Congratulations to the Ghosts for recent events including their Annual Invitational Workshop attended by hundreds of junior high students and a half time performance at the Stampeders home game.

Best of luck to the Ghosts on their upcoming California tour and participation in the Stampede Parade.

Grade Twelve Bishop Grandin students were recognized at an awards ceremony held on June 15.  The Dr. Macleod Theatre was filled to capacity as proud parents, family and friends honoured and congratulated deserving students for all their efforts over the past three years.

Students who were unable to attend but received letters indicating they were recipients of an award, certificate or medallion, should  pick up their memento when they get their grad photo & CDs in the guidance dept. after June 18^th.

Administration and teachers are very proud of our BG students and hope that students will continue to put their best efforts forward and continue to SHINE in the world!

Claudel Bourgea

Congratulations to Claudel Bourgea a grade 10 student at our school who was one of four students from western Canada chosen to participate in “Génies en herbe”.  Génies en herbe is a popular weekly game show on Radio-Canada Television that will test participants general knowledge, memory and logic.

 Please see the following link for further details: 

http://www.radio-canada.ca/emissions/genies_en_herbe_l_aventure/2011/personnage.asp?idDoc=112847.

Le populaire jeu questionnaire Génies en herbe reprendra l’antenne à la Télévision de Radio-Canada, sous le nom de Génies en herbe : l’aventure.

L’émission hebdomadaire mettra en valeur Continue reading 'Génies en herbe l’aventure'»

Maria Varem, Jessica Theberge, & Michael Ewanchyna

 The Student Advisory Council is a group of student representatives from each school in the district who meet to discuss various issues. They offer the students’ opinion on various questions brought up by the district. Once a year, however, they meet for another purpose: just getting together and experiencing something fun and different. This year, the location of choice was the Drop-In Centre.

The Bishop Grandin representatives, Jessica Theberge, Maria Varem, and Michael Ewanchyna, arrived early with Mrs. Enns. Once all of the SAC were assembled on the 6th floor, we were treated to a presentation Continue reading 'SAC visits the Calgary Drop-In Centre'»

Congratulations to our track athletes who traveled to Medicine Hat on Friday, June 4th to take part in the Provincial Track meet. Our team had a strong showing with many top five finishes. Individual results follow:

Jesaiah Coy – 2nd in 800 m Intermediate Run, 4th in Boys 100 m Intermediate Hurdles, 5th in Intermediate 400 m Dash.

Matthew Sinclair – 3rd in Junior Pole Vault

 Lexi Streu – 5th in Girls Intermediate 3000 m Run

 Jejyrah Talbase – 5th in Junior Girls 1 kg discus

Congratulations to these and all of our track athletes, coaches and volunteers for a great season!

Bishop Grandin High School hosted the Calgary Catholic First Nations Métis and Inuit High School Graduation on June 2^nd. The theme of this wonderful celebration of culture, community and student success  was a “Celebration of Resilience”. Fourteen Bishop Grandin graduates were recognized, more than any other high school. Congratulations to Tanisha Whitney who received the award for Vocational Honours. Featured in the picture with Tanisha is Norma Denny, Grandin’s Aboriginal Education Teacher.

For the past 4 years, The Bishop Grandin Water Project Team has been proud to put on our annual variety show and silent auction to raise funds for The Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology ( CAWST) . The show this year entitled One World One Love was a stunning display of student talent and good will.

The evening brought amazing talent to our stage. The evening started with a Continue reading 'Bishop Grandin Water Project- One World One Love'»

 Another year has flown by and our students have now completed writing their Advanced Placement exams.  This May, 121 students from grades eleven and twelve wrote 163 exams in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Calculus AB, European History, English Literature, French Language and Spanish Language.  As well, eleven Art students completed the rigorous process of completing portfolios to meet the requirements of Studio Art. Congratulations to all of the students and to their teachers for the time and effort required to prepare for these challenging exams and portfolios.

Grade 12 AP students

Grade 11 AP students

 We celebrated the achievements of our Advanced Placement students who wrote AP exams and submitted their Art Portfolios at the Advanced Placement Awards Luncheon on Thursday, May 20.  Special recognition was given to our graduating grade 12 students who completed five or more Advanced Placement exams Continue reading 'Advanced Placement'»