Spring is Near…

Important Dates

Mar 5 – Evening of Jazz 7pm Langford Legion
Mar 8 – Daylight Saving begins (clocks spring forward at 2am)
Mar 8 – International Women’s Day
Mar 10 – Badminton Practice after school
Mar 12 – Important Kayak trip mtg. for Outdoor Ed students at lunch, portable 3
Mar 12 – Badminton Practice after school
Mar 17 – St. Patrick’s Day
Mar 16-27 – Spring Break (school not in session)
Mar 28 – Westcoast Jazz Festival
Apr 6 – PAC Mtg. 7pm
Apr 6 – Dry Grad Mtg. 8pm
Apr 7-8 – Vancouver Island Concert Band Festival
Apr 8 – Mid-Term Report Cards Published
Apr 9 – Early Dismissal Learning Conferences
Apr 10 – Good Friday (school not in session)
Apr 13 – Easter Monday (school not in session)

Athletics

Basketball Finishes

Boys:

Junior Boys B – placed 5^th in pool play and did not make playoffs

Junior Boys A – placed 21^st in BC

Senior Boys B – played in 3 tournaments and was ineligible for playoffs

Senior Boys A – 4^th on the Island missing the BC’s by 2 spots

Girls:

Junior Girls A – placed 11^th in BC

Senior Girls B – played in 2 tournaments and was ineligible for playoffs

Senior Girls A – 4^th on the Island and had a very successful year

Total athletes for bball – approximately 85-90 players

Up next the Spring season – Junior and Senior Girls soccer, Boys and girls rugby, Coed Ultimate frisbee, Coed track, Coed Golf

Track and Field

Interested in running, jumping or throwing for Belmont this year? Please come to a meeting next Wednesday, March 4 during Focus block in room B210 or talk to Ms. Evans or Mr. Smith.

Badminton

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Careers

Dual Credit Courses

Grade 11 / 12 students interested in earning a free College course credit while still in High School?

Course options : Psychology 130, Biology 103, Marketing 110, Accounting 110 and Criminology / Law 170 will be offered in the 2020/2021 school year

Information session – May 6^th during Focus Block in the learning commons

Any questions please come to the Career Centre

Please come and see us in the Career Centre if you have any questions.

Fines Arts

On March 5th, over 200 friends, families, and community members were treated to an evening of Jazz hosted by the Belmont Music Department. Our students lead off the opening hour with amazing Jazz classics. The audience was then treated to another set of incredible music performed by the Naden Band of the Royal Canadian Navy.

Food Studies 9-12

Students in Food Studies 9-12 classes participated in a homemade beeswax wrap workshop with Aboriginal Education in an effort to raise awareness of and reduce food related waste.

French Immersion Gr. 9 or 10 Students

Interested in participating in the BC Quebec exchange? Please see Ms. Evans in room B210.

France Exchange

Interested in an exchange to France with our sister school in Sarreguemines? Please see Ms. Evans for an application form in room B210.

Honour Roll (semester 1) – 43% of our entire school is on it!

Grade 9 Honour Roll – 103

Grade 9 Honour Roll with Distinction – 60

Total Grade 9 = 376

Percentage 43%

Grade 10 Honour Roll – 71

Grade 10 Honour Roll with Distinction – 71

Total Grade 10 = 360

Percentage 34%

Grade 11 Honour Roll – 101

Grade 11 Honour Roll with Distinction – 50

Total Grade 11 – 356

Percentage 42%

Grade 12 Honour Roll – 75

Grade 12 Honour Roll with Distinction – 88

Total Grade 12 – 312

Percentage 52%

Total Certificates – 600

Total Students 1404 = 43%

Post-Secondary Education

Message for Parents of Gr. 10-12-The Post-Secondary education system is our province is one of the best in the world, but it can also be difficult to understand. To assist both students and parents, the new Post-SecondaryBC website has been developed by 30 colleges and universities in our province as a resource to help everyone learn more about our system and how it works, the terminology, history, credentials and the many different options that are offered. Take a look and explore: www.postsecondarybc.ca.

