Jack Donohue Public School
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Jack Donohue Public School is a Canadian
elementary
and middle school
located in Kanata
, Ontario
in the neighbourhood of Morgan's Grant
. It is named after Jack Donohue
, coach of the Canadian national men's basketball team
for seventeen years, well known for teaching his team to believe in its dreams.
The Student Council is the student body head of the school, planning many of the fundraisers, dances and activities at the school. It is made of representatives from each grade 6 and 8 class, and the executive council which is made up of 2 students from each grade 7 class. The grade 7 students are the ones that take the lead, for example the chairs, vice chairs, secretary, treasury and publicist. Mrs. Purchase supervises the Student Council.
Another club is the Student Ambassadors, made up of students in grades 6, 7 and 8 who apply at the beginning of the year, to demonstrate that they are able to lead activities and be good role models throughout our school. Mrs. Manchen is the teacher who supervises the Ambassadors. They host many activities for primary students, such as Let's Play, Let's Read and tutoring. At assemblies they are in usher the classes to their assigned seating areas and create presentations, such as the Remembrance Day assembly presentation.
At Jack Donohue, the Digital Media Club, or DMC is made up of many grade 6, 7 and 8 students who want work with computers who create digital presentations, blogs or articles for Wikipedia. They are the student technology leaders in the school and are supervised by Mrs. Smith.
The Sewing Club is another club that we have here, which starts in October and continues until the Christmas break. This club orders kits to create their own stuffies and spend one or two recesses every week sewing their furry creature. It is tons of fun and many students enjoy this. Mrs. Purchase supervises the sewing club.
JDPS, also has started both student and teacher book clubs. This year students read “Twilight” and then went to the Ottawa premiere of the movie. Mrs. Cardill and Mrs. Tranton supervise the student book club. And hopefully we will have another book club coming up soon!
Solar Power Cars is a club run by Mrs. Purchase that meets after school, so that it the students can learn about solar power cars and create their own, at the end all their hard work pays off and they compete their cars in a race.
A club that is used by some of the intermediate students is the EMME club. EMME stands for Early Morning Math and English, which means that students are able to come in the mornings and work on homework and projects. This is always useful when you need extra help or time for the completion of your schoolwork. Although is often used as an excuse to come inside the school early on cold and rainy days.
Stephen Eisenhauer is a composer, guitarist, pianist, and singer, currently living and working in Ottawa, he has previously lived and worked in Montréal. His early music training included lessons in piano, ‘cello, voice and organ. At McGill University, he completed a B.Mus. in vocal music and an M.A. in music theory. His choral experience began as a choirboy at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa, and he continues to be active in several choirs, as a soloist and chorister. He has composed and published several pieces for these choirs, as well as instrumental music. Mr. Eisenhauer (Mr. "E.", pronounced "mystery") is also a fantastic teacher.
Jack Donohue puts on a musical every year. The current musical is the Wizard of Oz. This musical is being run by Mr. Stephen Eisenhauer and Mrs. Jean Hillman; They have been in charge of running the musical at Jack Donohue for the past three years. The Wizard of Oz will be performed in April 2011.
Mr. Eisenhauer also composer the school song.
The first ensemble is Concert Band, which is a mixture of grade 7 and 8 students. But this ensemble doesn't start until later in the year because Mr.Eisenhauer has to wait until the students are at the appropriate level to play the music. That is why during Term 1, the bands split up into a grade 7 band and a grade 8 band, they perform at the multiple concerts during the year, with music that is very graceful and that cheers up the crowd.
The second ensemble is Concert Choir, this is made up of grades 6, 7 and 8 students, who love to sing. Mr. Eisenhauer finds the appropriate music, and the choir spends one recess every week practicing their songs. During the year, they too perform their songs during the concerts.
The strings club is made up of a group of violin students. Mr. Eisenhauer often plays the 'cello in this group, and his wife (Mrs. Schuler) often plays the viola. This group now consists of 10 violinists!
The guitar club is for any grades 6, 7 or 8 students who own a guitar. They learn lots of fun songs and then rock out at the concert! Mr. Eisenhauer likes to sing because he is a rock star!
There is also a Primary Choir, this is made of over 100 grade 1,2,and 3 students. They sing many very cheerful songs that talk about various topics. This group is coordinated by Mrs. Skinner.
, volleyball
, bordenball, track and field
, and basketball
.
The school has won many titles, which includes the sports bordenball, volleyball, track and soccer.
Mr. Peter Laughland also runs a sports program for intermediate students of any skill level to join without a tryout. The sports included in this program are soccer, volleyball, basketball etc.
Canada
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elementary
Elementary school
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and middle school
Middle school
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located in Kanata
Kanata, Ontario
Situated in the Ottawa Valley, Kanata is located about west-southwest of Downtown Ottawa along Highway 417 at a latitude of 45°18' North and a longitude of 75°55' West, with an area of . Its northern end is just to the west of the Ottawa River....
, Ontario
Ontario
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in the neighbourhood of Morgan's Grant
Morgan's Grant
Morgan's Grant is a suburban neighbourhood located in Kanata, north of the Kanata North Business Park. It is found west of March Road, and north of Terry Fox Drive...
. It is named after Jack Donohue
Jack Donohue (basketball)
John 'Jack' Donohue M.S.M. posthumous was an American born head coach of the Canadian national men's basketball team for 17 years, leading them to many international successes....
, coach of the Canadian national men's basketball team
Canadian national men's basketball team
The Canadian national men's basketball team represents Canada in international basketball competitions. The team is currently ranked 24th by FIBA. Athletes for this team are selected by Canada Basketball...
for seventeen years, well known for teaching his team to believe in its dreams.
