Inside this issue: Nov. 21st, 2013. Volume 4, Issue 1

Terry’s Gift Is Forever Green Riverview Collegiate

kick-started the 2013-2014 school year by

once again hitting the

streets of South Hill

canvassing for the Terry

Fox Foundation for can-

cer research. This year

RVCI’s goal was to

raise $2292.82 which

was double last year’s

fundraising total. The school had two “Terry Fox Blitzes” in September

which saw staff and students going door to door on the South Hill after

school looking for donations for this great cause. South Hill community

members, RVCI students, and staff were all very generous in supporting

this cause and in the end RVCI raised $2357.59 which exceeded their goal

by almost $70.00. RVCI will be setting a lofty goal next year of $4715.18

as they try to continue their “double the previous year’s amount” strategy.

Terry Fox organizer, Mr. Irving, said, “…although next year’s goal is quite

high, it’s definitely not out of reach. We still believe that with the support

of the South Hill Community, raising almost $5000.00 is not out of the

question.” RVCI also hosted the Annual South Hill Terry Fox Run on

Thursday, September 26th at Gutheridge Field. Although the run was hin-

dered by torrential rainfall and gale force winds, South Hill Community

members, RVCI staff and students, and Westmount staff and students still

braved the elements to walk the track in the spirit of Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope. Mr. Irving noted that “…

during the original Marathon of Hope, Terry ran every day regardless of weather conditions and it was fitting

that staff and students

experienced the run out-

side even though condi-

tions were not perfect.”

The run was especially

significant as former

RVCI student, Jordan

Aspinall, was diagnosed

with cancer in the

spring of this year and

many RVCI students showed their support for him by

wearing Terry Fox stickers which said “I run for Jor-

dan.” Thanks again to all South Hill community mem-

bers for their support of this very worthwhile cause!

Bull Dog Post

INTRAMURALS 2-3

BULL DOG AWARD 4

NEWS FROM WESTMOUNT 5-6

LEADERSHIP 7

RVCI SPORTS 8-9

30 SECONDS WITH 10-11

LEARNING TARGETS 12

EDUCATION WEEK 13-16

REMEMBRANCE DAY 17-18

HCSA 19

BOOK CLUB 20

INTO THE LIGHT 21

SAFETY AWARD 22

GRANDMOTHER MOON 22

PAGE ADVENTURES 23

UPCOMING EVENTS 24

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South Hill Intramural Table Tennis League

(SHITTL)

How do you play intra-murals when your gym floor

is being power sanded 24 hours a day and there’s more dust

in the air than the Mount St. Helen’s volcanic explosion?

You simply move to a small room known as the student

lounge and set up one of the greatest table tennis draws of

all time. And that’s

what happened at

RVCI in September

and early October as

intra-murals in the gym were put on hold while the gym

floor was repaired and refurbished. 21 students and 3 staff

members participated in the 1st Annual RVCI Table Tennis

Cup. The participants played an extended round robin

schedule followed by an A-Side, B-Side, and C-Side play

down. Mr. Irving continued his table tennis dominance

with a commanding 4-0 series drubbing of up and coming

ponger Mr. Kitts in

the A-Side Final.

Nick Penna-Benson captured the B-Side trophy with Bailey

Bechtold winning the C-Side. All winners received a table

tennis competition shirt courtesy of the Saskatchewan Table

Tennis Association. Table Tennis will continue at RVCI with

the Saskatchewan Winter Games South West Districts on No-

vember 23rd at the RVCI Gym. Also, Riverview will once

again be hosting the Saskatchewan Closed Table Tennis

Tournament on Feb. 28th and March 1st.

Bringing Their Skills To The Table

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South Hill Intramural Soccer League

(SHISL) Pitch SHISLin’ Action at Soccer Finals

SHISL Final Regular Season Standings Team G W L Pts F A +/- Pitch Kickers 8 7 1 14 72 49 +23 HCSA Jrs 8 4 4 8 45 40 +5 Empire 8 4 4 8 33 40 -7 Turf Toes 8 3 5 6 28 31 -3 NSFF2 8 2 6 4 47 65 -18

