Principal: Ms. Charlene M. Scime

Vice Principals: Mr. Tyson Maxwell and Mr. Mark Ruzylo

OZZIE

REPORT

December 2016

Message From The Principal As we head into the second half of this semester, there is no shortage of

activity happening at our mighty Collingwood Collegiate. Students are

engaged in learning, our athletes have achieved outstanding results,

music students are on the parade circuit, and our clubs are busy with

wonderful school and community-based initiatives. Visit our website at

cci.scdsb.on.ca or follow us on twitter @CCI_SCDSB to keep up-to-

date with school events as the year progresses. We are looking for stu-

dent reporters to help with coverage of school events, particularly for

our website and for sharing with local media. Interested students are

asked to speak with me as soon as possible.

CCI welcomed almost 390 students to the Owl’s Nest during our recent

Grade 8 Day and we hope to see all of these students as Owls in Sep-

tember! Thanks to School Council for hosting a Youth Resilience event

for parents that was extremely informative and well attended. Special

mention to our Grade 10 students and other writers of the Ministry’s

online Literacy Test. These students, with the assistance of our staff,

persevered through many technology challenges and the unfortunate

disappointment of a cancelled test. We await further information from

the Ministry about this assessment. I want to recognize our students for

the tremendous respect and gratitude shown during our recent Remem-

brance Day assemblies. Lastly, congratulations to our students who

were recognized by their peers and by staff for their outstanding aca-

demic achievement at our recent Wise Owls Assembly. Well done.

Last week students are received their mid-semester report cards. Please,

if you have not already, set time aside to review this report with your

student. Feel free to contact his/her teacher if you have any questions or

concerns. Our staff at CCI remain committed to supporting positive

outcomes for every student. In addition, we know and appreciate the

important role that parents and guardians provide in partnering with the

school to support students with their academics. There is plenty of time

left in the semester to set new goals for achievement and for students to

re-engage with learning if need be. Help is available from classroom

teachers, Special Education, Student Success, Student Services and

Administration. As always, I encourage all students to enjoy what CCI

has to offer. Many of the fond memories from high school come from

the richness of our school experiences and our involvement in school

life.

#CCIproud,

Ms. Charlene Scime

DATES TO REMEMBER

December 13 School Council

December 15: Music Christmas Concert

December 26-January 8 Christmas Holidays

January 17 Grade 8 Open House

January 19, 20 Grade 9 EQAO Math

January 26-February 1 Semi Final Exams

February 6 Semester 2 begins

February 17 Report Cards

February 20 Family Day

February 28-March 3 Musicfest

March 13-17 March Break

March 30 OSSLT

April 14-17 Easter Weekend

June 2 Prom

June 22-28 Final Exams

June 29 Commencement

Follow us on our website:

cci.scdsb.on.ca

Or on Twitter: @CCI_SCDSB

Message from SCDSB Director of Education Kathi Wallace

At the Sept. 28 Board Meeting, it was shared publicly that I will retire as of December 31, 2016. As I’m sure you can imagine, this decision was challenging for me. I love what I do - I have felt this way in every role during my 39 years in this board. It’s truly been an honour to serve the students and families of Simcoe County through-out my career. I’ve had the privilege of working with fantastic staff, parents and community partners. I’ve been surrounded by skilled, passionate and caring people.

My focus remains on our work as I complete my time here. The Board of Trustees have started the search for a new director. We are also now gathering the results of our strategic planning consultation. The input provided by our staff, students, parents and community members will be invaluable to the board and senior administration, including the new director, as they move the system forward.

I am looking forward with optimism to this next stage of my life. It’s a chance to spend some more time with my family. This includes my growing group of beautiful grandchildren who provide that daily reminder of life’s wonder and simple joys. It’s that same reminder I cherish from my days as a classroom teacher.

Keep connected with your school and the SCDSB It’s important to get accurate information about what’s going on at your school and your school board, including possible labour situa-tions. Please feel free to call the school at any time if you have questions or concerns.

You can subscribe to our school’s website by visiting the ‘What's New’ section at http://cci.scdsb.on.ca. You can sign up to receive emails about school news updates and information during emer-gency situations. It’s easy to subscribe – visit our website and click the ‘Subscribe’ link at the very top of the page. When you fill out your email and click Subscribe, an email will be sent to your inbox with a link to click to confirm that you want to sub-scribe. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link at the bot-tom of each email.

For Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) media releases and event information, visit the ‘News’ section under ‘About Us’ at the SCDSB’s website: www.scdsb.on.ca. The SCDSB Education Cen-tre can be reach at 705-734-6363.

Follow the SCDSB on Twitter @SCDSB_Schools, Facebook

(facebook.com/SCDSB) and Instagram (instagram.com/scdsb)

Through SCDSB’s Sharing Simcoe blog (www.sharingsimcoe.com), we share stories of some of the amazing people involved in our schools. The blog features stories and tips from our own in-house ex-perts and experts we work with in the community, as well as good news stories about our schools.

Cafeteria Under New Management

We are very happy to advise you that the school café is under New

Management!

Breakfast is available from 7:30 am serving freshly baked muffins,

breakfast sandwiches, cereal & oatmeal, Yogurt parfaits, etc.!

There is a lunch special served every day, all cooked on site using

local products (when possible) and always adhering to nutritional

guidelines. You can even buy a card online with a minimum payment

of $20. If you have any questions contact Café Manager, Helen Rus-

sell @ extension 41447.

Message from the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit: Immun-ization Records The Ontario Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) requires the health unit to have up-to-date immunization records for all students attending school. According to the ISPA (2014), students currently in high school are required to be vaccinated against:

Tetanus, Diphtheria, Polio and Pertussis (whooping cough) - booster required between 14-16 years old

Measles, Mumps and Rubella - must have two doses after the first birthday Meningococcal Disease - must have one dose after the first birthday & Men-C-ACYW in Grade 7

The health unit does not receive immunization information directly from doctor’s offices. Please contact the health unit each time your child receives a vaccine from their health care provider. If your child’s immunization record on file with the health unit is not up-to-date, they may be suspended from school.

What you can do:

Check – Your child’s yellow immunization card

Contact – Your child’s health-care provider to obtain records, or to get missing vaccinations Share – Go to www.simcoemuskokahealth.org/ to enter the complete record, or fax a completed record to 705-726-3962 Message from the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit: Stay Healthy This School Year! Colds and Influenza spread easily from person to person. These germs can spread directly from person to person when someone coughs or sneezes, or indirectly when germs land on hard surfaces like door knobs, desks, keyboards, or wet tissues and then are touched by some-one. These germs can then enter the body through the eyes, nose or mouth. The most important thing you can do to keep from getting sick and stop the spread of germs to others is wash your hands with soap and warm running water for at least 15 seconds. If your hands are not visi-bly dirty you can use alcohol based hand rub “hand sanitizer” for 15 seconds. Cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue or cough into your sleeve or upper arm and stay home if you are sick. Teach your kids to do the same! For more tips to keep you and your family healthy this school year, contact Health Connection at 1-877-721-7520 or visit the health unit’s website at www.simcoemuskokahealth.org. Message from the Health Unit: Misusing pain medication is very dangerous One in ten students in Grades 7 to 12 report misusing pain medication, and the majority of them got the drug from someone’s home. Pain medication (opioids) like Tylenol No. 3®, Percocet, morphine and fentanyl can be misused in two ways:

1. If used in ways other than intended by a physician

If used by someone it was not prescribed for. What can you do?

Keep your medications locked up and out of sight

Clean out your medicine cabinet regularly and take left over or ex-pired medication to the pharmacy for safe, free disposal. For more information, visit the health unit’s website at www.simcoemuskokahealth.org or call Health Connection at 721-7520 or 1-877-721-7520.

Student Accident Insurance 2016-17

Student injuries at school, during school events, and extra-curricular

activities (athletics, clubs, and out-of-province/out-of-country trips)

are not covered by the Board or its insurance company. While every

precaution is taken to provide a safe learning environment, accidents

can and do happen. It is essential that all students participating in ex-

tra-curricular activities have adequate insurance coverage for all in-

stances of injury. The Simcoe County District School Board has se-

lected the “insure my kids” program through Old Republic Canada as

an option for students/parents/guardians to consider with regards to

purchasing student accident insurance coverage for the upcoming

school year. The coverage is for 24 hours a day. This insurance offers

a variety of plans and benefits at reasonable annual prices. Coverage

can be purchased online at www.insuremykids.com. Please watch for

your student accident insurance package along with a letter about

requirements for extra-curricular activities and out-of-province or out-

of-country trips.

