Catapulting science and marshmallows to new heights in grade 8!

As an inquiry project in Mrs. Cey's grade 8 science class, students were challenged to design and construct a catapult that would launch a marshmallow the furthest. Some tof the limitations were: it had to fit through a classroom door, it would launch a marshmallow a minimum of 20 feet, and the device had to be constructed with safety in mind. After much design, redesign, trial and error, the students excelled at this project! Some future engineers perhaps?!

In their self reflections, students could describe design and construction modifications they would make if they did the project again. They learned about trajectory, equal and opposite reactions, and other physics principles. Moreover, they accomplished this challenging hands-on task with smiles on their faces! 

CTS Digital Media creation

Students in Mrs. Stromberg's digital media class are learning to use the Stykz program. This particular video, created by grade 11 student Will F., has 3906 frames at 20 frames per second and took about 12 hours of class time. That is patience and talent!
 

Kitscoty 500 car race in Mr. Lee's grade science 7 classes.

Once again Mr. Lee has the great Formula 500 Kitscoty Car race in his grade 7 science classes. Each student designed and built a car to be run in the distance race. It was amazing to see the creative and imaginative designs produced by the students. Simply give them a challenge and the opportunity...
 

Biology 30 Hands on DNA!

Late last week, the grade 12 students in our Biology 30 class were learning about DNA replication and Okazaki fragments. They built DNA models first so as to have a better understanding of the structure and shape of the molecule.

 

 

These DNA models were built with jujubes, fuzzy peaches, cherry nibs and toothpicks - now doesn't that make Okazaki fragments much more palatable? Yummy, hands-on science!

Kitscoty Drama Presents: Attack of the Zombies!

They’re coming...

Kitscoty Drama & Arts Night

June 4th and 5th

Kitscoty Community Hall

Doors Open: 6:30  Play Starts: 7:00

Tickets: $8.00

Snacks are being sold by the Home Ec class.

Featuring local Art and displays by the Industrial Ed, Robotics and Photography classes, as well as music by the school band before, during and after the performance.

Don’t forget to check out the bake sale!

Tickets at the Kitscoty Hall on the night of each performance

We Hope To See You There!

© Produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Services Inc., Englewood, Colorado

Amazing artists show their talent at the Mental Health Art Gala

Three Kitscoty High School students entered artwork in the 2nd Annual Mental Health Art Contest this year. In a total of 174 entries, all three Kitscoty students placed in the top ten of their category. Shaelynn Tabish, grade eight, placed fourth in the grade 7-9 category. Erin Prodgers, grade twelve, placed in the top ten in the grade 10-12 category. Sharlie Sjoquist, grade eleven, placed first in the grade 10-12 category and was described as the ‘top winner of the whole contest’ for this accomplishment. She won a prize of $300.00 for her picture. 

All three girls attended the Art Gala on May 7th in Vermilion to see the results and take part in activities to celebrate mental wellness.

The pictures are now owned by VIBE and any in the top five of a category will be part of an auction in the near future to raise money for this non-profit organization.  Kitscoty High School is very proud of these girls! We look forward to supporting VIBE and mental wellness with more entries in the future.

Canadians Womens Hockey

Kennedy King's grade 7 class was given an assignment to learn more about something they’re interested in or passionate about. The class was given 80 minutes every Monday for 8 weeks to work on their projects. Every topic varied; from the Mars One mission to how the human eye works to explaining the cow's digestive system.

As part of her Genius Hour project, Kennedy King chose to learn more about women's history in hockey and invited Loretta Normandeau, hockey administrator and Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame inductee, to speak to the students about her involvement in women's hockey over the course of the years. Loretta has been a hockey administrator for 25 years and helped jumpstart women's hockey in Alberta. She has coached many recognizable names, including Hayley Wickenheiser, two-time Olympic gold medal winner. 

Loretta spoke to the student body on May 5th, at an assembly in the gym, where she shared her magnificent story. Check out our story on NewCap news:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6PHWoFAdzc

Awards Assembly

On Monday, May 5th, we held an Awards Assembly to celebrate the successes of our 3rd report card period. Look at all of our Honor Roll recipients! Plus we had many students with 75-80% achievement who made our Honorable Mentions list. So proud of our students!

Get MAD (music/art/drama) at KHS

Kitscoty High School hosted the annual Get MAD (Music/Art/Drama) BTPS Fine Arts Showcase. 

It was a chance to show off some of the awesome talent found in Buffalo Trail.  The music portion of the night consisted of a combined Jr Honour Band from KHS, WHS, Irma, and Provost performing Jus’ Plain Blues, Shenandoah, Cossack Dance, and Encore!; a performance of Katie Perry’s ROAR by the KES choir; and a combined Sr Honour Band performing Gimme Some Lovin’, The Forge of Vulcan, Hey Soul Sister, and The Final Countdown.  

The walls were covered with phenomenal artwork from Wainwright, Marwayne, and JR Robson High Schools; and drama was represented by some improv from Dr. Folkins Community School, a monologue by Savannah Davidsen from KHS, and a short comedy skit from Irma School.  It was a night of many smiles and much laughter.  Next year will be even better!  

Egg Drop in Mr. Lee's Grade 7 science class.

Here is what Mr. Lee had to say about this fun scientific project.

The Grade 7 Science class competed in their annual Egg Drop competition on April 17. Each student had to create a container that could be no larger than 15 cm x 15 cm x 15 cm and into that container they placed an egg. The containers were then released from a relatively constant height and the students eager  checked to see if their eggs survived the fall or not. It was interesting to see the variety of designs that were employed to protect those precious eggs.

