OCT/NOV 2018

MURDOCH MACKAY COLLEGIATE

260 Redonda Street

Winnipeg, MB R2C 1L6

Ph. 204-958-6460 Fax: 204-224-5920

Email: mur@retsd.mb.ca

Principal

Mr. John Muller

Vice-Principals

Mrs. Carol Kovacs

Ms. Anita Maharaj

CALENDAR

November 2018

School Retakes - Nov. 2nd

Remembrance Day Assembly - Nov. 9th

Coordinated Day - Nov.12th

WSO/RETSD Concert - Nov.14th

Mid-Term Reports - Nov.16th

Early Dismissal - Nov. 21st

Parent/Student/Teacher Conf. - Nov.22nd

Murdoch Staff PD Day - Nov.23rd

A NEW SCHOOL

YEAR BEGINS

We would like to take this opportunity to

welcome new and returning students, families,

and staff for the start of the 2018-2019 school

year.

We have enjoyed a smooth start up and look

forward to working together to make Murdoch

MacKay Collegiate an exceptional place to be

focused on individual success! As we work to

support your children, we encourage you to

take an active role in their learning and overall

school experience to ensure that Murdoch’s

core values of Respect, Responsibility, Integrity,

Kindness, and Excellence are demonstrated

and upheld on a daily basis.

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Fashion Technology

Students from our Fashion Technology department along with their Teacher, Ms. Denise Miller visited the Guardian Angel Care Room at CancerCare Manitoba in June, 2018.

The students dropped off 135 hats that they made for cancer patients across Canada. It was a great day!

Murdoch

Proud

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Undergraduate Awards Night

On the evening of September 20, 2018, we recognized many of our students for their academic successes as

well as their contributions to the school community during the past school year.

A few of the highlights of these awards are as follows:

• United Way Student Community Service Award was presented to - Grace Minsky

• Murdoch MacKay Collegiate has the opportunity to involve students in the University of Winnipeg

Enrichment Program. We would like to recognize last year’s participants:

Melody Hutton, Astronomy, Alexandr Polovinka, Astronomy, Rory Mulholland, Environmental Changes

and Challenges and Victor Rotimi, Biology of Cancer

• Individualized Program Award recipient was - Cameron Knight

• Perfect Attendance Awards - Marcus Mitchel Cortes, Hunter Dermek, Liridona Hasani, Spencer May and

Laura Wahl.

• Staff Awards recognizing “All around students”, demonstrating excellence in school and respectfulness to

all were presented to - Grade 9 - Augustus Stearns, Grade 10 - Danielle Blumhagen and Grade 11 -

Carter Heintz.

• Honours Awards – In order to be included on the honour roll, students at Murdoch must maintain an

academic average of 80% or greater in selected courses with no mark being below 70%.

For the 2017 - 2018 school year we had 90 of 168 students which is equivalent to 54% of all grade 9

students attaining honour roll status

In grade 10 we had 69 of 194 students which is equivalent to 36% of all grade 10 students attaining

honour roll status

In grade 11 we had 72 of 244 students which is equivalent to 30% of all grade 11 students attaining

honour roll status

• The Peter Kosman Scholarship is awarded in each River East Transcona School Division high school to

the grade 9 student with a high academic achievement in English who also continues to demonstrate a

commitment to academic excellence, a high level of communication and thinking skills in both scholastic

and extra-curricular activities. The recipient receives a cash award as well as a copy of “The Unusual

Milkman” written by Mr. Kosman. Congratulations to this year’s recipient: Aliyah Bedard.

• The final awards of the night truly recognize excellence in academics. We are pleased to introduce and

recognize a student at each grade level who had the highest academic average for the 2017 - 2018 year:

Grade 9 Audry Fayette Fortunato 98%

Grade 10 Melody Hutton 96%

Grade 11 Noopur Patel 99%

Also included is our Grade 9, 10 and 11 honour roll students list.

Congratulations to all the award winners!

