After months of hard work and rehearsing, this week the King David Drama and Music departments presented their own rendition of The Wedding Singer! The story follows wedding singer Robbie Hart (played by Izzy, Grade 10) who is ultimately left at the altar at his own wedding. He falls in love with a waitress named Julia (played by Claire, Grade 12 ), who is engaged to a stockbroker named Glen (played by Matty, Grade 9). With 1980s inspired song and dance numbers, brightly colored sets and costumes, high energy performances, and cameos from pop icons Tina Turner (played by Jared, Grade 10) and Cyndi Lauper (played by Jillian, Grade 9), the play put a smile on everyone's face and had the crowd on its feet!

Thank you to the cast and crew, King David Wedding Singer Band, teachers and parents for all their hard work! 

The Wedding Singer

Last week's issue of the Jewish Independent featured an article inspired by King David's RAC Week:    

 

"King David High School and the Vancouver Canucks have something in common. Both organizations have mental health awareness campaigns as a direct result of losing a special member of their "team" to suicide. In November 2010, beloved KDHS alumnus Gabrielle Isserow succumbed to severe depression. Several months later, Canucks team member Rick Rypien, known as an enforcer for the Canucks, ended his more than decade long struggle with depression by taking his own life. From both of these tragedies has sprung a desire in the school and on the team to change the way society views and deals with mental health issues. Two programs have emerged as a result."

 

     Read more of Michelle Dodek's article from the Jewish Independent

 

 

RAC Week Celebration of Kindness at King David

 

Psychology students, Rachel, Lindsay and Nicole, Grade 11,  with their model of the brain

In Psychology class, we created a representation of the brain either on poster board, a PowerPoint or by creating a model. This is a picture of one of the models made by Lindsay, Nicole and Rachel, Grade 11. The two halves of the brain resemble the two hemispheres. The images play on words for the different parts of the brain. For example, a motorcycle was used to represent "motor skills". Creating a visual representation of the brain helped us to more fully understand the brain and how it functions as a unit.

 

      

 

 

Our environment club has been working hard all year to enter Science World's annual environmental action contest. We have set up a composting program, participated in BC's shoreline clean-up and started an electronics recycling program.

Thanks for your support!

Tess Gardiner and Monica Baloun, ScienceTeachers   

 

Nicole, Rachel, Jenna, Sari and Benny in Montreal

 

This year King David had a group of five enthusiastic delegates representing our school at the 2013 Jewish-Canadian Youth Model United Nations Conference in Montreal, Quebec. The delegates all researched their assigned countries and were prepared to discuss and debate important world issues ranging from improved access to clean water to the international stance on cyber-terrorism. They went into the conference with little time to fully prepare, following their busy school schedules and the end of Term 2 and we all learned a great deal about the issues as well as the Model UN conference format itself. I was very impressed with our students as they represented themselves and our school with pride, maturity and always with a good sense of humour. The trip was an excellent opportunity to engage in important world issues, meet and connect with other members of the Jewish community and have a lot of fun in the beautiful city of Montreal.  

    

We are excited to present Jewtopia, one of the most successful Off-Broadway comedies of all-time, seen by over 1 million people in New York, L.A, Chicago, Florida and Toronto. On May 8th and 9th, Jewtopia's creator, Bryan Fogel, will perform his one-man version of the show including clips from the upcoming film, scenes from the show, stand-up comedy and excerpts from the bestselling book "Jewtopia: The Chosen Book for the Chosen People."
 
We would love for you to join us for an Exclusive Major Gifts Dinner and Show performance at King David High School on May 8th. Tickets are $99.99 with a minimum household gift of $1,800; seats are limited so please act now!  On May 9th there will be a community-wide performance at the Norman Rothstein Theatre with theatre tickets at $99.99 per person and VIP seating for sponsors starting at $500.
   
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 Thank you in advance for your support!