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Grade 10 students SOAR at presentation!

October 9, 2015, 11:36 am
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On October 7, 2015, the grade 10 Comets travelled to Cineplex Theatre to experience the documentary SOAR (Students that are Optimistic, Aware and Ready). This program was launched by Youth Leadership Camps Canada (YLCC) and is designed to provide new high school students with positive insight into their learning journey. This documentary shared knowledge from prominent Canadian speakers, as well as typical high school students. Through stories or guiding words, each one of us in attendance developed a stronger sense of confidence and open-mindedness as to the progression of our educational involvement. SOAR encouraged us to have a preeminent high school experience by being ourselves and becoming a part of the school community in different aspects, such as joining clubs. This film assisted each one of us in becoming a part of the Robert Thirsk community.

By: Jayden and Brooklyn (Orange Community)

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Expand your horizons in Denmark!

October 20, 2015, 1:45 pm
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In October 2016, Grade 11 and 12 students have an opportunity to travel to Denmark for an Interdisciplinary Tour and Home stay. Along with Western Canada High School, Robert Thirsk has been involved in a partnership with Stovring Gymnasium, a secondary school in Northern Denmark. Their International Class have now visited Calgary three years in a row and in March of 2015, 30 students from RTHS and WCHS travelled to Denmark for the first time. The 10-day excursion consists of a 3-day Interdisciplinary Tour of Copenhagen and a 6 day home stay with Strovring Gymnasium students. Calgary students experienced a genuine intercultural experience resulting in close friendships and future travel possibilities. A fourth Danish contingency arrives in April 2016 and RTHS and WCHS would like to travel together for a second time in October 2016. Any Grade 10 and 11 students interested in this excursion should see Mrs. Muhlberger in Room 222 for details. You can also send an email to jamuhlberger@cbe.ab.ca.

 

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Congratulations to our Girls’ Soccer City Champs!!

October 21, 2015, 7:49 am
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Please congratulate members of the girls soccer team for their amazing performance in the Oct. 20th CITY FINAL! The girls pulled off the win in the last minute of the game beating Diefenbaker 2-1!  Kudos to our amazing RTHS athletes…
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Great minds at work!

October 23, 2015, 2:36 pm
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We were thrilled to welcome Dr. Robert Thirsk to RTHS on Oct. 20th when he met with students in our electro-technologies lab discussing how their projects were progressing.   Designers of a scaled down version of the International Space Station were incredibly fortunate to consult with our mentor Dr. Thirsk, who holds the record for the Canadian astronaut who has spent the most days in space!

Other projects highlighted included  vex robots, 3D printing designs, a custom designed and built desktop arcade style game, and our Bob Bot – our developing school robot that has working arms and hands.  Current students are working on creating a fully functional and controllable head. We are looking forward to seeing Bob Bot in action!

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RTHS students enjoy Horizon Leadership Conference

November 5, 2015, 1:51 pm
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Contributed by RTHS student Kathryn P., who attended the event:

On Thursday, October 15th, a group of nine Robert Thirsk Students and gym teacher, Ms. Andries, eagerly headed off first thing in the morning to attend the Horizon Leadership Conference, hosted at Henry Wise wood High School. The event began with an inspirational and entertaining speech by Blake Fly, who also attended the Robert Thirsk assembly we had in early September. To follow, another guest speaker, Dave Conlon, discussed the importance of thankfulness and school spirit in your local community. After the memorable presentations, all of the students who were present enjoyed a delicious pizza lunch in the school’s courtyard, along with a variety of team building games. The event was fun for all the students who went, as it was an important realization about the elements of what we should include at our Horizon Leadership conference that Thirsk is hosting March 2nd, and what things we should change at our event.  The Robert Thirsk students headed safely back on the school bu as they discussed topics such as optimism, school spirit, and leadership, and what a wonderful experience the conference was.

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Treasure Island is coming!

November 5, 2015, 3:03 pm
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Be sure to come to our first RTHS drama production of the year. Please watch our VLC for information about ticket sales!

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Sr. Football Champions!

November 10, 2015, 1:04 pm
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Congratulations to our Sr. Football team, their coaches, and trainers for an amazing 51-29 victory over St. Mary’s High School in the Division II city championships on Saturday, Nov. 7th!  Huge thanks to the parents, students and staff who have supported the team all season!

