Green Facts

Recently, Korah’s Green Council performed recycling and waste audits on your trash! And the results are in. Here are some “Korah Green Facts” regarding Korah’s garbage.

In one day, Korah produced 100 lbs of trash... that’s 19000 lbs per school year! — over 19 tonnes!

That turns into over 20 lbs per student every single year... and that’s just during school!

Korah’s Green Council would like you to try to reduce your daily trash by using reusable containers for drink and sandwiches, and fill a Rubbermaid with carrots instead of buying packaged junk food.

Students Of The Month

Maddison Walker - French

Stephanie Cowley - Geography

Erin Shillington - Math

Anna Reich - Business & Computer Studies

Justin Hunt - Business & Computer Studies

Making Of A Champion

Screen Printing of Boys Basketball teams shirts by Stich King.

NOSSA winners!

Senior girls won NOSSA AAA Championships played at Korah this week.

Congratulations coaches and players!

Boys Basketball East-West

SENIOR BOYS BASKETBALL ANNUAL EAST-WEST GAME

WHEN: Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
WHERE: Korah Collegiate

START TIME: 6:00PM

GAMES:

GAME 1: WHITE PINES VERSUS CASS
GAME 2: ST. MARY'S VERSUS KORAH
GAME 3: SUPERIOR HEIGHTS VERSUS ST. BASIL

COME OUT AND SUPPORT YOUR COLTS!!!

Senior Girls Basketball Final

Highlights from final game against St. Basils.

Our girls turned in a valiant effort and pushed the St. Basil Saints to the wire on route to a 49 to 42 set back. Our girls definitely out worked the Saints which resulted in many turnovers. The girls should be very proud of their effort and how they left everything they had on the court. Abigail Fogg led the Colt attack with 17 points while Adri Ivey added 10 and Sam Iacoe chipped in with 9.
The coaching staff and girls would like to thank the fans who were simply outstanding. You were definitely a difference maker. You were loud and the girls definitely fed off that positive energy. Korah hosts NOSSA this year.
Congratulations go out to Abigail Fogg who was this years winner of the Referee’s Award which
combines sportsmanship and athleticism.

Korah Choir

Singing and Sweets Concert. 2010.

Student of the month

• Thomas Groulx - Science


• Bailey Hiebert-Long - Science


• Jamie Murray - English


• Aaron Christie - Tech

Singing and Sweets Concert

Cancer Awareness

Student Council ran a cancer awareness and fundraiser on Friday. Students wore pink and for $2.00 got a sticker that said "BeCause I care".

Students’ Council has embarked on a number of initiatives to help those less fortunate than us. They collected cans to start off our Canned Food Drive by Trick or Treating for Cans during Hallowe’en night. A competition between classes will continue. The deadline for collecting cans is Wednesday, November 17th, 2010.

In addition, they have once again spearheaded the Shoe Box campaign collecting various non-perishable items for children in Africa aiming for the city record of 200 boxes!

Pink day initiated the start of our campaign to help fight the spread of breast cancer with a proposed hair cutting event to take place prior to the holidays. Some staff have already committed to this event to the point where they are unrecognizable! As an FYI, our school will be holding its own Relay for Life event this year on Friday, June 3rd, 2011 helping to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society, prior to the city-wide event a week later.


Our two student senators along with the help of Mr. Dal Cin will be leading a proactive campaign at Korah similar to other secondary schools as part of the Project ABCD (Action for Building a Community that is Drug free) initiative.

Claymation Animation Examples Grade 10

Animation by Danielle Dewar, grade 10.

Zack Larett, Grade 11

Korah C.&V.S.

Junior Football Team

Coach Annett and the junior football team.

The DU

Karl

On October 8th, 2010, Korah’s leadership class hosted its annual students and alumni duathalon. This year’s du course was set up in the surrounding Korah neighborhood and consisted of a 5km run, a 20km bike and a 2.5 km run. A total of 56 participants competed in both the team and individual categories.
The first place overall team consisted of Spencer Hogan, Scott McCrone and Matt Cuddy, the runner up team included Jack Carlyle, Brenden Carson and Stephen Erickson. In the individual category Mr. Wilson took first place, followed closely by Karl Zimmermann, while the best costume award went to Jaimee Carter, Claire McCarthy and Evelyn Steele. Many excellent door prizes were donated, including a mp3 player donated by Sarah and Steve McLeod, which was won by Lesia Kinach. Eric McAlister won a weekend stay at Maple Cove Cabin in Ranger Lake, donated by the Piazza family.
A thanks goes out to all of the sponsors who generously donated prizes, gift certificates and monetary reimbursements. Hope to see a great turnout at the 2011 Korah Duathalon!

