The Anchor Weekly – The Chestermere Lake News

Peter Pan has been playing in Neverland since 1902 when he was created by Scottish novelist and playwright J.M. Barrie and made an appearance again on the stage at Chestermere Lake Middle School. And for someone who is 101 years old he still looks as boyish as ever. The school’s drama club performed the classic Peter Pan for two dinner theatres and one matinee last week. Over the past months students have been working long and hard to bring the project to fruition under the direction of Mr. Bolze and Mrs. Witte. As always there were many teachers and students [...]

CHESTERMERE – Cathy McDonald, a Constable from the Calgary Police Service, gave a presentation concerning ON LINE SAFETY to an interested group of parents and students on October 16 at the Chestermere Middle School. I think most people, including me, were astounded to find out the amount of privacy people unknowingly give away on the internet. Slide after slide in the presentation showed the group the many ways businesses and fraudsters can acquire and manipulate personal data and retrieve valuable information from unsuspecting and passive internet users. Rocky View School Trustee Bev Lapeare assembled a team of computer guru’s to [...]

CHESTERMERE – An Online Safety and Cyber Awareness seminar is being held on October 16 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at Chestermere Lake Middle School. The 2 hour seminar is open to all residents in the in the area including Langdon, Indus and Chestermere. When Bev LaPeare isn’t climbing mountains (remember Kilimanjaro) she is hard at work as the Ward 2 Trustee for Rocky View Schools. LaPeare uses a computer in her work day as many of us do also. Programs like Word or spreadsheets are all too common to adults and students of all ages. Other social media programs [...]

CHESTERMERE – It seems like the Car Nutz Show and Shine Vice President Paul Graham doesn’t like money. That is to say he doesn’t like money sitting in his clubs bank account so he likes to give it away – to charities. Paul and his team of car lovers put on their annual event (this was the 11th year) and the proceeds go into the bank, but not for long. He was astounded to find out how many kids in Chestermere go to school each day without the nutritional fuel to feed their brains and bodies. Prior to early 1990 [...]

CHESTERMERE –On Thursday, March 1, Dwayne Peace of the Dare to Care program visited Chestermere Lake Middle School to give a presentation about drugs awareness, specifically aimed toward parents. Around 50 people attended the event, where Peace talked about the kinds of drugs that are found in every community, what they are and how they work, and the risks involved with each. However, instead of just simply reinforcing that drugs are bad and that kids should stay away from them, Peace spoke to the parents about the right way to talk to their kids about drugs, how to deal with [...]

CHESTERMERE – Two 14-year-old Chestermere Lake Middle School students traveled to Edmonton this past month to compete at the Alberta Age Group Trials. The trials were held from February 24 to 27, and featured 13 and 14-year-old athletes in a number of different events. Stephanie Churcher, who swims at the Nose Creek Swim Association, and Shelby Taubert of the Calgary Patriots, were the two local competitive swimmers who attended the event. Churcher and Taubert brought home a total of five medals between the two of them, dominating their respective events. With their success and gold medal performances, both swimmers have [...]

CHESTERMERE – On Thursday March 1, a free presentation about youth and drugs will be offered at Chestermere Lake Middle School. Dwayne Peace, facilitator of the Dare to Care program, will be at the school to do a presentation called “The Truth About Drugs.” The staff and administration had approached Peace about returning to the school this year, as he did a presentation last year as well. Although the turnout was low, those who attended said it was a beneficial presentation and that more people should be given the chance to attend. So, the CLMS parent council funded the presentation [...]

With school starting after Labour Day we are gearing up for the start of our athletic year. We look forward to another strong year with many of our students involved in the athletic program. COWBOYS FOOTBALL Cowboys Football practices start on Monday, August 29. Registration will take place from 5:00-6:00 pm followed by practice from 6:00-8:00 pm. The team will be gearing up for its first game at Springbank on Friday, September 9 at 5:30. All students in grades 10-12 that will be attending CHS this year are eligible to come out for football as well as all students in [...]

CHESTERMERE– Three people from the Calgary area watched their friend’s “last bubble” during a fatal boating accident on Chestermere Lake Aug. 6. Richis Bondo Katumbay, 33, was being towed by a five-metre motorboat when the tube flipped and he plunged underwater. The Congo native was not wearing a life-jacket at the time, and friends later said he couldn’t swim and didn’t even enjoy being in the water. Pacifique Mangapi, Katumbay’s friend, was inside the boat when he saw the tube flip. He said co-worker Craig Vandevoghel turned the boat around in the southern part of the lake and then dove [...]

CHESTERMERE — It’s generally unusual to see someone outfitted in a moccasins, eating a samosa, and admiring a collection psanky eggs. However, that was the scene on May 27 as Chestermere Lake Middle School celebrated its diverse student body by holding a multicultural day. Tiffany Speers, an ESL teacher at the middle school, co-organized the event with fellow teacher Kathy Burkholder. Speers said several students approached school staff about holding a multicultural day because it was a tradition they wanted carried over from their elementary schools. “Chestermere is a very multicultural place,” Speers said. “There are a number of different [...]