The Monograph: The Web Log for F. E. Madill Secondary School

Madill Student Achieves Level 1 Apprenticeship Exemption

Pictured above is Rosa Meriam shaking hands with Andris Balotis from Conestoga College (right) and Mr. McKague (left) after passing the Carpentry level 1 exemption exam.

Rosa Meriam is the first high school student in Ontario to earn an exemption for level 1 general carpenter through Conestoga college. This was made possible because of the alignment of grade 11 and 12 construction technology curriculum and college level one carpentry curriculum. Rosa is a graduate of Madill's Construction High Skills Major program and is currently apprenticing with John Hickey Construction. Congratulations Rosa. You have made us all proud!

Week of June 15 - June 21

Exams start on Friday!

MONDAY, JUNE 15/ 09
Locker clean out - period 1

TUESDAY, JUNE 16/ 09
Year end assembly 
period 1  8:50 -  9:30
Assembly  9:30 - 11:00
period 2 11:00 - 11:30
LUNCH 11:30 - 12:30
period 3 12:30 -  1:45
period 4  1:52 -  3:05

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17/ 09
Culminating activity schedule
period 1  8:50 - 10:30
period 2 10:35 - 11:30
LUNCH 11:30 - 12:30
period 3 12:30 -  2:10
period 4  2:15 -  3:05

THURSDAY, JUNE 18/ 09
Last day of classes
Culminating activity schedule
period 1  8:50 -  9:45 
period 2  9:50 - 11:30
LUNCH 11:30 - 12:30
period 3 12:30 -  1:20
period 4  1:25 -  3:05

FRIDAY, JUNE 19/ 09
Exams
Morning exams - students are to be in exam rooms by 9:20 - exam starts 9:30
Afternoon exams - students are to be in exam rooms by 12:50 - exam starts 1:00

OFSAA Results Spectacular Finish To Track Season

The Junior Boys' 4 x 100 m Relay team with the medals and baton they won 

7 of the 9 Madill athletes who participated in the OFSAA Championships in Toronto earned a ribbon or a medal in at least one event by having a top eight finish. All of the Madill athletes had at least one result in the top 11 in the province. The Junior Boys’ 4 x 100 m Relay team of Brayden Pellett, Michael Ballagh, Tyler Smith and Ben Dailleboust improved on their sixth place finish at OFSAA in 2008 by winning bronze medals in the event this year. They won the medals in a time of 44.50 seconds and broke their own F.E. Madill school record in the process.

   

A.J. Beasley in the Senior Boys' 110 m Hurdles  

Ben Dailleboust also finished 8th in the 300 m Hurdles and 9th in the 100 m Hurdles. Tyler Smith finished 12th in the 200 m. Michael Ballagh tied for 6th in Long Jump with a personal best jump of 6.12 m. A.J. Beasley improved his own school record in the Senior Boys' 110 m Hurdles and finished 11th in a time of 14.75 seconds. A.J. also competed in the Long Jump and finished with a distance of 6.18 m. Cole Pellett, as a first year senior, finished 5th in the Triple Jump with a jump of 13.82 m, which added 40 cm to his personal best distance, and 8th in the Long Jump with a distance of 6.72 m. Jaime Pollard was 6th in the Ambulatory 100 m in a time of 14.19 seconds. Gina Murray finished 5th in the province in Junior Girls' Javelin with a throw of 34.20 m and Kayla Smith finished 9th in the 100 m in a time of 12.71 seconds. All of the athletes were excellent representatives of the school throughout the meet.

Week of June 8 - June 14

Last full week of classes - time to start preparing for exams!

MONDAY, JUNE 8/ 09

TUESDAY, JUNE 9/ 09
Peer mentors to Molesworth - depart at 12:00

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10/ 09
USSR last 20 minutes of period 4
Music students to Canada's Wonderland - all day
Athletic Banquet in the cafeteria - dinner at 6:00, awards at 7:00 PM

THURSDAY, JUNE 11/ 09
Dental screening from 10:00 - 11:00 AM in the healthroom
Math EQAO testing for grade 9's

FRIDAY, JUNE 12/ 09
Math EQAO testing for grade 9's
Staff vs grade 12 baseball game - period 4

