Western Press

Junior Achievement 2019 - 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Western Canada High School) — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 17:00:00 +0000

Registration for Junior Achievement 2019-2020 Company Program is now open!

Program begins mid-October
It is free for students, and runs 1 night a week from 6-9pm (either Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday)
18 week program lasting from October to March
Students work in teams of 20 creating 1 product
Students gain experience, work experience credits, scholarships, awards, extra training, and networking opportunities!

The link for the registration is: http://jasab.ca/company-program-venues/

Input for New Principal Survey

noreply@blogger.com (Western Canada High School) — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 16:14:00 +0000

The Calgary Board of Education welcomes input from parents, students and staff regarding the programming and leadership attributes you value. Your input is taken into consideration as part of the hiring process and will support the selection of a new principal for Western Canada High School. It is also shared directly with the successful candidate to inform their entry plan into the school. An online survey will be available on the Western Canada High School website until June 12, 2019 at 4:00 pm. You may also click on this link:

New Principal Survey

Foods Great Burger Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Western Canada High School) — Tue, 28 May 2019 22:09:00 +0000

WCHS students in Foods 20 and 30 occupied themselves for the first few weeks of May with the Great Burger Challenge. Students were tasked with creating a bun, a patty and a side or sauce. The 20 levels got to choose to make a patty out of veggie and poultry, and the 30 levels got their choice of veggie, poultry, and beef.

In preparation for the event Chef Adams had a guest speaker, Chef JP, from the ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen. He talked to students about maintaining a grill, how to best grill the veggie patties and making perfect grill lines. His colleagues at the ATCO office were kind enough to lend the students a grill for the day so the class could all grill at the same time. Students were asked to grill enough burgers for each member of their teams and two for judgment by the school teachers. The two burgers plated for judging were used to judge the taste and plating of the burger. The ones not eaten were used in an auction to the teachers who judged. The money raised from the auction went towards the food bank.

The Judges decided on one winner from each category. Winners from the veggie category were Gabby & Zahra, from the Beef category Asem & Jacob, and from poultry Rasveen. The five winners got to take home a “golden” spatula, though it was lacking the gold color because Chef Adams had wanted the spatula to be usable

Grade 10 Concert Band Receives 2 Awards At Provincial Festival

noreply@blogger.com (Western Canada High School) — Tue, 28 May 2019 18:10:00 +0000

In the photo above the Grade 10 Concert Band are working with Dr. Gillian MacKay from the University of Toronto at the Alberta Provincial Band Festival last week. The Grade 10 Concert Band performed exceptionally well at the festival winning both a Superior Band Award and the Adjudicators Choice Award for their performance as part of the two week long festival.

WCHS Student receives Silver Medal for THC Detection Test

noreply@blogger.com (Western Canada High School) — Thu, 23 May 2019 15:26:00 +0000

Jesse Lee received a silver medal of excellence (putting him in the top 30 in the senior category at the National Canada-wide Science Fair). His project was a protein based biosensor that allows for the roadside detection of cannabis impairment (similar to an alcohol breathalyzer but for cannabis).

Look for Jesse in the following CBC news story (look for him at 1:46)

Mr. Hagan receives certificate of achievement - Prime Minister Teaching Award

noreply@blogger.com (Western Canada High School) — Thu, 23 May 2019 14:42:00 +0000

Mr. Hagan recently received a certificate of achievement, the Prime Minister Teaching Award. Please see the following link for more information on this prestigious award.

http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/pmate-ppmee.nsf/eng/wz02352.html

Western Canada High School Races to End Hunger

noreply@blogger.com (Western Canada High School) — Tue, 14 May 2019 15:37:00 +0000

WCHS students are gearing up for their annual Race to End Hunger fundraiser. Each year, a group of dedicated students, led by Mrs. Reierson, commit to raising money and non-perishable food items for the Calgary Interfaith Food Bank. They run special events such as student teacher dodgeball, concentration games, bake sales and class donation competitions.

CANstruction, our grand finale, happens on May 15 and brings together eight teams of 10-12 students who compete to build the best structure out of cans. During the competition, teams participate in games to earn special advantages that they can use during their build. Students work all morning to design and build their structure, and at noon a special assembly of judges select the winning team. Staff, students and the community gather on the front lawn to take part in the festivities. Ella Hornby, a Grade 10 student at WCHS, says, “Planning CANstruction has given me the capacity to give back to the community. It’s amazing to be part of this event.”

It is an amazing opportunity for WCHS to show off their creativity, innovation, and engineering skills.

Our 20 and 30 level Foods students, led by Ms. Tammy Adams, also participated this year by adding the Great Burger Challenge to the day. Students create gourmet beef, veggie, and chicken burgers that they hand-make. They auctioned off the burgers to the highest bidder. All proceeds are donated to the Food Bank. They were a huge success! Students who did not bid also had the opportunity to treat themselves to BBQ burgers for lunch.

