Prom 2015 a Success

The 2015 CSS Prom was held at the Sunshine Coast Golf & Country Club, Saturday evening. The weather was fantastic and overall the Prom went very well.

Thanks to Mr. Weatherston for being the MC. Thanks also to Mr. Biel for his speech and Ms. John son for putting together the 2015 Grad Slideshow---this will be played again at the Graduation Ceremony.

Thanks also to Toni & Dan Morris and Lennea & Cyril Perpet for their leadership, dedication and  heavy lifting involved in this year's Prom. Well done and a sincere thank you from all of us!

CSS Foyer Festival of the Arts a Success

 Some great sketches of our live models. Thanks to our staff and students for your participation. You all displayed your talents.

 Friday we concluded with some students sharing their musical talents utilizing our grand piano. This was fantastic! 

 Some Slam Poetry presented was exceptional. Some of our students will be performing their works at "The Spoken Word" next Thursday and Friday, at Rockwood.

 We also had some of Ms. Marsh's Textiles students sharing their work. The models did a great job displaying this.

Thanks again to Ms. Charters, Ms. Beardsworth and Mr. Millican for spearheading this week of arts excellence! Bravo.

Live Models

As part of our week long CSS Foyer Festival of the Arts, we had staff members serve as models while students drew. These drawings are now posted in the foyer.

CSS Foyer Festival of the Arts

 Today's Chatelech Foyer Festival of the Arts was outstanding. There were poems and prose, along with art projects and vocal and instrumental artists performing. Thank you to all students and staff for participating. It seems like the start of a new tradition at Chatelech! Well done.

Planning 10 Careers Day

We had Planning 10 Careers Day, set up by Mr. Murphy. Thank you to all of our community partners for supporting our students with this meaningful activity.

Rugby Boys @ Pender & Manhunt

 Mr. Scarr forwarded this picture of his rugby boys who were getting away from the lightening in Pender Harbour last week. From all I heard the boys really enjoyed playing in the rain!

Manhunt is a fun activity played in some of our Grade 8 and 9 PE classes.  These two young ladies were dressed in Manhunt garb prior to their game.  It looks like they are having some fun!

CSS Grad Speaks at Scholarship & Bursary Tea

2014 CSS graduate, Oonagh Fogarty, who has just completed her first year of university at UBC, spoke at our recent Scholarship & Bursary Tea.

This annual event is an excellent opportunity to thank our donors for all of the financial support that they provide to our students. Thank you to all the donors, our students who greeted and served, and to our staff members who attended.

CSS Science Students at PNE

 Our leaders….. they took our Grade 10 Science students to the PNE…..Action shots to follow. It looks like they had a great day!

Jackson Katz at Chatelech Secondary

http://www.jacksonkatz.com/video2.html

Dr. Jackson Katz is an educator, author, filmmaker and social theorist who has long been recognized as one of America's leading anti-sexist male activists. He brought his message of the Bystander Approach which addresses the peer culture around norms around domestic and sexual violence. He challenged the audience to raise the bar and feels that we need to refuse to be silent when things are being said or inappropriate actions are seen.  He is working with a community group to develop a mentoring program to address this important societal issue.

To find out more click on the link above.

Grade 7 Transition Meetings Today

Today, Grade 8-10 Counselor, Wendy Charters and I went to four elementary schools for transition meetings with grade 7 students who plan on attending Chatelech SS in the fall. We brought along some of our Grade 8 students to provide some insight for the students. 

Overall the visits went well from our first stop at Ecole de Pacific, followed by Halfmoon Bay Elementary, West Sechelt Elementary and lastly Roberts Creek Elementary.

Thanks to our Grade 8 students for sharing their expertise.

Grade 10 Art

Ms. Beardsworth's Art 10 students are doing some fantastic work , as can be seen in the pictures above. Bravo!

Herb Garden Start

Our District Life Skills students have been working on starting their herb garden. They have an excellent start.... well done!

Making Chocolates in Foods 9

Ms. Sutherland's Grade 9 Foods students were making chocolates when I stopped by her class yesterday. It may be a Mother's Day surprise.....!

Ms. Kelly's Senior Art Classes-- Some Exceptional Work!

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Fantastico!!! Bravo!