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Dear Parents & Guardians, At the whim of the weather’ could be our new motto. What a strange Decem- ber and January we’ve experienced! The good news is that there is lots of snow on the slopes for skiers and boarders to take advantage of. Students and staff are back at school and working hard to prepare for final exams at the end of this month. Mr. Bent, the counsellors and I have been talking to students and parents of stu- dents who are not being successful in the hopes of setting out some strategies for getting them on track. If students who normally take the school bus ar- range to stay after school to get help from a teacher, they are eligible to get a bus ticket from the office. A note from the teacher is necessary for verification. The exam schedule is published in this newsletter. If students have conflicts, that is, they have two exams scheduled at the same time, they must write the Provincial exam at the scheduled time and write the other exam during the ‘Make-up’ day. Please make sure your children know when their exams are and that they are prepared. Ensure that your children are eating well and are getting enough sleep. It is a stressful time for everyone. Helping your children cope with their stress and monitoring them is very important. We continue to have a lot of ex- tra-curricular activities for students to enjoy. A new sailing club will offer in- struction and fun for those interested. Intramurals and athletics are in full swing. The Leadership class is providing interesting diversions for our students at lunch and is helping in the intramural ac- tivities. Our Potlatch is starting to come together for April 27. The intent of this day is to celebrate our diversity and our commonalities. We have worked out a tentative schedule for the day. We will start with a formal traditional First Nation introduction to which we would invite IMPORTANT DATES Jan. 22, 24 Drama Finals Jan. 23 DRS & HSS Instrumental Rental Night Jan. 26 Last Day of S1.Q2 Jan. 26/27 WASP at 7:30 pm Jan. 29—Feb. 2 Prov. Exams Jan. 29 AB Exams Jan. 29 PAC Mtg. 7:00 PM Jan. 30 CD Exams Jan. 31 Make Up Exams Feb. 5 S2.Q3 Starts Feb. 12 Report Card MAILED Home Feb. 13 Gr. 10 & 11 Course Planning Night 7—8:30 pm Feb. 14 Gr. 12 Immunization Feb. 15 & 16 Ring Day Feb. 20 Early Dismissal 2:30 Feb. 23—25 Grad Photos Feb. 26 PAC Mtg. 7:00 PM Mrs. N. Campbell, Principal Mr. S. Bent, Vice-Principal Mrs. D. Miller, Administrative Assistant Website: www.hss.bc.ca Email: [email protected] 38430 Buckley Avenue P.O. Box 99 Squamish, BC V8B 0A1 604 892-5261 tel / 604 892-5618 fax Email Address: 1st Letter of their first name AND full [email protected] January 22, 2007 Volume 13 Issue 6 dignitaries. We will retell the story of Sanohli’y, the two-headed sea ser- pent who embraces our school en- trance. Selected students will share their own stories of family traditions and values. A group of traditional drummers and dancers will perform. Of course, a very important part of a Potlatch is gift-giving. Some students are making traditional gifts. We are going to ask each student to bring a small gift that they could exchange. It may be something hand-made, such as a poem, or something crafty. Fi- nally, we will have a feast for all in at- tendance. We are very excited to be hosting this. As you can probably guess, this involves a lot of work and expense. If you wish to donate your time or make a financial contribution, please let us know. We are currently asking businesses for contributions. On January 17, HSS hosted a very informative but informal evening of Trades and Technology, with infor- mation about Capilano College, Kwantlen University College, B.C.I.T. and Vancouver Community College. I would like to welcome three new staff members: Hans Opelko is our new Chef teaching our VCC Culi- nary Arts Program; Grahame Carson is flying in from ‘Down Under’ to head our Kwantlen Carpentry Program and Katy Holm will be teaching Biology next semester. We wish the best to Chef Graves who has been teaching our Cook’s Training Course. In closing, I would encourage you all to come out to PAC meetings. Although the January meeting will re- volve around allocating PAC money to a school ‘Wish List’, we are trying this year to have topics of interest to parents presented for discussion at the meeting. N. Campbell, Principal