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Undergraduate Awards

Night

Abraham, Adara

Andrews, Madisyn

Bartecki, Nathan

Beatty, Emily

Bedard, Aliyah

Bell, Tayler

Belyk, Jett

Bryant, Jayden

Buckingham, Paul

Bukoske, Mercury

Burland, Jade

Campos, Julianna

Catania, Emily

Ceralde, Kris

Chambers, Benjamin

Chambers, Brady

Chan, Madison

Chapman, Emma

Collette, Tyler

Cornejo, Carson

Cortes, Marcus Mitchel

Cousins, Teyanna

Crorey, Kiana

Dela Cruz, Carl Lance

Dermek, Hunter

Donnelly, Kianna

Dyer, Laura

Ednalino, Kelly

Edwards, Daniel

Elias, Michael

Emms, Jessica

Evoy, Kendra

Farinas, Jaina

Ferguson, Cianna

Fortunato, Audry Fayette

Franklin, Addison

Friesen, Matthew

Gerbrandt, Megan

Gordon, Tyreke

Gusowski, Isaak

Hadden, Jade

Hasani, Liridona

Hoeffs, Noah

Hoferberg, Marwin

Houde, Alyssa

Johnson, Alyssa

Khalaf, Makayla

Kister, Samuel

Kivi, Bahati

Klein, Robyn

Kwiatek, Kaynen

Lapointe, McKenna

Luangrath, Katrina

Magis, Emma

Magura, Michael

Mantik, Samantha

Mardynalka, Kaleigh

Matundan, Ace Christian

May, Keira

Mayen, Adior

McNeill, Jaida

Moran, Dylan

Nenka, Ethan

Nolin, Jocilyn

Novak, Matthew

Nowak, Michal

Patel, Nishit

Popel, Stanislav

Proskie, Reece

Rach, Sarah

Raza, Anna

Saunders, Cali

Shwaluke, Kailey

Small, Justin

Stearns, Augustus

Stoller, Jax

Sunilkumar, Anandhu

Sworyk, Britney

Tobias, Christine

Tobias, Rafael

Trejo, Renata

Ulloa, Kathryn

Vianzon, Boris Jesurun

Wegner, Brooke

Weiss, Daniel

Welburn, Cameron

Wilbourne, Kenya

Wonnacott, Shelby

Yarduk, Cloey

Zaenali, Kyler

Grade 9 Honours

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Grade 10 Honours

Aldea, Rochelle

Anderlum, Anica

Andersen, Cole

Andes, Arian Charles

Aquin, Brooke

Armishaw, Avery

Baker, Aspen

Baker, Terron

Barrie, Erika

Bassett, Brenna

Bassett, Hayley

Bershazki, Melissa

Blumhagen, Danielle

Boitson, Nicholas

Boyechko, Jayde

Brigham, Ashleigh

Camaclang, Camille

Campo, Carlos

Candelaria, Vince

Chechelnitsky, Roy

Chelyshev, Iliy

Cheys, Haley

Curtis, Sydney

Daigneault, Raina

Decena, Alea

Egan, Juliana

Estanislao, Kishawn

Francisco, Earl Jireh

Gordichuk, Blake

Haklar, Leah

Harder, Nicole

Hay, Gavin

Hill, Angela

Hutton, Melody

Ingram, Jillian

Jablonski, Kaitlin

Juayang, Elijah

Klassen, Brady

Klassen, Robin

Knight, Carter

Kosowan, Anna

Kostna, Jonathan

Lange, Reese

Laurencelle, Alycia

Little, Kayla

Manahan, Marianne

Manarin, Ysaiah

Mann-Baxter, Trooper

Mulholland, Rori

Nguyen, Meagan

O’Grady, Ivy

Ostroman, Raven

Palisoc, Roi

Polovinka, Alexandr

Purificacion, Alessandra

Nikkelle

Ramirez, Uzedino

Robb, Caiden

Ross, Emily

Rotimi, Victor

Sangha, Kamaldeep

Schofield, Lexxa

Shaw, Ethan

