JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
PATRIOT PRIDE
http://jp2hs.eics.ab.ca
Upcoming Events
Oct. 10 – Thanksgiving – no classes commitment from the staff at John Paul II to Extra-
Oct. 12 – School council meeting, Curricular learning. Your commitment to the students of
7p.m. JP II library John Paul II is valued and appreciated!
Oct. 18 – Awards night, 7:00 p.m. In the midst of all this activity, the school also led a
Oct. 21, 22 – Sr. Boys and Sr. Girls very successful Service Learning Retreat on September
28-29. The smiles on the faces of our grade 12‟s were
Volleyball Tournament
incredible to see as they went out to serve the
Nov. 4 – Remembrance Day Celebration community at Pope John and Our Lady of Angel‟s
Nov. 7-11 – No classes Catholic Schools in Fort Saskatchewan, at St.
Nov. 16, 17 - Parent Teacher Interviews Catherine‟s Catholic School in Edmonton, at the Hope
Mission, Boyle Street Cooperative, Bissell Centre and
A Message from the Principal the Edmonton Food Bank.
We invite all parents and students to attend the John
October reminds us that we have so much to be Paul II Academic Awards Night on Tuesday October
thankful for. We are blessed to live in a province with 18th at 7:00 p.m. We thank our community sponsors,
abundant resources, where the vast majority of people service groups, the Board of Education and the school
have enough to eat and a warm place to live, where for sponsoring the wide variety of awards given out each
education is highly valued and where Catholic Education year. A list of donors will be posted in our next
is publicly funded. Most of us are blessed with strong newsletter!
family connections. We live freely in this great country First Term Report Cards
of ours and have the ability to express our faith publicly. Please note that first term report cards will go out in
We indeed are blessed! Here at John Paul II, we are also early November. As is the tradition at John Paul II,
blessed with supportive family, wonderful students and report cards are given out at Parent teacher interviews
an amazing staff that cares deeply for our students! We which will be held on November 16th and 17th. We
thank God this season for all that he has bestowed upon invite all parents to attend these interviews as we believe
us! that first hand communication between teachers and
September has flown past in a whirl wind of activity. parents is essential.
With the move to Edmonton Metro, we have fielded an
expanded list of Sports teams. For the first time ever, POWER SCHOOL HAS THE POWER!
John Paul II students are playing football on the joint
team with Fort High. Our senior golf team managed to Power School is the web-based information system that
bring home the Zone banner and placed 5th at our School Division uses to communicate data to parents
provincials. Our senior boys and girls volleyball teams and students. Power School has the power to keep you
have had a successful start to the season and have proven informed and to help you make decisions to ensure
to be solid competition within the Metro League. Our success for your son or daughter. We strongly
curling teams will begin regular league play this coming encourage all students and parents to log on to this site
week. Our cross country running team entered their first on a regular basis. Communication between school and
competitive meet in October. Our junior Volleyball home is paramount to increasing the likelihood of
teams have begun play within the Elk Island Catholic student success.
League. The yearbook committee is hard at work If you are unsure about how to access this web site, or
planning the 2011-12 edition. The Grad Committee has you have forgotten the user name and password, please
begun preparations for the largest graduating class in contact Mrs. Raiwet in our office by email:
several years. The Student Leadership team just yvonner@eics.ab.ca
returned from the National Conference in Cornerbrooke, Thank you for being totally involved in your child‟s
Newfoundland. Drama and Art clubs are up and education.
running. All of this activity is made possible by a strong
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Feet to those they met at their service placements –
Punctuality bringing hope. It was in this moment of service that so
many of our students turned from entitlement to
thanksgiving. This experience left many of them wanting
We continue to emphasize to our students that arriving
to return soon to again serve those in need. It helped
to class on time is important. If your son or daughter is
them to truly understand that we are built for
late for a justifiable reason, please notify the office with
thanksgiving and for blessing – and that serving one
a note or phone call. Students will still be held
another in love as Christ taught is how we find our way
accountable for being inexcusably late. If the situation
on this path.
becomes chronic, teachers or school administrators may
May Christ help each of us to recognize our blessings
be contacting you to assist in resolving the issue. We
and give us all a true spirit of service that leads to
thank you for your continued support in this matter.
thankfulness.
