Earth Day and a couple of links

Earth Day was a great success. Students did a great clean up job and our Assemblies were fun.

Also, if you wish to take a look at the link from the Ministry of Education resources for Special Education try
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/parents/speced.html

Also, this is the time of year when I ask for feedback from my staff about my leadership. If you feel able to, you can also provide me with feedback through the following survey link.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GBHQWTQ

Thanks for all of your support....
B

Spring Opportunities

All of our grade nine students are invited to the Blue Springs Scout Reserve for a day (May 20th, 2010) of outdoor leadership and team building activities. The cost for this day is $10 and information about this day and our terrific three day Grade 10 experience CELE will be shared on April 28, 2010. The will be an information session at 6:30 pm for all grade 9 parents. More details can be found in the newsletter coming home next week with midterm report cards.

For Parents, Centennial is hosting an "Ask the Experts" evening on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 from 7:00 -8:30 pm. Centennial's Drug and Alcohol Counsellor will be available to answer any questions you may have.

Don't forget the Spring Sale!!! May 13-15. Enjoy the weather.

Literacy Test is over for another year

Well--What a busy day. We had 50+ volunteers in the school to assist us with the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test. This test, or the equivalent grade 12 course are requirements for graduation in the province of Ontario.
Today, our students worked hard for two sessions, one testing their reading levels and one testing their writing levels. We had done much preparation, with practice in subject based lessons, a practice test, small group instructions programs and the after school SMART START program.
All students, literacy mentors, scribes, teacher and community supervisors and organizers should be commended on a day well run. Students were anxious but received much support and encouragement before they set to the tasks at hand.

Thanks to all who worked hard to assist students to do the very best they could. Now we await the results, which usually arrive before the end of the school year in June.