2010 Winter Olympics held at RJC

The weather was perfect for the official 2010 Winter Olympic games! The SRC organized an afternoon of winter activities to help celebrate the Vancouver games. The student body was organized into several teams which completed at different activities throughout the afternoon.

The Relay was the kick off to the afternoon. Here the skaters lead off with the batons. Matthew Hildebrandt skated for an early lead for his team.

Erik Epp in the lead with Daniel Gretton hot in pursuit on the Cross Country ski run.

The sled pullers were poised and ready for take off

And they are off!

Anyone up for some human curling rocks! Clay Buhler slides into the house.

Marina Tetreault tries out her house weight on Stephanie Willie

Cheering on their teams!

Road Hockey was a very popular event for the afternoon.

Monica Siemens squares off against Mat Heppner.

Leon Pomedli and Taylor Roy give goaltender Ryan Epp some grief.

Newcomer Josh LaFreniere gets in on the action.

Brett Hauser seems to be confused with the official dress for the 'Winter Olympics'!

Carly Dyck challenges Hugo Malan's goaltending.

Colton Regier celebrates his goal from the point. Chandler looks on with dismay.
Ryan Epp with a big save. He manages to stop Lori Paul's shot with his toe.

Taylor Roy matches wits with Paul Ayres in goal.

The Gold Medal match ended in a shoot out! It was an exciting finish to the event.

Jon Willie and Luke Derksen dominated in Dodgeball. Here they model the official RJC Team dodgeball outfits.

Judith Schulz and Bronwyn Warkentin tryout RJC's version of the two person luge.

Aisha Friesen is unsuccessful on her practice run.

Sarah Nickel and Kim Koop clinch Silver!

A medal presentation on the podium. Brooklyn Perran and Jennifer Klaassen for Gold. Sarah Nickel and Kim Koop for Silver and Bronwyn Warkentin and Judith Schulz for Bronze.

The closing ceremonies included a heart felt rendition of "Oh Canada"

P4P Final Tally!

This year's final tally for Pennies for Poverty was an amazing $10,507.92! The money was directed to the Rosthern Food Pantry ($2500), Haiti ($3000) and Guatemala (over $5000).

The Faith and Life Executive Danika Epp presents a $2500 cheque to Pastor Mike of the Lutheran Church who accepted the money on behalf of the Rosthern Food Pantry.

Faith and Life Executive member Katie McLellan presents a cheque of $5000.00 for MCC service projects in Guatemala to Carmen Pauls and the Guatemala Service and Learning team.

RJC proudly presents the 2010 Open House

On January 22, approximately 140 people joined us for Open House. Our theme was “Come and see how sweet we are”. Each student who registered received a “World’s Finest Chocolate” bar, four of which had gold tickets worth $500 in tuition reduction. Guests participated in tour stops in the school and dorms and enjoyed a coffee house put on by RJC students. Over the course of the evening much information about Rosthern Junior College was shared by students and staff. It was a sweet evening.

Go to the RJC website to vote in the "What was your favourite part of the RJC Open House?" Poll. You can find it on the bottom right side of the main page.

Richard Janzen leads the all school choir in a musical number to kick off the evening.

Bronwyn Warkentin, Judith Schulz and Laura Civica lead the presentation at the CPT tour stop.

Teacher, Ryan Wood describes the ALSO week to prospective students and parents.

Jim Epp with Torrey Falconer, Heather Epp and Taylor Roy gave information on our international trips to Mississippi and Guatemala.

Carmen Pauls and Hugo Malan at the SRC/DC tour stop.

Tiera Goertz and Jamieson Fitzgerald demonstrate a lesson in chemistry.

Laura Pauls, Danika Epp, Jordan Wiens, Katie Baschak and Heidi Epp talked about the fine arts program.

The highlight of the evening for both our students and the audience was the coffee house. Hugo Malan, Jamieson Fitzgerald and Jessie Wozniczka were the MC's for the evening.

Heidi Epp and Allison Goerzen with a duet.

Katie Baschak with a dramatic monologue.

Hannah Jones and Judith Schultz presented two very different dance styles!

Luke Warkentin on the piano, Clay Buhler guitar and lead singer and Brett Hauser on the drums wowed the crowd and even got many to their feet!

Heidi Epp, Laura Pauls , Danika Epp and Allison Goerzen

Heather Epp and Taylor Epp were the announcers during the SRC's "Do's and Don'ts of RJC Dress Code" fashion show. Models Erik Epp and Jordan Wiens model what not to do if you are a male RJC student!

A musical number by Bronwyn Warkentin, Judith Schulz and Callahan Collier.

A spoof , to the tune of "The Wonderful Grace of Jesus" by Danika Epp and Jordan Wiens.

