit of the season with old favorites such Sleigh Ride and Rudolph and new tunes that will quickly become favorites as well!

Christmas Feast 2016!

On Tuesday, December 6 the AAA/BSSAP Christmas Feast was held at our school.  It was awesome to see all the families enjoy a wonderful evening.  There were over 300 people in attendance!

The evening started with a welcome from Lorna Munro who shared about some of the leadership opportunities for our students.  She also introduced  Kailey Chief, a grade 11 student, who was our master of ceremonies for the evening.  This was Kailey's first time public speaking and did an excellent job!

Henry Barkowski opened the evening with a prayer.  Opening remarks and a welcome were shared by Tim Mendel (SVSD Superintendent), Kelli Riehl (SVSD Board of Trustess Chair) and myself.

Mr. Chapman and a hard working group of students provided an amazing meal.  The effort was appreciated by all who attended.  THANK YOU!

The evening was concluded by special guests, the D'Town Steppers, who performed several dance numbers.  Some audience members even took part in the performance.

A huge thank you to Lorna Munro and Sarah Campbell for organizing this event!

Student Council Activities for December

SVRSS Student Council Activities for December

Friday, December 9

All Christmas Cheer donations will be picked up.   The class with the highest number of items will win an advantage in the gingerbread house competition.

Friday, December 16

Block 1 classes will compete in the Gingerbread house decorating.  Students will be invited to vote for their favourite house until the end of lunch.

Performing arts and senior jazz band will be performing at noon hour in the cafeteria, where we will have cookies and hot chocolate compliments of student council.

Monday, December 19

Pajama Day!!  Come to school in your comfy pj’s!  Pics with santa in the cafeteria at noon.

Tuesday, December 20

Block 1 decorate your classroom door, best door wins a tim horton’s gift card for the class!

Scavenger hunt clues to be handed out at lunch, prizes for the first 20 to finish.

Wednesday, December 21

Ugly Christmas sweater day and “ho ho ho” contest throughout the day

Thursday, December 22

Student council sponsored free brunch for everyone in the cafeteria at 11:30.  Christmas gym riot in the afternoon, who will be on the trophy this time???

Merry Christmas to all staff and students

Christmas Cheer Board

Once again, we will be collecting items for the Christmas Cheer Board.  The deadline is this Friday, December 9.

History and Mission of the Christmas Cheer Board

The original idea of the Christmas Cheer Board was to provide Christmas Hampers and toys for the widows and orphans of the soldiers lost during World War One. The Cheer Board was started by Winnipeg churches in 1919.

The churches operated alone for many years and realized there were many other families in the community that also needed help at Christmas. As the project grew, the churches decided to world together and coordinate the Christmas giving. The 1940’s brought the people to realize that everyone should be brought into one big organization to continue helping out families in need. More than half of all food and toys are donated by people like us, to not only families receiving Employment Income, but also many of the working poor. The packing and delivering of all these items involve almost 5000 people.

The total items that our school collects will go towards local families here in Swan River. When all communities, companies and schools help out, everyone can have a merry Christmas!

http://www.christmascheerboard.ca/

What Can You Donate??

The Christmas Cheer Board accepts donations of non-perishable food, toys or money.  They are also looking for homemade knitted mitts, toques and scarves. Teen gifts such as Stampeder tickets, gift cards or gift certificates for the theatre.

Food suggestions:

Juice

Canned Soup

Canned Vegetables

Jelly powder

Macaroni and cheese

Pasta and Sauce

Rice

Oatmeal

Tuna

Peanut Butter

Pancake mix

Stuffing mix

Cookies

Cake mix

Sugar

Tea

Coffee

Post-Secondary Information Night

Parents of SVRSS Grade 11 and 12 students,

On Tuesday, November 1st at 7 pm in the multi-purpose room, our Guidance Counselor, Jennifer Simpson, will be hosting a Post-Secondary Information Evening for all parents and students.  She will be reviewing options for apprenticeship, college and university as well as course requirements, tuition fees, when to start applying and scholarships and bursaries.  

This will be a great opportunity to ask some questions and pick up some of the materials from the colleges and universities which you may find informative.

Hope to see you there!

Have You Signed Up For Powerschool?

What is PowerSchool?

PowerSchool helps your school access and maintain student, staff, and schedule information. 

