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John Maland High School It’s hard to believe that it is almost March and that 6 months of school have already gone by. Things begin to get very busy now as we move towards spring. In March, we will see our Basketball teams challenge for Zone and Provincial Championships and we wish them all the best. As well, we will see our bands represent our school at Music Fesvals, and we know they will once again make us proud and we support them. As we move through April to June, there will be many oth- er opportunies to show pride in our school through various athlec teams, such as badminton, rugby, and track, as well as year-end Drama and Band performances that showcase our students and their tal- ents. Finally, there will be individual opportunies for students to celebrate as they push themselves to do their absolute best in their courses and exams. It is never too early to begin preparing for final exams, especially for our grade 12’s who are begin- ning to seriously think about Graduaon! Grade 12 students - please begin to prepare right now to ensure that you are eligible for Graduaon. Appropriate courses, credits, credit load, school and library fees must all be taken in to account to be sure that there are no sur- prises when the graduaon list is posted in May. Please take this responsibil- ity seriously, so that all of the supporters who have helped you through this educaon journey can celebrate this most important milestone with you. We will be hosng our annual Open House on Thursday, March 10th, where Grade 9 students from the area junior high schools, along with their parents, are invited to preview our awesome school. Come and take part in a brief presentaon in the gym, followed by guided tours throughout the facility. We welcome the opportunity to show off all the JMHS has to offer. Darren Caldwell The MALAND MONITOR MARCH 2016 In this issue… Principal’s Message 1 Open House 2 Athlecs 3 Library News 4 Students Union 4 Band Events 5 Grad News 6 Pink Shirt Day 7 Career Resources 8 Community Events 9 Important Dates: Important Dates: March 2 March 2 Early Dismissal Early Dismissal March 4 March 4 PD Day (school closed) PD Day (school closed) March 10 March 10 Open House Open House March 15/16 March 15/16 Band Festival Band Festival March 25 March 25 Good Friday Good Friday March 27 March 27 Easter Sunday Easter Sunday March 28 March 28- April 1 April 1 Spring Break Spring Break HAPPY EASTER
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John Maland High School
It’s hard to believe that it is almost March and that 6 months of school have already gone by. Things begin to get very busy now as we move towards spring. In March, we will see our Basketball teams challenge for Zone and Provincial Championships and we wish them all the best. As well, we will see our bands represent our school at Music Festivals, and we know they will once again make us proud and we support them. As we move through April to June, there will be many oth-er opportunities to show pride in our school through various athletic teams, such as badminton, rugby, and track, as well as year-end Drama and Band performances that showcase our students and their tal-ents. Finally, there will be individual opportunities for students to celebrate as they push themselves
to do their absolute best in their courses and exams. It is never too early to begin preparing for final exams, especially for our grade 12’s who are begin-ning to seriously think about Graduation! Grade 12 students - please begin to prepare right now to ensure that you are eligible for Graduation. Appropriate courses, credits, credit load, school and library fees must all be taken in to account to be sure that there are no sur-prises when the graduation list is posted in May. Please take this responsibil-ity seriously, so that all of the supporters who have helped you through this education journey can celebrate this most important milestone with you. We will be hosting our annual Open House on Thursday, March 10th, where Grade 9 students from the area junior high schools, along with their parents, are invited to preview our awesome school. Come and take part in a brief presentation in the gym, followed by guided tours throughout the facility. We welcome the opportunity to show off all the JMHS has to offer. Darren Caldwell
The MALAND MONITOR
MARCH 2016
In this issue…
Principal’s Message 1 Open House 2 Athletics 3 Library News 4 Students Union 4 Band Events 5 Grad News 6 Pink Shirt Day 7 Career Resources 8 Community Events 9
Important Dates:Important Dates: March 2March 2 Early Dismissal Early Dismissal
March 4March 4 PD Day (school closed)PD Day (school closed)
March 10March 10 Open HouseOpen House
March 15/16March 15/16 Band FestivalBand Festival
March 25 March 25 Good FridayGood Friday
March 27March 27 Easter SundayEaster Sunday
March 28March 28-- April 1April 1 Spring BreakSpring Break
HAPPY EASTER
Annual JMHS Open House Thursday, March 10th
7:00– 9:00 pm The evening will include a short discussion about why Grade 9 students should consider JMHS, from our Principal, Mr. Darren Cald-well. The rest of the evening will be dedicated to pro-spective students and their parents who will have op-portunities to tour the school and discover all of the programs JMHS has to offer!
March 10th
7:00– 9:00 pm
Minimum Requirements for a High School Diploma An overall total of 100 credits English 30-1 or 30-2 and Social Studies 30-1or 30-2 3 credits in Physical Education 10 and CALM 20 10 credits in Math and Science, 5 must be at the Grade 11 level 10 credits in courses or modules starting at the Grade 12 level 10 credits in CTS, Fine Arts or Second Language
The senior basketball teams are quickly nearing the end of their season. We are hosting the senior boys home tournament
Feb. 26th-27th The girls team will be hosting a Super Saturday with four teams on
March 5th Both teams will be competing at Zones in Edson on
March 13th and 14th We wish our teams the best of luck in this competition.
