Uxbridge Secondary School

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Grade 9 BBQ

June 23, 2009
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All Grade 9 USS students are invited to the Grade 9 Orientation and BBQ on Wednesday, September 2 from 9 AM -12 noon!
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Waterloo Euclid Math Contest Results are in!

June 02, 2009
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Congratulations go out to Brendan Carroll, our medal winner, for having the top score in our school. Brendan also achieved in the Top 25% of Canada. Honourable mention goes out to Brent Hughson and Natalie Munn for having the 2nd and 3rd highest scores in our school. Well done to everyone that participated. Full results are posted on the Math Office door (Room 205).
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Library Books Due!

May 20, 2009
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All library books are due back by Monday, June 1.
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Bereavement Support Group at USS

April 14, 2009
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Volunteers at North Durham Hospice have graciously offered to coordinate and facilitate a 7-week bereavement support group to be held at USS during the last period of the day from April 22nd until June 10th. Because the afternoon classes flip from Week 1 to Week 2, the students would not miss the same class each week. Students can be signed up for the group by contacting Mrs. Allen or Mr. Houston in the Guidance office.
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Students have a fantastic trip: March Break ! 2010 Announced

April 07, 2009
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Just recently thirty-five lucky students participated in the Canadian and World Studies sponsored annual trip to Europe on March Break. While in Spain & Portugal, the students experienced the history and culture of Madrid, Toledo, Avila, Segovia, and Salamanca in Spain, and Porto, Coimbra, Aviero, Braga, and Lisbon while in Portugal. In addition to the incredible cathedrals, churches, medieval walls, and Roman ruins, our students also experienced both the food and music of these magnificent countries (we enjoyed a Fado evening, and those yummy egg custard tartlets). All returned tired but happy, filled with great memories of a March Break well spent. Next year, the Canadian and World Studies department is proud to offer another amazing March Break experience: The Rivieras to Rome: France and Italy. Forty lucky students will have the opportunity to experience Nice, Monaco, Cinque Terra, Florence and Rome. Anyone interested in participating in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity should see Mr. Walker as soon as possible.
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Victory in Europe National Student Tour – May 2010

April 07, 2009
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Students at Uxbridge Secondary School have the opportunity to participate in a remarkable field trip. In May 2010, thousands of Canadian students and teachers will journey to the Netherlands to commemorate the 65th Anniversary of the Victory in Europe and Canada’s liberation of the Netherlands. Students will take part in the Official Evening Candlelight Ceremony for the Fallen, the Liberation Day Celebrations, Holocaust Remembrance Activities, and the Military Tattoo Spectacular. Tour sites include also include: Paris, Normandy and the surrounding Amsterdam region. For information, please see Mrs. MacDonald or Mrs. Allen in the guidance office.
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Math Contests

March 31, 2009
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The University of Waterloo Pascal, Cayley and Fermat Math Contest results are in! This year we had 26 students achieve in the top 25% of Canada with Baylee Wolfesberger being the top Gr. 9, Jordan May being the top Gr. 10 and a tie between Kayley Cheung and Jamal Nureddin for the top Gr. 11. Full results are posted on the Math Office door. Congratulations to everyone that participated. The University of Waterloo Euclid Math Contest (Gr. 12) will be written on Tuesday April 7th in the Library from 8:40 am until 11:10 am. We have 10 students registered to write this contest. Good Luck to all participants!
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Bands win Bronze and Gold!

March 11, 2009
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On February 27, the Senior and Junior Concert Bands took part in the Sunderland-Lions Music Festival. Both ensembles performed very well demonstrating great musicianship, professionalism and confidence. The Junior Band earned a Bronze and the Senior Band, a Gold. The Choir participated in the non-competitive school choir class on Tuesday Feb 25th at Sunderland Town Hall. They performed extremely well with the adjudicator making many positive comments about their musicianship. Congratulations to all musicians on an excellent performance!
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USS wins Gold, Silver at Ontario Skills Challenge!

March 04, 2009
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USS students competed in the Ontario Skills Challenge held at USS on Feb. 26. Mitchell Bennett won Gold and Riley Smith, Silver in the Electrical category.
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Welcome L. Black, new Principal of Uxbridge S.S.!

February 02, 2009
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Uxbridge S.S. welcomes Ms. Black. All the best to Alan Nesmith in his new postition as Principal of Pine Ridge S.S.
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UYC Volunteers Needed

January 07, 2009
Posted by : A. Nesmith

Uxbridge Youth Centre needs your assistance. If you are interested in volunteering time (as little as 2 hours per month) to our drop-ins or to facilitate a workshop please call Amy or Vanessa at 905-862-3456. Poster included in hyperlinks on right side of this page.
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Grade 9 Women in Technology Students compete

December 09, 2008
Posted by : Mr. Wood

On December 2, four of our grade 9 students from our Women in Technology class traveled to Newmarket to compete in the Skills Ontario Cardboard Boat Races. Ame, Janai, Shannon, and Katrina competed with 14 schools from different school boards, some as far away as Shelburne and Barrie. These four ladies’ innovative design had all the judges and teachers abuzz with how well they thought they would do. The ladies lost out in the medal round only because of an unfortunate tipping accident. Their design was able to hold over 400lbs for the 90 seconds duration of the weight challenge and may have been the best in the tournament. Congratulations Ladies!!
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SCIENCE TRIP TO THE PERIMETER INSTITUTE!

November 20, 2008
Posted by : L. Stuparyk & L. Lim-Cole

The Uxbridge Secondary School Science Department is excited about this rare opportunity to visit The Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics with a group of senior physical science students. Ms. Lim-Cole, Ms. Stuparyk and Mr. Kouba are accepting applications from interested senior science students to attend a lecture and participate in tours at The Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and Waterloo University. Dr. Ben Schumacher will be presenting a lecture on "The Physics of Impossible Things". Professor Schumacher is a faculty member at Kenyon College and is one of the founders of quantum information theory. He introduced the term "qubit", invented quantum data compression (also known as Schumacher compression) and established several fundamental results about the information capacity of quantum systems. Dr. Schumacher was the recipient of the 2002 Quantum Communication Award (premier international prize in the field) and was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society. The selected students will also be given guided tours of this world-renowned research facility and the University of Waterloo. They will dine at the “Black Hole Bistro” in the Perimeter Institute. We hope that this unique enrichment opportunity will challenge our students to "think big" and to aspire to become true scientific innovators of the future.
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