Intramurals in the RVCI gym was postponed for a month and a half while the floor was getting a well- deserved

makeover. After the wood and lacquer dust cleared and the RVCI gymnasium was finally ready to see customers,

gymnasium intramurals commenced with the 5th Annual South Hill Intramural Soccer League (SHISL). Five

teams entered the foray with an eight game regular season schedule seeing four teams survive to make the

playoffs. In Semi-Final action, the Turf Toes took their late regular season momentum into the playoffs hoping to

take down the soccer giants known as the Pitch Kickers. The one game knockout was close until Pitch Kickers’

ringer Nick Penna-Benson put together a four goal performance, bouncing the Turf Toes out of the playoffs by a

score of 6-1. In the other Semi-Final one game knockout, Empire got another stellar goaltending performance

from veteran intramural guru, Mr. Hogeboom, to outlast the Westmount HCSA Juniors 4-3. With the win Empire

advanced to an intramural final for the first time

since 2010 when their intramural floor hockey

team won the South Hill Intramural Floor Hockey

Classic. Game one of the best-of-three Final be-

tween the Pitch Kickers and Empire was a defen-

sive gem as the Pitch Kickers survived the relent-

less offensive attacks of the energetic Empire

strikers to claim a 4-2 victory. Game two was an-

other hard fought battle by both teams with the

Pitch Kickers coming out on top and taking the

SHISL Championship home two games to none.

Congratulations to all the soccer teams on a fun

season. The next intramural season is basketball!

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Three’s A Charm The staff of Riverview’s school newspaper, The

Bull Dog Post, is excited to announce that the paper has

once again been chosen as the winner of the “high school enrolment of

less than 150” category of the Saskatchewan Teacher’s Federation

school newspaper contest. This is the third year in a row that The Bull

Dog has been given this honor. This year’s judge, Regina Leader Post

columnist Will Chabun, noted that the paper was “a first rate effort with

a good mix of news, sports, and other information. Particularly interest-

ing was the “Letters from Deutschland” column. Another nice touch

was news from Empire Community School and Westmount School, the

South Hill Community Association and the YMCA – a reminder that

your school is part of a larger community. Headline writing was particu-

larly sharp…and overall a very impressive publication.” Mr. Chabun

also commented that the paper was

“genuinely entertaining” and the staff

were “obviously dedicated writers”. As in past years, The Bull Dog Post

will be delivered four times a year: No-

vember, February, April, and June. The

staff of The Bull Dog Post is excited to

be back in “the newsroom” working on

this year’s stories and reporting them to

the South Hill community. If you are a

South Hill community member and you

would like to contribute to the paper or

help in the delivery process please con-

tact The Bull Dog Post at 306-693-1331.

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News From wESTMOUNT

Generosity Club Westmount has a new club this year – The Generosity Club! This group aims to act locally and to act Globally to make the world a better place. Led by Mrs. Taylor-French, this group has already inspired our students to support the Humane Society to the tune of $260 and 180kg of pet food! Their next challenge is to help people around the world through the Christmas Shoebox program.

The members of the Generosity Club were also lucky enough to go to WE Day on November 6th in Saska-toon. This was an amazing day full of fabulous speakers and entertainers whose purpose was to encourage these young people to be generous with their time to help others. The day impacted the students in many important ways: "WE Day inspired me to raise money and help others. it showed me how important it is to raise awareness and help in anyway possible. I love WE Day!!!" Myriam "What I liked about it was the songs and I wish we could go back soon!" Tanner L. “WE Day inspired me and told me anything is possible as long as you never give up.” Niki “I was inspired the most by Molly because the bullying and being blind was so horrible for her. She inspires me by being so strong and brave to tell her story. She was so sad and so hurt but she stood up to the bullies. Molly’s mom said, “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” Molly said that saying wasn’t true, words really do hurt. Molly inspired me to not let people bring you down.” Kayleigh “What inspired me was that a 10 year old girl Hannah was talking about this little girl, Malala. She was 10 years old, the same age as Hannah, but Malala could not go to school so, like her friends, she studied in secret. One day on the bus this man came on and he had a gun and he said that he would shoot all the people on the bus if she didn’t stand up, so Malala stood up and the man shot her in the head. Malala survived and now she writes about how that was for her. This inspired me.” Jada “What makes me what we do is seeing all these people at WE Day and how nice they were . . . Doing nice things for people and watching the people you gave to be happy is the best feeling in the world!” Kya “The person that inspired me the most was Spencer West. He told me to never give up. He said to keep on trying. That was the best speech I’ve ever heard. He didn’t care that he had no legs. He just kept trying.” Mariam

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News From Westmountcont.