Provincial Graduation Assessments: April 2020

Literacy (LTE) 10 & Numeracy (English/French – NME/F) 10

Date

Assessment

Who

How to Register

14-20 April

Literacy 10

Semester 2 English 10 & Math 10 students; and

2. Grade 12 students who have not previously completed this/these assessments.

See Ms. Carlson & Ms. Nursey in the office by 12pm on March 9.

Numeracy English/French 10

Further information regarding the Provincial Graduation Assessments:

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/k-12/administration/program-management/assessment/provincial-exams

Regional Skills Canada Competition at Camosun!

Today at the Regional Skills Canada competition at Camosun College, two of our students below earned Silver and Bronze for their efforts in the Baking competition.

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Scholarship Info:

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STA Scholarship deadline Slide - 2020

SD62 District scholarships - Slide for TVs

District News:

Healthy Schools, Healthy People is our District’s Comprehensive School Health website with resources and information for students and families. Click on the title to have a look!

LGBTQ+

New Semester Underway…

Important Dates

Feb 19 – Grad Assembly #2 Focus
Feb 22 – FoodSafe Level 1 Certification 9am-4pm, Room B104
Feb 22 – Choral Collaboration Day
Feb 24 – Travis Price (co-founder of Pink Shirt Day) presentation
Feb 26 – Pink Shirt Day
Mar 2 – PAC Mtg. 7pm
Mar 2 – Dry Grad Mtg. 8pm
Mar 5 – Evening of Jazz 7pm Langford Legion
Mar 8 – Daylight Saving
Mar 8 – International Women’s Day
Mar 17 – St. Patrick’s Day
Mar 16-27 – Spring Break (school not in session)

Aboriginal Education Team News

WEXES Moon – Moon of the Frog

This moon is significant because the frog acts as a witness and a messenger. The frog announces the Sacred Season of Plenty. Because the frog is honoured as the Keeper of the Sacred Season, it is often presented on Cedar Monuments (totem poles) and in artwork to show that an important event has occurred.

During this moon, the wonder of nature repeats in an amazing process: Mother Earth warms up and the hibernating frog wakes from its winter sleep. The frog announces the coming of spring. It is soon time to gather foods and medicine.

Upcoming Important Dates:

Ongoing- Traditional Tea Day (usually Mondays!) at lunch in the Lakeside Café. Rethink your drink! The purpose is to raise awareness about consuming healthy food and increase knowledge about local traditional plants and herbs such as nettle, nootka rose, licorice root and mint.

Feb 24- Moosehide Campaign

For information and lessons go to https://moosehidecampaign.ca/events/2020-moose-hide-campaign-day-in-b-c The AbEd team has pins available for classes or teachers. We are available to teach lessons on the subject and raise awareness about keeping women and girls safe and being an active participant in this decolonizing work.

Athletics

Badminton Club

Attention all badminton players. A very important meeting will take place in room B310 at lunch, Feb. 12. See Mr. Willing for details.

Boys’ Rugby

Jr. and Sr. Boys Rugby 7s practice has just begun, Mondays and Thursdays 3:30 – 5:30 on Goudy field. Everyone welcome, no experience necessary, just bring a mouth-guard, and cleats. See Mr. Beattie in A216, or Mr. Peacock in A304 if you have any questions.

Ultimate Frisbee

Special Ultimate Meeting

Thursday [27 February] at lunch in A301 [Stee’s Room]

All are welcome! Come one come all …

Past players, present players, new players, novice players … any and all!!

Girls Basketball Update

The Senior A girls Basketball team finished 3rd in the City and will be hosting the first ever AAAA Girls Island Championship on Feb 13th- 15th with games starting at 2pm on Thursday.

The Senior B girls Basketball team finished their exhibition season with a win over Claremont B team 39-34. Two weeks ago they competed hard in their 4 games as hosts for the Bill Spotswood Memorial tournament.

The Junior Girls Basketball team finished league play in 3rd place and won the first game of the city championship 55-31 over Stelly’s. The top 4 teams in the City will qualify for the Island Championship.

