Friday, November 15 , 2013

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

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.

WHOLE SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

CHOIR PRACTICE: Room 200 (science area) tomorrow (Friday Nov 15th) at lunch. 7/8 students - please come at 11:45. Bring folders, water and the high school students, bring lunch. Dylan M, Carter and Owen B are asked to attend as well. (SS Nov 15)

The Titan Trek had 48 Grand Prize Winners!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks to the generosity of Parent Council, the following students have won a $15 gift card. On Monday, November 18, Grade 7 & 8 students need to report to the atrium at 11:10 to pick their gift card (options include The Future Shop, Starbucks, McDonalds, Cineplex). Mrs. OSullivan and Mrs. McNeil will be in the atrium to distribute the prizes. The Office administration will make an oral announcement to call down the grades 7 and 8 s at 11:10. High school students Grade 9-12 need to report to the Atrium at 11:20. (MO Nov 18)

The following students have won a $15 gift card:

Amy Vronsky

Tristan Maude

Ryan Olegario

Tyley Lacroix

Catarina Musca

Adeola Egbeyemi

Eliz Kidd

Andrew Marcotte

Brooke Smith

Zoe Furthner

Kaitlyn Stucker

Sam Dunlap

Hanna Jonkman

James Sanii

Justin Nicola

Alex Kutman

Hanna Sampson

Chris Hearty

Adrianna Defranco

Josh Pucci

Rebecca Oswald

Evan Storring

Eric Lafleche

Vi Nguyen

Alex Benoit-Lyons

Zachary Moore

Chelsea Mongomenry

Michael Boleenek

Ashlin Hickey

Angelica Zanetti

Manuael Belhadji

Darcy McSheffrey

Madison Warren

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Zakary Liuzzo

Rhianon Kemdirion

Sean Seeley

Peter Wanger

Lyndon Wong

Alexia Sanidas

Kyle Doucette

Paige McSheffrey

Elsie Ao

Taylor Smith

Rachel Doody

Anthony D’Angelo

Brad McWhinnie

Devon Rudyk

Taissa Skeirret

SKI CLUB - Attention all Skiers and Snowboarders. Club forms will be coming out shortly for the 2014 season. We will be going to Camp Fortune for 4 Wednesdays during the month of February. (KN Nov 21)

Grades 7-12 Alpine Ski Team: Sign up for the alpine ski team is now taking place outside room 201. If you own your own skis and would like to try to learn to ski faster, then this is the team for you. We practice at Mont Ste. Marie and Mont Cascades. See Mrs. Brady for more details. (AB Nov 15)

7/8 ANNOUNCEMENTS

Any grade 7/8 girls interested in trying out for Floorball are asked to sign up outside room 340.  Tryout dates will be announced soon.  The tournament is in January. (MP Nov 15)

HIGH SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

SENIOR GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Any girls wanting to try out for the Senior Girls Volleyball Team please sign up outside room 320. We will have tryouts as soon as gym time is available. Please be aware that our season starts December 2, 2013 and goes until February. There will be 3 try outs and then the team will be posted. The team will have 2 practices a week until the season starts. (JR Nov 22)

Leadership Camp - all participants are asked to meet in the chapel at lunch Friday, to discuss the upcoming reflection evening. (KN Nov 15)

TRACK & FIELD: There will be a meeting for any HS student interested in participating in track and field this upcoming season Friday at Lunch in room 136. If you cannot make the meeting please see Ms. Swenson or Mr. Rowley for meeting details.

Swim team practices have started, but it's not too late to join! Practices are every Monday and Wednesday morning at Walter Baker Pool.  All swimming abilities are welcome. See Mrs.Sinclair or Mr. Cote for details. (JS Nov 15)

Members of the girls field hockey team are reminded to hand in their uniform and medal to Ms Pendergest in room 234. We cannot get our appropriate Tier 2 Silver medals until all the Tier 1 medals are collected. Please bring them in asap! (CP Nov 15)

Debate Team: Meets every Monday after school in rm 138. Preparations are underway for competitions this year. There is room for both novice and experienced debaters. Come on out and join the fun. Spectators also welcome! (JS Nov 15)

STUDENT SERVICES

The STUDENT SERVICES WEBSITE at ss.mths.ca is set up as an information tool.

Includes information about: Community Service Hours Opportunities, Courses, Careers, Graduation, Scholarships,etc.

Manotick Family Christmas Party: Saturday, December 7th, 2013.  Looking for volunteers.

