Wednesday, March 30, 2016

announcement march30

MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30



Cafeteria Fuel: Today we have Sweet and Sour Meatballs, served over Rice or Noodles.Today's Soup- Chicken Noodle



Attention choir members: there will be a practice tonight after school.

Greetings

Please have 2 students go back and forth to read the following promotional announcements on the following dates  

Phil Bakos and Matt Brockman are trying to get a 20 second clip to go along with an announcement prepared for next week

Thank you so much


Wednesday, March 30th

Robotics Robotics Robotics

Did you know ...

… that the initials in FIRST represents - For ... Inspiration ... and Recognition ... of Science and Technology

Did you also know ...

… that our our robot has been named 'Lo Rida' and our robotics team is called Saints Bot Number 4688 ?


Stay tuned for more information to come

Thursday, March 31st


Robotics Robotics Robotics

Did you know ...

… that NASA is a major international sponsor of FRC and our own Saints Bot platinum sponsor is the Toldo Foundation?

Did you know ...

… that our robotics team has a mechanical, design, programming, safety and business committees that all work together in order to participate in the international competition being held this year at the St. Denis Center' University of Windsor?

Stay tuned for more information to come


Monday, April 4th


Robotics Robotics Robotics

Did you know ...

… that FRC stands for First Robotics Competition, designed as a varsity 'sport of the mind' consisting of 2 alliances of 3 teams, each battling it out in a mid-evil arena trying to capture each others tower?

Did you also know ...

… that Saints Bot has been resurrected this year ... so really this is only our second year in the FRC Windsor Essex Great Lakes Regional competition  

Stay tuned for more information to come


Tuesday, April 5th

Did you know ...

… that the creator of FIRST Robotics is the famous 'Dean Kamen' who also invented the Segway?

Did you also know ...

… that there are over thirty St Anne students on our team, from grade 9 to 12, competing in this event, which is the largest FRC Regional in all of Canada?

Stay tuned for more information to come


Wednesday, April 6th

Robotics Robotics Robotics

Did you know ...

… that our very own robot is affectionately called 'Lo Rida' and our team captain is grade 12 student Nick Cantarutti ?

Did you also know ...

… that there are 52 teams registered to play and they come from Columbus Ohio, Madison Heights, Michigan, towns across Ontaio and even Krasnick Poland?

Stay tuned for more information to come

Thursday, April 7th

Robotics Robotics Robotics

Did you know ...

… that our team has 7 parent mentors … that Mr. Bertucci and Dr. De Froy are the team's Teacher Mentors who received lots of help from Ms. Russo, Ms. Gayowski, Mr. Lepain, Mr. Hughes, and Mr Nehmetallah

Did you also know ...

… that we are competing tomorrow, Friday April 8th from 8:30 am until 8:30 pm.to and Saturday April 9th from 8:30 to 4:30 at the University of Windsor's St. Denis Center?

Admission is FREE!!

Hope to see you there


Friday, April 8th

Robotics Robotics Robotics

Did you know  

... that 5 members of our Saints Bot Team #4688 have already unloaded our equipment, set up our 'pit' and have our robot all set to go?  


We hope to see you there and remember, admission is free



Prepared by:

Suzanne De Froy, EdD


Teacher and FIRST Robotics Business Mentor

St Anne Catholic High School  

1200 Oakwood Drive RR 3,
     Belle River, ON, N0R 1A0

There will be NO junior badminton practice this week due to the set-up and take down of the gym for the literacy test. The junior team will practice Monday and Wednesday at 2:15 and Tuesday at 4:00.

Junior Boys' Soccer tryout tonight after school.  Boys are asked to change after class and then report to Mr. Richardson 's room, that's room 176.  Be on time!  Again all those boys that signed up to tryout for the Junior Boys' Soccer team are to change after school and report to room 176, Mr. Richardson's room at the end of the day.

Attention all girls in grade 9 & 10 interested in trying out for the junior girls soccer team are asked to sign up outside the phys ed office. Practices will begin next week- Please listen for further announcements.
There is a new Militray Coop stating September 2016

Details.
Paid Coop Placement  at $45.00 per day

4 Credit Coop Scheduled in the afternoon 12:00 - 5:00 plus 2 training weekends.

Students must be 16 year or older.

Sign up in Guidance for a Presentation Scheduled for April 5 12:00 pm Upstaires Conferance Room



There will be a performance of our Sears Ontario Drama Festival play entitled "Maskerade" on Thursday, April 7th during Period 4.  It will cost $2/student and the entire class must attend.  This play is written and directed by our own grade 12 Drama students Grant Connolly, Alexis O'Connor and Hailey Etchen. All proceeds will help cover the costs of our participation in the festival.  Please inform Mrs. Livermore or Mrs. Jefford if you are interested in attending our show.  Support the arts!!

The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test is tomorrow, Thursday, March 31! A list of potential writers' names has been posted on the front of Student Services.If you haven't done so already,  please check that your name is there if you know that you should be writing. If your name isn't there, please tell the secretary, Ms. Greenfield, in Student Services.
To prepare for tomorrow, make sure you get a good night's sleep and have a decent breakfast.
Remember you can use blue or black pens, pencils and highlighters, but no liquid paper or White-Out, and definitely, no electronics in the test areas!
If you are scheduled to write the Literacy Test but you know now that you are going to be absent, please tell Ms. Facchinato in the main office or Guidance as soon as possible.
Review materials are available on eqao.com.  Good luck tomorrow, writers!

As a result of tomorrow's Literacy Test, rooms 257-262 upstairs, will be used for writing. Please remember that these will be quiet areas tomorrow moring during periods 1 and 2.

All track and football players please see your coaches for additional sale slips for the manure sale.

Any kids planning to play football next year please see Coach Ficon.

Girls slopitch, sign up sheet outside of room 216

There will be a mandatory meeting for anyone that played football this year or is thinking about playing next year. During both lunches please be on time it will be short.

tryouts will continue outside for everyone on tuesday
meet at the athletic field right after school.

someone left their batting glove and baseball glove in the gym today please drop by room 175 to claim it.