This Tuesday is our Student Success Visit. Essentially, this entails a team from the Board visiting a number of our classes to see all the great things we are doing at St. Pat's Intermediate. Our goals for the year are analyzed and new goals are set, as well as the highlighting of our strengths and next steps. This visit will also help drive our School Improvement Plan for 2016-17 which will be developed in a few weeks at a session that includes all intermediate/secondary schools.
4th Aboriginal Lecture Series
For the past three years, Pleasant Park Public School Council has hosted three aboriginal lectures. This year, St. Patrick Intermediate School Council has partnered with others, including St. Patrick High School Council, to present a fourth aboriginal lecture series at Rideau High School on May 25th. For more information, please access this link:
On Wednesday our grade 8's cross the street to visit their new home for the next 4 years. It is always exciting to visit St. Pat's High. We are looking forward to experiencing all the great things that are happening there.
Dental Health Services for Refugees
Thousands of refugees will be making Ottawa their new home. The attached poster was developed to assist sponsors and support service providers such as teachers to help refugees access dental care. Refugee children can also enroll in the Healthy Smiles Ontario program. It is a program that provides free preventive, routine, and emergency dental services for children and youth 17 years old and under from low-income households.
Dental screenings are offered at 14 Community Health and Resource Centers every month. Visit www.ottawa.ca/dental to view the calendar for the dates and locations of community dental screenings. These community dental screenings are free and are open to children, youth, adults and seniors. The dental screening does not replace regular check-ups at the dentist, but the dental hygienist will try to help the families get the dental care they need.
Access to Poster
May 31 School Council Meeting
A special School Council Meeting will be held on May 31 from 7-9 p.m. in Learning Commons 1. Members from our Board will be present to explain and answer questions about our joining of St. Pat's High School in September, 2018. Families and School Council members from our feeder schools have been formally invited as this year's current grade 4's will enter grade 7 in a newly constructed structure on the site of St. Pat's High School. These certainly are interesting and exciting times for both St. Pat's Intermediate and St. Pat's High School.
Important Contact Information
Our School Council chair is Cees Artz and can be reached at
chair@StPatsInt-council.ca
Our Trustee is Mark Mullan and can be reached at mark.mullan@ocsb.ca
Have a great week.
Don Murphy
Coming Up
Tuesday, May 31: St. Patrick's Intermediate School Council meeting, 7-9 p.m., Learning Commons Building 1.
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