Education Week Education Week 2013 has come and gone. Our students read over 42,000 pages this week! The school com-munity council sponsored the contest by buying a book for every child in the top three classes. Congratula-tions to Ms. Brown's grade four class, Mrs. Taylor-French's grade 5/6 class and Mrs. Cassidy's grade 1 class!

Get connected! Westmount has a popular Facebook page. “Like” our page today to get instant updates. We have 87 likes and would like to get that number over 100. In Facebook search “Westmount Elementary School Moose Jaw” to find us! You can also get instant updates sent to your phone via text message. Simply text the phrase @westmou to 778-762-0122 to subscribe.

Intramurals Mr. Roney has been working hard at lunch hours to keep our middle years students active. Students are in-vited to learn now skills and sports over the lunch hour in a safe, fun and competitive environment. If you’re not signed up for intramurals, see Mr. Roney today!

Jets Volleyball All 4 of our teams have been heating it up on the court this year. Our B teams have closed out their seasons while our A teams are preparing for playoffs. Westmount also hosted an A boys and girls tournament again this year. Teams from around the city were invited to Westmount for a weekend of fun and great volleyball. The competition was excellent. Thank you to all of the parents, teachers and students that volunteered their time to make this weekend a success!

Student Leadership Westmount is excited to have our grade 7/8 students back in the building full days again this year. We have been able to form an SRC for the first time in a few years. This group has already planned a few spirit days as well as volunteering at the volleyball tournament. Look for more student led activities in the coming months.

Harvest Time for Westmount Pre-K

Early this October the Westmount Pre-K`s took the bus to our Home Street Community Garden. We were amazed at all the produce that had grown over the summer months. We harvested pumpkins, beets, potatoes, carrots and squash. Sadly our corn crop did not produce, this too was a lesson. The students loved the feel of the dirt in their hands and meeting some of our garden-ing neighbours. We have tasted all of the food we grew during snack time.

This experience helped make harvest and Thanksgiving more meaningful to our

youngest students. Thanks to all our gardening neighbours for allowing us free-

dom to move around the gardens and to the one particular who gave each child

their own carrot to bring back to school.

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Leading Into The Future.. Student Leadership Conference

This fall five Riverview students had the opportunity to join around a

thousand other high school students at the Student Leadership Confer-

ence in the border city of Lloydminster. The theme of this year’s confer-

ence was “Lead to the Future.” The conference agenda included well

known speakers such as the author of “The Freedom Writers,” Erin Gru-

well, small group sessions, a trade/career fair and an awesome banquet

and dance. Students were able to network with other like-minded peers,

share ideas, and were empowered with the belief that they can make a

difference. The goal of the conference was to provide students with the

skills and desire necessary to enable them to go back to their schools and communities and be the catalyst for

positive change. Karen Gray

Weeeeeeeeeeee Day! WE Day, WE Day, WE Day!!! What can you say about WE Day. Well loud music, bright lights, thousands of

screaming, dancing socially active teenagers!! It was amazing. Awesome speakers such as Magic Johnson,

Martin Luther King the Third and Molly Burke. Shawn Desmond, Kay and Neverest, all put on a great show.

The Kielburger brothers (Marc and Craig) who began their social activism careers with the organization Free

the Children continue to spread awareness about how you can make a difference in your community or interna-

tionally. New this year to the brothers’ campaign is WE365, an app you can download to most handheld de-

vices, which connects you to others around the world where you can learn about their action projects and docu-

ment your own. Another great place to gain resources to improve your own activism is www.METOWE.com.

If there is one thing that I took away from WE Day (other than being deaf after I left the stadium) is that we all

need a purpose. WE Day for many is the place where they find that purpose and direction. Great experience

and I can’t wait to go back. Hopefully I can hear by next year! Tianna Adams

SRC Keeping Their Ghoul The RVCI SRC hosted a week of Halloween activities. Monday started off with the sale of “Ghoulicious Rice

Crispie Treats.” On Tuesday both staff and students unveiled a fashionable array of pumpkin colored apparel.

Wednesday was the day of the Zombie Run and Thursday all students wearing a costume were invited to the

student lounge. The Student Lounge at Riverview Collegiate was transformed into a haunted schoolroom

complete with blood spatter, skeletons and severed limbs. It was the site for various Halloween’ish activities

including: ”Dunkin” for doughnuts, cookie decorating, face painting and “The Great Icy Eyeball Dip”.

