of activity; it’s a very busy place, lots of stuff going on. There’s really good academics and everything, I just really like the school.

Q: What have been the greatest challenges?

A: The greatest challenge lately is probably dealing with social media, and the conflicts that arise because of social media. That’s probably the biggest thing that’s in front of you all the time.

Continued on page 3...

You may be counting down the days until summer vaca-tion. But for our principal here at WKC, the end of the semester is bittersweet. After more than three decades working in the field of edu-cation, Mr. Rod Allen is retiring. Student reporter, Juliana Rupchan, sat down with Mr. Allen for a WKC exclusive interview...

Question: Tell me about your history as an educator. How did you get to where you are today?

Answer: This is year 34. I started in Strasbourg for a year, then came into Regi-na and taught everything from elementary to Grade 12 students, and eventual-ly got into administration about fifteen years ago. I went to a variety of schools and finished up at Winston Knoll.

Q: What have you en-joyed most about be-ing principal here at WKC?

A: I like the kids. I like the community. There’s just a lot of enthusiasm and a lot

MR. ALLEN SAYS FAREWELL

It’s only logical to check out the review of Star Trek: Into Darkness. Beam on up to “Austin at the

Movies” on page 8!

WINSTON KNOLL COLLEGIATE

WKC STUDENT VOICE

MISSED THE FIRST

EDITION OF THE

STUDENT VOICE?

Find a digital copy at:

winstonknoll.rbe.sk.ca/voice

INSIDE THIS ISSUE :

CELL PHONE RE-

BUTTAL : 2 MUCH

TEK 2 WASTE

2

WKC KIDS

HELPING KIDS

2

MR . ALLEN SAYS

FAREWELL CONT .

3

EASY BEING

GREEN AT WKC

4

OP ED ON

SCHOOL HOURS

5

PHROG

D ISSECTION

PHOTOS

6

&

10

WORD FROM

THE HALLS

7

ELLIOT ’S PUNS &

RIDDLES

7

AUSTIN AT THE

MOVIES—STAR

TREK : INTO

DARKNESS

8

to

9

Final Exam

schedule

11

CLUB PROFILE :

D4

12

DID YOU KNOW…

Star Trek has infiltrated the

Oxford English Dictionary

Klingon:

1. A member of a fictional humanoid alien race featur-ing in the U.S. television series Star Trek

2. The language of the Klingons

Trekkie:

An admirer of Star Trek; hence, a space-traveller; one interested (trivially) in space travel.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

A rebuttal to last edition’s opinion piece arguing against using cell phones in class...

By: Michaela Brady

There is an ongoing debate on whether or not students should be allowed to use cell-phones in class. Believe it or not, cell phones can actually be useful in class. Who knew?

Teachers make such a big deal about computer time and how hard it is to get. Why do we need computers when we have a mini computer in our pockets? Cell phones have nearly all the same tools as a computer. It would be much easier to have students pull out

their cell phones to research things for an assignment than struggle to book computers. We can also use things like word reference, online dictionaries, Wikipedia, and many other tools. We can write blogs for English, do research for Science, and look up words for French.

The social benefits of cell-phones are huge. Mr. B uses them to tell us when our drives are, parents use them to let kids know where to meet them, and students use them to keep in contact and to

keep updated on what is hap-pening in the world.

What about the students who abuse the privilege? Stu-dents are really sneaky and smarter than most think. If they want to text instead of doing an assignment, that’s

what they are going to do. If a student gets a bad mark be-cause of it, that’s their problem, not the teachers.

Bottom line, phones are quickly replacing computers, and we should take advantage of that.

Leone to provide educa-tional opportunities for communities affected by war. The Children’s Unit in the Wascana Rehabilita-tion Center is a place where children who have developmental or psycho-logical disorders can come to develop their everyday skills. These children need specialized equipment, like bicycles, to help them in their rehabilitation. There-

fore, the money WKC has donated to this fund will go towards providing more specialized equipment for the children to borrow and use.

Once again, thank you WKC student body for par-ticipating in the fundraisers! Your money will contribute to making a difference in children’s lives.

Sincerely,

Your WKC SRC

A message from your WKC Student Representative Council (SRC)...

The WKC SRC is proud to announce that the stu-dent body has raised $1,500 to donate to the Free the Children organiza-tion and the Children’s Unit in the Wascana Reha-bilitation Center!

