French 30 - Travel and Tourism Project

Late in Semester One, the French 30 class did a Travel and Tourism project where they had to research a Francophone country in the world and create a Travel Brochure, Bumper Sticker, Poster find a song from the country. The most exciting part of the project is that they had to find a recipe that originated in the country and make the food item to share with the class. This year the following countries were represented: Togo (Austin), Switzerland (Marti), Congo (Chandler), France (Matt), Luxembourg (Raylene), Morocco (Kaitlyn), Chad (Kenny), St. Martin (Harleigh), Louisiana (Will), Belguim (Spencer).

If you are in the school, come check out the bulletin board by the French Room and check out the projects. They did some great work!

The following food was brought in:

Les Cakes (biscuits) (Chad) - no picture

Les Poulets Frits (Louisiana) - no picture

Apple Clafoutis (Togo)

 Homemade Swiss Hot Chocolate (Switzerland)

Fufu and Peanut Soup (Congo)

Croissants (France)

Walnut Cookies (Morocco)

Pasta (Luxembourg)

Butter Cookies (St. Martin)

Genius Hour - What's Your Passion?

Ms. Moir's grade 7 ELA classes are beginning their Genius Hour journey this week! Check out her blog for more information, videos, and insight into what Genius Hour is all about!

http://stacymoirkhs.blogspot.ca/2015/02/genius-hour-whats-your-passion.html 

Winter Walk Day!

On February 4, the entire school went for a walk around the community to enjoy the beautiful, but frosty, winter weather and each other’s company.  There were prizes handed out along the way and we were grateful for hot chocolate upon our return!  Thanks to the community members who walked with us!

Collaboration...oh the possibilities!

When you hear the word COLLABORATION, what comes to mind? To me it means working together to find a solution to a problem while having the ability to bounce your ideas off of others to come up with the best possible solution! We have been working on this in Social Studies at Kitscoty High School. Students have had daily access to Chromebook computers and using technology, collaboration and teacher guidance students are continually asked questions in which they need to collaborate to find solutions. By allowing students the liberty to work with each other using Google Docs, which are editable from multiple computers by different users at the same time, by having access to Google hangouts which is a live chat amongst classmates and teachers, accessible from home around the clock and by using Google Classroom which is an online classroom where students can access all notes, assignments and projects in one place anywhere in the world, collaboration has become so easy. But it really is more than that. Collaboration is the way of the future. In a world where we can "Google" pretty much anything we need to know, collaboration allows us to dig deeper, to problem solve and to come to conclusions by hearing many perspectives and challenging those perspectives. Collaboration teaches us not what to think, but how to think. It allows the varying talents of each member in the group to be showcased, and that, to me, is what education is all about! - Mrs. Harty-Blank

Here is some recent collaborative work done by Grade 9B: Social 9B Youth Criminal Justice Act Videos


"As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other people's ideas are often better than your own. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life." ~Amy Poehler

This is Emma's Google document, but in live time,
 you can see Caroline editing in blue from her computer and
Bailey editing in pink from her computer.

Good eats and sweet treats...Foods 10 dress to impress!

Over the course of Semester 1, Foods Studies 10 students have been preparing many great meals and hosting events. They have been responsible for preparing the food for our daily hot lunches in our servery and have learned techniques that will hopefully stick with the as they head toward independence. Last week, as the course wrapped up they were responsible for hosting two Heritage meals which featured menus reflecting the cultural backgrounds of group members. They were also challenged to a "Black Box Challenge" in which they were put in groups and had to use mystery ingredients to create tasty and well presented main dishes in the 50 minute time allotted. The judges had a very tough decision as the outcome was phenomenal. Great work this semester Foods 10 students!  

KHS's senior high students finished semester one classes January 22nd and they are now writing final exams.  All junior high students are continuing with regularly scheduled classes; writing midterm exams during class time.  

Remember junior high students, if you were away from class during a scheduled midterm you need to be at school on January 29th to write; please make arrangements with your teacher!  Let's start semester two all caught up on our school work!

In our gym during noon hours we run intramurals for all our students.  The senior highs just finished belly baseball.  The junior highs will be finishing round robin play next week!  All students are continued to be encouraged to sign up to PLAY at noon hours!  Starting in February will be floor hockey!  Lots of opportunities for our students to play and be active!  

