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Weekly Memo
November 24, 2008Posted by : S. Dawson
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Grade 9 Women in Technology Students compete
December 09, 2008Posted 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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SCORES
January 05, 2009Posted by : Webmaster
On Dec. 23 the Boys' Hockey Team won the Lake Placid American Cup High School Hockey Tournament! In the championship game Uxbridge beat West Ferris 2-0 with Tigers' goals by Mike Ramsey and Blake Harrison, assists by Joel Dolson, Adam Cranley and Pete Luinstra. MVP: Mike Ramsey. Tournament MVP: Bryce Tait (Tigers) Wed. Dec. 10 Varsity Girls' Hockey — Paul Dwyer 2 (Alana Brannigan, Violette Long), Uxbridge 1 (Haley Smith);Thurs. Dec. 4 Uxbridge 2 (Jessica Mackay, Leigh Ansell), St. Mary 1 (Ally Maves)
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Grade 9 EQAO Numeracy Test
December 05, 2008Posted by : Ms. Lee
Grade 9 students taking math this semester are busy getting ready for the EQAO Numeracy Test being written on January 13-14th, 2009. This test counts for 5% of a student’s final grade and then it is sent to EQAO. A practice test will be written in all math classes Monday December 15th, 2008. These tests will be marked, returned and discussed before the Christmas holidays. Students who have difficulty on the practice test will be seen individually during the first week of January to discuss some test taking strategies. All students can find additional practice material on EQAO’s website: www.eqao.com.
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SCIENCE TRIP TO THE PERIMETER INSTITUTE!
November 20, 2008Posted 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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Outer's Club Warsaw Caves excursion
November 06, 2008Posted by : Mr. S. Dawson
On October 31, the Uxbridge Secondary School Outer's Club visited the Warsaw Caves Conservation Area. Members enjoyed the karst topography prevalent in this region by spelunking into the caves and by hiking out to the kettle formations and the Indian River lookout. Thanks to all for a wonderful day! Pictures have been converted into a slideshow available to be seen on the LCD in the main foyer of USS.
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