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Westmount CI

Message from Admin 2

This week & News 3-6

Guidance 7

Events 8-11

Looking Ahead 12

Inside this issue:

Please check our website regularly for updates.

� NEWS & EVENTS

� PARENTS

� SCHOOL CALENDAR

September 26 - October 7, 2016

Attendance: 905.882.0277 x 238

Principal: Sheri Epstein

Vice-Principal: Lisa Wargo

Vice-Principal: Sheldon Zelsman

Dear Families and Community Members

Although the weather still feels like summer, fall has officially arrived and the routine of the school year is well underway. Our clubs, teams, choirs and bands are up and running providing wonderful enrichment opportunities for our students.

In two weeks we will host our final celebration of last year’s academic year with our Awards Ceremony on Thursday, October 6 beginning at 9:00 am. We will be celebrating the aca-demic achievements of students who excelled during the second semester of the 2015- 2016 school year. Award winners will receive invitations in their homeroom classes next week. Par-ents and/or family members are welcome to attend; we are inviting each award winner to bring a maximum of two family members.

Interim report cards will be sent home with all students on October 14. If you have any ques-tions about your son’s or daughter’s progress, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teachers directly. In addition, our first Parent’s Night is scheduled for October 27 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm. All parents and guardians are invited to the school to meet the teacher. We will be sending further information home that will explain how to book appointments with your child’s teachers.

For families interested in learning about Ontario Universities the Ontario Universities’ Fair 2015 is taking place this weekend, September 23 - September 25 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm each day. As well, for those families interesting in learning about Ontario Colleges, the Ontario College Information Fair is taking place on Monday, Octo-ber 17 from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm and Tuesday, October 18 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Enercare Centre at Exhibition Place. Have a great weekend. Lisa Wargo Vice-Principal

Message from Admin Team

Notified Absences - Signing Out Please call the school or send a note if your child is going to be absent or needs to be signed out for an appointment. After 2:00 p.m. you must come into the school to sign out your child..

Lunches If you bring your child’s lunch to school, you are responsible to let them know that it is in the main office.

Monday, September 26 Capitol Banquet Hall - Coates

Tuesday, September 27 Kettlecreek G.C. - Madill River beside Baythorn PS - Wodlinger, Paulin

Wednesday, September 28 Jr. Girls Basketball- Holy Cross - Hamilton, Tarver Golf - Cardinal Golf Club - Grossi

Thursday, September 29 Cross Country - Kettlecreek G.C. - Madill, Harte, Soon Shiong Markham Fair - DD Class - Santos

Thursday, October 6 Jr. Girls Basketball- Holy Cross - Hamilton, Tarver

GRADE 11 STUDENTS!

IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO APPLY TO THE SPECIALIST HIGH SKILLS MAJOR PROGRAMS!

A Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) program is a Ministry of Education approved program . It allows students to focus their learning on a specific career path that matches their skills and inter-ests while also meeting the requirements to graduate from secondary school. SHSM helps to en-gage students in their learning, allowing them to develop specialized knowledge and skills. It also provides students with unique opportunities to enrich their high school experience during Grade s 11 and 12. This program is available to students pursuing all pathway destinations: university, workplace, college and apprenticeship. Students receive the SHSM designation on their diploma when they complete all required SHSM program components.

For detailed information on SHSM Programs and the program components: YRDSB, Ministry

Interested students may wish to speak to a guidance counsellor to review their personal pathway plan.

What is SHSM?

Tuesday ,September 27

Ms. Wodlinger's and Ms. Paulin's Grade 11 U Biology Classes are going to be participating in a

GTA wide study on the health of local rivers (EcoSpark Changing Currents). They will be going

to a nearby river to do chemical and physical testing, as well as sampling invertebrate species.

Library Please be advised that over the course of the summer, two new books were added to our WCI Collections. As always, our new resources are posted to our WCI Library site at:

http://www.yrdsb.ca/schools/westmount.ci/library/Pages/default.aspx

=> WCI Collections (http://www.yrdsb.ca/schools/westmount.ci/library/Pages/WCI-Collections.aspx) => New Books to the WCI Library Collection.

WCI Golf Team

You can read more about Jake’s success on the links below.

http://www.yorkregion.com/sports-story/6842388-vaughan-youth-earns-silver-in-golf-at-jcc-maccabi-games-and-artfest/

http://www.cjnews.com/news/sports/large-toronto-youth-contingent-wins-maccabi-medals

bit.ly/YRDSBSHSMapp

Guidance appointments Students may be to book appointments with their Guidance Counsellor starting Wednesday, Sept. 28th. Appointments are booked though our Guidance Secretary, Mrs. Pearlstein.

Westmount Guidance

WCIGuidance

Stay in the Loop Follow @WCIGuidance on Twitter. Visit the Guidance website regu-larly for important news, informa-tion and announcements. https://sites.google.com/site/wciguidance/home

Preparing our grade 12 class for GRADUATION

First…

All grade 12 students should follow @WCIGuidance on Twitter. Students will receive “real-time” notification regarding graduation requirements, scholarships, prom, etc. The guidance website lists the “hash tags” used when sending out notifications on Twit-ter. For example, the hash tag #money4school will list all twitter notifications regarding scholarship information. Use this hash tag in twitter when looking previous notification on that subject.

Notifications/events to watch for:

College Fair @ the Direct Energy Centre – Exhibition Place – October 17 & 18 #wcigrad #oncollege

Graduation Preparation Assembly – Thursday, October 27, 2016 #wcigrad

Your Guidance Team Update

This program is right for you if you are a resident of Ontario (19+) and need to:

• Enhance your employability skills• Gain or upgrade computer skills for the workplace• Prepare for college, university or apprenticeship programs• Prepare for a High School Credit program or GED• Gainconfidenceinlife,workandstudies

Our iWIN Program will help you reach your goals faster! Get individualized support from a highly qualified and experiencedinstructor and create a class schedule that works for you.

