St. Patrick’s Blog
Week of December 2nd, 2013
This weekend marked the first Sunday of Advent. We will spend the next few weeks in homeroom taking time to gather around the advent wreath to prepare for Christmas. It is a significant opportunity during the hectic days of December to take time out in prayer to reflect on our level of readiness as we approach this very important Catholic celebration. We link our continued support for the Philippines and our Christmas Hamper drive to our Advent preparation.
Our St. Patrick’s Family congratulations Paul Kozak (our Chaplaincy Leader) and his wife Aleksandra on the birth of their daughter Cecilia Magdalena who arrived a little early this past week. Both mom and baby are fine. Not a bad Christmas gift!
Our students raised several hundred dollars on Friday during our dress down day to support our Christmas Hamper initiative. The students had a great time attending the dance, or the movie afternoon in our learning commons. It was a great spirit raiser with the proceeds going to a good cause.
We are encouraging our students to “speak out” to provide some information to the Ministry of Education. As part of the Ministry of Education's "Great to Excellent" initiative, they are collecting feedback from students about the education system. Students have an opportunity to share their opinion at either of the following links:
This coming Friday, December 6th, all of our grade 7 students will be participating in our Career Fair at the school. This is an opportunity for students to consider a host of different career choices, presented by volunteers in the positions within our community. We have wide representation for the students to review including Accountants, a Speech Pathologist, Public Health Nurse, Youth Worker at John Howard Society, Ottawa Police, Social Worker Business Consultant, Lawyer, Web Developer, etc. Students will be bringing a career “passport” which they will fill out during their time with our community representatives. Be sure to ask your son/daughter what they thought of the experience!
Finally a reminder that we will be having a School Council meeting this Tuesday, December 3rd in the learning commons at 7:00pm. I will be reviewing the St. Patrick’s School Improvement Plan for Student Success with our attendees. Please make a point of joining our group for some additional information.
Have a great week!
Sean Kelly
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