Human library program

Loan Schedule 7:00-7:10

Welcome and Introductions

7:10-7:25

Loan Period 1

7:25-7:30

Transition

7:30-7:45

Loan Period 2

7:45-7:50

Transition

7:50-8:05

Loan Period 3

8:05-8:10

Transition

8:10-8:25

Loan Period 4

8:25 p.m.

Wrap Up

What is a Human Book?

A human book is a person who has volunteered to share his or her experience or expertise on a particular topic of interest to others.

How do I “read” a Human Book?

Readers will participate in rotating discussion sessions where they can ask questions and discuss the topic about which the Human Book is knowledgeable.

The Human Library is presented by Eastwood School Council and funded through the Ministry of Education’s Parents’ Reaching Out grant program and the Waterloo Region District School Board’s Parent Involvement grant program.

Special thanks to: Ms. Margaret Wood, ECI Teacher/Librarian Mrs. Tracy Hummel, ECI Office Manager Mr. Jeff Klinck & ECI Administration for their support and assistance in bringing the Human Library to life!

Eastwood Collegiate School Council Presents its 1st Annual

Human Library October 22, 2014 Eastwood Collegiate Library 7 p.m.

Welcome to the conversation.

OCTOBER IS

FOOD DRIVE MONTH

WATERLOO REGION INTEGRATED ARTS PROGRAM PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION proudly presents

AT EASTWOOD!

“HEIGHTEN THE CONTRAST”

Please support our students in their effort to collect non-perishable food items for the Food Bank of Waterloo Region.

HOMEROOM CHALLENGE

WE SCARE HUNGER

ECI’s homerooms compete to see who can bring in the most food!

ECI students will take to the streets on Hallowe’en night to collect food items instead of treats.

GALA FUNDRAISER 2014

FRIDAY, November 21: 6 p.m. Juried Art Show 7 p.m. Performance SATURDAY, November 22: 12 & 6 p.m. Juried Art Show 1 p.m. Performance

Most needed food items: Peanut Butter Beans in Sauce

Canned Fish Canned Fruit

(Family Matinee)

7 p.m. Performance

Cold Cereal Canned Pasta

Did you know... 

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In 2013, 27,596 residents in Waterloo Region needed food assistance— that’s equal to one house on every street, one child in every classroom!

Each week, the Food Bank provides 26,506 lbs of food, resulting in more than 36,000 meals for children, seniors, families & individuals Food Drive Month is organized by ECI’s Social Issues Council with the support of ECI Cabinet & Staff!!

Tickets:

$12 per person (all shows) $40 per family of 4 (Saturday matinee only)

Box Office:

Oct. 22 - 6:30 –8 p.m.

Nov. 17-19 - 2:30-6 p.m.

One hour before each performance

Robert Waldeck

Greg Anderson

Visual Artist, Documentary Filmmaker

Author, “Bully Stop Now!”

Robert Waldeck is an award-winning visual artist and documentary filmmaker from Kitchener whose work has been exhibited at galleries throughout North America, including Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, the Robert Langen Gallery (Wilfrid Laurier University), LOOP Gallery (Toronto), the Limner Gallery (New York City), the Museum of Fine Arts (Florida State University), Crossing Art (Flushing, NY), and 1650 Gallery (Los Angeles).

He recently finished a photography exhibition, Sideswiped Tomorrows, in the Nitra Gallery’s Bunker Space (Nitra, Slovakia) and presented at the Multipoint International Painting Symposium (Nitra, Slovakia). As a filmmaker, he has received awards for Best Documentary, Local Focus Film Festival; Runner-up - Best Experimental Film, Great Lakes Independent Film Festival; and Best Experimental Film, Columbus Film/Video Consortium. His films have screened at international venues such as the Not Still Art Film Festival (Brooklyn, NY), Cincy Fringe Festival (Cincinnati, Ohio), Videoholica (Varna, Bulgria), and O Five TV (Paris, France). Robert has taught at Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Waterloo, McMaster University, Centennial College, Toronto School of Art, and Forest Heights Collegiate Institute.

Linda Webster Owner, Webster Educational Services Linda Webster has 33 years of educational experience at both the elementary and secondary levels within Waterloo Region District School Board. She is a certified, bilingual educator with many years of experience as a classroom teacher (Grade 4 – 12), department head, and secondary school administrator.

In 2002, Linda founded Waterloo-based Webster Educational Services, a full-service academic support learning center for students from JK through university/college, where students receive one-to-one instruction from certified teachers/instructors who specialize in specific subject areas within the provincial curriculum while helping students build strong work habits which allow them to become independent, self-directed, confident learners.

Linda’s knowledge of current curriculum trends and IEP (Individual Education Plan) Processes and learning strategies allows WES to provide extra support for students with learning challenges and the many co-existing conditions that often develop as a result.

Greg Anderson is a recently retired school superintendent who spent 37 years in the education field as a teacher, principal and superintendent. In 2013, his book, Bully Stop Now! A School Superintendent Tells You How, was released nationally. The book explores student bullying and what schools and, in particular, parents can and must do to combat it. Greg provides clear direction to parents on the steps that must be taken and who to speak to when dealing with bullying issues at elementary and secondary schools.

