Announcements.

1. The Hero to Play winner of the day is Mikayla Everitt. Come see Mr .Adams for your medal.

2.  Olympic Medal Count..Canada won 3 medals today... We are up to 13 medals. Way to go Canada.

3. Caritas Club meeting.

4. Black History Month Fact..Did you know that Jackie Robinson got his start in baseball with the Montreal Monarchs?

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Announcements

1. There is trivia club today.

2. Black History Month Fact.... During the War of American Independence (1775-1783), the British offered freedom to enslaved Africans in America who joined the British side during the war. Many accepted the invitation, and as a result 10 percent of the United Empire Loyalists coming into the Maritimes were Black.

3. Olympic Update...We are up to 10 medals now in the official count.

4. Olympic Hero to Play athlete of the day..Kai Macdonald.

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Announcements

1. Chess Team...You must be there every day over the next 2 weeks..if you haven't gotten your form..You need to see Mr. Adams ASAP.

2. Debate Club today in Room 15

3.  The Hero to Play winner for today is  Gabriella Stabile from Mr. Kennette's class.. Come see Mr. Adams for your pin.

4. Black History Month Fact of the day...In 1628, Olivier LeJeune was recorded as the first enslaved African to live in Canada (i.e. New France). Olivier LeJeune's birth name is not known, as he was taken from Africa as a young child and eventually given the last name of the priest who purchased him.

People of African descent were enslaved in Canada from 1628 until slavery was abolished in Upper Canada in 1793 and throughout the entire British Empire in 1833.

5. Olympic Update..Canada is still crushing it with 9 medals..including 3 Gold. WAY TO MAKE US PROUD CANUCKS.

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Monday Announcements

1. Black History Month Fact..Our Rosa Parks: Viola Davis Desmond was not here for the nonsense. In 1946, she pulled a Rosa Parks in Nova Scotia's Roseland Theatre as she refused to sit in the balcony and instead sat in the seats reserved exclusively for white people. She was later arrested. In 2010, the government of Nova Scotia apologized to her family for the incident.

2. Olympic Fact..We currently sit in second place with 6 medals..  1 Gold/4 Silver and 1 Bronze medals. Way to Canada!

3. Health Team meeting today...We need all students on the team today in Room 15.

4. Chess Team...There is mandatory meeting for all team members to go over the tourney today. You must be there!

5. We have started the Hero of Play program for the duration of the Olympics. We are looking for students who lives a healthy active lifestyle and embodies the Olympic values of excellence, friendship and respect. Our first winner is Jacob Renaud.

6. Congratulations to the CCMS Choir! You rocked the National Anthem at the Windsor Spitfires game. Many people remarked it was the best of the year! Way to make us proud.

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Announcements

1. All National anthem singers. You have to be in the WFCU...near the TIm Hortons by 6 pm.

2. Great job to the Girls and Grade 8 boys basketball teams. You played hard and made our school proud with your effort. With a finalist and consolation champion banners....you did a great job!

3. Black History Month is a time to learn more about these Canadian stories and the many other important contributions of Black Canadians to the settlement, growth and development of Canada, and about the diversity of Black communities in Canada and their importance to the history of this country.

4. Olympics Trivia of the day...

Who is the founder of the modern Olympic Games? 

 Abraham Lincoln

 Juan Antonio 

Samaranch Baron 

Pierre de Coubertin 

 Thomas Bach

5. Caritas Club today....

Announcements

Trivia Club is cancelled today.

Announcements

1. No Chess Club today.

2. Black History Month Fact...In December 1995, the House of Commons officially recognized February as Black History Month in Canada following a motion introduced by the first Black Canadian woman elected to Parliament, the Honourable Jean Augustine. The motion was carried unanimously by the House of Commons.

In February 2008, Senator Donald Oliver, the first Black man appointed to the Senate, introduced the Motion to Recognize Contributions of Black Canadians and February as Black History Month. It received unanimous approval and was adopted on March 4, 2008. The adoption of this motion completed Canada's parliamentary position on Black History Month.