The party takes place immediately following the Manotick Lions Christmas Parade.  There will be 10 activity stations set up in the basement of the Manotick United Church.  Students interested in working with children from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm on that day are asked to contact Donna Ouellette or Laurel Slattery at 613-692-4635. (KW Dec 7)

LivPolarBear- Art Competition. Click on link to view (MR Nov 30)

Free Kids Art Competition- Click on link to view (MR Nov 30)

CANADIAN GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: will host a gift wrapping station at Rideau Centre, 50 Rideau Street, during all mall hours in the month of December.  We are seeking students to fill two or four hour shifts on any given day.  The volunteer duty involves dealing with the public and wrapping gifts.  There will be adult supervision at all times by a representative of our organization. I can be contacted directly by telephone or email by any students wishing to volunteer.
Steven DoucetteTel: 613-692-7777
Direct email: events@guidedogs.ca
Web: http://www.guidedogs.ca

Senior High School students who maintain an average of 80% and who are fluent in English and French are invited to apply to the House of Commons Page Program for the 2014-2015 academic year.  More information is available on the Parliament of Canada Web site.  Applications must be submitted online at www.parl.gc.ca/hocpage.  Deadline for applications this year is Monday, December 9, 2013.  Those chosen as Pages will be contracted to work for a period of one year, beginning late August 2014.  (KW Dec 9)

LF a French Tutor for a Grade 7 female student.  Please call Mr. or Mrs. Richardson at either

613-823-5774 or 613-864-1993.  Thank you. (KW)

St. Lawrence College is hosting an open house on Saturday, November 16, 2013 from 9am until noon.  Brockville, Cornwall, Kingston.  st.lawrencecollege.ca, dreamit@sl.on.ca, 1.800.463.0752 (KW Nov 16)

Algonquin College - College Information Program - will be held on Tuesday, October 29th, 9:00 am to 11:00 am. (KW Oct 29)

Trent University: A representative will be here Tuesday, November 19, 2013, at 2:50 pm. (KW Nov 19)

GRADE 12’s / GRADS

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

Any GRADS wanting to be part of the Prom Committee this year we are having our first meeting TUESADY NOVEMBER 12, 2013 at lunch in the Learning Commons seminar room. Please be prompt. (JR Nov 12)

Grade 12's Remind 101. 170 of the 253 grade 12's have signed up for the text reminders of upcoming events. If you haven't signed up please drop into Student Services to get the sign-up info or you could be missing out on important announcements. (JH Nov 15)

Grad Photos take place from Monday Nov 18 to Friday Nov 22.

It is important that everyone gets a Grad Photo taken as the photo is used in the Yearbook and for the Grad Composite that hangs in the atrium

You have 2 options:

1) You don't want to buy a photo package. Then no appointment necessary, just drop in during your spare, before school, at lunch or after school.

or

2)  If you want to purchase a photo package. Book online a sitting session in order to purchase a professionally done Grad Photo.

Follow these 3 steps.

1.   Visit www.bookmygrad.ca

2.  Enter the three letter school code: MTH  

3.  Select sitting type, date and time.

Looking for scholarship information? Visit www.studentawards.com

It takes 15 minutes to fill in your profile.
Registration at StudentAwards remains free, and students will still be able to identify scholarships and awards that match their profiles. (TC Nov 15)

The new StudentAwards offers students • access to money for school. • peer advice on all sorts of school-related topics. • a new, enhanced user experience. • the ability to filter their awards and contests to more quickly access the information they need.

STAFF

JEANS DAY: A reminder that Friday Nov 15^th is Jeans Day. This week our contributions will go towards Movember. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. (KM –Nov 15)

COMMUNITY CORNER

Please click on the following link to view an article regarding Full Day Kindegarten (SD Nov 25)

The parish office will be moving this Thurs Oct 31

from Mother Teresa HS to St. Monica Church (Nov 15)

Please direct all mail to:

St. Andrew Roman Catholic Parish

2080 Merivale Rd

Nepean, Ontario K2C 3H1

Our new phone number is 613-723-9767

Fax: 613-225-9143

PARISHES SERVING THE MOTHER TERESA COMMUNITY:

St. Andrew’s Parish: For information please visit www.saintandrewparish.ca.

St. Monica’s Parish: For information please visit www.st-monica.com

St. Patrick’s Fallowfield: For information please visit www.stpatricks.nepean.on.ca

COMING UP….

November 1- 7/8 Progress reports Going Home

November 7- HS Report Cards going out

November 8- PD Day No School

November 11- Remembrance Day

Mother Teresa… Did you know…??

The Catholic Church has begun to move Mother Teresa along the steps toward sainthood, and she was beatified in 2003. Her official title is now Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. (legacy.com)