MOTHER TERESA HIGH SCHOOL ~ DAILY
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thursday, September 21, 2017
HS Day 1
WHOLE SCHOOL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Virtual Ventures will be hosting Go Eng Girl again
this year for girls in grades 7-10 on Saturday, October
14, 2017 (9:00am-2:00pm)! Go ENG Girl is
a unique opportunity for female students in Grades 7 to 10 and
their parents to learn about careers in the exciting field of engineering and
technology. We are very excited to be hosting a Panel of
Women from Shopify to answer questions and speak to what it’s like to
be a women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) at one of
Canada’s most successful tech companies! Registration is now open. For
more information, please visit their website at: https://carleton.ca/vv/girls-outreach/go-eng-girl/
(SH Oct. 14)
Looking for Math Enrichment opportunities in our community? If so,
Carleton University's Math Enrichment Centre is offering a new course: Math
Connections in Arts, Science and Beyond, for Grade 8 to 10 students. Classes
will run from Sept. 26, 2017 to April 2018
on Tuesday evenings from 6 - 7:30 PM. Course details and online registration
form can be found at: http://carleton.ca/math/math-enrichment-centre/ For more
information, please contact the course instructor David Salusbury at: math.connections.beyond@gmail.com
7/8 ANNOUNCEMENTS
Interested in playing an instrument? Looking for a challenge
and some excitement? Come and join the St. Mother Teresa grade 7 or
grade 8 concert band! We will be having an important meeting Wednesday September 27 in room 120 at the beginning of
lunch. (IC
Sept. 27)
The Faculty
of Engineering at the University of Ottawa will be at
our school on WEDNESDAY, OCT. 4th. Students interested in
participating in one or more of the following activities, please see either
Mrs. Chiasson or Mrs. Hayes in Resource (Room 130/132). Spots are
limited! (SH Oct. 4)
Activities are:
Session
#1 - Introduction to 3D Printing
Session #
2 - Robotic Cars
Session #
3 - Introduction to Arduino (circuits)
The Learning Commons lunch passes will be available to sign out
starting Monday, September 18th. Please stop at the Learning Commons' main
desk, before 8:35am, and sign out your pass for the day.
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Grade 7: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
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Grade 8: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
The Learning Commons' clubs will begin the last week of
September. Students may sign up for our clubs starting this week. Sign up
sheets will be at the main LC desk. The Makerspace and Red Maple book clubs
start at the beginning of the lunch period and students are asked to bring
their lunches with them.
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The Makerspace club is a fun club that includes crafts, Lego, knitting
and so much more. This club will meet on Tuesdays for Grade 7s and
Thursdays for Grade 8s.
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Our Red Maple book club will meet every Friday at lunch. This
year's club will be reading up to 10 Canadian Fiction selections selected
specifically for students in grades 7 and 8.
To all 7/8 Student Council Reps: please return your leadership camp permission forms to Ms.
Brennan in room 232 as soon as possible. They are due October 2nd. (KB Oct. 2)
7/8 Ultimate:
Ultimate tryouts/practices continue next week for those students who made
the first cuts. Please check the list outside Mr. Quinn's office.
Try-outs/practices will be held on Tuesday, September 19th, Wednesday the 20th and Thursday the
21st from 7:30 a.m to 8:30. Thank you
to everyone who's participated. (KS Sept.21)
Extra-Curricular Carousel Student Presenters: Students in grade 8 who have been asked to present at the
Extra-Curricular Carousels on September 20th are
asked to attend a brief, but mandatory meeting, in room 234 on Tuesday, September 19th at lunch. Bring your lunch, so
you're ready to head outside after the meeting. (CP Sept. 19)
7/8 Cross-Country Running: Any
grade 7 or 8 students interested in coming out for the cross-country running
team are invited to sign up outside of Mr. Quinn’s Phys-Ed office on the
bulletin board. Practices will start Tuesday, September 12th after
school and will run from 3:00pm - 4:00pm.