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RVCI Sports

For the past 5 years Riverview Collegiate has been the host school for the Riverview Commu-

nity Archery Club lead by Kelly Grass, Basic Archery Instructor (BAI) of the National Ar-

chery in the Schools Program or NASP. Since opening up the enrollment to include grade 4

students and up, the program has seen in-

creased student enrollment and commitment

to the club. Two years ago Riverview hosted the provin-

cial NASP tournament with a record setting

attendance of over 400 archers. Included in

that number were students from Empire and

Riverview. Last year the club attended the

NASP provincials in Star City and took 19

students from Westmount, Empire, and

Riverview. This year the enrollment has

grown to 24 archers and adds students from

Peacock and King George schools. This year

an instructor course was held in September

and we added three new Basic Archery In-

structors to our staff. Archers train twice a week at 7:30 a.m. in

the Riverview gym. Elementary students

train on Monday and Wednesday while the

high school students train Tuesday and

Thursday. Anyone interested in joining the

club should contact Kelly Grass at River-

view Collegiate. Phone 306-693-1331.

Archery Club Always On Target

Coffee Time!

Seniors can enjoy free coffee every weekday at 10:00am in

the RVCI Front Lobby. Come to the school for quiet conver-

sation, sunlit lounging, and great coffee.

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RVCI Sports cont.

Royals Resurgence The fall brought another successful volleyball season for the boys team

at Riverview. The team was made up of students from grades 9 to 11.

2013 brought some challenges in the beginning while the gym was be-

ing worked on and finished. A big thank you goes out to Empire who

allowed us the use of

their facility for the

month of September.

The boys team travelled

to Rockglen and Gravelbourg for tournaments in which they

were very successful. The team competed in and finished sec-

ond in the Junior Varsity league which was compiled of mostly

rural teams including: Central Butte, Craik, Roleau, Eyebrow,

and Caronport. November 16th the Royals will travel to Out-

look for the SHSAA Regional Championship. Thanks for the

great season! Coach Kitts

Cornerstone/Riverview Senior Girls Volleyball With an import from Japan, a newbie

from a small SK farm town and a re-

turning student from Germany there was

no telling what the season had in store

for the Cornerstone / Riverview Girls

Volleyball Team. The girls had a suc-

cessful season, placing third in a tourna-

ment and winning the Bengough tourna-

ment. Finishing first place in the Rural

Division, the team had an automatic bye

to the finals. Unfortunately, the girls fell

short of their goal of winning back to

back championships, when they lost to

Central Butte. As we've always commu-

nicated to this group of beautiful and

gifted young ladies it was to give it their

best. And they always did! We’re ex-

tremely proud of them. Coach Cameron

30 Seconds With...

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We Day Edition

Sabrina Lybeck

Mike Shaw What is We Day all about? Learning about different things that you wouldn’t normally know

about. What was your favourite part about We Day this year? Seeing one of the presenters who has vision problems that were

much worse than mine, tell her story. What do you believe is a good charity to support? The Food Bank What did you eat at We Day? A Cheese bun, chocolate pretzels, chocolate chip cookies and Ha-

waiian fruit punch. What was the best part of the bus ride up to and back from We

Day in Saskatoon? It was very comfy and I got to sit with Katie there and back. What bands and speaker would you like to see at We Day next

year? Nickeltree, Nickelback, Metallica, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez and

Avril Lavigne. How can we get more people involved in volunteering and good

causes like We Day? Tell them you could be helping someone that would be related to

you and put yourselves in the shoes of someone who didn’t have

clean drinking water, healthy food and a place to learn.

What was you’re your favourite part about We Day? Martin Luther King the 3rd What do you plan to do for the rest of the year to support the

We Day cause? Raise money and awareness at school and area and get people

involved. Give an example of how you have helped someone in the past? I raised $25.00 of pennies for clean water in another country. What did you eat at We Day? Popcorn. What bands would you like to see at We Day next year? Country artists like Taylor Swift. Justin Bieber and OMG !!! One

Direction!!! What is We Day all about? Craig and Mark Kielburger talking about charity events. What did you think of Mr. Meyer’s crowd surfing at We

Day? I didn’t see it. What do you believe is a good charity to support? Food Bank. What was the best part of the bus ride to and back from We

Day in Saskatoon? Listening to people from Peacock talk.

