Monday, Feb. 13th is McNally's annual IB Information Night at 7:00 in the Library.  Students and parents who are considering an academic program are encouraged to come learn why McNally is considered a model for IB schools across the province.  Presentations include:

• An understanding of the IB program to help you make an informed choice
• University entrance benefits
• Why our dynamic and varied CAS (Creativity, Action and Service) program makes IB an exciting experience
• An overview of McNally's IB courses including
  • Fine and Performing Arts at the IB level including Visual Arts, Music and Dance
  • McNally's unique Computer Science IB progam
  • Math and Math Studies
  • Experimental Sciences including Biology, Physics and Chemistry all at the IB level
  • History and Engish
  • Theory of Knowledge
  • Rich offerings in Second Languages including Spanish, French and Mandarin at both beginner and advanced levels

McNally's Open House is Wednesday, Mar. 14.  Come see why you belong in Tiger Territory! The evening starts at 6:00pm and runs until 8:30.   Parents and students may come for the whole evening or pop in at any time for a short visit.  There will be a number of presentations repeated throughout the evening plus a large number of displays that you can visit at your convenience.  Many of our current students and teachers will be on hand to help out and to answer your questions about life at McNally High School.

Highlights of the Open House will include:

• You can fill your belly with samples from our wonderful foods program
• Watch our National Silver Medalists practice for the 2-D Animation competition coming up at Skills Alberta
• See performances and displays from our music, dance, art and drama classes
• Pop in to the gym to watch our Dragon Team, Basketball, Cheer and Chinese Dance teams perform
• Grab a remote control and see if you can score a goal with one of our teams' Competive Robots
• Say Hola as you learn about our French, Spanish and Mandarin second language programs.
• Learn why McNally's technology and Computer Science programs lead the way in the city.  You might even get a chance to build your own computer game or program and download your very own Smart Phone App.
• Find out about McNally's IB program if you missed our IB Night on Feb. 13th
• Learn about our core courses to help you make the right choice about your future schedule

In the meantime, to learn more about McNally's courses offerings, please look at the Future Students menu on the left.  There you will find links two 2 key documents.  The Program Guide is a simple, to-the-point summary of what we offer at McNally.  The Course Descriptions booklet is a complete description of all our courses including entrance requirements and pre-requisites.

Three McNally students were recently published in the Edmonton Journal as Cappies reviewers.  Julie Pepin, Morgan Tsetta and Mackenzie Martin showed off their writing skills as they reviewed Pride and Prejudice. Their reviews were in the Edmonton Journal on December 20th.  Click here to read Julie's feature article.

Congratulations to Meghan Sander for being selected “Female Athlete of the Year” in Special Olympics. See www.specialolympicsedmonton.ca for more info.  She is also an Athlete Ambassador for the National Winter games that are taking place in St. Albert from Feb 28 – March 3, 2012.  Well done Megan.