Free the Children works in countries such as Sierra

PAGE 2 WKC STUDENT VOICE

CELL PHONES IN CLASS: 2 MUCH TEK 2 WASTE

WKC KIDS HELPING KIDS

Phones are quickly replacing computers, and we should

take advantage of that.

THANK YOU WKC!!!

Your money will contribute to mak-ing a difference in

children’s lives.

-WKC SRC

Q: What will you miss the most?

A: The kids! And I’ll miss just being around young people; you guys kind of keep everyone else young too. So I’ll miss that a lot.

Q: Do you have a favourite or most memorable moment from your time at WKC?

A: There’s not one that I would say is bigger than others, but I really enjoy going to everything from the sporting events to the music events, to the foot-ball games, to the musical. Whenever I go to those things and see a lot of our students doing a lot of wonderful things - those are my favourite mo-ments.

Q: Being a principal is a compli-cated job - sometimes you get to be the “good guy,” but often you have to be the “bad guy,” too. How do you feel about leaving that part of your job behind?

A: I won’t mind getting rid of the “black hat” for a while, for sure. Some-times you have to be that, or some-times you don’t know you’re being that, but the kids will perceive that you’re being a “bad guy.” I think as long as you do it as respectfully as you can and as fairly as you can, usually the kids are okay with it, and so are the parents.

Q: What is your biggest regret, or a goal that you wish you’d been able to meet here at WKC?

A: I think the only regret I have is that I ended up arriving here late in my ca-reer. I’d like to have been here a little

earlier, and maybe had more time at the school. That’d be the biggest thing.

Q: What are you looking forward to most in retirement?

A: I think just the freedom to do what you want on any given morning. You can go do whatever you want on a Tuesday instead of just having to cram everything in. Lives are busy, mine includ-ed, so you try to cram things into a week-end. It’ll be nice not to have that hectic pace.

Q: What advice would you give to the next principal of WKC?

A: I would simply say, no matter what, just make sure you look at all the wonderful things that are going on, because there’s a lot of wonderful things and lot of won-derful kids. Some-times you can get immersed in other things when tough things, discipline things are going on, but for the number of kids we have, it’s unbe-lievable the percentage that are absolutely won-derful young people.

MR. ALLEN SAYS FAREWELL CONTINUED. . .

PAGE 3

Both Mr. Allen and teacher-librarian Cathie Hunchuk will be retiring this year. Here they are, decked out in their WKC best at the May pep rally. We wish them both the best of luck!

-Photo courtesy of K. Anderson

Q: Do you have a parting message for the students of WKC?

A: Take care of yourselves, be safe. Keep each other from doing harmful things, things that can get you into danger, and enjoy the rest of the ride. And that I’ll miss them.

VOLUME 1 , ISSUE 2

By: Juliana Rupchan

We hear a lot these days about being more environmentally friendly. Whether you

believe in climate change or not, the fact

remains that there are more people in the

world than ever, and here in North America

we use way more than our fair share of

resources.

Maybe you think you’re too young to make

a difference, but there’s plenty of real-

ly easy things you can

do to help the envi-ronment. Here are

just a few of them:

Recycle—This is

the first thing that comes to mind when most people think of being more eco-friendly, and for good reason. It’s super easy and lets us turn our trash into new stuff instead of just sending it to the landfill. Here at Winston Knoll you can recycle paper in the blue bins, and bottles and cans in the green bins or the recycling bins in the commons.

Eat smart—If you bring your lunch

from home, try putting your food in reusable con-tainers instead of plastic bags. You’ll throw away less, and even keep your food from being squashed.

Take shorter showers—We all like a

long shower after a hard day, but did you know that for every minute you run the shower, you could be using nine to nine-teen litres of water? For every minute you cut off your shower time, you could be saving enough water to have your

“eight glasses a day” for a whole week.

Walk to school—This

isn’t possible for everyone, but if you can, try it! It’s good for the environment and your health. If you’re too far away to walk, try carpooling or taking the

bus.

Donate—Don’t let all your old

clothes, electronics, and other items go to the landfill! If they’re still in decent shape, give them to someone who needs them. The Salvation Ar-my, Canadian Diabetes Association, Carmichael Outreach and many oth-er charities in the city all accept do-nations of clothing and other items, and Sasktel stores have bins where you can recycle your old cell phones. The proceeds from the recycling then

go to help victims of domestic abuse.

