All Saints Blog Week of October 17th, 2016

Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test

Grade 10 students will be writing the online OSSLT literacy test this Thursday, October 20th.  All Saints staff have been working on preparation activities for several weeks.  Parents are encouraged to review the information on the Ministry website with their students ahead of the test.

Grades 9-12 Letters of progress / Parent-Teacher Interviews

Letters of concern for students in grades 9-12 were sent out as part of a message this past Friday from school.  Unfortunately, there was an issue where teacher names were left off the final version.  This has been corrected, and new letters outlining the name of the teacher will be delivered this Monday.  

All Saints wishes to remind parents of high school students that parent/teacher interviews will be held on Wednesday, October 19th. There will be an early dismissal at 1:30 pm that day for all students grades 7-12. The times for interviews are 2 pm to 4 pm and again 5 pm until 7 pm.

Booking interviews will be done on-line through the You Can Book Me program. The link can be accessed on our website as well as here: https://allsaintshigh.youcanbook.me/. Parents/guardians are reminded that if they are unable to schedule an interview with a particular teacher, they are welcome to contact the teacher at the school to have a telephone discussion.  

Please note interviews are 10 minutes in length and parents are asked to request a maximum of one interview slot per teacher. Report card distribution will be on November 11th at the end of the school day.

For Parents and Guardians:

Intro to Self-Regulation - Stress Behaviour versus Misbehaviour

Dr. Stuart Shanker will look at why children and youth are so overstressed today, with particular attention to the nature of hidden stressors and the distinction between misbehaviour and stress behaviour. He will look at explaining the 5 steps of self-regulation, not just in a way for parents to apply these with their children, but also for themselves.

Register Now:  http://bit.ly/CSPA_selfreg

Thursday, November 3, 2016

7:00 PM – 8:45 PM

Saint Paul Catholic High School

2675 Draper Ave, Ottawa

Boot Camp for School Councils offers a fun opportunity for parents and school council members to come together and learn more about the role of school councils, share best practices, ask questions and to network with other council members. Everyone is most welcome to attend!

Register Now: http://bit.ly/CSPAbootcamp16

Monday, November 7, 2016

7:00 PM – 8:45 PM

Thomas Darcy McGee Catholic School

635 La Vérendrye Dr, Gloucester

Communications:

Check out our blog – allsaintschs.blogspot.ca and our twitter @AllSaintsCHS (Mr. Kelly’s - @seankellyottawa) as well as our website ash.ocsb.ca for all that is happening at All Saints!

Coming Up:

October 17th (7:00pm): School council meeting in the learning commons

October 19th: 9-12 parent-teacher interviews