All proceeds go to helping the Calgary Food Bank and allow us to highlight our care for all members of our community. Our goal is to raise over $5,000 for the Food Bank. The Leadership Committee is grateful for the opportunity to serve and learn about being productive members of our community. We thank everyone who participated and hope to see your support next year!

Western Band Program | 2019 B.C. Tour

noreply@blogger.com (Western Canada High School) — Mon, 06 May 2019 16:05:00 +0000

From April 23rd to 28th 2019, students of the Western Canada High School Band Program participated on a Tour to Vancouver, Victoria, and Whistler. 176 of our Grade 11 and 12 students had the opportunity to engage in workshops at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria. The workshops with Dr. Taylor at UBC and Dr. Capaldo at UVIC gave our students a tremendous opportunity to work with the very best in the field. While on tour, they also performed at the Cantando Festival in Whistler.

A huge congratulations to our Sr. Jazz Band, Grade 11 Symphonic Band, and Grade 12 Wind Ensemble! All three groups won Gold for their performances at the provincial festival and did Western proud.

We extend great thanks to the team of 13 teachers and parents that dedicated their time as supervisors to make this amazing opportunity available to our students!

Sports Med Program Field Trip With The Stampeders Athletic Trainers

noreply@blogger.com (Western Canada High School) — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 21:47:00 +0000

Senior trainers field trip to the Calgary Grey Cup Champion Stampeders Athletic trainers tour. Thanks to Ms. Peciulis, Mr. Laberge, Mr. Wiebe and specially to Mr. Sokolan for creating an amazing Sports Med program.

Alumni Foundation Scholarship For Grade 12 Students

noreply@blogger.com (Western Canada High School) — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 16:44:00 +0000

Alumni Foundation Scholarship Application (pdf)

Deadline to apply is May 1st 2019.

Western Canada`s Cole Pratt Sets Alberta Record for Canada Games Medals

noreply@blogger.com (Western Canada High School) — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:22:00 +0000

Read the story in the Calgary Herald

Alumni Inam Teja Named Student of the Year at Western University!

noreply@blogger.com (Western Canada High School) — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 20:31:00 +0000

Read about Inam in The Gazette.

Western Student Speaks at FURCA

noreply@blogger.com (Western Canada High School) — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 18:50:00 +0000

This year, a grade 11 student from Western Canada HS, Jesse Lee, was invited to be a speaker at the University of Alberta’s annual Festival of Undergraduate Research and Creative Arts. Jesse is the first high school student to speak at the event.

You can find the abstracts to the projects here.

Western Canada student wins Optimist Club of Calgary essay contest

noreply@blogger.com (Western Canada High School) — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 03:06:00 +0000

The Optimist Club of Calgary is a community based service club with the objective “Bringing Out The Best In Youth”, One of the ways this happens is through an essay contest for students up to Grade 12. The club offers medals and cash prizes for the first three places. The best essay is sent forward into a contest with essays from all the clubs in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Montana and Northern Wyoming in which the prize is a $2,500 post-secondary scholarship.

This year the topic for the contest is “When All the World’s Problems Are Solved, Is Optimism Necessary?”’ Two students from Western Canada HS, Jay Baldonado (Gr. 10, IB) and Joanna Li (Grade 11, IB), placed first and second, respectively. It was a repeat performance for Jay in this contest, as he achieved first last year when he entered from his Jr. HS in 2018. His essay has been sent forward again this year to the contest for he post-secondary scholarship of $2,500. He should learn the results by mid-April.

Mr. Bob Steele of the Optimist Club of Calgary recently visited Western Canada HS to present medals to Jay and Joanna. He was accompanied by Mr. Poirier as he visited their classes to present the medals.

You can read Jay's winning essay here.

Concert Choir Wins Platinum Award At Choral Fest

noreply@blogger.com (Western Canada High School) — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 18:53:00 +0000

Celebrate Western is Coming - April 6, 2019

noreply@blogger.com (Western Canada High School) — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 16:44:00 +0000

Left to Right: Susanne Williams, Gary Systema, Julia Bosse,
Sarah Flynn, and Martin Poirier.

Julia Bosse was selected to showcase her artwork on the Celebrate Western Poster. We are very thankful that she has donated her talent for our fundraising efforts this year. For More information check out our facebook page.

Western Students win medals at the Canada Games

noreply@blogger.com (Western Canada High School) — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 14:57:00 +0000

Western Canada Students winning medals at the Canada Games In Synchro swimming

Jamie Czarkowski won 3 gold
Camryn Hooey won a gold and a silver

Pascale Paradis and Naomi Walch both won medals at the Canada Games for Biathlon.
Pascale Paradis won 4 medals (1 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze)
Naomi Walsh won 2 medals (1 Bronze and 1 Gold)

Mae Uhuegbulem (Grade 11 at Western Canada) won the Gold Medal at the U18 60m Sprint over the weekend at the Canadian Indoor Track & Field Championship

IB Programme Evaluation

noreply@blogger.com (Western Canada High School) — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 19:06:00 +0000

WCHS invites parents, alumni, and students to participate in our IB programme evaluation by completing a short, 10 minute survey before March 22nd.

