Our SLC Lions Golf Team won the  provincial championships this weekend at Club de Golf Lac St Joseph.  This is their 10th provincial championship since 2000. Fred Colgan's team played a cumulative of 306 with a 44 stroke lead on their closest rivals, John Abbot College.

Josée Doyon won the gold in the individuals women's division.  Samuel Reid of St. Lawrence took the silver in the men's division, one stroke behind the winner.

Our golf team will now prepare for the CCAA Canadian Championship to be held from October 17 to 21 in Charlottetown, PEI. Josée Doyon will defend her National individual title from 2010.

Here is your green tip of the week from ECO-St. Lo, your award-winning local environment group.

Our group has pledged to convince members of the St. Lawrence community to eliminate bottled water use.

- Are you aware that most studies show bottled water quality to be the same or lower than that of tap water? All plastic bottles leach synthetic chemicals into water, some more than others.

 Bottled Water's environmental impact:

• 60 Million plastic bottles a day are disposed of in the US alone, and millions more in Canada!
• Massive amounts of greenhouse gases are produced from manufacturing the plastic bottles.
• Millions of gallons of fuel are wasted daily transporting filtered tap water across North America and around the world.
• It requires 3 times as much water to make the bottle as it does to fill it... it is an exceptionally wasteful industry.

Virtually every independent study on bottled water shows contamination from bacteria and/or synthetic chemicals.   

At St. Lawrence you have an obvious alternative:bring and refill your own water bottle.

Just say no to bottled water!

AT St. Lawrence, it's easy being green! 

 They are looking for people with:

• High overall academic achievement--especially with a passion for math and the sciences
• Creative and entrepreneurial minds
• Initiative and drive
• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills
• Leadership skills as well as the ability to work as a team member
• Participation in extracurricular activities

Applications are due by December 7, 2011 or January 18, 2012, and early applications are encouraged. 

If you would like more information, you can see me, Nicole Anne Daigle, in room 254 (library).

Students planning to go study in the States are generally required to complete SAT testing. The test is administered by the College Board. Canadian students are considered to be international students, and therefore, must register at the latest November 8, 2011 for the December 3 test date. We strongly encourage you to apply by the October 25 (early registration deadline) if you are sure of taking the test. Students planning to take both the SAT and SAT Subject tests must do so on two separate testing days.

St. Lawrence is an authorized testing center. Students wishing to take the SAT can register for the December 3 or January 28 test dates. Although St. Lawrence is an authorized testing center, you must register online at  http://sat.collegeboard.org and pay your testing fees to the College Board. Study materials are available at your library. You may also use free online practice tools or order additional practice material. The registration booklets, as well as the preparation booklets, are available in the Counselling Office, room 254.  

Our test center code is 97261 (if you don't find our name on the list, you may also search by code). If you have any questions about the registration process, you may contact Nicole Anne Daigle, Guidance Counsellor.

Several USB keys, pencil cases, lunch boxes, clothes and other items have found refuge at the front desk.  

Feeling Overwhelmed? Anxious? Need someone to talk to?

Kim Patenaude is here to help you. Please go see her in room 259 in the library.

Students who have a minimum cumulative average of 85% and who are involved in their communities and have taken on leadership roles should take a close look at this exceptional scholarship opportunity: http://www.loranaward.ca/sef/page/id/10.html

Interested students should look at the deadline dates. There are two deadlines: sponsored applicants and direct pool. The deadline for the sponsored pool is October 19 (nomination from the school); however, to be sponsored, you must bring your completed application to Nicole Anne Daigle, room 254, before Thursday, October 13, 4 p.m. since a selection committee will review the applications and send the selected students to the regional committee. The deadline for the direct pool is later: October 26. The applications must be received at the head office (Toronto) by this date. If you have questions, see Nicole Anne Daigle. 

Check out other scholarship opportunities on the counselling board near room 272.

WEEKEND SCOREBOARD 

Congratulations to the cross-country running team who did its 2^nd race of the season Sept 25 in Victoriaville. The course was brutal and conditions unusually warm and humid at that time of the year but everyone did excellent! The women team finished 5/10 overall and men 6/11. Our next race will be the Regional Championships, on October 8^th on the Battlefields of Abraham. We count on you to come and cheer out loud for us.

Here are the individual results:

Women: 4km

10^th/88: Audrey Clothier: 18:29

17^th/88: Cynthia Beaulieu: 18:57

28^th/88: Julie Bureau: 19:56

41th/88: Sophia Noel: 20:42

Men: 8km

6^th/102: Simon Delisle: 30:02

10^th/102: Steven Turcotte: 31:12

26^th/102: Charles-Elie Mercier: 33:42

50^th/102: Marc-André Bégin : 36 :18

94th/102 : Philip Martinello : 44 :46

95^th/102: Marc-Antoine Turgeon: 47:36

Women Soccer

This activity, organized jointly by the Marianne-Mareschal chair, the École Polytechnique de Montréal, the Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec and the CRSNG - Industrielle Alliance pour les femmes en sciences et génie, offers you the opportunity to spend a full day with an engineer of the specialty of your choice in order to familiarize yourself with the profession.

Beyond the theoretical definition of engineering, you will discover the daily life of  an engineer:  the challenges, the workplace, the work schedule, etc.  For more information, please contact Mathieu Gagné at room 273 or by email: mgagne@slc.qc.ca

Need help? Mathieu Gagné, intern in guidance counselling, has  walk-ins* and appointments every week.

If you have questions about programs, admissions, careers, etc., Mathieu is there to listen and point you in the right direction. His office number is 273 and is located in Students Activities, room 272. You can also reach him by  email at mgagne@slc.qc.ca

His schedule is available on his door. He is generally here Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, as well as Thursday.

*Walk-ins are simply a way of saying that you can come by the office without an appointment.

Registration in room 272 (student activities)  

SLC Students $75/semester-$125/year
Non-students $100/semester-$180/year
Faculty and Staff no cost
Students taking PE 103 must register with the fitness centre to complete their course. The cost for these students is $20.00 for the semester if they register before mid-term.

IMPORTANT: Everyone (teams, students, faculty) you must have a membership card to the fitness centre and will be asked to show appropriate identification to the security guard or supervisor. If you can not present a card you will be asked to leave immediately