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30 Seconds With... We Day Edition

Athena Tillie

Ben Seida

What is We Day all about? It talks about a bunch of problems in the world like bullying, child

slavery, world hunger and the importance of clean drinking water What do you plan to do for the rest of the year to support the WE

Day cause? Raise $20.00 with RBC for one brick to help build schools around the

world. What do you think is a good charity to support? World Famine Relief and clean drinking water charities. What did you eat at We Day? Salami sandwich and a juice box. What was the best part of the bus ride up to and back from We

Day in Saskatoon? On the bus ride back we played brain teasers. What did you think of Mr. Meyer’s crowd surfing at We Day? He jumped on me to get a picture of it. How can we get more people involved in volunteering and good

cause like We Day? Having the SRC organize events where we help homeless shelters, the

food bank and around the community.

What is We Day all about? Bringing different communities together to talk about world is-

sues. What was your favourite part about We Day this year? I liked how they got different performers to dance, play music

and speak together. What do you plan to do for the rest of the year to support the

WE Day cause? Mini We Day and bake sales, Christmas boxes, etc. What do you believe is a good charity to support? Terry Fox Foundation Give an example of how you have helped someone in the past.. In Grade Five some students were picking on a boy. I stepped up

and intervened and we became friends as a result. What did you eat at We Day? I had a sandwich (cream cheese) How can we get more people involved in volunteering and

good causes like We Day? Getting them aware by holding presentations, school outings,

campaigning like bake sales and going door to door.

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Learning Targets at RVCI Learning Targets for the 2014 School Year. Each year all schools in Prairie South School Division are asked to develop a Learning Improvement Plan (LIP) for their students. Over the past four years we have target-ed writing literacy as our academic LIP Goal. This year we are targeting reading comprehension. Our pre-assessment reading results from September indicate that 23% of students are able to comprehend what they read. We hope to increase the percentage of students at the Proficient and Excellent level to 43% by the end of the school year. In order to achieve the target of 43% teaching staff will use Learning Im-provement Teams (LIT) during their early dismissal times on specific Mondays to target reading comprehension strategies. These strategies include:

* Creating background knowledge by developing questions and making predic-tions.

* Identifying the main idea with supporting detail. * Extracting clear and accurate information from text. * Provide insight and unique inferences, connection, conclusions and interpreta-

tions. * Develop word skills. * Metacognition – readers being able to identify and apply reading comprehension strategies which work best in their learning.

Our second LIP goal is a student wellbeing goal that focuses on student attendance.

Last year, we had a student attendance rate of 83.44% and we have set a target goal

of 88.44%. Please note that this attendance rate includes both excused and unex-

cused absences. September’s attendance rate was 87.77% while October’s attend-

ance rate almost hit our target percentage but just fell short at 88.02%.

Don Meyer

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No Time For Bullying Bullying is a problem that many youth face today. Trying to stop

bullying at all different levels requires young people to develop an

awareness of what bullying truly is. On Oct. 24th, Manitoba singer-songwriter Rachel Ashley visited RVCI and presented her story and in-

spirational songs relating to the issue. Rachel was bullied extensively

during her elementary and high school years and her story and songs cap-

tivated the attention of the RVCI students and staff. Since November of 2012 Rachel has been going around to schools

throughout Canada with her “No Time for That” anti-bullying tour free of

charge. "I know how alone, misunderstood, and hurt I felt, and I also

know that there are thousands of others feeling the exact same way I did.

No one deserves to feel that way." Rachel tells her stories and experienc-

es, and performs the songs that she has written that relate to bullying and

how to overcome tough times. So far, this ambitious, inspirational girl

has visited over 100 schools throughout the Western provinces in partner-

ship with the Canadian Red Cross. She has received the MCIC Global

Citizenship Award, the Premier's Healthy Living Award, and has been

nominated as a Manitoba Hero in

recognition of her presentation. Ra-

chel hopes to continue to help and

inspire as many people as possible

with her message of empathy and

empowerment. The staff and stu-

dents really appreciated Rachel tak-

ing the time to visit RVCI and wish

her the best on the rest of her tour!

Rachel Ashley (third from left) with RVCI students

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Education Week Writing Contest Winner

RVCI held its 5th Annual Education Week Writing Contest from Oct.

