ducation Week 2003 is a time to celebrate student learning and share in their success! The students and staff in all of our schools are preparing for your visit. There are muffin breakfasts, liturgies, arts presentations, open houses, reading buddies, parent volunteer recognition, medieval feast performances and much, much more. Please take the time to enjoy a visit to your neighbourhood school. I hope to see you there.
Speaking of success, I bring to your attention a grade 12 graduating student at Immaculata High School and Glebe resident, Paul Ovens. Paul will represent the Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board at the provincial French-language oratorical finals. He won the school competition and successfully captured the top award for the board at a region-wide contest in March.
Paul spoke on L'age d'or : pourquoi ne pas le valoriser? His compassion for senior citizens arises, in part, from volunteer work at the Glebe Centre, as well as assisting older parishioners at Blessed Sacrament Church. The "Concours d'art oratoire" is an annual public speaking event for students taking French as a Second Language (FSL) in Ontario schools. It will be held at York University's Glendon College on May 24. Bonne chance, Paul!
Success continues for Immaculata High School with Amy McCullouch and Corey Centen winning a number of awards at the recent Ottawa Regional Science Fair for a project that replaces a computer mouse by a human hand. Using image sensors, the cursor traces the movement of a hand that need not be adjacent to the terminal. They will be attending the Canada Wide Science Fair in Calgary next month. Good luck to you both.
Just a reminder: Immaculata High School is celebrating its 75th Anniversary from May 1 - 4 inclusive. Best wishes for continued success.
Kathy Ablett
Tel: 526-9512
Fax: 526-1450
kablett@achilles.net