In the end the two winners were (these were the containers that were the lightest and still protected their egg passengers):

                7A:         Griffin Green

                7B:          Kristen Peever.

Congratulations to all the Grade 7 participants on their ingenuity, their enthusiasm and their use of scientific principles.

Great Season for Boys Basketball!

The Junior Boys Basketball team wrapped up their successful season with a pizza party and a parents vs. kids game. The boys won the Marwayne tournament, the Highway 16 Championship banner, and the BTPS championship banner this season.

Students vs. Parents Basketball game

"Genius Hour" is now in Miss. Moir's Room

We have amazing Teachers who are always ready to take the next step to help children learn. Our Teachers are continually learning new techniques in order to allow kids to explore their own creativity. Ms. Moir has begun to have "Genius Hour" in her classroom. This is what she wrote about this amazing project:

“Genius Hour”. It was developed to allow kids to research and learn about things that they have always been interested in but never given time to learn about.

 "Genius Hour will consist of one 80-minute class once a week for 7 weeks. During that time the students will research the topic of their choice and come up with a way to present the information they found in any way they wish. Some students may want to make posters, some may want to make replicas, or some may even want to try a science experiment – whatever they wish! Giving the kids 80 minutes to work on something they’re passionate about will be well worth it in my opinion! Students will also have to write in their “progress journal” as they work their way through the assignment to remind them of what has worked and what hasn’t worked for them, or in which areas they’re accelerating or not."

View our successes at: KHS Genius Hour video
View Ms. Moir's classroom blog at:stacymoirkhs.edublogs.org

So much amazing support for Autism Awareness!

Staff and students at Kitscoty High School dressed in blue for Autism Awareness Day on April 2, 2014. Pictured here are over 85 of those people who stopped for a picture to show our sea of blue.

What is Light It Up Blue? Light It Up Blue (LIUB) is a unique global initiative to help raise awareness about the growing public health concern that is autism. Light it Up Blue was launched by Autism Speaks in 2010 in support of World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD), which takes place on April 2. Iconic landmarks around the world Light It Up Blue in celebration of World Autism Awareness Day to show their support! In 2012, Autism Speaks Light It Up Blue campaign continued to raise awareness worldwide. Nearly 3000 structures in over 600 cities, 45 countries and on 6 continents illuminated in blue to shine a bright light on autism. What is World Autism Awareness Day? In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly declared April 2 as World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) with the goal of bringing the world’s attention to autism, a pervasive disorder that affects tens of millions globally. WAAD shines a bright light on autism as a growing global health concern. WAAD activities help to increase and develop world knowledge of autism and impart information regarding the importance of early diagnosis and early intervention. Support continues throughout the month of April in much of the world as it is also considered Autism Awareness Month. On October 23, 2012, a World Autism Awareness Day bill was passed by members of the House of Commons in Canada. Bill S-206 officially recognizes April 2 as World Autism Awareness Day in Canada. Liberal Senator Jim Munson remarked that “the passing of this bill demonstrates that Canadian lawmakers care about autism and autism awareness.

Jamie Fisher from MADD Canada presented the video SMASHED.

MADD Canada "Smashed!" presentation

All KHS students and staff attended this gripping video presentation.

Our KHS leadership crew with Jamie Fisher following the presentation.

From MADD Canada:

The statistics for motor vehicle crashes and impairment-related crashes among young drivers are alarming.

• Young people have the highest rates of traffic death and injury per capita among all age groups and the highest death rate per kilometre driven among all drivers under 75 years of age. More 19-year-olds die or are seriously injured than any other age group.
• Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among 15 to 25 year olds, and alcohol is a factor in 50% of those crashes.
• 16-25 year olds constituted 13.7% of the population in 2009, but made up almost 31.1 % of the alcohol-related traffic deaths.
• http://www.madd.ca/madd2/ 
• Link to SMASHED video:    http://www.madd.ca/madd2/en/services/youth_services_school_smashed.html 

During the month of March Foods 20/30 has been learning how to create a business. Janet Paul of the Regional Business accelerator presented to our class, followed by local business owners who provided the class with real world examples and inspiration. Rhonda Headon of The Cheesiry, Amanda Amundrud of the Root: Community Emporium and Trisha Le of The East Market Noodle House left us feeling inspired and driven to try our hand at a Food Business venture. Students of Mrs Harty-Blank's  were divided into 6 groups and created a small food business.

 On March 26 and 27 they sold a sampling of their products at lunch and on april 2 they will be presenting their small business ideas in " The Den" to a panel of d"Dragons". We are pleased to have Mr. Sherbinin, Mr. Venance, Janet Paul and Lloydminster's deputy-mayor Chris Mcquid come in to offer feedback on the business proposals. " Chose a job that you like, and you'll never have to work again!"

Table Mountain ski trip!

Our annual ski trip to Table Mountain was a huge success! All students, staff and volunteer chaperones had a great time and returned with NO injuries...yay!

Thank you to Ms. Schesnuk for organizing the day!

Welcome the the Cavaliers Connected blog

Hello from Kitscoty High School. In an attempt to communicate all the positive things that are happening in our school, we have developed this blog which we intend to update frequently.

Here you will find news about upcoming events, see pictures, videos and slideshows of things that have occurred and read articles about the happenings in classes.