10th to Oct. 25th. This year, one of Riverview’s school Learning Im-

provement Plan goals is to improve student reading comprehension

skills. In light of this, the Writing Contest involved students reading

one of four articles provided in the writing contest package to deter-

mine the basis of their writing response. A number of entries were re-

ceived from RVCI students with Gabby Nancarrow’s essay looking at

“bullying” being chosen as the winner. Gabby received a KOBO

Touch, Subway card, and Galaxy Cinemas card for her winning entry.

All prizes were sponsored by the RVCI School Community Council.

Stop Bullying By: Gabrielle Nancarrow

Have you ever had headless Barbie dolls all over your lawn, or maybe you've had red paint

poured all over your yard? These things and more happened to a girl named Brittany Mason. Brittany Mason is a former Miss Indiana, before that she was a victim of bullying. The bully-

ing started freshman year. It was known just as simple rite of passage, but it was so much more than

that. Some of the teasing even happened in front of adults who did nothing to stop it. The worst part

is when it followed her home. The one place you're supposed to feel safe. Tires slashed, red paint,

headless Barbie dolls. It was terrible. By the time she finally reported it to someone, they did nothing

to help. They didn't believe her. Finally she did the worst possible thing in this kind of situation. She

tried to commit suicide. Her being here today tells us thankfully it didn’t work. She left school, and finished her schooling at home. She ended up being Miss Indiana in 2008,

a successful model, and actress. She made several television appearances, including the 200th epi-

sode of “Two and a Half Men”, Project Runways All Stars, and the American Country Music Awards

in 2010 and 2011. She also appeared on four episodes of “The Face”, with supermodels Naomi

Campbell, Karolina Kurkova, and Coco Rocha. She was also the face of the 2012 John Frieda “Go

Blonder” campaign. There are many stories from people that are like Brittany’s. A lot of girls, and even boys all

over the world are being bullied. Some come out of it stronger; others don't come out at all. There are

many campaigns to stop bullying and bullies. There is help and hope for everyone. Brittany is an in-

spiration to people all over the world because of what she had to go through, and how she turned out.

In my opinion I hope people listen to her story and learn that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I

also hope that anyone who has bullied someone takes a look at their life and sees their wrong doing.

RVCI Floors it at Pep Rally

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As a part of this year’s Education Week theme of ”Supporting and Cele-

brating Success”, Riverview Collegiate celebrated the grand opening of its

new gymnasium floor on Friday, Oct. 25th with a pep rally of epic propor-

tions. The event saw introductions of the Jr. Girl’s, Jr. Varsity Girl’s, and

the Boy’s Volleyball teams. Also, RVCI student Cody Robbins was

acknowledged for his participation in high school football. Between intro-

ductions of the sports teams, the RVCI Junior and Senior Rock Bands per-

formed songs for the appreciative crowd of staff and students. Special

presentations were also made to Athena Tillie and Marcus Courtney for

their perfect attendance for the month of September. By not missing any

days of school they were awarded the opportunity (via names drawn from

a hat of perfect attenders) to go for lunch with RVCI Principal, Don Meyer.

Logan McKay was also presented with an award for his internationally

recognized original poster looking at boat safety. However, the real highlight of the afternoon was the mini-volleyball games

between the individual school teams and the staff team comprised of for-

mer volleyball stars

Mr. Kitts and Mr. Ir-

ving. For the record,

Kitts and Irving won

all three games deci-

sively showing that

their skills honed play-

ing semi-professional

beach volleyball in the

North California

Beachcomber League

are still intact. Good

times were had by all! James Irving

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RVCI Floors it at Pep Rally Cont.

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Riverview staff and students were

honoured to attend the joint Remembrance Day Service held at Empire Community School on November 7th, 2013. Mrs. Michelle Gallagher was the tireless heart of the service as she not only organized the service, but also piped in the Colour Party and special guests with her bagpipes. No-lan Butterfield and Tianna Throssell of Riverview Collegiate did a commendable job of being MCs as they smoothly transi-tioned the participants from one portion of the service to the next. Mr. McCorriston conducted the band while Mrs. Grass con-ducted the choir and Mrs. Gallagher pre-pared her students for their choral speak-ing piece. The student participation was a sight to see as they did a wonderful job of the selections, ‘Peace Will Come,’ ‘Amazing Grace’ and ‘In Flanders Fields.’

