ENRICHMENT AT THE RIDGE NEWSLETTER #3
NOVEMBER 2013
For further information on all of the items listed below, please see Ms. Patterson (pattersonka@hdsb.ca) rm 214
· Math and Computer Contests http://chatt.hdsb.ca/~barsanl/
See Ms. Barsan to sign up
· SHAD Valley www.shad.ca
For the summer between Grade 11 and 12
Application DEADLINE is November 27, 2013 ONLINE!
Information meeting Friday November7th in room 213
Exams run from May 5 – May 16th 2014.
Cost = $89.00 U.S.
OSSTF Contest: “You Cannot lock up an idea”
Check out the options for media and art!!!!
Deadline – info must be submitted November 22nd
Deadlines: December 9th/December 18th Respectively.
You must be graduating this year and planning to attend a University in the Ottawa area (Carleton, Ottawa, St. Paul’s, etc)
Grade 11 program, March 2014
Design theme March 10th - 14th , 2014
5 day program: dates may coincide with some school boards' March Break.
(Out-of-town arrivals: Sunday evening)
Application deadline: Dec 13, 2013
Cost: Program fee: $450
Supervised overnight shared hotel accommodation: $300**
Grade 10 program, May 2014
The theme of "Change" May 11th - 15th, 2014
Application deadline: March 10 2014
Cost: Program fee: $450
Supervised overnight shared residence accommodation: $160**
· Write for the Oakville Beaver!
Students can write articles for Tom Dykes column in the Beaver
See Ms. Patterson or Ms. Stecca for details
· Public Speaking Contest information for 2014!
All Secondary Students are invited to participate in this 2014 HDSB Public Speaking event. Speeches must be 3 – 6 minutes in length.
If you are interested in participating, please contact Ms. Patterson
Registration: Contact Robin Coverdale at coverdaler@sympatico.ca
The event will be held on
If you are interested in participating, please contact Ms. Patterson
Registration: Contact Robin Coverdale at coverdaler@sympatico.ca
The event will be held on
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at WHITE OAKS S.S. in Oakville
6:30 PM in the South-Cafeteria
Get an application code from Ms. Patterson to register ONLINE
A week in Ottawa at the Terry Fox Centre with students from all over Canada.
An opportunity to study one of eleven subthemes:
Arts and culture Medicine and Health
Business and Entrepreneurship Sports and Fitness
Canada Remembers Law
International Affairs Science and Technology
Journalism and Communications Social Sciences
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
May 5 – 10 2013
Registration takes place in February 2014
Details of courses will be available after Dec. 1, 2011
· FORUM for Young Canadians www.forum.ca
Spend one of the following weeks on Parliament Hill:
Focus in on National Politics and Public Affairs.
Feb 23 – 28, 2014/ Mar 2 – 7, 2014/ Mar 23 – Mar 28, 2014
APPLY NOW! Deadlines Feb 16th/January 23rd/February 23rd
See Mrs. Hills (workroom 226) or Ms. Omeri (room 212) for information
Trips available from December through August
YOU can make a difference!
Motivate, Experience, Inspire (MEI)
The world is your classroom. International studies available
