All Saints Blog Week of May 9th, 2016

School Council Meeting

The All Saints School Council will be meeting this Monday, May 9th at 7:00 at the school.  All parents are welcome to attend.  We meet in our learning commons on the second floor.

French Immersion Video Contest

We would like to congratulate 3 grade 11 students from All Saints who received a third place spot in a nationwide French Immersion video Competition about social media. They each merit a bursary of  $4000 (1000$ /year for 4 years) at either l’Université d’Ottawa, l’Université St-Anne (NÉ), à l’Université St-Paul (ON) or l’Université de Sudbury (ON).  Congratulations to our team!

Transportation Policy for Families

The Ottawa Student Transportation Authority’s Policy and Procedures for Students in a Joint Custody Arrangement with Two Homes is available on their website (link below).  There are deadlines parents must meet in order to ensure transportation arrangements are made to two homes for the first school day in September.

1. NEW applications and schedules for transportation to two homes must be signed by BOTH parents (or individual and identical applications and schedules may be signed by each parent) and submitted to OSTA no later than June 1, 2016, if a student has not yet received transportation to two homes.
2. Parents of students who have already been receiving transportation to two homes on a previously approved application and schedule must RENEW their schedules with OSTA before June 30, 2016. Approval from both parents is not necessary, providing the access schedule or pickup/drop­off addresses have not changed from the current year.
3. If there are any changes to schedule or pickup/drop­off addresses from current year, a NEW application and schedule must be signed by BOTH parents and submitted to OSTA no later than June 1, 2016.

All documents are posted online at:http://ottawaschoolbus.ca/policies/transportation­services.

Study Skills Session for High School Students

Our school Psychologist Dr. Richard Bolduc will be offering a Study Skills Session for our high school students to help them better prepare for exams.  Dr. Bolduc will lead this session on Wednesday, May 18 during high school lunch in room L210.  Please encourage your son/daughter to take advantage of this session - teachers will be offering additional information regarding the opportunity.

Career Fair Presentations

Our Cooperative Education students participating in work experience opportunities presented their career highlights this past week in our atrium.  Students were able to speak to their experiences through pictures and descriptions of the tasks in which they are involved.  Thank you to all those who shared their experiences.

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!