St. Marys DCVI - Weblog 07-08

Saluki Nation - Poll

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UPDATE - if you haven't voted yet, do so soon as the poll will be closing by the end of the week.

Hockey

The annual Town vs Country vs Teachers Hockey Games were held today at the "new" ice pad in the Pyramid Centre.  Also new to this year was an increase in the number of participants (teams).  In addition to the teachers (and friends) team there were both a senior and junior team for town and country.  Each team played the other team once.  Enjoy the extensive photo gallery!

[ Photo Gallery ]  Photos by Mr. McAsh

Midget Boys Basketball

The Midget Boys Basketball Team played 2 good games yesterday. In their first game of the season they got off to a slow start and let St. Mikes rule the floor. By the second half of that game they adjusted to the pace and scored 19 points and only allowed 24. Top scorers of that game were Charlie Irwin with 6 points and Kyle Mansfield with 5 points. Strong defense from Fraser Urquhart, Brendon Near and Gordon Cookson helped contain St. Mikes in the second half.

In the second game, the boys lost 37-51 against Listowel .Their offense improved by 14 points from the first game, but their defense only improved by 9 points. The overall play was much improved with the fast break working very well and a lot more patience on offense. Top scorers for this game were Charlie Irwin with 12, Fraser Urquhart 10, and Andrew Davis with 4 points.
Russell McIntosh did an awesome job of finishing the fast break, Matt Stacey played very strong defense and Connor Preston stepped up on offense and was rewarded with a basket.

The boys play 2 games on Jan. 10, 2008  in Clinton against Goderich and Clinton.
Good start guys!

[ Photo Gallery ]  Photos by Mr. McAsh

Ms Lawrence

Christmas Assembly - Team Building Activities

This year's Christmas Assembly was yet another masterpiece and demonstration of the school spirit at DCVI.  Everyone was welcomed to the gym with festive music courtesy of the Mr. Sumstad and the DCVI Band.  Mr. Macou's classes presented two "interesting" musical numbers.  A number of talented individuals performed.   The winner of the mustache growing contest was crowned (congratulations Kyle).  And the highlight was, as always, the teachers' skit!

Ms McNaughton's Leadership Class divided everyone into groups and the remainder of the morning was spent in a variety of team building activities.

[ Photo Gallery - Christmas Assembly ]  Photos by Mrs. Milne
[ Photo Gallery - Team Building ]  Photos by Mr. McAsh and Mrs. Chateauvert
[ Photo Gallery - Team Building ]  Photos by Mr. Smith

Midget Girls Volleyball

The midget girls volleyball team saw their first action of the season yesterday at St. Mikes.  The team was split into 2 teams - Team White, led by Mr. Richardson and Team Red, coached by Mrs. Chateauvert.

Both teams showed much improvement. There were many tight matches throughout the day.  Team White played five matches and split games with South Huron and St. Mikes.  Team Red played four matches and split with South Huron.  In the final game of the day, Team White and Team Red were pitted against one another.  In two close games, Team White was victorious.  Great job girls.

[ Photo Gallery ]  Photos by Mrs. Chateauvert

Mrs. Chateauvert

PSE4U - Acupuncture

The Exercise Science class welcomed Paula Wilcox, an acupuncturist (and Mrs. Wrigley's sister) to the class as a guest speaker.  After describing how the procedure works and why it is effective, Paula proceeded to "needle" Mrs. Wrigley releasing endorphins to put her in her "happy place"!!

[ Photo Gallery ]

Mrs. Wrigley

University Application Deadline quickly approaching!

University applications are due by Wednesday, January 9, 2008.  If you require assistance or would like us to look over your application before submitting, please see Mrs. Waldick or Mrs. Chateauvert this week.  Don't leave it until after the break.

Mrs. Chateauvert

Food Drive Finale - Three Men in a Tub

The students of DCVI collected 3 tubs of food for the Salvation Army.  As a "reward", three "men" (Mr. Mills, Mr. Larsen, and Mr. Marcou) took a polar dip in the tub today at lunch.  This time the tub was filled with 7 degree water, rather than food!  Well done DCVI - your community spirit is awesome.

[ Photo Gallery ]  - Photos by Mr. McAsh and Mrs. Chateauvert

Senior Girls Vollyeball

The Lady Lukes played host to Listowel and Central Huron for the first volleyball matches of the 2007-08 season.  The Seniors began the day matched against the Listowel Lightning.  The team got of to a slow start with missed serves and a slack defence losing the first game 25-23.  In the second game the girls decided to play volleyball and with strong setting from Katie Curtis and Brittany Sterkenberg the Lukes offence was too much for the Lightning to handle.  The girls won this game 25 -23.  In the third game, the girls rallied to catch the explosive Lightning but then lost focus with the result being 25-21.  Stacey Anderson served strongly through the match and eventually got her teammates to follow her lead. 

After a brief rest the Lady Lukes then took to the court against the Central Huron Redmen.  Again a slow start was the result of the rest but strong blocking at the net by Lisa Nethercott , Ella Urquart and Lauren Thomson frustrated the Redmen and the girls won the first game 25- 21.  In the second game Liz Sproat went on a serving run delivering 9 consecutive serves.  This combined with the strong setting by  Steph Hairsine allowed the girls to win easily with a score of 25- 14.  Defensively the third game was our best game.  Nicole Pearson and Liz Sproat made playing back row look easy with most of their passes on the “money: Playing right side and setting the block were Emily McNaughton and  Shauna Scheuerman.

The Lady Lukes were playing shorthanded as both Lauren Stacey and Brittanie Bailey were on the sick list and had to be scratched from the line up for the day.

Good Work Ladies!!! 

Mrs. Waldick

PSE4U visit to UWO Kinesiology

The grade 12 Exercise Science class travelled to the University of Western Ontario's Kinesiology Faculty to experience their post-secondary programs. Our students were videotaped at 200 frames per second performing several activities. ie. a soccer kick, a basketball foul shot.  which would be used to analyze frame-to-frame technique of the skill.  We then examined heart rate changes between different sports in the new Exercise Psychology Lab.  In the "Anatorium", the class wore 3D googles to watch diagrams of the hand and internal organs used for 2nd and 3rd year Kinesiology students. The Kennedy Fowler clinic demonstrated a tracking device to monitor limb movement in walking gaits for pre and post surgical applications. The Exercise Nutrition lab was the last stop in our day.  Tristan Dundas performed an MVO2 task demonstrating that he should have joined the Nordic Ski Team as his oxygen carrying capacity is very high, conducive to endurance-related sports.  Two other students, Eline Haanstra and Amy Switzer stepped into the "bod pod", a machine that calibrates the %body fat and Basal Metabolic Index of the individual, to determine their risk of obesity-related diseases (they were both in the healthy range).  Trevor Renkema and Tyler Dust tested their Anaerobic Lactic capacity on a 5 minute bike race against a computer generated subject.  Both students were successful in accumulating a lot of lactic acid in their system.  Finally, Lindsay Near improved her hip flexibility by 2 cm by just standing on a vibrating platform. This machine is still being tested to determine why flexibility and strength is improved using this device!  We look forward to our next guest speaker, an acupuncturist.

[ Photo Gallery ]  Photos by Mrs. Wrigley

Mrs. Wrigley