The Warrior Warehouse
By: Tammy Lee, Grade 10
Since its grand opening on February 20th of this year, the Windermere Warrior Warehouse has been doing 
exceptionally well. As the warehouse continues to display great potential in the future as well as many more great goodies, I have asked Nathan Dinh, one of the many students in the marketing classes in charge of the Warrior Warehouse, a few questions.
How is the store doing so far?
It’s just fabulous. The marketing classes are getting hands on experience from working in the school store, and we’re actually getting regulars visiting us frequently. As well, we are aiming to get the whole school to know our presence!
What would you say makes the Warrior Warehouse special from anything else in the school?
Definitely the service and experience it gives.
Why are you so involved in the Warrior Warehouse? You’re working alongside with Mr. Wong to deciding what’s allowed to be sold, and what promotions go on in the store.
I’ve always wanted to work on the school store in the past, but unfortunately, I could not due to time table conflicts and the lack of opportunities. With the support of the business department and the marketing classes, the school store is how it is today!
Jenn and Chitha’s Top Ten Editing Screw Ups
10. Misspelled Mitchell’s last name and said Emily Chan was in Grade 9 – September Issue.
9. Said Emily Chan was in Grade 11 – October Issue
8. Repeated a paragraph in Mitchell’s article “Burn After Reading” – October Issue
7. No “Warrior of the Month” photo for Emily Chan and Brendan Chan – January Issue
6. Pope Gregory VIII not Pope Gregory – April Issue
Student Council Election Results
By: Jason Costa, President, Student Council 08/09
The 2009/2010 student council is as follows:
President - Nathan Dinh
Vice President – Cassandra Ly
Secretary – Lily Le
Treasurer – Bobby Lau
Communications Officer – Amy Wu
Publicity Officer – Venus Wan
Sports Representative – Alivia Ma
Community Service Liaison – Chanel Ly
VDSC Representative – Sarah Xie
Social Events Coordinator – Ping Na Huang
Grade 12 Representative – Kathy Tran
Grade 11 Representative - Yuge Liu
Grade 10 Representative – Farrah Bui
Grade 9 Representative - Amy Bui
Grade 8 Representative – To be elected in Fall of 2009/2010 School Year
Members at Large - Maria Vriniotis, Will Savvedra, Harminder Bhachu, Humayra Uddin, Hardeep Gosal
Congratulations to all those that ran for Student Council as well as those that were elected into next year’s Council!
Cooking Mama! Teachers’ edition
By Nathan Dinh, Grade 11
Wasabi-Chili Pepper-Junior Chicken-Anchovy-Whipped Cream-Bitter Melon-Pickle-Oyster sauce milkshake… Sounds good doesn’t it? Just ask the staff that participated in our first ever Cooking Mama: Teacher’s Edition! Starting on March 23rd, the Student Council had been collecting donations to fund for a district wide initiative called Beyond Borders. Beyond Borders is a project set up by the Vancouver District Student Council to collect money in order to send 18 students from Vancouver to Vietnam to volunteer in an orphanage abroad. Mr. Schindel, Mrs. Liew, Mr. Walker, Mr. Griffiths, Mr. Tam, Mr. Castilho, Mr. Hamlen, and the Student Council did a great job of fundraising money for the Beyond Borders project. The Student Council spent two weeks collecting money for these 7 teachers, and the three that received the most donations would have to drink a random gruesome concoction made up of a mixture of wasabi, chili peppers, a Junior Chicken burger, anchovies, whipped cream, bitter melon, pickles, or oyster sauce. On Wednesday April 8th, their nightmare came true! Accompanying them were counselors, Ms. Lowe and Ms. Pears. The turnout was great and the house was roaring! Wasabi was mixed with bitter melon and junior chicken. Anchovies mixed with pickles combined with bitter melon. Chili peppers blended with… well, you get the point! Bottom line- gross and nasty things were being blended; it was sick! Thank you to the Student Council, the staff participants, everyone who donated and those who came out to watch! Look out Windermere; you may be seeing this again in the future!
Warrior of the Month Interview
By: Puneet Riar, Emily Chan
Hey Warriors! The Windermere Word just wants to thank all of you who voted for “Warrior of the Month” for the month of May. The turnout was great! We had a total of 306 voters all over the school, which are the most voters we’ve had for a single month all year!
We also want to thank everyone who went on the Word website and gave in their nominees. We received a number of nominees through the website, all deserving to be “Warrior of the Month”.
Again, the hunt is on to find June’s “Warrior of the Month”. Do you know anyone who should be commended for their leadership skills, or their outstanding community service? Or maybe just a great friend? Then start thinking of those people! The Windermere Word is going to be announcing some important dates regarding the “Warrior of the Month.” Stay tuned
Lastly, congrats again to Nam Bui who is May’s “Warrior of the Month.” Way to go, Nam!
Spring Sports
Windermere Sports Update
By Nathan Dinh, Grade 11
Hey Warriors! With basketball season coming to an end and spring just crawling around the corner, a new season of sports is coming! There are different variety of sports including full contact sports, team sports, individual sports, sports involving only your feet, sports involving only the arms, and sports involving both! All grades have opportunities to get out there and play the sports that interest them!
Windermere Winter Sports
By: Nathan Dinh, Grade 11
Hey Warriors, this is Nathan introducing you to the latest update on your own Windermere sports! Currently, we are in the middle of the winter season which includes basketball and… well, basketball.
Senior Boys (4-4)
You know these guys; they’ve been raising money selling pizza on Fridays for their teams – it’s the Senior Boys Basketball Team! They had quite a poor season, but their season is not over yet. They practice hard, but strive to practice even harder. Their games were like an up and down rollercoaster, winning some, losing some. They hope to end the season 7-3. Also, they are hoping for a high seed in the playoffs for a better chance at taking it home. Good luck at the rest of your season boys!
“What do you want for Christmas?” Questionaire
by Cassandra Ly
Chanel Ly: A newer, shinier, faster, red road bike.
Nathan Dinh: A better, faster, stronger city bike.
Chanel Ly: Are you talking about your own bike?
Nathan Dinh: Nooo… I’m just trying to make fun of yours.
Dan Calud – Grade 10: Money and goodies.
Mr. Rymer: Jaguar XKE 1967-1969.
Cassandra: Would you like a new watch with that?
Mr. Rymer: Sure, definitely!
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Windermere Fall Sports
By Nathan Dinh
Are you active and involved in a fall sport? Are you managing, refereeing, or scorekeeping for a fall sport? Do you watch and support our school during our fall sports season? Well it doesn’t matter if you follow along with a sport or not, you can read it all here in this article! Who took home a city championship trophy? Click the link below and read what happened to each team! Or for team photos, click “Photos” above.
