Venta Preparatory School
April 12, 2010 
 
In This Issue
Early Dismissal
Kiwanis Music Festival
Science Fair Results
Term 2 Honour Roll
Intramural Programme
Loonie Auction
Quick Links
4:15  Dismissal During Parent Teacher Interviews:
Please note that from Thursday, April 15  to Monday, April 26 students can be picked up as early as 4:15 p.m.   There will be supervision as per usual if you are unable to be here at that time.
Kiwanis Music Festival:
 The Junior 3 and Junior 4 students performed at the Kiwanis Music Festival this morning and both classes received medals!  The Junior 4 class received Gold with an overall mark of 85/100.  The Junior 3 class received a Silver with an overall mark of 83/100.  The adjudicator was very impressed as he had never seen an "Orff Ensemble".  Well done!
 
Good luck to our senior students who will compete this evening at 7:30 p.m. at Woodroffe High School.  (2410 Georgina Drive, Ottawa, ON K2B 7M8).   The students in Junior 5 - Grade 10 will leave the school after supper at 5:45 p.m.  Their performance is at 7:30 p.m. and parents have the option of picking their child up at Woodroffe High School, imediately following their performance or at Venta around 8:45 p.m.
Ottawa Regional Science Fair Results:
Congratulations to our winners! 
 
Chayse Carlsson and Daniel Fuentes-Keuthan (Cool Runnings) won the 'Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association' award for a project showing excellence in the field of communication and electronics.

Jodi Stinson and Angela Hopper (Clean... or cleaner?) won the 'Consumer Products' award sponsored by the ORSF committee.

Matthew Stevens-Dacosta (Pain for the People) won the 'Partners in Research and Friends of Canadian Institutes of Health Research' award for a project related to medicine.

Connor Mackenzie (Insulation Nation) won an honourable mention in the junior Earth and Environmental Sciences category, out of 38 projects.

Andrew Musgrave and Eric Best  (Opposites Attract) won an honourable mention in the junior Health Sciences category, out of 41 projects.

Juliet Mattock (Genealogy or Intelligence) won a Silver medal in the intermediate Life Sciences.

Paige Kearney and Fiona Gragg -Reilly (Debunking 2012) won a silver medal in the Intermediate Physical Sciences.
Term 2 Honour Roll:
The Term 2 Report Cards and Progress Reports were mailed on Friday.  We are pleased to present the Term 2 Honour Roll.  In order to make the honour roll students in Junior 1 - Junior 4 have to maintain a minimum overall average of a Level 4-. Students in Junior 5 - Grade 10 have to maintain a minimum overall average of 80%.
 
Junior 1:
Vanessa Assadzadeh
Edward Song
Ethan Wu
 
Junior 2:
Yunus Ahwai
Dario Poursohrab
Jason Tao
 
Junior 3:
Neola Duthie
Jacob Henderson
Maria Krstic
Aidan Mackenzie
Kieran McDonald
Aidan Simons
 
Junior 4:
Alex Bracanovich
Mia Bracanovich
Emily Craig
Nitara Duthie
Kyle Fuentes-Keuthan
Mihailo Krstic
iStellmacher
Carter Stinson
Caylen Thomsen
Shawn Whiting
 
Junior 5:
Robert Banens
Janine Best
Connor Mackenzie
Andrew Musgrave
 
Grade 8:
Scarlett Campbell
Amber Carlsson
Philipp Fortin
Ryan Thomsen
Robin Toompuu
Mackenzie Walker
 
Grade 9:
Daniel Fuentes-Keuthan
Angela Hopper
Gabrielle Morrison
Jodi Stinson
Jennifer Yarboro
 
Grade 10:
Fiona Gragg-Reilly
Kate Jones
Paige Kearney
 
Congratulations on your hard work!
Intramural Programme - Message from Mr. McDonald:
I am writing to inform you about some changes we are making to the Intramural programme.
 
Since 1998 the Intramural Programme has been an important part of Venta's culture.  When alumni come back to the school, one of the first things they ask is how their "house" is doing this year!  
 
Recently however,  there have been new opportunities for our students in the form of the running club, track and field events and lunch hour sporting activities.
 
Our Intramural programme is still an important and valued part of our curriculum, however, it has been decided to cut down on the number of hours dedicated to it.  Instead of having a full afternoon( or sometimes more) of Intramurals we are going to limit ourselves to just under 2 hours.  This will still allow us to have championship, consolation and staff vs. student games, but it will not take an entire afternoon.
 
We will achieve all the good things that Intramurals has to offer as well as participate in other new and exciting endeavours the school is starting up.
 
I still ask that parents do not view Intramural days as "days off" or days to leave early.  The House Captains and reps work hard to organize the activities and we want everyone to be here  to experience the fun or at the very least support their house.
 
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about our Intramural programme.
 
Loonie Auction - This Friday!

Please remember to sign up to attend the auction this Friday.  You can e-mail me (info@ventapreparatoryschool.com) for more information.  Thank you!

 Tracey
Tracey Quinn
Venta Preparatory School