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Laurentian Regional High School
448 Argenteuil Avenue, Lachute, QC J8H 1W9
Telephone: 450-562-8571; Fax: 450-562-5494
Principal: Josée Côté; Vice-Principal: Nadia Anwar
LRHS Sports Awards 2010
Thursday, May 20th—3:30-5:30 in the North Cafeteria
All players who have played on an LRHS
Sports team this year are invited to attend this special event to celebrate the
athletic performances of LRHS sports
teams and to recognize students who
have stood out on their teams.
Awards
3 Music Concert
Dates:
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the choir are per-
Most Valuable Players
forming—7:00 p.m.
Salle Naya
Most Dedicated Players
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levels 4 and 5—7:00
Athlete of the Year Awards
p.m. Salle Naya
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Junior Soccer
Cross Country/Track Running
Indoor Soccer
Basketball
Drinks and snacks will be provided during the
event. Invitations will be sent to LRHS athletes
during the week of May 10th. Students who are
invited will have to confirm their presence by
Friday, May 14th by returning the invitation
slip to the office. Students will have to sign up
for late day buses in order to stay for the event.
Hockey
Rugby
Tuesday, June 8th:
Pop Music Concert,
level 3—7:00 p.m.
Salle Naya
The cost is $5 for adults,
$10 for a family pass,
students are free.
The concert on June 8th
is free for everyone.
For any further questions, please contact
Melanie Demers at 450-562-8571 extension
8438.
PPO Members Needed
The LRHS Parents Participation
Organization are
looking for volunteers. If you are
interested in becoming a member
of
our
PPO,
please
contact
Tuesday, June 1st:
Pop Music Concert,
Stafechuck-Young Memorial Trophy
Teams
Monday, May 31st:
levels 1, 2, 5, and
Most Improved Players
McMullet and McMullen Awards
May 11, 2010
Volume 10, Issue 7
Exam Schedule
Josée Côté at 450562-8571
(ext.
8410).
Thank you.
The May/June 2010 Exam
Schedule was distributed to
students last week. The last
day of classes is June 11th.
Students presence is mandatory
for all exams. Students who
miss exams must have a doctor’s certificate excusing
their absences.
The Science department is
looking for a donation of a
second hand fridge.
Please call Elizabeth Contarini at 450-562-8571, ext.
8446.
A big thank you in advance
from all of us!
The Equestrian Club 2009-2010
ties. We look forward to having this
club again next year and we welcome
new members to join us. Remember,
the only prerequisite is the love of
horses.
Michelle Imbeault
Myriam Laurin
Charlotte Matthews
Katharine Morrill
Mrs. Silverson & Ms. Hender
(Equestrian Club coordinators)
Our members included:
Audréanne Bigras
Although this group was small in number
compared to previous years, they sure did
make up for it with spirit and enthusiasm.
This year we had several events including
trail rides, a tour of the new large animal
hospital in Lachute, a visit to the RCMP
stables in Ottawa, and lunch time activi-
Sarah Boudreault
Shawna Charlebois
Nathan Della Porta
Kytanya Di Lillo
Malika Durand
Community Learning Centre Food Drive
Here’s a quick quiz: At what time of the
year do you think food banks are in most
need of donations?
A: Like most people, you probably answered wintertime, or possibly around
the holidays. In fact, food banks supplies
are often at their lowest in the spring!
Over the next two weeks, between Monday, May 10th and Thursday, May
20th, the CLC will be sponsoring a food
drive to support the Centre d’Entraide
d’Argenteuil, an organization that helps
provide food to families throughout the
MRC d’Argenteuil.
The collection point will be the main
office. Students and staff are asked to
drop off their donations in the morning
before first period.
But wait, there’s more!
Please help us raise much needed supplies for an organization that helps
many families in our area.
If you have any questions, please contact Tim Foreman at (450) 562-8571,
ext. 8449.
Everyone who donates three or more
items will receive a reusable shopping
bag courtesy of Projet éco école and
Sheldon Segal Productions ©. These
will be collectors’ items so act fast!
(Well maybe not collectors’ items, but
they are really handy!)