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Dear Parents & Guardians, ‘At the whim of the weather’ could be our new motto. What a strange Decem-ber and January we’ve experienced! The good news is that there is lots of snow on the slopes for skiers and boarders to take advantage of. Students and staff are back at school and working hard to prepare for final exams at the end of this month. Mr. Bent, the counsellors and I have been talking to students and parents of stu-dents who are not being successful in the hopes of setting out some strategies for getting them on track. If students who normally take the school bus ar-range to stay after school to get help from a teacher, they are eligible to get a bus ticket from the office. A note from the teacher is necessary for verification. The exam schedule is published in this newsletter. If students have conflicts, that is, they have two exams scheduled at the same time, they must write the Provincial exam at the scheduled time and write the other exam during the ‘Make-up’ day. Please make sure your children know when their exams are and that they are prepared. Ensure that your children are eating well and are getting enough sleep. It is a stressful time for everyone. Helping your children cope with their stress and monitoring them is very important. We continue to have a lot of ex-tra-curricular activities for students to enjoy. A new sailing club will offer in-struction and fun for those interested. Intramurals and athletics are in full swing. The Leadership class is providing interesting diversions for our students at lunch and is helping in the intramural ac-tivities. Our Potlatch is starting to come together for April 27. The intent of this day is to celebrate our diversity and our commonalities. We have worked out a tentative schedule for the day. We will start with a formal traditional First Nation introduction to which we would invite

IMPORTANT DATES

Jan. 22, 24 Drama Finals Jan. 23 DRS & HSS Instrumental Rental Night Jan. 26 Last Day of S1.Q2 Jan. 26/27 WASP at 7:30 pm Jan. 29—Feb. 2 Prov. Exams Jan. 29 AB Exams Jan. 29 PAC Mtg. 7:00 PM Jan. 30 CD Exams Jan. 31 Make Up Exams Feb. 5 S2.Q3 Starts Feb. 12 Report Card MAILED Home Feb. 13 Gr. 10 & 11 Course Planning Night 7—8:30 pm Feb. 14 Gr. 12 Immunization Feb. 15 & 16 Ring Day Feb. 20 Early Dismissal 2:30 Feb. 23—25 Grad Photos Feb. 26 PAC Mtg. 7:00 PM

Mrs. N. Campbell, Principal Mr. S. Bent, Vice-Principal Mrs. D. Miller, Administrative Assistant Website: www.hss.bc.ca Email: [email protected]

38430 Buckley Avenue P.O. Box 99 Squamish, BC V8B 0A1 604 892-5261 tel / 604 892-5618 fax Email Address: 1st Letter of their first name AND full [email protected]

January 22, 2007 Volume 13 Issue 6

dignitaries. We will retell the story of Sanohli’y, the two-headed sea ser-pent who embraces our school en-trance. Selected students will share their own stories of family traditions and values. A group of traditional drummers and dancers will perform. Of course, a very important part of a Potlatch is gift-giving. Some students are making traditional gifts. We are going to ask each student to bring a small gift that they could exchange. It may be something hand-made, such as a poem, or something crafty. Fi-nally, we will have a feast for all in at-tendance. We are very excited to be hosting this. As you can probably guess, this involves a lot of work and expense. If you wish to donate your time or make a financial contribution, please let us know. We are currently asking businesses for contributions. On January 17, HSS hosted a very informative but informal evening of Trades and Technology, with infor-mation about Capilano College, Kwantlen University College, B.C.I.T. and Vancouver Community College. I would like to welcome three new staff members: Hans Opelko is our new Chef teaching our VCC Culi-nary Arts Program; Grahame Carson is flying in from ‘Down Under’ to head our Kwantlen Carpentry Program and Katy Holm will be teaching Biology next semester. We wish the best to Chef Graves who has been teaching our Cook’s Training Course. In closing, I would encourage you all to come out to PAC meetings. Although the January meeting will re-volve around allocating PAC money to a school ‘Wish List’, we are trying this year to have topics of interest to parents presented for discussion at the meeting.

N. Campbell, Principal

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Howe Sound School Counsellors & Administration

are extending an invitation to the Parents of

Gr. 10 & 11 Students to attend an important informational

meeting as follows: COURSE PLANNING NIGHT

Tuesday Feb. 13, 2006 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Eagle Eye Theatre

Agenda for the evening will include: Course selection process

Overview of graduation requirements Post Secondary requirements

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On February 12 Report Cards will be mailed out with our February newsletter. If you do not receive this within 5 days

please contact the school to verify your mailing address.

