Events Next Week

  • Monday, May 18th: It’s a holiday—let’s relax!
  • Tuesday, May 19th: Principals’ Meeting, so updates are possible in the afternoon
  • Wednesday, May 20th: Meeting regarding a garden project for next year
  • Thursday, May 21st: Second webinar on filling the gap (must pre-register)
  • Friday, May 15th: Meeting on Teams for five Secondary teachers

Great Things Seen & Heard

  • School secretaries handled the telephone misconduct of frustrated parents with grace. Way to go, ladies! Keep your chins up; it only gets better from here!
  • Student belongings sorted in bags in no time on third floor due to super cooperation!
  • Second floor classrooms rearranged and even moved… thank you Secondary teachers for pitching in! Many hands (feet) make work light!
  • School secretaries and our fearless rover handled all the parents coming with proper social distance, in style!
  • Our fearless rover did all the legwork for me to get the students into groups, and even posted documents! I sure appreciate the help, NG!
  • ST, NG and MJC have the school yard in control! We can’t wait to see it in action!
  • ST and NG summarized our discussions online for us so we all have a chance to breathe!
  • KK has a unique measuring rope for moving students around with social distance!
  • Staff at home are improving systems and approaches for connecting services to students!

Clips & Tips

Université TELUQ has made teaching online courses available, free of charge, to anyone interested. Since they are only available in French at the moment, they are not mandatory. I have already heard positive feedback from staff about how helpful the webinars have been. Go have a look and see for yourself:

 

Bits & Pieces

  • NEWSFLASH: no busing offered to parents for the rest of the school year
  • First steps of brick remodelling are here, starting with the fence and excavation (periodically check the file of construction information in Teams).
  • Parking across the street at Centre Gervais once again arranged for staff and parents; the stop sign should be installed by Monday but if not, we have our own now!
  • Construction time bus zone on hill next to the school will be used for student drop-off.
  • Student pick-up will be on foot for this week and we will adjust as time goes.
  • Remaining medical exemptions of staff should be confirmed early next week.
  • Many free webinars are available for free to help us handle increased student challenges.
  • Communicating online is easy with Teams—check online tutorials to find out more.

Events Next Week

  • Monday, May 11th: Elementary students come back
  • Monday, May 11th: Construction in yard blocks front yard (file of notes in Teams)
  • Monday, May 11th: Activity kits sent to students at 10h00 by exempted staff at home
  • Tuesday, May 12th: Principals’ Meeting, so updates are possible in the afternoon
  • Wednesday, May 13th: New directions for Secondary are expected to be formalized
  • Thursday, May 14th: New kits posted by government for those working from home
  • Friday, May 15th: Five Secondary Teacher meeting on Teams for core subjects

Clips & Tips

In this day and age, we need to provide our students with skills to help them flourish in our fast-paced, information-loaded society. The four critical areas of essential learning for the 21st century can be described as the 4 C’s: critical thinking, creative thinking, communication and collaboration. To find out more about what that type of learning entails, read this article and watch the video, following other links once you get hooked:

 

Bits & Pieces

  • Medical exemptions should be confirmed early next week.
  • Many free webinars are available for free to help us handle increased student challenges.
  • Brick remodelling is expected to commence some time in May, as prearranged last year.
  • Communicating online is easy with Teams—check online tutorials to find out more.