Basketball
Junior Boys Team A
Junior Girls Team AA
Senior Girls B
Senior Boys B
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Won their division
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Won their division
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Won their Regionals &
Tournaments
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Won a Silver in the
Regionals
Great effort. Thanks to
the coach and players.
Finished in first place in
their division.
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Won Silver in Regionals
Congratulations to players
and coaches for a superb season.
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Awesome year! Congrats
to all!
New team. New coach.
Great year!
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Rugby
It has been a progressive season for
the Laurentian Regional Rugby program. By utilizing our introductory fall
sessions over the past 2 years, we
have been able to develop more seasoned, more experienced, and much
more physical squads that compete
at a much higher level than most
three year old rugby squads. Our end
goal is to build, and sustain, a competitive and progressive community
program the Lower Laurentians can
be proud of.
We know, as a team of players and
coaches, that we have a lot of work
to do before we can take on more
experienced programs such as Chateauguay Valley Regional High
School in Ormstown, Quebec. To do
this we have created a localized plan
to be introduced in the Fall of the
2010–2011 school year.
To highlight the end of the season we
have an opportunity to play a skilled
team from B.C. and another from Ontario. We will make the third provincial representative, finishing off the
first tri-provincial tournament in the
area. It will take place in Vankleek
Hill on June 9th with LRHS representing Quebec, Vankleek Hill representing Ontario, and the Kamloops Raiders Rugby Club representing British
Columbia. Moreover a year end
rugby tour has been organized from
June 27th to the 30th in Sarnia, Ontario. The Sarnia Saints Rugby Club
has offered to billet our players for
three nights as well as organize a
day outing to Grand Bend, Ontario,
and the Sarnia Blue Water Park. It
will be a cultural experience as well
as a rugby one.
To date, we have 40 boys playing on
our First Team (A Side), and Development Team (B Side). This challenges the players to compete for
positions, bringing out their personal
bests. Our girl’s team has struggled
with numbers, but has shown strong
commitment to play on game days.
With 17 players on the roster, we
have put together a solid 15, but
this leaves little room for any
substitutions or and/or injuries.
Recently we have added twelve
secondary 2 boys to the program. They have been participating in a very successful Bantam
basketball program here at
LRHS and we are happy that
they have concluded that rugby
was worth a try early in their high
school career.
We are very
pleased with
where
we
are at the
moment, but
we always
must keep in
mind that the
level
of
rugby
in
Canada
is
going to increase dramatically
over the next
few years. Being a new Olympic
sport, with the ever rising costs of
traditional North American sports,
and the explosion of rugby in Asia, it
will only be time before it will be
uniquely embraced by the main
stream. The opportunity is ripe for
getting on board early.
derstand and administer in the high
school setting. We are in the planning
stages to host a mini coaching clinic
at LRHS in the next school year to
help our elementary teachers learn
the basics and instill some standards
early in their development as well as
keeping the sport fun. Many of our
Sec. 5 graduating players have expressed that they wished they had
tried rugby much more sooner than
Sec 4. Many have chosen to go on to
play at CEGEP or join a club side
such as the Laval Nomads Rugby
Club, the Town of Mount Royal
(TMR) Rugby Club, or the Mont
Tremblant R.F.C. Lachute would
boast well if we could produce such
organizations.
This is a life long sport that can open
doors to international experiences
and travels as well as friendships.
The team would like to thank parents
who have given time, money, or both,
in order to provide better equipment
and clean uniforms for our home and
away games. Carolynn Williams,
Carolyn MacIntyre, The MacKiddie
Family, and the Lachute Protestant
Cemetery Volunteer Committee have
shown their commitment to the team,
and this community's youth.
Lastly, we would like to thank the students, administration, support staff,
and the teachers for the support of
the program. A new feel has taken
hold in the school over the last few
months....and it feels good!
