Valley Regional Park Day!

As temperatures neared record highs last week, it was the perfect time to take the afternoon off from school.  The SRC planned a fun afternoon of activity at the Valley Regional Park.  The student body arrived at the park in time for a wiener roast lunch.    

Emily, Nick, Kennedy and Alyssa roast their hotdogs over the open fire.

Shane, Ceaser Karalee, Teresa and Ryan choose to stay out of the sun.

After lunch the students cycled through a variety of activity stations.

Kickball

Eric up to bat.

Nathan with a play on first.

Beach Volleyball

Luke sets up his team mates.

Nicole takes the first hit.

Seeking refuge from the sun, students play horseshoes, ladder ball and bocce ball in the shade of the trees.

Mike taking on Shane and Paradise.

Meghan takes her turn.

 Mini golf

Hope attempts to make a hole in one with Cody, Benjamin and Jaye looking on.

Cole has an unorthodox mini golf style!

You are never too old for Playground play!

Is that a look of joy or terror on Katie and Holly's faces?

Emily and Phoebe on the zipline

Mario scores style points!

Danika on the tires.

Who can resist the teeter totter?

Say eh Htoo runs the rails.

Even in the extreme heat, ultimate frisbee was a popular game

Jake with sure hands.

Laura with the catch.

Josh takes on Josh!

Time was spent relaxing, visiting and spending time in the sun.  The afternoon was a huge success.

Cooling off in the shade.

Sarah and Rachel with a little one on one time.

Water Fight! Always a great way to end the day!

Luke is the first victim of Jared and Paul.  

Robert is a helpless victim in the next attack by Paul and Matt.

Brendan's surprise attack on two sunbathers.

Oh Oh Karalee...watch out!

Luke and Michael take their lives in their own hands.

The 2011-2012 School Year Begins!

 After a restful summer the staff and students have returned to RJC to begin preparations for the exciting new school year that is about to begin.

To begin the year, the staff took a day to work together at a Habitat for Humanity work site in Saskatoon.  It was a great way to reconnect as a group, meet our new staff members and to focus on providing a helping hand to someone in need.

Larry Epp's  knees were put to the test as he repeatedly carried 5 gallon buckets of gravel into the house.

Dave Attema put his building know how to work on the siding.

Jim Epp and Ryan Wood  didn't get to enjoy the sunshine much as they spent the day in the basement.

Joel Driedger, Lloyd Schmidt and Gail Schellenberg took the second shift on the siding.

The SRC and DC students also returned, bubbling with energy and ideas for the new year.

Rachel, Emily, Ryan, Macaila and Sara lead the singing during the SRC, DC commissioning service .

Benjamin mom, Donna brought  a message to the students.  She told of the hopes the parents have for their students as they attend RJC.

Craig Neufeld, youth paster at Rosthern Mennonite Church  also spoke to the students, bringing both a blessing and a challenge.

The students are commissioned into service surrounded by the love and support from the staff.

After the commissioning service the leadership students jumped into action as  there was much work to be done in the school and in the dorm to prepare for move in day!

Girl's Dorm Council along with the deans, Kirsten and Ashley, get to work on roommate assignments. 

Patrick and Vichael working on the boys dorm floor plan.

Matt, co-president of this years student body lends a hand making posters for opening weekend.

The girls provided the creative genius behind the posters.

The girls dorm council, hard at work getting the dorm ready for move in day.

Registration day was both exciting and tiring!

The students anxiously await the arrival of the student body.  Many hands make light work!!

Do girls really bring more stuff than the boys?

I think it is a toss up.

Sara and Matt welcome the new and returning students at the mixer games held Sunday Night.

Lyndsey gives good chase, but Josh refuses to be taken down in a game of Cat and Mouse.

Yes....teenagers really do still play circle games!

You have to be paying attention and have a good  memory for this game!

Josh and Crystal are quick to respond to the call in a game of Horse, Rider, Knight.   

