St. Patrick's Blog Week of November 3rd, 2014

St. Patrick's Blog

Week of November 3rd, 2014

Finding Your Pathway Career Forum

All of our grade 8 students visited the “Finding Your Pathway” Career- Life Forum on Tuesday, October 28, and took in a wide variety of interactive displays from all of our high schools and many community exhibitors. Our students had a great time touring around displays on specific careers, secondary school options, and possibilities in the world of work.  Grade 8’s completed an interview sheet, and are to document their information in myBlueprint.ca/ocsb. We would encourage our parents and guardians to support this “Creating Pathways to Success” inquiry, by creating discussions around some of the questions posed at the forum: What are my opportunities? Who do I want to become? What is my plan for achieving my goals?

Progress Report Cards / Parent-Teacher Interviews

Progress report cards for grades 7&8 students went home on October 30th of last week.  Currently, teachers are scheduling appointments for parent-teacher interviews which will take place on Thursday, November 6th, from 2:00 to 4:00 and 5:00 to 7:30.  Please review the report card with your son/daughter, and fill out the interview form that came home with them and return to the school.  If you need the support of a Community Facilitator (translator) for your discussion with your child’s teacher, please contact the school.  We are looking forward to seeing many of our parent community at the school this Thursday.

After School Academic Support

As part of our Student Success plan at St. Patrick’s we are offering a number of options for after-school support.  These programs range from informal homework assistance to a credit course for some students.  Parents/guardians may have already been contacted about their son/daughter participating in an after school course.  If you have any questions, please contact the school.  Some upcoming after school support:

Literacy/Numeracy Program: Some students requiring additional support in literacy and mathematics skills have been recommended for our Literacy/Numeracy course, running Tuesdays and Thursdays after school beginning this month.  When recommending individuals, we take data from our recent progress reports, our Ontario Numeracy Assessment Package, as well as teacher recommendations.

GLS course (Skills for Success in Secondary School): Beginning this year, we are offering a high school credit course for any of our English Language Learners at St. Patrick’s Intermediate.  This is an initiative that originated from many of the technological tools we were employing to assist students with English Language acquisition.  Individuals in this course (running Tuesdays and Thursdays) will be supported in their language development while strengthening their approach as successful students.

Homework Club: Running Mondays and Wednesdays, Homework Club is an opportunity for students to work on regular classroom assignments while getting assistance from teachers at St. Patrick’s.  All subject areas and questions are welcomed!

School Council Meeting

A reminder that the St. Patrick’s School Council will meet this Tuesday, November 4th at 7:00 in our Learning Commons area.  We look forward to meeting more of our parent and guardian community.

Have a great week;

Sean Kelly