Nicole;s Notes: Volume 4 (Sept. 30, 2013)

Happy Monday TOSH Parents and Guardians!  

Mr. Harvey in uniform

I am hoping that you all got outside to enjoy the taste of summer we were blessed with this past weekend. The simple pleasures are the best ones of all, for sure!

If all goes as planned, I will be heading out on leave for a minimum of 4 weeks beginning this Thursday. We have an awesome team here at TOSH and I have every faith that the school will run as per usual in my absence. Faber MacDonald, Acting VP, will be continuing the Parent Blog while I am away. Jason Gallant will be Acting Principal and he can be reached at 888-8460 or via e mail: xjgallant@edu.pe.ca as needed.

The month of October, as usual, has several interruptions to the regular schedule (Please see the calendar below).  I have challenged our teachers to dig in and get as much learning momentum going as possible on the days when we are in classes, so please encourage your son/daughter to come on those days prepared and ready to bring their best to the table. 

FIRST PARENT COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY! 

The first meeting of the TOSH Parent Council will be held in the Three Oaks Library beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 30/13. All TOSH Parents and Guardians are welcome! The more ideas people bring along, the better this year's school experience will be for everyone. The Council meets once a month for about an hour and you can become as involved as you have time for. Hope to see you there!

Dates to Remember:

September:
30          Parent Council Meeting- 6:30 p.m.

October:

2            Nicole's Last Day Before Leave

              Fred Fox Presentation (optional)- 2:30 p.m.
14          Thanksgiving-No Classes
17-18    Annual Teachers' Convention-No Classes
21          Career Day       
23          Student Photo Retakes

TOSH BREAKFAST PROGRAM
Research shows that students who eat breakfast have the fuel they need to power their brains for learning. Our TOSH Breakfast Program runs five mornings a week from 8 a.m. until bell time so that all TOSH students can make sure they eat before school starts for the day. This program receives a bit of funding, but not enough to cover the cost of running it five days/week. Monetary and food donations are always accepted, and we thank you in advance for supporting this initiative. The Breakfast Program is open to all students, and it will take all of us working together to keep it operating. If you want to know what kind of food to send, please call or e mail Tami Arsenault (YSW) at school: taarsenault@edu.pe.ca. 
Monetary donations can be handed in at the Main Office and any cheques made payable to: Three Oaks Senior High School.

FRED FOX PRESENTATION OCTOBER 2

Terry Fox's eldest brother, Fred Fox, will be at Three Oaks on Wednesday, October 2 at 2:30 p.m. to present to classes (optional to teachers). Fred is the provincial director of the Terry Fox Foundation in BC and he is a proud and active Manager of Support Relations for the Terry Fox Foundation. We will be excited to present Fred with our school's charity jar and Terry Fox walk donation in aid of this important cause.

UPDATED POST-SECONDARY VISITS/DATES TO NOTE 

Name	Location	Date
Naval Reserve and Military Display	Hall by Student Services-11:43 Military bus display at noon in the front parking lot	Oct. 1st
Oulton College (Moncton, NB)	Hall by Student Services-11:43	Oct. 8th
Dalhousie Open House	Dalhousie University, Halifax,NS	Register by Oct. 15. Open House is Oct. 18th
Universite Sainte Anne (Church Point, NS)	Student Services	10:30 a.m. Oct. 23rd
TOSH Career Day	In the Gym: 7 – 8:30 p.m. Open to parents and students (Students also visit the displays during the school day)	Oct. 21
McGill Open House	McGill University (Montreal, QC)	Oct. 27th
Queens University (Kingston,Ont.)	Pre-registration required in Student Services-11:30 in Lecture Theatre	Nov 4th
Mount Allison University (Sackville, NB)	Hall by Student Services-11:43	Nov. 5th
Dalhousie University (Halifax, NS)	Hall by Student Services-11:43	Nov. 25th
Memorial  University of NFLD (St. John’s, NL)	Evening session. Pre-registration requested. Open to the public , as well- 6:30 p.m. start in the  Lecture Theatre	Nov. 28th

** Any parents/guardians willing to present an information session about their job during Career Day at TOSH is asked to contact Mr. Jim Donovan: jddonovan@edu.pe.ca

TOSH ATHLETICS 

Gus Arsenault leads the cheers!

The PEISAA website (www.peisaa.pe.ca) contains some useful information for athletes and parents this year:  Standings for ALL senior and midget fall season leagues: Field Hockey, Soccer and Volleyball are on the website. Simply go to the PEISAA website, click on the sport you wish to check, click "Standings" and a PDF file will show updated standings in chart form with scores against each team played and point standing to date.