Best Regards,
Ken Gordon, Andy Stewart and
Bernie McMullen
What we need most is a feeder
school program from our elementary
schools and sponsors. By doing so,
we can provide the basic fundamentals making the game easier to un-
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2009-2010 3rd Term Honour Roll (January 21st-April 1st, 2010)
Secondary I
Morrill, Katharine
Carpenter, Breanna
Campeau, Sydney
Lebrun, Tristan
Mongrain-McNally, Azalée
Barnes, Connar
Brassard, Mélodie
Nowostawsky, Cody
Comeau, Lee Ann
Druce, Tyler
Forcillo-Pilon, Bianca
Kocsis, Magalye
Colizza, Laurent
Debkoski, Kathy
Pleszkewycz, Natasha
Robati, Rachel
Blackburn, Emma
Corbeil, Andréanne
Courte, Jonathan
McCullough, Jayde
Mongeau, James
Bertrand, Nicolas
Coulter, Mariann
Durand, Miguel
Ferrié, Sabrina
Guay, Amy
Kubeck-Berniquer, Mathew
Levert, Samuel
Pilon, Geneviève
Posch, Noah
Provencal, Emma
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Secondary II
Henry, Kayla
Le Gallee, Marissa
Riedel, Donna
Richard, Katherine
Riddell, Amanda
Riendeau, Maxime
Hellstrom, Quinton
Jensen, Bianca
Martellino, Sabrina
Vaillancourt, Megan
Boudreault, Sarah
Charlebois, Jason
Drouin, Maxime
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Secondary II
Allen, John
Corlett, Jennifer
Donoghue, Sophie
Jerebic, Shania-Marie
Ness, Jamie Maree
Boisvert, Kassandra
Bouchard, James
Corlett, Jessica
Doyon, Mattea
Mance, Sarah
McAndrew, Liam
Neill, Carl
Mawdryk, Andrew
Roche, Randi
Kires, Marika
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Secondary III
Corbeil, Alexandra
Lizotte, Estelle
Ross, Sydney
Turchetto-Turanova, Désirée
Boulanger, Jennifer
Danis, Kyana
Henry, Jodee
Orlando, Holly
Averill-Monette, Véronique
Black, Sarah
Marsolais, Cassandra
Osborne-Laroche, Chelsea
Santin, David
Honegger, Christy
Lepage, Arya
Strasser Shostak, Tanya
Comeau, Elisa
Gaboury, Catherine
Lalonde, Marc-Antoine
Lauzon-Tavares, Kiara
Blackburn, Rebecca
Clark, Benjamin
Urquhart, Alexander
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Secondary IV
Lizotte, Florence
Meunier Orenbach, Tessie
Xu, Yue
Chuprun, Elizabeth
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2009-2010 3rd Term Honour Roll
(January 21st-April 1st)
Secondary IV
Meredith, Jordan
Midea, Alexandre
Ross, Spencer
Taylor, Lindsay
Lizotte, Alexandre
Bouchard, Sarah
Dell, Brooke
Desjardins, Travis
McCart, Vanessa
Truttmann, Natasha
Beaven, Chelsey
Carpenter, Michaela
Charron, Jason
Lepage, Daisy
Raeburn-Madden, Mackenzie
Shephard, Kitty
Vaillancourt, Nicholas
Vallée, Alexandre
Guay, Tracy
Moran, Alexandra
Mount, Steven
Watier, Molly
Clark, Emily
Guay, Shany
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Secondary V
Godin, Gabrielle
Joly, Steve
Taylor, Nikola
Turcotte, Bianca
Doyle-Pesant, Melanie
Pagé, Milovy
Bennett, Bailey
Black, Kelsey
Dufour, Sacha
Gascon, Estelle
Brown, Olivia
Hussey, Francesca
Shewchuck, Brandon
Tourangeau, Erica
Antioco-Ridgway, Michael
Gutierrez, Camille
Sigouin, Christopher
Godbout, Patricia
Bertrand, Rebecca
Biggs, Brandon
Delorme-Barbeau, Philippe
Joly, Philip
Stewart, Catherine
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Secondary V
Beaulieu, Marie-Ève
Beaven, Emily
Blais, Mélanie
Buschbeck, Leonie
Crooks, Taylor
Dreihaupl, Emily
Hribar, Lena
Richard, Jérémie
Theodoro Gasparini, Tatiana
Druce, Kaylee
Johnson, Chelsey
Roussin Durand, Laura
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The Honour Roll students were invited to a “tea”
in the courtyard as a special recognition.