These are just a few things you can do to help the environment and be a better citizen. It’s easy to be green, WKC!

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IT’S EASY BEING GREEN AT WKC

Go Veggie Once Per Week

The commercial meat industry takes a huge toll on

our environment. It takes 4.8 pounds of grain (fed to cattle) to produce one pound of beef, as opposed

to serving those grains directly to hungry people. One pound of wheat can be grown with 60 pounds of

water, but a pound of red meat requires 2,500 to 6,000 pounds of water. In a world where water,

land and energy are premiums, making a small cutback in the meat you eat is healthy for the plan-

et, as well as your body.

Download (Legally!) the

Latest Album from an Eco-

friendly Star

John Mayer. KT Tunstall. Dave

Matthews Band. Kanye West. A number of today's hottest musi-

cians are also going green in big

ways, by running tour buses on

clean-burning biodiesel and re-

cycling all their show waste. Do

your part by buying music online,

which cuts out waste from ship-

ping and all those CDs and cases.

Sources: thedailygreen.com/going-green; http://www.sasktel.com/about-us/community-involvement/sasktel-environment/recycled-phones-devices-cartridges.html; http://www.gwmwater.org.au/information/education/water-conservation/water-usage

By: Michaela Brady

I’m sure you’ve all heard by now that the Ministry of

Education is increasing the amount of time that we’re at school. A mini-mum of 950 instructional hours are now required. That’s an additional 40 hours of in-school time. We are going to have an extra twenty minutes every day, and then an extra week off in Febru-ary.

This is completely ridicu-lous. What is the point of adding four minutes to every class? What can we possibly learn in four minutes? I really don’t think it will make a difference.

Not to mention, the extra twenty minutes will affect bus students. Students who need to take the bus will miss it if we don’t get out of school until close to 3:30 (on my bus). We already don’t get home until 4:00 or later, so

imagine what time it will be if we have to wait half an hour for another bus! We teenagers all listen to our superiors preach to us to study hard, do your home-work, and get good grades. On top of that, we should be actively involved in our school and community. If that’s not enough, they ex-pect us to get a job.

What they don’t seem to understand is that it’s hard to find time to do this. Most of us get about 5 to 6 hours a night to do what we choose. How exactly do you expect us to accomplish everything you want of us? We can’t be up all night, because we have to be up early for school the next day!

The average teenager needs 9 to 11 hours of sleep. That’s a 9:00 bedtime. Adults tell us to go to bed earlier so we’re not such grouches, but there’s no way we can work a part-time job, study for tests, do our end-

less pile of homework, and get some volunteering hours with 5 to 6 hours a night! Now they want to add more hours of school? We don’t have time for this!

We’re already overtired, overworked, and stressed. How do you think this affects our teachers? If we’re moody, it will probably rub off on them. This just puts us in a worse mood, and therefore would put them in a worse mood. The students’ attitudes have a huge impact on the classroom atmosphere. We can’t learn if everyone is an-gry and annoyed with each other.

The increased hours may impact the teachers in other ways as well. Teachers plan lessons and organize all the sports and clubs they have for us. Teachers go above and beyond, and deserve time to relax. Not to mention one fact everyone seems to for-get…teachers have a life out-side school! Who knew?

All in all, the decision to add 40 hours to the school year is bad for everyone. Un-fortunately, students get zero say in this. I thought we lived in a democracy and everyone gets a say. I guess that’s not the way it works when the decision directly affects us “children.”

STUDENT VOICE: AN OPINION ON SCHOOL HOURS

WHAT IS THE

POINT OF

ADDING FOUR

MINUTES TO

EVERY CLASS?

WHAT CAN WE

POSSIBLY

LEARN IN FOUR

MINUTES?

-M. BRADY

VOLUME 1 , ISSUE 2 Page 5

School spirit reached new heights at Gym Blast earlier this semester. Look for more high class photos in the 2013 edition of the WKC year-book!

Photo courtesy of K. Anderson

WKC STUDENT VOICE

Mr. Banerjee’s Grade 11 Biology class got a hands on education when they dissected these amphibians...

DISSECTING FROGS

Top left:

Sabrina S

Top right: Alexia

K & Vanga G

Bottom: Ross V,

Michael M, Paul O

See more

froggy photos

on page 10...

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After what felt like the LONGEST winter on record, student reporter Juliana Rupchan took to the halls to ask a variety of students one ques-tion:

How are you celebrating

the RETURN of SUN?

