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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:

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� NEWS & EVENTS

� PARENTS

� SCHOOL CALENDAR

October 10 - 21, 2016

Attendance: 905.882.0277 x 238

Principal: Sheri Epstein

Vice-Principal: Lisa Wargo

Vice-Principal: Sheldon Zelsman

Dear Westmount Families and Community Members,

October is a month of several themes: celebration, memory, academic updates and, surprisingly, looking ahead to the next school year.

On October 6, we hosted our Awards Assembly where we celebrated the academic achieve-ments of our students who demonstrated academic excellence during the second semester of the 2015-2016 school year.

Next week, on October 14, all students will receive an interim report card This report card is an initial snapshot of their progress in each of their classes to date. Parents/Guardians will have an opportunity to discuss their child’s progress with their teachers on Parent-Teacher Interview Night which takes place on Thursday, October 27 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. We encourage you to meet with your child’s teachers and request that you complete the form and have your child re-turn it to his/her teacher as quickly as possible in order to secure a timeslot. Should you require additional time, you may speak with your child’s teacher(s) directly, and book a time on a different day.

On October 20, WCI is hosting its annual Holocaust Assembly. Students will listen to the moving stories of two Holocaust survivors—Hedy Bohm, who survived the horrors of Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Eva Meisels, who survived the dismal conditions in the Budapest ghetto, and who was saved by the intervention of Raoul Wallenberg.

Also, on October 20, and for the first time at WCI, we will be piloting an opportunity for some stu-dents to write the OSSLT (Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test), using EQAO’s digital format. 120 students have been selected to write the digital version. Please note that October 20 is a regular scheduled day for all other students.

As incredible as it sounds, we are beginning to look ahead to the 2017-2018 school year! On Wednesday, October 19, we will be hosting our Arts Info Night to share exciting aspects of our Arts West Programs for students and families who wish to apply for next year.

We, the staff and administration of Westmount, wish everyone happy October holidays!

Message from Admin Team

Thursday, October 13 Jr. Girls Basketball- Emily Carr - Hamilton, Tarver

Monday, October 17 Jr. Girls Basketball- Emily Carr - Hamilton, Tarver

Tuesday, October 18 Cross Country - Soon Shiong, Madill Roy Thompson Hall - Morgan, Nixon QUEST - Burgis, Bonder

Wednesday, October 19 Jr. Girls Basketball- Vaughan SS - Hamilton, Tarver

Congratulations to the BOYS GOLF TEAM (Trey Edelstein, Jake Fromowitz, Nathan Laraia, Kyle Macdonald, Jared Rain, Jared Shrott, Joshua Silverman, Jayme Zigelstein) !!!

For the tenth year in a row, both Jr. and Sr. Golf teams qualified for the YRAA Championship Tour-nament Oct 5th.

Post-Secondary Destination Fair (ON Colleges, Universi-ties and Trades)

A Partnership with Alexander Mackenzie H.S., Maple H.S., Stephen Lewis S.S. and Westmount C.I. Wednesday, November 2, 2016. 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Alexander Mackenzie High School, 300 Major Mackenzie Drive West.

Westmount Guidance

WCIGuidance

Stay in the Loop All parents and guardians are invited to check out our guid-ance website and follow us on Twitter @WCIGUIDANCE

Preparing our grade 12 class for GRADUATION

First…

All grade 12 students should follow @WCIGuidance on Twitter. Stu-dents will receive “real-time” notification regarding graduation require-ments, scholarships, prom, etc. The guidance website lists the “hash tags” used when sending out notifications on Twitter. For example, the hash tag #money4school will list all twitter notifications regarding schol-arship information. Use this hash tag in Twitter when looking for previ-ous notification on that subject.

Notifications/events to watch for:

College Fair @ Exhibition Place – October 17 & 18 #wcigrad #oncollege

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

Your Guidance Team Update

Ontario College Information Fair On Monday, Oct. 17 and Tuesday, Oct. 18, all Ontario colleges will have exciting displays for you to tour at the College Fair. Representatives will be on-hand to answer your questions.

www.ocif.ca #oncolleges #wcigrad

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.

Grade 12 Graduation Preparation Assembly All Grade 12 students need to attend the first of two graduation prepara-tion assemblies which will take place on Thursday October 27, period 2 in the cafeteria. The second graduation preparation assembly with be in April. If students have a spare during period 2, they need to make ar-rangements to be here for the assembly. Students in class will be taken to the assembly with their teacher.

https://sites.google.com/site/wciguidance/ #wcigrad

International Baccalaureate Program Information Evening The International Baccalaureate (IB) program is student-centered with a focus on developing in-tellectual, personal, emotional and social skills for students who live, learn and work in a rapidly changing world. The program emphasizes critical, compassionate thinking, community involve-ment and intercultural understanding. It is founded on international standards and assessment. Students who complete the program earn both an Ontario Secondary School Diploma and an IB Diploma. We are pleased to announce the expansion of York Region District School Board’s IB Program offerings. In addition to Bayview Secondary School’s IB Program, YRDSB has four candidate school sites for the Diploma Program: Alexander Mackenzie High School Dr. GW Williams Secondary School Maple High School

Milliken Mills High School

Current Grade 8 and Grade 9 students and families interested in YRDSB’s IB Program are in-vited to attend an information session to learn more about the program and application process. No registration is needed. IB Information Evening – Wednesday, October 26, 2016 Location: Le Parc 8432 Leslie Street, Thornhill, Ontario L3T 7M6 Hall: to be announced Times: Families living EAST of Yonge St. 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Families living WEST of Yonge St. 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Students eligible for Grade 9 and Grade 10 in September 2017 may apply. Assessment Dates – Saturday, November 19 or Tuesday, November 22, 2016 Admission to the York Region District School Board IB programs includes an assessment. At the time of application, students will select to write in either the a.m. or p.m. on Saturday, November 19 or in the evening on Tuesday, November 22. There is a $35 fee to apply to this program. For additional information, please visit www.yrdsb.ca/IB.

Please check the flyer attached for more info.

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

19 * Arts Info Night (7pm)

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