Monday, November 25 , 2013

Day 1 - H.S. & Day 2 - Gr. 7 & 8

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

WHOLE SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Today is the final day for the the Annual Scholastic Book Fair. Come up and visit the Seminar Room in the Learning Commons to view the book fair. There is a large assortment of items available to purchase, either for yourself or as gifts - Christmas is just over a month away! Do not miss this chance to buy some great books and support your school. (NBD Nov 25)

7/8 ANNOUNCEMENTS

HIGH SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

MTSAID:  Any MTSAID members, who wish to order a T-shirt, are asked to bring in $10 by this Wednesday.  Brief meeting will take place at the beginning of lunch in room 326 on Wednesday. (ZM Nov 27)

Any grade 11 or 12 student interested in hearing a presentation from the Canadian Forces is asked to sign up in Student Services. The presentation will be December 10, 2013 at 9:30 am and finishing at 10:10 am. The room location will be determined at a later date. If you have any questions please see Mr. Hallarn or Mrs. Rennick. (JR Nov 29)

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)

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

ATTENTION MT GRADS! Write-ups for the yearbook are due November 25th. They must be 180 characters long and emailed to Chelsey Aulenback at chelsey.aulenback@ocsbstudent.ca. Please keep in mind that they will be published for all to see so keep it appropriate. (AP Dec 10)

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

COMMUNITY CORNER

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

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)