The students then participated in a walk a mile to end the evening.  It was time for bed after a day full of activity!  Full day of school tomorrow!

Record Setting Spectacular

RJC Students Compete in Annual Record-Setting Spectacular!!

Current RJC students stepped up to the challenge and participated in their annual fund-raising event for RJC.  The students are aware of the many people past and present whose investment in RJC makes their experience at the school possible and also want to do their part.

For the past two years RJC students have participated in a Record Setting Spectacular.  Each year the student teams attempt to “better” records set in previous years, as well as establish records in some new exciting events.

Students made up teams and then proceeded to set as many records as they could by performing a variety of individual and group challenges which may require speed, agility, patience, quick thinking, teamwork and luck.

The "Town Boys" team participates in a particularly puzzling challenge!

The "British Beauties" attempt to drop as much loose change as they can into a jar submerged in a large pail of water.

This slingshot challenge calls for students to launch water balloons as far as they can and........

.........catch them without breaking !!!!!!

Another annual favourite is the "Egg Toss" challenge where teams throw a raw egg as far as they can and have a teammate attempt to catch it without breaking.  This year the Town Boys team set an all time record of 192 feet!!!  Wow!

This unique "Face the Cookie" challenge requires student to manipulate an Oreo cookie from the middle of their forehead to teir mouth while only using the muscles on their face.  John almost has this challenged licked! Try it sometime!

Team Bluebeard participates in the "Buckethead" challenge.  While wearing a hat with an ice-cream pail attached to it students were challenged to bounce as many ping pong balls off the floor and wall followed by a catch in the bucket.  

The arts were not ignored in the Record Setting Spectacular!  Here "Team Toga" attempts to get the tone just right as they adjust water levels in a series of mason jars in order to play a recognizable tune.  

Teresa willingly agrees to be the 'fly on the wall' as her teammates try to use as little duct tape as possible to suspend her of the ground.  

This team of "Beauty Pageant Rejets" is attempting to build as many reverse pyramids as they can using fifteen empty pop cans and four paper plates.  the keys to this challenge are teamwork and an engineering degree!

Teacher Ryan always comes up with a creative challenge at his home.  This year's Kids Klub challenge required teams to play a variety of typical children's games in atypical ways.  

Ever tried to get to the bottom of a pair of pantyhose using only one hand per leg?  This challenge asked students to do just that as they tried to retrieve a golf ball from each foot using their hands only ... no touching.

Students asked for team sponsors for this event.  Money raised by the Record Setting Spectacular is used to help pay for student activities and experiences such as class retreats, athletics, fine arts and the school yearbook.  It is an important way students partner with all the others who “invest” in education and students at RJC. 

Student Commons Opening-Spring Concert-Mortgage burning

The annual Spring Concert at RJC was a special time of celebration.  In addition to being the final concert for RJC choirs this year, the occasion marked two milestones.  The concert was preceded by a grand opening of the Student Commons.

Principal Gail Schellenberg, Board Chair Geraldine Balzer-Peters, Building Committee member Nicole Tiessen and RJC Co-Presidents Hannah Jones and Clay Buhler participate in the official ribbon cutting and grand opening of the new Student Commons.

A unique feature of the new space is a one of a kind historical graphic wallpaper.  Nicole Tiessen and Kim Tiessen looked over hundreds of photographs and assembled the over 450 pictures into a story of RJC and its students over the decades.

Concert Choir

Emily and Jordan

David accompanies the choir on the drums.

Jordan and Alain

A second milestone was marked with the retirement of the mortgage held on the RJC Student Residence.  Built in 1976, the debt on the building was retired earlier this year.  Current Board Chair Geraldine Balzer-Peters participated, as did Peter Hooge, representing his father who was the on-site Building supervisor during construction, Frank Gerbrandt, representing the board at the time of construction and Ernest Epp, former Principal.

Geraldine Balzer-Peters and Frank Gerbrandt "extinguish the debt" by burning a copy of the residence mortgage.