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CARE and RESPECT Today and Every Day CARE and RESPECT Today and Every Day

VOLUME 10, Issue 12 2017 YEAR END EDITION

STEVESTON-LONDON SECONDARY

NEWSLETTER Principal: Ms. C. Sakata Vice Principals: Ms. S. Garr & Ms. A. Kwon PAC: Ms. R. Clenachan-Johnson & Ms. M. McLean Trustee Liaison: Dr. Eric Yung

Address: 6600 Williams Road, Richmond, BC V7E 1K5 Phone: 604-668-6668 Fax: 604-668-6672 Early Warning: 604-668-6670 Twitter: @StevestonLondon Website: http://slss.sd38.bc.ca

“HOME OF THE SHARKS” – Established 2007

Principal’s Message The end of the 2016-2017 school year has quickly arrived and we will soon be into our summer holiday routines and vacations. June was a month of celebration of a successful school year with our Awards Night and Athletic Banquet formally acknowledging student success. June 17 saw the formal acknowledgement of our 276 students completing the requirements for high school graduation at the Commencement Ceremony at the UBC Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. In this year of continued implementation of the new Ministry Transformed Curriculum, SLSS staff have worked extremely hard to facilitate and support the continued excellent learning of our students. This past school year, the staff chose to focus on the core competencies of Communication and Personal Awareness and Responsibility. The success in the students’ development in these two competencies is evidenced in the responses of grade 10 and 12 students on the Student Learing Survey administered in April.

The values of care and respect for self, all others and for the SLSS community have also been successfully modeled and nurtured by students, staff and parents throughout the year. Continued success in upholding care and respect is evidenced in the Student Learning Survey results with over 90% of grade 10s and grade 12s reporting affirmatively to the question, “At school, do you respect people who are different from you (for example, think, act, or look different)?“ The professionalism and dedication to students by all our teaching and support staff has been outstanding in engaging our students in their learning and encouraging involvement and participation in the range of activities and opportunities our staff provided. Sharks have taken the many opportunities available this past school year in athletics, in all the fine arts (musical, performing and visual), and our over 45 clubs. The enthusiasm and extracurricular accomplishments of our students have been amazing, and the students have represented SLSS so well.

Included in this newsletter are our farewells to staff who will not be with us in September and information about Steveston-London Secondary School routines over the summer months. There will be another newsletter sent electronically in August providing information for the school opening in September 2017. We urge you to check the school website where information is continually posted. There has been a change on the administration team for the 2017 – 2018 school year. Ms. Sarah Garr, vice principal, has moved to A.R. MacNeill Secondary School. The SLSS school community was fortunate to have Ms. Garr work with us for the past two years. Mr. Lee Banta, vice principal from A.R. MacNeill, has join Ms. Anita Kwon and myself on the SLSS administrative team. We look forward to working with you to continue to ensure that Steveston-London Secondary School is a great place to learn and continue to maintain the traditions and strong sense of community.

Happy Summer! The staff of Steveston-London Secondary wishes you and your family a happy, safe, and fun-filled summer vacation!

UPCOMING DATES

First Day of School – Assemblies & HR Tuesday, September 5

July 10-August 25 Summer Office Hours (M-F, 7:00 AM – 1:30 PM)

August 1 BC Day

August 28 Regular Office Hours Resume (M-F. 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM)

September 5 Assemblies & Homerooms Grade 8s: 10:00 AM Grade 9s + 10s: 11:00 AM Grade 11s + 12s: 1:00 PM

September 6-8 Homeroom First All Week

September 6 First Regular Day, ABCD

September 8 GR 12 Assembly + BBQ

September 12 Collaboration Day (Alternate Bell Schedule)

September 13 PAC 6:30PM, DAG 7:30PM

September 13-15 Grade 8 Camp

September 20 School Photos

September 21 GR 12 Parent Info, 5:30

September 21 Meet the Teacher Night, 6:30

Septmeber 22 Pro-D Day (No school for students)

September 25 GR 12 Post 2° Workshop

September 26 CUE @McMath, 6:30 PM

September 27 Cops for Cancer Tour Stop

September 27-29 Athletic Leadership Retreat

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CARE and RESPECT Today and Every Day

Farewell & Thank You 2017 YEAR END EDITION

VOLUME 10, Issue 12

Our Farewells On June 17, 276 grade 12 students were acknowledged for successfully completing graduation requirements as they crossed the stage at our 2017 Commencement Ceremony at the UBC Chan Centre for Performing Arts. Thank you Grads of 2017 for your many contributions to the school over the years and the leadership you have provided and especially your legacy of care and respect. We wish our grads success in whatever paths post-secondary school life will take you and good health and happiness. Grads as you join the ranks of the Steveston-London alumni, we hope you will keep in touch and visit often.