By Claire McCarthy

Flash animation

Sports

Another sports season is underway. Come out and support your girls basketball, and boys football teams as they put in another season of competition.

Animation Links

National Film Board Web Site on Animation:

http://www3.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en/index.php

Time-lapse photography:

http://vimeo.com/3551875

School Photographs

School photos will be taken on Wednesday, September 15 for grade 9 and 10 students in the a.m.
Grade 11 and 12 students will be taken on Friday, Sept. 17th in the a.m.
Please bring order envelope and money to photographer at time of sitting if you would like a package.

Back To School

Korah ambassadors show new grade 9 students how to use condiments.

Student street comes alive on the first day back to school. Our new grade 9 class enjoys the improvements such as benches and tables that have been added to student street at Korah.

Football

Time to say goodbye

Above: Mr. and Mrs. Harvey present the Kathryn Rose Harvey Award to Michelle Millar.

Above: Mr. Iacoe with Ms. Schliephacke present Ms. Schliephacke’s daughter Marissa with her diploma.

Photo Contest

1st place winner: Liisa Steinwedel

Second place winner: Alyssa Eddy

Third place winner: Lindsey Hornblower

Graduation

Congratulations to all Graduates.
Photo Illustration by Liisa Steinwedel.

Fashion Show 2010

Every year the graduating Colts put on a fashion show to raise funds for graduation and prom. After last year’s top-notch "What Not To Wear" fashion show, the Colts needed to think of something extra special. This year’s theme "So You Think You Can Dance" really suited the show, as the dances were amazing.
Choreographers Alena Atkinson, Kristine Caldbick, Kait Cupido, Connor Dunster, Jessica Gencarelli, Kristen Greco, Ashley Hunter, Nicole Maione, and Sadie Puddister worked hard to teach a cast of 41 these extraordinary dances. One of the favourite dances by the audience was the grad’s rendition of "Thriller," where almost the whole cast performed the original choreography from the famous Michael Jackson music video. The most loved dance of the night, by far was the "Mash-Up Dance" performed and choreographed by Mitch Dionisi and Cameron Prouse. This fantastic dance duo captivated the crowd the second they began.Hostesses Chantal Rose and Allison Bovingdon, modelled beautiful gowns all night from Susie Yoo. Allison says, "It's too bad they aren’t actually mine!"
Audience member numbers have gone up since last year, according to Mr. Elliott, who says "This is one of the best turn-outs in a while." After watching this exciting Korah Fashion Show, the audience was heard murmuring choruses of "That was really good!" or, "Awesome dances!" or, "I really enjoyed that, they did a good job!"
The Fashion Show team would like to thank: the Grad Committee, the choreographers, Jesse Evans (on sound), and Jay Nguyen (on lights), all of the donating stores, Mrs. Elliott (the teacher in charge), and Nicole Maione (without whom the show wouldn’t have gone on). Great work graduating Colts!

Dragon Boat Races

Since 1999, dragons have swarmed the St. Marys River near Topsail Island in Bellevue Park. The Dragon Boat Festival pits teams of 20 rowers against one another, all in the name of fun and charity. Seventeen teams took part this year, with all proceeds supporting the Sault Search and Rescue and the Sault Family YMCA.

DIVISION A

1st place - Top Donks

2nd place - Bawating Braves Alumni

3rd place - The Village People

DIVISION B

1st place - HSCDSB

2nd place - PUC Power Paddlers

3rd place - Group Health Centre Dragon Hearts

DIVISION C

1st place - Korah IB on a Boat

2nd place - Cruise Aid Oars

3rd place - Wee Not Fit

Student of the month

Matt Simon - Geography

Adrienne See - Math

Randi Leclair - Science

Korah Track and field - 2010

This year Korah’s track and field team showed continued signs of improvement. 67 athletes competed in city meet with 40 qualifying for the NOSSA championships in Sudbury. Our NOSSA gold medalists included Corey Conforzi with gold in the 100 meter, 200 meter, and 400 meter events, setting a new record in the 100 meter; Cydney Mihell in the 300 meter hurdles, Abigail Fogg in the javelin, and Rachel Ivey in the shot put, who also set a new NOSSA record. Other finishes that qualified for OFSAA included, Cydney Mihell placing second in the 400 meter race, Jaimee Carter placing second in triple jump, Rachel Ivey placing third in the discus, Stephen Maloney placing second in high jump, and Nick Burns placing second in the 3000 meter race. The coaching staff is extremely proud of the team this year and looks forward to increasing our numbers at every level next year.

