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Software Engineering Innovate Competition 2010

Filed under: News — Administrator @ 12:53 pm

Lakehead University is holding its 2nd annual software engineering competition on March 26th. If you have a project you would like to enter please see Mr. Russo for more information.

Projects could include

Software - Video Games/Applications
Hardware - Robotics/Electrical projects

You can even enter projects that you made in Mr. Russo’s or Mr. Sacevich’s class. Cash awards of up to $400 dollars are available for this contest.

SWC Yearkbook

Filed under: News — Administrator @ 2:32 pm

HELP! We need YOU!

We have only a few people helping out with yearbook right now. so we need YOU to help us complete the pages.

It’s not hard, we just need YOUR creativity!

Most of the page components are there - photos, write ups, names - we just need YOUR computer skills to finish the job! You just need access to a computer and you’re ready to go!

If you are interested, see Mrs Daze in the Library

Erna Daze
Teacher Librarian,
Aboriginal Special Assignment Teacher,
Yearbook Advisor

Chamber of Commerce Scholarship

Filed under: News — Administrator @ 11:40 am

The Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce is offering a $500 scholarship for students from Thunder Bay who are planning to attend University or College in Thunder Bay in a business related course.

General Regulations
1. All candidates must be secondary school graduates from Thunder Bay planning to attend a a Post-Secondary Institution in Thunder Bay the following school year in a business related course.
2. Financial need is not a consideration
3. Incomplete applications will not receive consideration
4. Information will be held in the strictest confidence.
5. Applications must be received in the Chamber office by April 16th.
6. The judges will consider all applications.
7. An interview will be required for successful finalists.

Application packages should include:

Please mail or deliver to
Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce
200 S. Syndicate Avenue, Suite 102
Thunder Bay, ON P7E 1C9

For additional information, please call the Chamber office at (807)624-2626

Robotics Skills Contest

Filed under: News — Administrator @ 2:27 pm


The Robotics Club will be meeting this Monday and Thursday at Lunch in Room 111.

We will be discussing the upcoming skills contest. Come by Room 111 if you are interested in competing or taking the Gr. 10 Robotics class.

Schools @ the Centre

Filed under: News — Administrator @ 5:09 pm

A Community Conversation about the Future of Education

On Tuesday, February 16, join a cross-section of Thunder Bay community members to talk about the future of our schools. Contribute your ideas and help build a vision for public education in the 21st Century.

Hosted by People for Education, the evening is part of a provincial initiative to foster new thinking about education and about the links between schools and the broader community:
What would your ideal school look like? What would it have in it? Would it even be in a building?
How would the students learn? How would we define success?
What would be the relationship between the school and the community?

Explore these questions and share your ideas with people from all walks of life in the Thunder Bay community.

All community members are welcome!
 

WHERE:       Boys and Girls Club of Thunder Bay
270 Windsor Street (formerly Forest Park School)
 
WHEN:      Tuesday, February 16, 2010 from 6:30 – 8:30
Light Refreshments will be provided.

RSVP: Sheila Stewart, ingstew@tbaytel.net
For more information, call 1-888-534-3944

Class of 1980 - Churchill 30th Reunion - May 28 & 29, 2010

Filed under: News — Administrator @ 12:25 pm

This May, we invite you to go back to the future

Sir Winston Churchill’s Class of ’80
30th Anniversary Reunion
(Or the 5th anniversary of our 25th reunion)
FREE - Get Reacquainted
Churchill High School
Friday, May 28, 2010 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Featuring a school tour, Persians, Sliders
and some entertainment and fun activities in the gym
No tickets required
Dinner/Dance - $60.00 per person
Fort William Historical Park
Saturday May 29, 2010 6:00 p.m-1:00 a.m.
Gourmet Buffet dinner
Live Music

Tickets available from the Committee members listed below

If you have connections or contacts with other alumni not on this distribution, please pass along this message. Join “Churchill High School 30th Reunion for Class of 80” on Facebook for updates and pictures of classmates. If you have any questions, suggestions or great pictures please contact anyone on the reunion committee.

Leslie Shanks-Lalime (Leslie_Shanks-Lalime@wsib.on.ca)
Colleen Kabernick-Romu (hromu@shaw.ca)
Joanne McKenzie-Kranyak (skranyak@shaw.ca)
Todd Maki (wmaki1@confederationc.on.ca)
James Cochrane (James.Cochrane@nbpcd.com)
Anne Giguere-Mauro (maurojr@tbaytel.net)

Gr. 11 Video Game Projects Posted

Filed under: News — Administrator @ 4:29 pm

Hey Churchill, check out the photo album section to try some of the projects the ICS 3M and ICS 3U Video Game programming classes have made this year. The album will be updated with their final projects as they are completed.

Grade 9 and 10 students interested in programming should talk to Mr. Sacevich about joining the lego robotics team which will begin in semester 2, or take TIK 201 - Gr. 10 Robotics Programming.

Semester 1 Exam Schedule

Filed under: News — Administrator @ 11:14 am
Click Here to view the exam schedule

The format for exams is based upon the following schedule with all exams and culminating activities being held in the morning starting at 9:30 am, except for Science design and perform activities which are in the afternoons.

Period 1 Exams = Thursday January 21, 2010
Period 2 Exams = Friday January 22, 2010
Period 4 Exams = Monday January 25, 2010
Period 5 Exams = Tuesday January 26, 2010
Period OTHER Exams = Wednesday January 27, 2010

Please confirm date, time and room with your teacher.

Happy Holidays!

Filed under: News — Administrator @ 5:16 pm

We’d like to wish everyone a safe and fun holiday season! See you back at school January 4th!
Find Santa

Grade 12 Grad Personals

Filed under: News — Administrator @ 1:24 pm

Attention Grade 12 graduating students

You can can now submit a grad personal write-up. The deadline for submissions is Friday Dec. 18th, and the submissions can be no longer than 300 characters. If you’re shy you can get your family or friends to do it for you - but YOU have to submit it. Short poems, quotes, or song lyrics are acceptable as long as you acknowledge the original source.

If you need them, here are some Acronyms:

NN: Nick Name
CF: Closest Friend(s)
FA: Future Ambition
MMM: Most Memorable Moment
FS: Favourite Saying
ATG9: Advice to Grade Nines
NY: Where you’ll be Next Year
WOW: Words of Wisdom
WYR: What You Remember
PP: Pet Peeve
RF: Remembered For /RB: Remembered by
MEM: Most Embarrassing Moment
PT: People Thought
WNOL: When No One’s Looking

Email your personals to: swcyearbook@gmail.com

Please note:

  • All submissions are subject to editing from the yearbook staff
  • Email your write up to the above address by the deadline
  • You will have to verify your write up with Mrs. Boyle early in the new year

If you have any questions please see Mrs. Boyle or Mrs. Daze

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