Blessings,
Mr. Scott Walker
School Council News
Congratulations to our 2011-12 parent council JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
executive: Yvonne Soucy – Chair, – vice-chair, (yet to SEMESTER 1
be determined) – Rae Rees, Treasurer, and Becky
PARENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS
Crowther – Secretary.
Sessions will be conducted in the John Paul II
Our next parent council meeting will be held on
Gymnasium
Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 7:00 p.m. in the staff room. All
November 16 & 17, 2011
parents are encouraged to attend.
6:00 – 8:30 each evening
Student report cards will not be distributed in advance.
Report cards must be picked up in the gym on Nov. 16
Salt and Light or Nov. 17. All parents and students are encouraged to
attend interviews.
On the path from entitlement to Thanksgiving. We look forward for the opportunity to work together
In the relative comfort of North America we often for success.
forget to be thankful. I know I forget with alarming For further information, please call 780-992-0889.
frequency to be grateful for the innumerable blessings in
my life. Increasingly, our culture is afflicted with a
sense of entitlement – that I deserve what I get – and For information regarding dates of diploma exams
often get far less than I deserve. This entitlement for grade 12 students and provincial achievement
effectively snuffs out any real sense of thankfulness and
tests for grade 9 students, check the links on our
leaves us wondering why what we do get leaves us website, jp2hs.eics.ab.ca.
feeling “empty”.
What is the antidote? Is there hope? Or, are we
simply trudging along a path towards complete
dissatisfaction? Every year this time of Thanksgiving
GRAD 2012
offers us opportunity re-orient ourselves on the path
away from entitlement to gratitude – and all too often it
slips by. Yet, just over a week ago I saw the grade 12 Graduation this spring will be held on May 11 and 12.
students of John Paul II Catholic High School re-orient On May 11 we have a grad mass at
themselves on this path – and it wasn‟t even officially 5:00 at Our Lady of the Angels
Thanksgiving yet. How did they do this? Well, to put is Church followed by the
simply, they served. commencement ceremonies at 7:30 at
In particular they served those afflicted in one way or the Shell Theatre at the DDC.
another by poverty in the inner city of Edmonton. This On May 12 there will be a banquet and dance beginning
experience – whether it be at the Hope Mission, the at 6 p.m. at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton.
Boyle Street Co-Op, St. Catherine‟s School, the Bissell Be watching the newsletters for further information as it
Center, or the Food Bank – gave them opportunity to becomes available.
simultaneously realize their many blessings and the
ways they could use those to serve others who were in
need of blessing. They each became Christ‟s Hands and
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JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
Art Club
Annual Awards Evening
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 The JPII Art Club is back in swing for the
school year, meeting Wednesdays at lunch in
at 7:00 p.m. the art room. The art club works with
murals, sculpture and other mediums
throughout the year, spreading the joy of the
This is a special occasion during the school year when visual arts to the school community! Art
our diligent students are recognized for their academic club is open to all grades and all students who are
excellence. Please come to congratulate and interested in art. Come to a meeting and check it out!
encourage them. Everyone is welcome!
JP II is looking for sponsors of awards and
scholarships. If you or your company are After School County Drama Group
interested in being a sponsor, please call IS LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS!
Mr. Tonita at school at 992-0889. We are a youth theatre
company that believes in
using theatre as a means
Read-in Week 2011!!! to empower teens and
educate their peers on
JPII is once again promoting our social issues.
annual magazine subscription We meet Thursday
program. Catalogs were distributed evenings and Sunday
last week so if you were missed, afternoons. This fall we
COME ON DOWN to the library. are remounting our social issue drama focused on teen
There are over 600 magazines to depression „Behind the Smile‟. The show is November 3
choose from so approach your at Festival place.
family/friends or neighbours this If you are interested in being a member (ages 12-18)
week and have them subscribe. or a board member (+18) or have questions please
Anyone may also order on-line (anytime of the year) by contact Jennifer Peebles @ 780-238-4318
going to www.qsp.ca , and clicking on “just shopping”, artisticdirector@overacting.ca
enter group #1794 and “shop now”. Either way our or visit our website www.overacting.ca
school receives full credit for the orders. All students Thank you! Hope to see you in lights soon!
can help raise funds while working towards getting gifts
or a free pizza lunch. All orders and cheques may be Lest we forget…
turned in to Mrs. Sutton. Deadline is Wednesday, Oct
12. REMEMBER: Christmas is coming and a magazine
Remembrance Day Service
makes a great year-long gift.