Greg was a featured speaker at the recent Canadian Safe Schools Conference in Toronto and is a regular guest on the CHCH-TV (Hamilton) television show Square Off speaking on education matters.

Greg feels strongly that parents need to know who to speak to and what to ask when communicating with the education system to prevent/stop bullying. His talks are both informative and entertaining.

Craig Bongelli

Strength Coach & Professional Strongman Craig is a strongman competitor, gym owner and professional strength coach. As an athlete, he has competed in “professional” level contests throughout Ontario and competed at the World Amateur Championships in 2013. As a coach, Craig currently works with several world-class athletes, including a world-title challenger in cruiserweight boxing, a top-10-ranked fitness competitor, and multiple national level athletes from a variety of sports. He also owns and operates Lil’s gym in Kitchener, a private gym that caters to serious training clientele from all backgrounds.

Hilary Gauld Camilleri Photographer, owner, One for the Wall Photography A highly-sought family and commercial photographer who has received international acclaim for her colourful and emotion-filled work, Hilary was recently recognized as the 2013 Photographer of the Year by the National Association of Professional Child Photographers after three first -place, three second-place and two third-place finishes, along with 10 recognitions of merit in their International Image Competition.

Hilary has three times been named Best Photographer and Best Photography Studio in the Waterloo Region Record’s annual “Reader’s Choice Awards.” She is the only Canadian member of the Creative Team for the I Heart Faces Photography Community and has been a featured artist on many photography-related blogs.

A respected entrepreneurial educator, Hilary offers individualized Business Mentoring to photographers throughout Canada and the US and co-chairs a local women’s business networking group that helps support, encourage and educate women in business. A proud supporter of the arts, Hilary volunteers her time to KW Glee, and is the official photographer of the Dunfield Theatre in Cambridge.

This past year, Hilary launched a program called “Through Your Eyes: Photography Courses for Kids,” sponsored by Nikon Canada, who provided cameras for the children to use during the course. She is committed to giving children a positive first experience in the world of photography and to inspiring and valuing their unique eye for the world around them.

Hilary devotes hours of her time to a non-profit organization called Another Door Opens, which she launched in 2012 to capture new memories for families living with the loss of a young spouse, mother, father or child. Hilary also volunteers her photography talents to the Hummingbird Center for Hope and the Kitchener-Waterloo Skate Club.

CHECK OUT THE GREAT RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR LOAN FROM EASTWOOD’S PARENTS’ LENDING LIBRARY!!! http://eci.wrdsb.ca/library/parent

Fitz “The Whip” Vanderpool

World Boxing Champion

Eastwood alumnus Fitz “The Whip” Vanderpool fought his way to five national and world titles from 1993-2005, including the World Boxing Federation’s Intercontinental, and Superwelterweight World titles, and the World Boxing Council’s Welterweight and Superwelterweight Fecarbox titles. He came out of retirement in 2013 to win the National Boxing Authority Middleweight title at age 45, making him the oldest Canadian Champion in history.

The owner of Vanderpool Fitness & Boxing, Fitz has devoted many hours to promoting fitness and boxing to local youth through hands-on programs and public speaking engagements. He is also an International Fire Safety ambassador.

Fitz became the Inaugural KW Athlete of the Year in 1999 and was one of the first 10 Rebel Alumni inducted into Eastwood’s Wall of Recognition in 2006.

He was inducted into the Waterloo County Hall of Fame in 2008 and into Boxing Ontario as a boxing Legend in 2011.

Fitz co-wrote his biography, “The Whip,” with Sandra Cole in 2009. He launched his non-profit organization With Hope It’s Possible: Youth In Transition, in 2014.

The Parent Involvement Committee (PIC) of the Waterloo Region District School Board presents

Building Skills to Navigate the School Years A day of workshops for parents and guardians Bluevale Collegiate Institute April 18, 2015 http://www.wrdsb.ca/pic

George Randolph

Founder, Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts, Toronto Over the past 35 years, George Randolph’s commitment to the arts has taken many forms: dancer, choreographer, director, producer, and educator. A former principal dancer with the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble and Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, George has adjudicated dance competitions and is currently on Theatre Ontario’s board of directors. Since 1992, he has led the Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts as President/Founder.

The Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts is a non-profit educational institution providing world-class performing arts training to emerging artists. A distinguished faculty of entertainment industry professionals shape Triple Threat® (act, sing, dance) skills in a college program registered as a private career college under the Private Career Colleges Act, 2005; youth show choir program; and children’s recreational program. Faculty and alumni have appeared on Stratford, Shaw, Mirvish, Broadway (New York) and West End (London) stages, as well as Hollywood (Los Angeles).

Terry Schott Author, “The Game is Life” series Kitchener-based author Terry Schott used a series of life changes and challenges as a catalyst to begin a writing career. “I made the decision to stop reading and start writing…to become a writer, and I committed to sit down and actually do it,” explains Terry on his website.

Terry’s commitment to write a million words has produced the Game is Life Series of books, including: The Game, Digital Heretic, Interlude-Brandon and Virtual Prophet.