We’re very proud of the accomplishments of our Girls’ Basketball program! Thanks to all of our coaches for their tie and leadership and too all our supportive parents too!

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Careers News

Women in Trades and Technology Exploration Day

Date: Feb 26^thLocation: Camosun College Time: 9:30-2pm

Are you looking for work?

Come to the Career Centre to check for volunteer and paid work opportunities in the community.

Fine Arts News

Belmont Music Department (BMD)

What a year so far… Thank you to all the staff, parents and musicians for making 2019 such a wonderful year of music. It’s hard to believe a year has already flown by. Time sure does fly when you’re having fun. Winter is a time for the BMD to showcase what we’ve been working on and this year was no different. It started off with our Drumline, R&B Band and Jazz Band raising school spirit by playing at the November Pep Rally. Next up, the BMD carollers headed to Millstream Village to spread the cheer of the season with the community. Meanwhile, all musicians were hard at work preparing for the annual Winter Concert. This concert was a time for the entire BMD to put our best foot forward and show that all those early mornings and late nights paid off and boy did they! The Spotswood Gym was filled with wonderful music. From those in their first winter concert to those in their last, everyone did an amazing job to make this winter concert one to remember. A special shout out to our amazing MCs (Mrs.Fortin and Mrs. Orton) and our staff volunteers Ms.Frodsham, Ms McKechnie, and Ms. Christ-Rowling. Thank you to all the staff, students and parents who came out to see us perform!

As we head into 2020, the BMD is just ramping up! On Saturday, January 18th we had our first performance of the decade, with our Senior Winds and Concert Band 9’s joining bands from across the District and Greater Victoria in our now annual “Evolution of Band Concert”. The following weekend saw our Drumline members learning from some excellent clinicians on a Saturday Retreat. On Jan. 29^th the BMD was a part of a Fine Arts show for visiting grade 8 students from our Middle Schools. On Saturday, Feb. 1, our Vocal Jazz group headed to Oak Bay Highschool to take part in the Oak Bay Vocal Jazz Festival. We’re then onto the 3^rd Annual Choral Collaboration hosted at Belmont. Similar to the Evolution of Band, the Choral Collaboration will involve choirs from across Greater Victoria and the Island! Finally, to say goodbye to Winter, our Evening of Jazz will be held on March 5th in the theatre! Our R & B Band and Jazz Ensembles, along with student combos, will be joined by the Naden Jazz Band for a night of jazz! Here’s to an amazing 2020!

Dance

Ms. Conways 1st semester Dance classes performed for two nights (Jan. 24/25) to finish up the semester. Thanks to our dancers for their hard work and preparation as well as all those who helped with the event!

Media Design

The Media Design class is working with the Adobe Creative Suite to develop their skills as artists and graphic designers. They also spend time using digital SLR cameras, as well as learning about principles and elements of design.

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Visual Arts

Highlights From Ms. Pampin’s Art Classes This semester, we explored different media, ranging from white charcoal on black paper to acrylic on large canvases. These are some of the works that students so passionately created.

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Home Ec News

FoodSafe Level 1 Certification

Students, interested in getting your FoodSafe Level 1 Certificate? The FoodSafe Level 1 course will be offered here at Belmont on Saturday, February 22 from 9:00am-4:00pm. Space in the class is limited, register by paying the $50 fee at the office. If you have any questions about the course, see Mrs. M. Evans.

Provincial Graduation Assessments: April 2020

Literacy (LTE) 10 & Numeracy (English/French – NME/F) 10

Date

Assessment

Who

How to Register

14-20 April

Literacy 10

Semester 2 English 10 & Math 10 students; and

2. Grade 12 students who have not previously completed this/these assessments.

See Ms. Court in the LLC by Friday 13th March 2020.

