All Saints Blog Week of May 24th, 2016

All Saints students and staff return from Italy

A big welcome back to our All Saints group who have been enjoying an exhaustive but exhilarating time touring Italy.  I understand the trip was a huge success, and the weather cooperated most of the time!  A special thank you to our staff supervisors who accompanied our students.

All Saints Walk and Talk morning a Success!

Our Mental Health Student Ambassador group ran a very successful “Walk and Talk” morning last Friday.  All students at All Saints participated in the activity, with a purpose to raise awareness and discussion about mental wellness.  Students walked a short course through our community and were challenged with discussion questions along the way.  When the students returned to the school, there were kiosks set up by a number of community agencies promoting mental wellness.  Students shared written feedback and we’ve kept the comments to review in the coming weeks.  Thank you to all of our students and staff for making our first annual “Walk and Talk” a success.  You can check out our school Twitter feed for additional information (@AllSaintsCHS)

Get a head start on the Literacy test for Next Year

Students who are writing the grade 10 EQAO Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test in 2016-2017 will be completing the test online.   Students can get a head start and try it out now!  

Step 1: Access the sample tests at https://goo.gl/N6xOqh

Step 2: Complete English, Session 1 and English, Session 2. Try them as often as you would like.

Step 3: If you need text to speech, this is available in the online sample tests. Choose appropriately.

Note: There are video tutorials on using the online test. They can be found here: http://goo.gl/jFtTzl

Clothing Drive at All Saints

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Ottawa are holding a clothing drive on May 28th from 8:00 to 2:00 in the parking lot at All Saints.  Proceeds will go to help initiatives run by the group.  Please find additional information at the following link:

Big Brothers/Big Sisters Clothing Drive

Sessions for Parents:

There are a number of updates at the Catholic School Parents’ Association’s (CSPA) website.  Please visit here.

Communications

Check out our blog – allsaintschs.blogspot.ca and our twitter @AllSaintsCHS as well as our website ash.ocsb.ca for all that is happening at All Saints!