Marching Band

On November 4th and 5th, the CCI Marching Band headed to Niagara Falls for their annual training weekend. After practicing at a sports field in Brampton and relaxing at Great Wolf Lodge the Friday, the group did a fantastic job performing at the Ontario Music Educators Association's annual conference Saturday morning. The music depart-ment is very proud of all the students for their hard work and profes-sionalism.

This year's marching band is made up of over 100 students from grades 9 through 12, and will be performing in six Santa Claus parades : Owen Sound, Collingwood, Markham, Fenlon Falls, Creemore, and Toronto.

Remembrance Day

Construction Technology

Grade 11 and 12 Construction Technology students have been busy fabricating Holiday Kiosk's for Downtown Collingwood. Home Hardware and the Collingwood BIA delivered and donated material to allow the opportunity for CCI students to get hands-on experience. Students were able to utilize 3D model-ing to visualize, and obtain dimensions for, the builds. Also, the Kiosk' design allows for them to be disassembled for shipping and reassembled at site, where they will be used for selling holiday related items!

Link Crew and Community Service

On October 28th, Our Link Crew leaders (senior role model students helping ease the transition to secondary for new grade 9 students) assisted all grade 9 homerooms in carving 80 pumpkins in our cafe as a team building exercise. The pumpkins were created and deliv-ered to many seniors homes in Collingwood and Wasaga Beach and were given to Collingwood General and Marine Hospital to bring some festive spirit to the Halloween season.

The community partners were very happy to have the donations!

CCI Robotics The CCI Robotics club has started up again this year with lots of interest from grade 9s up to grade 12s. The clubs main focus this year will be to design and build two robots to compete at Skill Canada in the Robotics Competition. In this year’s compe-tition the two robots will work together to collect 11 wooden boat parts then assemble the wooden boat. It should be an excit-ing year.

Please visit our website www.ccimath.ca where you will find all kinds of information, tips and enrichment.

This year, over 200 grade 9 and 10 students participated in the Beaver Computing Contest and the Canadian Intermedi-

ate and Senior Math Contests take place on November 23rd. To receive noti-fications of future enrichment opportunities, sign up for Remind101 notifi-cations. Instructions are on the Enrichment tab of www.ccimath.ca.

All semester one Grade 9 Applied and Academic math stu-dents will be writing the EQAO Assessment of Mathematics on Thursday January 19th and Friday January 20th in their regularly scheduled math classes. Please make sure that stu-

dents are present on those days.

Climbing Club

The CCI Climbing Club meets every Thursday from 3:30 - 4:30 at Climbers Corner. Students learn to tie-in, belay, and climb under the supervision of Mr. Kenopic, an ACMG certified Climbing Gym Instructor with 20 years of climbing experience. Students receive a club discount of $10/visit including entry, har-ness and shoes. Interested stu-dents can visit Mr. Kenopic in the math office (Rm 237) at lunch on Thursdays to pick up permission forms.

CCI Swim Team

The CCI Swim Team is larger than ever this year with over 40 swimmers new and returning hitting the pool 3-5 times a week. Coaches Todd Funston, Jill Teskey and Heather MacDougall are very excited to see the swimmers working hard and improving their technique and fitness with each training session. They will be hosting a swim meet at the Cenntenial pool Monday November 21st and then heading to the Universi-ty of Toronto for an overnight meet. Who knows what the Georgian Bay Secondary School Championships will bring for this dedicated group of Fighting Owls on December 13th? An-ticipation is high for amazing performances with lots of BLACK and GOLD up on the podium.

Non-Traditional Trades

For any females interested in participating in non-traditional trades (manufacturing, woodworking, construction etc), there is a field trip on De-cember 1 that you should consider. This is a great opportunity to meet women who are currently working in the trades and have a wealth of knowledge to share. It is at the Nottawasaga Inn in Alliston, it is free and a hot lunch and transportation are provided! See Ms. Nicoll for more details and a field trip form if you are interested.

Writing your Resume

If you want help with writing your resume, Ms. Nicoll is availa-ble at lunch or after school. To book an appointment with her, see her in room 123 or Guidance.