We would also like to say good-bye to the students and families who will be moving from our school to attend different schools next year. You have been a valued part of our community and have contributed to making this a successful year. To the students and their families, we wish you all the best in your new settings.

This school year marked the end of careers in education for two long standing SLSS staff. Mr. Drew Hunt, PE teacher, and Ms. Sherry Sutherland, library technician, chose to retire from SLSS to move on to the next milestone in their lives. We thank Mr. Hunt and Ms. Sutherland for their dedication and contributions to the SLSS community over the years and extend best wishes in all their future endeavours. Two other staff members who will not be with us in September are Ms. Celine Jackson and Ms. Katrina Lau. We wish them well in their role being full time parents for the year. This end of June marked last days at SLSS for a large group of valued staff members who are departing for different opportunities and experiences: Ms. Rhiannon Vining, Home Economics; Mr. Jasmeet Dhari, PE; Mr. Alvin Bonifacio, Learning Resource; Mr. Nick Hamm, Math; Mr. Craig Milhom, ELL and Social Studies; Mr. David Liethman, Learning Resource and Planning; Ms. Heather Dawson, Learning Resource; Ms. Grace Kim, Planning; Mr. Tim Ubial, Math, Science and IT; Ms. Joanne Panas, English; and Ms. Connie Easton, Counselling. Ms. Easton, has worked with SLSS students and their families for several decades, and will continue to be connected with SLSS in her new role as District teacher consultant. We thank all our departing staff for their dedication and commitment to the school and wish each and every one all the best in their future. Once a Shark, Always a Shark!

Thank You SLSS PAC! A heartfelt thank you to the SLSS PAC, especially to the executive, for all your hard work to organize and support events and activities throughout the year – Staff Appreciation, Breakfast with Santa, Sharkfest. Thank you to all of the parents who contributed and helped our PAC Executive with the PAC events and activities. The thoughtful and careful disbursement of fundraising and gaming funds to support and enhance student activities in our school is very much appreciated. On behalf of all the parents and staff, we would like to express a special thanks to our PAC Executive who volunteered their time, expertise and energy – Co-Chairpersons, Michele McLean and Roisin Clenachan-Johnson, and Treasurer Tammy Ross.

Thank you also for the Staff Appreciation breakfast on June 21. It was a great way to start the day and

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SLSS Awards Night We celebrated the achievements of hundreds of students at our year end awards ceremony and art show on the evening of June 7. A large and appreciative crowd enjoyed the incredible and diverse student art displayed in the front atrium of the school while listening to our talented jazz band perform. The audience then filled the Shark Tank to help us applaud the remarkable academic and volunteer service work of over 250 students. Congratulations to all Principal’s Honour Roll (4.00 GPA), subject award, major service award, and top all-around and inspirational student award recipients. The top academic students in 2016-2017 are Lily Wang (Grade 10), Kathleen Kong (Grade 11), and Stephanie Leung (Grade 12). Top all-around students included Alison Xia (Grade 8), Urvee Mulye (Grade 9), Annie Zhou (Grade 10), Ashwyn Dholliwar (Grade 11), and Melody Chen (Grade 12). Melody also represented the 2017 grad as class valedictorian. The Principal’s Award, recognizing outstanding service to the school and community, went to Ryan Curtis. Congratulations to all the students recognized at the ceremony and to our Grade 12 student emcees Adelaide Chan and Davy Lau. Well done!

