The Anchor Weekly – The Chestermere Lake News

This past month of “Movember”, 10 SGA male staff members pledged to “change the face of men’s health” by committing to grow moustaches, grizzly beards and goatees in an effort to raise money and awareness for prostate cancer. The leadership team also organized a fundraiser on November 15, raising money for this great cause. As a whole, St. Gabriel the Archangel raised $2000! Thank you to the 10 men for all your efforts: Mr. Bothwell, Mr. Muscoby, Mr. Saldanha, Mr. Helfer, Mr. Brabec, Mr. Stadnyk, Mr. Kolodziejczyk, Mr. Villiger, Mr. Meier, Mr. MacIsaac, and thank you to Mrs. Smith for [...]

This year, 24 lucky students from St. Gabriel got the once in a lifetime opportunity to go to We Day Alberta at the Saddledome, along with 18 000 other kids . It was truly a life changing experience. The students received the chance to listen to many amazing speakers, all with very different stories that many of the student could relate to. The students, including myself, were all very grateful that we were one of the many schools chosen to go to We Day. We Day was such an inspirational day. The team that put the show together did such [...]

Round Up It was a relatively quiet week in league play for all four of St. Gabriel’s high school volleyball teams. The only game saw the senior varsity girls beat St. Tim’s 3-1 to remain in second place in the league; four points back of Bishop McNally. The JV girls currently find themselves in fifth place in their league, but are only four points out of first. They both resume action this week against Queen E. Meanwhile both boys’ teams also had the week off of league play. The SV boys have struggled this year and will likely find themselves [...]

Cross Country The high school cross country season is officially over at St. Gabriel the Archangel, and once again there is much to be proud of. For the second straight season, the Guardians had representation at the provincial level. Jordan Maisonneuve, who recorded top 10 finishes all season long, qualified for the provincial championships, held in Red Deer. Against the best 129 runners the province had to offer, Maisonneuve finished 17th; besting his 30th place finish at last year’s provincials. A great accomplishment to end a great season. Congratulations to all the coaches and runners, and we already look forward [...]

Trevor Low, a grade 12 student at St. Gabriel the Archangel School, attended the Heritage Youth Researcher Summer (HYRS) program this summer for a six week program doing research on epilepsy. There were 225 applicants from 92 schools throughout the province and Trevor was selected by a committee of four teachers and two scientists. There were 21 students selected for the Program at the University of Calgary and each student received a $2000.00 bursary for their time spent at the program. During the summer program, Trevor was able to participate in work with other members of the researcher’s team, including [...]

Girls Soccer: Unfinished Business How do you top perfection? Last year, the St. Gabriel Varsity Girls soccer team, coached by Roni Walz, announced their arrival on the sporting scene in a big way. In their first year, the girls went undefeated through the regular season, with a perfect record of 6-0. Unfortunately, they didn’t quite receive their fairytale ending. They were upset in the semi-finals of the playoffs, leaving a bitter taste to linger over an otherwise successful season. This year they attempt to learn from the past and finish what they started. While several key members have moved on, [...]

This past Thursday, September 13th, students, staff, and parents were treated to a Welcome Back BBQ at St. Gabriel the Archangel School. They enjoyed burgers from M&M Meat Shops, Chips, and Jugo Juice smoothies. This event was made possible by the Parent Council team of St. Gabriel. The smoothies were gone fast as there were only 500 of them and 700 attendees! This was a great event to start off what is to be another successful school year at St. Gabriel the Archangel School. Special thanks goes out to all of the Leadership students who put in lots of hard [...]

This past Saturday, at the Country Fair Parade on Windermere Drive, St. Gabriel the Archangel School students and staff participated in the annual parade by putting in a float with students and teachers giving out candy and showing SGA school spirit. The float was impressively decorated by students after school on Friday the 7th of September. All students had so much fun giving out candy and enjoying the atmosphere of the Country Fair Parade. Special thanks goes out to Mrs. Smith, the Leadership teacher and Float Coordinator for the second year in a row.

Grade 9 students at St. Gabriel the Archangel attended the annual Grade 9 retreat on Thursday, June 14th at Camp Chestermere. The retreat is for Grade 9 students to have a day of fun and to reflect on memories and the end of Junior High. The retreat is usually held at Camp Chestermere, and this year was no different. Students were treated to a few outdoor games before heading inside for a snack and a motivational speech from speaker and ex Calgary Stampeder Lawrence Deck. Afterwards, students proceeded outside on the grass to read letters written to them from their [...]

On Thursday, May 31st 2012, St. Gabriel the Archangel School welcomed students, staff, alumni, and honoured members from the community and district to celebrate 10 years of Catholic education in Chestermere. Father John Nemanic, our Parish Priest, opened the evening of festive celebration with a prayer of thanksgiving for all the blessings that have allowed us to grow as a community of faith over the past decade. Father John compared Heaven to a party where family and friends join together, reminisce and laugh over the years of trials, tribulations, challenges and successes shared. True to Father John’s message, the celebration [...]