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ART DEPARTMENT Both the Senior and Junior Concert Bands are preparing to perform at the Ontario Band Festival on Feb-ruary 16. The Senior and Junior Jazz Bands will be performing at the Southern Ontario Band Festival on February 24th. Music students are also getting ready for a Vocal Cabaret in South Campus for Tuesday, February 21 at 7:00 p.m. On Thursday, Feb 16th, the music department brought 110 students to the OBA Concert Band Festi-val. Under the direction of Lisa Barth, both the Junior and Senior Concert Bands were awarded a Gold Level rating (the highest rating available) as well as invitations to Nationals. On top of this excellent ac-complishment, a few awards were won. The Junior Band was awarded an Overall Outstanding Perfor-mance award, and the Senior Band was awarded a Woodwind Excellence award. Lisa Barth was also awarded the Conducting Excellence award. There are over 150 bands that perform at this Provincial Fes-tival, and only a handful of each of these awards are given out each year. We are very proud of the ac-complishments of these ensembles!
VISUAL ARTS The visual arts department second semester art show dates have been changed The evening show will now take place on June 6, between 7 and 9 pm, and the daytime show will take place June 7, between 9:00 am and 1:30 p.m. Mural club is running strong and we should have some finished pieces to add to the walls of Dunbarton by the end of June.
CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT The Cooperative Education Department at Dunbarton continues to grow and provide amazing opportuni-ties for our students. This semester we have 9 students entering the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Pro-gram (OYAP) where students gain 4 high school credits, 2 college credits, 400 hours towards their appren-ticeship as well as their level 1 certification. We have students training as plumbers, hairstylists, mill-wright mechanics, cooks and carpenters! If you are interested in becoming part of the next OYAP pro-gram, please come see us in 408 today! We also have many students entering the trades in grade 11 or grade 12. Students are gaining valuable employable skills. This year we are resurrecting our partnership with the Fort York militia, sending two students off to a 4 credit PAID coop!
CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT We aren't just about the trades! We are excited to watch our students en-ter placements at elementary schools, physiotherapy offices, UTSC as writ-ers, event planners and scientists. We also have aspiring vets heading out the vet clinics and students entering the medical field at Ajax Pickering and Centenary hospital. What do you want to become? Let us help you! See us in room 408. Here are two links to student work. The first is connected to our place-ments at Adopt-A-Pond at the Toronto zoo where we sent students to be artists and animal caregivers. The second is to our published author who wrote for the University of Toronto magazine.
We can do anything!
CO-OP DEPARTMENT (Cont’d)
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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
CALLING ALL WRITERS!
The Writers' Club is starting to collect pieces for The South Campus Review, an
anthology of creative fiction and non-fiction by Dunbarton students. It will be
our second annual edition. We need your best short stories, poems, and es-
says. To submit your work:
1. Go to www.turnitin.com 2. Click on “Create Account” (if you don’t already have an account)
3. Follow directions on the New User page to open a student account
4. Enroll in the class: ANTHOLOGY 2017, Class ID#: 14424732, Class Pass-word: ILOVEWRITING (all caps, no spaces)
A Co-Op Experience We’ll Never Forget
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Introduction Hello readers! Ryan Dunklin and
Jessica Mackay here, and we’re grade 11 stu-
dents from Dunbarton high school in Picker-
ing. Since school began in September, we
have been working w…
HISTORY DEPARTMENT
The History Department begins the new semester with several fantastic opportunities available for Dunbarton students. Perhaps the most significant of these will be the trip to Vimy Ridge from April 3 – 13. Mr. Demaray, Ms. Grey, and Ms. LeMoine will accompany 40 Dunbarton students to England and France, with the tour coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the battle of Vimy Ridge. The Dunbarton group will attend the Easter ceremony at the Vimy Memorial on April 9th the celebrate Canada’s fa-mous World War One victory. This is an outstanding opportunity for Dunbarton students to experience history first hand. February is option-selection time for returning students and the History Department offers a vast array of courses. Whether you are interested in ancient civilizations, American history, law, politics, economics, twentieth century history, or world history, we have something to offer. Our courses focus on skills that will be beneficial regardless of your future; research, critical analysis, organ-ization, and writing skills are all transferable across the employment world. Sign up today for a history course and guarantee that your own history is a success!
LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
The languages Department is excited to announce that, once again, the DELF Exam will be offered free of charge to our grade 12 students who wish to gain international language certification. All grade 12 French students are encouraged to apply by the February 27th deadline! Several of our grade 11 and 12 students have applied for the Explore Program again this year. We look forward to hearing within the next few months how many of our students will be offered this unique Bursary to experience Quebec language and culture during first 5 weeks of summer. During the month of April our board will be taking 46 grade 7 & 8 students to Valcartier, Quebec for one week. We strongly encourage our grade 11 FSL students (both Core and FI) to apply as Leaders for this unique opportunity! Each student will be required to pay only $125! Ministry cultural funding will cover the rest of the cost. Applications are due March 5th.