Renovations
The school was extended to add 6 new classes to the school because of the large growth in Morgans Grant. It was finished at the end of March. It also added a ramp to the school.Clubs
Jack Donohue PS has a variety of clubs ranging from student council to sewing club to digital media club and many more.The Student Council is the student body head of the school, planning many of the fundraisers, dances and activities at the school. It is made of representatives from each grade 6 and 8 class, and the executive council which is made up of 2 students from each grade 7 class. The grade 7 students are the ones that take the lead, for example the chairs, vice chairs, secretary, treasury and publicist. Mrs. Purchase supervises the Student Council.
Another club is the Student Ambassadors, made up of students in grades 6, 7 and 8 who apply at the beginning of the year, to demonstrate that they are able to lead activities and be good role models throughout our school. Mrs. Manchen is the teacher who supervises the Ambassadors. They host many activities for primary students, such as Let's Play, Let's Read and tutoring. At assemblies they are in usher the classes to their assigned seating areas and create presentations, such as the Remembrance Day assembly presentation.
At Jack Donohue, the Digital Media Club, or DMC is made up of many grade 6, 7 and 8 students who want work with computers who create digital presentations, blogs or articles for Wikipedia. They are the student technology leaders in the school and are supervised by Mrs. Smith.
The Sewing Club is another club that we have here, which starts in October and continues until the Christmas break. This club orders kits to create their own stuffies and spend one or two recesses every week sewing their furry creature. It is tons of fun and many students enjoy this. Mrs. Purchase supervises the sewing club.
JDPS, also has started both student and teacher book clubs. This year students read “Twilight” and then went to the Ottawa premiere of the movie. Mrs. Cardill and Mrs. Tranton supervise the student book club. And hopefully we will have another book club coming up soon!
Solar Power Cars is a club run by Mrs. Purchase that meets after school, so that it the students can learn about solar power cars and create their own, at the end all their hard work pays off and they compete their cars in a race.
A club that is used by some of the intermediate students is the EMME club. EMME stands for Early Morning Math and English, which means that students are able to come in the mornings and work on homework and projects. This is always useful when you need extra help or time for the completion of your schoolwork. Although is often used as an excuse to come inside the school early on cold and rainy days.
Music
Mr. Stephen Eisenhauer is the music teacher for the school. He leads and conducts the junior, senior, concert and jazz bands, the guitar club, the senior choir, and strings club. The strings club is a new ensemble at the school this year and consists of a full string quartet! Mrs. Meghan Schuler also plays in the club as a violist. Over 250 students are involved in the music program at JDPS, and several teachers and parents. School trustee Cathy Curry plays in the concert band.Stephen Eisenhauer is a composer, guitarist, pianist, and singer, currently living and working in Ottawa, he has previously lived and worked in Montréal. His early music training included lessons in piano, ‘cello, voice and organ. At McGill University, he completed a B.Mus. in vocal music and an M.A. in music theory. His choral experience began as a choirboy at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa, and he continues to be active in several choirs, as a soloist and chorister. He has composed and published several pieces for these choirs, as well as instrumental music. Mr. Eisenhauer (Mr. "E.", pronounced "mystery") is also a fantastic teacher.
Jack Donohue puts on a musical every year. The current musical is the Wizard of Oz. This musical is being run by Mr. Stephen Eisenhauer and Mrs. Jean Hillman; They have been in charge of running the musical at Jack Donohue for the past three years. The Wizard of Oz will be performed in April 2011.
Mr. Eisenhauer also composer the school song.
Musical Ensembles
Mr. Eisenhauer coordinates many of our musical programs here at Jack Donohue. As you know, he runs the musicals along with Mrs. Hillman, (which, again, will be opening in April) but other than that he coordinates all of the beautiful music performed by our intermediate students. Here are some of the musical ensembles, coordinated by him:The first ensemble is Concert Band, which is a mixture of grade 7 and 8 students. But this ensemble doesn't start until later in the year because Mr.Eisenhauer has to wait until the students are at the appropriate level to play the music. That is why during Term 1, the bands split up into a grade 7 band and a grade 8 band, they perform at the multiple concerts during the year, with music that is very graceful and that cheers up the crowd.
The second ensemble is Concert Choir, this is made up of grades 6, 7 and 8 students, who love to sing. Mr. Eisenhauer finds the appropriate music, and the choir spends one recess every week practicing their songs. During the year, they too perform their songs during the concerts.
The strings club is made up of a group of violin students. Mr. Eisenhauer often plays the 'cello in this group, and his wife (Mrs. Schuler) often plays the viola. This group now consists of 10 violinists!
The guitar club is for any grades 6, 7 or 8 students who own a guitar. They learn lots of fun songs and then rock out at the concert! Mr. Eisenhauer likes to sing because he is a rock star!
There is also a Primary Choir, this is made of over 100 grade 1,2,and 3 students. They sing many very cheerful songs that talk about various topics. This group is coordinated by Mrs. Skinner.
Sports
The school has boys and girls teams in soccer, Canadian footballCanadian football
Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...
, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, bordenball, track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, and basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
.
The school has won many titles, which includes the sports bordenball, volleyball, track and soccer.
Mr. Peter Laughland also runs a sports program for intermediate students of any skill level to join without a tryout. The sports included in this program are soccer, volleyball, basketball etc.
External links
- Official website
- http://www.jdps.edublogs.org/ Digital Media Club