Feb. 20 Early Dismissal On Feb. 20, the committee who has worked for two years to draft our Aboriginal Enhancement Agreement will present their document to our teachers. To accom-modate this, we will have a 2:30 dismissal, so that all teachers can attend and give their feedback on this very important document.

Grade 12 Meningitis Immunizations

February 14.

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������ ������������ ����������� ������������ ����������� ������������ ����������� ������������ ��������� The student admission process used by the Howe Sound School District involves a number of key events and dates, and are summarized below. a. January 15th: the first date by which transfer applications will be received by a school from non-catchment or non school district applicants. b. March 1st: the deadline by which a student must submit a transfer application to attend a non-catchment school or a district program in order to be eligible for enrolment in that school or district program. c. March 15th: the date by which schools will mail letters to transfer applicants, advising them of the status of their application when submitted by March 1st. An enrolled student will be removed from the school’s register if the student has not returned to school by 12:00 noon on the Wednesday after school opening in September and their parent or legal guardian has not advised the school of the student’s late return. The district form, Notice of Late Return, can be used for this purpose.

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anxiety: February 22, 7 9 pm

Howe Sound Secondary School Refreshments provided.

Is your child worried and anxious all the time? Anxiety and worry are two of the most significant concerns for adolescents. The Howe Sound School District in part-nership with The Ministry of Children and Family Devel-opment will present an information evening helping par-ents recognize and deal with these issues. The two hour program will include a both educational information and practical resources for families. Hope to see you there.

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B asketball

It’s bas-k e t b a l l s e a s o n and Howe Sound is r u n n i n g seven bas-ketball teams. All junior teams are competing in an exhibition and tour-nament schedule and our senior teams are competing in the North Shore League. All teams are playing well; Howe Sound currently has a combined record of 26 wins and 10 losses. Thanks to all the players, coaches and teacher sponsors for help making our basketball program a success this year.

The Senior Boys Basketball

team traveled to Sechelt on January 12th and 13th to play in the Annual Open Waters Tournament. The boys finished first place overall going un-defeated in the tournament. Howe Sound beat rival Elphinstone by three points to advance to the finals where they meet the host team Chatelech. The boys wanted revenge on the team that knocked them out of the playoffs last season and got it, win-ning by one point in the final seconds of the game on a basket by point guard Zed Dhalla. Other mention-

able efforts were Kenny Kyle and Parm Bisla who were great down low for the Sounders. Cole Smith was great shooting from beyond the arc and was named Team All-Star. In-ternational student Ivan Melisek from Slovakia was outstanding in the tour-nament and shut down Chatelech’s star player in the final game. Ivan was named tournament MVP. Great hustle and desire to win provided the team and Coach Massey with their first tournament win for Howe Sound. Great job Sounders!

F loor Hockey League The regular season for the floor hockey league began on Janu-ary 15th. This

season looks to be an excit-ing one with eight teams vy-ing for Lord Hunter’s Cup. The floor hockey league runs Monday to Thursday at lunch until Spring Break. The top

teams from this year’s exhibition season were the Flyers, the Blues and the Red Wings (teachers). The top goalies were Steve Luca from the Canadiens, Corey Derusha from the Red Wings and Joey Wong from the Blues. The top scorers were the Redwings Mr. Massey and Mr. Gregr, the Flyers Luke McGuire, the Kings Jack Billy and the Blues Karl Bhandal. Check the floor hockey website often to see schedules and updated scores and stats. Go to www.esportsdesk.com and type HSFHL into the search box.

Sports Coming This Spring...

At the conclusion of the basketball season, the spring season of com-petition begins. This year Howe Sound will be offering Senior Girls Soccer, Mountain Biking, Ultimate, and Track and Field. Watch the announcements this spring to find out when each team will be start-ing. In intramurals this spring there will be an open badminton ladder and a basketball league.