The PowerSchool Student and Parent portal gives parents and students access to real-time information including attendance, grades and detailed assignment descriptions, school bulletins, and even personal messages from and to the teacher. Everyone stays connected: Students stay on top of assignments and parents are able to participate more fully in their student's progress!

Have you signed up for access?

Please contact Mrs. Petelski in the library in order to sign up (204-734-4511)!

Cross Country Running Results

Five SVRSS students participated in Cross Country Zones on Tuesday, October 4.   It was wet, but luckily warmer and less windy than in Swan. 

  

Students ran at Vermillion Park in Dauphin, 10:00 am start.   SVRSS represented well after a short back to school training season.   

Keir  Fedorchuk V Male 5000 m   1st place   23:35

Hannah Stephen JV female 3000 m 4th  16:38

Cade Varey 4000 m   JV  male 19:30

Austin Rivard 4000 m. JV male 19:31

Peter Fedorchuk  4000 m JV male 21:40

We were fortunate to have the leadership of Keith Immerkar at two of our after school practices.   

To any other students interested in running, please attend our spring meeting so we can get on track in spring and running can continue through the summer months so we're ready to represent SVRSS next fall.  

Doug Oberlin Volleyball Tournament

Come check out some exciting volleyball action! Schedule as below:

	GIRLS		BOYS
	Pool A		Pool A
	1 SVRSS		1. SVRSS "A"
	2 Winnipegosis		2. Winnipegosis
	3. SVRSS JV		3. MBCI
	4. RDPC		4. RDPC
	5 Ebb and Flow		5. MBCI JV
	6. MBCI		6. SVRSS "B"
	7. Gilbert Plains
Friday		Friday
12:30	1 vs 5	12:30	1 vs 2
1:20	2 vs 7	1:20	3 vs 6
2:10	1 vs 3	2:10	1 vs 5
3:00	3 vs 2	3:00	2 vs 3
3:50	5 vs 7	3:50	4 vs 5
4:40	4 vs 6	4:40	3 vs 4
5:30	2 vs 5	5:30	1 vs 6
6:20	1 vs 7	6:20	4 vs 6
7:10	3 vs 4	7:10	2 vs 5
8:00	1 vs 6	8:00	1 vs 4
Saturday		Saturday
9:00	4 vs 5	9:00	3 vs 5
9:50	6 vs 7	9:50	2 vs 6
10:40	3 vs 6	10:40	2 vs 4
11:30	2 vs 4	11:30	1 vs 3
12:20	3 vs 5	12:20	5 vs 6
1:10	1 vs 2	1:10	B1 4th vs 5th pool play
2:00	4 vs 7	2:00	B2 3rd vs 6th pool play
2:50	2 vs 6	2:50	B3 Winner of B1 vs 1st pool play
3:40	1 vs 4	3:40	B4 Winner B2 vs 2nd Pool play
4:30	5 vs 6	4:30	B5 Losser B1 vs Loser B2 (5th place)
5:20	3 vs 7	5:20	B6 Losser B3 vs Loser B4  (3rd Place)
6:10	Finals 1st vs 2nd After Pool Play	6:10	B7 Winner B3 vs Winner B4 (FINALS)

Sports update!

All the best to our Girls and Boys Soccer teams competing in zones today!  Beautiful day for soccer!

September 30 is Orange Shirt Day

This Friday, September 30 we are encouraging everyone to wear orange shirts in support of Orange Shirt Day: every child matters.

Please take a minute to watch Phyllis tell her story.

Why Orange Shirts?

The following is taken from the Orange Shirt Day home page.

"Orange Shirt Day is a legacy of the St. Joseph Mission (SJM) residential school commemoration event held in Williams Lake, BC, Canada, in the spring of 2013.  It grew out of Phyllis' story of having her shiny new orange shirt taken away on her first day of school at the Mission, and it has become an opportunity to keep the discussion on all aspects of residential schools happening annually.

The date was chosen because it is the time of year in which children were taken from their homes to residential schools, and because it is an opportunity to set the stage for anti-racism and anti-bullying policies for the coming school year.  It also gives teachers time to plan events that will include children, as we want to ensure that we are passing the story and learning on to the next generations.

Orange Shirt Day is also an opportunity for First Nations, local governments, schools and communities to come together in the spirit of reconciliation and hope for generations of children to come."

Please check out the link to Orange Shirt Day as there are many resources available.

Phyllis' Story

3rd Place at Provincials!

