Red Deer and Community

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Red Deer and Community

• St. Patricks Community School

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St.Patricks School History

• Our school St.Patricks Community School was
  named after Saint Patrick.
• St.Patrick stands as a symbol of the Irish, the
  special love God has for us and the beloved place
  everyone has in Gods heart.
• The Schools official opening was in 1982
• Our Children Are Our Future And We Are The
  Stewards Of Their Trust Is our school slogan

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The Staff Members Of St Patricks

• In our school we have about over 42 staff
  members.
• We have about 22 classrooms in There is a
  computer lab, a gymnasium, a French room, a shop,
  a library and a forum where we hold special
  events.
• Our school goes from kindergarten to grade nine.
  
• We are the only school in Red Deer that is a year
  round school. We go to school from the beginning
  of August until the end of June. We have a 2 week
  October break, 3 weeks at Christmas and 2 weeks
  at Easter.

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School Classes

• In St.Patricks Community School we have 465
  students!
• We have four programs Elementary, Middle School,
  English As A Second Language (ESL), and Turning
  Points (TP).
• Elementary includes grades Kindergarten to grade
  5.
• Middle School is grade 6 to grade 9.
• ESL is for students that come from different
  countries that dont speak English, ECS to grade
  9.
• TP includes four classes of up to nine students,
  gr. 2 9, who have special learning and
  behavioral needs.

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STUDENT COUNCIL

• The student council is made up of students in gr.
  6 9. The council plans most of the student
  activities during and after school. The student
  council members include the president, a
  publicist, a secretary, and two representatives
  from each class, gr. 6 -9.
• Laura and Martin are our class reps. The class
  reps represent the class and take the wishes of
  the majority of the class to the meetings.

Laura and Martin are our class room reps.
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SPECIAL SUBJECTS

• Exploratory
• The grade 6s and 7s are divided into 4 different
• class groups each quarter term. The grade 8s and
  9s
• are also divided into 4 different class groups.
• Each group of 6/7 rotates through one of the
• following topics during a quarter term
• leadership
• organization skills
• etiquette
• seven habits of highly effective people.
• Each group of grade 8/9 rotates through four
• different studies.

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SPECIAL SUBJECTS

• Advanced Math
• This is an independent study for grade 6-9
  students who
• are very strong in math. Students complete the
• program on the computer through our links to our
  district
• Cyber school.
• Challenge
• This is a program for students from grade 4 and
  up who
• are very strong students and are gifted in one or
  more
• areas. They meet once a week to do special
  projects that
• challenge them.

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OPTIONS

• In grade 7-9 students can choose some of the
  subjects they
• take. These are called Options. Students choose
  from
• French
• All grade 3 - 6 students take French but in
  grade 7 9, French becomes
• an option. Every second year the 8/9 French
  students travel to Quebec
• for a week to practice their French and learn
  more about the French
• culture in Canada.
• Band
• While all students in grades 5 6 take band,
  band becomes an option
• for gr. 7 9 students. Students get to choose
  the instrument they want
• to play. We have the Big Band which is made up
  of grade 6 9
• students. This band plays at special events and
  goes to Band Camp for
• three days every January.

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OPTIONS

• Info Pro
• Students improve their computer skills.
• Outdoor Education
• This is a sports and games oriented course.
• Foods
• Students learn how to cook yummy things such as
• Shop
• Students use machines to build with wood.
• Drama/Art
• Students put on plays.

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English as a Second Language

• ESL students are students who have come from
  different countries to live in Canada. They come
  from Colombia, Philippines, China, Nigeria,
  Egypt, Sudan and Guyana.
• The students learn to speak English, understand
  English expressions and to spell.
• There are over 50 ESL students in our school. The
  teachers involved in ESL are Mrs. Wotherspoon and
  Mrs.Mills. They help us learn English and explain
  it to us so we can understand.