Here’s how some of you answered:

I’ll be spending a lot more time outside.

-Taylor C, Grade 12

Enjoying the sun and wearing my dresses.

-Swikriti P, Grade 11

I’m going to lots of barbeques with my family!

Nabila K, Grade 9

Walking around Wascana Park and barbequing.

-Tia Lee C, Grade 11

Going outside more.

-Kirsten D, Grade 11

Mowing the lawn!

-Bailey H, Grade 10

I’m going to jump on my trampoline.

-Brianna H, Grade 9

Bike riding.

-Chase C, Grade 11

Camping.

-Mike M, Grade 11

Opening the windows.

-Jesse L, Grade 11

WORD FROM THE HALLS

PAGE 7

Caption

“Opening the windows.”

- Jesse L

VOLUME 1 , ISSUE 2

By: Austin Zikman

Today we boldly go where no student has gone before: with the crew of The Enterprise in J.J Abrams’ newest flick, Star Trek: Into Darkness. So let’s warp right into the latest entry in the Star Trek franchise.

After the crew of The Enterprise discover an un-stoppable force of terror within their own organiza-tion, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a warzone-world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction. Now before I continue, let

me remind you that these new Star Trek films take place in an alternate uni-verse. If you’ve seen the first

film, you’d know this. This allows the filmmakers to do anything they want, and their series does not have to follow the classics. However, I find myself being so pulled into this sto-ry, that I could care less if there’s any plot holes or er-rors. I’m just hav-ing too much fun enjoying the film.

Besides, spotting plot holes isn’t a problem, because this story has none! Each scene in this film has a reason to be there, whether

it’s to add character, action, progress the story, or to pay homage to the old and make Trekkies squeal like school girls.

Another thing I want to talk about is the direction. J.J Abrams is quickly becoming one of…okay scratch that, he is one of my favourite direc-tors, and I’m glad he was put at the helm of this franchise. He knows how to please both fans and average movie-goers. You do not have to know any-thing about Star Trek to enjoy this franchise. But he pleases the die-hard fans as well, by paying attention to detail and keeping characters true to themselves. He also knows to throw in little references and “Easter eggs” here and there.

Now, I know that people say he uses lens flares too much. Well, they are toned down in this film and are not as

AUSTIN AT THE MOVIES: STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS . . .

LIGHT YEARS BEYOND THE COMPETITION

WKC STUDENT VOICE

For the Trekkies

If you are a Trekkie, this film is an absolute must see for the following reasons:

Reason 1: They brought back the Klingons and

they look amazing. The costume designers combine the original look and the “head-

crested” look into one. Having no Klingons in the first movie was one of the things I was

most disappointed in. They didn’t even have a cameo!

Reason 2: This film also features a surprise

cameo that will make Trekkies go nuts.

Reason 3: The detail in the sets, on The Enterprise, and the whole film are amazing.

They even include a Tribble. Seeing this film

will be like being in Nerdvana for Trekkies.

blinding as they were in the first film (although it could be a little annoying in 3D.) The sets are also amazing; the bridge of The Enterprise is almost identical to the one in the original series, which just helps to show how much J.J Abrams cares about his work. The planets are magnifi-cent, the set pieces are astonish-ing, and so are the makeup and costumes. The previous Star Trek film won the Oscar for “Best Makeup.” I can see it get-ting a nomination again this year.

The characters of Star Trek are some of the most recogniza-ble and well-beloved of all time. Chris Pine plays the womaniz-ing, young captain of The Enter-prise, James Tiberius Kirk, who was played by William Shatner in the original. He’s young, but also in a position of power.

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As captain of a starship, he is re-sponsible for the life of his crew. He’s rash, he’s brave, and he’s not afraid to disobey orders to do what he thinks is right.

Then there is Zachery Quinto as the logical Vulcan we all know

and love, Mr. Spock. Mr. Spock is one of my fa-vourite characters of all time, and one of the most memo-rable things about Star Trek; every-body knows him – the pointy ears, the way he talks, his personality. Quinto is the perfect choice for the new Spock. He’s logical but also express some of his human emotions from time to time.

