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William Morton Collegiate

The WMCI community is committed to providing a safe and stimulating environment in order to promote individual excellence, to foster responsible citizenship, and to develop students who can manage their futures in a changing society.

Secretary: Christine Poschenrieder Principal: Shannon Blondeau

Phone: 385-2845 Fax: 385-3031

wmci@pinecreeksd.mb.ca www.pinecreeksd.mb.ca

April, 2015

Congratulations to Speech Festival Winners

Haley McCaskill and Hannah

Sollner placed 1st and took

home medallions, with a mark

of 92 in Readers Theater.

Sonya Strocen received 1st

place in Solo Poetry with a

mark of 94 and has been rec-

ommended to compete in the

Provincial Speech Arts Festival

in May. Way to go!

Mrs. Teichrib

BON VOYAGE & SAFE TRAVELS!!!

Europe Trip 2015: 38 students and

five chaperones left on Wednesday,

March 25th. The group will visit Ger-

many, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, and

France over Spring Break! Look for a

complete report with pictures in the

next newsletter. Travelers will be

back in Manitoba on April 7th!

Mrs. Blondeau

WARRIORS FOR CHANGE

We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the Mario Kart tournament this month! Thanks to you all, we raised over $40.00 to put toward our Haiti education drive! There were many shells thrown, many boosts used, but in the end Ashley Emerson emerged victorious after a very tense race on Rainbow Road! Congratulations, Ashley!

Keep an eye out for other Warriors for Change campaigns in the coming months, and remem-ber to drop off spare change in the school boxes to support our Haiti education drive!

Mr. Pugh

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April Menu

Track & Field Training The track team has grown this year, with about 35 people signed up so far. Because of other commitments, we have not had the entire team together at practice yet. However, over half the ath-letes have been coming out on a regular basis and training hard for upcoming meets. I hope the weather continues to warm up and dry the field , so training can move from indoors to outdoors.

The first track and field meet is an overnighter in Winnipeg at the U of M, May 8th and 9th and it will be for the athletes who are attending practices regularly. The first meet for all athletes will be in Selkirk on May 13th. We are looking forward to our entire team competing against many large and skilled teams. In addition, the entire team will go to the Neepawa Zone meet on May 26th.

Mr. Watson and I are looking forward to seeing everyone at prac-tice in the weeks after spring break as the Zone meet is fast ap-proaching. If you would still like to join the track team, you are more than welcome! April track and field practices are Mon.,

Tues. and Thurs. after school, high jump practic-es are Mon. and Wed. at lunch, while hurdles practice will be Tues. and Thurs. at lunch time as well.

Mr. Koshel & Mr. Watson

I would like to encourage students to submit items for the 4th edition of Way of the Warrior. Send in your photos, artwork and writing.

We’d like to highlight all the great work you do! We are also hoping to add a ‘sports column’ with information on your favorite teams and sporting events, so if you like sports, tell us about it!

Deadline for this issue is May 8th, 2015.

Mr. Pugh

Monday: French Toast (2) & Breakfast Sausage (3) Tuesday: Closed

Wednesday: Baked Potato (toppings—butter, sour cream, chives, chili)

Thursday: Closed Friday: 6 oz. Steak, Roast Potatoes & Coleslaw

STUDENT COUNCIL

March is usually one of our calmer months here on Student Council, which was the case this year. We celebrated St. Patrick's Day with a Green Day and Lucky Charms for breakfast, compliments of your WMCI Student Council. We also had a Find-the-Four-Leaf-Clover Competition. We are well underway with planning a Spirit Week for early April. We're already at Spring Break! Time flies!

We wish a safe and exciting journey to those travel-ling to Europe at the end of March. While everyone is overseas, Student Council will be busy planning more exciting events for the last part of the year! See you after Spring Break!

Kristen Gall

BAND NEWS

Gladstone Band Festival takes place on Wed., April 15 at the WMCI gymnasium. This involves all band students from Grades 6-12 from Gladstone, Langruth, and Plumas. The morning begins at 9:30 with full band performances followed by instrumental trios. The afternoon continues at 1:00 PM with instrumental duets and solos. Gladstone Choir Festival takes place on Wed., April 22 at the Gladstone Elementary School gymnasium. The morning begins at 9:30 with K–5 action songs and Orff ensembles. The afternoon continues at 1:00 with Gr. 1-5 classroom choirs, followed by Gr. 5-12 school choirs. The Gladstone Music Festival vocal portion also takes place at 7:00 PM on April 22 and at 9:00 AM April 23 at the Gladstone United Church. The piano portion of the festival

takes place for two full days on April 27 and 28 at the Gladstone United Church.

