"What's that About?": A look at a different Career

As the school year comes to an end, many graduating students will be pursuing post-secondary education wether it's college, university or an apprenticeship.  However, from students they are unsure as to what to do post secondary or want to join the work force without the hassle of going off to school.

The Lake Huron Learning Centre with Katy from myFM (95.5) is hosting a discussion seminar on Thursday May 24th from 5:30pm to 6:30pm at the Lake Huron Learning Centre (385 Queen St. Kincardine). The cost for this seminar is FREE!

The seminar will be discussing growing up in a small community and choosing an alternative career as well as working in a male dominated area.

Accessibility is a huge factors that applies to millions of people everyday. Getting a post-secondary seems to be a "requirement" for most employers  nowadays. Distance Education is one of the best tools to defeat the accessibility issue. The Lake Huron Learning Centre offers many courses right out of their building so students don't have to move to a far away city to get an education and not be in tens of thousands of dollars in debt.

For more information on the upcoming seminar and the Lake Huron Learning Centre check out their website; http://www.lakehuronlearning.ca 

Knights headed to CWOSSA for Track & Field!!

On Monday, May 15th, KDSS hosted the BAA (Bluewater Athletics Association) Track & Field Championship yesterday at the Davidson Centre.
"The track team had many outstanding performances and many reached personal bests!" said Track & Field coach & KDSS Teacher, Carrie Houghton.

Any of the following students who placed in 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th will be heading to CWOSSA!

Midget Girls

• Jorie Elliott started the day strong with a 2nd place in javelin and 2nd in triple jump. Jorie also was named the 5th overall midget girl at BAA. 
• Eartha Phorson placed 1st in the 300m hurdles and 3rd in long jump!

Junior Girls

• Robyn Quinn had amazing throws at BAA's placing 2nd in javelin and 3rd in Discuss!
• Rachel Whitney also had a successful throw and placed right behind Robyn in javelin and got 4th!

Junior Boys

• Josh Murphy had an amazing race placing 1st in the 800m! 
• Logan Shewfelt placed right behind Josh in the 800m placing 2nd in the race. Logan was also able to achieve 4th place in the 1500m run!
• Logan Howe was also in the 800m race and was able to place 6th!
• Matt Woodhall was another male who had an amazing day! Matt placed 3rd in the 100m Hurdles and 5h in long jump!
• Derek Bernath dominated the long jump pits placing 1st!!
• Noah VanVeen had personal best throws to place 2nd in javelin, 2nd in discuss and 3rd in the 200m! Noah was also named 3rd overall junior boy!

Senior Girls

• Cheyenne Hunter had a very stung day winning both the 1500m and the 800m races! 
• Judith Gutter was 3rd in the 3000m!
• Emily McKay was 3rd in the steeplechase!
• Jessica Hiscox sped her way through the 100m in 5th, 3rd in the 200m and 2nd in the 100m hurdles!
• Hayley Stewart was able to place 3rd in javelin!!

Senior Boys

• Morgan Shaw was 2nd in the 200m, 2nd in the 110m hurdles!
• Dallas Hewitt threw the shot-put into 5th place.
• Andrew Tovey achieved 8th in javelin for KDSS!

A HUGE thank you goes out to Mr. Luinstra's gym class for helping getting the track reading for the hurdles races! Thank you goes out to all the volunteers of the day! 

The Knights head to CWOSSA next Wednesday and Thursday in Kitchener! 

Torch for Life visits KDSS

On May 11th, the organization Torch for Life stopped by KDSS to give KDSS staff & students a message  about becoming registered Organ Donors.


The Torch of Life Relay is a campaign dedicated to getting people in Ontario to join the organ donor registry. This is the 8th campaign in the organization's history. The organ donor registry is just over a year old and the campaign started with a goal of getting one million residents of Ontario signed up.

"We found out last week that presently there are 2.4 million people registered," said Relay organizer and leader George Marcello. "We have already surpassed our original goal. Our new goal is to get five million people registered. If we do that Ontario can be a leader in organ donation.

The Torch of Life Relay this year includes three incredible individual stories. Marcello calls Hélène Campbell, Kristopher Knowles and Khaled Khatib the three generals campaign.
What can be donated? 
When you register as a donor you can choose which organs you wish to donate when you pass away or can be contacted regarding a "live" donation.
The following can be donate:
- Eyes                       - Pancreas
- Lungs                     - Kidneys
- Heart                      - Bowel
- Skin                        - Bone
- Liver                       - Vessels

KDSS Teacher Kathie Hackney (centre) laughs as she
poses for a photo with Kincardine Mayor Larry Kraemer (Back)
and  Kristopher Knowles and Khaled Khatib 

Who Can Be An Organ & Tissue Donor?
- Anyone 16 years of age or over
- Anyone in possession of a valid health card number and version code (if applicable)



KDSS encourages all students and members of the community who are eligible to donate their organs and tissue to sign up and become donors!

