ÉCCHS Composite Sketch

ÉCCHS was involved in many events in April and there are many forthcoming events in May. Our students are extending their learning by delving into areas of interest beyond the classroom. From music festivals to badminton to handball to mathematics competitions to Skills Canada, there are a multitude of opportunities for our students! Thank you to our staff who assist in leading and organizing various events, clubs, and activities. At the Regional Skills Canada competition, our students received the following: Gold and Bronze in Hairstyling, Silver and Bronze in Welding, and Gold, Silver, and Bronze in Cabinetmaking. Special congratulations to three of our students who are off to the Provincial Skills Competition next week. At last week’s Camrose Music Festival, our Senior Concert Band won Most Outstanding High School Band, the Senior Jazz Band won Most Outstanding Stage Band and performed for the Gala Concert, as did our Choir which won Most Outstanding Choir and earned an invitation to Provincials in Edmonton at the end of May. Congratulations to all of our participating Music students!

We were excited for the tremendous turnout for our Open House on April 24. New students and their families attended to learn more about the school and receive a tour of the building. They were treated to an awesome art show, fabulous fashions activities, brilliant band rehearsals, and fantastic fabrications demos, to name a few events that occurred. Our incoming Gr. 9 students also learned a bit about what to expect for the opening few days next September. Potential new students who are interested in registering for the next school year should contact the ÉCCHS main office.

We are eagerly anticipating several upcoming events. Hats on! for Mental Health will be on May 8. On May 10 at noon, our student council is hosting the Show ‘n Shine and BBQ. Our school community is invited to attend the Pow Wow on May 16 from 10:00-2:30 that will feature several BRSD students as dancers. On May 17, Sam Demma will be delivering an inspirational message of resilience to our students. We will be celebrating our Grade 12 students at the Farewell on May 24. Interested in learning about the food, music, and fashions of cultures? Our school community is invited to attend our second annual Cultural Night on the evening of May 29 from 5:00-7:00. Camrose Composite Playhouse presents The Importance Of Being Earnest at the Lougheed Centre on May 31.

Advanced Placement Exams are just around the corner for our students who are in the AP program. Good luck to our students as they study and prepare for their exams!

Thank you to students for completing course selections in PowerSchool. Students will receive their timetables in May/June and should make any necessary changes to their timetables with the office before the end of June. Grade 12’s are encouraged to apply for ECCHS Awards by clicking here.

Have a wonderful May!

Please contact us if you have questions.

Administrative Team:

Shane Gau - Principal - Grade 10 rep.

Paula Neuman - Assistant Principal - Grade 12 rep.

Chad Kendall - Assistant Principal - Grade 11 rep.

Sandra Wills - Assistant Principal - Grade 9 rep.

The ÉCCHS Music program had a fantastic run at the Camrose Music Festival in mid April. Here are the results:

• Junior Concert Band - "A" rating
• Senior Concert Band - "Honours" rating, and winners of the "Best Senior High School Band" trophy
• Senior Jazz Band - "Honours" rating, and winners of the "Best Stage Band" trophy, and performed at the Gala Concert celebration
• Ready, Aim, Choir! - "Honours" rating, and winners of the "Best Choral Group Gr 10-12 trophy, and performed at the Gala Concert celebration, AND has been invited to compete at Provincials in Edmonton at the end of May (see note below).

The festival season continues through the month of May, with the following groups performing:

• Senior Concert Band, Red Deer Polytechnic, Tuesday, May 14th, leaving ECCHS at 10:00am and returning at 6:00pm
• Junior Concert Band, Red Deer Polytechnic, Thursday, May 16th, leaving ECCHS at 10:00am and returning at 6:00pm
• Ready, Aim, Choir!, Edmonton, McDougall Church, Friday, May 31, times TBA.

June "Pops" Concert - Monday, June 3, 7:00pm in the Trojan Zone. For our concert, the 1980s have returned! Each ensemble is playing Pop music from the "greatest decade," there will be a costume contest, and much more! Music students who are participating in the costume contest are forgiven from the uniform dress code for performances.

Final fundraiser of the year! Prairie Gourmet Sausages & Pierogies starts soon! See a Music student to place your order.

• Registrations are now open for the June 2024 edition of Rock the Diploma for Central Alberta students. See below for a link to register!

• One noticeable change for 2024 is the availability of alternative weekends hosting Math 30-1, Biology 30, and Chemistry 30 for students to select from.

• If classes become full, please sign up for the waitlist for that class.

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Eleven students from Camrose Composite High School rose very early in the morning to compete in the 2024 Regional Skills Alberta competition at Lakeland College, Vermilion. Students have spent weeks preparing to pit the best of their skills against the students of five other schools in the trade areas of their specialty. Their preparation paid off on Monday, April 22nd with seven students winning medals in 3 different areas. Congratulations to each of our competitors. Thank you for your determination and courage.

Taylor Ball, Hyacinth Ante, and William Omoth all did very well competing in the carpentry challenge.

Chayanne Mairena and Jersey Barth did a beautiful job competing in Junior Hairstyling with Chayanne winning gold and Jersey winning bronze.