Also follow the Three Oaks Athletic Department on Twitter for news, updates, schedules, results etc.  Username is @TOSHathletics. 

Reach for the Top at noon in Room 417

GETTING INVOLVED AT TOSH! 

There are many Councils, groups, and clubs at Three Oaks that cater to a variety of student interests. I have listed some of these below along with the name of the Teacher Advisor(s) and where those staff are located in the school if your son/daughter wants to join or ask some questions:

CLUBS AND GROUPS:

*   Auto Club-Mike MacKinnon, Scott Harvey (CTEC-trades-building)
*   Axe Outlet Bookstore-Sean MacDonald (114)
*   Carpentry Club- Rob Corkum (CTEC)

*   Climate Crew-Kelly Power (621), Mark Gregory(111) (Open to Grade 10 in February)
*   Chorale Ensemble-Shirley Anne Cameron (409)
*   DJ Club-Forrest Lilly (307)

*   Dungeons and Dragons Club-Erin Peterson (CSLC room)
*   EcoEthics-Rochelle Sullivan (420), Mike MacKinnon (CTEC)
*   Envirothon Team-Chris Higginbotham (611), Heather Pringle (610)

*   GSA- Mrs. Sheridan (Student Services)
*   Improv Group and Improv Team-Sandra Sheridan (Student Services), Rick Sparkes (109)
*   Lunch Buddies-Fran Gillis (421)
*   Reach for the Top-David Gallant (417)
*   Texas Hold Em-Chris Higginbotham (611)
*   The Oaks Newspaper-Barb Forbes(Library), Shannon Evans (617)
*   People Helping People/Free the Children-Tammy Craig (407)
*   Rotary Youth Parliament-Mike Trainor (306)
*   Yearbook-Rochelle Sullivan (420)

 COUNCILS:
*   Activities-Dia Lynn Keough (609), Ashley Bell(613), Lyndon Oulton (309)
*   Athletic-Joel Arsenault, Sue Thomson (GYM)
*   Community Works-Tammy Craig (407), Erin Peterson (CSLC room-Library), Tracy MacDonald (406)
*   Fundraising and Finance- Carrie Watters (612)
*   Multi-Media- Shannon Evans (617)
*   Music- Krista Carruthers (205)
*   Student Government- Mike Trainor (306)

BELIEVE IT OR NOT!

The ELSB has asked that we provide winter school closure information to parents early. I guess you just never know! :) Please see the notice below: 

NOTICE TO PARENTS

SCHOOL CANCELLATION

All school cancellations will be announced on local radio stations and posted on our websites by 7:00 A.M. If all schools are closed, it will be announced that all English language schools in the province are closed for the day. In some instances it may only be necessary to close an individual school or a “family of schools”. Partial school closures or delays will be announced by family of schools. 

NOTE:  The Three Oaks Family of Schools includes all our feeder schools:  Parkside Elementary, Elm Street Elementary, Greenfield Elementary, Athena Consolidated, Miscouche Consolidated, and Summerside Intermediate School.

ONE HOUR DELAY

If a decision on cancellation cannot be made by 7:00 A.M., a one hour delay will be announced whereby all schools and buses will operate one hour later than usual. A further announcement will be broadcast by 8:00 A.M.

LATE BUSES

In some instances, even in fine weather, buses may be delayed. Parents will be notified via radio broadcast that a bus will be delayed (i.e. Bus #97 is running 30 minutes later).

SCHOOL CLOSURES DURING THE DAY

It may be necessary to close a school or a family of schools part way through a school day. Detailed announcements will be made on local radio stations and school board websites.

Parents who will not be at home when children arrive are responsible for making alternate arrangements for the care of their children on such days. Please notify the school of these changes as soon as possible.

EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING SCHOOL DAY

Should Transportation Infrastructure Renewal and/or the RCMP recommend that school buses remain off Island roads, students may be required to remain at school beyond their normal dismissal time (unless picked up by a parent or designate). Announcements will be made on local radio stations and school board websites.

SUGGESTIONS FOR PARENTS

1. The final decision to attend school or to travel to school via school bus always rests with the parent.
2. Please do not drop children off at school unless you are certain that school is operating that day and that staff are present to supervise the children.
3. Please listen to the radio and check school board websites frequently between 6:30 and 8:00 A.M. daily to determine if schools are operating. Every effort will be made to have announcements broadcast by 7:00 A.M.
4. Please do not call the school, school board office, or the radio stations for information on cancellations or delays. Such calls tie up telephone lines which may be needed for emergency use.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Together we will work to ensure safe winter travel for all of our children.