Library News

Author Eric Walters visited CCI’s library on October 18th, speaking to 150

students about his work as an author and as an activist. Eric both enter-

tained and challenged his audience during his presentation.

For more information about CCI’s library, and to access all of our many online resources, visit us at www.ccilibrary.ca.

SHSM

This year 20 of our senior students have signed up for our Health and Wellness Specialist High Skills Major Program and 7 have signed up for our Hospitality and Tourism Special-ist High Skills Major program. This brings our total number of grade 11 and 12 students specializing in health and wellness and hospitality courses at the school to 45.

The SHSM program is specifically designed to provide hands on reach ahead experiences, industry standard certifications and bundles of high school courses (including a Coop in the industry) which focus on possible post secondary programs and careers in either health and wellness or hospitality and tourism.

Guidance Community Involvement Hours: Every student must complete 40 hours of community involvement. Grade 12 students will be required to have completed these hours before a diploma can be issued. The activities may be completed at any time during the student’s time at secondary school. This require-ment is to encourage students to develop awareness and understand-ing of civic responsibility and the role they can play in their commu-nities. Graduating students are required to have their 40 hours com-pleted and submitted by February 6, 2017. The form is available on the CCI website under Guidance and Career Education button and then Community Involvement on the left hand side bar. For more information please visit https://www.scdsb.on.ca/Students/Pages/Community-Involvement.aspx MyBlueprint.ca: This fall all Grade 9 and 11 students had training on myBlueprint.ca, an educational planner. It allows the students to set goals for the year, do interest inventories, look at course selections and do search-es for post-secondary education. All CCI students have access to myBlueprint.ca. Have your son or daughter log on and show you what they have accomplished this year! https://myblueprint.ca/ If you have questions or concerns for guidance, please feel free to contact us. Here is the Guidance Team: Annie Hillock ahillock@scdsb.on.ca 705-445-3161 ext 41571 (grade 9 and 12

students)

Sherry Taylor-Fox staylorfox@scdsb.on.ca ext. 41563 (grade 10 and 12 students)

Collin Wallace cwallace@scdsb.on.ca 705-445-3161 ext 41562 (grade 11 and 12 students) Kelly Nicoll knicoll@scdsb.on.ca 705-445-3161 ext 41556052 (grade 11 stu-dents) Kelly Karpowicz-Bray kkarpowicz@scdsb.on.ca 705-445-3161 ext 41560 (Guidance Secretary)

Putting Out Fires!

Advanced Placement: Students can earn a university credit while still in high school Grade 11 and 12 students at 11 Simcoe County District School Board high schools have the option to take Advanced Placement (AP) cours-es. These courses are designed to cover the Ontario Curriculum, while providing accelerated and advanced level programming to prepare students to write American College Board examinations. Students can earn a university credit while still in high school, gain admission to university or both, depending on the university. For more information on AP courses available this school year, visit SCDSB’s website at www.scdsb.on.ca/Programs/Pages/Advanced-Placement.aspx or con-tact your Guidance Department.

Grade 8 Open House January 17, 2017

Is your child starting Grade 9 next year? High school information

nights happen this winter. Information nights give an overview of

what’s new and what to expect, and are a chance to ask questions.

High school is an exciting time—there are so many programs, clubs and activities for students to try. Attend an information night to find out what’s offered at your local high school. See the info night sched-ule and more information on the SCDSB’s website at www.scdsb.on.ca/highschool

It’s almost winter: Bus cancellation information for parents

Winter is just around the corner in Simcoe County, and with it comes the possibility of severe weather, challenging winter driving condi-tions and possible bus and school event cancellations.

All information regarding cancelled buses in Simcoe County is posted on the Simcoe County Student Transportation Consortium’s bus in-formation website at www.simcoecountyschoolbus.ca. Our school is in the west zone. When buses are cancelled, schools are still open for student learning, unless otherwise noted.

The Consortium and bus operators try to make the decision to cancel school buses before 6 a.m. and make every effort to post announce-ments between 6 and 7 a.m. Inclement weather cancellations are ef-fective for the whole day and buses cancelled in the morning will not run at the end of the day. You can follow the Consortium on Twitter @SCSTC SchoolBus for bus cancellations and other information. You can also subscribe to receive bus delay notifications here: https://scstc.ca/Subscriptions