All Saints Blog Week of February 11th, 2019

Student Council Spirit Week
Our Student Council has planned a spirit week for this upcoming week at All Saints. Their schedule for student activities and a special grad fundraiser are below:



Cupid’s Choice (February 15, 2019)
In closing our Valentine’s Spirit Week and in keeping with a Student Council tradition, on February 15, 2019 the Student Council would like to organize the “Cupid’s Choice” lunch. This activity will include a group of 10-15 individuals from the Graduating Class promoting a specific lunch that they will prepare or buy for the Student(s) who sponsor them. The individuals promoting the lunch will give a short speech on the Monday and Tuesday announcements at lunch, advertising their meal. The proceeds from the event will partially be donated to charity and a portion of the proceeds will be used as a fundraiser for Student Council.

Student Grants, Awards and Contests
Ascent Student Challenge in Engineering and Technology Register at bit.ly/ASCENT2019 Cost is $5/student. Great for SHSM students. February 21-22 9:00-5:00, University of Ottawa STEM building. See Flyer for info.

The Ottawa Community Foundation is pleased to be administering the Black Canadian Scholarship Fund awards. There is no limit on the number of applications a school can submit and all applications meeting the criteria will be considered. A yet-to-be-determined number of awards valued at $6,000 each will be offered. Deadline is May 31st, 2019. English Application French Application

Mayor for a Day contest from February 1st to February 28th 2019. Open to Grades 9-12, participants are required to submit a 5 minute YouTube video or a 500 word essay on “What do you love about the City of Ottawa and what two ideas would you propose to improve it?” Please contact Emma Buchanan, Ottawa Youth Engagement Committee Coordinator, at oyec@youthottawa.ca regarding registration and any questions about the contest.

Ottawa Public Health - Vaping and Cannabis Information
We discussed issues around vaping at our last All Saints School Council meeting. In addition, Ottawa Public Health has prepared a package of resources for the intermediate/secondary schools in the Ottawa Catholic School Board. The packages contain information on the new amendments to the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017 (SFOA) as well as resources for educators and posters for youth on vaping and cannabis. The information in this package will assist staff, students and families to become more informed about these issues and the available community supports.

The package includes 3 items that we are sharing with parents:
- a letter to parents from OPH
- parent resource on vaping
- parent resource on cannabis

Grade 6 to 7 Transition Evening
We are encouraging all parents and grade 6 students in our community to join us at All Saints for our Grade 6 to 7 Transition meeting on Thursday, Feburary 28th. Doors open at 5:30pm with a presentation in the Cafetorium from 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Please see additional information here: info poster for parents

Valentine-o-grams!
Our music department is running an activity for Valentine’s Day. This is a student run fundraiser, which includes singing telegrams delivered by fellow students to students and staff.

• $3 each
• Delivered on Thursday February 14th 2019: 
• 7/8s period 1 
• High school period 2

Tickets sold Wednesday February 6th 2019 - Tuesday February 12th 2019
Thank you for supporting our music department
Sam Clost, Mia Nguyen & Fellow student music council members




There is a great deal of information on the CSPA website regarding information for parents and upcoming sessions. You can visit the website here.

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