Shepert, Brooke

Soneye, Christianah

Sujana, Tashtia

Velez, Jayden

Waldner, Dawson

Wood, Ryleigh

Yeryk, Kirsten

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Grade 11 Honours

Bacon, Alex Bedard, Trinity Belarma, Yana Belec, Hannah Bocaya, John Vincent Brazeau, Kolton Bullert, Agnes Chen, Grace Cheng, Aaron Cruz, Samantha Diduch, Shelby Friesen, Levi Friesen, Tamara Gordon, Eloise Graniel Vazquez, Elian Hacking, Tristen Heintz, Carter Henry, Robert Hirsch, Emmalee Jack, Emma Jackson, Kaitlin James, Dalayna James, Emily Jones, Savannah Khalaf, Brittney Kowalson, Alliyah Lapar, Kyla Lawton, Carly Lesnick, Bailey Lewis, Sarah Leyva, Kamille Lincoln, Whynter McKean, Tiana

McNeill, Brianna Medrano-Ramos, Jesse Melnyk, Cierra

Millan, Cedric

Miller, Aija Mineault, Trinity Minsky, Grace Moloney, Logan Negrillo, Dominique Nguyen, Nhat Anh Nowak, Michael Nwakeze, Jerry Patel, Noopur Patel, Parth Penner, Quintin Powderhorn, Dawson Purificacion, Anne Louisse Quilnet, Justin Ramkalawan, Reanna Robertson, Jacob Rodrigues, Kyla Roy, Matthew Rozdymakha, Maryna Sahota, Varinder Santa, Avery Santiago, Sidney Schultz, Shelby-Lynne Singh, Harjot Steinhilber, Zachary Thuong, Thanh Tierney, Kathryn Toews, Jayden

Torres, Abel Urbanski, Grace Vaquero Cerezo, David Verasky, Haileigh Weiss, Josef West, Alexis Westra, Liam Yackoboski, Charles

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PARIS, France - LONDON, England - MUNICH, Germany - LUCERNE, Switzerland (THE ALPS) Any students interested in this trip are asked to please see Ms. Tilston-Jones. There will be a Parent Meeting in November to discuss this Spring Break adventure.

Paris

London

Munich

The Alps

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MHSAA Track & Field Championships

Congratulations to the following Murdoch MacKay students who were rewarded for their hard work and

skills at the MHSAA Track & Field Championships, held June 7–9, 2018 at the University of Manitoba:

Reese Lange, 1st place, girl’s 100-metre dash - Jr. Varsity

Reese Lange, 1st place, girl’s 200-metre dash - Jr. Varsity

Preston Kull, 2nd place, boy’s outdoor pentathlon - Varsity

Murdoch Proud Clansmen Sports

Murdoch MacKay

Varsity Girl’s Volleyball

Bronze Medal Winners

Transcona Volleyball Invitational Tournament

Murdoch MacKay

Varsity Boy’s Volleyball

Gold Medal Champions

Murdoch MacKay Clansmen Coaching Opportunity

We are looking for a Grade 9 Boy’s Basketball Coach for the upcoming KPAC Grade 9 League Season. If interested please contact D. Simpson at Murdoch MacKay Collegiate. Email dsimpson@retsd.mb.ca or call the PE Department at 204-958-6460 Ext.2730.

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MMCI 2017-18 Athletic Award Winners

