Monday January 20, 2025
Monday January 20, 2025
1. Attention Graduates: Your Parish Bursary Scholarship is due to Mrs. Fergus no later than the end of the school day today. Unfortunately, she is absent today. You can submit to the supply teacher Or to the Main Office. The deadline does not change due to her unplanned absence.
2. Exciting news! The Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association is proud to sponsor the Young Authors Awards once again! We're celebrating outstanding student writing from K through 12 in both English and French. Students are invited to submit their best fiction, poetry, plays, and nonfiction (up to 3000 words). Winners will progress through school, local unit, and provincial levels, with provincial winners featured in an anthology! Please submit 2 clean copies of each entry to Mrs. Engell in the Library by Friday, February 7th. Happy writing, Lions!
3. LEAP and CWAYC are happy to provide, to all students, the information for the yearly Public Speaking Contest sponsored by the Royal Canadian Legion, Dundson Branch No. 461. Check the LEAP D2L page for the rules, regulations and entry form. Rules/registration forms can also be found on the CWAYC bulletin board outside of Student Services. Two important deadlines: Feb. 5th for the commitment to the contest and the contest itself on Feb. 19th.
4. Attention Prefects, thank-you for your servant leadership as you helped dozens and dozens of students through our Homework Help and Mentorship services, as well as your volunteerism when helping around the school and community through our Daily School Operations pillar. To our students in need, thank-you for putting your faith and trust in us to help serve you. And finally, to our staff and admin team, thank-you for your ongoing support to help us make a difference in so many lives throughout the semester. On behalf of the ACS Prefect Program, we wish you all the best during final exams and we look forward to working alongside you next semester.
5. Yoga club’s first practice together will be tomorrow. If you haven’t yet had a permission form signed and returned to Mrs. Charnish-Currie, you can grab one from outside Rm 1034, or scan the QR code on the flyers by the fountains around school. Bring comfortable clothes to wear, and a yoga mat if you have one. We will have a few extras.
6. If you are between the ages of 15-18 and interested in a free 3 month YMCA gym membership, join the Y.E.S. Program (Youth Engagement Series) on Tuesdays from Jan 14 – Feb 11, 2025 at the downtown YMCA location from 4:00pm – 6:00pm. To register, please call/text Megan at 226.208.0852 or visit TLC and see the bulletin board.
7. Le Club Français is hosting a French movie night, TOMORROW, Tuesday, January 14th in the Lecture Hall. The French film ‘THE CLIMB’ is a modern-day adventure comedy based on a true story. It tells the story of a young Senegalese- French man who sets out to climb Mount Everest to impress the woman he loves. Oh là là! The film will be viewed EN FRANÇAIS with English subtitles. Bring a friend, enjoy the show, and mangez du popcorn! Everyone is welcome to join!
8. Spots for the 2026 Arts New York City trip are filling up! Enroll now to save $100 off of the cost of the trip. Interested, but not sure how to enroll? See Ms. Benoit in room 2015 for more information and an info package today!
9. Do you love fashion? Music? Dance? Set design and set-up? If so, we need you! ACS is collaborating with St. Vincent de Paul for our first ever Fashion Show! We are looking for students interested in helping make this event epic. If you would like to help out with walking the catwalk, music, dance, promos, or anything behind the scenes come to our first meeting on Tuesday, January 14th at 3pm in the library. See Mme. Danielle or Mme. Capostagno for more details!
10. ACS book club meeting is today. If you missed this morning’s meeting, we will have another one after school today at 3:05pm in the Library’s Innovation lab. Both meetings are the same. Hope to see you there!
11. Today's special in the servery will be Cheese Tortellini with a Rose sauce and a side of garlic bread for $5.50. Still have lots of grab and go items in the hot box.
Stay Warm and have a great day Lions!