Numeracy English/French 10

Further information regarding the Provincial Graduation Assessments:

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/k-12/administration/program-management/assessment/provincial-exams

Sustainability

LGBTQ+

Community Events

Mini Med School - April 2020

Boys Girls Club WILD Program - Belmont and Royal Bay

End of the Semester…

Important Dates

Jan 19 – Dance Show Tech Rehearsal
Jan 20 – ISP Farewell at lunch
Jan 21 – Copernican Day Blks A/C (2:20 pm dismissal)
Jan 21 – Graduation Assessments
Jan 22 – Copernican Day Blks B/D (2:20 pm dismissal)
Jan 22 – Dance Show Tech Rehearsal 3:30-9:00pm
Jan 23 – Numeracy Assessments
Jan 23 – Dance Show Dress Rehearsal 3:30-9:00pm
Jan 24 – Literacy Assessments
Jan 23/24 – “I” days
Jan 24 – Dance Show Performance 7pm
Jan 25 – Dance Show Performance 7pm
Jan 25 – Chinese New Year – Year of the Rat
Jan 27 – Semester 2 Begins ABCD
Jan 30 – ISP Chinese New Year Celebration 4-6pm

Careers News

A huge shout out to our Grade 12s for their efforts in presenting their Capstone projects on January 16th. Despite the snowy conditions we had many community members attend to help support our grads. A huge shout out to Ms. Arkell, Ms. Bodman, and Ms. Robertson for all of their efforts in hosting this excellent event. Our students shared their passions and learning with grace and enthusiasm.

Available for Gr. 12’s: RCMP – National Youth Engagement Week March 23-27^th, 2020

Opportunity to send two West Shore students to Depot (In Regina) to train like a Mountie for a week!

Applications available in the Career Centre or email Ms. Bodman at cbodman@sd62.bc.ca

Applications Due : Jan 31, 2020

Women in Trades and Technology Exploration Day

Date: Feb 26^thLocation: Camosun College Time: 9:30-2pm

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UVIC’s School of Health Information Science Open House

The School of Health Information Science is hosting its Spring Open House on Thursday, February 13^th 4:30-6:00pm at the University of Victoria’s Hickman Building room 110. We invite you and your students to learn more about this exciting field by talking with our faculty and students. Please share this invitation with your students and please join us for pizza while learning about the rapidly expanding field of information technology in healthcare!

The world is becoming increasingly reliant on the use of information technology in health care delivery. The School of Health Information Science has the most comprehensive and established undergraduate program in the study of health informatics in Canada, offering two programs including a Bachelor of Science in Health Information Science and a Combined Major in Computer Science and Health Information Science. Students may enter directly from high school or transfer from college or other undergraduate programs. Individuals graduate with a BSc degree, and benefit from excellent employment opportunities with starting salaries typically above $55,000 per year.

If you are unable to join us for the Open House, we would be pleased to meet with you in person or over the phone to let you know more about the Health Information Science programs offered at UVic. This is a dynamic expanding field of study which many of your students would excel at. Students interested in the life sciences, medicine and/or information technology would be especially interested in our programs. Please contact Sandy Polomark at his@uvic.ca or by phone at 250-721-8576 to schedule an appointment.

Athletics

Jr. Girls Basketball

The Junior Girls Basketball Team continued their success in tournaments this season placing second in the Island Challenge held at Spectrum/Stellys. The girls now have 2 First place and 2 Second place finishes this year. This coming weekend they will be playing in the Provincial Qualifying Tournament in Nanaimo.

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Community News & Info

Langford and Sooke Minor Fastball 2020

Coast Collective Art Centre Classes - Ages 9 - 16

VIPC 8x11 2020

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Tis the Season!

Important Dates

Dec 6 – Belmont Youth Action Team hosting Self-Care Day
Dec 6-15 – PACE Musical Theatre 7pm
Dec 11 – 10,000 Tonight Food Bank Drive
Dec 9-20 – Belmont Winter Season (Leadership Activities at Lunch)
Dec 16 – BMD Legion Community Dinner
Dec 17 – ISP Gingerbread Decorating Competition Blk A
Dec 19 – Winter Formal 6-10pm Bear Mtn. Resort
Dec 20 – Santa’s Breakfast 8:30am to 10am (altered bell schedule)
Dec 21 – Winter Solstice
Dec 23-Jan 3 – Winter Vacation
Jan 16 – CLC12 students presenting Capstone Projects

Sharing Holiday Cheer and some awesome dance moves too!

