St. Robert CHS Student News
Melika Kamali (12) – STAFF REPORTER
On October 31st, the students of St. Robert Catholic High School celebrated Halloween, which is the eve of All Saint’s Day. Halloween is celebrated in order to pay homage to saints that have passed away, which explains the name of the celebration, as “hallow” translates to saints.
Melika Kamali (12) – STAFF REPORTER
Although we may not realize it, our world is full of tragic events that occur on a daily basis, which is why the Social Justice Council is here at St.Robert. This council is available to anyone of any grade to join. Meetings are once a month, held on Mondays. Social Justice Council also hosts fundraisers and events, such as ThinkFast and Espresso Self, in order to raise money and help out those in need.
Cassidy Leung (9) STAFF REPORTER
On October 9th, 10th, 11th, and 16th, grade 11 and some grade 10 IB students taking religion this semester went on a field trip to various places of worship around the community including a Presbyterian Church, a Jewish Synagogue, an Islamic Mosque, and a Buddhist temple. They were guided around the places by religious leaders such as priests or rabbis in order to learn more about different belief systems.
Lillian Mo (9)| STAFF REPORTER
On Thursday, October 25th, in the large gym, over 800 students attended one of the two awards assembly sessions to celebrate student academic achievement for the 2017-2018 school year.
By: Yolanda Chen (9) STAFF REPORTER
The Environmental Council has taken up the initiative of collecting stationery, such as used pens, crayons, and markers, from the students at St. Robert.
Doris Hua(9)|STAFF REPORTER
Annually, Canadians only recycle 2 percent of batteries and throw out thousands of tonnes of toxic metals into landfills. As students, what can we do about this environmental epidemic?
Melika Kamali (12) STAFF REPORTER
From October 10th to 16th, the STR Environmental Council hosted a clothing drive called “Bag2School”, in which anyone could bring clothes that they no longer wore or needed in order to recycle them. The clothing items were brought to homerooms and collected from there.
Cassidy Leung (9) | STAFF REPORTER
Recycling Fridays occurs in our school every Friday morning. It began in the last week of September as a new initiative started by the St. Robert Environmental Council.
Lillian Mo (9) STAFF REPORTER
This month, the grade 12 IB class of St. Robert are preparing to hand in their final drafts of their Extended Essay (EE), which they started working on November of last year.
Doris Hua(9)|STAFF REPORTER
After school in the cafeteria, on Wednesday, October 10th, STUCO partnered up with Careers Club to host the MAP Conference with St. Robert’s alumni guest speakers.