2010 Rotary Award nominees

Badminton - Taylor Hammond, Haodong Zhou
Basketball - Anthony Greco
Curling - Michael GrecoFootball - Esa Pulkkinen
Cross Country - Jack CarlyleHockey - Brenden Carson
Track and Field - Corey Conforzi
Wrestling - Wylie Middleton
Soccer - Cam Prouse - B’Nai B’Rith - Walter Lowe - Mitchell Dionisi

This year Wylie Middleton won the Rotary award in Wresting for the third consecutive year and Jack Carlyle was the winner in cross country for the second consecutive year. Congratulations to these two fine athletes.

Athletic Awards

Congratulations to all the female athletes that represented Korah last night at the City Wide A.C.T. Athletic Banquet. You should all be very proud of your accomplishments. The following students were named top athletes in their respective sport. Riley Hogan & Haley Allen in Badminton, and Kala Studens in Soccer.

After 4 years of representing the Colts, Nicole Maione finished her high school athletic career by being named the city’s Top Graduating Athlete.

Water Project

Some students show their water bottles provided to all students at Korah by the Green Council.

Interview with Mr. DiBerardino

Y.B.: What is the water project?

Mr. D. In the water project we are trying to do two things. One is that we are trying to discourage the use of bottled water, and by that I mean plastic water bottles that you buy from the grocery store. In doing so we hope to eliminate these from our school because of the effects on the environment which were discussed at the presentation in June.
The second thing is that we want to challenge the students to drink only water for two weeks. The money they would have spent on other beverages, they would then donate so that we could give it to an organization which builds wells in countries that don’t have clean water. The premise for that is that one dollar can provide clean drinking water for 365 days. Ten dollars will provide clean drinking water for a person for a lifetime. So that’s what that we’re trying to accomplish, to raise money for that.

Y.B.: What exactly does the Green Council do?

Mr. D.: The Green Council is an environmental club that has different environmental initiatives each year. One of the things that we do every year is participate in the school cleanup once in the fall and once in the spring. Every year there are different projects; last year our major focus was on the plastic bag recycling program.
This year we got grants in order to buy water bottles for the entire student body and staff, to try to discourage the use of plastic water bottles. Our other initiative was to try and revitalize student street, or the courtyard in our school. We were able to receive grants in order to put in picnic tables and benches in the courtyard for students to use, so they’ll have some place to hang out outside during the day. We planted some new trees in there as well.

Spring Concert

Interview with Mr. Iacoe

New signage that has been added to the North side of Korah.

New Landscaping, stairs and railings added this year to the front entrance.

Yearbook: How was your first year back at Korah after being away for several years?

Mr. Iacoe: I first came to Korah in 1997 as a science teacher and headed the department before assuming the role as vice principal for three years. Since leaving in 2001 much has changed at Korah. Enrolment has increased, program offerings have broadened, extra curricular opportunities have blossomed, and building upgrades have occurred. It has been a great year, very rewarding working with students, parents, and staff and members of the Korah community. I am proud to be part of a school that is moving forward and I am really excited to be back knowing there is something for every student at Korah.

Yearbook: What new things have been added to Korah this year?

Mr. Iacoe: There have been many new enhancements made at the school this year. We have upgraded our outside grounds with a new front entrance, added signage with an improved and more modernized look and added horticulture and other features you can see around the outside grounds.Within the building we have had the opportunity to equip our auditorium with new lighting and improvements to the main stage area. We have also improved the appearance of the main office area and purchased additional furniture and equipment for our athletic and arts areas. You will also notice that enhancements have been made in the areas of text books and learning resources as well as the installation of a more effective wireless network throughout the school.As a school we have also begun to focus more on a green approach with the reduction of plastic and improvements to the student court yard which you will see in May and June of 2010. Lastly, the introduction of the PTA Super Bowl Raffle has helped many of our groups reduce the cost for families and students participating in various activities.

Yearbook: What can students look for in the 2010-2011 school year?

Mr. Iacoe: We will continue to build on what we have accomplished this school year. More improvements will be made to our auditorium, gymnasiums, main office, and student services areas during the summer of 2010. We have already committed tens of thousands of dollars on new desks, textbooks and learning resources for our students for next year. Thirdly, upgrades will be made in the area of IT with more laptops, Infocus projectors and other equipment. New courses have been added for students to enroll in, such as Digital Photography for one. Some new clubs will be introduced next year based on student interest. I have had several students approach me with some great ideas. More work will also be done to improve our exterior grounds if we acquire financial aid. I am hoping to increase the interest level among parents with our school council and PTA groups which are already well established here at Korah. Next year Korah will be home for many new staff and students as a result of the Sir James Dunn and Bawating amalgamation and we will be doing our very best to make everyone feel welcome and to become involved at our school.

