Sunday, November 4, 2012

Enrichment Newsletter - November


ENRICHMENT AT THE RIDGE NEWSLETTER #2  

NOVEMBER 2012

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/

Canadian Senior and Intermediate math Contests – gr. 9, 10, 11 and 12

November 20 - $10 due November 6, 2012

Math @ Mac – gr. 9, 10, 11 and 12

November 28free – Register by November 22, 2012

DWITE Computer Programming Contest – gr. 10, 11 and 12

October 24 + additional  dates at 3:15 pm in lab 228

 

·         SHAD Valley    www.shad.ca

For the summer between Grade 11 and 12

Information at lunch November 9th Room 213

Application DEADLINE is December 5, 2012 and will be ONLINE!

 

·         Advanced Placement Exam Prep  www.ap.ca

Information meeting Friday November 16th in room 213

Exams run from May 6 – May 17th 2013.

Cost = $89.00 U.S.

 

·         Student Achievement Awards   www.osstf.on.ca/studentachievementawards

OSSTF Contest: “Dis(obedience) Stand by or Stand up”

Check out the options for media and art!!!!

Deadline – info must be submitted to Ms. Patterson by November 19th!

 

·         House of Commons /Senate Page Programs www.parl.gc.ca           

Deadlines: December 20th/December 3rd  Respectively.


You must be graduating this year and planning to attend a University in the Ottawa area (Carleton, Ottawa, St. Paul’s, etc)


 

·         Encounters with Canada    www.encounters-rencontres.ca

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

 

 

 

·         Waterloo Unlimited      www.unlimited.uwaterloo.ca

Grade 11 program, March 2013


Design theme           March 10th - 15th , 2013

5 day program: dates may coincide with some school boards' March Break.

(Out-of-town arrivals: Sunday evening)

Application deadline: December 14, 2012

Cost: Program fee: $450

Supervised overnight shared hotel accommodation: $300

Grade 10 program, May 2013


The theme of "Change"       May 12th - 16th, 2013

Application deadline: March 1, 2013

Cost: Program fee: $450

Supervised overnight shared residence accommodation: $120

 


May 5 – 10 2013

Registration takes place in February 2013

Details of courses will be available after Dec. 1, 2011

 

·         Write for the Oakville Beaver!

Students can write articles for Tom Dykes column in the Beaver

            See Ms. Patterson or Ms. Stecca for details

 

·         FORUM for Young Canadians  www.forum.ca

Spend one of the following weeks on Parliament Hill:

Feb 24 – Mar 1, 2013/ Mar 17 – 22, 2013/ Mar 24 – Mar 29, 2013

Focus in on National Politics and Public Affairs.

APPLY NOW!

 

·         Exploravision              http://www.exploravision.org/

Toshiba Sponsored Technology and Science Competition

See Mr. Warner for details

 

·         Duke of Edinburgh Awards.   www.dukeofed.org

See Mrs. Hills (workroom 226) or Ms. Omeri (room 212) for information

 

·         Live Different  Hero Holidays     www.livedifferent.com

Trips available from December through August

YOU can make a difference!

 

·         MEI  www.meiacademy.com

Motivate, Experience, Inspire (MEI)

The world is your classroom.  International studies available

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