Coach (Picture w/) Sport Award Recipient

Golf No Winner

J. Sigurdson Cross-Country Junior Varsity Girls Kiana Adolphe

J. Sigurdson Cross-Country Junior Varsity Boys Alexandr Polovinka

J. Sigurdson Cross-Country Varsity Girls Lauryn Harder

J. Sigurdson Cross –Country Varsity Boys Raul Lemus Garcia

Girls Curling No Winner

D. MacDonald Baseball Aaron Chabluk

Marcel Gluchowski JV Boys Volleyball Roi Palisoc

Kupiak/Barton/Scott JV Girls Volleyball Anna Kosowan

T. Tilston-Jones Varsity Girls Volleyball Kerra Houde

Cody Melnyk Varsity Boys Volleyball Jayden Toews

T. Lange Football Victor Rotimi

D. MacDonald Hockey Mathew Howett

James Clark/Chayse Grade 9 Boys Basketball Bahati Kivi

JV Girls Basketball No Winner

Chelsea Camaclang JV Boys Basketball Carter Kutzan

T. Kauk / H. Thompson Varsity Girls Basketball Harmanpreet Mann

Nathan Zayac Varsity Boys Basketball Steven Olayinka

E. Pieczonka JV Indoor Track & Field Girls Reese Lange

E. Pieczonka JV Indoor Track & Field Boys Jayden Bryant

E. Pieczonka Varsity Indoor Track & Field Girls No Winner

E. Pieczonka Varsity Indoor Track & Field Boys Preston Kull

G. Zubricki/W. Warren JV Girls Badminton Rochelle Aldea

G. Zubricki/W. Warren JV Boys Badminton Cole Anderson

G. Zubricki/W. Warren Varsity Girls Badminton Kezia Cadez

G. Zubricki/W. Warren Varsity Boys Badminton Jarrett Simard

T. Tilston-Jones Outdoor Soccer Girls Ashley Tweedy

M. Campbell Indoor Soccer Girls Hannah Cousins

D. Simpson Outdoor Soccer Boys Preston Kull

E. Pieczonka JV Outdoor Track and Field Girls Reese Lange/Lexxa Schofield

E. Pieczonka JV Outdoor Track and Field Boys No Winner

E. Pieczonka Varsity Outdoor Track & Field Girls No Winner

E. Pieczonka Varsity Outdoor Track and Field Boys Preston Kull

Athletes of the Year

Muller/Kupiak Grade 9 Female Athlete of the Year Ashley Tweedy

Muller/Kupiak Grade 9 Boys Athlete of the Year Bahti Kivi

Muller/Kupiak Junior Varsity Female Athlete of the Year Reese Lange

Muller/Kupiak Junior Varsity Male Athlete of the Year Victor Rotimi

Muller/Kupiak Varsity Female Athlete of the Year Katherine Tierney

Muller/Kupiak Varsity Male Athlete of the Year Chase Newbiggin

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All interested Grade 12 students attended a Scholarship presentation at lunch on October

4th. This presentation will also be presented by the Guidance Counsellors on

Parent-Teacher Night (November 22th in the library) for any interested parents. Manitoba

Student Aid will also be doing a presentation that night in the library following the

Scholarship presentation.

Listed below are a variety of presentations that have and will be taking place here at

Murdoch MacKay Collegiate. There are also a few important dates to remember for

University and RRC information:

Date Event Location

Oct. 12th (Lunch) Military Canteen Hallway

Oct. 12th (11:00 a.m) U of M School Visit Library

Oct. 4th (11:00 a.m) U of W School Visit Library

Oct. 30th (1:15 p.m) RRC School visit Library

Feb. 19th, 2019 RRC Open House Red River College

Feb. 20th, 2019 U of W Open House U of W

Feb. 21st, 2019 U of M Open House U of M

University Evening Presentations:

U of M: Evening Of Excellence: Tuesday, October 30th/18 (6:00 - 8:30 p.m)

U of W: Future Student Night (FSN): Wednesday, November 28th/18 (6:30 - 9:00 p.m)

**All Grade 12 students will complete a credit check with a Guidance Counsellor by early

November.

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From the Library

Welcome back everyone!

The 2018/19 school year is off to a great start…as the library is a buzz with students reading, learning and having fun too!

In order to help students with projects and research, the Murdoch MacKay Library has a subscription to the online version of World Book Encyclopedia. The license includes remote access for student use at home as well as school. For use at home student’s login to www.worldbookonline.com

User ID: rivereast

Password: transcona

All schools in the River East School Division also have access to EBSCOhost a valuable on-line research tool. The following EBSCO databases are searchable from school or home with the login information below. Academic Search/Middle Search/ Primary Search/Canadian Reference Centre/MasterFILE.

http://search.ebscohost.com

User Id: river

Password: east

Happy Reading!

Ms.B.Sciberras