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St. Joseph’s News
DECEMBER 2014
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE:
As the Christmas season approaches, it is a time of reflection for the many blessings in our lives. I personally feel blessed
that I have the privilege of working with such a compassionate staff and phenomenal group of students, who care deeply for
those around them. Our students participated in “Operation Christmas Child” by filling 150 shoeboxes with gifts for needy chil-
dren in the Third World. We are always pleased with the generosity and citizenship of our students. We wish to thank-you Ms.
Christmas and her class for coordinating the project. I truly believe actions speak much louder than words.
Our Rotary-Interact club held an awake-a-thon on November 21 and 22, 2014, which raised $13,200 to contribute to
Nokor-Tep Women’s hospital building fund in Cambodia. This surpassed their target of $10,000. Our students are an active group
in the world wide efforts to build the first women’s hospital in Cambodia. If you would like to know more or donate to this worthy
cause, please contact the school for more information (Ms. Blimke). In addition, over $1000 worth of winter clothing (gloves,
toques, etc) were donated for “Warmth for the Wandering,” a charitable effort created by our interact students. The products
will go to Grande Prairie's less fortunate and homeless. We are sincerely impressed that over 200 students participated in the
awake-a-thon. Another thank-you goes out to our dedicated staff you organized and supervised the event.
Our Christmas Band concert is scheduled for December 3, 2014 at 7 pm at GPRC. Mrs. Zmean is a talented Band teacher
who brings out a memorable performance from all of her students. Please join us for a memorable night. Our Glee Club is putting
on a Christmas concert at the school on December 16 at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $7.00. They will also be collecting donations for Sun-
rise House.
We would like to encourage parents to attend our Christmas mass, turkey dinner, and Air Band competition/talent show
on December 19, 2014. It is a day where we focus on building connections and celebrating our faith as a school community. Our
students involved in Skills will be making the Christmas dinner as a fundraiser. It is a perfect opportunity for showing the multi-
dimensional talents of our students here at St. Joe’s.
My wish for December is that all of our students have a wonderful holiday that is filled with faith, love, and joy.
God Bless,
Courtney Lawrance
We want to continue to keep you up-to-date and informed about the
latest school and school board information, events and an-
announcements through electronic communications such as emails and
newsletters from St. Joseph Catholic High School. Occasionally these
communications may include information about offers, advertisements
or pro-motions related to school activities such as food sales, fundrais-
ing, event tick-ets, year-books, field trip opportunities, student pho-tos,
or similar school related activities. If you have any questions or wish to
withdraw your consent at any time, please contact us at 780.532.7779.
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THANK YOU!
The Skills team would like to thank Southview IGA for their donation of Tur-keys for the Christmas
Dinner Fundraiser. St. Joe’s Annual
Air band Competition
Every year on the last day before Christmas break begins, we at
St. Joe's enjoy a few traditions. First thing that morning, stu-
dents meet with their STRIVE classes for some holiday fun.
Then we are all transported to the church for Mass. Immediate-
ly following that, we are treated to a delicious turkey dinner put
together by a huge group of volunteers. After everyone has had
their fill of turkey, we have our Annual Airband Competition!
Staff compete, students compete, sometimes whole teams com-
pete! Cash prizes are awarded in a variety of categories and
everyone always has a good laugh. The sign-up sheet will be
placed in the Library. Just list your group members and the
song you've chosen. On Dec. 19th (or before), bring your music
(on CD, iPod, iPhone, etc) to Ms. Martin. Prize Categories in-
clude: Best Impersonation, Best Moves, and Funniest.
Article #4 December 2014
Jesus: God’s Amazing Gift
Announcing the arrival of the prophet’s dream. On Christ-
mas day, Jesus Christ, the son of the living God, is born
among us. Jesus is the most amazing gift we will ever re-
ceive, our Savior and our Lord.
Advent is a time of preparation for the birth of the child
who will set us free. During this month of December we
look at, reflect on and act on the opportunities we have to
prepare our minds and hearts here on earth for the arrival
of the one for whom the prophets foretold long ago. To
prepare ourselves to receive the gift of Christ’s love and
remove any boulders that might be getting in the way of that
love truly making a difference in our lives.