Please come and join the staff and students of John Paul
DRAMA CLUB II High School as we remember those that gave the
ultimate sacrifice for their country. The service is on
The JP II Drama club is pleased to November 4, 2011 and will begin at 10:00 a.m. The
announce that we were the ceremony will be approximately 1 hour long. Help us
recipients of a 2011 DOW ensure the generations to come will never forget.
Chemical grant. The grant will
be used to purchase our own set of
theatre lights for future dramatic productions. Guidance News
The drama club is also currently in the pre-production Students and Parents need to continually check the
for a show that will produced in early February. Counsellor section on the school website for important
information on Post Secondary Information, Events ,
Please stay tuned.... Scholarships and Application Information. Please also
check for upcoming events in the student centre and
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workshops and courses offered through community Teams will register on Oct. 11 and get their packages on
agencies. Oct. 12. Let the games begin. Fabulous prizes for all!!
2. Mo-Vember!! Get ready to let the fur fly in support
Patriot Leadership of Prostate Cancer Awareness. Details to come!!
CSLC, Corner Brook, Newfoundland, 2011 OCTOBER: School Lunches
John Paul II has had the good fortune to have sent 3
students- Kylee Winterholt, Paige Lacoursiere and Kylie New school year, new lunch menu! It‟s time to shake
Zazula, along with Ms. Zaleschuk & Ms. Labrecque, to things up and try something new!
Corner Brook, Nfld. The girls participated in the national • Involve your kids. Letting your child choose the foods
Canadian Student Leadership Conference, or CSLC. they like will increase the
Prior to the conference start, the girls and Ms. Z., chance of them eating the foods you send.
participated in a pre-conference. They traveled from • Switch up bread options. Try using whole grain
Corner Brook, along the Captain Cook Trail, all the way wraps, pitas, small bagels,
to Bottle Cove. The day involved some incredible photo English muffins, buns or a different type of bread.
ops and some great sightseeing. The team also toured • Add excitement to vegetables and fruit. Send fruit
Gros Morne National Park, specifically Western Brook such as bananas, pineapple
Pond. Lastly we took a boat tour along the Humber Arm or apples with a yogurt dip or vegetables like carrots,
and toured by water. The conference began loud and cucumbers or celery with
energetic! The conference hosts 800+ leadership hummus dip. Keep in mind; kids are more likely to eat
students from across Canada, and their 200+ Advisors. vegetables and fruit that
The girls not only were involved with spirit groups made are already cut up!
up of kids from across Canada, but they participated in • Offer a variety of meat and meat alternatives. Use
sessions involving leadership in school. The keynote leftover meat from supper
speakers we were privileged to hear were General Rick or make a homemade egg salad mixture for sandwiches.
Hillier, Chantal Kreviazuk, Ryan Walter, Danny • Include milk and milk alternatives. Have a carton or
Williams, Dt. T.A. Loeffler, Herbie Kuhn and Justin container of milk with
Boudreau. Musical talents from the Corner Brook lunch. Add cheese to your child‟s sandwich or some
Concert Band, to Sherman Williams and the Ambiguous yogurt to round out the meal
Case, to Hey Rosetta were all highlighted in the Aiming to include a food choice from each of the four
evenings. food groups (Vegetables and Fruit,
Grain Products, Milk and Alternatives and Meat and
Overall, our girls and I have learned a lot and are Alternatives) makes for a balanced
planning to bring back and implement as much as we and healthy meal.
can into John Paul II. For more information and lunch ideas please visit:
http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/SchoolsTeachers/if-
sch-nfs-whats-for-lunch.pdf
PATRIOT ATHLETICS
For a complete schedule of both senior and
junior volleyball games check the JP II website
under the athletic tab. Keep in mind the annual
1. Second Annual Ultimate Scavenger Hunt will
JP II senior volleyball tournament coming up on
commence Tuesday, October 11-Monday Oct. 17.
