Regional Champions

Congratulations to the members of the envirothon team who won the regional competition this past weekend. The team will be participating in the Provincial competition next week.

Atlanta World Competition

The team finished 34th out of 87 teams in their division. They did not move into the finals, however all are proud of their accomplishments and excited to have competed with 350 of the best teams from around the world.
"Holly - The Wickett Robot" performed very well!

The Algoma District School Board robotics team won a silver medal at the Waterloo FIRST Regional Robotics Competition.
See link to the teams web site for more information.

Art Circuit

Mrs. Schliephacke and some of her art students were in attendance at the opening reception of Art Circuit art show of local high school students art work at the Art Gallery of Algoma.Top picture: Paula D'Agostino and her art work entitled Darren. Two above: Shinea Hansen, Grade 12 and her art work Miyavi Adoration.Above: Ms. Schliephacke and Sadie Puddister with Sadie's art work entitled No One's Baby.

Badminton

The Korah Badminton team had an excellent showing these past 2 days at the City championships that were held here at our school. Our grade nines combined to capture the midget division overall, as did our grade tens in order to win the overall junior title and our grade 11 and 12's combined to win the overall senior division. Our Colts as a team for the 18th year in a row, yes that’s right, 18 years straight won the overall badminton aggregate championship which is a combination of boys and girls, midget, junior and senior divisions. Way to go Colts!!!
Our top individual placings went as follows:

Midget:
Joey Lucio - 2nd in singles
Rachel Ivey - 1st in singles
Kala Studens - 2nd in singles
Taylor Hammond and Hao dong Zhou - 1st in doubles
Tony Ziccarelli and Brad Vandordunk - 2nd in doubles
Abigail Fogg and Evelyn Steele - 1st in doubles

Junior:
Josh Fritz - 1st in singles
Adam Hopfgardner - 2nd in singles
Adri Ivey - 1st in singles
Willie Poll - 2nd in singles
Matt Maidra and Mitchell Nisbett - 1st in doubles
Ariel Harriman and Rebecca Rowe - 2nd in doubles
Chris McAllister and Sam Iacoe - 1st in mixed

Senior:
Ian Roney - 1st in singles
Suzy Yan - 1st in singles
Nicole Maione - 2nd in singles
Jarrett Cummings and Dustin Grondin - 1st in doubles
Riley Hogan and Haley Allen - 1st in doubles
Erik Allen and Vivienne Steele - 2nd in mixed

The 28 individuals just mentioned will be continuing on to North Bay for the NOSSA Championships next week in North Bay. Congratulations goes out to the whole entire team on a great job. Without the effort of each athlete, our 18th consecutive aggregate championship would not have been possible.

Student of the month

Hao Dong Zhou - Health/Phys. Ed
Gabrielle Fogg - Art
Josh Cerasuolo - Business
Chelsie Spadafora - Family Studies

Composition

Photo compositon sites.
http://www.photographytips.com/page.cfm/6
http://photoinf.com/General/Gary_Stanley/An_Eye_for_Composition.html
http://photoinf.com/General/Robert_Berdan/Composition_and_the_Elements_of_Visual_Design.htm


Food for Thought:
here are a few good review points to remember each time you compose an image.

1. Make sure your horizon line is level.

2. Look for distracting elements in your viewfinder that might take away for an otherwise excellent composition.

3. If you want sharp front-to-back detail, make sure you have enough depth of field.

4. Look for things in the composition that will allow you to use the basic design elements of line, shape, texture and form.

5. Look for good foreground subjects to add that three-dimensional look to the composition.


Give these few suggestions a try as you develop you own eye for composition.

Character Ed. Posters

Student Of The Month

Hao Dong Zhou - Health/Phys. Ed

Gabrielle Fogg - Art

Josh Cerasuolo - Business

Chelsie Spadafora - Family Studies

Outdoor Activities

New this year at Korah is the course Outdoor Activities. This course focuses on the development of a personalized approach to healthy active living through participation in a variety of outdoor activities that have the potential to engage students’ interest throughout their lives. Students will develop and implement personal physical fitness plans. In addition, they will be given opportunities to refine their decision-making, conflict-resolution, and interpersonal skills, with a view to enhancing their mental health and their relationships with others.

Pictured above students build Quinzhees to escape the elements. Students also went ice fishing at Marks Bay on the St. Mary's River.