“Prepare the way of the Lord” said Isaiah in chapter 40:1-
11, and thus began the dream of a people looking for hope,
looking for freedom, looking for a life far better than the
life they were living. In the birth of Jesus Christ, that dream
is fulfilled.
CHRISTMAS BREAK
DEC 20 - JAN 4
CHECK OUT OUR
WEBSITE AT
http://stjoseph.gpcsd.ca/
Christmas Band Concert
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
7 pm, Grande Prairie Regional College Theater
Admission $5 for adults, children free.
The program will feature pieces from the band students from our own schools, grades 5 through 12.
There will also be draws and a silent auction. Proceeds support our band program.
Please come out and support our band students and enjoy an evening of music and Christmas festivity.
CONGRATS to Ms. Baird, Erin Graber & Jordy Thibert for taking home 1st and 3rd at the Festival of Trees with their Snoopy G i n g e r b r e a d house!
CHECK US OUT ON FACE-
BOOK AND TWITTER!
https://www.facebook.com/
pages/St-Joes-
CHS/445636302189361
https://twitter.com/
StJoesCHS
Attention all Graduates and Parents:
Create a Portrait is offering a special in January for graduation packages. 1/2 price for sitting fees and 10% off your packages. Please call them today at 780-539-7969 to book your appointment today.
Great Memories to have!
St. Joes Rotary Interact Hosted a very successful 24 hour Wake-a-thon November 21st. To date we raised over $13,200 to go to-wards our local project (Warmth for the Wandering) and our in-ternational project (Nokor-Tep women's hospital in Cambo-dia). It is so amazing how a small group of committed citi-z e n s c a n c h a n g e t h e world....indeed its the only thing that ever has! Congratulations and thank you to participants and organizers ( Ms. Blimke and Mr. Kosik) of this event!
GRADE 12
Samuel Beilman
Kaitlyn Boisvert
Angele Farn
Morgan Lirette
Saren Moore
Amanda Samuelson
Chantale St. Hilaire
Nash Turner
GRADE 11
Emily Bardak
Adrianna Bartolotta
Abigail Boateng
Laura Clements
Emma Lainchbury
Jordan Lovrod
Alesi Muhlbauer
Samantha Primeau
Jakob Valen
Ethan Wohlgemuth
Alexi Yuzwenko
GRADE 10
Alex Alpas
Janessa Boisvert
Linden Boulet
Kanesha Calo
Madison Christie
Emilie Davis
Emily Elsenheimer
Sierra Esau
Jessica Gomery
Serena Houle
Katrina Kamieniecki
Josee Lapointe
Isabelle Lussier
Corey McDonald
Angela Medina
Nathan Mikhail
Olivia Myles
Emily Ouellette
Hailee Parsons
Gabrielle Peckham
Jennaie St. Hilaire
Solomia Vrublevska
GRADE 9
Omowande Adeyanju
Jesselle Aubut
Kianna Bell
Morgan Bodnar
Dorin Clough
Kara Crittall
Mitchel Gorman
Madison Huckabone
Rebecca Johnston
Kali Kramer
Shannon McKenna
Krisha Mejica
Chad Morrison
Dylan Osmond
Carly Rombs
Tyra Whynott
HONOR ROLL WITH DISTINCTION (90% +)
HONOR ROLL (80-89%)
Grade 12
Anna Albers
Anju Alencherry
Elizabeth Auger
Jessica Bartolotta
Claudia Bator
Samantha Beida
Zachary Boisson
Nikki Bosch
Kendal Cuthbert
Jarrod Dextrase
Samantha Durnford
Beth Ellis
Payton Esau
Karissa Farn
Brendin Gaucher
Shelby Gauthier
Gabriel Gomes
Carissa Greer
Mark Guerrero
Jami Harris
Taylor Hartman
Kelsey Hock
Mackenzie Johnson
Fiona Kato
Sarah Kerestes
Keeley Lainchbury
Katherine Martin
Jeremy Martineau
Jadin McGillis
Katrina Nagge
Cassandra Norman
Nicole O’Flaherty
Takayla Oliver
Sarah Penney
Megan Przybylski
Joshua Puszka
Kailie Rogan
Isabelle Scott
Janae Shkwarok
Taylor Smith
Gabriella St Armour
Cassidy Stromberg
Jumar Tabadero
Dalen Tissington
Zerrin Toska
Hannah Turner
Vince Valenzuela
Khrystina Vrublevska
Morgan Winter
HONOR ROLL (80-89%) Continued...
