St. Pat's Intermediate Oct. 3 to 7

Terry Fox Run - Thursday, October 9th

We have been encouraging students to assist with fundraising for our Terry Fox run this coming Thursday.  In order to support our fundraising activities, we have put a number of incentives in place to get students to enlist help from friends and family.  Our goal this year is $5000. This is a great community building activity that goes to a very worthy cause.  

School Council Update

We had our first School Council meeting on Monday. I would like to congratulate all members of our School Council, being: Mr. Cees Artz (chair), Ms. Glynis Hughes (vice-chair), Mr. Dejan Roganovic (treasurer), Ms. Stephanie Anderton (secretary), Ms. Narghiza Suyunova (parent rep), Ms. Jo-Anne Saikaley Sparkes (community rep), and Ms. Tilly Corriveau (school rep). Our next meeting is Wednesday, October 26 at 7 p.m. in our Learning Commons.

Vertical Learning
A teacher competency we are working with this year is that of leveraging digital, of which vertical learning is a component. Here, students write on vertical surfaces around the class in order share ideas and solutions to problems. The photo below depicts this strategy occurring in one of Ms. Fournier's math classes.

Professional Development Day on Friday

Just a reminder that this coming Friday there is no school for students as staff will be taking part in Christian Community Day at the Shaw Centre. This day is always productive as we learn of overall Board-wide goals and set direction to meet those goals.

Progress Reports - Important Date Changes
Please note that Progress Reports will now be distributed to students on Thursday, November 3 and Parent/Teacher Interviews will take place on Thursday, November 17 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and then from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.  We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause/may have caused. 

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.  Please have a look at the uOttawa event below.

Don Murphy

Principal

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Go Eng Girl Event - October 15, 2016 The Faculty of Engineering of the University of Ottawa would like to extend a special invitation to girls in grades 7 to 10 to participate in the Go ENG Girl day. This FREE event will give girls the opportunity to explore the exciting field of engineering through activities designed just for them! This year, the University of Ottawa is offering 2 locations to participate in this event: École Le Sommet 894 Cecile Blvd in Hawkesbury On campus, at the University, SITE building (800 Avenue King Edward, Ottawa). A pizza lunch will be included. Registration is required online at http://events.onwie.ca  You do not need to login.  Simply click on the logo above the login box. Language: This event will be bilingual, with French and English groups Grades: Grade 7-10 (Girls only) Date: October 15, 2016 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Location: The drop-off and pick-up takes place inside the main entrance of the SITE building at 800 King Edward Avenue for the on campus location. Hawkesbury location: Ecole secondaire Le Sommet, 894 Cecile Bldv, Hawkesbury, ON K6A 3R5 Cost: FREE Activities: Visit of engineering labs (on campus only), hands-on activities, 3D printing, challenges, presentation from female engineers. Registration: Please click on the link below to register.

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