Sharks Athletic Banquet On the evening of June 8 we hosted our annual Sharks Athletic Banquet and over 200 student-athletes, coaches, sponsors, and parents enjoyed a barbecue buffet dinner and a fun evening celebrating our many athletic accomplishments this year. Congratulations to all our student-athletes, coaches, sponsors and to the members of our 10 RSSAA, and Vancouver and District championship teams – your banners now hang in our gyms with honour. Special thank you goes to our dedicated Athletic Director Ms. Roxie Lewin and the Athletic Leadership class and student emcees Daniel Chen and Andy Cheng – it was a fantastic night! Athletes of the year: Jasmine Leung and Ajeet Gundarah (Grade 8), Jessie Hall and Evan De Souza (Grade 9), Nicola Wigboldus and Andrew Wong (Grade 10), Athena Chen and Quinn Whyte (Grade 11), Melody Chen, Sydney Dowling, and Andy Cheng (Grade 12). The Spirit of the Shark award for sportsmanship and class went to Ryan Curtis, and the Shark Cup recognizing five years of athletic excellence, went to Hailey Takasaki and Andy Cheng. Thank you for always representing our school with class and pride! Sharkfest 2017 OUTSTANDING! Our annual year end celebration took place on June 26. Sharkfest 2017 was a tremendous success thanks to the organizational efforts fo the Student Council and the SLSS PAC. Hundreds of SLSS students, staff, and alumni celebrated a successful school eyar with an afternoon filled with corn dogs, popcorn, and cotton candy; live music and dance performances; carnival attractions including an inflatable obstacle course, hamster ball race, and inflatable jousting; and yearbook signing.

Thank you to the Student Council and their sponsors Ms. Claire Chevreau and Ms. Jennifer Murdoch, and the SLSS PAC for hosting this outstanding SLSS tradition of celebrating school spirit and community! AMAZING SLSS Yearbook Students received this year’s spectacular yearbook on June 26. The latest edition of the Sharks school annual was printed in colour on each of the 221 pages and captured all the students, events, clubs and teams of 2016-2017. A huge THANK YOU to Mr. Sid Akselrod, sponsor teacher and the dedicated team of student editors Dylan Cobankiat, Ayla Gormley, Madeleine McLean, and Ariel Qi. Thank you also to members of the Yearbook Club, Yearbook class, and all of the other contributing student writers, photographers, and artists!

Celebrating Sharks – What a Year!

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More Shark Moments to Share and Celebrate… Activity Days, Spectrum Headrush, Musical Notes, Pianos in the City

2017 YEAR END EDITION

Headrush II 2017 On the afternoon of Thursday, June 22 all three grades of Spectrum students participated in Headrush II 2017. First, they were dropped off in Steveston and given a photo challenge in their multi-grade teams. The teams were asked to take a variety of photos representing the four core values of Spectrum: inquiry, independent learning, learning community, and leadership. Winners of the various challenge categories, from best abstract photo to best selfie, can be found at @mmelevin. They then ended the day at Garry Point, where they reflected upon and celebrated the end of the year. Spectrum wishes the grade 10s the best of luck next year as they enter grade 11 and leave the program, and looks forward to welcoming the new class of grade 8s!

Musical Notes The Music Department had a successful year this year, with several community concerts, such as Education Week, Jazz Nite, and Richmond Sings, as well as elementary concerts, and a Fine Arts Celebration in June. This summer several of our students will be participating in summer music camps. If you would like more information about these camps, contact Mr. Mikulin at [email protected].

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On the afternoon of June 17, our 275 grade 12 students crossed the stage at the beautiful UBC Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. It was a memorable celebration of our students’ many academic and extracurricular accomplishments. Over 1000 parents, family, friends, and special guests joined our graduating students at the Commencement Ceremony. Valedictorian, Melody Chen, represented her classmates with grace, humour, and inspiration and the SLSS Vocal Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble led by Mr. Michael Mikulin, performed for the guests before the ceremony and provided a very meaningful musical interlude during the ceremony. The achievements and accomplishments of our grads were realized in the large number of awards, scholarships, and post-secondary entrance awards presented. It was a wonderful afternoon of celebration for the entire Steveston-London school community.

The formal Dinner & Dance at the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel and the Dry After Grad on June 30 and July 1 were two final celebrations for our graduating students. Many thanks to the Grad Committee for organizing the program at the Dinner & Dance which included a parting Lip Dub video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSscV4vBuBI&feature=youtu.be) put together by the Grad Committee. Well done Grad Committee 2017!

On behalf of all of the Grads, a huge thank you to the DAG Committee, chaired by Loreen Long and Laura Takasaki and all of the parent volunteers, for the fabulous “last night of high school” celebration back at the school after busing back from the Dinner & Dance in Vancouver. Thank you to all the parents who fundraised throughout the year, came out to help at all the fundraising events, and put together the night decorating, organizing everything, supervising, and cleaning up! The students had a wonderful time devouring the variety of food and refreshments, and participating in the many activities arranged by DAG parent organizers. A fun night was had by all!