KUDOS TO OUR KIDS!

To Caitlin Carr and Caitlin Gallant for being selected as Co-Managers of the Axe Outlet Bookstore this year!

To the members of the Leadership 621 class and Athletic Council for organizing and facilitating the TOSH Annual Terry Fox Walk on Friday!

To the members of the women's soccer team for representing us so well at their tournament in Antigonish, NS this weekend! Congrats to Carrie McGuire, Tara Campbell, and Savannah Arsenault for being chosen as Players of the Game and Ashley White, Jessica Gillis, and Alisha MacDonald for scoring goals!

To the members of the men's soccer team for representing us so well at their tournament in Moncton, NB this weekend!

To Rachel Barry for representing our school at Encounters with Canada this week!

To our newly formed Baseball teams for winning their opening games this weekend!

To the students who received awards at the Academic Awards Assembly on Wednesday! Special thanks to our sponsors who provided prizes for the award winners:  Credit Union Place, Island Storm Basketball, and TOSH Administration!

Grade 10 Honours and Subject Prize Winners:

Brett Arsenault

Fallon Arsenault

Monica Arsenault

Shane Arsenault

                           - ITC 401

Sara Bajelan

                          - Science 421 

Shobhitha Balasubramaniam

                          - Design  701

                          - French 421 

                          - History 421 

                          - Math 521B 

                          - Writing 421

                          - Science 421B  

                          - Computers 521

Matthew Barlow

Morgan Boyd

Brohan Brennan

                         - Math 421

Bronwyn Bridges

Jordan Bridges

Beatrice Brown

Rachel Brown

Hilary Bulger

Liam Bulger

Carly Butler

Hailey Caissie

Sam Cameron

Tiffany Cameron

Cecilia Campbell

Julie Campbell

  - Physical Education 401

Kaylee Campbell

Ryan Campbell

Alex Casey

Lindsey Clow

MacKenzie Clow

Brianna Corkum

Hannah Cormier

Kristan Coughlin

Ava Coulter

James Dalton

Aaron Dawson

Morgan Dehmel

Bethany DesRoches

Taylor DesRoches

Taylor Doherty

Zach Doiron

Lucas Donovan

             – Transitions 602

Reilly Doucet

Zachary Doucette

Matthew Downey

Lexi Drummond

Cindy Gallant

Jacob Gallant

Jordan Gallant

Joshua Gallant

Keira Gallant

Kelsey Gallant

Noah Gallant

Noah Gallant

Kristin Gardiner

Danielle Gosse

Bethany Harbord

Samantha Harris

Sarah Hilvers

Ian Hink

Olivia Inman

Molly Johnston

Tyler Jurkowski

Jason Kennedy

Christopher Kristiansen 

  - Canadian Studies 401 

Hyacinth Laval

Connor Loerick

Brooke MacArthur

Allison MacAusland

Rebecca MacCormack

Alisha MacDonald

Mikailla MacDonald

Jesse MacFarlane

Samantha MacIntyre

Melissa MacKay

                         -  Art 401 

                         - Music 421

Erin MacKinnon

Allison MacNeill

Taylor McAulay

Santana McCue

Carrie McGuire

Jakob McKenna

Jayk McLure

                         - Geography 421 

Nick Meade

Daniel Meister

Jacob Melanson

Stacy Montgomery

Kaitlin Morrison

                         - English 421 

Umara Muhammad

                        - Dramatic Arts 701 

Lexi Norden

Logan O’Brien

JJ Oram

Rebecca Parnham

Lexy Paynter

Dempsey Perry

Lucas Picard

Keisha Poirier

Taran Price

Jessica Procter

Elise Profit-Jeffery

Colton Profitt

Kristyn Reeves

                           - CEO401

Madison Reeves

Mallory Reeves

Julia Richard

Allison Ridler

Andree Roy-Garand

                           - French 421FI

                          - History 421FI

Gentrit Sadiku

Ligrit Sadiku

                         - Woodworking 701

Jillian Silliker

Kendra Smith

Ryan Sonier

Haley Stavert

Jorgen Strom

Marry Taha

Samuel Tanton

Megan Todd

Evan Tynski

Nigel Waite

Sahara Wallace

Jillian White

Josie Williams

Sami Zaki

Further Subject Prize Winners

Bethany Hughes  - English 431

Jenna Arsenault  - English 431AR

Lillian (Lily)Coughlin  - Math 421 Full Year 

Lucas Donavan  - Transitions 602

Melissa MacIntyre - Foods 421 

Nathan MacDonald  - Science 431A

Raven Trevors  - English 421AR

Scott Hashie  - Math 431 

Outstanding Effort/ Improvement in the Gr 10 Year

Thomas Gallant           

Monika Stewart          

Ryan Merrett                 

Lilly Coughlin                 

Jamie Doyle                  

Tristan Campbell

 Jessica Foster

Courtney Johnston

Breanna MacDougall

Brae-Ann Shea

Scott Hashie

Grade 11 Honours and Subject Prize Winners:

                        

                        Chandler Acorn

Mallory Ahern

Rachel Barry

Frank Bowness

                          - Music 521

                          - Physics 521

                          -Chemistry 521 

Jessica Brander

                          - English 531AR

                          - Math 531 AR

                          - Science 531AR

                          - Social Studies 531AR

Logan Bryanton

Jesse Cameron

Kaitlin Cameron

Sam Cameron

Jessica V. Campbell

Julia Campbell

Justin Campbell

Olivia Cass

Adis Causevic

                          - Canadian Law 531A 

Phillip Clark

Jenna Clow

                         - Canadian Law 521FI

                         - English 521

Kyle Compton

                         - Welding 701

Adam Cousins

Kelly Curley

Maria Dalton

Jenna DesRoches

                         - Culinary 801

Marc DesRoches

Miranda Dingle

                         - Math 521 A

Megan Doherty

                         - Art 501 

Rebecca Drummond

                         - French 521FI

Jason Dunn

Emily Eddie

Maggie Finkle- Aucoin

Mitchell Fraser

Alex Gallant

Austin Gallant

                          - Robotics 801

Brette-Lynn Gallant

                         - French 521A 

Caitlin Gallant

Nicole Gallant

Paige Gallant

Rachael Gardiner

Aaron Gillis

Jessica Gillis

                         - Accounting 621

                        - Biology 521 

Danielle Glover

Reanna Graham

Blaire Guptill

Marissa Hashie

Breann Hastings

Coriander Irvine

Chloe Journeau

Tyler Kelly

Caraleise Laughlin

Colin Loerick

Justin MacEachern

                        - AAR802

Lauren MacFadyen

Jill MacIntyre

                         - Canadian Law 521 

                         - Coop Work Studies 502 

                         - English 511

                         - Global Issues 521

                         - Family Living 621 

Brett MacKay

Colin MacKay

Tara MacKey

Morgan MacKinnon

Emily MacLellan

Curtis MacNevin

Jacob Majcan

Kelsey Marchand

Kelsey McIsaac

Millee McKay

                         - Family Living 421

Jenny McLean

Brittany McLennan

David McNeill

James Meek

Tanner Mendoza

Jayme Misener

Dustin Moase

Adam Moore

Taylor Morrison

Bradley Murphy

Brett Murphy

                          -Business 701 

Rachel Murray

James Myers

Kristen Neal

Laura O’Neill

Dakota Pardy

Brett Paynter

                         - Auto 701 /801

Ashley Perry

Taylor Poirier

Emma Pollock

Aimee Poulin

Rebecca Ramos Armstrong

Bruce Ramsay

                         - English 531

Madison Reeves

Scott Richard

                         -Auto 701 /801                          

                         - Math 531

Noah Richardson

                        - Peer Helping 701 

Brody Riehl

Hailey Rix

Zachary Rochford

Colby Ronahan

Jillian Russell

Lauren Sheidow

Ashley Simmons

Ben Smith

Katie Steele

Lauren Steele

Patrick Steele

                         - History 521 

                         - Math 521E

Charlotte Sullivan

Devan Surkan

Kaitlyn Taylor

                         - Hospitality & Tourism 801

Charlotte Thompson

Samantha Thorne

Brittan Turner

                         -Accounting 801

Emily Vaniderstine

Bloyce Walfield

Dillon Wall  

 - Woodworking 801                                

Chelsey Wilson

Brandon Worth

                         - Science 701

Ty Wright

Further Subject Prize Winners:

Aidan Smith  - Physical Education 801

Brittany Bernard  - English 521AR

Mathieu Gunning  - Carpentry 701

Outstanding Effort/Improvement in the Grade 11 Year:

Justin Laviolette                     

Alex MacBeth                        

Connor O’Hara                      

Christie-Anne Campbell       

Emma Gaudet                       

Nathan Irwin

Mitch Mac Nevin

Lezlie Murphy

Karl Nelson

Chris Mollins

Julia McIntyre

Grace Stavert

Challenge:  Encourage your son/daughter to concentrate on the work at hand from now until Thanksgiving Break. Let's get some flow going!

Quote of the Week:  "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." -- Benjamin Franklin

Have a wonderful week and I hope to see you soon!

Nicole