Issue 2

April 2012

Table of Contents:

Expo 2012

Film Festival

Me to We

Top Ten Books Read in March

Elegy to Memory

Other Notes of Interest

CTS 9

Prezi

CALM

Winners!

Fluttershy

Expo 2012

Medicine Hat High School presents Hat High EXPO ’12 on Wednesday, April 4 from 6:30 –

9:00 pm in the MHHS Cafeteria. Come see our school-wide Open House,

Displays & Presentations!

In conjunction with our EXPO ’12, we will be holding an Orientation and Information Evening for NEW STUDENTS who wish to attend MHHS for the 2012-2013 school year (including students from AMS). The New Student/Parent Presentation will take place in the South Gym from 7:00 – 8:00 pm. Guided or self-discovery School Tours will follow from 8:00 – 9:00 pm. Check out our new courses available in Fall 2012: Computer Science/Robotics, Forensics, Psychology, Health Care Services – Anatomy and First Aid, Human and Social Services (Senior CALM).

Entertainment in the South Foyer includes:

City Lights Show Choir

Pow Wow Demonstration Dancers

MHHS Choir

MHHS Jazz Band

REEL CANADA FILM FEST TAKES OVER MEDICINE HAT HIGH SCHOOL

Medicine Hat, AB. March 29, 2012. Over 800 Medicine Hat High School students will spend a day immersed in Canadian films on Thursday, April 5, 2012 as the travelling REEL CANADA film festival screens a variety of films and gives students a chance to meet either the filmmakers or the actors who brought the films to life.

The films, programmed by the students themselves, include How She Move, Wild Life, The Rocket, Fido, Passchendaele, and Inside Hana’s Suitcase. Wherever possible, actors or filmmakers will be able to conduct Q+A sessions with students via Skype.

In addition, a special animation program will be conducted by Oscar-nominated Alberta filmmakers Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis, creators of Wild Life, nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 2012.

“We can’t wait to show these films to Medicine Hat students,” says REEL CANADA’s executive director Jack Blum. “The students chose some outstanding movies to watch, and we know they will be totally inspired by the quality of the filmmakers and the stories they are telling – right here in Canada.” Blum will also be in attendance in Medicine Hat.

REEL CANADA is a traveling film festival that has exposed over 100,000 high school students to the incredible achievements of Canadian filmmakers for the past seven years, enhancing their appreciation of our national culture. This year, the festival also includes a Welcome to Canada program, which brings the immersive, dynamic learning experience of REEL CANADA to new Canadians, introducing them to home-grown films and filmmakers.

In the 2012 spring season, the festival is touring the country with 20 events in eight provinces. Cities include Ottawa, ON, Montague, PEI, Montreal, QC, Medicine Hat, AB, Winnipeg MB, Calgary AB, Stonewall, MB, Brampton, ON, Toronto, ON, Fredericton, NB, Saskatoon, SK and Vancouver, BC.

Created by a committee of passionate filmmakers and dedicated educators in 2005, REEL CANADA is designed to foster greater awareness of, and pride in, Canadian films, by bringing the excitement of a film festival experience directly into high schools.

REEL CANADA is supported by an advisory committee of Canada's most celebrated film professionals: Hussain Amarshi, Denys Arcand, Carl Bessai, Gary Burns, David Cronenberg, Colm Feore, Niv Fichman, Bryan Gliserman, Paul Gross, Norman Jewison, Robert Lantos, Bruce McDonald, Don McKellar, Deepa Mehta, Charlotte Mickie, Geoff Pevere, Margueritte Pigott, Gordon Pinsent, Sarah Polley, Peter Raymont, Patricia Rozema, Mina Shum, Tara Spencer-Nairn, and Jean Marc Vallée.

Me to We

As part of their fundraising efforts to support a water project in Kenya, the MHHS Me to We group has set up an account with Redi Bottle Depot to have interested people drop off bottles to be credited to Account #59. Thank you for your support of our water project in Kenya! Our group recently enjoyed a luncheon with Spencer West, an inspirational Me to We speaker. Watch for our big Garage Sale on Saturday, April 21 in the MHHS Cafeteria. Call 403-527-3371, Ext. 7125 if you have items to donate.