Yearbook: We are starting a new decade. Where do you see Korah at the end of the next decade, 2020.

Mr. Iacoe: I see our school continuing forward with the great traditions that many people have established since Korah’s inception in 1967, over 40 years ago. Korah already is an excellent school with its people, programs and facilities but I see the school moving forward in a few areas. Firstly, to enhance our programs with a focus on green and alternative energy as a vehicle for future employment for our students. I want Korah to be the leader in this area in our community.Secondly, we need to continue to modernize our facilities to bring them up to the standards of not only the time in ten years, as a minimum, but of the future well beyond 10 years. I also see ourselves expanding our facilities and developing more partnerships with both private and public sector groups. Providing opportunities for our students and their families at Korah with absolutely no costs involved as a result of increased financial dollars either through fund-raising and/or alumni and community contributions, would be an ultimate goal for our kids.

ERROL LEE RETURNS

Errol Lee will be coming back to Korah on Friday May 28th! His concert will begin at 7:00pm in the Korah Auditorium. Tickets for this fun event are $15 for adults, and $10 for students 13 and under. For tickets you can contact the people named on the poster above.
Errol's concerts are an exciting blend of music, dance and fun suitable for all ages! Everyone will enjoy Errol's engaging personality, talent and versatility as he creates a memorable, character building and inspiring experience that is simply, the best.
A fun fact: A portion of the proceeds will go towards the construction of a new park at Queen Elizabeth Elementary School.
Come on out next Friday night and enjoy Errol Lee- Live In Concert on his "We Care" tour 2010.
To view the poster larger, simply click on the image.
For more information you can contact Liisa Steinwedel through Korah at 945-7180, or Michael Hayes at 945-8347.

Badminton

Above: Nicole keeps both eyes on the birdie.

The Tradition continues! Korah Badminton won the City Aggregate for the 19th straight year. The coaching staff would like to congratulate all players for their contribution in keeping the championship at Korah. The top two teams will represent Korah at NOSSA next weekend.
The following are the top finishers

Midget
Teija Humalamaki - 2nd ladies singles
Anthony Iacoe - City Champ midget singles
Jake johnson/ Matt Pinder - City Champs - boys doubles
Peter Greve/ Kinsey Smith - City Champs - mixed doubles
Rebecca Kennedy/ Page Eckland - 2nd ladies doubles
Brad Carter/ Karina Maione - 2nd mixed doubles
The midgets were crowned overall City Champs.

Juniors
Rachel Ivey - City Champ ladies singles
Kala Studens - 2nd ladies singles
Joey Lucio - City Champ - mens singles
Dillon Kroll/ Anthony Ziccarelly - City Champs - men doubles
Haodong Zhou/ Taylor Hammond - 2nd mens doubles
Abigail Fogg/ Evelyn Steele - City Champs ladies doubles
Jamie Carter/ Sammi Marshall - 2nd ladies doubles
The juniors were crowned overall City Champs.

Seniors
Nicole Maione - City Champ - ladies singles
Adri Ivey - 2nd ladies singles
Riley Hogan/ Haley Allen - City Champs - ladies doubles

Our Korah Badminton team were crowned junior and aggregate NOSSA champions. Congradulations goes out to all players for a smashing season. Top honours go out to the following players:
Kala Studens - 3rd ladies singles
Nicole Maione - 3rd senior singles
Peter Greve & Kinsey Smith - NOSSA midget mixed champs
Abigail Fogg & Evelyn Steele - junior doubles champs
Taylor Hammond & Howie Zhou - junior doubles champs
Rachel Ivey - junior ladies singles champ
Special congrats goes out to Haley Allen and Riley Hogan who will be representing Korah at OFSAA next week as NOSSA Ladies Doubles Champs.

United Way Car Wash

The United Way created a car wash challenge for every high school in the Sault. Every school had a themed car wash for a charity of their choice. Korah raised $973.00 for Pauline's Place Youth Shelter with the help of 42 student volunteers!

S. Johnson: Student Council co-president.

SCIENCE FAIR RESULTS 2010

25 Korah students participated in the annual Regional Rotary Science Fair on the weekend. Once again, Korah students have done very well. Most of our students received ribbons in their categories and divisions allowing Korah to claim the best intermediate level school and best senior level school trophies. In addition, the following major prizes were won by our students:

Gabe Wetzel won a $1000 University of Ottawa Entrance Scholarship for best senior project, $500 tuition scholarship to Algoma, Honorable Mention for the Fair, and Most Innovative Senior Project

Julean Albidone and Peter Nearing won the Professional Institute of Public Servants Award and the Alfred R. Askin Shield.

