ATMS Students Support Local Charity
ATMS students raised over $500 for local charity helping to feed, clothe, shelter and counsel a young person in Abbotsford. The Cyrus Centre is an inner city mission, providing a safe and welcoming place for youth to get food, shelter, do laundry, have a shower, receive referrals, advocacy and exit the streets.

To make a donation and support Cyrus Centre Ministries call:
604 859-5773. Open 7 days a week!

ATSS Sweeps District Public Speaking Contest
On Tuesday April 28th, our three ATSS School Wide Public Speaking Winners competed in the District Wide Public Speaking Competition. Our school dominated the event and swept the winner's board. Hearty congratulations to:
Veronica Draayers for her First Place finish
Daniel Murphy for his Second Place finish
Grace Tsai for her Third Place finish

KTES Historica Open House
Congratulations to the HTES Historica Fair Champions, Runners Up and finalists! KTES Historica Open House had an impressive turn out of parents and family members. Thank you parents so much for your support.
Congratulations to the following King Scholars:
Historica Fair Champions (these students will be moving on to University of the Fraser Valley): Daine S, Mark D, Berkeley R,
Alex W, Shanelle S, Maxine H, Jaskarn D and Marianne K.
Historica Fair Runners Up: Isabelle F and Justin S
Historica Fair Finalists: Maneet A & Baljot R.

Auguston Science Fair
WOW! What a fantastic turn out in early March at the Auguston Science Celebration! Many Auguston ‘Junior’ Scientists proudly displayed their work and answered questions for families, friends and local experts. Congratulations to the following Junior Scientists who received awards at the Regional Science Fair competition at the University of the Fraser Valley last week. Special Thanks to
Mr. Lawson who organized our entries at UFV:
Anna Hossman & Stephanie Louie - Is it Dead Yet?
Assante Financial Management Innovative Project
Yes / Know Magazine one year subscription
Kaila Filewich - Lemon and Potato Battery
Kiwanis Innovative Project

Math SpeedGames
The 10th annual District Math Speed Games competition was held April 12 to 16, 2009@ SevenOaks Mall. ATMS representatives in grades 6 and 7 accumulated the highest score and were declared Math Speed Games Champions! Participants included: Duncan Drummond, Joshua McAllister, Kevin Park, Ike Lee, Gurveer Sahota, Tarndeep Chattu, Harry Rai, Daimon Gill, Navi Gill, Gaurav Sandhar, Josh Jhinger, Inderjot Virk, Anthony Miyagi, and Manjot Nagra. Special thanks to Mr. Radons for his support of this event. Congratulations team!

King Student Goes to Ottawa For Historica Fair
An Abbotsford student's research in to one of the darkest times in Canadian history has earned her a trip to Ottawa in July. King Traditional Elementary's Sukhman Sidhu did her Historica Fair project on the on the infamous Komagata Maru incident, which saw 376 passengers from Punjab, India being denied access in to Canada in 1914.

The depth of the project earned Sidhu the distinction of being the Fraser Valley's representative at the National Historica Fair in July. It is the second consecutive year the Fraser Valley representative is from King Traditional. "Last year, the one student picked was from King Traditional, Vanessa Gill. She loved the experience in Ottawa," said Angela Wiebe, principal at King Traditional, adding the two winning students had the same verve and passion for their projects. "They were able to speak to the project. They had the confidence, the poise and the knowledge. If you asked a question, they were able to answer it and relate it back to themselves."

Sidhu said she picked the Komagata Maru because she wanted to know why "people sacrificed their lives to come to Canada."
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Reach For The Top
The ATSS Reach for the Top Team competed in the 2009 BC Junior Reach for the Top Provincial Tournament in Vancouver on February 27th. ATSS is the only team in the Fraser Valley to compete and we reached the round of 16 in the playoffs. St Georges who went on to win the tournament knocked out the team. Members of the team were: Stephen Dass, Ben Donaldson, Simon Grant, Sandeep Poonian, Chris Sakurdeep, Grace Tsai and Jackson Welt. The team is coached by Mr. Lane. In 2009-2010 ATSS hopes to have junior and senior teams competing.

Math SpeedGames
The 9th annual District Math Speed Games competition was held March 30 to April 3 @ SevenOaks Mall. ATMS representatives in grades 6 and 7 accumulated the highest score and were declared Math Speed Games Champions! Participants included: Josh Jhinger, Navi Gill, Daimon Gill, Jordan Lee, Inderjot Virk, Vadeem Steshin, Salena Bath, Levi Friesen, Gagan Rathour, Sangeet Sekhon, Jatinder Hothi, Jaden Neufeld, and Shirley Chou.

ATMS/ATSS Wrestlers Capture Gold
The ATSS/ATMS wrestling team season ended with four athletes going to the Canadian Nationals in Nova Scotia. This resulted in a gold medal and two Bronze for our competitors. Congratulations to Navi Dulat, Mandeep and Lovepreet Sandhu and Manny Gill.

The ATSS/ATMS wrestling team also placed third in the Provincials bringing home a nice big trophy. Congratulations to all the wrestlers and coaches Mr. Cuthbertson, Mr. Domke and Mr. Laity. At the final provincial meet held at SFU, three wrestlers came home with with gold, Mandeep Sandhu, Lovedeep Sandhu and Manny Gill and two came home with silver, Navi Dulat and Maneet Klair. One wrestler Mandeep Sandhu won the trophy for the best wrestler of the tournament.