Upcoming Basketball Tournaments

Mon. Jan. 22 SR Girls vs Collingwood 6pm Howe Sound Gym

SR Boys vs Collingwood 7:30pm Howe Sound Gym

Tues. Jan. 23 SR Boys vs Elphinstine 4pm Howe Sound Gym

SR Girls vs Chatelech 6pm Howe Sound Gym

Wed. Jan. 24 Juvenile (Gr 9) Boys vs DRS 3:30pm Howe Sound Gym

Thurs. Jan. 25 Bantam Boys (Gr 8) vs Don Ross 4pm Howe Sound Gym

SR Boys vs Chatelech 6pm Howe Sound Gym

Feb. 9/10 SR Boys Gibsons

Feb. 16/17 SR Boys & Girls Pemberton

Feb. 23/24 Bantam Boys & Girls Pemberton

March 2/3 Jr. Boys & Girls Pemberton

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Body Worlds Recently some Science and P.E. classes at my school took an ex-traordinary trip to Body Worlds 3, the anatomical exhibition of real human bodies. We arrived at Sci-ence World at 10:30 am with 45 minutes to roam Science World freely. It wasn’t until after this our real journey began. When I was waiting in line I had no idea what to expect. At first they started you off with just some bones. That wasn’t too bad. Just around the corner they had the full size bodies. You could still see the eyes and finger nails on the bodies. The bodies were shaped in various poses in-cluding a skateboarder, a figure skating couple, and even one that was doing acrobatics. The bodies were preserved by a process called plastination. In a different part of the exhibit we could see the muscles, all the ligaments and how they are all attached to the bones. I then saw some slices of the body including an obese adult’s body compared to a healthy adult. I then went to an area where they showed fetuses and embryos. That part really disturbed me. They showed them at different stages in pregnancy. At the last part of the exhibit I was allowed to touch some organs. I got to touch a liver and two kidneys, which felt rubbery and leathery. Overall I really enjoyed the whole experience and would most definitely recommend Body Worlds to all students and parents.

By Jaslene Haer. Gr. 8 Student

The HSS Leadership said goodbye to 2006 with Christmas movies and hot chocolate at lunch. We "Twisted Into the New Year" with a screening of the movie Twister and a lunchtime game of Twister. Keep your eyes open for more activities in the coming months, including a basketball tournament, music week, a multicultural day, chess club, writing competi-tions. Don't forget this year's 30 Hour Famine, coming this Spring. And re-member, all you grade 8's, exciting link crew activities are planned just for you. Don't miss out!

ENGLAND TRIP Plans for the Spring Break England trip are coming together! All stu-dents are paid up and ready to go and our itinerary and hotel reserva-tions are posted at www.myexplorica.ca. We have a bottle drive com-ing up on Sunday, January 28th, so if everyone can store their bottles for that day and donate them, that would be great! Let Ms. White know if we can come by and pick them up by emailing [email protected].

England trip meeting for students at lunch in Ms. White's room (A103) on Wednesday, January 25th to plan drivers and areas for the bottle drive.

REBEL READING Our 20 minute reading period is continuing with success at Howe Sound Secondary School. As we move into the New Year, we are asking parents to donate recent magazines so that we can update our REBEL boxes. Please contact Ms. White at [email protected] if you have any magazines or books to donate or you can drop them off at Howe Sound Secondary to Ms. White. Students can read magazines, graphic novels, short stories, comics, and newspapers in REBEL time. Your local and school library are great resources! Check them out! Thanks! The Literacy Committee

DRAMA The acting students of Howe Sound are busy rehearsing three one act plays. Teira Andreef is directing the junior play, 'Mike's Case', Ms Franklin is directing the senior play, 'Mirror Game', and Ms Carroll is directing the festival play, 'WASP'. All will be showcased in the first Sea to Sky High School Drama Festival in late February. WASP by Steve Martin, will have two performances in the Eagle Eye Theatre on Friday, January 26 and Saturday, January 27. The show will begin at 7:30 and the cost will be $5.00. The ensemble cast (Karla Carreras, Riley Romano, Teira An-dreef, Michelle Jones, Harper Wellman, and Jordan Plaatz), and the crew (Paige Sotham, Ashley Yeoman, and Peter McEwen) will then head down to The Presentation House, in North Vancouver on Tuesday, January 30 for a workshop and a performance as part of the North Shore Drama Festival. They will be competing against other high schools on the North Shore. Winners of the festival will compete in the BC High School Festival. Don't miss your chance to see this talented group perform before they take on the world!!! More on the other performances and the Sea to Sky Festival in the next newsletter!

