The Week of April 22, 2013 - UNITY / Anti-Bullying / Vow of Silence

As usual, please keep on top of your daily homework and any assignments. It is very easy to get complacent at this time of year.

The new date for the OSSLT is Tuesday May 14.


Here are some major events this week:

Wednesday April 24 - Unity Day - Assembly and classroom presentations

Thursday April 25 - Pink Shirt Day -- wear a pink shirt in support of Anti-bullying

Friday April 26 - The Vow of Silence - various students will participate in this activity where they will not speak for an entire day. This is in support of Free the Children.

Have a great week!

The Week of April 15, 2013 - Report Cards & Parent/Teacher Interviews

Report Cards will be given to students today! Therefore, Parents and Guardians should have the Second Semester Mid-Term Reports in their possession today! Please contact the school (905) 472-4961 if you haven't.

Make sure to book your Parent/Teacher Interviews as soon as possible.
Interviews take place on Thursday April 18 from 5:30 - 8:30 pm.

The Inside Ride take place on Wednesday April 17. Many of our students and teachers will be taking part in this great fundraising initiative.




Finally, the ELL Department has partnered with the Special Education Department to go to the Toronto Blue Jays School Day on Tuesday May 28. Letters were sent home Friday and permission forms are available today. Please submit the $20 payment along with the signed permission form as soon as possible.

The new date to write the postponed OSSLT has not been determined. As soon as the EQAO makes that known, we will let you know.

Have a great week!

The Week of April 8, 2013 - OSSLT Week!

Yes, the time has come, the OSSLT will be written by grade 10 and other eligible students on Thursday April 11.

There is a special school schedule that day and will be sent home with students.

Essentially, only those writing the OSSLT will arrive at school at the regular time to start the test at 8:30AM. ALL other students will arrive at school at 12 noon to attend their classes.

The after school OSSLT preparation sessions for ELL students conclude this Tuesday April 9. Students are invited to seek extra help in Room 327 at any time leading up to the test.

Have a great week!

The Week of April 1, 2013

Welcome Back!

Things will pick up quickly from now until the end of the year so get yourselves ready and make sure you are keeping up to date with all your assignments and studying for your tests.

Literacy Classes continue this week:
Tuesday April 2 and Thursday April 4 after school from 2:45-3:45 pm.
And concludes on Tuesday April 9.
The OSSLT takes place on Thursday April 11 - stay tuned for a special schedule on that day.

On Thursday, we will celebrate the season with an Easter Liturgy in the morning.

Looking ahead, our students will participate in the INSIDE RIDE on April 17. We raised close to $15 000 last year. Here are a few images from that day and a video from the organization. Make a donation to the cause if you can.





Parent Teacher Interviews are coming soon (Thursday April 18), which means that mid-term report cards will be given out on Monday April 15.

Have a great week!

The Week of March 25 - Holy Week

We are now into Holy Week.

Students, Parents, and Guardians need remember that there are no classes on:

Good Friday - Friday March 29
Easter Monday - Monday April 1

Classes resume on Tuesday April 2.

Students taking the after school OSSLT Preparation classes must remember that it is every Tuesday and Thursday - March 26 & 28 this week.

 These classes are for you, so make every effort to be there. They start back again when we get back on Tuesday April 2.

The OSSLT will be written on Thursday April 18.

Here is the video of inspiration for this week.  It also pays tribute to the many who lost their lives to this terrible disease (ALS) and the families and friends that supported them.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.

The Week of March 18 - Welcome Back from March Break 2013

Welcome back from the break everyone!

We hope you had a restful and productive break. Things are now back in full swing and you need to stay on top of your homework, assignments, and studying for your tests.

The Grade 10 Literacy Preparation course starts Tuesday March 19 for all students eligible to write the OSSLT on Thursday April 11.

The classes take place after school from 2:45 - 3:45 pm.

All students have received a registration form with all of the dates for the classes (essentially every Tuesday and Thursday) right up until the OSSLT test day.

Students need to submit their forms by the start of the first class - tomorrow (March 19).

Have a great week!

Here is this week's video of inspiration.

The Week of March 4th

This is the final week before the March Break (March 11-15) so it should be a very busy time for everyone - completing assignments, studying for tests, and so on.

Our school is playing host to some OFSAA AA Basketball games during the day on Monday and Tuesday. Feel free to stop by to watch some of the best teams in Ontario.

We will have our FMM Memorial Liturgy on Thursday. It is always a special event with members of the Knights of Columbus in attendance.

Once again, some members of our school community will be heading to Jamaica to do some mission work.

Take a look at what they did last year.



Have a great week and a safe and restful March Break!

Classes resume on Monday March 18.

Here are a few photos from last week's Diversity Week.