If any KHS student is looking for more reasons to get moving then look no farther than our Fit Centre.  We have excellent equipment and many knowledgeable staff members who would love to help all students get started on a personal fitness plan! The Fit Centre is open in the mornings, noon hour and after school; all you need is a water bottle, inside gym shoes and proper gym change!  

KHS heads to TABLE MOUNTAIN!

A day on the ski hill...

Each year KHS attends a School Ski Trip to Table Mountain for a day of skiing or snowboarding.
We will be hitting the hill on March 18th, 2015.  All students are strongly encouraged to attend this field trip.  Whether you are an experienced snow bunny, or just wanting to learn, there is an opportunity for everyone to enjoy their time!  Rentals are available for those that do not have their own equipment.

A newsletter will be sent out later this week with all students.  Included in that letter are more details about the trip, payment forms, and Waiver Forms.

Come out and enjoy a day on the hill with friends of KHS!

 

                  

DRAMA AT KITSCOTY HIGH SCHOOL

Kitscoty High School Christmas Drama Another Success

         Sharlie Sjoquist, entertaining us with her amazing talent   

Our 2014 Christmas play has come and gone in the most successful way! The students performed The One and Only Santa Claus three times: for the Elementary Division II students, for the public, and for our school and seniors after Christmas dinner.  Ms Paull, the director, is SO VERY PROUD of how her students rose up to the challenge, despite our battle against the flu! Here are just a few of the many pictures.

                                                               
Drama Students Semester One 2014

Kyran Heinitz,  Elsie Patterson,  Cassidy Cutler, Tailynn Franson, Vanson Hamel, Morgen Gundersen, Emily Lampitt,  Kat Riley, Chandler Bossaer, Alex Russell,  Brooke Zadorozny,  Cassie Posein, Janelle Frank, Chris Delisle, Katie Frank,  Melissa Smart, Savannah Davidsen, Raven Curtis, Haileigh Smith, Kaitlyn Delisle, DJ Braun, Baden Conor, Spencer Budden, Shaelynn Tabish, Lauren Nichols

Santa's Elves

       

  

Yul Tide, looking for The One and Only Santa Claus

A very proud and happy cast...ready for next semester!

Christmas at Kitscoty High

                    CHRISTMAS AT KITSCOTY HIGH
The teachers were challenged to decorate their classroom doors for Christmas...Challenge Accepted! The school is looking mighty Christmasy, don't you think?






The "Oh Deer" door was the winner of the door decorating voting, but we think all doors are pretty awesome! 
                                  Merry Christmas from all of us to all of you!

Jr Boys Basketball take the silver!

In their first tourney of the year, the junior boys basketball team won the silver medal. The tournament took place at St. Jerome's School in Vermilion. Our Cavaliers beat St. Jerome's in the first game and then defeated Marwayne in the second game.

They met up with a tough St. Paul team in the finals and were down 30-19 at the half after a slow second quarter. The boys rallied in the third quarter with three 3-pointers in a row by Michael Antonio to close the gap to within 2 points. The teams battled back and forth and the Cavs were down by 3 with less than a minute to go. With chances to tie, the Junior Cavaliers just couldn't get the ball to drop before the clock ran out. After showing a no-quit, well fought performance, the Cavaliers proudly wore their silver medals, knowing that it was a great showing early on in the season.

La Fête de la Sainte-Catherine at KHS

In French 8 on December 8, we planned on celebrating The Feast of Saint Catherine by pulling molasses taffy. This was the end of our mini-unit of La Fête de la Sainte-Catherine. Unfortunately, the recipe decided to be Brittle instead of taffy, so we got to try molasses candy instead.

TERRY FOX RUN

KHS again participated in the annual Terry Fox run. This was our 31st year of doing so. We wore red in support of cancer research. Mrs. Stockman welcomed, thanked and congratulated all participants and Hunter led us in a reflection about Terry Fox.

After collecting pledges, we are happy to report that we have donated to the Terry Fox Foundation over $5000.00!!

On September 18th, we welcomed former WWE wrestling champion Marc Mero and his Mero's Heroes to our school to deliver a powerful message about the power of positive choices.

The message was very impactful and took us from laughter, to tears, to deep critical thinking as we
listened to Marc's story of success, failure, persistence, choices and "dreaming big".