First in Zones will move on to Provincials! Come out and support the teams!
Badminton Tryouts
Tuesday March 1st & Thursday March 3rd Any Grade 10, 11 & 12 students are encouraged to try out!
If anyone is interested in learning about and playing rugby this year, there is a boys and girls Rugby practice
Wednesday March 2nd at 5:00 JMHS gym
All students are welcome and encouraged to come give it a try!!
RUGBY
The Library
Shelf
On Feb 26 a Spirit Wear Day and pep rally was held to intro-
duce and celebrate our basket-ball teams and their home tour-
nament. The school mascot even made an appearance! Go Wild-
cats!
We will have some theme days in March that have to do with
spring and it getting warmer.
Student's Union is investigating
the possibility of opening the canteen.... stay tuned.
We are starting to plan a year
end wind up! It will be a great time, and we hope everyone
chooses to have fun and partici-pate in it.
Check out the bulletin boards
all around the school - they
have a lot of information about
events happening at school, in
the community, and for us for
after high school.
Vimy Ridge Heritage Tour 2017 On Tuesday March 8th, John Maland will have more than 20 artifacts from WW1 on display. These items are on loan from the Canadian War Museum and offer a great chance for our students participating in the Vimy trip to see and handle some actual WW1 artifacts prior to going on the trip. We encourage all students to come and see these items.
Artifact examples include:
Small Box Respirator Trench Periscope Canadian Official War Photography
The Stage Band will be performing at the Alberta International Band
Festival in Edmonton at the Cosmopolitan Music Center on
Wednesday, March 16th at 1:45 p.m.
The Jazz Ensemble will be performing at the
Alberta International Band Festival in Edmonton at the Cosmopolitan Music Center
on Tuesday, March 15th at 4:45 p.m.
The Concert Band will be performing
at the Alberta International Band
Festival in Edmonton at the TransAlta
Arts Barn on Tuesday, March 15th at
2:45 p.m.
The John Maland Band Concert will be on Thursday, December 10th at 7:30 p.m. in the high
Thank you to all that participated in the Mundare Sausage Fundraising Campaign. We are looking at doing a couple more small fundraisers this spring. All profits will go towards paying for the decorations, DJ, etc., thereby lowering the price of ban-quet tickets. The deadline for submitting baby photos has been extended to Thursday, Mar. 3. Please get your picture in as soon as possible. These will be used in the video presentation at Commencement and in the school yearbook. On Feb. 8, 2016, the Grad Committee toured the banquet facility at the Hilton by DoubleTree West Edmonton. All were impressed with the facility. The decorator met us there, and we discussed numerous options and made some deci-sions as to what decor we would like. We are currently awaiting a quote from him. Once that is received, we will be in a better position to decide the price of the ban-quet tickets. We are also looking into having a “dance only” ticket that would be available, at a reduced price, to guests who do not want to attend the banquet. On Tuesday, March 8, the Grad Committee will be set up in the conference room to do gown measurements. The exact times will be announced. At that time, we will al-so have the Grads confirm the name they want printed on the certificate they will re-
ceive at the Commencement Ceremony. Please make sure your Grad is staying on top of their stud-ies to ensure they meet the requirements for Graduation. Grad news is posted on the Grad Board in the Student Lounge, on the monitors in the school, on the electronic sign, on the school website and right here in the news-letter. Emails and texts will be sent to parents as needed.
Just over 14 weeks until Grad 2016!
March 28th -
April 1st
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Complete a High School Planner which maps out Alberta High School Diploma requirements and identifies the number of eligible career pathways available to the student
Set SMART goals Research hundreds of occupations – including high school requirements, post-secondary education, estimated salary, and
Institutions offering programming Write a cover letter and resume
Organize a personal Portfolio Learn about budgets and financial planning MyBlueprint is continually updated with the most recent Canadian post-secondary information and occupation statistics. This is an excellent resource for students and is used in CALM classes at John Maland High School.
See myBlueprint instructions on the following page
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GETTING STARTED GUIDE - PARENTS
CREATE ACCOUNT
Visit www.myBlueprint.ca
In the New User box, enter your Activation Key (see below) and click Create Account
Select Click to View Other Account Types > Parent
Troubleshooting Tips:
Have an account? Enter your email/password in the Existing User box
Forgot your password? Click on “Forgot your password?” Activation Keys: For John Maland High School the activation key is “johnmaland”
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From your Home Screen, click on the Toolbox and select My Links
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Devon Minor Baseball Association REGISTRATION NIGHT
Tuesday March 15, 2016 6:30-8:30 pm Devon Community Centre
Bring two cheques & AB Health Care Card
