Wednesday, November 26, 2008

PA Day on Friday / Open House on Tuesday

This is a friendly reminder to all parents, guardians and students that we have a PA Day this Friday. There are no classes for students but the teachers will still be working and taking part in workshops and other learning activities. We will see everyone back in class on Monday.

There is an OPEN HOUSE /INFORMATION EVENING on Tuesday, December 2nd at 7pm.

This is an excellent opportunity for parents/guardians of our incoming Grade 9 students, to learn about the excellent programs at Father McGivney.

Format for the evening:

7.00 p.m. - PRESENTATION in GYM - for parents/students - Admin., Chaplaincy, Parent Council, Guidance

8.15 p.m. - VISITS to various booths.

Parents/students will proceed from the Gym to the foyer and Cafe.

Monday, November 17, 2008

OSAID Week at FMM

It is OSAID Week at FMM and there are many activities going on to raise awareness about this very important topic of Impaired Driving. Check out this site to find out more about OSAID.

http://www.osaid.org/index.php



Keep studying hard, complete all homework and assignments, and have a great week!!!

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Useful Links Updated

Hello teachers, parents and guardians!

New links have been provided in the Useful Links section on the right of this page. These links will take you to various important Ontario Ministry of Education documents regarding English Language Learners.

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Until next time.
Have a great week!

Thursday, November 6, 2008

ESL Inservice & Parent/Teacher Interviews

We thank all teachers that attended the ESL Inservice yesterday afternoon.
We hope it was informative, and that you shed a tear or two.
For those who missed it, please feel free to drop by the ESL Centre to ask us any questions you may have. We will be glad to help.

Parent/Teacher Interviews begin tonight at 5:30 pm in the Gymnasium.
We hope to see all parents and guardians there.

Have a great rest of the week.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Report Cards come out Tomorrow!



Students, Parents and Guardians are reminded that report cards will be distributed at 2:15 tomorrow (Friday) afternoon.

Parent/Teacher Interview forms will be included with the report cards so please feel free to make an appointment.


Select a time that works best for you and if it isn't already booked by someone else, you will get your desired appointment time or very close to it. Parent/Teacher Interviews take place on the night of Thursday November 6th. Interviews will take place in the school gym.



Halloween is also tomorrow. Students, you can wear a costume instead of your school uniform but no masks. Make sure to take part in the many activities organized by Student Council.


The Cross-country team will have its season ending party tomorrow. Don't forget to bring your $4.


Have a great rest of the week and weekend.

Best of luck to all students and teachers participating in the Angus Glen Half Marathon & 10 km this Sunday. Don't forget that the clocks go back one hour on Saturday night. Enjoy the extra hour of sleep.

Friday, October 24, 2008

Cross-country Season is Over

Congratulations go out to the members of the FMM Cross-country Team who competed yesterday at the York Region Championships.

The team battled the chilly conditions and the tough course to represent FMM with class and determination.

Wilfried Kouadio had the best performance on the day, placing 15th overall in the very competitive Senior Boys division.

Mr. Hospedales will also like to congratulate and thank the rest of the team members for their efforts yesterday and for a great season:

Roges Johnnelson
Christian Jimenez
Deborah Ramcharran
Shirley Chan
Ivan Jiang
Bruce Lam
Veronica Yuk
Paul Cannistus, and Andrew Gavalas.

Andrew now looks forward to doing his first Half-Marathon at Angus Glen next weekend. We wish him the best of luck.

Team members need to see Mr. Hospedales or Andrew Gavalas regarding the end of year team party next week.

The meet results can be found at http://www.trackdatabase.com/index.php