SLSS Graduating Class of 2017

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Message from Dry After Grad (DAG)

Congratulationstothe2017Graduates.TheyarenowofficiallySLSSAlumni.TheirDAGpartywasheldonJuly1st.Wehopethestudentsallenjoyedit!Theyaresuchapolitegroup.Weheardmanythankyousfromthemallthroughthenight.Itwasalotoffuntoputtogetherandtheculminationofmanyhours,lotsofvolunteersanda‘ton’ofdonationsstartinginSeptember.

Thankyoutotheparents,staff,students,andfriendswhoparticipatedinthePubNight,CarWash,BakeSale,BuickTestDrive,BottleDrive,prizegatheringandsponsorship. Anotherbig thankyoutothepeoplewhovolunteeredatDAG–settingup,doingbagcheckandsupervisingtheevent.DAGdoesnothappenwithoutallofyourhelp!FollowingaresomemorepeoplethatwerealsointegraltoDAG’ssuccesswiththeirgenerosityoftimeand/ordonations:

SCHOOLSTAFF:Ms.Sakata,Ms.Kwon,Ms.Campbell,Mr.Mah,Ms.Guidone,Mr.Akselrod

DAGCOMMITTEE:

KimArmstrong,MiannaDowling,MichelleHirose,GinaChan, CherryNgai, KarenWoo, Paula Curtis,VivianBerg, LisaThompson,LauraJeary,LeannePaine,MonaCantwell,BridgetRebiffe,DilciaLee,MonaCantwell,YvonneQuilichni,TaraPang

PARENTDONORSANDVOLUNTEERS:LornaLee,AmandaHill,BrianThompson,EdDowling,BrianHirose,KerryCurtis,HerbieLi,HolgerJanssen,XuejunYu,RoseSiu,ValerieOrth,KarenWoo,AlyssaHirose,JasonYi,Grade12CarWashers,Grade12FlyerDistributors,SLSSGradCommittee,ElizaKo,ArielChen,JoannHunter,ArionChoi,JanGazley,HelenaHua,StephanieDholliwar,LindaEllis,SimonEllis,LouiseMah,MaylinFraser,DoramyEhling,CharlotteMangilit,SamShaw,TammyRoss,HansNg,LindaNg,RayPang,JulieRoberts,JaniceVas,JakiBritten-Yung,StephenWatt,JimmyLin,JessicaPing,MirandaCam,VivienTsu,RosaLau,PatClayback,ArielChen,andLizCo.

BUSINESSCOMMUNITY:AlmosthalforourDAGcostshavebeen so kindly donatedby peopleandbusinesses inour community. Pleaseconsiderthemonournextnightoutorwhenshoppingforitemsandservices.

PLACESTOEAT:BostonPizza–Ackroyd McDonald’sBlundell Starbucks–RichleaSquareCactusClub McDonald’s–Ironwood TheBoathouseCoraRestaurant Menchie’s TheBuck&EarDavesFishandChips Moxie’sBar&Grill TheKegDomino’sPizza OriginalJoes Timothy’sFrozenYogurtKFC StevestonCanneryCafé WhiteSpot–AckroydKishaPoppo StevestonPizza WhiteSpot–RichmondCentreMcDonald’s–Alderbridge StevestonSeafoodHouse

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ENTERTAINMENT:

ApexAdventure-Plex EXIT–Beckwith TheVancouverCanadiansCapilanoSuspensionBridge RichmondGoKartTrack VancouverWhaleWatching

FITNESS,HEALTH,&BEAUTY:Berenice’sBraid LAClippers SouthArmCommunityCentreDesigntech OxygenYoga–RichleaSquare StyleLabSalon–DezDesignTechHairStudio RichmondOval ThompsonCommunityCentreDoggySixPetGrooming SalonDiva WestRichmondCommunityCentreFlamanFitness SalonJuniper