Subsequent practices will be on Sept. 14th, 19th,
20th, 26th and 28th. Please meet Mme Kinloch in the courtyard behind the
school at 3:00pm. More information will be posted
on the bulletin board outside Mr.
Quinn’s office. (JK Sept. 28)
All grade 7 students are invited to the annual St. Mother Teresa Honk N' Blow on Thursday, September 21st from 6
to 8pm. Come try all the instruments that you may chose to play in
your Music class. There is no charge for this event.
(IC Sept. 21)
HIGH SCHOOL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Cross- Country: This is just a
reminder for all High School Cross Country athletes that ALL fees are due tomorrow, Friday September 22 in order
to compete in this year's season. Our
first meet is Wednesday September 27. (MG Sept. 27)
Honk N’Blow: On Thursday
September 21, There will be a brief meeting in room 120 at the beginning
of high school lunch, for all of the high school student volunteers that have
signed up for the 7/8 Honk N'Blow. (IC Sept. 21)
All Cappies and potential Cappies: Please see Mrs Simpson in Rm 138 for permission
forms on Thursday at lunch. (JS Sept. 21)
Boys’ Basketball Schedule:
Week of September 18th 2017
Tuesday, September 19th 2017 4:30pm – 6:00pm
Junior Boys’ Basketball (Grade 9/10) Open Gym
Wednesday, September 20th 2017 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Senior Boys’ Basketball Team Tryout (Grade 11/12)
Thursday, September 21st 2017 4:30pm – 6:00pm
Junior Boys’ Basketball (Grade 9/10) Open Gym
Friday, September 22nd 2017 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Senior Boys’ Basketball Team Tryout (Grade
11/12)
Ultimate Frisbee: Any students interested in joining the Ultimate
Frisbee team should come to room 216 at the beginning of lunch
on Friday, Sept 15th or see Mr. Nuyens for
more information. Important forms will be given out for an invitational
tournament on Sept 29. (TN Sept. 29)
Any grade 9-12 Boys' interested in
playing Basketball this season on the school Junior/Senior
teams are invited to attend the following open gym sessions on Thursday,
September 14th and Thursday, September 21st from 4:30pm - 6:00pm in the wood floor gym -
if you have any questions see Mr. Rowley. (MR Sept. 21)
STUDENT SERVICES
The STUDENT SERVICES WEBSITE at ss.mths.ca is set up as an information tool,
including information about: Community Service Hours Opportunities, Courses,
Careers, Graduation, Scholarships, etc.
LF a tutor (French, Math), twice a week, for a Grade 4 boy
who attends one of our feeder schools.
Please
call 613-552-4233 and ask for Jen. (KW Sept. 29)
Driver Education Program for Fall
2017.
Registration forms are now available in Student Services.
You can
register online at conted.ocsb.ca, or by
mailing/faxing/dropping off the registration form to the Continuing Education
Department (570 West Hunt Club Road) until October 11,
2017
You must
be at least 16 years old and have a G1 license prior to October 16,
2017. Classes at St. Mother Teresa High School run on Wednesdays and
start on October 18th, from 3:15pm to 6:00pm. (KW Oct. 18)
Night School - Public Board -
OCDSB -
registration forms will be available in Student Services
on
September 6, 2017. Registration period is from now until September
21st, 2017. The winter session runs on Tuesday and Thursday evenings
form 6pm to 9:51pm at Woodroffe High School located at 2410 Georgina
Drive.
All
fields on the registration form need to be completed; the form needs to be
signed by a counsellor, student and parent/guardian. A status sheet must
accompany the registration form.
You need
to register in person, at 400 Albert Street, Room E122B between 9:00 am to
4:30pm. (KW Sept. 21)
Summer School Report Cards: Student
Summer School Report Cards are available for pick up in Student Services
from 8:00am to 3:30pm. (KW Sept.29)
Please consider
going to this information session. One former student says it changed
his life and he wished he had joined up in Grade 9! If you wish to speak to
him, please see Mrs. OSullivan in room 320 and she can arrange it!