This past weekend Ms. Conway’s Dancers took to the streets of Victoria as they participated once again in the 38th Annual Island Farm’s Santa’s Light Parade.

10,000 Tonight – December 11th Raising

Belmont’s 10,000 Tonight food drive is happening on Wednesday December 11th from 5pm-10pm and we need your help to make it a success! Volunteers can help drive the routes and collect donations or stay at the school and sort the items. This is a great opportunity to spend time with friends and family while helping out our local Goldstream Food Bank.

A reminder students can bring in non-perishable food items to their block A class by Friday December 6. The class with the most items will win a pizza party!

MOD Pizza is opening it’s first Canadian location in the Belmont Market on December 10th and they are generously donating 50% of their opening day pizza sales to Belmont to give to the Food Bank! Please help us support them on their opening day as it will greatly increase what we can donate.

Thanks for your support!

Career Life Education Update (Careers 10)

So far this year, grade 10 students have completed assignments in the Careers curriculum that have examined the following ideas:

Finding a balance between work and personal life is essential to good physical and mental health;
A network of family, friends, and community members can support and broaden our career awareness and options; and
Effective career planning considers both internal and external factors.

In Careers 10, students operate on a blended learning model which allows them to take greater advantage of other elective courses by freeing up a block in their timetable. Students do receive some face-to-face instruction at least once a month, but if a planned session is missed, students must see a careers teacher in B210 during focus block to ensure they are staying on task.

This month, students are completing Benchmark Assignment 3 (Personal Network Connections), due 6 Dec, which allows them to explore who may be an asset to their future career or educational goals. Assignment 4 will be delivered to students fade-to-face in the second week of December and will be due in January. Students must complete all benchmark assignments in order to receive credit for the course.

With each month’s assignment, comes the opportunity to extend their learning. Students can use cross-curricular (work done in other classes), extra-curricular (activities done outside of school), or self-directed activities to reflect how the work they have already done meets the Career Life Education Big Ideas. These extensions are quick and simple, yet they do require an element of reflection. Please see a Careers teacher in B210 to discuss the extension opportunities for the course – you will never leave without an idea to use!

Belmont’s Youth Action Team (YAT)

On Friday, December 6^th, during A & B blocks, Belmont’s Youth Action Team (YAT) is hosting its first ever Self-Care Day, including booths & various activities that focus on stress relieving and connecting students with Belmont Wellness Centre and local organizations that focus on youth and health.

Grads! Got your ticket to the Winter Formal?

Winter Formal is on Thursday, December 19th, 6-10pm at Bear Mountain Resort for Grads only. A reminder all school rules apply. On sale now on School Cash Online until December 12th. $60

Athletics

Sr. & Jr. Girls’ Basketball

The Sr. & Jr. Girls’ are co hosting the Victoria Christmas Tournament once again with both our teams playing at 11:20am on Friday, December 6th. Games will go all day on both courts and continue all day Saturday.

The Belmont Music Department presents:

See you there for our annual holiday classic!

Community News

Strategies for helping the holidays go better – Thursday, December 5th

The Holiday Season is approaching and this can be one of the most stressful times for families. FamilySmart believes that we are all experts in our own lives with our children, and when parents get together to share their wisdom it can be helpful for everyone. Hearing another parent’s approach to handling a situation with their child might be something they want to try with our own family. That’s why our December meeting will be more casual giving us an opportunity to share stories and strategies with one another.

