Saturday, 8 June 2019

All Saints Blog Week of June 10th, 2019

Community Involvement Forms
The community involvement form is always accessible at ocsb.ca/beinvolved along with information on community involvement. All students, including grade 8 students, are reminded to use these forms as they complete community involvement hours over the summer.

Summer School Information
Updates and changes regarding Summer School 2019:
For Our Graduating Grade 12 Students
Ten (Useful) Tips for Transitioning to Post-secondary - To help students with the transition to college & university, Students Offering Support (SOS) and myBlueprint provide you with the top 10 tips for making the transition as smooth as can be.

Grants - Awards - Contests
Graduating students attending post-secondary education next year can visit Scholar Tree to apply for a number of different scholarships available to them. By making a personalized account Scholar Tree will help the student determine which scholarships (from the $10 million dollars available) they qualify for. Deadlines will vary, see applications for details. There are a number available from now until the end of August, see the Summer Scholarship List.

The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Ottawa Section has initiated a new bursary awarded to students pursuing post-secondary STEM studies. Nominations must be initiated by schools or youth organizations operating in the Ottawa area. Detailed information about the STEM bursary. In addition to the nomination form information, 2 PDF letters are required: one from the nominating organization detailing information about your candidate, and another from the candidate themselves telling us a bit about themselves, their love of STEM, and awareness of the IEEE and what we stand for. You may nominate more than one candidate, but only one bursary will be awarded. Deadline for submission is June 28, 2019.

ACPI Concours Immersion Clip
The CIPI National Immersion Clip Contest invites French immersion students from grades 9 to 12 (Secondary 3 to 5 in Quebec) who are enrolled full-time in a public or private high school in Canada to create a video clip in English. French, from 30 to 90 seconds, on the theme of the year. This contest aims to achieve the following:
  • Promote the learning of the French language in the context of immersion
  • Encouraging oral production in immersion learners
  • Promote and promote a positive vision of French immersion in Canada
  • Encourage student creativity through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
  • Encourage learners to continue their studies in French at the post-secondary level
  • Enhance the offer of post-secondary programs in French
Congratulations to First Place winners Valérie Bradley and Holly Price and Third Place winners Elisa Ghannai, Kathryn Jajo-Yacoub, Whitney Mambou, and Mikayla Shepertycki (All Saints). Students each presented a video highlighting their most inspirational French teacher(s). Each will receive scholarship offers to study French at local universities! Video clips: Valérie Holly



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!

Coming Up:
June 17th - School Council Meeting
June 20th - 7&8 school trip

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