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1 April 2018 Shilo Spend a Day Success On Wednesday, March 7th, three students from WMCI participated in a job shadow experience at Canadian Forces Base Shilo. One student had a lesson on how they use UAV (drones) and about the GPS systems. A tour of the ranges ended his day, with another day in the planning to go back and see training taking place. Two other students participated in job shadows of Base Maintenance in both weapons and materials (welding, machining, sewing). This involved the dismantling of rifles, stripping them down, repairing them, and putting them back together. It was an informative day, leading to an even greater desire to pursue careers in the Canadian Forces. Anyone interested in a Career with the Canadian Forces please note that a recruitment officer will be available at WMCI, April The WMCI community is committed to providing a safe and stimulating environment in order to promote individual excellence, to foster responsible citizenship, and to develop students who can manage their futures in a changing society. Secretary: Christine Poschenrieder Phone: wmci@pinecreeksd.mb.ca Principal: Shannon Blondeau Fax: This document is available in alternate formats upon request, by contacting the WMCI office via phone or . 1

2 WMCI Theatre Club: On February 28, the WMCI Theatre Club attended our fourth show of the season at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre in Winnipeg. This time we saw another amazing musical called "Once", based on the motion picture of the same name. Before the show started, we were invited on stage to check out the stage setting of an Irish pub, which looked completely realistic! The story is about an Irish musician who was on the verge of giving up his dreams, until a Czech woman enters his life and changes everything. Inspired by her unwavering hope and grit, he decides to pursue his music career and, as their love intensifies, his music soars! "Once" captivated the audience with its charming melodies, haunting lyrics, and a moving story about second chances. Our next Theatre Club trip is April 4 to see the play "The Humans". WMCI Dessert Concert: Thank you, so much, to everyone who came out to support our WMCI Dessert Concert on March 13th. We had a great variety of individual students' musical and artistic talent showcased that evening along with performances from our WMCI Band and Choir. Thank you to Gladstone Bakery for donating one of the slab cakes, and thank you to the band and choir parents for donating pie filling to make the desserts. It was a very successful evening, and the desserts were delicious! 2

3 Basketball The Warriors Varsity Boys Basketball season came to end on Saturday, March 17 with a win in the Bronze medal game of the MHSAA A Basketball Provincial Championships in Treherne. The team started the tournament with a convincing win over the Westpark Royals from Portage, then dropped the next game to the Pinawa Panthers. Leading in the first half, the boys couldn t hold on and lost by 9 points. In the Bronze medal game, the Warriors faced the Shevchenko Sabers from Vita, MB. Trailing the Sabers with 20 seconds to go in the first half, the boys outscored Shevchenko to take the win Lucian Kennedy, Justin Ejercito and Paycen Warkentin were MVP s for the 3 games respectively and Justin was named one of the tournament All-Stars. Congratulations to the whole team and a special thank you to our six graduating players; Brad Madill, Justin Ejercito, Erik Sigurdson, Russell Starr, Nolan Tonn, and Paycen Warkentin. Of note, these seniors finish their Warrior Basketball careers with a three-year run of Provincial competition attaining a gold and two bronze medals! The Junior Varsity Warriors Boys Basketball team opened the MHSAA Provincial A/AA Championship tournament against the host (and 3rd ranked) Treherne Tigers. Trailing most of the game, the boys fought back and tied it up a couple of times, but just couldn t finish it off. They lost John Vosper was player of the game. In the consolation semi-finals, the Warriors faced off against the Goose Lake Raiders from Roblin. The Warriors led most of the game and finished off the Raiders Player of the game was Kaleb Kramer. The win put the Warriors in the consolation final versus the Pinawa Panthers. But, just like the first game the boys trailed throughout and couldn t pull off the comeback. Neo Jackson was named player of the game. The Warriors will be ready for next season.congrats again team! The WMCI Varsity Girls Basketball team competed in the MHSAA Regional Qualifiers in early March in hopes of snagging an opportunity to make a showing at the MHSAA Provincials. The Warriors had to play against Shevchenko and Elton, and unfortunately lost both games and ended their season. The entire team will play together next year as there are no graduating players until after the season. Congrats girls on a great season! 3