FOODSERVICES&RETAIL:BroadmoorBakery NAPAAutoParts ShoppersDrugMart–BlundellCandyDish EpicureSelections–Stephanie SoJerkyLtdCOBS–RichmondCentre Templeton IceLevelSourceforSportsEnglishBayCookies Heidi’sCookieCreations StevestonTattooHeringersMeats Pharmasave–RichleaSquare StevestonWinemakersKernels Pieces T&TSupermarketKinsFarmMarket PricklyPearGardenCentre MinutemanPressRichmondMountainEquipmentCo-op Safeway-Broadmoor

DOCTORS&DENTISTSDr.AsefKarim Dr.CarolynMack-Tsai Dr.R.Chaudhry- CBIHealthCentreDr.MicheleNielsen DentalandImplant PDGDentalDr.EdmondWoo Clinic

COMMUNITY:Acura DueckonMarine PentaConstructionBCFerries DueckRichmond RichmondDistrictPACBCLiquorBoard GaetzBuiltHomes Steveston-LondonAlumniBMW–Autowest ImagineThatEvents Steveston-LondonPACBuick KarelPalla,Re/MaxSelectRealty UBCSportsCampsCamClarkFord OpenRoadToyota UBCTennisCentreCityofRichmond PattiMarin,Re/MaxWestcoast ValleyTrafficSystems

Best Wishes to the Steveston-London Class of 2017!! Loreen Long & Laura Takasaki SLSS DAG Co-Chairs, 2017

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Core Competencies – How did we do? New this school year was the student self-assessment in their development of the Core Competencies. At SLSS staff chose to focus specifically on two of the six core competencies Communication and Personal Awareness and Responsibility. Inherent in all curricular courses is the development of core competencies. This year in their lesson, teachers made explicit specific core competencies were being developed in the particular lesson or unit. Students were provided with opportunities to reflect on their learning. On June 21 and 22, students did a self-assessment in the form of a written reflection in their development of Communication and Personal Awareness and Responsibility. You might note the evidence of your child’s success in this area in what your child wrote in the Core Competency Evaluation form enclosed with your child’s final report card. From a school-wide perspective, based on the grade 10 and 12 student responses to the Satisfaction Survey which they took in April, our teachers are teaching and students are developing in both these two Competency areas. At both grade levels, 70% to 80% of the students responded “all the time” and “most of the time” that they are learning:

• to communicate effectively (listening fully, watching for visual cues, summarizing clearly;

• basic social skills that I need for the future (inter-personal, communication, teamwork);

• how to care for my physical health (getting healthy food, exercise and sleep);

• making decisions to do something/stop to think how it might affect others; to make a difference in my community;

• and how to solve problems in peaceful ways; • to understand and support human rights and human diversity.

Though this is a report of only grade 10 and grade 12 students, with the consistency of rating at both grade levels, it can be assumed that students in grades 8, 9 and 11 are successfully developing core competency skills.

Time to Reflect and to Look Ahead

Notice of Late Return This form is available at the school office and must be completed for any student(s) who expects to return to their assigned school LATER THAN 12:00 PM on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 and ON or BEFORE September 15, 2017. Please download the form from our website at http://slss.sd38.bc.ca/news/2017/06/27/notice-late-return.

IMPORTANT: Should your child return late to SLSS and the school does not have a notice of late return, it will be assumed that your child will not be returning to SLSS.

SLSS Summer Hours July 10 – August 25, 7:00 AM – 1:30 PM Regular hours resume Monday, August 28 Ms. Ko, senior administrative assistant, and and Ms. Campbell, business assistant, will be working during the summer. Please note, there may be some days when the office will be closed because there is no staff. Please call ahead of time to check. During the summer months SLSS is the site for Richmond Continuing Education Academic Summer School. School administration and counsellors will be available beginning Monday, August 28.

Are you Moving this Summer? If you are moving this summer and your child will not be attending Steveston-London or a Richmond School next year, please inform the school office immediately.

First Day of School – Tuesday, September 5 September 5 is the first official day of school for the 2017-2018 school year and all students attend for their homeroom class.

Grade 8-11 students will report directly to the Shark Tank for a grade assembly, followed by their Homeroom class. Grade 12s will go directly to their Homeroom class. Students will be at school this first day for just over one hour.

Please look for the first day schedule during August in the summer newsletter and on the school website.

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STEVESTON-LONDON SECONDARY NEWSLETTERslss.sd38.bc.ca/sites/slss.sd38.bc.ca/files/attachments/Sun, 2017-0… · STEVESTON-LONDON SECONDARY NEWSLETTER Principal: ... The end of the