A service of this nature cannot be done single-handedly. Thanks goes out to the following people: Mrs. Gallagher for her tireless efforts in organizing, preparing and partici-

pating in the service Mrs. Grass for inspiring her students to perform in front of a live audience Mr. McCorriston for preparing his band students to perform ‘O Canada’ and

‘Along the Beaches of Normandy’ Mrs. Della Ferguson who was our guest speaker Mrs. Sharon Erickson for being our flag bearer Our special guests who participated in laying wreaths on behalf of their

family or their organization Mr. Hogeboom for being our technician specialist The staff at Empire School for decorating the school and creating an in-

credible Wall of Honour filled with beautiful artwork and poetry

Students and Staff Pause to Remember

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It is our hope that through continued school-led commemoration of this day

that people realize that Remembrance Day is a day to reflect on the immeasura-ble sacrifices made by countless generations of young men and women. Our Canadian soldiers continue to fight in countries all around the world for the rights and freedoms that Canada represents. So on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month – wherever you are and whatever you are doing – take time to remember and honour all of Canada’s veterans and military personnel. Pam Craig

“They shall not grow old as we who are left grow old. Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. We will remember them.”

Students and Staff Pause to Remember Cont.

Hockey Canada Expansion Class The fall of 2013 brought some new talent to the Hockey Canada Skills Academy at Riverview Colle-

giate. Grades 4-6 students from Empire and Westmount were offered the opportunity to join the hockey class

which would give them 2 hours per week of hockey experience. This proved to be a very popular option as 26

kids registered for the program. The goal of the program is to offer the students a hockey experience during

school hours to develop and expand the skills they already possess. These students were put through one

month of grueling hockey specific dry land training. On October 4th, these students took to the ice for their

first session. Each student was greeted to some skill specific drills which will grow their knowledge of the

game and improve on every element of Hockey.

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Wanted The Home Economics Department at Riverview

Collegiate is looking for clean plastic containers.

Margarine and yogurt type containers are great.

Preferably with a lid. Even old plastic container

that you have no use. Any donations of plastic

containers can be dropped off at the office.

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Reviews ! RVCI Book Club Meeting #20

RVCI Book Club Begins The Year With Ender’s Game

Book Club #20

Riverview hosted its 20th Book Club on

October 17. Ender’s Game was the book

choice, as the movie based on the novel was go-

ing to open in theatres on November 1st.

Ender’s Game is a science fiction novel based

in the future after an alien race has attacked

Earth. In preparation for the next attack, chil-

dren at the age of 6 are chosen to go to Battle

School to learn how to fight

the alien race in a war. Ender

Wiggins is a shy, but genius

boy chosen to go to Battle

School. The novel follows his

training and preparation in war

games. Ender excels and is

promoted to Command School

to learn how to lead his fellow

soldiers into an epic battle.

The book club attendees en-

joyed the storyline of the novel, but were disap-

pointed in the quick ending. So much time was

devoted to Ender learning in school, but the

group thought the author could have written a

lot more about the epic battle and the rest of

Ender’s Life. There is a sequel called Speaker

for the Dead, which would probably appease

the book club’s desire to find out more infor-

mation. Bullying was another topic discussed.

The Book Club compared the bullying in the

novel to bullying that happens in today’s socie-

ty.

The next Book Club will be held on De-

cember 12 at 7:00 in Riverview’s Library.

Riverview, Empire,

and Westmount stu-

dents are invited to

attend, as well as any

community members.

The topic of this 21st

Book Club will be

“choose your favour-

ite children’s book”.

Children’s books can

range from your fa-

vourite picture book as a toddler to a short nov-

el you might have read in school up to around

grade 4. The Book Club wants everyone to re-

read their favourite children’s book, bring it to

Book Club, and share with everyone else why

it’s the book that stands out in your memory.