Grade 11 students Stephanie and Michelle Fattori have applied for the Explore Program and are eagerly awaiting their acceptance letters!
LIBRARY NEWS
The library continues to be a very busy space all day long. We are looking forward to opening the up-stairs floor of the library when the renovation wraps up this semester. Students have been very under-standing and flexible during the construction noise and general hustle and bustle. If we have made enough progress to open up I would love to tour parents through the new space during Parent Teacher Interviews. We have the semester one Frequent Reader prize winners. Rampaul Udaipaul read a whopping 64 books earning him a twenty dollar Chapters gift card. The winner of the random draw and a second Chapter’s gift card was Noureen Khan who incidently read 63 books. The program is now up and running for semester two. Keep reading!!! Another program that wrapped up at the end of semester one was the Homeroom Overdue Challenge. Each week I ran overdue notices so homeroom teachers could remind students if they had overdue books. Overall the grade twelve homerooms had the most homerooms with NO OVERDUE books!! There were a couple of particular homerooms that had little to no overdues over the semester. In grade ten Ms. Lyons and Ms. LeMoine’s classes did a great job in renewing and returning their books on time. In grade eleven Mr. Hopkins and Ms. Mowbray’s classes did a stellar job keeping track of their responsi-bilities. The grade twelves showed the greatest number of homerooms with no overdues there were many weeks having upwards of ten classes with no overdues. The grade nines are the ones to watch. They are starting at the bottom, have a lot to learn and nowhere to go but up. A big thanks to Mr. Phelan’s class for graphing the statistics this semester. When we debriefed the pro-ject they came up with many logical ways to improve the program for second semester and a new ap-preciation for getting books back on time.
LIBRARY NEWS (Cont’d) On November 21st, International Games Day, the library held the first annual celebration. We had the library filled with a wide array of board games from the classic game of Chess, a cottage favourite, Spoons, to some newer games like Exploding Kittens and Sushi Go. Classes were invited down to play. Simultaneously we were lucky to have the great minds at Durham Escape Rooms run a ten-minute pop-up Escape Room in our library classroom. Teams of 4-6 students signed up to see if they could beat the clock and ‘escape the room’ before the ten-minute time limit. A couple of departments got in on the fun and the Science teacher team slayed the Business department.
This coming semester will see the launching of the White Pine Reading Program. All students are invited to launch party on February 22 at lunch in the library. We have ten amazing teachers each advocating for one of this year’s ten White Pine titles. The teachers take the program very seriously and compete to see who can get the most students to read their book. The program runs all semester and will include weekly White Pine meetings and prizes as students make their way through the ten titles. Students will get to vote on their favorite novel and May 16th there will be an opportunity to travel to Harbourfront Centre and partake in workshops, meet the authors and find out who was chosen as 2017 White Pine winner.
LIBRARY NEWS (Cont’d)
Monday May 15th we have booked author Don Calame for a full day visit. He has written movies and tv shows in Hollywood but in Young Adult circles is well known as the author of Swim the Fly, Beat the Band and Call the Shots. He is also one of the ten White Pine nominees for his new book Dan versus Nature, which like his other novels, is hilarious. He has a loyal following of mostly male fans as he seems to know how to very accurately capture what it is like to be a teenage boy and find all the humour necessary to make reading a great time! Finally, I would like to thank Mr. E. Brokelman for being an integral part of semester one’s library team. Second semester Ms. J. Brown, a familiar face with our afterschool library users, joins me as a Teacher-Librarian here at Dunbarton.
MATH DEPARTMENT
Mathematics Contests Sign Up
The Mathematics and Computer Science Department are currently signing up students to write various mathematics and computer programming contests. The Pascal, Cayley, and Fermat mathematics con-tests for grades 9, 10, and 11 students respectively will be written Tuesday, February 28th. The entry fee is $2 for each student. Grade 12 students will write the Euclid Mathematics Contest Thursday, April 6th and the entry fee for that is $14. The Canadian Computing Competition is a programming contest open to any student taking a computer course. That contest will be written Wednesday, February 22nd and the entry fee is $8.
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
To begin Black History Month at DHS, Ms. Hadaway and her grade 11 and 12 Black Studies students cre-ated and performed a powerful assembly entitled Activism in Motion. The students highlighted histori-cal and contemporary issues of racism, marginalization and oppression, inspiring the audiences to pledge to fight for equality for all. The assembly ran four times and over 800 students attended. The DHS choir sang a moving version of the Lord's prayer in Swahili. Three dancers beautifully repre-sented intersectionality, bringing cheers from the audience. The vocal and musical talents of the jazz trio moved everyone. All students who participated deserve our congratulations for their excellence. This assembly reminds us of the power of providing a platform for voices to be heard. All students who care about equality and equity should choose Black Studies during the course selection process. If you have any questions about the courses, please speak to Ms. Hadaway or Ms. Gray in room 409. A big thank-you to all of the students who worked to prepare this meaningful experience that will reso-nant with us for a long time. A special big thank-you to Ms. Hadaway - thank-you for everything you do...we will Rise Up!