Track Team Competes at OFSAA West

Gina Murray in the Junior Girls Javelin 

The Track and Field team had another outstanding meet at OFSAA West Regionals. Madill athletes earned top six ribbons in 20 of the 32 events in which they participated. 10 of the 21 athletes from Madill earned at least one top four result and have earned the right to participate in the OFSAA Championships in Toronto on June 4-6. Five athletes on the team (A.J. Beasley, Cole Pellett, Ben Dailleboust, Michael Ballagh and Tyler Smith) have qualified to advance in more than one event each. New school records were set by A.J. Beasley in the 110m Hurdles and Ben Dailleboust in the 100m Hurdles. A.J. broke his own record in a time of 14.85 and Ben broke his own record in a time of 14.50. 

There were also many excellent results that missed advancing by the smallest of margins. A.J. Beasley missed advancing in the 400m Hurdles by less than 1/1000th of a second, the Junior Girls 4x100m Relay team needed to be less than 1/4 of a second faster to advance and Michael Ballagh was only 1 cm short of advancing in the Junior Boys Triple Jump. Jodie Eadie, a left-handed thrower, faced a wind that was favourable to right-handed throwers and still managed to finish 5th in her first year as a senior. In a meet that included heavy winds, severe rain, long delays and events run in the dark, the team still had 8 personal best performances. Congratulations to everyone who made it to this extremely high level of competition and good luck to those who are advancing to the provincial championships.

Week of June 1 - June 7

Prom is this Saturday!

MONDAY, JUNE 1/ 09

TUESDAY, JUNE 2/ 09

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3/ 09
USSR cancelled this week
Assembly

THURSDAY, JUNE 4/ 09
"Spring Alive" rehearsal in gym 228 - all day
"Spring Alive' performance 7 PM

FRIDAY, JUNE 5/ 09
"Spring Alive" rehearsal in gym 228 - all day
"Spring Alive' performance 7 PM

Track Team - WOSSAA Report

The Madill Track and Field Team was phenomenally successful at WOSSAA.  Winning the Overall Boys WOSSAA title is a major accomplishment and it has been approximately 25 years since Madill brought home the title.  The team also won the Senior Boys title.  Ben Dailleboust won the individual award for the top Junior Boy.  Ben had gold medals in both the 100m and 300m hurdles and finished 6th in the Long Jump to earn more points than any other Junior Boy at the competition. 

There were four new school records set.  Gina Murray shattered both the F. E. Madill and WOSSAA Junior Girls Javelin record by 3 meters on her way to winning gold in the event with a throw of 38.29 m .  That throw ranks her second in the Province based on every competition so far this year.  The Junior Boys`4x100m Relay Team of Brayden Pellett, Mike Ballagh, Tyler Smith and Ben Dailleboust continued to excel as they set new WOSSAA and F.E. Madill records in a time of 44.88 seconds which ranks them 3rd in the Province this year.  Ben Procter ran an amazing 800m race to set a new school record in a time of 1:59.94.  

The final school record broken was by the 4x400m Relay team of Connor Panton, Mike Ballagh, Ben Procter and A.J. Beasley (3:31.25).  There were 25 individual personal bests earned and 4 relay team personal bests.  The outstanding results included 20 athl etes who had at least one top 5 finish and who will be advancing to OFSA A West Regionals in 32 different events.  Congratulations to all of the athletes who competed and represented F.E. Madill so well.

Week of May 25 - May 31

Summer is coming - exams start June 19th!

MONDAY, MAY 25/ 09
Army presentations periods 1,2, 3 ande at lunch
ENG 3 U classes to the Stratford Festival to see MacBeth - dismissed at 9:55 AM
Grade 10 history trip to Toronto - departs at 9:00
Girls' rugby to London for WOSSAA - all day
Junior boys' soccer at Huron-Perth - all day

TUESDAY, MAY 26/ 09
Boys' Huron-Perth rugby championships - all day

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27/ 09
USSR last 20 minutes of period 3
Assembly

THURSDAY, MAY 28/ 09
Senior boys' rugby to WOSSAA in London - all day
Dance 8-11 in gym 228

FRIDAY, MAY 29/ 09
Track to OFSAA - depart at 12:30 PM
School bands to local public schools - 9 - 2:45
MOGA Madness at lunch in the upper field