Click Here to Register with Service Ontario and become an Organ Donor!

For more information on organ donation go to beadonor.ca or torchoflife.com!!! 

"What's that About?": Breakfast for Learning Program

For several years now, KDSS has the Breakfast for Learning  program outside of room 17 every morning offering a variety of food for free of charge.

Students can grab anything from a banana to cheese string to a juice box to a muffin.

The reason why KDSS has this program is because studies show that without a healthy and nutritious breakfast it is harder to learn. Students who miss breakfast in the morning due to sports, running late or food is an issue of access at home, are encouraged to get a bite to eat to kick start their day and get a proper day of learning.

Donations of food or money are always welcome! 

"Among Friends & Clutter" was a success!

The main characters in the final tablo. 

Every year the Sr. drama class puts on a drama production which has every student participating either on stage or behind the scenes.


This year the class put on the play "Among Friends & Clutter" written by Lindsay Price of the ThearteFolk group.  


"Among Friends & Clutter" presents a montage of characters who experience the most important relationships in life: friends, family, and love. 


The actors got many laughs and even some tears from the audience. From the acting to the directing to the lighting, all the students did an amazing job! 


Congratulations to the Sr. Drama class on your performance! 

Former Model Speaks to Students about Body Image

Nicole Clark

Body Image is a relevant topic for teens of today whether they are effected directly or indirectly. 


Nicole Clark, former model and now Director of Cover Girl Culture, Author, Public Speaker and Media Renegade came by KDSS to speak to grade students about body image and how we the media effects our view on the "ideal body". 


Nicole show photos of magazine ads and discuss how advertisers use sexual subliminal messages to get use thinking and wanting the "thing" that is being sold. 


The media uses sexual photos to sell something as simply as sunglasses. "Why do people even need to be in some of these ads" said Clark. 


Clark showed the audience what a magazine advertiser's view of an athlete is. A skinny, "nearly unhealthy" model is used meanwhile if you look at real athletes they are tone and muscular.  


"It's not just the so called overweight people who media ignores, it's even athletes that are fit that  are 
portrayed as 'not ideal' body types", Clark mentioned. 


For more information on Nicole and her message check out her website: http://nicoleclark.com/
and "Like" her fan page: https://www.facebook.com/CoverGirlCulture 

Kinetic Knights 4th at the World Championship!

After the long drive to and from St. Louis, the Kinetic Knights are finally home from the World Championship!


For the second year in a row FIRST Team 781 has made it to the big leagues and traveled to St. Louis, Missouri  for the FIRST Robotics World Championship. The Kinetic Knights qualified for this event by winning the Queen City Regional in Cincinnati, Ohio nearly a month ago.

Team 781 started off the competition by playing the second qualification and losing by only five points. The Knights however used this to their advantage. It boosted their determination and drive to win the next two matches!

The Kinetic Knights played their best for the rest of the day, achieving multiple bridge balances and many baskets. Team 781 even had a near perfect autonomous mode, wear the robot is controlled by a computer program for the first seconds of the game. The Knights were in the top 20 for the whole competition and  ended the qualification matches with a score of 6-3-0.

The team was placed fourth in their division at the end of the qualification matches which meant they are the 4th Alliance captain. The Kinetic Knights picked FIRST teams 2949 (pwnage) and 190 (Gompei and the H.E.R.D.) to assist them in the elimination round of Archimedes (Division).  The alliance played very hard but unfortunately lost their first match 59 to 39. The Knights were determined to stay in the competition. The 2nd quarterfinals were very close. The timer went and a winner could not be determined. After the referees added up the points, the Knights were out by only one point in a score of 86 to 85.

Team 781 has had such a successful year. Queen City Website Award and Winner, Waterloo Innovation in Control Award and had team member Janelle Taylor win the Waterloo Dean's List Award.

FIRST Team 781, the Kinetic would like to thank all the support from their sponsors, community partners and fans. The KDSS community has been very supportive of the Kinetic Knights and the team is beyond words of how appreciative they are of the support.

Congratulations Team 781!  You have made KDSS, Kincardine, and Canada so proud!