Junior Senior 2009

On Wednesday May 6th, the grade 10 and 11 class hosted the annual Junior-Senior evening. This year the 'Juniors' chose a Greek and Roman mythology theme. The evening began with a formal dining experience. The dining hall was transformed into a romantic, theme decorated venue. We were treated to a delicious Greek meal prepared by our cooking staff. The evening's entertainment began with the grade 12's being divided into teams and participating in the 'Olympic Games'. They competed at events like jousting, chariot races and tug-o-war. After the gold medal team made their way to the podium, the entertainment continued in the pit with a Gladiator show. The evening ended with an honoring ceremony for each individual member of the grade 12 class.

Kim Koop helping to transform the dining hall for the evening meal.

Who will be top jouster? John Baker or Coby Friesen.

Krista Dueck and Sarah Martens square off

Taylor Roy and Luke Derksen are not to be outdone.

Brute force is put to use in the tug-o-war competition

Robert Regan and Colton Regier use speed and strength to compete in the chariot races!

Gladiator Mark Buckingham and Gladiator Jordan Wiens!

An enthusiastic audience for the Gladiator show

Third year students share their memories

Cole Friesen, as a member of the grade 12 class is honored with a token of appreciate and a warm description of his attributes and contributions to the RJC community over his time here at RJC.

RJC on air?

The Media Studies and Journalism classes travelled to Saskatoon on Friday, April 24th to learn about the local media industry. We went on tours of: Rawlco Radio, CTV News, the Star Phoenix and CFCR-Saskatoon's Community Radio Station.
We learned a lot of different things, including what it takes to create a radio promo ad, what it's like to sit behind the anchor's desk, how the newspaper industry has evolved over the years and what it's like to be entirely responsible for hosting your own radio show.
It was a great day of exploring the media and journalism around us.

The classes tour Rawlco Radio with "Rambing" Dave Scarf as our guide. Here in C95's On Air Studio.

Matt Wiens on TV at CTV.

Taylor Epp interviews Lexi Chalus and Suzanne Luitjens at CTV.Camera man Dan Gretton.

Aspiring anchors Robert Regan, Derek Yamchuk and Rachel Klaassen at CTV.

Badminton: Going to Districts

The RJC badminton team will be competing this upcoming weekend in the final round of division play. To date, the team has had a successful season, having 10 players qualify for the second round of playoffs and 9 qualify for the 3rd round. Birdies will start flying at 10:00am on Saturday at Warman High School. Come see some top notch badminton action and see if RJC will qualify players to the regional round.

Mathew Heppner and Jon Willie -Men's doubles

Colby Knight and Luke Derksen (substitute for Brayden Holman)-Men's doubles

Jill Olfert - Women's singles

Kim Koop and Laura Schmidt-Women's doubles

The following players will move on to the final round of division play in Warman this weekend.

Erik Epp and Monica Siemens - Mixed doubles

Steven Tetreault and Aleta Martens-Mixed doubles

Jacoba Fast and Carissa Brockman-Women's doubles

Sarah Martens-Women's singles

Joe Lee-Men's singles

Evan Brockman-Men's singles

50th student registers for 2009-2010!!!

Congratulations Lori Pauls! Lori was the 50th student to register for RJC's 2009-2010 school year and was rewarded with a 'coke break' with Dave and Ryan as well as a package of thrills gum. "What a thrill!" Lori was reported to say. Remember to get your registration forms in as soon as possible to be eligible for RJC's other registration incentives!

Dirty February comes to an end!

One longstanding tradition at RJC is Dirty February. For the guys, this means seeing how much facial hair you can grow by not shaving during February, with the entire process culminating in a party, dubbed ‘The Moustache Party,’ at the end of the month. The whole month is deemed to be a bonding experience for all of the guys at the school and in no way excludes the teachers, many of whom choose to participate. The highlight of the month for most is the party at the end, which can be described in many ways, but the best description for it would be greasy. Awards are given out for noteworthy achievements in the area of facial hair growth, ‘manly’ games are played, and lots and lots of food is consumed, including an eating contest. This year the theme for the food was deep-fried. Mars bars, Kit-Kat bars, Oreos and much more were deep-fried. As always, Dirty February will again be considered a success this year.
Cecil Peters

Luke Derksen participates in an eating contest

Mel Siemens(staff) arm wrestling Robert Regan

Erik Epp, Brendan Bayda and Tim Dueck help prepare the snacks

The girls also participate in Dirty February by refraining from shaving for the entire month as well! They celebrated at the end of the month by holding a 'Spa Night'. Spa night was fun way to get all the girls together. They started off with a contest in which Dorm Council decided on winners of trophies for 'hairyness' such as 'Blonde Beaut' and Wooly Mammoth'. They followed the presentations with a well needed waxing and shaving. The girls continued their beautification by doing nails, facials and even some hair dos. Delicious food was also served. Dirty February ended with a new, clean and smooth start to March
Miranda Young

Aleta Martens and Jenn Regier 'cleaning up' after a long month

Contest winner Samantha Bloomfield

Jacoba Fast and Miranda Young

The girls invite the boys to Sadie Hawkins

March 7th was Sadie Hawkins, an event where the girls plan an elaborate night out for the boys. The week leading up to the event was full of excitement as the girls came up with interesting and innovative ways to ask out their 'dates'. The night itself was full of fun. The theme was 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'. The girls decorated the dining hall with lots of balloons and candy featuring a large chocolate fountain in the centre. Unfortunately the original festivities of glow bowling had to be postponed due to inclement weather. Instead the original Charlie and the Chocolate movie was substituted for the evening. Good times were had by all.

Ian Epp, Levi Doerksen, Tim Dueck, and Dan Driediger enjoy the evening

The dining hall decorated in the Chocolate Factory theme

Coby Friesen and Russell Martens came as a twix bar. Cara Warkentin looks on.

Cara Warkentin and Heidi Dick pose for a picture

Angie Nickel and Allison Schmidt enjoy the chocolate fountain.

Heidi Epp and Hannah Jones dress the part!

RJC kicks off Lent with a Pancake breakfast

The staff was busy on Tuesday morning flipping pancakes and doing dishes for RJC's Shrove Tuesday breakfast. Shrove Tuesday is the last day before the beginning of Lent. After breakfast the Faith and Life committee challenged the student body to reflect on what type of sacrifice they might want to make during this year's Lent.

Ryan Wood and Lloyd Schmidt on dish duty

Gail Schellenberg flips the first batch of pancakes

Cassandra D'Amore takes her shift on the grill

Ryan