St. Patrick's Intermediate Blog April 30 to May 4

Open House May 10

Parents, students, and guardians are reminded of our Open House taking place at St. Pat's Intermediate from 3 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. on Thursday, May 10. There will be displays, and much more. From 4 to 5:15 p.m. there will be a BBQ where tickets can be purchased for hamburgers, hot dogs, and drinks.  And, from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m., there will be a music showcase.  Hope to see you there!

School Council Meeting

We held our last School Council meeting for St. Pat's Intermediate on Tuesday. We discussed such issues as anti-bullying strategies, staffing, and logistics for our grade 8 Closing Ceremony in June. I'd like to thank all our members of School Council this year for their hard work and commitment, as well as those who came out to our meetings. It's always great to receive input from this wonderful community.

Cannabis Information Session

Cannabis – What we know!
Parent information sessions
April 26 and May 3: Dr. Elizabeth Paquette, Chief Psychologist from the Ottawa Catholic School Board, will be presenting with public school board and Ottawa Public Health staff at 2 public information sessions aimed at parents to learn about cannabis, tackle the myths, what is known about the upcoming new laws, how to have THAT talk with your youth, protecting youth and available services.

Community partners like Rideauwood, PLEO, OPS, Project Step will be accessible in a display area for questions from the public. Ottawa Catholic School Board staff will be available at both events for questions about curriculum and services available in schools.

The dates and times are as follows - this meeting is open to all parents/guardians:

Thursday, April 26, 2018 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Gloucester High School – 2060 Ogilvie Road

Thursday, May 3, 2018 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Sir Robert Borden High School – 131 Greenbank Road

Agenda for evenings:

6:30 doors open - marketplace (display area) - Ottawa Catholic School Board staff will be available for questions with community partners like Rideauwood, PLEO, OPS, Project Step .

7-7:30 Presentation - Dr. Elizabeth Paquette, Chief Psychologist from the Ottawa Catholic School Board, will be presenting with public school board and Ottawa Public Health staff

7:30-8:30 marketplace (display area) - Ottawa Catholic School Board staff will be available for questions.

Please feel free to join us.

CSPA

There is a great deal of information on the CSPA website regarding information for parents and upcoming sessions.  You can visit the website here.

Important Contact Information

Our School Council chair is Stephanie Anderton 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
Principal

Upcoming Events (not listed above)