Eleven Hampers For Our Community

Today there was a Rock Paper Scissors Championship in the JT gym between students from John Taylor, Hedges and Buchanan. The food items collected generated 11 hampers for families in our community. John Taylor students bought in non-perishable food items to their period 3 class where each food item entitled them to one "life" to play in a game of rock, paper scissors. The following students represented John Taylor Collegiate: Linda H., Landon B., Emily M., Jenna S., Emmett P., Travis B., Moe N., Riley P., Faith K., Ghasem F., Tyler D., and Britanny L. It was a great way to work together with our family of schools to collect items for our hampers and have some fun. Thanks to the John Taylor leadership students and Mr. Vermette for organizing this event. We look forward to running this event again in December of 2014.

Math30S Application to the Real World

Students in Mr. Goetz's Math 30SA class presented their projects investigating real life applications of their understanding the concepts of T-charts, Z- scores, Mean, Median, Mode, Standard Deviation and  Bell Curve.  Topics investigated included;  Who's your Friend on Facebook,  NHL Goal for the Year, Number of Children in a Family, Number of Hours a Grade 11 Student plays Video Games, The Soccer Cleats, The Average Height of a Teen, NHL Goals Against Per Game and Hours of TV Watching.  Students were able to share their findings and it provided an effective way of assessing students' understanding of these concepts.

JT hosts the Annual Hamilton House Holiday Dinner

Student volunteers from the Foods and Nutrition classes prepared and served a delicious turkey dinner to the residents from Hamilton House.  The menu included turkey, stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, steamed carrots, coleslaw, punch, tea, coffee and the ever popular dainty tray.  Piano music set the mood for a relaxing and enjoyable evening together.  Thanks to Mr. Rondeau for the donation of the three turkeys.  A special thanks to Mr. Lockhart, Mrs. James,

Mrs. Laubenstein, Mr. Goetz, Ms. Paragg, Ms. Monaster and Mrs. Strobel for their help organizing, driving and serving. 

JT Students Participate in the Christmas Sock Campaign

 Students from John Taylor went to Siloam Mission on a - 40 day.

JJ is the Community Education and Under the Radar Coordinator at Siloam Mission.  He  shared that, "You need to understand the issue, so that you don't judge it."  There are many kinds of poverty. There is a "needs" poverty where drilling a well is the solution to the need for clean water.  The distribution of a resource solved that issue.  Siloam mission deals with "broken heart" poverty where the solution  requires more than the distribution of resources. Many people at the Mission have shared that their life experiences "leaves them in a place were people feel worthless."  JJ wants to help people have an oppotunity to experience success to turn around this feeling. This positive social interaction of time and friendship can transform people. This sense of community helps heal everyone involved.  Get involved.  You can make a difference.  Siloam offers three meals a day to appoximately 500 people, each meal.  With the very cold weather, Siloam was working at max capacity but it is so well organized it still maintained the community spirit with a welcoming atmosphere. John Taylor staff volunteered their time on Monday evening to serve food and sort clothing donations.  The students contributed to the Christmas Socks campaign.  The donations of time and socks were greatfully received.  For more information on Siloam Mission please go to info@siloam.ca. 

University of Winnipeg Elders in Residence Program

Greetings to Hector from the University of Winnipeg Elders in Residence Program.  He was invited to speak with the students from Mr. Kolton's class.  He shared that he is from the Wolf clan and explained how he uses the talking stick, sharing circle, sweat lodge to connect with others.  He has been a sun-dancer for the past 13 years which allows him the time to connect with the elements.  He reminded the students that well-being is an accomplishment and our main goals should always be wisdom and balance as long as the sun shines, rivers flow and grass grows.....

Kyle Nobless - Tells his Story

He was 20 years old when he was cast for his first acting role.  Recently, he was in Montreal for a role in a show called Mohawk Girlz where he plays a police officer.  It was a dream come true on so many levels.   He shared that he was honoured to be asked to co-host the Aboriginal Peoples Awards.  Currently he is writing and producing a script based on his family.  He shared that growing up he struggled with drugs & alcohol, bullying and felt like an outsider.  Eventually found his freedom and creativity in acting. He had students act out a scene and reminded them how important it is to remember to breathe.  Now he celebrates everyday that he is living his dream and wants to encourage others.

JT Winter Concert - Music Warms the Evening

The JT Winter concert provided a warm and inviting evening of music entertainment.  There were performances from Band, Choral and Drum Line.  The dedication of the students, teachers and our music student teacher candidate was evident in the quality of the music experience.

JT Foods Special Lunch

The students in the Foods classes at JT  are taking their skills to a larger audience.  The SJSD maintenance staff have been invited to attend a special lunch on Tuesday December 3rd.  The main course will be provided by the grade 11 students, dessert will be provided by the grade 12 students and the grade 10 students will be the servers for this event. Thank you to their teachers 

Ms. Laubenstein and Ms. Mercier for their guidance with this event.

Making Music in Woods Class

Logan is a grade 12 student in the JT WOODS program.  He has spent his last two months working on making his very own guitar.  How that he has the guitar his next step is to learn how to play it.

MTYP Dying to Be Thin

MTYP - Dying to Be Thin

December 2, 2013
MTYP will be at John Taylor today to present the play...."Dying to Be Thin" to all of the Grade 9 & 10 Students.
The main character is Amanda who could be any one in your class. She is a regular teenager, and she hangs around with a good group of friends. Recently, Amanda’s grades have started to slip. She’s also started to miss school a lot. What’s going on with Amanda only happens behind a closed, locked door, so it may be hard to figure out. This extraordinary play manages to be funny as well as profoundly powerful and moving.
If you are concerned about someone you can contact:
NEDIC helpline: 
Monday - Friday 9.00 am - 9.00 pm ESTFor help and understanding, call:1-866-633-4220 or email: nedic@uhn.ca

JT Students Volunteer at the Crestview Church Advent Dinner

The Student Council at John Taylor is busy during this holiday season. On Saturday there were 17 students who volunteered at the Crestview United Church to assist with the serving of the community advent dinner.  Thank you for all that you do to assist in our community.

JT Choral Students performed with the WSO

Congratulations to John Taylor members of the SJSD Divisional Senior Choir, Nate H. Galen M. and Larissa J. , for their performance with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra on Saturday evening at the Concert Hall. It was an amazing performance.