Understanding Learning Disabilities and How They Affect Youth

Kate Cressman joins us from the Child Development Institute where she works as a Community Education & Engagement Facilitator. Kate will take us through an experiential workshop called Walk a Mile in My Shoes where you’ll learn about the current thinking in the field of learning disabilities and develop an understanding of how they can affect the mental health and everyday life of our youth.

Date:      Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Location: Room 215, N.T.C.I.

This special event is brought to you by the North Toronto School (Parent) Council.  Attending NT Council Meetings is an excellent way to keep current on NT activities and to share information with other NT parents. We look forward to seeing you!

CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES COMING TO NT

“Half of all Canadians will either need blood or know someone who will need blood at some point in their lives. Yet only four percent of Canadians donate. “

Date of Clinic: May 7, 2015 (NOTE: This is a change from the date published in our calendar)

Staff, and all students over 17 years of age are invited to contribute blood on May 7th. More information to follow. A brief assembly will be held for all grade 12 students on April 28th during period 2. Brief visits to grade 11 & 12 classrooms will occur mid-April. Please support this worthy cause!

Congratulations to both hockey teams. The girls won in overtime 2-1 against Lawrence Park and the boys won 5-2 against Richview.

Chris Vollum who will speak on “Social Media Fitness”. Understand social media and how to ensure your child’s access is safe and appropriate.

This is in addition to regular meeting items.

Monday, February 23rd – 7:30 p.m. – Room 215

We are proud to share the news that our team of four NT students grabbed the gold (Liat Fainman-Adelman), silver (Jennifer Kaminker), and bronze (Jonah Feldberg) in the 9th annual IVEY Business school case competition. Students are placed by IVEY administrators on mixed teams of five or six students who compete against other teams assembled from students across the province. This is an invitation only event and many of the big private schools are in attendance (BSS, Branksome, Crescent, Appleby, Royal St. George, etc.) NTCI is the only public high school in the province to be invited every year. This year was NT’s best showing ever, and as a school (though they don’t hand out school prizes) we finished first out of about 12 or 13 schools.

Please join us tonight to meet with Guidance Counsellors to discuss the course selection process. This is the time of year students choose their courses for 2015-2016. It can be confusing and daunting. Our counsellors will help you to work with your sons and daughters to create the best possible program for next year.

Join us at 6:30 p.m. Locations in the school will be posted when you arrive.

Report cards were distributed to students today. This report card is not considered a formal report (formal reports are only issued in November, April and June) and is in a simplified format with a grade, one comment and attendance information for each course.

I hope you are pleased with your son/daughter’s achievement. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher, a guidance counsellor or an administrator.

North Toronto will be hosting our annual silent auction on Friday, January 30th.The silent auction is part of this year’s Charity Week and all proceeds will go towards Ryan’s Well Foundation. The auction will be held in conjunction with NT Show Fantasia and will take place before, during, and after the show. This year, the auction has exciting items such as an autographed Maple Leafs hockey stick, Toronto FC and Raptors tickets, AGO tickets.

As well, the silent auction committee is looking for items that can be used as prizes. For more information, please contact ntsilentauction2015@gmail.com or see the attached letter.Silent Auction New Donor Letter 2014

Support Ryan’s Well every day at lunch.