The welding competition was extremely tough but our competitors did an excellent job with Lachlan McCallum winning silver and Zach Waschyshyn winning bronze.

In the area of Cabinetmaking, we had three competitors, Meaghan Smith won bronze, Melchor Tiangson won silver, and Carter Ball won gold.

Lachlan McCallum, Chayanne Mairena, Melchor Tiangson, Carter Ball, and Meaghan Smith have each earned the opportunity to compete in the 2024 Provincial Skills Competition on May 8th and 9th. Congratulations.

On Thursday April 11, 15 students from ÉCCHS AP Calculus and Calculus classes attended the Totem Torus Math Competition at Ross Sheppard High School in Edmonton. Approximately 300 students from over 15 schools across Alberta attended this one-day event completing the University of Waterloo Canadian Team Mathematics Competition. This competition was the largest of its kind in all of Canada.

Students were broken into school teams of 5 or 6 students. Students were then tasked to complete problems in three different events over the course of the day: individual, team, and a 3 person relay. The curriculum and level of difficulty of the questions varied, pushing students to make links with ideas from grade 8 Math all the way to grade 12 Math.

Students also had the opportunity to hear from Jeff Anderson, a representative from the University of Waterloo. He spoke regarding the creation of the competition, discussed different approaches to solving difficult problems, opportunities available to students in the Mathematics field, and offered advice towards being successful in learning Mathematics.

The entire day was a unique opportunity that allowed students to interact with students who all shared a common interest in mathematics.

Just a reminder if you are taking a course through BRACE, you should be touching base and coming to see your teachers on a weekly basis. Need extra help? Remember BRACE is open late on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 5-7:30 pm as well. All BRACE courses must be completed before exams begin in June. Students should be spending at least an hour each day on their BRACE course work. If you have any questions, please come see us.

Summer School registration is open! Please check out the summer school information on the website: https://cos.brsd.ab.ca/programs-services/summer-school.

Melanie Buckley, BEd, MSc.

Principal, BRACE

Battle River Alternative Centre for Education

mbuckley@brsd.ab.ca

(780) 672-2205

ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ, Amiskwacîwâskahikan, Treaty 6 Territory

Melanie Buckley, BEd, MSc.

Principal, BRACE

Battle River Alternative Centre for Education

mbuckley@brsd.ab.ca

(780) 672-2205

Handball

Team Handball has had a good month of practices. They ended their month off with a tournament in Edmonton. The team played really against 4A schools, finishing 4th overall.

Badminton

April is also badminton season at ÉCCHS. Our grade 9 badminton players competed in two tournaments in April. 14 players competed in the divisional tournament, 9 of those 14 players advanced to the regional tournament. Oliver Ringwall finished 3rd in grade 9 boys singles, while Kirstien Buenaflor and Jayven Ilg are your grade 9 regional mixed doubles champions and Callum Ferguson and Joren Kosinski are your grade 9 boys doubles regional champions. Our senior high badminton team started with over 40 athletes competing at the city/county meet in early April. Athletes that advanced competed at Areas the next week with the hope of competing at zones in Lacombe on April 26. We were able to send 5 athletes to zones where Alex Kielmann and Justus Sveinbjornson became junior mixed zone champions. Both Alex and Justus will now compete in Edmonton at provincials in the first weekend in May.

Track and Field, Football and Tennis

We are now in the home stretch with our athletics. Track and Field is in full swing, our city/county high school meet is May 15 with the Area meet on May 22. Both those meets are here at ÉCCHS. Zones this year is on May 29 in Red Deer with provincials in Edmonton at Foote Field June 7 and 8. Both the divisional and regional grade 9 meets are here at ÉCCHS on May 28 and June 4.

Our football team will be having 8 spring practices with a spring jamboree in late May. Our tennis team has started practices, getting ready for their tournament at the end of May.

Athletic Celebration

One of the last events on our athletic calendar is our year end celebration. This year it is on June 13th, starting at 3:45 pm in our Trojan Zone. Parents are welcome to attend.

Special Award

Every month throughout the school year, the ASAA and Alberta Milk recognizes athletes that exhibited an outstanding performance. All qualifying students need to be in good academic standing, show leadership qualities, and serve as role models in their communities. Athena Sveinbjornson was named the female March ASAA athlete of the month.

Thanks to all parents who joined us for the Community Grief presentation held April 10. If you have suggestions for parent engagement activities you'd like to see organized for next year, please reach out to Carey at ecchsparentcouncil@gmail.com

Our next School (Parent) Council meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, June 5 at 7 pm in the Learning Commons. Parents of incoming Grade 9s are also invited to join us. Looking forward to seeing you there.

Welcome to École Camrose Composite High School! A dual-track school with programs in English & French Immersion. Our mission is to provide the best possible educational opportunities for all of our students.

Email: cchsweb@brsd.ab.ca
Website: https://cchs.brsd.ab.ca/
Location: 6205 48 Avenue, Camrose, AB, Canada
Phone: 780-672-4416
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Twitter: @CamroseCCHS