Central Senior School

Happy New Year and Welcome Back! Here, at Central Senior, we are gearing up for a very busy January. This is a month filled with new opportunities, planning and thinking about the future. Our Grade 8’s are now starting to think about high school, option sheets, and electives. Counsellors from both high schools will be visiting Central Senior during the month of January as well as hosting a parent and student information evening at each school. Weldon’s night of information will be held on Wednesday, February 1 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. LCVI’s information evening is going to be held on Thursday, February 9 at 6:30 pm. We have already started the process of choosing courses at Central Senior and will continue this process throughout the coming weeks. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Northey.

In an effort to help students choose which “Arts” credits they would like to choose next year, the Cooperative Initiatives in the Performing Arts group is hosting an afternoon of workshops in instrumental music, vocal music, guitar and drama. Our students will be journeying to LCVI on the afternoon of Thursday, January 12 for an afternoon of fun, workshops and performing.

Another greatly anticipated event is our bi-annual musical production here at Central. This year’s musical is the ever popular, “Fiddler on the Roof.” Auditions are Thursday and Friday, January 12 and 13 from 3:00 – 6:00 each day. Parts will be posted on Monday, January 16 outside the music room. Please contact Mr. Smeaton should you have any questions. This is an event the whole school takes part in and there are many, many roles to fill – not just singers, actors and dancers, so make sure you get involved.

Our strong sports program continues this month, ending with zone tournaments for both our girls’ and boys’ volleyball teams. Mr. Borland and Mme. Wright have been hard at work preparing our atheletes for their games. If you have time on Thursday, January 19, please feel free to pop in to see our girls play.

Senior Girls Zone Volleyball Tournament
West

Time and Place: Thursday January 19^th, 2012 at Central Senior Public School

Tournament Start Time: 12:00 pm

Format: Best 2 out of 3

Games will be played to 25 points and teams must win by 2 points.

3rd game will be played, if necessary, to 15 points.

Rules: Phys. Ed. Assoc. rules will be followed.

Uniforms: shorts. running shoes and numbered jersey

Schedule:

Team Time

Central vs Leslie Frost 12:00

Dr. George vs Mariposa 12:40

Mariposa vs Leslie Frost 1:20

Dr. George vs Central 2:00

Dr. George vs Leslie Frost 2:40

Central vs Mariposa 3:20

Note: If teams are tied for a position at the end of round robin play, final positions will be determined first by head to head results and then, if necessary, point differential (excluding 3^rd game tie breakers).

Good Luck to all teams!

Intramurals continue next week at lunch time with both boys’ and girls’ table tennis and boys’ 21. Sign up as soon as you can on the gym doors.

We often depend upon volunteers in our school community to drive students to events and workshops. We are now required to have all volunteers complete a Criminal and Vulnerable sector check with our local police. This process is easy, free for volunteers, and does not take long at all. If you think you will be volunteering in any capacity with Central Senior students, please see Mrs. Manol in the office for the appropriate form.

Some community events which are going on this month are as follows:

Assistive Technology and Handheld Devices: Tools to Help at Home, School and Work

Speaker: Michael Kerr

January 25, 2012

7:00 - 8:30 pm

LCVI Cafeteria

$5.00

Cannington Dog Sled Races – January 28 - 29

For more information, please go to www.canningtondogsledraces.com

Welcome to our school.

Central Senior is the only Grade seven and eight school in the City of Kawartha Lakes. We have approximately three hundred and twenty students in twelve classes. Each student has a homeroom language teacher and rotary teachers for the other subjects. Our common goal is to provide our students with a quality education that develops their unique skills and talents to the fullest.

We strive to engage every student in a meaningful and challenging curriculum and do so in an environment that fosters respectful and supportive relationships among students, faculty, families, and the community.

We make every effort to provide a safe and caring learning environment for our students. We want our students to want to come to school. We engage our students in challenging and engaging tasks and in doing so teach them the skills they need to be successful in the 21^st century. We want them to be excellent communicators, critical thinkers, compassionate, and contributing members of an ever-changing society. Students have the opportunity to participate in teams, clubs, band and choir. All of our activities promote a sense of inclusiveness and belonging. We encourage our students to get involved in all aspects of school life.

We emphasize the key role parents and families play in building a positive attitude toward education and in supporting the work of the schools. We have an active and inviting School Council. The meetings are held the first Monday of each month at 7:00 pm.

We realize that whatever we endeavour to do for our students cannot necessarily be successful without the ongoing support of our parents, community members and organizations, and for this support we are grateful.

Thank you for your wonderful support of our great school.

Thank you for visiting our school website.

Central Senior Staff and Students