Congratulations to our Girls Golf Team who finished in 3rd place at Provincials last week.  They were tied for second place and dropped to third after a count back of strokes (tiebreaker method).

Awesome job!

Swan Valley Regional Secondary School Invitational Soccer Tournament

We would like to wish our soccer teams a great day as they host our home tournament.  If you would like to check out some great soccer action, here are the times.

Football Home Opener!

Tigers Girls Soccer Tryouts

Thursday, Sept. 8     4:00-6:00 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 10    10:00 - 12:00 pm

Tuesday, Sept. 13     4:00 - 6:00 p.m.


Open to all students - Grades 9-12

See Mr. Williams if interested.

Tigers Boys Soccer Tryouts

Wednesday, Sept. 7 -  4:00 - 6:00 p.m.     School Fields

Friday, Sept. 9 -  4:00 - 6:00 p.m.             School Fields

Saturday, Sept. 10 - 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Inter-squad Game at the Swan River Soccer Fields

Contact Owen Parsons @ 204-734-4604

or Ms. Fraser at the SVRSS 204-734-4511

Tigers Girls Volleyball Tryouts

Open to all

Wednesday, Sept. 7

Thursday, Sept. 8

Friday, Sept. 9

All dates are 3:40-5:45 pm.

Tigers Boys Volleyball Tryouts

Boys Volleyball Tryouts

All boys in grades 9-12 who are interested in playing volleyball please attend the following dates.

Wednesday, Sept. 7 - 4:00 - 6:00 pm.
(Open Gym)

Thursday, Sept. 8 - 4:00 -6:00 pm

Temporary Student Parking

The start of the new school year will mark the start of many exciting initiatives.  One such initiative is the construction of the Carpentry Trades Building.  Due to the construction of this facility, we are asking for the school communities cooperation with the issue of parking at the Swan Valley Regional Secondary School.

In order to deal with parking, we would like to encourage the following:

•   Utilize the busing service provided for students.
•   Carpool (if able)

There will be temporary parking available in the following areas:

• Student parking area – there will be a smaller number of parking spots available due to construction.
• Parking along 3^rd Street North (West of Division Office) – In order to be good neighbors with area residents, please park on the south side of the street.
•  New temporary parking lot – West of School (access from 13 Ave).

We appreciate your cooperation during this time of construction.

First Week of School - Start Dates

I hope everyone had a great summer.  It is always an exciting time at school as teachers are busy preparing for the new school year and welcoming students to their courses and classrooms.

I will be sending out more information in the coming week, but wanted to remind you of start dates.

Wednesday, September 7, 2016 - First day of school for Grade 9 and new students.

Also on Wednesday, Sept 7; a BBQ lunch will be provided at no cost for our new students, staff and parents/guardians in the Cafeteria. Please join us as it gives us another opportunity to get to know you!

Thursday, September 8, 2016 - First day of classes for Grade 10-12 students.

If you are needing to speak to a guidance counselor, Mrs. Simpson and Mr. McDonald will be at the school on Wednesday, August 31 from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm.  Please call 204-734-4511 to schedule an appointment.

Graduation Day!

Congratulations to the Class of 2016!  We wish you all the best as you continue on to the next chapter in your life journey!

Here is an outline of the days events for Wednesday, June 29, 2016:

Graduation Class Photo - 3:15 pm (please meet on the football field).

Graduation Ceremony - 4:00 p.m. (SVRSS Gymnasium)

Graduation Banquet - 7:30 p.m. (at the Curling Rink)

Safe Grad - 10:30 p.m. (at the Curling Rink)

Have fun and be safe!

Final Exam Schedule for June 2016

Please click on on the link for the schedule.

June 2016 Final Exam Schedule

Safety Procedures at SVRSS

The safety and security of our students and staff are a top priority for the Swan Valley Regional Secondary School and the Swan Valley School Division.  We have been implementing a number of measures as part of a comprehensive plan aimed at ensuring our school remains a safe place for our students to learn.

One of the procedures our school will be employing is a “lockdown drill”.  During a lockdown drill, classroom doors are secured and the students remain inside the room until instructed by the teacher to resume their activities.  All exterior doors are locked and no one is permitted to enter or leave the building.  Students are isolated within the school when circumstances make it safer to stay in the classroom rather than evacuate.  Just as we prepare our students to properly respond to a fire drill, they also need to be aware of the proper response during a lockdown drill.  These drills should be treated with the same level of importance as fire drills.  Please take the time to speak with your student about this procedure and reinforce its importance.  We practice these drills to ensure our school remains a safe place for teaching and learning.