Spencer West

Spencer West talked to us about his childhood and how he became involved with different organizations. He inspired all of us to be better people and to help the world around us.

An inspirational, coming-of-age story about a young man with an extraordinary disability that he has never allowed to hold him back in life. Spencer West was born without the use of his legs and at the age of 5 lost them altogether. Navigating through life on his hands, he has always lived with purpose. But he wanted to make an impact. Today he is a charismatic motivational speaker for the social enterprise, Me to We, and has shared the stage with everyone from the Dalai Lama to his musical idol, Jason Mraz.

Top ten books borrowed in March:

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Blue Moon by Alyson Noel

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James Swanson

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Because I am Furniture by Thalia Cheltas

American Born Chinese By Gene Luen Pien

Outback by Robin Stevenson

Touching Spirit Bear by Mickelson

Elegy to Memory

Old Friend, where have you gone?

Far away from me, yet still within my sight

Like a blot on the vast horizon,

Tarnishing the perfect imagery.

Our youthful years, so long ago

Are now just memories

Of a time we used to know.

Laughing

Crying

Fighting

Sharing

Loving.

You build a wall.

I tried to climb over.

You pushed me down.

You were your own disaster.

Circling, cycling, spiraling

Lashing at me with your hurricane winds

Rushing further away from me, closer to that horizon.

Old friend, you were a crease in time.

Forever the fold in a page of my favorite book.

So dearest friend, I wish to

Thank you.

You have gone away from me

Not entirely from my mind,

And never from my sight.

For you will always be on the horizon,

That single grey cloud

In an otherwise perfect sky.

Other Notes of Interest

• Easter Break will take place from April 6-15 inclusive with classes resuming on April 16. There won’t be any classes on Friday, April 20 due to a District Professional Development Day.

• The Medicine Hat Women’s Basketball Spring League starts on April 30 and is open to female players from Grade 9 to Open - sign up before April 20. Call 403-527-3371, Ext. 7129 for more information or check our April newsletter.

• Report cards will be distributed on Monday, April 23.

• The next School Council meeting will be held on Thursday, April 26 @ 7:00 pm in Room 129 in the South Foyer area. All parents are welcome!

• As part of their fundraising efforts to support a water project in Kenya, the MHHS Me to We group has set up an account with Redi Bottle Depot to have interested people drop off bottles to be credited to Account #59. Thank you for your support of our water project in Kenya! Our group recently enjoyed a luncheon with Spencer West, an inspirational Me to We speaker. Watch for our big Garage Sale on Saturday, April 21 in the MHHS Cafeteria. Call 403-527-3371, Ext. 7125 if you have items to donate.

• Be sure to start training for the Mohawk Ironman 10 km Triathlon – Friday, May 25. We had over 40 participants last year!

• History in the Hills is happening May 28- June 1. Call 403-504-5665 for more information!

• The MHHS Junior and Senior Spring Band Concert will take place on Tuesday, May 29 at 7:30 pm in the Medicine Hat College Theatre. Admission will be $2.00

• Do you have a part-time job? Check out Off-Campus Education: Work Experience, Health Internship, RAP (Registered Apprenticeship Program), Green Certificate Program, PFO (Production Field Operator). Contact Mr. Grossman (Room 403), Mr. Hider (Room 402) or Mr. Tschritter (Room 400) for more information on earning high school credits and scholarship money while you work. Read page 26 of your Student Agenda for more details.

CTS 9

Creating a Prezi:

Prezi is an online presentation tool

CALM

Students are sharing information they gathered about future career choices.

They have created a game, a poster and spoken to people in their career choice.

They are engaged, interested and respectful.

They all agreed they have learned a great deal with this lesson.

Thank you Mrs. Heringer for entering us in to the 102.1 Rock CJCY McCafe contest!