OTTAWA POLICE
VENTURERS RECRUITMENT INFORMATION NIGHT 2017-2018
Friday, September
22, 2017 –7pm to 8pm 101 CentrepointeDrive, Ottawa –Ben Franklin
Place (Chambers)
Are you 14 to 18 years old; attending high school?
Interested in learning about policing, being part of dynamic team?
Enjoy helping your community?
Consider joining our Ottawa Police Venturers
Applications provided at the Information Night
www.ottawapolice. (MO Sept. 22)
GRADE 12’s:
Ontario Universities' Fair (OUF) takes place September 22-24,
2017 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Visit their website at www.ouf.ca for more
information. The OUF is an event where you can see all 21
Ontario universities in one place.
**The University Information Program is also
coming to the Ottawa region the week of October 23rd. See the
schedule at http://www.ouf.ca/uip/ottawa-region/ for
specific date, time and location.
A
representative from Queen's University will be set up at MT, in the atrium,
on October 5th, early morning, before start of classes. (KW Oct.5)
College / University visits to St. Mother Teresa
High School:
September 2017:
26th: Trent U will
be in the Career Centre at 2:50pm
28th: Bishop U will
be the atrium at 8:15 am
October 2017:
3rd: Algonquin College is in the Learning Commons at 1:30 pm
5th: Carleton U is in the Learning Commons from 11:!5 am to 12:15 pm
10th Ryerson U is in the atrium at 2:50 pm
16th: McMaster U is in the atrium at 8:25 am
23rd: Sacred Heart College is in the atrium at 11:25 am
November 2017:
3rd: UOIT is in the atrium at 11:25 am
7th: Brock U is in the atrium at 11:25 am
8th: Lakehead U is in the atrium at 11:25 am
17th: U St. Paul is in the atrium at 11:25 am
24th: U of NB is in the atrium at 11:25 am
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
LF Volunteers: Do you have what
it takes? Watson’s Mill in Manotick wants you to join our cast and crew for a
truly haunting experience. We need volunteers who will scare our visitors and
leave them frightened of things that go bump in the night. Volunteers
will be need for the evenings of October 19, 20, and 21 from 5pm –
10pm.
Volunteers must be 14 or older and will need parental consent.
All time spent as part of our cast and crew can be used towards
the 40 hours of community service needed to graduate.
Please sign up by emailing programs@watsonsmill.com.
If you have any further questions or require clarification
please contact me by email, programs@watsonsmill.com, or by telephone at 613-692-6455. (KW Oct. 21)
LF Volunteers: Volunteer opportunity to help out with the Ontario University Provincial
Golf Tournament being held in Ottawa this year. It
runs Friday-Saturday-Sunday, October 13-15th, 2017 at Loch March
Golf Club. Students should have some idea of how golf works and the etiquette
that is needed. Ball spotting shifts will run in 4 hour blocks and a
full day would get you a bagged lunch and maybe a t-shirt . The volunteers
that are interested will be run through specific roles at an after school
meeting with Mr MacDonald the week of Oct 10th. (TC Oct. 10)
Please sign up in Students services.
Friday evening:
-Help with Long
Drive Challenge,Banquet set up or
tear down/clean up
Saturday/Sunday
-Set up/tear down
-Ball spotters* Most likely job*
-Driving Range maintenance
-Runner for Mr MacDoanld and Mr Dancy
-Help with Guest Services desk
FOR THE LATEST GRAD
AND PROM INFORMATION, CHECK THE STUDENT SERVICES GRAD WEBPAGE: https://sites.google.com/a/ocsb.ca/teh-student-services-information/home/grade-12-information/graduation-prom-grad-day-info
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