The iWIN Program is offered at no cost to eligible learners by the York Region District School Board, with support from the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.

DESIGN YOUR PATH TO SUCCESS

@YRDSBwww.yrdsb.ca

YRDSBMedia

From the list below, select what you need help with in order to find or secure sustainable employment:

Finding and using information Communicating ideas and information Understanding and using numbers (math)

Using digital technology (computer skills)Managing your learning (goal setting and action plans)Engaging with others (“soft skills” such as customer-service)

Date: ___________________ Time: _________________________

Book your assessment today!

Select the program(s) you’d like to learn:

Getting to Know a Computer - Terminology - Hardware and software - Mouse skills - Keyboarding

Getting Started with Email - Setting up a new address - Sending/receiving email - Attaching a document

(résumé, picture, etc.)

Internet Searches - Conducting searches - Making searches more effective - Choosing reliable sites

File Management - SavingfilestoaharddriveorUSB - Creating folders - Movingfiles

Basic Text and Image Skills(in MS Word)

- Working with documents - Movingtext - Inserting pictures, clip art, shapes - Formatting images and shapes - Creating a basic chart/table - Using spell-check - Inserting, editing and removing a

header/footer

Basic Computer SkillsMinimum time commitment - 8 classes

MathMinimum time commitment - 8 classes

- Basic arithmetic - Money math - Time (time sheets, calendars) - Math for college

English Language SkillsMinimum time commitment - 8 classes

- Grammar: parts of speech, word order, parts of a sentence

- Mechanics: punctuation, capitalization, spelling

- Writing complete sentences - Verb tenses, agreement

Employment and Academic Skills Upgrading

Microsoft Office Skills Intermediate to Advanced

- Word: working with tabs, bullets and numbering, drawing objects, using building blocks,tables,mailmerge,macros.CreatingflyersusingWordArt,imagesandtables

- Excel:conditionalformatting,sortingandfilteringdata,pivottablesandcharts,security features, larger orders and charts

- PowerPoint: slide show view, animations, inserting sound, charts, tables and objects. Creating presentations using animation and sound. Delivering presentations to a group.

- Publisher : using master pages, customizing schemes, page set-up and layout. Creating an original tri-fold brochure and other business stationary such as gift certificateandflyers

- Outlook:tasks,folders,mailboxoptions - Access: queries, creating forms, form and report controls, macros

Microsoft Office Skills Introduction

- Word:creatingandeditingoriginaldocuments,usingproofingtools,templates,setting page layout

- Excel:enteringdata,formattingworksheets,settingworksheetlayout,creatingformulas,exercises

- PowerPoint: creating simple presentations - Publisher :creatingbasicpublications,formattingobjects,duplicatinganexisting

tri-fold brochure - Outlook: making contacts, using the calendar - Access:creatingrelationaldatabasetables,fieldproperties

Computer Skills for Employment and Further EducationBlended learning using training software and instructional support Minimum time commitment - 8 classes

Get individualized support and instruction while preparing for your high school credit program or GED (high school equivalency). All subjects are offered.

High School Credit or GED Preparation

Email for Employment - Subject line - Address: to, cc, bcc - Reply, reply all, and forward - Body of email - Howtoattachafile - Formal/informal tone - Purpose of email

Résumés and Cover Letters - How to format - Salutations and closings - Purpose of letter - Appropriate language and tone - Inserting, editing and removing a

header/footer - Applying to positions online

Digital Technology for Effective Job Searches and Online ApplicationsMinimum time commitment - 8 classes

Conversation Group - Weekly topics for discussion - Appropriate language and tone

- Workplace culture and etiquette - Body language - Enhanced pronunciation - Confidencebuilding

Soft Skills and Successful Oral CommunicationOnce a week

Increasing Keyboarding Speed

Google at WorkOnce a Week

- Gmail - Calendar - Drive

- Sharing documents- Hangouts

SCHOOL BUS CANCELLATION NOTICE

Please remember that if the school buses are cancelled in the morning, then they will NOT operate in the afternoon. Therefore, if you drive your children to school in the morning, you must also pick them up from school at 3:50 p.m. When buses are cancelled, it does not necessarily mean that schools are closed. Schools usually remain open with a modified program. To find out whether or not the buses are cancelled, please check the following website: www.schoolbuscity.com or access the following radio or television stations:

Radio

CFRB 1010 AM CHUM 1050 AM CHUM 104.5 CHIN 1540 AM NEWS 680 AM CJEZ 97.3 CKDX 88.5 AM CHFI 98.1 FM CHIN 100.7 CBC 99.1 FM CKFM 99.9 FM Q107.1 FM

Television

CITY TV, CFTO TV, THE WEATHER CHANNEL

A bus cancellation message will also be available at 1-877-330-3001.

Su Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sa 1

2 3 * Rosh Hashanah

4 * Rosh Hashanah

5 6 * Awards Assembly (P1)

7 8

9 10

Thanksgiving 11

* Photo Retake Day 12

* Yom Kippur 13 14

* Interim Reports Distrib-uted

15

16 17 * College Fair

18 * Arts Info Night (7pm)

19

20 * Holocaust Assembly

(P2,3) * 6 on 6 Dodge Ball after

school

21 22

23 24 25 26 27 * Parent’s Night

Gr.12 Grad Prep Assembly (P1)

28

PA Day

29

30 31 * Halloween

October 20 16