Team Roster, Coaches and Trainers:

Roster 1-A

Roster part 2

Coaches and trainers

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Vic Lewis Music Festival – Canmore

November 10, 2015, 1:45 pm
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The artsPlace Vic Lewis International Band Festival is a two-day, non-competitive event for junior high and high school bands held in Canmore. The focus is learning, with instruction delivered by an international faculty of top-tier professional musicians and educators.

RTHS was well represented on November 6th, 7th and 8th by 41 students in both Concert Band and Jazz Band categories. We are extremely proud of our Comet musicians and band director Mr. Abrams!

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Grand Re-opening of the Dock!

December 7, 2015, 8:49 am
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What is new may you ask? The dock has new stock!  Brand new snacks, apparel, and accessories will help you stay Thirsky! We have new pullover hoodies, zip up hoodies and a variety of new athletic shirts. We also have…
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Thank you Comets!

December 18, 2015, 8:19 am
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May you continue to grow and thrive!

Mrs. Meaden

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Happy Holidays!

December 18, 2015, 11:13 am
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Warm wishes for an enjoyable and safe holiday season!  We look forward to seeing you on January 4th.

 

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Holiday Sweater Day

December 18, 2015, 11:19 am
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RTHS Hockey Players Support Kids Cancer Care!

January 28, 2016, 4:34 pm
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Brady B., Jared B., Brett L., Daniel R., Zach R., and Tyler T., would like to extend their sincere gratitude to the staff and students at Robert Thirsk School for their support of the Texas Donut Sale on January 15. Thanks to everyone’s generosity we were able to raise $400 for Kids Cancer Care. Our hockey team, The Midget AAA Flames collectively raised over $43, 500 for Kids Cancer Care.

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted”

~Aesop

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Congratulations Mrs. Meaden!

January 28, 2016, 6:50 pm
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Message from Dr. Christison

February 8, 2016, 3:03 pm
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I am thrilled to join the students, staff and larger community of Robert Thirsk High School.  This school has demonstrated since its inception that relationships, innovation and learning all thrive because of the quality of the people involved.  I look…
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Pink Shirt Day Celebration!

February 24, 2016, 4:46 pm
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RTHS students and staff supported national Pink Shirt day, highlighting bullying awareness in our schools and communities. For excellent resources please visit erasebullying.ca Kudos to our leadership students who led the campaign by offering t-shirt tie-dye sessions, creating display signage and…
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It’s Time to FOCUS!

February 25, 2016, 2:21 pm
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What have you done to support YOUR learning today? Every day?
We have 49 Focus periods left this year, starting today. How will you make the most of them?

See the calendars below, and plan out the rest of your year so those important dates don’t sneak up on you.

MarchCalendar

AprilCalendar

MayCalendar

JuneCalendar

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Grade 12 Comet Olympics Blast Off

February 25, 2016, 2:41 pm
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Story by Zi Lin Q, grade 12

In February Robert Thirsk High School kicked off our second annual Thirsk Olympics with the grade 12 students. Classes engage in friendly competitions where students can demonstrate their skills, wit and coordination in different sets of games and events to earn points for their perspective homerooms. Every competitions acts as a way of relieving stress, but also as a socializing experience for Connect classes to bond by working together. The events are also just loads of fun, playing against or with friends to score points and obtaining bragging rights! The Connect with the highest points in the end wins a prize including the highly coveted Rockstar Parking at the front of the school. Connect classes can be awarded points through attendance, so grade 12’s should come out and support their class every Friday.

Every game allows the Comets to show off their wide variety of talents and achieve personal records. Students test their knowledge in an “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” style of game where the classes have are asked a series of trivia questions. If that’s not their forte, then dodge-ball is where their strengths may lie, Comets are able to present their strength, agility and precision, just remember to duck. Race and play against time in “Minute To Win It”, combining knowledge with agility to race against other classes in sets of mini games. Other events include a fishing derby off of the Upper Learning Commons, a “Heads Up” trivia game with iPhones, twisting it up with “Twister”, demonstrating artistry with “Pictionary”, and a catapulting game of “Angry Birds”.

The lucky winning class will be announced later this spring -stay tuned for the results, and remember, in the end everyone is Cometastic!  

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