MTHS – Daily Announcements

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Day 1 - H.S. & Day 3 - Gr. 7 & 8

WHOLE SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

ATTENTION ALL STAFF AND STUDENTS! Please make sure to have reading material available to you for SIREN. SIREN stands for Stop Immediately and Read Everything Now. This silent reading time should occur at the beginning of EACH period and should last for 10 minutes. Teachers may ask students to read for pleasure or to read course-related work. The library has SIREN boxes available for classes that need reading materials. Throughout the semester, our Principal, Mrs. McDonald will award prizes to lucky participants through her “Get Caught Reading by the Principal” campaign. Now is the time to get ready to read. (MO – Sep 4)

7/8 ANNOUNCEMENTS

HONOR BAND: Any grade 8 student interested in joining the honor band is asked to attend an important meeting at lunch time (1:00), Wednesday Sept.3rd. (CA –Sep 3)

LIBRARY: Welcome back students. If you would like to use the library during lunch, please drop by the library in the morning to pick up a pass. (CHV –Sep 4)

7/8 BAND: Any grade 7/8 student interested in joining band this year is asked to sign up outside the music room 120. (CA –Sep 4)

7/8 ATHLETIC COUNCIL: Any grade 7/8 student interested in joining the 7/8 Athletic Council---please sign up at Ms. McKenna's Phys. Ed. office----located by the C/D gym. (TM – Sep 4)

HIGH SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

TI-NSPIRE CALCULATORS: Grade 9 students who ordered TI-Nspire CAS handhelds in June who are not taking math this semester should go to room 303 during lunch on Thursday to pick up their wonderful new learning tools:) (TS –Sep 3)

CROSS COUNTRY: Sign-up for the High School Cross Country team will take place at lunch, all week in room 305. Running will take place Wednesday and Thursday after school. There is also a mandatory meeting for all those interested in Cross Country on Friday at lunch in room 305 regarding singlets and warm up shirts. (MG –Sep 4)

NYC 2010: Senior students (11 and 12) are invited to attend an information meeting for the New York trip in Rm 135 at lunch on Friday, September 4. The trip will take place in May and will be unbelievable! Cost will be around $600 for four fun-filled days in New York City. (JS –Sep 4)

STRATFORD 2009: Mandatory meeting for ALL Stratford students at lunch on Tuesday, September 8 in Rm 138. Your final installment of $150 is due by the end of the week (September 11). Room assignments will be determined and the schedule handed out. Please do not miss this one! (JS –Sep 8)

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Any student looking for community service hours, and is available to help out at the grade 7 Honk 'n Blow on Tuesday September 8th from 6:30 - 8:30 is asked to visit Mrs. Antoine in Music Room 120 as soon as possible. (CA –Sep 8)

LEADERSHIP CAMP: Can the following leaders for Leadership Camp please come to a meeting in room 212 at 12:45 on Friday: K.D., S.K., S.G., W.S., N.Y., C., M.L., T.M., E.M., R.H. (PC –Sep 4)

STUDENT SERVICES

NIGHT SCHOOL: The Catholic School Board is not offering night school; however the Public School Board is. Public School Night School registration forms are available in Student Services. Students may register during the day at Continuing Education, 440 Albert Street Wednesday, September 2nd to Thursday, September 10th from 9 am to 3:30pm OR evenings at the school offering the course (Adult High School or Merivale High School) Wednesday, September 9th (6pm to 7:30pm) and Thursday, September 10th (6pm to 7:30pm). Registration deadline is Thursday, September 10th. (KW – Sep 10)

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: Check out the Volunteer Binder in Student services for information on volunteer opportunities. (TC – Sep 11)

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! FOR: Blast off to Kids Wellness. What wouldn’t you give to help raise funds for Children At Risk? On September 19th 2009 Optihealth Wellness Centre, Greco Fitness and Children At Risk are partnering up to run the third annual Blast Off to Kids Wellness Day. This event is not for profit and the primary goal is to focus on kid’s health, safety and fitness. We are looking for volunteers who would enjoy helping us run this fun and educating event. These volunteers would be helping with flyer delivery, set up/ clean up, and running activities during the event. As our appreciation you will receive: Credit, Community Hours Form and Letter of Reference, a T- shirt, and Blast Off to Wellness Lunch & Drink. If you are interested in this opportunity to help out, please call us at Tel.:(613) 829-7100 or email us at dr.joel@rogers.com through this website: http://blastoffkids.ca/volunteer. (TC - Sep 11)