You could have heard a pin drop during Sarah Nickel's performance of 'Helpless'

The Spice Girls came to Rosthern! Monica Siemens, Taylor Epp, Baily Neufeld, Stephanie Isaak and Heather Epp livened up the crowd with a dance number.

The evening ended with the breaking of a pinata. Danielle Brockman gives it a swing. Sweet!

Pennies for Poverty Update

On Jan. 25 RJC students and staff completed their 2010 Pennies for Poverty (P4P) campaign, and the faith and life committee is busy counting and rolling all of the change collected. Though the official totals are still to be tallied, this year we raised over $10,000 bringing our four year total to over $20,000! A huge thank you to all who raised money and supported our events. The idea behind P4P is that our small acts (our 'pennies') can make big 'change' in the world. To add a fun and competitive spin on the fundraising the school split into three teams (boys, girls and staff) to see who could creatively raise the most money. The winners will be announced in chapel on Monday Feb. 1.

This year's funds will support the Rosthern Food Pantry and MCC sponosored projects in Guatemala and Haiti. Due to the immediacy of the need, on Mon. Jan. 22 in chapel we donated $1000.00 online to MCC's Haiti response. Students and staff representing each P4P team punched in the numbers before the student body.

We had a live tele-link with Claire Ewert-Fisher, the Executive-Director of MCC Sask, to report on how the relief and fund-raising efforts for MCC and other aid organizations were progressing. MCC is focusing in the short term on providing water filtration and relief kits. They will also continue to be committed to their long-term development.

One of the zanier fundraisers was "Brett's Beard Shear". Brett Hauser (right) is/was known for his signature bushy red beard, his pride and joy, loved by all. One day, unbeknownst to all, he arose in chapel and announced that if he could raise over $100.00 in pledges he would shave his beard! The staff said they would match the funds if Matthew 'baby-face' Hildebrandt (left) would wear Brett's trimmings for a day. In the end Brett raised $350.00, which was matched by the staff for a total of $700.00 for his team! And yes, Matthew did have to wear the prickly trimming for the entire day! Thanks for being good sports guys!

And a special thanks goes to RJC's make-up specialist Bev Epp, who turned the bushy shavings into the work of art that graced Matthew's face. You look good in a mustache Matthew!

The girls also got creative in their fund-raising efforts. Katie Baschak had the idea to 'Duct Tape a teacher to the Wall for Poverty". Karalee Kuny, RJC's biology teacher, bravely volunteered to be duct taped to the wall for one hour for every $100.00 raised. The event raised over $200.00. Grade 12 student Hugo Malan had donated the most to the cause so her and Katie had the honors of affixing Karalee to the wall. Karalee was quoted saying, "By the end my feet hurt, but it was kinda fun hanging out for the afternoon."

Another successful fundraiser was the brainchild of Laura Civica and Hannah Jones. These girls designed forty limited edition P4P tie-dye t-shirts, which they auctioned off over the course of the last week of the campaign. They were a smash hit, to say the least, and the total money raised through these shirts was over $1500.00!

Part of the success was due to the professional models they brought in to show off the shirts: Yuri Yuel, Sam Garnet and Jon Willie can make any article of clothing irresistable!

On Friday Jan. 22 we had a P4P auction specifically to raise funds for Haiti. Auction items included five Tie-Dye Ts, a group of guys who volunteered to go on the block for a 'buy-a-guy' event, and clothing and related items donated and modeled by the staff. In the end the Haiti Auction raised over $2000.00!

Carmen Pauls models a hand-made hand-bag sewn by dean Holly Epp.

Teacher Nancy Epp auctioned off her commemorative Olympic torch run coke bottle along with a vintage RJC apron. The bottle sold for $20, the apron $50!

Mel Siemens and Lloyd Schmidt model some retro RJC hockey Jerseys from the late 70s.

We had a hard time getting a bid for Dave Feick's Leafs Jersey! But, once bidding began it fetched a fair price.

Everyone wanted to know what Gail had hiding in her pockets of this RJC cardigan. The cardigan is much coveted as they are no longer available from the dress code shop.

Rick Lehmann donated a hat he used as a horse showman, as well as a huge box of car and truck magazines. He felt that Jenn Klaassen. would do a better job of modeling the hat.

Some of the most anticipated items at the auction included three of Adam Ens' game worn volleyball jerseys. One he wore as a U of S Huskie, one as a pro in France and one as a member of Canada's national team.

Sale of the three jerseys netted over $350.00! Thanks to everyone who supported this successful event. We will continue to keep Haiti in our thoughts and prayers as we continue to follow this story throughout chapel in the coming semester.