By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – There were many laughs and a few tears Friday night at the Morinville Rendez-vous Centre where stories about retiring Morinville Community High School teacher Laverne Dewald were shared by colleagues, former students and friends. The evening included a 20-minute documentary on Dewald’s career in Morinville that was produced by students… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – High school students were given a real-time demonstration of the dangers of drinking and driving Tuesday afternoon. Sirens screamed through the streets behind Morinville Community High School (MCHS) as police, paramedics and firefighters arrived at the scene of a two-vehicle collision that claimed the life of one teenager and sent three others to hospital with undisclosed injuries. One student actor was arrested at the scene and subsequently charged with impaired driving.
The only upside to Tuesday’s student tragedy is the fact the deceased took off the theatrical makeup and walked away, the injured students will returned to class uninjured, and the impaired student’s charge was purely for show… […]
Stephen Dafoe Photos
Morinville Community High School students gathered on the school’s field May 29 for an old-fashioned fun day that divided the school and faculty into five teams competing in several events… […]
Photos By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville Community High School students put on three one-act plays Apr. 30: How To Succeed In High School Without Really Trying, Sorry, Wrong Number, and Rapunzel Uncut. The three student directed plays showed a diversity of styles, but each carried elements of comedy. Students spent the past three months working on the plays. Below are some photos from the three plays… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Four students from Morinville Community High School will spend their spring break going through the same activities would-be police officers go through during depot training. Grade 11 students Donovan Jarvis, Amy Leung, Josh Wilson and Chris Wood will spend a week at Bellerose High School taking part in the St. Albert RCMP’s Youth Academy. Sixteen students from Bellerose High, Sturgeon Composite, Ecole Secondaire Sainte Marguerite d’Youville, Alexandre Tache and Paul Kane High School will join the four MCHS students… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – A motion to support the Morinville-Legal Class of 2013 Safe Grad initiative was defeated with a 3-1 vote in Council Chambers Tuesday night. Councillor David Pattison cast the only supportive vote in favour of his motion… […]
Passing the torch
Kelsie Sharun, Morinville’s new youth worker, poses with current youth worker Nick Valcourt Tuesday afternoon, her first day on the job. Sharun joins the Community Services department on a part-time basis. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Human Ecology combined with an education degree, and works as a Project Coordinator with Nature Alberta. Valcourt leaves his post Thursday to begin teaching English in South Korea… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The Lady Wolves made it to a fourth-place finish Saturday night at the conclusion of their invitational tournament. Eight high school teams competed in the two-day event at Morinville Community High School Jan. 4 and 5… […]
Photos by Lucie Roy
Morinville – Students and past students took to the stage of the Morinville Community Cultural Centre Thursday night for the high school’s annual award gala. Master of ceremonies Mr. Laverne Dewald said this year’s awards night 283 awards with a cash value of $85,510… […]
By Morinville News Staff
Morinville – One of the largest high school volleyball tournaments in Canada will be held at Morinville Community High School Oct. 18 to 20. […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Excellence on and off the field was the focus of the Blue and White Awards held at Morinville Community High School (MCHS)Thursday afternoon. The annual award ceremony passes through and touches on all the sports and athletic activities the Morinville high school is known for and rewards the student athletes for their achievements in those sports as well as their growth as athletes, leaders and team players,,, […]
The last waltz
The Morinville Community High School Band held their final concert of the school year Wednesday night with a performance at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre… […]
Stephen Dafoe Photos
Morinville Community High School students and their families were treated to a little late Victorian-era farce Thursday night. Dispensing with the one act plays traditionally put on in the spring, the school put on Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial comedy for Serious People.
The three-act play was directed by Brennan Fitzgerald, Katrina Thrussell and Jennifer Lesiuk… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – It’s been some years since musician Robb Nash was a partying high school student and some years since he hit a semi-truck in a head on collision that peeled back the roof of the car he was in and left him on the highway, his skull torn open, his life hanging in the balance. Nash survived that tragic accident, but his… […]
By Morinville News Staff
Morinville – RCMP are investigating an early-morning break and enter at Morinville Community High School (MCHS). Police responded to the break and enter around 4 a.m May 1… […]
By Lucie Roy
Morinville – Morinville Community High School (MCHS) student Colette Bachand is a great artist. Once more she has placed in the top end with submissions of her art work to various contests. Bachand placed first at the Alberta Provincial Level in the Royal Canadian Legion Senior Colour Poster Contest… […]
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