Also, the Grade 12 Philosophy students had the opportunity to explore the intersection and application of Environmental Worldviews and Environmental Ethics co-facilitated by Ms. Toma and Mr. Gor-don. Grade 11 and 12 students also explored holistic approaches to expression and application of philo-sophical concepts and theories through First Nations Medicine Wheels. HEALTHY EATING Being physically active and eating a healthy diet are keys to a healthy lifestyle. But what does “healthy eating” really mean? Healthy eating is about feeling great, having more energy, improving your health, and stabilizing your mood. If you feel overwhelmed by all the conflicting nutrition and diet advice out there, you’re not alone. Dunbarton High School students enrolled in the Social Science and Humanities courses such as Food and Nutrition grade 10 – HFN 2O, Food and Culture in grade 11 HFC 3M and HFC 3E and Food and Healthy Eating in Grade 12 – HFA 4U, HFA 3C and HFL 4E had an excellent and fun semester learning about foods that are good for you and how they can benefit from their knowledge of making the right food choices.
HEALTHY EATING (CONT’D)
TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Terrific things have been happening in the technology department this semester. The Construction Spe-
cialist High Skills Major (SHSM) program has grown as a result of last years Red Seal successes. SHSM reg-
istrations are ongoing while our registered members are looking forward to a number of field trips and
industry training sessions over the balance of the semester. We welcome Mr. Birch to Dunbarton and
look forward to him sharing his wealth of knowledge as a lead trainer for the Carpenters Union. Senior
construction students and many of our SHSM students are working on full size buildings including fram-
ing, electrical, plumbing, roofing and drywall work.
Many of our senior technology students are building on their technology course experience. They are
involved in workplace CO-OP placements and OYAP pre-apprenticeship placements and are enjoying the
opportunity to try a trade or career while earning important high school and potential college credits.
They learned about Food Safety, Eating Disorders, Nutrients in different food groups and their benefits,
planned their own daily menus or Family Favorites Cookbooks. Students from all grades also had a
chance to experiment and practice what they learned in the classroom kitchen. They shopped for their
own food, they diced and chopped, kneaded and baked and enjoyed the food they made on their own.
They not only learned about the health benefits of the food and how to make the right choices when it
comes to food, but they also had a chance to explore and research the food from different countries
around the world and try foods from the international cuisine.
Congratulations to teachers and students for a very successful first semester in the technology depart-
ment at DHS. The student success rates are very high and we are encouraged by the feedback we are
getting from students about course content and the direction our technology programs are taking.
The Construction Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) students have been very busy this semester. They
have been involved in a program exploration trip to Humber College, have toured the Durham College
Technical Center and are scheduled to tour the Kawartha Trades and Technology Center at Fleming Col-
lege in Peterborough this February. SHSM students have also been involved in First Aid/CPR training,
WHMIS training, Working at Heights certifications, Basic Health and Safety Training and many received
their Chainsaw certifications this January. Many of our students are experiencing the workplace environ-
ment through their Cooperative Education placements in second semester. Three of our SHSM members
have made the commitment to a trades career and are beginning their pre-apprenticeship instruction
through the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP).
The beginning of second semester is a busy time for our technology teachers and students. Skills On-
tario regional qualifier competitions are beginning in February. Students will be competing in disci-
plines such as 2D Character Animation, 3D Character Animation, Architectural Design, Auto Service
Technology, Graphic Design, Precision Machining and Welding. We wish all our competitors the best of
luck in their qualifying competitions.
TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT (CONT’D)
Second Semester
Semester startup has been incredibly busy for staff and students in the tech department. Students in Con-
struction SHSM program have been busy at their CO-OP and OYAP (Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Pro-
gram) placements and we are already planning next year’s placements, certifications and reach ahead op-
portunities. I am very encouraged by the pre-registration numbers of grade 10 students interested in the
Specialist High Skills Major Program.
There are a number of after school clubs and programs running throughout the week. We have been
working with the environmental committee on constructing a number of window planter boxes for our
school courtyard. We are very excited to have 2 teams preparing electric cars for competitions in Waterloo
Ontario on May 27 and an early June race in Lindsay.
The regional Skills competitions went well. Congratulations to all who competed. We are looking forward
to using the knowledge gained this year through our involvement in the transportation, precision machin-
ing, 2D and 3D animation and welding challenges and building on it for next year’s competitions. Good
luck to those competitors who were victorious in their regional competitions and are moving on to the
Ontario Skills competition in early May. These competitions include landscape design and construction as
well as 3D animation. Thank you to Mr. Cowden and Mr. Vandendool for all their efforts helping these stu-
dents prepare for these competitions. We will be organizing a group of students to participate in a day trip
to Skills Ontario to cheer on our competitors. Good Luck Spartans!
TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT (CONT’D)