Date & Time: Thursday, December 5th – 7:00 pm- 9:00 pm

Location: Saanich Neighbourhood Place

RSVP: Lisa.Tate@familysmart.ca

Passing the Mid Term…

Important Dates

Nov 18 – Nov 29 – Grad Photos
Nov 20 – UVic Gustavson School of Business during Focus Blk, Rm B222
Nov 21 – Student/Parent/Teacher Conferences – early dismissal at 11:55am
Nov 22 – Pro-D (students not in session)
Nov 28 – Cultural Fair 4-6pm
Nov 28 – Parent Night @ UVic 7-8:30pm
Nov 30 – Dance Company in Santa’s Light Parade 5pm
Dec 2 – Dry Grad Mtg. 7pm
Dec 3 – PAC Mtg. 7pm
Dec 4 – 10,000 Tonight Food Bank Drive
Dec 5 – Winter Concert 7pm
Dec 9-20 – Belmont Winter Season (Leadership Activities at Lunch)

As we have just passed the mid-term point of the first semester, we want to remind families to ensure you have access to the MyEd Family portal to review your daughter’s or son’s attendance and report card. In addition, we will be completing student course selection for grades 9 to 11 students for the 2020/21 school year early in the second semester.

A reminder that we host our Student/Parent/Teacher conferences on November 21 from 2 to 4pm and 5 to 7pm. We will have an early dismissal on that day at 11:55am. The bell schedule for the day is as follows:

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Athletics

Jr. Boys Volleyball

Our Jr. Boys qualified for the BC’s by placing 3^rd this past weekend in the Island Championships. Next Wed. the team is heading to Kelowna, BC to participate in the Provincials. Good luck team!

Jr. Girls Volleyball

The Junior Girls (10s) volleyball team season just wrapped up. They had a strong start to the season at the VIU tournament, finished well in the league standings and finished seventh in cities. They played in our senior tournament, taking most teams to three sets and won two of their matches!

Grade 9 Girls Volleyball

The grade nine girls volleyball team has had a very successful season and all of the girls have improved greatly! They are headed to the second round of playoffs on Tuesday November 12th at PCS. They came first in their pool for the first round and are very hopeful to do well today! No matter what they will be playing for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th. On November 22-23 the girls are headed to Vancouver for grade nine girls provincials – it will be a great learning experience for the girls so please wish them luck!!

Sr. Girls Volleyball

Due to the labour dispute in SD63, our Sr. Girls Volleyball team with support from our PHE & Athletics staff are hosting the Island Championships this weekend if you’d like to come out and watch some great volleyball. The schedule is as follows:

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Career & Counselling Department News

Some upcoming informational dates for our students to be aware of:

November 19 – UBC @ Belmont 9am -10:20am

Take Your Kid to Work Day

We would like to thank all parents/guardians and members of the community for taking our Grade 9’s to work with them on Wednesday November 6^th! We would like to give a special thank you to the local Langford RCMP detachment for giving 10 of our students a great experience that day! It was a true community effort that helped to provide our Grade 9’s with the wonderful experience of exploring the world of work. Thank you to everyone for creating this opportunity for our students.

Grad Info/Dates

A reminder to families and students of grade 12 students that you can find information about grad events, timelines, and info through our web page found under the Student & Parent tab under Grade 12 Information.

Recently our Grade 12 CLC classes supported a local clean-up by picking up garbage and refuse along the City of Langord’s Hull’s Trail which is in close proximity to our school. Thanks to Ms. Robertson’s classes for their efforts in keeping our neighbourhood clean!

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Home Ec & AbEd team up for a great day!

Our salmon bake last week hosted by our Food Studies classes, Ab Ed, and Elder Henry Chipps was a huge success, focusing on land stewardship, sustainability, and First Peoples food preparation. Thank you to Ab Ed team, Home Ec staff and our Elder Henry for supporting this event!

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BC Training & Education Savings Grant

Parents, Guardians, please see attached information from the Ministry. Thanks.

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/bulletin/20191115/bctesp-k-4-letter-.pdf

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Travel to Japan, Land of the Riding Sun, Spring break 2021!
If you are interested in a once in a lifetime travel experience to the lights and bustle of Tokyo, the stillness of ancient shrines and bamboo forests, hot springs under Mt. Fuji, Japanese cuisine and culture from sumo wrestling and Zen Buddhist temples, to bullet trains and cutting edge technology, see Miss Bondurant (A312) or Miss Mitchell (B312).

The Parent Information Meeting will be during Parent Teacher Interviews November 21^st at 6:30 in A312!

Schulich Leader