Courtice Secondary School

Finals Again

Mr. Chatten — Sat, 19 May 2012 00:40:12 +0000

Your Junior Girls rugby team is headed to the quad “A” LOSSA finals for the second straight year. In their semi final match on Friday against the previously unbeaten GL Roberts your Cougars came out of the gate quickly. The forwards led by Linda “keep it low” Hamed and Jessica “in a Chevy town” Ford overpowered the bigger GL forwards at the breakdowns. The backs supported each other well throughout the game and played a swarming defense led by Chrissy “bruises” Gilbert and Meaghan “try given” Nakamura on the wings. The result a 22-7 victory. For the second game in a row it was a total team effort.

Scoring for the Cougars were:

Tanya “afternoon games” Hollingshead with two trys.

Ashley “brace for impact” Czop and Carly “leader of the pack” Warren with one try a piece.

The lone convert was from the boot of Alex “post” Groves

The finals take place on Wednesday at Raglan.

These girls play rugby. What is your superpower?

Week 15 – ENG 2P1 – Mrs. Vaughan

Mrs. Vaughan — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:07:45 +0000

Here is out schedule for the week:

Tuesday:
Reding Ch. 16
Summary and Response
Layer B – working

Wednesday:
Reading Ch. 17 and 18
Summary and Response
Layer B – working

Thursday:
Reading Ch. 19 and 20
Summary and Response
Layer B – working

Friday:
Reading Ch. 21 and 22
Summary and Response
Layer B – working

Reminder:
Layer B is due on Monday next week! You must have 2 activities completed. We will be presenting ONE of the activities to your classmates to choose wisely.

Week 15 – ENG 4U1 – Mrs. Vaughan

Mrs. Vaughan — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:04:59 +0000

Here is our schedule for the week:

Tuesday:
My Fool Saint Reading Notes due
My Fool Saint Seminar
Reading p. 166-177
Gyges and King Candaules Discussion Day 2

Wednesday:
Reading p. 178-193
Gyges and King Candaules Discussion Day 3
Lab time – to work on essay and reading notes

Thursday:
Reading p. 193-207
Liesl discussion Day 1
Allusions Lesson

Friday:
Gyges and King Candaules Reading Notes due!
Gyges and King Candaules Seminar
Reading p. 207-214
Liesl Discussion Day 2

Next week:
Quiz on Sections 3 and 4 of the novel!
The reading notes for the final 2 sections of the novel are also due!

Courtice Sets Four Meet Records at Paul Dwyer Invitational

cunlifbi — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:28:42 +0000

Paige Nock closes in on the finish of her record breaking 800m run

Courtice had an awesome day of racing at the Paul Dwyer Invitational on Wednesday! Paige Nock, Nathan Ackerman and Keith Cole all broke meet records in individual events while our girls 4 x 400 team (Katey CoDyre, MacKenzie Collier, Riekie Jobb, Paige Nock) and our junior boys parlaff relay team (Nathan Ackerman , Keith Cole) also broke meet records. Paige took down past Courtice runner, Sarah Healys meet record in the 800m with an amazing 2:14 800m which is a 5 sec personal best time and broke the record by over 4 seconds. Both our junior (Riekie and Elise Moore) and senior girls (Paige, Katey) Parlaff relay teams also took first place finishes

Other top three performers at the meet include Mitch Robson (Shot Put), Brendan Randall ( Mile), and Lincoln Edwards ( 110m hurdles). Lincoln also set a new school record in the hurdles. Top Courtice sprinters were Dominique Masderson Gray and Javier Palma. Our LOSSA Championships take place next Tuesday and Wednesday at the Oshawa Civic Track.

For full results Dwyer Results

CSS Students at White Pine Celebration

S. Nelson — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:57:52 +0000

A number of Courtice students have read the Ontario Library Association nominated titles, both fiction and non-fiction, since the White Pine titles were announced late 2011. After voting in April, some students were able to attend the celebration in Toronto and were part of the 1400 secondary school White Pine group that was at Harbourfront. The winning fiction title was Kelley Armstong’s The Gathering and the winning non-fiction work was Neil Pasricha’s Book of Awesome. A big shout out to all the White Pine readers this year for reading some of the best recent Canadian works available.

On to the Semis

Mr. Chatten — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:05:13 +0000

Your Junior girls rugby team faced Ajax in their first round playoff yesterday. The team started slowly but tackled well in the first ten minutes. When they got on track your Cougars played a strong ball possession game and the backs ran with speed and power. The result a 27-0 victory.

It was truly a team effort with contributions from all players. Notable performers and scorers were:

Alex “returns” Groves with flawless tackling to go with her first try and a convert.

Tanya “had em in stitches” Hollingshead with a try

Natasha “nice boots” Burry ended the game with a try and tackled with abandon

Ashley “freight train” Czop who would not be denied in her two try performance.

A special mention to the “Pack” the most fearsome forwards in junior rugby who dominated the scrums and ran with power and truculence.

Theses girls play rugby. What is your superpower?

OSAP Presentation

Hopkins — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:33:36 +0000

There will be an OSAP presentation on May 30th at 8:45 am for all students attending college or university in the fall. The Ontario Student Assistance Program offers loans, grants, bursaries and scholarships to help pay for post-secondary education. Interested Grade 12 students please sign up in guidance to attend the presentation.

Read: May 15 – 29th

Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-up

brooksju — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:38:05 +0000

Friday, May 18th, during periods 03 and 04, students will be cleaning up the Black Creek (between Courtice Rd. and Trulls). This is a National program supported by the WWF and the Vancouver Aquarium. Learn more at ShorelineCleanup.ca

Courtice Wins Four Golds at Bay of Quinte Meet

cunlifbi — Mon, 14 May 2012 02:29:05 +0000

Javier Palma, Nathan Ackerman and Keith Cole all won gold at the BQ meet

Top performers for Courtice at the Bay of Quinte meet in Belleville were Nathan Ackerman who won golds in both the 3000m and the 1500m, Javier Palma who took first in the midget boys 200m and second in the 100m and Keith Cole who broke the meet record, which was held by former Courtice runner Tyler Leggo, in the junior 800 and added a second place finish in the 1500 behind Nathan. Other top 6 finishers included Paige Nock and Brendan Randall with thirds and Riekie Jobb, Jon Zavitski and Tanya Hollingshead with 5ths in their events. The next meet takes place this Wednesday at Paul Dwyer Catholic School in Oshawa.

More pictures and results / videos can be found at

track-and-field

Jr Girls Rugby Playoff Date Set

Mr. Chatten — Fri, 11 May 2012 01:43:15 +0000

The Junior Girls Rugby team will begin their playoffs on Tuesday May 15th. The home game versus Ajax begins at 1pm.

There will be a practice for both Junior and Senior teams on Monday morning.