Beurling Academy and Riverview activities and some announcements

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RIVERVIEW

BEURLING ACADEMY

Our local high school has kept your local reporter out of trouble and on the beat. So what’s been happening recently? On Sept. 24th, it was that ever popular Pep Rally, where the whole school gets a chance at warming up their school spirit with some great upbeat music and cheering on the various fall sports teams to a great start of season as they get to be introduced one by one.

Later on, it was the teachers versus students soccer game accompanied by the entertaining play by play of teacher Ian Alexander, with no student or teacher escaping his razor sharp wit. The students won 3-0 but our mischievous play by play announcer announced it as a 3-1 win for the teachers. A fun day was had by all.

Next on tap, on Oct. 1st was the Annual Terry Fox Run. Terry Fox never got the chance to finish his Marathon of Hope way back in 1980, but schools and organizations have taken up Terry’s challenge and dream of finding a cure for that dreaded disease called cancer, and BA is one of those schools and this year raised over 1300 dollars towards a cure.

The students and staff walked around the streets of Verdun, from Champlain to Crawford Bridge to LaSalle Blvd and back up to the school.

On the same theme on the following Sunday, it was the Annual CIBC Run for the Cure, which has become the largest single-day volunteer-led fundraising event dedicated to creating a future without breast cancer. Even though death rates have declined in every age group since the mid 90’s, with the survivability rate of over 5 years of 80 % of those who are diagnosed, more must be done.

Last year across Canada over 28 million was raised and this year the March was held at Maisonneuve Park under a sunny but cool day and over 100 staff and students were up front and centre and raised a whopping $4000 with a Quebec total of 1.6 million raised. We salute the staff and students for taking the challenge in both events in searching for a cure against this feared disease.

We must not forget as well my favorite mascot, Beurling Bobcat, who was at all these events and also made an entertaining appearance at last week’s well attended Open House. After opening remarks by Principal David Abracen and VP Anne Marie Matheson and an informative presentation by the IBO Dept. it was on take the tour of the vast facilities, which will have its 50th anniversary in January of 2011, and still considered a crown jewel.

All areas were in full gear from athletics and swimming to the various arts areas to those always popular science labs and the various other academic subjects, and it was a chance for prospective newcomers to get a peak in view of the next school year and the registration period, which takes place after the holidays. So hats off to all for a great Open House.

BA Sports.It wasn’t a busy week last week, but there were some victories. In boys juvie touch football, the squad won their 4th in a row and have a record of 4 and 1 after edging Bialik High 22-21 this past Wednesday. The juvie boys soccer team wrapped up their season with a 4-2 record with a 1-0 win over Bialik High and await other results in the division in view of playoff hopes. Wow, what a few weeks it has been. HAVE A GREAT WEEK !