Other titles by Terry Schott include: Timeless Recruit, Harvest, Flight, PB & Zed, and Virus.

Dan Drysdale Musician, Composer & Documentary Filmmaker Dan Drysdale is a musician, composer, producer, and documentary filmmaker from Waterloo, Ontario.

He is a partner in Drywal Media, a Kitchener-based studio that has produced documentaries and music videos since 2007. He is also the co-founder of JamSchool, a performance based music school in Guelph, Ontario.

Dan has provided soundtracks for the awardwinning documentary Aakideh: The Art and Legacy of Carl Beam, the short film by Robert Waldeck: Death in the Details, The Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon: A Hero In All of Us and the documentary Better Day: The Sarah Felker Story among others.

He is one half of the critically acclaimed band SolarSolar, who released 2 EPs independently, as well as a full length album through Binary Records. SolarSolar’s music has also been used by MTV’s hit show Teen Wolf.

Dan co-wrote and co-directed the documentary Better Day: The Sarah J Felker Story, which premiered on OutTV Canada.

Sarah J. Felker

2014 Grand Prize Winner, RBC Emerging Artist Music Mentorship Prize Guelph native Sarah J.Felker is the 2014 Grand Prize Winner of the RBC Emerging Artist Music Mentorship Prize. The 21-year-old singer-songwriter receives $25,000, studio time and mentorship from members of The Tragically Hip and Triumph. She also performed at the Canada’s Walk of Fame Festival Emerging Artists Showcase in Toronto last month.

Sarah opened for K’naan in 2013 at the Hillside Inside, played the 2013 Hillside Festival. She played her first gig at Club Vinyl in downtown Guelph at age 13.

Sarah is the subject of the documentary, Better Day: The Sarah J. Felker Story, which premiered on OutTV Canada in March. The film chronicles Sarah’s life over a three year period using video diary entries, live footage and interviews. It features Sarah opening for K’naan, travelling to Jamaica to reconnect with her estranged father, and meeting with record executives from Universal Canada and Warner Music. It also tells the story of her life growing up as a gay teenager in Guelph and includes live performances shot at various venues in Guelph and Toronto.

Steve Hooper

Head of Guidance, Eastwood Collegiate After graduating from Wilfrid Laurier University with a Bachelor of Arts (Geography) in 1993, and The University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor of Education in 1994, Steve began his teaching career working in Adult Education in Windsor.

Shortly after moving to Waterloo in 1997, he was hired as a Life Skills teacher at Bluevale Collegiate. Steve spent the next 14 years at Bluevale, including seven years as a Student Success Teacher and Guidance Counsellor.

In 2013, Steve joined the staff at Eastwood Collegiate as Head of the Guidance Department. Steve lives in Waterloo with his wife, Kelly, and their two daughters, Victoria and Samantha.

UPCOMING EVENTS @ EASTWOOD COLLEGIATE Nov. 5 & 6

Annual Fringe Festival

Nov. 7

Commencement (at Bingeman’s) (PA Day)

Nov. 21-22

2014 Gala Fundraiser

Dec. 3

Winter Dance Show

Dec. 4

Grade 8 Information Night

Dec. 17

Festive Music Night

Jan. 21-24

Integrated Arts Program Auditions

Tracy Jasmins

Communications Coordinator, Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council Tracy Jasmins is the Marketing & Communications Coordinator for the Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council, a community-based collaborative that is inspired to work for social justice and positive change by addressing the root causes crime.

The 28-member advisory committee to the Region of Waterloo includes representatives from community organizations, social services, education, health, planning, justice, corrections and Waterloo Regional Police.

Some of CPC’s school bullying prevention initiatives include Say Hi Day and a social media THINK campaign as efforts to promote inclusion and belonging. The 30 Days of THINK campaign will be launched in all Waterloo Region elementary and secondary schools beginning November 1. Other campaigns include Look Deeper, which reminds us that like books, kids be judged by their covers, and encourages adults to look for and develop assets in our youth.

Lori & Don Kraemer

Paired exchange living kidney recipient & donor Lori and Don Kraemer are the first residents of Kitchener Waterloo to be part of a Cross-Canada Paired Exchange involving Living Kidney Donors.

Lori and Don are a Kitchener couple who have been married for nearly 20 years, having met in their final years attending Conestoga College. Their story revolves around the challenges that Lori has faced living with Polycystic Kidney Disease, a form of chronic kidney disease that creates cysts on the kidneys and can eventually lead to kidney failure.

After she nearly passed away from end-stage renal failure in 2010, Lori was immediately placed on dialysis to maintain her health until a kidney could be found for her. This event would change the course of their lives as Don would make the decision to become a living donor in the hopes of providing one of his kidneys to Lori. The two of them would face many challenges as they prepared for this life saving surgery. Together, they discovered that the process was very in depth, requiring many tests and much preparation. Both of them would eventually become part of the Living Donor Paired Exchange Program which can span across Canada.

Don and Lori live in Kitchener, and are the proud parents of three children, two of whom attend Eastwood Collegiate.