Traditional Student Stars in Reality TV Show
Tyler Gourley, was on a new Reality kids’ show called “In the Real World”. It aired recently on YTV. The 13 episodes were one hour long! You can watch Tyler's profile on the YTV website. Go to: Shows G-M > In Real LIfe > Profiles.

Alcohol and Drug Education Winners
Congratulations to Tarnjeet Uppal and Rebecca Redshaw for receiving honours in the "...this is why I'll never use tobacco!" poster contest put on by the Alcohol-Drug Education Service. The girls designed posters and wrote a paragraph describing why they would never use tobacco for the contest as part of a Planning 10 assignment, and Tarnjeet was the runner-up in the Grades 9-10 category and Rebecca Redshaw was recognized as an Honourable Mention winner.

Public Speaking
Congratulations to ATMS students, Milan Peters and Kyle Moodley who finished first and second respectively in the 2009 District Public Speaking Competition for grade 7's.

UFV Math Contest
The UFV math contest was held on Friday May 8th. The ATSS team consisted of two seniors (Vineet Sidhu and Emily Scoular) and four grade nines (David Egolf, Anthony Draayers, Ashandeep Sandhu and Abnashi Randhawa). In the senior division, both students placed in the top 20, with Emily Scoular third among grade elevens. In the junior division, David Egolf was third in the grade nine category.

Regional Science Fair
Five of the seven top projects selected at the recent Fraser Valley Regional Science Fair came from schools in the Abbotsford School District, and the students who created the projects headed to Winnipeg in May to represent the Fraser Valley at the Canada Wide Science Fair. The School District 34 students and their projects included:
Jessica Gubiotti and Tiffani Wiebe from Abbotsford Traditional Senior Secondary, with their project “Is There A
Solution For Pollution?”

There were also a number of special award winners at the Fraser Valley Regional Fair who received cash prizes from a variety of sponsors. Congratulations to our students at ATSS for their hard work.
Destructive Dye by Nicole Clarke & Natascha Rabel - Prize: $50
Greenhouse Gases by Raveena Oberoi & Gillian Tapay - Prize: $75
Star Light, Star Bright by Danae Styles & Melissa Toews - Prize: Silver Award in the Physical/ Mathematical Sciences
Can You Determine a Chicks Gender Before It Hatches? by Julie Anna Goerzen & Simran Ladhar - Prize: Bronze Award in the UFV Biology Award

Mathematica Results
Congratulations to ATMS Mathematica Participants for 2008.
Grade 6: 16 of 29 students scored above national average.
Top Grade 6 Score: Jake G.
Grade 7: 21 of 29 students scored above national average.
Top Grade 7 Score: Joe J.
Grade 8: 25 of 26 students scored above national average.
Top Grade 8 Score: Laura M.

Fraser Valley Soccer Champions
The grade 8/9 boys soccer team had a fantastic season going undefeated against all other Grade 8/9 teams they faced and finishing first in the FV east division. The season was highlighted with a strong playoff run as the boys claimed the first Fraser Valley Championship banner for ATSS with a 3-0 win in the grade 8/9 Fraser Valley soccer final.  The boys saved their best effort of the season for the final and outworked the previously undefeated Enver Creek throughout the game.   Goals were scored by Jonah Ott,  Justin Sehkon, and Deion Bain.   Team Captain, Justin Sekhon, was named tournament MVP after scoring 6 goals in the tournament.

Project Haiti
Thank you to all community members who contributed to the ATMS Project Haiti program. In 2007-2008, over $6000 was raised to support students at Heart Valley School in Grand Guave, Haiti. Fundraising efforts continue again this year.

Public Speaking
Congratulations to ATMS students who participated in the 2008 District Public Speaking Finals.
Grade 6: Kyle M.
Grade 6: Jaden N. - District Public Speaking Champion!
Grade 7: Brin G.

District Track Meet Results
The Abbotsford School District Track Meet was held on June 5, 2008. The following ATMS students placed first:
1500m: Gursimran B. (New District Record of 5:12 min.)
200m: Assis G.
100m: Assis G.
Discuss: Laura M.
Long Jump: Ashton E. (New District Record of 4.39m)
Long Jump: Jeff S.
Triple Jump: Ashton E.
Triple Jump: Jeff S.
Pentathlon: Ashton E.

Cash For Clothes
Thank you to all families who contributed to the Cash For Clothes Event. Together we collected 190 bags of clothes and household items for local charities.

Library Dedication
On April 22, 2008 District trustees, parents, and students honoured Dr. Marg McDonough with the dedication of the Dr. Marg McDonough Library. She is fondly remembered for her hard work and dedication to traditional schools. Pictures of this event are posted on the multimedia webpage.

Global Awareness
In March, grade 8 students at ATMS raised $500 for charity as well as awareness of global issues through a variety of project exhibitions.

Rice Raiser
ATMS conducted a Rice Raiser Campaign in March. Collectively, over $3, 800 and 429kg of rice was collected for local charities and Project Haiti.

Math Speed Games
The 8th annual District Math Speed Games competition was held March 10- 14 @ SevenOaks Mall. Once again the ATMS representatives in grades 6 and 7 accumulated the highest score and were declared Math Speed Games Champions! Participants included: Sangeet S., Jaden N., Shirley C., Davinder D., Jatinder H., Levi F., Gagan R., Japnam G., Kemone M., Riley S., Sukhdeep J., Gurpreet J., Rajbir L., and Dallan B.

Heritage Stamp
Congratulations to Makayla K. who created a heritage stamp design with the Rocky Mountains and the Snowbirds as a theme. Makayla's drawing received recognition as one of the top 12 entries for the MSA Museum Heritage Stamp Competition.