Please contact me if you have any questions about lockdown drills at 204-734-4511.  Thank you for your attention to this matter.

All Valley Jazz Night!

The Senior Jazz band and Grade 9's along with Middle School Jazz bands will be performing at the 2nd Annual All Valley Jazz Night on Thursday, June 2, 2016 at 7 pm in the cafeteria. Great entertainment for no cost!  

This is the last performance for a large number of our Grade 12 Jazz students!

Come check it out!

Final Grad Newsletter

Please click on the link for important information for our grads!

Final Grad Newsletter

Alice in Wonderland!

SVSD Climate Survey

The SVSD is conducting a school climate survey.  It will be available to parents online or by paper copy from April 27 to May 7.

The electronic version of the survey can be accessed by going to the SVSD website at www.svsd.ca and clicking on the survey link or you can access it directly by going to  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SecondaryParentClimate2016

Families may request a paper copy be sent home with their child or stop by the SVRSS Office to pick one up.

Engineering Presentation

Are you considering entering the field of Engineering?

Come learn more about the education you will need and the summer jobs available if you plan to enter the field of engineering.

Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation

Presentation

Tuesday, April 26th, 2016

Multi-Purpose Room

10:10 am

*All students will be required to sign in to this presentation.

Allergy Alert!

Allergy Alert!

As a reminder to students and staff...WE SHARE THE SAME AIR!

There is a life threatening allergy to strongly scented products at the SVRSS.

To Prevent HARM to people who suffer from respiratory difficulties, PLEASE AVOID USING SCENTED PRODUCTS!  

We are asking for all students and staff to refrain from wearing and/or using strongly scented colognes or perfumes, hair spray and hand lotions while at school.

Thank you for respecting each other!

French Immersion Programming Information

My Learning Pathway Plan 2016 - 2017

Parents, our course offerings have now been finalized with the French Consortium schools - 

Swan Valley, Flin Flon, Dauphin and The Pas for the 2016 – 17 school year. The SVRSS receives some of our French Immersion course grades 9 to 12 through our video conference labs.  A schedule for the ITV lab course delivery was sent home with your child's report card as well as pictured below.  

The SVRSS is currently working on student course selections and pathway planning for the 2016 – 2017 school year. In order to complete this process please refer to the French Immersion Graduation Requirements document which was also sent home and make an appointment with Mrs. Mydynski – Arp during the upcoming Parent Teacher interviews to tailor your son or daughter’s plan to best meet their educational needs.

French Video Conference Schedule: 2016-17

	Semester 1	Semester 1		Semester 2	Semester 2
9:00 – 10:00	PreCal 40 Coming from Dauphin’s Tanberg	Français 10 Coming from Flin Flon’s PolyCom		Math 10 Coming from Dauphin’s Tanberg	Science 20 Coming from Swan River’s PolyCom
10:15 – 11:15	Psych 40 Coming from Flin Flon’s PolyCom	Science 10 Coming from Swan River’s PolyCom		*Histoire/Droit 40 – Coming from The Pas’s Tanberg	Histoire 10F Coming from Flin Flon’s PolyCom
11:25 – 12:25 (Flin Flon and The Pas)	Éducation Physique 30/40 Coming from Flin Flon’s Poly Com
1:15 – 2:15	PreCal 30 Coming from Dauphin	Français 20 Coming from The Pas’s Tanberg		Essentials Math 30 – Coming from Dauphin’s Tanberg	Français 40 Coming from The Pas’s tanberg
2:30 – 3:30	Histoire 30 Coming from The Pas’s Tanberg	IAPMath 20S Coming from Dauphin’s Tanberg		Career Life 10/20 – Coming from Flin Flon’s PolyCom	Français 30 Coming from The Pas’s Tanberg

*Histoire OR Droit 40 - Still to be determined.  It is dependent on student numbers/preference.  Please book an appointment with Mrs. Mydynski – Arp.

French Immersion Graduation Requirements

Course Registrations Underway!

Course registrations are underway for the 2016-2017 school year.  Information has been sent home and parent information meetings were held last week.  Students should have their Course Registration Sheets.

Reminder!

