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Student Council getting ready yo go on another one of their many excurtions to collect food donations
Billie-Jo Horvath and Rachel Hillman collecting cans for the OP food drive
Billie-Jo Horvath, Rachel Hillman and Chelsey Overall, organizing about 4000 food cans

 

Student Council for 2007 - 2008
'Nobody can achieve perfection, but in pursuit of perfection, one can achieve excellence.'

Congratulations to all the successful candidates and to all candidates who came forward are ran for a student government position
President: Hayley Proudfoot Chief Returning Officer: Jaimie Biederman
Vice-President: Sunny Kang Tech. Crew Rep: Amarpreet Bajwa
Secretary: Amelia Marroccoli Boys Athletics Rep:Jesse Haw
Social Convenor: Katie Tran Girls Athletic Rep: Christine Col
Homeroom Liason: Chelsey Overall Treasurer: Rebecca Anes
Grade 12 Rep: Hailey Davidson OSSA Rep: Billie-Jo Horvath
Grade 11 Rep: Michelle Leng Band Rep: Marlee MacDougall
Grade 10 Rep: Amanda Valerio Student Trustee: Ted France
Grade 9 Rep: Michael Nguyen M.A.D.D. Rep: Marlee MacDougall
Spirit Co-ordinator: Ian Van Duzer
 Yearbook Rep: Tristen Christie
Spirit Committee: Andy Tran, Natalie Easson  

 

STUDENT'S FOOD DRIVE IS "CAN"TASTIC FOR COMMUNITY!

Billie-Jo Horvath, a student at Orchard Park Secondary

On Thursday December 6th students from Orchard Park Secondary School fanned out into the neighbourhood around the school to collect about 800 non-perishable food items.

The O.P. food drive has been an annual tradition with students at O.P. for as long as anyone can remember, however this is only the second year in a row that O.P. students have gone into the community to collect donated food. In late November student council members delivered flyers to the homes around O.P. to advise them of the December 6th collection date. Then on the 6th a group of volunteers and student council members met in a family studies room for a quick meal of pizza, hot chocolate and Christmas cookies before setting out into the cold to collect food. From the warm school students set out in groups, wagons in tow, to different parts of the neighbourhood a round O.P. “ We really didn’t think about the cold too much, the students were focused on the good they were doing for people in their own community.” says Mr. Paul a student council advisor at Orchard Park.

The food collected in the community along with the food collected at the school will be given to the Stoney Creek Food Bank. Last year the students at Orchard Park collected about 4000 items. This year they hope to beat that record. “We are encouraging all students at Orchard Park to participate. Homeroom classes are competing with each other to bring in the most items and win a pizza party for their class. At the Winter Wonderland Dance students get $1 off if they bring in a canned food.” says Jaimie Biederman a grade 12 student at Orchard Park. So far the school has raised about 1000 items but their campaign is just getting started. “The community food drive was a huge success this year and we would like to thank all the people in the Orchard Park community who helped support it by donating food or money” said Hayley Proudfoot, student council president at Orchard Park. The food drive will continue at Orchard Park right up to the last day of school on December 21st. If you would like to donate non-perishable food items they can be dropped off at the school’s office.