Now for the villain. Benedict Cumberbatch plays John Harrison – a former Starfleet agent turned ter-

rorist. For the longest time, this character was kept under wraps and the filmmakers were highly secretive. They did not want any-body to know anything about him, while we Trekkies had our specu-lations. I now see why they kept it hidden. Cumberbatch is quickly becoming one of my favourite actors. He portrays this character so well; he’s menacing, and when he’s on screen you are always watching him. This guy needs an

award for playing this per-formance. I say that a lot, but he is marvelous – at least a nomination. Overall, this film is a non-stop joy ride of an adventure, and is so far the best movie of the year. I consider this to be as good or maybe even better than Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, which is an epic for its genre. The only thing I have a problem with is the end. The last two minutes I feel were a little rushed – like the filmmakers needed to wrap the film up and they did it quick. It’s still a good ending, but I feel it could have been done a bit better. Regardless, I would glad-ly pay to see this movie again. This is a summer blockbuster, and you should see it at least once. I can promise you that you will not be disap-pointed.

VOLUME 1 , ISSUE 2 PAGE 9

Overall, I give

Star Trek: Into Darkness

8.8 /10 stars

Star Trek: Into Darkness Austin at the Movies continued from previous page...

After seeing this film, I am confident that the new Star Wars films are in the

right hands. I have nothing to fear about my childhood and love of Star Wars be-ing ruined. If J.J Abrams

can do Star Trek, he can

do Star Wars…

-Austin Z.

GETTIN’ SQUEAMISH FOR SCIENCE

PAGE 10 WKC STUDENT VOICE

Photos courtesy of Mr. Banerjee and his Grade 12 Biology class

Top right: Hunter G

Group shot: (front row) Karis G, Carla B, Steven F, Jas-

mine N; (back row) Samantha B & Krista J

Bottom right: Joshua R

Top left: Olga P & Evelina K

FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE

GOOD LUCK!!!

AND HAVE A GREAT SUMMER

WKC :) :) :)

VOLUME 1 , ISSUE 2 PAGE 11

MONDAY

17

TUESDAY

18

WEDNESDAY

19

THURSDAY

20

FRIDAY

21

Last day of clas-ses!

Locker clean out during TAG

Period 1 Exams at 8:30 a.m.

Period 2 Exams at 8:30 a.m.

Period 4 Exams at 8:30 a.m.

Period 5 Exams at 8:30 a.m.

Final locker clean out by noon

Period 3 Exams at 1:15 p.m.

The DOs and DON’Ts of Textbook Returns

DO return your textbook to the exam room on the day of your exam.

DON’T forget your textbook! If you show up on exam day without your text-book, you will be asked to go home and get it or make arrangements to have it delivered before you can write your exam.

DO get a note from the Library if you have already paid for a lost textbook or you have already returned your book. You must present the note to your teach-er on the day of the exam.

DON’T lose or damage your textbook! Full replacement costs will be applied to all lost textbooks. There is also a $10.00 penalty if the book is returned dam-aged.

Report Cards will be issued on Friday, June 28th

As the year draws to a close, student reporter Tara Delong-champ brings us a snapshot of one of WKC’s newest clubs: D4... It’s a Wednesday, and you have forgotten your lunch. On top of that, you are broke and have no money. Well, have no fear, D4 is here! D4 is a club at our school that started this se-mester. And, surprisingly, it doesn’t take place in D4. Rather, the awesomeness happens in F3. Wednesday’s at lunch, this club has offered just about everything a student could ask for. Friends, fun,

faith, and wait for it...free food. The catch? You have to stay to eat the food, but that really isn’t the worst thing that could happen to you. A typical meeting con-sists of sitting in table groups, talking, drawing on big white sheets of paper and having a laugh. Chal-lenges, trivia, discussions and winning prizes are in-cluded! Meeting new peo-ple and making new friends is always ideal, and this club is the perfect oppor-tunity. Everyone is very welcoming, and also, super nice. This club not only offers free food and cool people,

but fun games. Mi-nute-to-win-it competi-tions, table-top questions, LIFE, and unexpected hi-lariousness makes this club pretty cool. Being bored is not an option here. However, the club has some misconceptions. They advertise that the club is a place for faith. Some students have taken this as meaning only Chris-tian students are allowed, but that is not the case. Everyone has been wel-come, whether they’re religious or not.

CLUB PROFILE:

WHERE CAN YOU FIND THE WKC STUDENT VOICE?

EVERYONE IS

WELCOME ,

WHETHER

THEY ’RE

RELIGIOUS

OR NOT .

-T. DELONGCHAMP

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