Congratulations goes out to our Intermediate Co-ed Volleyball team who attended a tournament at Innisdale Secondary School in Barrie on Friday night. The team played extremely well and came 3rd out of 12 teams. Congrats to Mackenzie M., Jacquilyn B., Tanner S., Mellisa S., Nicholas W., Melissa S., Emily S., Jacob F., Cole R., Brett Y., Jason B., Mackenzie K., and Natalia W. Your coaches and FCC are very proud of you all!

Flames that could not be extinguished… That pretty much sums up our junior girls basketball team this year! Our team of 14 ended up going the entire season completely undefeated! Their dedication, heart and commitment were relentless… they were true champions! On Wednesday, April 25th they took home the championship banner from the zone tournament… a sweet end to a sweet season. Congratulations goes out to Sam, Becky, Nikki, Hayley, “Mixy”, Amanda, Tori, Victoria, Hannah, Athena, Madison, Lauren, Caitlyn, Kaitlyn and to our wonderful intermediate coaches – Melissa, Mackenzie and Jacqueline! You represented FCC well and made us proud!
Junior boys had a great tournament as well finishing as finalists for their zone. The boys played with determination and represented Fred C. Cook in a professional manner. All players improved their dribbling, passing, shooting and defensive skills to a large degree over the course of the season. Congratulations to Colton, Ryan, Keiran, Devon, Terry S., Tanner, Richard, Jack, Terry T., Curtis, Jordan, Chase, Reid, and Tyler as well as our student coaches Tanner, Nick and Daniel. Thanks for a great season.

On Wednesday, April 25th, five very talented students represented Fred C. Cook at the Simcoe County Heritage Fair. The event was held at the Simcoe County Museum and hosted approximately 100 students from over 20 schools, ranging from grades 4-8. Each student chose and developed a presentation that in some way connected to Canada, enabling them to pursue personal interests, delve into history or pay tribute to a Canadian hero.

Emma K., Clare H., Andrew M., Victoria D. and Tori P. shared their presentations with style, confidence and enthusiam and were fantastic ambassadors for FCC. Following two rounds of judging, rubrics were tallied and awards were presented to the winning entries. It is a pleasure to announce the efforts of three of our students were recognized with awards.

Emma received the “Ontario Women’s History Network Award”, “in recognition of a project with a primary focus on women in Canadian History” for her presentation on Emily Carr.

Andrew was the recipient of “Canada’s History Medal”, “for the project that best integrates the use of written research and visual materials as inseparable elements to successfully present the topic” for his presentation of “The Capture of Fort Mackinac in 1812″

While “The History of Maple Syrup in Canada” earned Tori the “Young Citizen Award”. This exciting honour was presented to three students who “demonstrate a combination of oral and writing skills, organization and planning, as well as artistic and graphic skills that are used effectively to communicate a topic or story to a broader audience. These students will be ambassadors for their Regional Fair and for Ontario” at the Provincial Fair in June at the University of Toronto. Tori received a digital camera which she will use to create a video presentation about her topic that will be shared online, as one of 200 submitted nationwide.

Please join us in congratulating all of the participants from Fred C. Cook – each one of these talented, creative and confident students has great reason to be proud of all they have accomplished!!

The intermediate competitive hockey team will be moving on to the next round of the tournament this Thursday, April 5th. Our first game is at 12PM in Wasaga Beach at the Wasaga Stars Arena on Hwy 92 therefore we will be leaving FCC around 10 AM and hope that we will have many parents joining us that day to cheer us on. Our second game will be at 2PM. If we are successful in the round robin, we will be playing at 3PM as well. Permission forms will go home on Monday.

There will be an event at the SCDSB board office for parents and educators regarding planning transitions for students with special education needs. The event will take place on Monday, April 2, 2012 from 2PM until 7PM at the Simcoe County District School Board’s Education Centre which is located at 1170 Hwy #26, Midhurst. Please see the attached flyer for more details.
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Our second annual Entrepreneurial Fair is happening at FCC this Friday, Mar.9th. This project requires each participating student to form a business, create and sell a product or service, establish a customer base and develop a formal business plan. This year we are going to have an underlying theme of going green for the event. Becoming more environmentally friendly is so important; we have decided to centre this year’s event on this initiative. We think it will make the project much more meaningful and can possibly raise environmental awareness throughout our school and community. The Entrepreneurial Fair will take place on Friday March 9th. Mme Spark’s class will occur between 9:10am and 10:30am. Mme Martini’s class will occur between 11:10am and 12:30pm. Finally, Mme. Moore’s class will occur between 1:50pm and 3:10pm. Parents are encouraged to come out, visit the business, and perhaps spend some money during their child’s time!