Korah Collects over 27,500 Books to Help Africa

Grade 11 Korah student, Amber Levesque, first heard about Invisible Children’s "Schools for Schools" book drive in the fall. She immediately enlisted the help of Korah teacher Megan Morley and started promoting the program.
In a few short months, Korah students, staff, parents and members of the public donated between 27,500 and 28,000 books, which are being sent to Better World Books. Although Amber hoped to reach a goal of 30,000 books, she was excited to see Korah collect the thousands and thousands they did. Free shipping was offered to schools which collected over 10,000 books. Better World Books either sends the books to impoverished areas or sells them, with all proceeds going toward new books in Africa.
One student from each of the three schools collecting the most books will be given a free trip to help build a school in Uganda. Korah is in the running for one of the top three spots and will find out if they qualify in a couple of weeks.

Eat Smart! Award of Excellence

Above: Dr. Northan the Medical Officer of Health presents the "Eat Smart Award" to our principal Ms. Wickett and Ms. Tucker our cafeteria manager. Korah students assist in the ribbon cutting ceremony that was held Tuesday, January 20th.

Engine Donation

Thank you very much to Mr. J. Eder for his generous donation of the Ford engine on a stand with gauges to the Korah Transportation Technology area. This learning tool will greatly benefit the teachers and students in seeing how a working engine operates.

Co op Fair January 2009

Mustang Sally visits Queen Elizabeth School

Mustang Sally celebrated character education at Queen Elizabeth on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, a school so very close to the heart of one of our vocalists – Kaylee Raynor, who is a grade eight student there. Kaylee not only sang, but told students about the importance
of having the courage to follow their dreams, just as she has by being in Mustang Sally. The junior kindergarten class was treated to their very own concert where Mustang Sally musicians introduced students to different instruments. As well, some musicians went to grades 5/6,
6/7, 7/8 and grade 8 classes to discuss the process of becoming a part of Mustang Sally, and how character attributes (honesty, responsibility, integrity, cooperation, respect, perseverance, caring, leadership) are demonstrated in the band. An attribute of special focus was that of responsibility. Leo Moore and Johnee Whalen talked about the negative effects of irresponsibility on teamwork in the band and the importance of taking responsibility to attend all rehearsals, and practice individually.
Students were also informed about high school life and given opportunities to ask questions about it. A very special performance was given to Mustang Sally by Mr. Collin's class – they performed an opera that they had composed and written lyrics for,
previously arranged for a performance at the Kiwanis Community Theatre in December. The afternoon offered a special story with musical accompaniment to the school assembly, called A Chance to Shine followed by a set of 12 of Mustang Sally's favourite Character Education songs. Special thanks to the fine staff and students for their hospitality and to Mrs. Atkinson (Principal) and Mrs. McTaggart (Vice-Principal) for their luncheon arrangements and for their very warm welcome.

An apple a day and Miss Wickett goes away.

Algoma Public Health is pleased to announce that Korah Collegiate will receive the Eat Smart! Award of Excellence.

Principal Holly Wickett is so pleased that Korah has met the high standards of Eat Smart! that she now plans to retire on a high note. Her task list is now complete. Join us as Wickett leaves her apple core on a healthy high school. Eat Smart! is a provincial Award of Excellence program that recognizes schools’ efforts to create healthier environments for students. To receive the Eat Smart! Award, schools must meet and maintain three standards: Nutrition Standard, Food Safety Standard and Smoke-Free Standard.

Where: Korah Collegiate - Cafeteria
636 Goulais Avenue Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6C 5A7

When: Tuesday January 20th , 2008
11:30 a.m.

Gold Cup

The Korah Colts senior boys basketball team was in action this weekend in Timmins, participating in the Gold Cup, hosted by Timmins High.Korah opened up the tournament with a 55-46 victory versus Laforest Amos, from Quebec. Top scorers for the Colts were Nathan Zacharie and Josh Thompson, both with 18 points.In the quarter-finals, Korah took on the Hammarskjold Vikings, from Thunder Bay. The Colts pulled off their second victory of the tourney knocking off Hammarskjold 50-39. Nathan Zacharie had another big game for the the Colts with 15 points and Chad Turner added 13. In the championship semi-finals, the Colts were up against ESC Algonquin. The Colts dug themselves an early hole being down 8-2, but were able to turn things around and led 29-15 at the half. Strong defensive play helped the Colts come up with a 48-35 victory. Chad Turner led the Colts with 16 points, and Josh Thompson added 13 points, which included four three-pointers.In the championship finals, the Colts would square off against the host Timmins High. Timmins would prevail on home court coming up with a 52-39 decision. Leading the way for the Colts was Josh Thompson with five three-pointers and 15 points, and Chad Turner with 13.Josh Thompson and Chad Turner were both selected as first team all-stars.

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