Piyush Shukla won the Professional Engineers Award for the best project improving every day living. Maija Irvine and Kassandra Yun share the MDS laboratory award for the best laboratory projects. Kassandra also wins a $500 Algoma University Scholarship.

Karl Zimmermann won the Enviro Expo special award. Karl also won the Rotary Club of Sault Ste Marie award of excellence and placed first in the science fair. Karl will travel to the national science fair in May.Congratulations to all of our participants and award winners.

Judges Award

Robotics Group 2009-2010

Although the Algoma District School Board’s Knights of Alloy robotics team did not qualify for the World Championships this year, the team did have an entry into one of the World FIRST final judges’ awards. In March, while attending the Waterloo Regional, the team’s own Ian Graham (robot programmer and website manager) was selected as a "dean’s list” finalist. This award recognized Ian’s substantial contribution to team leadership and mentoring newer team
members, as well as his efforts as a mentor for one of our local elementary school FLL (Lego) robotics teams. As a recipient at the regional level, his award was forwarded, along with the other 89 finalists from the 45 regionals, to the final award judging stage at the World Robotics event in Atlanta. The Knights of Alloy have just learned that when the final judge’s awards were read out in Atlanta on Saturday, Ian’s name was among the 10 winners that they selected.
It’s a high honour considering that of the approximately 2,000 entries received for this award at the regional level. Ian was selected to the final roster of 90 names and then came out as one of the 10 recipients. The team would like to congratulate Ian Graham for this distinctive honour and wishes him the best of luck as he embarks on his post-secondary pursuits once he graduates from Korah Collegiate and leaves the team at the end of this season.

Earth Hour Photo Assignment

Korah turned out the lights for one hour in April for Earth Hour. Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature, also known as World Wildlife Fund) and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change.

Student of the month for March

Alisha Roden - English
Corey Bakker - Tech
Samantha Stewart - History
Chelsea Pace - Science

MUSTANG SALLY

2009-2010. New band. New sound. New original songs. This school year has been a great success for Korah Collegiate’s Mustang Sally. The band is currently hard at work preparing for their GREAT BIG GIG which will be held at the Great Northern Conference Centre April 9th. Tickets are $10.00 and are available at Korah (636 Goulais Ave.), from any band members, the hotel front desk or by emailing Ms. Jennifer Barbeau at barbeaj@email.adsb.on.ca. For more information call Korah at 945-7180. Check out Mustang Sally on FACEBOOK and become a fan!


January brought with it new enthusiasm for the band and the goal of going to Nashville. This meant Song Writing! In just two weeks, the band had 6 originals – lyrics and charts all completed. It is amazing the talent we have within the walls of Korah. Mustang Sally will begin to perform the new ORIGINAL songs at the Bon Soo United Way fundraiser February 6^th as well as at various other performances including their GREAT BIG GIG Apirl 9^th and their GREAT BIG TOUR in May! Mustang Sally is planning to travel to NASHVILLE May 26 to June 1, 2010 to showcase their original songs at various establishments.

The band is currently hard at work preparing for their GREAT BIG GIG which will be held at the Great Northern Conference Centre April 9^th. Tickets are $10.00 and are available in the main office, from any band members, the hotel front desk or by emailing Ms. Barbeau at barbeaj@email.adsb.on.ca. For more information call Korah at 945-7180.

On January 29^th band members went out to local businesses collecting donations to raffle at their Great Big Gig. Thank you to all community members who have donating to this event. If anyone would like to make a donation please contact Ms. Jennifer Barbeau at Korah at 945-7180 or barbeaj@email.adsb.on.ca.

Upcoming Gigs:

March 30 – Manitou Park PS Character Education Day.

April 9 – Great Big Gig. Great Northern Conference Centre. 19+ to enter.

May 11 – Gala at Korah. All Ages.

Mustang Sally is always looking for opportunities to perform. Please contact Mr. Ryckman or Ms. Barbeau at barbeaj@email.adsb.on.ca or call Korah at 705.945.7180 if you would like to have Mustang Sally as part of your upcoming event.

Student Of The Month

Bradley Carter - Business
Tara DiBerardino - Family Studies
Nicole Bringleson - Phys. Ed.
Taylor Fryia - Phys. Ed.
Lacey Middaugh - Art