The Library is hoping that students will participate in the 2007 B.C. Stellar Book Awards program. Those students participating in the program must read at least five of the nineteen nominated books in order to vote for their favourite. Nominated books were selected by teens in B.C. Winners will be announced in May 2007. All students are welcome to participate. We have been asking students to share with others what they have been reading during REBEL (Reading Everyday Brings Endless Learning)-- our silent reading period. Students who complete a Howe Sound Reads form which are displayed in the library, are eligible to win two tickets to see Nelly Furtado at GM Place in March 2007.

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Pat Heide, Sponsor Teacher

���������� ������������� ������������� ������������� �������The Foods classes enjoyed a couple of weeks of Christmas baking before the holidays. Their delightful gingerbread houses decorated the office for a few days, and then went home. But what gave the stu-dents the most satisfaction was the cookies that they donated to the Christmas Community Hamper and to the Christmas Community luncheon. The students do-nated over half of the festive and delicious cookies they made to those in need. Constable Gelinas said that the student's donation to the luncheon was most welcome, and many people were able to take a care package of cookies home with them.

Respectfully submitted, The Home Ec. Dept.

QUICHE PASTRY 250 ml Flour 2 ml Salt 125 ml Firm Solid Shortening 60 ml Ice Water 10 ml Vinegar • Mix flour and salt together in a bowl • Cut shortening into flour mixture • Make a well • Mix ice water and vinegar into shortening to form a

sticky yet stiff dough • Wrap and refrigerate until needed or use for your

favourite recipe. QUICHE

• Using a rolling pin roll out pastry and place in small pie plate

• Dice 1/4 onion / 2 slices bacon, sauté • Place diced onion & bacon into the pastry lined

pie plate • Beat egg, cream, salt, cayenne & nutmeg together

in a small bowl with a whisk • Pour mixture over filling in pastry lined pie plate:

Divide the mixture evenly • Sprinkle cheese & chopped parsley over top of

quiche • Bake 10 minutes at 425° • Reduce temp to 350° and finish baking 18 to 20

minutes until centre of quiche is set. • Cool 5 minutes

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Ac- cording to the students, there are less than 80 days to the Hawaii Tour! Which means that there is a lot of things for all of us to handle. We are now up to the fourth installment of $300, which is due on January 31st. This brings the total handed in to $1000. If you haven't already done so, please get a passport. They are mandatory for entry in the USA. No passport? No tour! Chocolate sales have just got underway and the stu-dents are working hard to sell and not eat all of the chocolate! Stay tuned for the cookie dough/pizza/meat sale which begin shortly at the end of the chocolate sales. Beginning Band 8 Students! Please be aware that the Instrument Rental Evening is Tuesday, January 23rd in the theatre. You should have received a letter already at school about this. Please try to make ar-rangements to be there, or handle the rental of your instrument. In case you have not yet noticed, there will not be a band concert on January 23rd due to time constraints.

Pinch Nutmeg 1/2 Cup grated cheese Chopped parsley 1 Tbsp parmesan

2 Eggs 1/2 Cup Cream or Milk 1/4 tsp Salt Pinch Cayenne

�!��������� #�!��������� #�!��������� #�!��������� #� The Interact Club has been busy planning activities for 2007. Members will be working with staff assisting seniors at Hilltop House. As well, the club will be pre-paring baked goods for the local Homeless Drop-in Centre on a regular basis. Look forward to two major events coming up soon. One will be an event to raise funds for AIDS and the Stephen Lewis Foundation. The other will be an Amnesty International Film Festi-val. Information will be available soon on the upcom-ing events.