Thank you so much to everyone who came out to support our WMCI Dessert Concert on March 12! We had a great variety of individual talent showcased that evening, along with performances from our WMCI Band and Choir. Thank you to all of the parents who made the delicious desserts. It was a very successful evening! A special thank you to the Lewis family for donating an alto saxophone to the band program and to Nancy Lewis for her many years on the Glad-stone Band Auxiliary.

All music festival trophies that were won last year need to be handed in to Mrs. Salmon as soon as possible.

Mrs. Salmon

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GRADE 12 – Post-Secondary (College, University, HSAP) for information about Scholarships, re-sumes, financial information, etc., see Mrs. Buffi or me. Copies of acceptance letters should be given to Mrs. Buffi or left at the office. Students requiring information re: direct employment entry, job search skills and resume assistance are available. Students interested in “Spend a Day” or University site visits should see me for details. If you have received notification of outside scholarships, please bring a copy to Mrs. Buffi or me. GRADE 11 –Students are encouraged to check post-secondary sites for future admission requirements, are you taking the right courses? Log on to Career Cruising to explore career options or take a CTS course to explore individual interests, strengths and find out firsthand what is involved with the career so you can make an informed decision. GRADE 10 –Students will be re-visiting their Career Cruising site to explore career pathways. Are you currently working in a part time position that could be an Apprenticeship, earn credits and begin your journey to acquire your “RED SEAL”! See Ms. Watson for more information. GRADE 9 –Get signed up for a Volunteer credit and start building that resume, great way to develop personal skills, discov-er personal passions and strongly recommended for future scholarship consideration and employment references. Parents – access Career Cruising and assist your child with planning for the future. Email for login or ask your child. Mature Student Diploma – unable to complete your graduation requirements, nineteen or older, out of school for at least 6 months, email jwatson@pinecreeksd.mb.ca for more information. Career & Technology Studies – Not sure if you really know what you want to do following graduation? Explore a career field of your choice, and receive credits for internship. See me for information on Career & Technology Studies courses. The University of Winnipeg’s High School Enrichment Program runs from Apr. 27th to May 1st, 2015 and is designed to in-troduce exceptional students to the advantages of higher education. Check out enrichmentprogram.uwinnipeg.ca, where you can access the brochure along with the list of 2015 course offerings, the application form and information about ac-commodations. ACC hosts a Spend a Day Program for future students who would like to explore the campus. Go to the college website for more information and email spendaday@assiniboine.net to register.

Looking to do some career research or hunting for that perfect job? Check out the following sites:

http://www.public.careercruising.com/ca/en (will need password) http://www.manitobacareerdevelopment.ca/CDI/

“A word of encouragement during failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.” ~ Author Unknown

Judy Watson jwatson@pinecreeksd.mb.ca

CAREER CORNER

WMCI Badminton

The 2015 Badminton season has begun! Actually, practices started well over a month

ago for our six players, but competition does not begin until April 10th. Ladies singles

include Audrey Morrison, Hayley McCaskill and Keiana Fehr. Azaria Neuschwander

and Taylor Pederson are playing ladies’ doubles and Josh

Blondeau and Troy Tonn are partners for men’s doubles. Up-

coming tournaments include April 10 (MacGregor), April 11

(Maples – Sr. Only), April 13 (Carman – Sr. Only), April 18 (CLR –

Sr. Only), April 18 (Westpark – Jr. Only), April 21 (Zones), April

24 (Gimli – Sr. Only), May 1-2 (Provincials). Good luck to all!!

Coach/Advisors: Terry Fehr/Paul Koshel/Shannon Blondeau

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PD Day Badminton @ MCI

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Badminton @ Maples

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Badminton @ MCI

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Day 3

15 Music & Arts Festival

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16 WMCI Choir to Opera Badminton @ Neepawa

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AG Day at WMCI Day 2

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Parent-Teacher Interviews

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Seniors’ Brunch 11 AM to 1 PM

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April 2015

Baldy’s Menu: Mon.: French Toast (2) & Breakfast Sausages (3) Tues.: Closed Wed.: Baked Potato (w/butter, sour cream, chives, chili) Thurs.: Closed Fri.: 6 oz. Steak, Roast Potatoes & Coleslaw

Earth Week Activities April 20-24

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CURE Foundation Day Holocaust Symposium

(Gr. 11 Lit) Day 4

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Construction Expo in

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Track Zones in Neepawa (all day)

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Baldy’s Menu: TO BE ANNOUNCED

May 2015

Badminton Provincials

Wpg. Track Meet – Pan Am

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