ANNOUNCEMENTS - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7
- Senior Choir is today at 12:00 lunch recess in Mme iampen’s room. See you there!
- Concert Band rehearsal today at noon.
- Chess Club today at lunch recess in the learning commons.
- Good luck to the Sr. Boys Basketball team in their game at Muir Lake today.
- Jr. Boys Yellow Basketball practice today after school.
Black History Month
Violet King (1929-1982)
Born in Calgary to descendants of the Black pioneers of Alberta, Violet King was a woman of many “firsts”. She grew up in Sunnyside, attended Crescent Heights High School and, in Grade 12, she became the president of her high school’s girls' club. In Law School, she was the only woman in her graduating class, and the first Black person to graduate with a law degree in Alberta (U of A 1953). After articling with the Calgary law firm in 1954 King became the first Black person admitted to the Alberta Bar and the first Black woman lawyer in Canada. In 1976 when she was promoted to Executive Director of the YMCA’s National Council, she became the first woman to hold a national executive position with that organization. She was only 52 years old when she passed away of cancer in New York on March 30, 1982.
This month, our reading focus is Determining the Purpose strategy. Great readers know exactly why they are reading what they are reading which helps them keep focus on their goal for reading. It provides you with a clear direction to know if you are comprehending or understanding what you are suppose to be reading.So before you start reading, ask yourself, what is the purpose of this reading which will help you be more successful in your reading goals.