Stelly's Secondary School - Home of the Stingers

Congratulation to The Smores (Matt Parlby, Chaz Elliot, Pockets, Trev Calton, Braun and C-Ham) who defeated Team Cream Puffs (Bryan Taylor, Colin Knickerbocker, Parker Phillips, David Beck, Connor Baerg and Savanna Hamilton) last week in the 2012 Dodgeball Championships. As usual, the competition was fierce with the final match lasting almost 40min. Thanks to everyone who came out in hopes of taking down Braun or C-Ham. Better luck next year!

Alysha Rose is fourteen years old and has just begun grade nine at Stelly’s Secondary School. She attended Bayside Middle School for three years, and achieved honour roll with distinction every term, as well as the Award of Excellence every year.

She placed first for two consecutive years at the provincial Concours D’Art Oratoire (a French speaking competition that most French immersion students across Canada participate in each year.) She volunteers her time as a tutor to her peers at Stelly’s, and was a peer tutor to two struggling students last year at Bayside.

She’s also an avid quilter. Her quilts and other sewn projects have won first place for many years at the Saanich fair, and have also won multiple special awards, (best exhibit, Quilters’ Guild award, etc.) She was involved in a volunteer project that sent quilts to African orphans, and is currently working on a project to make quilts for premature babies at Victoria General Hospital.

Alysha’s full schedule keeps her busy, but her bright outlook on life is infectious to those around her. Because of all this and more, she truly is an Amazing Kid. (Source: CTV Website)

For the second night in a row and the final night of show, the Pajama Game will be standing room only for those who haven't purchased a ticket in advance. This years Senior Musical, "The Pajama Game", has been a huge hit. Maybe you enjoyed watching "Babe" Williams (Emily Golumbia), head of the Grievance Committee, and Superintendent Sid Sorokin (Josh Graetz) fall in love? Maybe you enjoyed watching Vernon Hines (Zack Van Den Bussche), the Time Study efficiency expert, demonstrate his knife throwing ability? Or maybe you just enjoyed watching Old Man Hasler (Pearse Wolfe-Liblong) be Old Man Hasler. Whatever your taste, there certainly was something for everyone.

Performing four evenings in a row the performers just keep on getting better and better and with the addition this year of the "Dinner-Theater" option, thanks to the Teaching Kitchen and it's volunteers, the overall feedback has been outstanding. Congratulations to Ms. Heinrichs, Ms. Cunningham, Ms. Bate, Mr. McDonald, the Musical Theatre Performers and the Stage Craft students for a spectacular week of entertainment.

Congratulations to our Senior Boys basketball team who won the 57th annual (for those of you who are counting) Totem tournament this weekend in Port Alberni. Jack Common received a first all-star award, and Gary Chen was named the MVP of the tournament! If you see any of the boys be sure to pass on a congrats ... they definitely earned it with three hard-fought victories.

Wow! What an amazing job on this years food drive Stelly's. In total over 11,000 items of food were raised this year for the Sidney Food Bank. Included in that total is cash donations that approached $4000. A huge thank you to every who contributed and congratulations to those classes who went above and beyond in their fundraising. This year six classes exceeded 500 items and were awarded with a pizza party while an additional three classes exceeded 250 items and were awarded cupcakes.
Mr. Heywood - 4026
Ms. Hilton - 1014
Mr. Tissari - 902
Ms. Jenkins - 633
Ms. Lizama - 588
Mr. Drew - 543
Ms. Cacciato - 387
Mr. Siebert - 326
Ms. Reston - 283
The Concert Band also raised 795 items at their annual Winter Concert. A big thank you goes out to Montana Schwartz, Elizabeth Powell, Julia Bolster, Shane Spoore, Sofia Kennedy and Anna Kratofil for coordinating the food drive this year. Please remember that the Sidney Food Bank is in need of donations year round so be sure to donate when you can.

The results are finally in! This years Cyclebetes event in November raised $3091.50 for diabetes, which beats last years total by over $1000. The top individual fundraiser was Tarry Cote who raised $200 alone while the top team fundraiser was the Sister Wives (Tarryn Cote, Lucy Ewart, Liz Hein, Trevor Calton, Lara Gison and Alynn Dagg) who raised $410. A huge thank you goes out to all 110 students and staff who participated in this high energy event.

In 2010 Mrs. Cunningham and Mrs. McNamee fell victim to a heartbreaking upset in the finals. However, the story was much different this year. After hours of disciplined training in the off-season, the dynamic duo redeemed themselves by going undefeated in both their regular season play and the playoff round. It was an extremely tight finish in the championship game against the Surf Sisters but good fortune allowed Cunningham and McNamee to claim the victory. Some spectators suggest that this change in luck may have been due to their newly appointed alternate while others just questioned the eligibility of the team altogether. Whatever your opinion, the fact is that these two play some darn good cribbage. Thanks to everyone for coming out we look forward to seeing you all next year.

This years annual Staff Winter Show was another huge success with a packed gymnasium and a captivated audience. The talent is always a little questionable but the desire to entertain is never in doubt. From the "Beach Ball Ballet" to the "Sledgomatic" this show had something for everyone. Above are only a few of the highlights from the show. See you all again next year.

Thank you to everyone who participated in this years door decorating contest! As usual, the doors were outstanding and created a very festive atmosphere here at Stelly's. It was an extremely close competition this year but after hours of debate Mr. Strutynski's Photography class was declared the Best Overall Door as their door best met the criteria in each category. This is the second year in a row that the Art Room has won this contest!

Other winners include:
Most Festive-Ms. Cunningham and Ms. Langdon
Most Relevant to Subject Area-Ms. Taylor and Ms. Hilton
Most Enthusiastic-Ms. Reston
Tackiest-Ms. Wallace and Computer Apps

Category winners will receive Candy Canes while the Best Overall winners will receive a Pizza Party on Thursday Dec 15th.