Come to Riverview on December 12 for a time

of sharing about books and enjoying some food

together! Pam Windrum

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Picture this, you are in a house that you have never been in

before and the power goes out, complete darkness. ”What do I do now,” you

say to yourself. You might think to go looking for candles or the electrical panel

but how do you get there? Where do you go? At this point, you might be feeling

scared, unsafe and maybe just a little helpless. This is how I feel when I am pre-

paring to cross 9th and Coteau just blocks

from our school. Everybody knows that I

don’t see very well but not everybody real-

izes how dangerous that intersection is. One day in the fall, I was coming back

from Mac’s with my friends after getting a

Slurpee. The walk light across the street is

so short that nobody can get across before

it changes. All of us were almost pancaked

by a car turning onto 9th. Boy ! Even I

could see that that was close! Worst still,

out walking with an EA one day and the

same thing happened again. What are the

chances that it could happen twice! I decid-

ed that I needed to try to make this crossing

safer for everybody. So I wrote a proposal to the traffic au-

thority, telling them of the danger and ask-

ing for a talking cross walk to be placed at

this very busy intersection. No real re-

sponse, so I wrote a letter to the Mayor and delivered it personally. Hoping that

she might see the light! I have now been invited by the Mayor to be a part of

the next Traffic Boards’ proceedings to state my cause; maybe they will see the

need for the change. So if you can see where I am coming from, come aboard

my cause, I am looking for a few people to be my flashlights to light the way

through that dark and unfamiliar house. -Mike Shaw

Into The Light

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Safety First In the 2012/2013 school year,

Logan McKay entered a contest

for safety posters. The contest's art-

work and message(s) had to involve

any positive message about any safety

issue. Mr. Gilliland and Mr. Grass fa-

cilitated Logan's involvement with the

contest. Logan won the Upper Level

(Gr. 9-12) locally and then he was vot-

ed the best in the Upper Level by dele-

gates of the ACT/UCT national con-

vention in Sudbury, Ontario. Logan

was presented with a cheque for

$50.00 for winning locally, and another $50.00 for winning nationally. Since his poster

was the best in Canada, it moved on to Chicago where it was judged on the international

level. Logan McKay placed first out of all of the international entries! He again received a

monetary award as well as a first place ribbon. He is the World Champion of the Safety

Poster Contest!

2nd Annual

Grandmother

Moon Symposium

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Vio-

lence Against Women

December 6th

For Young Women Grades 7-12

@ RVCI

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Page Adventures Horoscopes

Aries – Steer clear of graveyards. Especially at

night.

Taurus – Pumpkins are your friends before the clock

strikes midnight.

Gemini – On Nov. 25th you will have an encounter

with the super natural.

Cancer – Stock up on as much candy as possible.

You'll soon find out you'll need it.

Leo – Beware of stranger with sharp fangs.

Virgo – A word to the wise, that’s not cornstarch

and food colouring.

Libra – Bats can fly. You cant. Don’t try.

Scorpio – Toilet paper can make a great costume if

you're in a hurry.

Sagittarius – Don’t let the black cats cross your

path. Run!

Capricorn – Check under your bed before you go

to sleep. Monsters also like closets!

Aquarius – You will meet a tall

dark stranger riding a horse, the only

catch is he’s missing his head.

Pisces – Just because you have a

broom and a witches hat doesn't mean

you are a witch.

Upcoming Events

Bull Dog Post Volume 4, Issue 1

Supervisors: Mr. Irving Ms. Windrum Editor-in-Chief: Caitlin Betker Assistant Editor Jamie LaRose

Contributing Writers: Sabrina Lybeck Mike Shaw Jeff Kitts Kelly Grass Pam Craig Karen Gray Don Meyer Tianna Adams Mark Gilliland Dwight Cameron

Contributors

Write The Bull Dog Post at: The Bulldog Post

c/o Riverview Collegiate 650 Coteau Street West

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Nov. 20th & 21st Student Led Conferences @ RVCI Gym (6:00pm-8:30pm) Nov. 23rd (10:00am) Sk. Winter Games District Table Tennis Tournament @ RVCI Gym Nov. 26th (3:00pm-7:00pm) Influenza Immunization Clinic Run By Public Health Services Dec. 2nd Early Dismissal (No Period 5) Dec. 2nd (5:30pm) RVCI School Community Council Meeting Dec. 6th Grandmother Moon Symposium @ RVCI Dec. 12th (7:00pm) RVCI Book Club Meeting #21 @ RVCI Library Dec. 16th Early Dismissal (No Period 4) Dec.20th (10:30am) Fall Awards Day @ RVCI Gym Dec. 20th (1:00pm) Winter Lit @ RVCI Gym Dec. 21st-Jan. 5th Christmas Break (No Classes) Jan. 6th First Day Back To School Jan. 15th Hockey Day At Riverview Jan. 27th-30th Semester 1 Final Evaluation Week