Grade 11
Brittani Antonio
Beverly Bancale
Stacey Batt
Chantal Boisvert
Kelsey Brausen
Alle Carter
Patrick Davis
Mathieu Davis
Rhyana Delgado
Sydney Dyck
Ailee Estrada
Cody Gorman
Dalyn Haire
Katelynn Hitchcock
Ashley Hrehoruk
Shea Iles
Janine Jaeger
Robyn Juniper
Allison Knull
Miles Koyman
Steven Lubrick
Meaghan MacDonald
Joshua Manzano
Cassidy Marcotte
Janai Martens
Chelsey Maton
Eric Michaud
Kaitlyn Myles
Avery Nairn
Brandon Neil
Remielle Ong
Aislinn Pardell
Nicole Pernal
Sara Pocrnja
Nicholas Romancewicz
Brittany Sweeney
Randy Tollenaar
Aaron Wales
Chenyu Wang
Keaton Winnicky-Lewis
Kate Winterford
Grade 10
Anjeli Agunias
Alan Alpas
Yoobin Bae
Kayla Balao
Andrea Bator
Jocelyn Beaulieu
Robert Belcourt
Avery Boisvert
Ava Brezac
Devon Chipman
Jillian Dozorec
Tairas Fournier
Kaeli Fraser
Kenna Fugleberg
Jared Funk
Sara Gibbons
Hailey Gomes
Loren Gomez
Matthew Gouschuk
Hunter Harrison
Celeste Hayden
Kayla Tardif
Taylor Hegholz
Savina Hussey
Katherine Jacobson
Tyrell Jebb
Haydn Johnson
Edgard Jose
Amanda Kaczkielo
Kyle Kibayen
Isabelle Langlois
Thomas LaValley
Apryl Limoges
Selena Mah
Nolan Marrelli
Chelsea Mohr
Tyler Morin
Emma Murphy
Brianna Nootebos
James Ondrik
Abhi Parmar
Kyler Paul
Merlin Quibuyen
Matthew Richards
Mikaela Roska
Tyler Shkwarok
David Snoble
Cade Stromberg
Yna Nicole Tejol
Megan Thompson
Courtney Walton
Jeremiah Way
Jared Wetzel
Logan Yurchyshyn
HONOR ROLL (80-89%) Continued...
Grade 9
Logan Arias
Angelica Asuncion
Nathan Aubin
Salis Babcock-Rouse
Tori Baird
Keegan Beaudoin
Carter Beida
Isaac Boadi-Boateng
Holly Bosch
Mark Briones
Destinee Broderick
Blake Brown
Traejn Brown
William Chapman
Logan Dobko
Christian Donato
Corbin Doram
Skylar Duncan
Sarah Faltaous
Yharos Gamez Galvan
Jansen Garcia
Jenna Garrett
Ralph Gomez
Karol Gonzalo
Dawson Green
Devin Green
Sophia Gualdron
Taylor Henley
Heather Johnson-Roberts
John Jose
Christine Jugueta
Harris Kostenuk
Anna Kozyra
Bianca Larios
Jordan Leaf
Maccallum Lee
Bryanna Lemay
Savannah Locke
Cristine Martin
Tyson McDonald
Jake McGillis
Stephanie Miller
Jordan Mondoux
Mattesen Moore
Dominica Onun
Paiton Ouellette
Jessica Patterson
Noelle Peckham
Michael Penney
Jennifer Peyton
John Michael Prado
Lisa Quinn
Zachary Randell
Anastasia Riggs
Maria Rodriguez
Benjamin Roy
Jordan Rudyk
Zachary Ruptash
Taige Sapergia
Savanna Sauntry
Jessica Shewchuk
Raquel St Jean
Brandon Stearns
James Stewart
Camryn Stromberg
Abiel Tabufor
Emily Taylor
Benjamin Teichroeb
Dallas Turner
Raymarck Unera
Meicaella Verbo
Dustin Voth
Jake Willsey
Logan Wyborn
Avelino III Zapanta