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RCMP YOUTH ACADEMY 2007

Congratulations to Geoffrey Campbell who was accepted to participate in the RCMP Youth Academy 2007! Students have gone through an intensive application proc-ess including a criminal his-tory consent form, medical information questionnaire, physical testing and a formal interview before being se-lected. This year’s Police Academy will be held at the Stillwood Conference Centre at Cultus Lake from March 15 to March 24, 2007. This pro-gram is designed to place the students in an RCMP acad-emy situation. The students will experience everything a police cadet would experience but in capsulated form. Stu-dents will receive instruction on law, police tactics, social skills, physical training, self-defence, and have lectures from various police special-ists. The RCMP Youth Academy is designed for stu-dents ages 16 to 18 years old who are interested in police work and law enforcement as a possible future career. The Youth Academy is meant to be both a fun and learning experience and will be men-tally and physically challeng-ing. Several school districts are working in partnership with the RCMP to provide this unique opportunity to secon-dary school students.

PATHWAY TO FORENSICS: 2007 BCIT FORENSIC SCIENCE

(formerly CSI Student Academy) The CSI Student Academy is intended to provide current Grade 11 and 12 stu-dents with practical insight into the various disciplines encompassing the fasci-nating field of Forensic Science and related career opportunities. If your student is interested have them come to the Career Programs Office for further informa-tion and an application.

Applications are due before February 14, 2007. Some of the topics students will be exposed to include:

The role of the Crime Scene Investigator Fingerprints and Fingerprint Identification

Forensic DNA Evidence Detecting suspicious Fires and Arson

The role of the Coroner Polygraphs and the Lie Detector

Murder and Maggots The Forensic Dentist (Odontology)

Civic Student Council The Squamish Student Civic Council has been on the move. They are a group of 7 students who act as political rep-resentatives for Squamish youth. The SCC has recently put a motion through to council to have district staff explore options for temporary lighting to be placed along the portion of The Valley Trail between the Highlands Mall and Gari-baldi Village. The motion was passed during the January 16th Council meeting at Municipal Hall. Currently the SCC is working towards improving the transit system for youth and others in the community. They have also been working to have a pay phone installed in the Garibaldi Village and are exploring more lighting options in youth orientated ar-eas in Squamish with safety in mind. Assemblies that took place for all grades of the Howe Sound Secondary School to bring in the New Year included a presentation by members of the SCC, Cory McRea and Julia Gillis, to encourage other youth to make recommendations and have their voices heard.

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$'������!��(���)*�+,,�You are invited to a Series of Discussions about Teens:

Presented by Sea to Sky Community Services Biweekly starting Tuesday January 23, 2007 at 7:00 pm

Location: Sea To Sky Community Services Seats are limited, to register call Mina 604 892-5796 Ext. 284

* Free of Charge * Refreshments Provided *

CAFETERIA HOURS The Cafeteria will be open for snacks only on Jan. 30 & 31. It will be

closed from Feb. 1-9. The Vancouver Community College Culinary Arts Program will provide students with 'soups and subs' Feb. 12-16 while their pro-

gram starts up. Full Cafeteria service will recommence on February 22.

Online Tutoring All B.C. students taking Essentials of Math 10, Principles of Math 10, Science 10 and Social Studies 11 are now able to access online course content, sample tests and tutoring services by visiting Learn-Now BC at www.learnnowbc.gov.bc.ca Expanded on-line tutoring services are available to students in four different ways. In order to access this you need your PEN # which is a 9 digit number that can be found on the student’s report card.

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PEAK EXPERIENCE, A WORK EXPERIENCE WITH WHISTLER

BLACKCOMB MOUNTAIN The Peak Experience program provides interested Grade 11 and 12 students with valuable training, skills and real work experience with Whistler Blackcomb Mountain. Students have the opportunity to work in a number of important areas of ski resort operations in-cluding: Food & Beverage, Lift Operations, Equip-ment Rentals and Ski & Snowboard School. Participants in the program work a total of 12 days; with 2 consecutive weekends in each of the 3 Depart-ments they select for the winter season. Prior to the program commencing they will participate in a full day of orientation and training provided by Whistler Black-comb. Participants receive a full credit for this Grade 12 course (WEX 12A). Congratulations to Scott Andrew, Ramnjot Batth, An-drea Griffin, Ashley MacMillan Erick Rodriquez, Kiran-deep Sangha and Neelraj Sundher for completing the application process and a very successful interview process with Whistler Blackcomb Mountain. Look for our students on the mountain between January and April 2007.

TRAINING OUR FUTURE CHEFS AND CARPENTERS AT HSS!

