YOUNG ROSEMOUNT HIGH SCHOOL ENTREPRENEURS GIVE BACK
Written by Vince Lacroce - Spiritual Community Animator
Over the course of the past two months, Secondary 5 students from Rosemount High School, under the guidance of Mr. Antonino Scozzari, entrepreneurship teacher at RHS, were challenged to give back to their community. Students were introduced to a variety of economic concepts and factors that play a pivotal role in creating, marketing and selling a product or service in the marketplace. Each year, the students at Rosemount High School have an opportunity to put what they have learned into practice and establish businesses aimed at selling a product or service to student and staff of their school. After a successful campaign and some deliberation, the students unanimously agree to donate their $1,110. 20 profits to the Montreal Children’s Foundation. This student action program is at the forefront of a new school initiative entitled “Rosemount Reaches Out!” Over the course of this school year, the program has allowed students to be more involved in the greater community by serving those less fortunate, packing donations for the Spirit of Giving and raising funds for the Free the Children Organization.
Written by Sabrina Do Couto - Student
Once a year, Rosemount High School hosts an art show with the work students have done throughout the year. Ms. Bejba, RHS’ art teacher, selects the pieces and curates the show. This year, the art show was held on May 6, 2016 from 3pm to 7:30pm in the Spiritual Community Center. Over 150 art enthusiasts attended! Family, friends, drama students, music students and teachers from Rosemount High School were invited.
The art show also gave a chance to the school’s budding photographers to share their talents through the school photography contest. This year’s theme was environment. Both staff and students submitted photos. By the end of the evening, over 150 people placed their votes at the art show. This year’s winners were Amanda Chudobey-Berger (sec. 4) in first place, Damiano Marini (sec. 1) in second place, and tied for third place were Erika Baker and Dilara Karabulut (both in sec. 1)
The guest artist this year was Melanie Garcia. Garcia came into the secondary 4 and 5 classes to work with the students on the door and window project which was displayed in the show. She showed them different art techniques such as how to transfer images using gel medium. She also discussed with students one-on-one to help them think through ideas for their project.
The art projects displayed were made by students in secondary 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and were taught by Ms. Bejba. Some of the projects from secondary 1 included puzzles that the guests were challenged to put in order, clay sculptures of Montreal, and paintings of what art is to them. From the secondary 2 students there were plasticine masks, stop-motion animations that were displayed on the Smart Board, 3D perspective paintings with 3D glasses included, and story boards that the guests tried to put together. Secondary 3 students made layered self-portraits, 4 pics 1 word games where the guests had to guess the word shown, and their value paintings. Secondary 4 students created bucket list sculptures as well as color wheel paintings and the doors and windows project that the secondary 5 students worked on as well. The secondary 5 students also did an inspirational quote project. Keep an eye out, because the window and door projects will be displayed around the school next year.
From my perspective, having the art show isn’t only a privilege, it’s also important. It’s important because it gives everyone the chance to see what all the art students have accomplished. I also had the privilege to show my mom and younger brother my projects which made me happy. Art is my favorite subject, not only because Ms. Bejba is a great teacher, but also because I get to practice my art skills and I get to test my creativity.
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CAREER FAIR: INSPIRING YOUR FUTURE
Written by Tiffany Olewinski - October 2016
Secondary 5 students had the chance to go to Career Fair on October 19th. It gave them the chance to ask questions about college and other options for those leaving high school. Career fair is basically about getting the chance to look around and see what interests you, think about what you would like to do in the future, and explore your options.
In my opinion, the career fair was really helpful because there were a lot of friendly people to inform you on the fields you were interested in. If you'd ask a question, the representatives would answer your questions with no problem.
Career fair was useful because it helped give you ideas and think about what you might want to do with your future. It opened up my eyes and it made me see how many options there really are. I've spoken to secondary 5 students and most of them said that it was fun and informative to see what other options they have besides college.
I spoke with Ms. Dash, the guidance counselor in our school, and I asked her about how Career Fair helps students. She says that at Career Fair “... you get the personal, because there's websites and pamphlets and that's all great and everything but like it's actually a person in front of you. You meet the people at Pius X who are doing cooking school and you might have an idea of 'I love cooking and cooking school,' but, you can meet someone and say how is it? Do you like it? What do you like?" As well as adding a more personal touch, Ms. Dash says that "it's just also a place where you get information all at once. You get a bag, you fill it with pamphlets, you go home, read the pamphlets, say 'ok what do I like? Here's everything and I have a lot of information, but still it's good to look around and keep looking.”
THE IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBRANCE DAY
Written by Tiffany Olewinski - November 2016
Remembrance Day is a day to remember those who died in military service and honor those who served in war times. Each year, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, we all gather together to observe a moment of silence and think of all the people who have sacrificed for so many.
On Remembrance Day, we wear a poppy to honor those who have died in the war. I think it's a good idea to wear a poppy because it shows that you care and it symbolizes how many people have served in war on our behalf. I also think that it's a good thing that we observe Remembrance Day because we honor those who have died for our country and for our freedom.
I interviewed Natalie Fazio, a student at Rosemount High School, and I asked her what makes her forget about Remembrance Day. She said: “It would be really great if we could give Remembrance and be thankful for the soldiers more times a year, because they're worth more than just a day. To give them just one minute of one day of our time, it just doesn't seem like it's enough and yeah, I do forget about Remembrance Day because I only think about it in November like it's just that time.”
I also asked Natalie what the poppy means to her. “It represents the poppies that grew on the graves but, also another thing you can think about is that the poppies being red can represent all the red blood from the soldiers. Everyone wears it to show that we're thankful that they did it for us."