4 The Track and Field team will start practices Monday, April 2nd as the season in fast approaching. For those students and any who have not attended any practices, the time will pass quickly and it will be May before you know it. The only meet before Zones will be on May 16 th in Selkirk. This meet will be for the athletes who have been attending practices on a regular basis (2 per week). The season continues with zones in Neepawa around the last week of May and Zones is run over one and a half days. Finally, for those who place top three in zones, the season ends with the Provincial track championships in Winnipeg on June 7-9. Track and field has 16 different events, so if you would like to join, speak to Mr. Koshel or Mr. Watson about what event you would like to focus on in order to become part of the WMCI track and field team, as there is something for everyone with all the running, jumping and throwing events. Practices will be Monday and Wednesday after schools from 3:30 to 5:00. Noon Hour practices will start in the month of April and will be Tuesday Throws and Thursdays- High Jump. Mr. Koshel Mr. Watson Next Pac Meeting Monday, April 23rd at 5:30 Student Council St. Patrick s Day was celebrated with Shamrock shakes on March 19th. Student Council did a fantastic job at preparing them for students and staff at a cost of $3. Dr. Seuss Spirit week and readings are in full swing this week (March 19-23). Pictures will be posted in the next newsletter. 4

5 Report Cards will go home on April 19th and will include Parent Teacher Interview Request Forms; PT Interviews will be on: April 26 (4-7) and April 27 (9-12) 5

6 Grade 10 student Sydney Strocen has recently been accepted to a nation-wide engineering program. The SHAD program was founded by Dr. Derek Lane-Smith, a teacher, physicist, and entrepreneur. The first summer program ran at St. Andrew s college in Aurora, Ontario in July, SHAD is a Canadian summer enrichment program for high-achieving high school students ( 10, 11, and 12) that runs every year, primarily in July. Each year over 2000 students from across Canada compete for a place in SHAD, of those 2000, 900 are accepted annually. The program is open to both Canadian and international students, and runs at 16 participating university campuses across Canada, where the students live in residence. During the month-long program, participants attend lectures, workshops and compete in an innovational engineering contest. Congratulations Sydney!!! CAREER CORNER Looking to do some career research or hunting for that perfect job? Check out the following sites: (will need password) Please also look on the Assignments Drive at School for more information! 6

7 Gladstone Music & Arts Festival: Gladstone Band Festival takes place on Wednesday, April 11 at the WMCI gymnasium. This involves all band students from Grades 6-12 from Gladstone, Langruth, and Plumas. The morning begins at 9:30 with full band performances followed by instrumental trios. The afternoon continues at 1:00 to include instrumental duets and solos, including violin. A workshop for band students will take place at 3:30 in the band room. Gladstone Speech Arts Festival begins on Tuesday, April 17 at the Gladstone Elementary School gymnasium. Speech Arts will continue that evening at the United Church. Gladstone Choir Festival takes place on Wednesday, April 18 at the Gladstone Elementary School gymnasium. The morning begins at 9:30 with Kindergarten to Gr. 5 action songs and Orff ensembles. The afternoon continues at 1:00 with Gr. 1-5 classroom choirs, followed by Gr school choirs. The Gladstone Music Festival continues with speech and vocal solos on April 18 at 7:00pm and April 19 all day at the Gladstone United Church. The piano portion of the festival takes place for three days and evenings on April 24, 25 and 26 at the Gladstone United Church. 7

8 GLAD WEST REC ACTIVITIES AT WMCI The following are currently running at WMCI and organized by the GWRC. Get Involved! Get Active! Hallway Walking - Mon - Thurs 3:30-5 PM Basketball - Thursdays 5-8PM Highland Dance Tuesday 4-6pm Contact Mrs. Blondeau at WMCI or Zapphira Neuschwander at GWRC for more information 2018 High School Enrichment Program The University of Winnipeg This program will run Monday, April 23, 2018 to Friday, April 27, A week spent in one class might help with the transition between high school and university. The brochure and application form is available at: MyBlueprint This is an engaging, user friendly and interactive online education and career planning program that some of our classes have been able to explore and update their current information into. SURPLUS 16/17 YEARBOOKS Some highlights to this program are as follows: Parents accounts can link to student Goal setter Budget-making tool Help plan courses towards graduation Discover and compare post secondary opportunities FOR SALE!!! If you missed out on ordering in the fall there are extra copies available from Mrs. Gowan for $35.00! Ask about other copies beginning as early as 1982 for $ Explore occupations If additional information is required please contact Rebecca Stephenson by at r.stephenson@uwinnipeg.ca or by phone at Mobile Friendly docs/guidance/myblueprint%20for% 20Parents.pdf 8

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10 April 2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday First Day Back to School Theatre Club Trip Parent Info Night for Gr.7/8 WMCI 7pm 11 Band Festival in WMCI Gym 12 Choir Trip to Wpg Opera 13 NO SCHOOL PD / Admin. Day Wellness Presentation 17 Earth Week Activities April Speech Festival Choir Band Trip to WSO NO SCHOOL PD / Admin. Day Parent Teacher Interviews 10

11 May 2014 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Theatre Club Trip 16 Construction Expo Pancake Breakfast in Support of Let No One Be Alone Week CURE Foundation Day *Wear Denim & Donate NO SCHOOL Victoria Day Boys Baseball Provs Plumas and Neepawa) 11