What is Pink Shirt Day? - BY FABIANA MARTINEZ - DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS - Canada Star Secondary School
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FEBRUARY 2021 NEWSLETTER
The official newsletter of Canada Star Secondary School
What is Pink Shirt Day?
What's inside:
BY FABIANA MARTINEZ - DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS
PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
On February 24th, we celebrated Pink Shirt Day at Canada Star Secondary School.
Pink Shirt Day is is a day when people come together by wearing pink shirts to
IN THE CLASSROOM
school or work to show they are against bullying.
How did Pink Shirt Day begin? In 2007 in Nova Scotia, Grade 12 students David
GIVING BACK TO OUR Shepherd, Travis Price and a few friends saw that a Grade 9 student was being
COMMUNITY bullied for wearing a pink shirt on the first day of school. They knew they had to
do something to show that this kind of behaviour was not OK. They decided to go
out and buy a bunch of pink shirts and hand them out to other students to wear.
By the end of that week, most of the students in the school were wearing pink
shirts to show support for the Grade 9 student who was bullied.
Pink Shirt Day has now spread and became a national day of anti-bullying across
Canada and other countries in the world!
Although wearing a pink shirt on Pink Shirt Day is a great way to show you are
against bullying, it’s important that we all stand up against any kind of bullying
every day, all year long!
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February 2021 Official Newsletter
Principal's Message
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
Dear Parents and Carers: We are always happy to celebrate PINK SHIRT DAY at the
school. Pink Shirt Day is about working together to stop
Welcome to semester two! Congratulations on such a bullying by celebrating diversity and promoting positive
successful start! I would like to thank our students, parents, social relationships. It is about creating a community where
and community members for all of their support during all people feel safe, valued, and respected, regardless of age,
these challenging times. sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, or cultural
background. Each Canada Star Secondary School student
We are so very happy to welcome 23 new students to our made a promise to do their part to erase bullying by signing
school this semester! We truly hope they already feel very their promise on a quilt square. This year’s promises will be
welcome and a part of the Canada Star Secondary School added to the existing quilt that will be displayed in the main
family. stairwell.
Earlier this week we sent a letter regarding school safety, the Students are reminded to take advantage of our Student
mandatory use of masks, as well as the Mandatory Daily Success Centre. It is a great opportunity to work on
Health Check. Please check your email to ensure that you homework or seek extra help in a particular subject. It is
have received this information. If you did not receive this supervised by a fully qualified teacher after school from
email from us, please update your email address with Mrs. 3:30-4:00 on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Ellis at office@canstarlearning.com. It is imperative that
everyone remain informed regarding our safety policies. In As always, I encourage you to please continue to refer to our
order to ensure the safety of all students and staff, we ask school website: www.canadastarsecondary.ca and our
that students review the safety protocols posted on our social media pages (Facebook and Instagram) to find out
school website. Students must wear masks properly, more about the life of our school.
practice physical distancing, wash their hands, and take the
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process seriously every day. Safety is our top In closing, I want to reiterate our gratitude for your
at
priority! school: continued support and wish you and your family good health
and good spirits for the remainder of the winter months.
We have
GOLDseveral new clubs beginning this semester. The list
STAR
includes The Gavel Club, Business Club, as well as the Sincerely,
AWARDEES FOR
Reading Classroom Club. Students are encouraged to find
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out more about both current and new clubs so that they can
be fully involved in the life of our school. We also encourage
our students to propose starting a new club of their own!
Robert Anstey, Principal
FEBRUARY 2021
IN THE CLASSROOM
"We've been very fortunate to welcome many new students to Canada Star
Secondary School this semester, and they have already gotten off to a great start.
Our Social Studies 10 class has been exploring their way through the forests and
mountains of Canada (virtually) as they learn about the physical geography of the
country. They are currently planning their survival kits to demonstrate an
understanding of the challenges that each specific region presents. As well they are
trying something new this semester by honing their debate skills, by learning and
recognizing common logical mistakes in the argument. With a lot of work and a
little luck, by the end of the semester, we can expect a team of newly-minted
argument ninjas. In our Drafting and Design course, students began by learning the
design process by planning and building clay-firing catapults. To tackle the design
process in future projects, they are now learning 3D modelling skills on their
computers which will help them take their ability to represent an idea to the next
level. Meanwhile, our English 10 class is working hard on their writing
fundamentals, doing the difficult work of developing their vocabulary and
grammar ability to make compelling pieces to read. Ultimately, they will construct
their own websites and populate them with blogs that describe their most cherished
interests and pastimes. So far, the pulse of the student community in each of these
classes has been very encouraging - it makes each day a joy to be a part of it."
Mr. Tanner
FEBRUARY 2021
Students in Science
explored why we wear
masks and wash our
hands during the
pandemic by culturing
bacteria, mold and
fungus from different
sources around the
school.
Students in Geography
12 learned the ins and
outs of contour maps by
solving these contour
puzzles and seeing how 3
dimensions is
represented in a 2
dimensional map
In Career Life Education, students planned, designed, and filmed their own
"About Me" videos. In each video, we learned about student interests, goals,
and future plans.
FEBRUARY 2021
AP Psychology students
started the semester off by
researching famous
historical psychologists.
Each student created a
Funko Pop to present to the
class. Here, we have Sally
and Forest teaching the class
about Charles Darwin and
William James.
The students in Mr.
Chiang's Class are showing
what they learn with pride
and happiness! (Left)
Students in Food Studies 10
were reviewing a YouTube
video about Canadian food
and what makes it unique
and authentic. (Right)
February has been a fun and exciting month for Grades 8 and 9 students.
They continue to bring their energy, enthusiasm, and humour to their new
classes. With one semester under their belt, they continue to demonstrate that
they are more than capable of using their communication, creativity, and
thinking skills in various class activities for English 8/9. What exactly are
they up to? Find out in the next newsletter. But for now, here are some
behind the scenes pictures for an upcoming project in English 8/9.
FEBRUARY 2021
Math 9 students are learning a unit of scale
diagrams. they are measuring the width of
our classroom in the picture as a classroom
activity. Students draw the classroom floor
plan in a scale factor. They are learning to
how represent the place of an object by
creating a scale diagram.
GIVING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY
The National Society of High School Scholars connected with MamasforMamas, a
national charitable organization that supports mothers and caregivers in crisis by
providing ongoing support to individuals and families facing various poverty-
related struggles. Our students outdid themselves regarding our request to supply
the charity with the shampoo they needed. We gathered 113 bottles!
Our Student Council and National Society of High School Scholars members
delivered one flower for each resident at Pinegrove Place, an assisted living
facility for elders in our neighbourhood. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, we were not
able to go inside. We value spreading kindness.
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