IB Student Survey
https://goo.gl/forms/r98MgObTSgNkJIFd2
Parent of IB Student Survey
https://goo.gl/forms/EOD5UXNmc8FFAnem2
IB Alumni Survey
https://goo.gl/forms/mQZOaAA32lfQb0os1

Math Contest Registration

noreply@blogger.com (Western Canada High School) — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 23:00:00 +0000

For details, registration dates, former contests and solutions, etc see Western's website under Students → Clubs → Math Club. We have three upcoming contests for which registration will open on March 5, and close on Pi day, March 14.

The Galois (grade 10) and Hypatia (grade 11) math contests will be written on Wednesday April 10 from 8:30 - 10:00.

log in using your educbe.ab account (not your regular gmail, etc)

click https://tinyurl.com/Galois-Hypatia to complete your online registration

The Euclid Math Competition is open to grade 12, and will be written on Wednesday April 3 from 8:30 - 11:15.

log in using your educbe.ab account (not your regular gmail, etc)

click https://tinyurl.com/Euclid-registration to complete your online registration

Do you love to DANCE?

noreply@blogger.com (Western Canada High School) — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 18:33:00 +0000

If the answer is YES, you don’t want to miss this:

CENTRE STAGE 2019

IT’S BACK! The highly acclaimed dance production of Centre Stage is back. If you are interested in being a part of Centre Stage this year, auditions will be held Thursday, March 15; Friday, March 15; Monday, March 18; Tuesday & March 19 in the Dance Studio (rm.090). All students are welcome to audition. Pieces must to be of high quality and performance ready. Please visit the Dance Studio to pick up an audition form and to sign up for an audition time. If you have any questions please see Ms. Price.

News from the Career Centre

noreply@blogger.com (Western Canada High School) — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 15:00:00 +0000

News From the Career Centre

Wed. March 6	YMCA- Summer Work Student Exchange – National Program for students to improve their 2^nd official language skills	Front Foyer of School	11:50-12:30 p.m.	Open to youth 16 – 17 years of age
Wed. March 13	Registered Apprenticeship and Skilled Trades Fair	Father Lacombe High School – 3615- Radcliffe Drive SE	6:30-8:30 p.m.	Connect with Employers and industry.

WCHS Model UN team dominate at U of C Model UN

noreply@blogger.com (Western Canada High School) — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 16:29:00 +0000

HSMUN 2019 Awards

Zach K, Honourable Mention, Syrian Arab Republic - GA1
Arnav B, Verbal Commendation, Zimbabwe - GA2
Chris T, Verbal Commendation, Kuwait - GA2
Lucas I, Best Delegation, South Africa - GA2
Hannah Z, Verbal Commendation, Burkina Faso - GA3
Jacob E, Best Delegation, South Africa - GA3
Naman S, Verbal Commendation, Luxembourg - IAEA
Kevin Y, Best Delegation, South Africa - IAEA
Nathan C, Best Delegation, South Africa - HRC
Atharva K and Aydin M, Best Delegation, South Africa - UNSC

Overall

Best Delegation, South Africa, Roy H, Lucas I, Jacob E, Kevin Y, Nathan C, Atharva K and Aydin M

Math Contests: Cayley and Fermat Registration

noreply@blogger.com (Western Canada High School) — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 17:59:00 +0000

For details, registration dates, former contests and solutions, etc see Western's website under Students → Clubs → Math Club.

We have an upcoming registration for the Cayley (grade 10) and Fermat (grade 11) math contests from the University of Waterloo. Registration closes on Friday February 8 at 1:20pm.

The Cayley and Fermat contests will be written on Tuesday February 26 from 8:30 - 10:25.

click https://tinyurl.com/yahc2e9y

For past contests, see https://www.cemc.uwaterloo.ca/contests/past_contests.html

Daniel Okulitch to Visit Western

noreply@blogger.com (Western Canada High School) — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 21:36:00 +0000

The WCHS Fine Arts department is delighted and honoured to welcome the renowned opera singer and former WCHS alumnus Mr. Daniel Okulitch to speak to our students Tuesday, February 5 in the Theatre. This is an excellent opportunity for the students to hear from and be inspired by such a talented and accomplished singer who started out at Western Canada High School.

His outstanding international career includes performances at the Met and Carnegie Hall. Mr. Okulitch is in Calgary right now playing the role of Dr. Beck Weathers in Calgary Opera’s second Mainstage production of the year, Everest.

You can find out more about Mr. Okulitch on his website: www.danielokulitch.com.

Exam Period Flex Schedule

noreply@blogger.com (Western Canada High School) — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 17:31:00 +0000

The exam period Flex Schedule has been posted. Please refer to this to see what tutorials, exam prep, and other options are available to you.