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Back Jhymylyn, Mrs. Wotherspoon, Natalie, Mrs.
Mills, Martin Front Christian, Lena,
Hugo, Angelica
Our ESL class
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Languages Spoken in our Class
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Languages Spoken in our Class
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CLUBS

• Peace and Justice is a group of students who meet
  once a week to work together to raise money for
  poor countries. This group sent over 100
  Christmas boxes filled with presents for needy
  children in other countries. They are now
  practicing a play about baby Jesus and Santa
  Clause.
• The Ski Club goes skiing three times a month.
  They have an instructor who teaches them to snow
  board and to ski. The club raises money to go on
  their ski trips.

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Celebrations

• This year at St. Pats we have had lots of
• celebrations. They are
• Opening mass
• Thanksgiving celebration
• Remembrance day celebration
• Advent celebration
• Christmas concert
• We are looking forward to
• St. Patrick's day celebration
• Valentine Day
• Education Week projects
• Easter celebration
• Closing year mass

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Special Programs

• DARE
• It stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education. It
  helps kids to resist drugs and violence.
• It is taught by a police officer in grade five.
• There is a DARE grad at the end with t-shirts and
  other prizes. The DARE program started in 1993.
• Go Girls
• This is a program for girls to help keep in
  shape, to encourage sports and to meet new
  friends from other schools.
• It is a program for girls only in grade five.
• It started last year, in 2003.
• Some of the activities are football, wall
  climbing and cheerleading.

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Celtic Teams

• Our middle school has a very active sports
  program.
• We have junior and senior teams in volleyball and
  basketball.
• We also are competitive in badminton and track
  and field.

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Celtic Teams

• Volleyball
• Our senior girls were amazing they won
• zones!
• Basketball
• The try-outs were held before Christmas.
• We have a girls and boys senior team and a
• girls and boys junior team. Games start
• after Christmas.

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City of Red Deer

• In Red Deer we have some neat places, statues and
  teams. In the next slides we will show you them.

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Red Deer's Facilities

• In Red Deer we have five main facilities.
• Bower Ponds is a recreation center in summer and
  a snow ball fight waiting to happen in winter.
  You can go on paddle boats on the pond in summer.
• 2. Canyon Ski Area is a ski hill in Red Deer. It
  is pretty cheap to go and ski or snowboard.

Bower Ponds
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Red Deers Facilities

• 3.The Centrum is a place where our hockey team
  plays. It is connected to the Westerner where we
  have our fair.
• 4. Colicutt Center is a recreation area in Red
  Deer where you can play hockey, lacrosse, rugby
  and swim in the wave pool.
• 5. Kerry Wood Nature Center is a place where
  animals can live and people can watch them eat
  and sleep in a natural environment.

The Red Deer Centrium
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Red Deer Rebels

• The Red Deer Rebels hockey team won the Memorial
  Cup in 2000/01.
• They are the only major hockey team in Red Deer.
• They are placed fourth in the central division.
• If you want to know more about the Rebels you can
  go to www.reddeerrebels.com

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Ghost statues

• In Red Deer, we have lots of bronze statues. They
  represent
• important places, people and animals. Here are
  some of them.
• Fire Wagon
• In front of the public library there is a life
  size statue of an old
• Fire Wagon being pulled by horses. The public
  library used to
• be the old fire house. The city changed it to the
  public library.
• The statue is there to remind people that the
  library used to be
• the fire house.

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• Francis the Pig
• Francis was the pig that ran away from the
  pig slaughter plant. Men tried to catch her, but
  she was too quick for them. She survived the
  winter living in a bush and died when a bullet
  shot her.
• Mickey the Beaver
• He was found by Doris Forbes and her family
  saved him. He was a hit in Red Deer and everybody
  wanted to see him from all over the world. Mickey
  became known throughout the world.

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Francis the Pig
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• Doris and Mickey the Beaver in Coronation Park

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Back - Nik, kasey, Travis, Laura, Rory, Tyler.b,
Tyler.oMiddle - Mrs.Pickle, Angelica, Brittany,
Lena, Hugo, Gina, Christian, Natali.Front -
Paulina, Bryten, Martin, Ileaha, Shannon, Jamie,
Cole, Melissa, Anthony.Bottom Front Chantelle,
Jhymylyn, Kailan.