School District No. 48 and Vancouver Community Col-lege have teamed up to offer Culinary Arts, Entry Level Training at Howe Sound Secondary School’s state of the art industrial kitchen. Eight Grade 12 students will finish with Level 1, Cook Apprenticeship training, Brooke Chandler, Adam Fearnley, Elena Julian, Ket-Amorn Klai-mon, Kenny Kyle, Katelyn Lewis, Matthew Mannix and Javiera Vivanco. Kwantlen University College with be training our future Carpenters with the Entry Level Trades Training Carpen-try Course. Students will learn basic theory along with hands-on shop practice to become competent in basic carpentry tasks. Evan Aldridge, Ryan Armstrong, Chris Brocking, Shari-Lynn Essiambre, Taija Jagodnik, Deon Lapointe, Aislinn Merkel, Mason Pollock, Will Ripley and Derrick Zeliniski will earn their ELTT Trades Certificate from Kwantlen University College and write their Level One Apprenticeship exam. These training courses smooth the transition of students into post-secondary training and jobs, and give them a head start in their careers. Adults from the community have been invited to join both courses to fill the spaces available. Contact Linda McHale at (604) 892-9792 if you are interested. There are still spaces available.

Alta Lake Electric Bryan's Auto Body Chef Big D's Deli Ltd. David A. Swanson Construction Dean's Hevy Duty Repairs Diamond Head Motors District of Squamish Eagleview Veterinary Hospital Highlands Dental Clinic Howe Sound Inn and Brewing Co. Import Motors

Interior Works Paradise Fabricating Pelling Industries Ltd. Rattray's Auto Service Rommel Homes Ltd. Scotiabank Sea to Sky Hotel Banquet & Conf. Centre Sea to Sky Ventures Ltd. Sequence Sports Squamish Chamber of Commerce

THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY SPONS0RS FOR SPONSOR-ING/MENTORING OVER 40 GRADE 12 STUDENTS THIS QUARTER 2!

Squamish Excel/Garibaldi Tire Squamish Heating & Sheet Metal Ltd. Squamish Nation Squamish Veterinary Services Starbucks, Garibaldi Village Tantalus Bike Shop The Chief Vancouver Coastal Health Whistler Blackcomb Mountain Wooden It Be Nice Yiannis Taverna

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School Exam Schedules See Posted Exam Schedules in Classrooms &

Office Window for Further Details

Mon. Jan. 29 8:40—10:40 am AB and A Block Exams 10:50—12:50 pm B Block Exams Tues. Jan. 30 8:40—10:40 am CD and C Block Exams 10:50—12:50 pm D Block Exams Wed. Jan. 31 PRE-BOOKED Make-Up Exams

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Government Exam Schedule

GRADE 10

Date Subject Time Room Jan. 29 Monday

Eng 10 9:00 – 12:00

Theatre

Jan. 30 Tuesday

Math 10P 1:00 – 4:00

Theatre Math 10A

Math 10E

Jan. 31 Wednesday

Science 10 9:00 – 12:00

Theatre

GRADE 12

Date Subject Time Room Jan. 29 Monday

Comm 12 9:00 – 12:00

Port 4

French 12 B102

History 12 1:00 – 4:00

B102 B103

Jan. 30 Tuesday

English 12 9:00 –

12:00

B116 Port 1 Port 2 Port 4

Jan. 31 Wednesday

Math 12 1:00 – 4:00

Feb. 1 Thursday

Biology 12

9:00 – 12:00

B204 B205

Physics 12

1:00 – 4:00

B208

Feb. 2 Friday

Chemistry 12 1:00 – 4:00

B206 B207

B116 B117

GRADE 11

Date Subject Time Room

Jan. 29 Monday

Socials 11 1:00 –

4:00

Theatre

Important information for students writing exams

1. Students should be in their appointed seats 10 minutes before the start time of the exam. 2. Any student who is over 30 minutes late for an exam will NOT be permitted to enter the exam room. 3. Students in grade 12, not the school, make the choice whether or not to write the Optional Grade 12 Provincial Exams. Note that both English 12 and Communications 12 are NOT optional exams. 4. There are no Optional Provincial Exams for students in grades 10 or 11. 5. Students with exam conflicts must write the Provincial exam & arrange to write the other exam on make-up day.