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Attention Grads!  Grad Hoodies can be ordered online using SchoolCash starting on Monday, January 30.  Use the link on this website for SchoolCash to create an account and submit your order.  Hoodies are available in red or black/red with "Grad  Class of 2017" on the back.

Students in Grade 9 and 10 Applied, Essential, and Open level courses have the chance to be exempted from their final exams if they have met specific criteria of Demonstration of Learning.  Letters will be sent home with Grade 9 and 10 students on Wednesday, January 25 indicating which exams students are exempt from.  Please check with your child for this letter.  Please contact the school if you have further questions once receiving the letter.

The St. Catharines Collegiate Rotary Interact Club will have it's official induction ceremony on December 7.  Members from the St. Catharines Rotary Club and Mayor Sendzik will be at the school to participate in the ceremony. The ceremony will be held in TASTE restaurant at 11:00 am.  

A BIG congratulations to Amethyst O'Brien on winning this year's Shaw Monoloque Festival.  There were 17 top performers from schools across the DSBN. The competition was ajudicated by a professional actor who has performed at Shaw Festival for over 20 years. Amethyst gave a truly moving performance to take home first place. Great job Amethyst!

 

Get your orders in today.  All prices include taxes, please make cheques payable to St. Catharines Collegiate School, cash online payment also available.

Don't forget to come and check out Collegiate's Grade 8 Open House tonight from 6-8pm.  Program starts in the auditorium at 6:00.  Come and see all that we offer!

On Sunday November 20th Collegiate took part in the annual St. Catharines Santa Claus parade.  Students started the day with a school BBQ then bundled up, played music and handed out cookies along the route. Great job Saints! 

Today, Collegiate held a lockdown drill as part of our Safe Schools plan. Lockdown drills are held twice a year, in order to practice procedures in the event of an actual emergency.
Today's drill went very well and demonstrated that staff and students are able to quickly implement the procedures.

Our Grade 8 Open House evening will be held at Collegiate on Monday, November 28, 2016.  Doors open at 5:30.  The program begins at 6:00 pm with a presentation in the auditorium.  After, parents and students can explore the programs and classrooms around the school and interact with teachers and students.  Come out and see what St. Catharines Collegiate offers.

Discover What You Can Do.

Our next Parent Council meeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 24 at 6:00 pm in TASTE restaurant at Collegiate.  Dinner is provided.  All parents are welcome to attend.

Collegiate's own Interact Club gives back.  On Monday November 14th students went to Community Care to help re-stock and organize food.  Well done Saints!

Please see the following documents for the OSSLT decisions regarding the online literacy test:

Letter - Students and Parents

Letter - Teachers, Administrators and Support Staff

The DSBN will be surveying students from each school using the OurSCHOOL School Climate Survey.  The survey will be completed by Collegiate students during the week of October 31 - November 4.  The survey is an anonymous way of gathering information about school safety and experiences.  Please see the attached survey fact sheet for more information or call the school if you have questions.

Please see attachment below for more details:

DSBN 2016-17 School Climate Survey - Fast Facts

Students are welcome to wear a costume to school on Monday, October 31 for Halloween.  Costumes must be appropriate for school.  Masks or items covering the face are not allowed, nor is anything that looks like a weapon.  Use your imagination and strive for a creative costume!

St. Catharines Collegiate students from the Interact Club volunteered in this years annual Superhero run for the Niagara Children's Center on Oct 16th. The run was a huge success for the community to raise funds and awareness for the center. Great work Collegiate Interact Club.

  

Collegiate's first Parent Council meeting for the 2016-2017 school year will be held on Thursday, October 13 at 6:00 pm following Parent-Teacher Interviews.  Dinner will be provided in TASTE restaurant.  Parent Council is open to any parent who wishes to attend.  It is an important group for the sharing of information and offering input about school initiatives.  We hope to see you there!

Progress Reports will be distributed to all students in their classes on Tuesday, October 11.  Parent-Teacher Interviews will be held on Thursday, October 13 from 4:00 - 6:00 pm.on the first floor.  No appointments necessary.  Please come out and meet your child's teacher and discuss their progress in class.

Progress reports will be distributed on October 11.

Friday, September 30th was Orange Shirt Day in honour of the Every Child Matters Campaign. Orange Shirt Day across Canada recognizes the harm done to generations of children who attended Indian Residential Schools, and is an affirmation of our commitment to ensure that every child matters as we continue on our reconciliation journey.  We wore orange in honour of those who survived Residential Schools and in memory of those who did not.

Mohammed Ahmed, Olympic athlete, Pan Am games Gold medal winner and St. Catharines Collegiate Alumni, was at Collegiate last week to speak to some of our Grade 9 students.