Parent Signatures are needed on the Course Registration Sheets prior to the student completing registrations in Power School .

Tuesday, March 22 -  the grade 10 students entering into grade 11 will be filling out their registrations for the 2016-2017 school year.

Wednesday, March 23 - the grade 9 students entering grade 10 will be filling out their registrations for the 2016-2017 school year. 

If you have any questions, please give us a call!

Provincial Champions!

Congratulations to our Provincial Champion Curlers!  Awesome job gentlemen!

Festival Results!!

Results from the 2016 SVFAFA Band Festival were outstanding.

Congratulations to the SVRSS Sr. Concert band for earning a mark of A+ for their performance of 2 grade 4 music pieces: Variations on Scarborough Fair and Movement IV from Gustav Holst's Second Suite in F.

Also special recognition to Carter Chev, Kayla Thelander, Desi Lagace and Tyra Zander who all were awarded an A+ for their outstanding performances on their individual solos.

There were also several more high quality performances by students in grades 9-12 most of whom earned an "A" rating.


Way to go band !!

Jazz Night at the Festival

The Swan Valley Fine Arts Association brings you

Jazz Night at the Festival!

Wednesday Feb 24th, beginning at 6:30 pm. in the SVRSS Cafeteria.

Featured groups are SVRSS grade 9 jazz, Minitonas Middle Years "Lazzmania Devils"

ESRSS grade 7/8 Jazz Ensemble and SVRSS Senior Jazz band.

We are privileged to have Mr. Brent Campbell, organizer of the Brandon Jazz Festival as our adjudicator.

All performances and adjudications are open to the public.

Glenda Turton,

Music Director, SVRSS

Curling Provincials

We wish our curlers all the best as they travel to Gladstone on Thrusday, February 25!

Our boys team consists of the following athletes:

Carter Watkins
Dustin Tibble
Brady Harris
Tynan Metcalfe
Mason Kujanpaa

Their first game is against Lord Selkirk.

You can check out the draw at:

Provincial Curling Draw

Youth Sexual Exploitation, Social Media & The Law Parent Presentation

Youth Sexual Exploitation,
Social Media & The Law

An Evening Presentation for Parents of youth Grade 6-12.

The Internet Child Exploitation Unit of the RCMP will explore the definition of the media coined phenomenon "SEXTING" and take the audience through a scenario. The scenario will expose what sexting is, the impacts and offer options to prevent the risks associated to sexting behaviours as well as how to reduce the harm of actions already undertaken. Officers and parents have experienced a concerning increase in reports of Self/Peer online sexual exploitation. We have recognized that the issue required more than investigation and enforcement and that the victimization needed to be prevented through education and awareness.

Learn more about Criminal Code legalities of Self/Peer sexual exploitation and asking anyone under the age of 18 for naked pictures. This also applies for youth to youth.

Learn about websites where kids and adults can go to report incidents that have happened, for tips and strategies, stories, questions and answers etc.  These two websites are: cybertip.ca and needhelpnow.ca

SVRSS Multi-Media Resource Centre

March 7^th 7 – 9 pm

Refreshments at 6:30

No Cost to attend

If you have any questions please contact:

Jessica Lacasse 734-6618 or jlacasse@pmh-mb.ca or

Deborah Burnside 734-4531 or dburnside@svsd.ca

Event sponsored by: SVSD, RCMP, SVCTC and CESA

Reminder - WE SHARE THE SAME AIR!

As a reminder to students and staff...WE SHARE THE SAME AIR!
To Prevent HARM to people who suffer from respiratory difficulties,
PLEASE AVOID USING SCENTED PRODUCTS!
Thank you for Respecting each other!

Reminder - Grade 9 and 10 Swimming!

This is a friendly reminder that Grade 9 and 10 Phys. Ed. students will be at the pool every Thursday, starting February 18 for the next five weeks.

Any questions, please speak to your physical education teacher.

CAT 4 Testing

Grades 10 students will be writing the CAT4 (Canadian Achievement Tests- 4^th Edition).   The purpose of these achievement tests is to help us gather information on students’ strengths and challenges.  This information help us to develop each students learning pathway and meet the learning needs of each student.  This is very important, so students must try to do their best to show what they know and can do.

Testing will be February 16-17, 2016. 

Please do your best to ensure that your child attends these days as missed sections will require make-up times.

Encourage your child to try to do their best.

  

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me.