A Special Invitation Celebrate International Biodiversity Day Saturday May 22nd 2010 at Arundel Nature and Science Centre What is biodiversity? What is a BioBlitz? Biodiversity refers to the incredible number of plants and animals around us. Just step out into your own backyard, or a local park or green space, and you will see firsthand how many different types of wild neighbours share your local environment! 2010 has been designated International Year of Biodiversity. To celebrate, Arundel Nature and Science Centre has partnered up with the Robert Bateman «Get to Know» Foundation. Together we are planning a fun re‐imagination of the traditional BioBlitz with small, kid‐friendly BioBlitzes. The «Get to Know» BioBlitzes will be more than just finding and identifying species – they will be a true celebration of the diversity of life, with fun events that will get kids interested in plants and animals around them. Kids will join Arundel Nature and Science Centre staff, biologists and naturalists as they learn the names of plants and animals around them and take part in the unique activities organized at our location. This family day will invite kids and their parents to get a chance to try their hand at environmental awareness activities such as nature walks and pond exploration, scientific species identification and classification, photography, wildlife sketching and writing workshops. The goal of the «Get to Know» BioBlitzes will be to nurture a deeper interest in youth about biodiversity through hands‐
on learning and exploration. Above all, the BioBlitz will be a fun way for young people and their parents to get outdoors, get active, and "get to know." Date: Location: Saturday May 22nd 2010 International Day for biodiversity Arundel Nature and Science Center (meeting at the science centre, not the main area) 96, Crystal Falls Arundel, Québec J0T 1A0 10am until 2pm (we will leave at 10h15 to go into the forest for the day) Time: What to bring: Kids are encouraged to bring a camera, a notebook and pencils, & any other equipment they might have (e.g. binoculars, species guide book, etc.) as well as a proper clothing, a water bottle & disposable lunch. LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE – RESERVATION REQUIRED – FAMILY DAY: PARENTAL TRANSPORTATION AND PARTICIPATION Call: Educational Services (450) 621‐5600 Ext 1328 (Felicia Piccolo) Anne‐Isabelle Cuvillier (450) 822‐3444 for more information Activities’ Schedule Time 10h00 10h15 11h00 12h00 13h00 14h00 14h30 15h00 16h00 •
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Activity details Arrival of participants, welcome message and debriefing («The how to») Departure for River Trail – Nature walk, stories and observations Explanation of stations and first rotation • Pond habitat exploration and discovery • Forest habitat exploration and discovery • Photography, videography and art exploration and discovery • Creative writing exploration and discovery As kids are done habitat exploration and sampling, they move to the art and writing stations (Get to Know Contest) Picnic Lunch Explanation of stations and second rotation • Pond habitat exploration and discovery (Sabrina Dussault) • Forest habitat exploration and discovery (Kyle Girard) • Photography, videography, mapping, art exploration, solo and discovery (Anne‐I Cuvillier) • Creative writing exploration and discovery (Christel de Vries) As kids are done habitat exploration and sampling, they move to the art and writing stations (Get to Know Contest) Tree planting Return to Science Centre Washroom – Snack break Species classification activity in the science centre Debriefing and discussion Departure Generate our own Species lists: Youth will make a list of the species they find according to taxonomy. Fun, engaging Get to Know species list sheets (with helpful instructions and tips for locating species) will be made available to youth online (Kyle) Pond studies (Sabrina) Writing workshop (Christel) Mapping and comparing certain areas: Youth will draw a map of the area and label where they found each species, and/or complete Get to Know maps provided (Anne‐I) Wildlife sketching – Look See and Paint (Anne‐I) Photography: Youth will use their creative talent to photograph species of interest that they encounter during the Blitz; this will help strengthen their connection to each species observed (Anne‐I) Videography: Youth will use their technological skills to film and edit 30 second biodiversity videos of their biodiversity experience and learning (Anne‐I) Work on the contest entries: photo journal, writing, art work (Christel and Anne‐I) Specific: Tree planting Certificate of participation International BioBlitz Gallery After taking part in BioBlitz activities, participants will upload work to the Get to Know Online Biodiversity Gallery to share their knowledge with other youth across North America. The gallery represents a great way for young people to share their experiences and allow them to see how others have learned, explored, and responded to nature through Get to Know BioBlitz activities. Youth will also have the opportunity to enter their work in the 2010 Get to Know Contest.