October 21, 22.
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Edmonton Metro Zone Banner at Redtail Landing Golf
Junior Boys’ Volleyball Course on Tuesday September 20th. Their first place
finish advanced them to the ASAA Golf Provincial
Championships the following week. The boys played
The Junior Boys volleyball season is well under way.
Broadmoor Golf Course on Monday and then Belvedere
Players skill levels have been improving with every
Golf and Country Club on Tuesday, finshing a very
practice. They started the regular season with a
respectable 5th in the province at the end of the two day
convincing win over Madonna in four sets. A game
tournament. Congratulation guys, on a successful
schedule along with the league standings can be viewed
season.
at http://www.eteamz.com/ElkIsland/
Coach,
Congratulations to the following players for making the
Mr. Stecyk
team: Torre Covenden, Brett Dubuc, Alex Woltas,
Logan Noyen, Evan Baldwin, Dylan Pitt, Jacob Marsh,
Wade Hebbard, Ethan Fougere.
Garry Russell, Coach
Sr. Girls’ Volleyball
Congratulations to the girls who successfully tried out
for the senior team: Samantha Easton, Brittany Dubuc,
Abby O‟Neill, Nikki Rosychuk, Kenedy Takacs, Nataya
Senior Boys’ Volleyball Nolan, Rebecca Chettleborough, Alex Broderick, Kylie
Zazula, Justice Blackburn, Taylor Osedowsky, and Paige
Lacoursiere.
The Senior Boys volleyball team started off with a bang
The Sr. Girls Volleyball team is off to a strong start this
this season winning the Fort Saskatchewan Sting
year with a silver medal in the Fort High tournament and
Volleyball tournament for the second year in a row.
a 3-1 record in league play. The girls played hard and
Joining the Edmonton Metro league for the first year, the
worked really well together!
boys have had an opportunity to play in many league
The girls also took part in the CIBC run for the Cure on
games at home and in the Edmonton area. Due to a few
Sunday October 2 and joined 10 000 people in running
illnesses and injuries, the boys have had a slow start in
5km to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer
the Edmonton Metro league but have been working hard
research.
and improving on the court. Anyone interested in
Next home game: Wednesday, October 12. Check the JP II
following the Patriots this season can follow the link
website for a complete schedule.
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/metroedm/ , select
Come out and support the team!
sport pages then volleyball and click on 2011 senior Coach: Ms. Balla, Assistant coach: Sam Klinger
boys schedule.
This year‟s boys team consists of the following players:
Brad McQueen, Rufaro Mupanguri, Micah Bonneville,
Steven Sware, Kyler Mullins, Patrick Hawryliw, Daniel
Money, Joel Kellogg, Brett Musch , and Shawn Arthur.
Coaches: Ryan Gau, Bill Rindero, Jason Letwin
Senior Goys Golf
The John Paul II High School 2011 Senior Boys Golf
Team consisted of Coden Chykerda, Lane Morin, Joey
Morin and Joel Kellogg. The team won the school's first
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How to Observe Thanksgiving
Junior Girls’ Volleyball
Count your blessings instead of your crosses;
Congratulations to the following girls who made the Jr. Count your gains instead of your losses.
Girls‟ Volleyball Team: Renee Ouellet, Natasha Gracie, Count your joys instead of your woes;
Courtney O‟Brien, Taylor Kalbfleisch, Kylee Count your friends instead of your foes.
Dziwenko, Naomi Ghostkeeper, Jessica Hillis, Clarise Count your smiles instead of your tears;
Bouwman, and Jensen Barss. Count you courage instead of your fears.
We've lost our first two games Vs St Mary's and Count your full years instead of your lean;
Madonna BUT! We have improved immensely, as we Count your kind deeds instead of your mean.
have 4 players who haven't played before! Skill level Count your health instead of your wealth;
just keeps rising! We are looking forward to having a
Count on God instead of yourself.
fun and competitive season. We play Holy Spirit at
Home on Tuesday October 11 at 4pm, and Jean Vanier
at home on the Tuesday the 25th at 4pm. Happy Thanksgiving from the Staff at JP II.
Coach: Ms. Zwicker, Assistants: Alicia O‟Brien,
Samantha Easton, Brittany Dubuc