Mrs. Reynolds’ Jr. Kindergarten class for 4 year olds shared good tidings for a Happy New Year to their fellow students during their Dragon Parade.
The Aspengrove community of students, parents and staff wish you all a Happy New ‘Year of the Ox’!
Parents are personally invited to join Mrs. Marshall and Mr. Macoun to share in a literate experience to look at non-fiction and digital literacy.
WHY is it important for parents to know about literacy?
Literacy impacts children of all ages. YOU are your child’s greatest teacher and mentor. The habits of mind developed through literacy are critical to success. For your child to safely access and use the internet they need to be digitally literate. Most of the reading students do in high school and university is non-fiction.
This two part evening begins with discussing the definition of literacy and the importance of literacy skills. Parents will have an opportunity to practice these skills and reflect upon their impact on children. The second part will focus on the digital literacy skills your children should be developing so that they can become safe and productive members of our increasingly digital society. Parents will hear about digital literacy projects Aspengrove School is currently involved with and discuss how parents can help foster these skills at home.
We warmly invite all interested parents from our school community and the public at large to attend this evening so that we may share this important information with families.
We welcome interested families to visit and observe in a classroom(s) of their choice from Kindergarten to Grade 12 during our Fall Open House.
Should you have any questions or wish to schedule an alternate date to tour the school, please contact the Admissions Director, Elisabeth Reay at ereay@aspengroveschool.ca or 250-390-2201 to make arrangements to do so.
Students from Kindergarten to Grade 5 have their school supplies included in their school fees and provided to them for the full school year.
Students from Grades 6 to 12 purchase their own school supplies and the 2010-2011 lists are as follows:
On Friday, June 25th, Aspengrove held our High School Closing Exercises, Awards and Graduation Ceremony at 2:00 pm in the school gymnasium, followed by a reception and student art show in the main school.
Top Academic Trophies were awarded to: Darcy Good, Grade 12; Iman Sheriff and Jin Gyu Lim, Grade 11; Amy Swanton and Lexie O’Keeffe, Grade 10; Madeline Torrie, Grade 9; Laura O’Keeffe, Grade 8.
The Valedictorian address was given by Darcy Good who also received the Anthony Ciammaichella Leadership Award, the John Pappel Scholar/Athlete award for Grade 12, tied with Andrea Bata for the R. Mace Math Award as the top graduating Math student, Chemistry 12 subject award, B.C. Innovation Council Science Award and a $25,000 Chancellor’s Entrance Scholarship for Aboriginal students to Vancouver Island University.
The Murdoch Science Scholarship ($1,000) was awarded to Andrea Bata.
The Cathy Grunlund Award was given to Camilla Arnold. This award is given to the student who has shown the greatest amount of growth during their time at Aspengrove.
The inspirational key note address to graduates was given by Chief Doug White III, Chief of the Snuneymuxw First Nation, practicing lawyer and graduate of Vancouver Island University in First Nations Studies (with honours) and the University of Victoria (law school).
Our graduates have been accepted and will start their fall studies at the following institutions:
Camilla Arnold - University of Alberta, Science Department
Andrea Bata - University of Victoria, Science Department
Darcy Good - Vancouver Island University, Science Department
Matthew Marwood - Vancouver Island University, Science Department (Engineering)
Jason Miller - Emily Carr School of Art and Design (Industrial Design)
Elijah Silva - Academy of Art University, San Francisco (Film School)
Aspengrove students from Grades 7 to 11 wrote the University of Waterloo’s national math contest exams for their respective grades. These contests were written by a total of over 60,000 students from over 1,200 schools across Canada. Medals are awarded to the top scoring student in each grade and if students score in the top 25% of all students writing in the country they received a Certificate of Distinction from the University of Waterloo. Aspengrove student results include:
Top Grade 7 student - Walker Bell. Grade 7 Certificates of Distinction awarded to Walker Bell and Jason O’Keeffe.
Top Grade 8 student - HongBo Sim. Grade 8 Certificates of Distinction awarded to HongBo Sim, Nicole Biro, Natalie Hussmann, Laura O’Keeffe and Erin Murdoch.
Top Grade 9 student - Daniel Truong
Top Grade 10 student - Elliott deLure. Grade 10 Certificate of Distinction awarded to Elliott deLure.
Top Grade 11 student - Jin Gyu Lim. Grade 11 Certificate of Distinction awarded to Jin Gyu Lim who subsequently achieved the Bronze standard Certificate of Distinction in the Hypatia Math Contest which places him in the top 20% of Canadian Mathematics students.
In addition, two of our Grade 10 students were recognized for their academic achievements in Science. Max Meyer scored in the top 10% of writers of the Michael Smith Science Challenge The national competition emphasizes logical thinking and covers material in the science curriculum common to all provinces across Canada. Amy Swanton was chosen from hundreds of applicants across the country to attend the University of Waterloo conference sponsored by the Centre for Education in Math and Computing for Women in Computer Science.
Students, parents and teachers turned out on Saturday, June 5th to the Spring Broom Bash to continue working toward the eradication of Scotch Broom from the school site.
Direct from our Teacher/Librarian, Mrs. Robertson, here are this year’s Summer Reading Lists! We hope for sunny, warm days where you can relax in the cool grass under the shade of a leafy tree, to escape into the world(s) of these fantastic books. Happy Reading!…………drum roll please…………
pre-kindy-kindergarten-summer-reading-list
Preparation for Aspengrove’s final exam weeks and Provincial exams have begun for students from Grades 8 to 12 which involve the preparation and review of study guides by students. Science 8 students’ study guides are attached here…….
Aspengrove was honoured to be visited by Evgeny Starodubtsev and his 7 year old daughter, Olga, during Evgeny’s visit to Nanaimo where he performed in the Vancouver Island Symphony’s Nanaimo Piano Festival. Mr. Starodubtsev studied piano and composition at the Moscow State Conservatory’s Central Music School. He is a soloist, recitalist and composer whose works include chamber works for various instruments including woodwinds, strings and harp. This fall he records his debut CD on the Honens label.
Students from Aspengrove’s Grade 3 and 4 classes were thoroughly entertained by Mr. Starodubtsev’s impromptu piano performance on their classroom piano and Olga was entertained both in the classroom and on the school’s playground during their visit.
Our Grade 5 students have been working diligently on their presentations for the PYP Exhibition, which is in celebration of their achievement in completing the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme. Students have been studying the concept of simple machines and demonstrated their knowledge to fellow Aspengrove students and families at their group presentations which showcased their lines of inquiry used in their research and how the final project showed the culmination of this research.
The Central Ideas that were presented were:
Wheels and axles help us in our daily life. How pulleys have evolved over time. A combination of simple machines help us in our lives (inclined planes and wedges).
Our Grade 5’s are well prepared for the transition into the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme in Grade 6. Well done Grade 5’s!
