South Lincoln News Archive

South Lincoln Celebrates Earth Day

Tuesday April 22nd was Earth Day and SLHS staff and students did a great job in cleaning up the school, the neighborhood and answering environmental trivia questions. Thank you to everyone who helped out.
Now here are the answers to the trivia questions:
The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970
The founder of Earth Day was Gaylord Nelson
The Earth's protective layer is called the Ozone Layer
CFC stands for Chlorofluorocarbons
The number inside the recycling symbol indicates the type of plastic in the material
Michael Jackson wrote the "Earth Song"
Some greenhouse gases are : CO2, methane, nitrous oxide, CFC's, ozone and water vapour
Inconvenient Truth is Al Gore's movie
The 3 R's are reduce, reuse, recycle
A recycling symbol with a black circle behind it mean it is made of recycled materials.

And now for the winners:

Ties for 3rd is the office and Mrs. Hutchinson's grade 9 class
In second place: Madame Netherway's grade 10 class
and a big congratulations goes out to Ms. Thiessen's gr 12 class for the highest score in our SLHS Earth Day trivia. You will be receiving a plant for your room and Earth Day drawstring backpacks.
Now lets see the staff and students treat every day like earth day and conserve energy, pick up garbage and recycle every chance we get.

An extra special thanks goes to Mrs. Hutchinson for all her hard work in planning and organizing this great event!

South Lincoln Practices Safety Procedures

April 25, 2008

Dear Parents / Guardians:

This letter is to inform our parents and community that the staff and students of South Lincoln High School will be participating in a safety drill Thursday, May 1, 2008. The procedures is called a “lockdown” and is meant to further enhance the protection of our students and staff. The purpose of the lockdown drill is to practise safely securing students and staff within the school in the event of a potentially dangerous incident surrounding the school or within the school itself.

In this drill, classroom doors are locked and students must remain in their classrooms, behind locked doors. Students are not allowed outside the room for any reason. Each classroom teacher will be spending time talking with students about the procedures to be followed in the event of a lockdown situation. If you, as a parent, arrive at school while a lockdown is in effect, you will not be allowed in the school until the activity has ended.

While we sincerely wish that no event causes us to enact these precautions, we feel that practising these procedures, just as we practise fire drills, better prepares our students and staff to react appropriately in cases of an emergency, making our school safer for students and staff. If you have any questions about this safety drill, we invite you to contact us at the school, 905-957-3359.

Sincerely,

K. A. Torigian
Principal

MSIP Timetable for 2008/2009

April 9, 2008

Dear Parents/Guardians,

re: Multi-Subject Instructional Period (MSIP) - 5-Period Day

South Lincoln High School will be altering their current 4-period timetable beginning with the 2008-2009 school year. We will be dispensing with the traditional 75-minute classes and replacing them with 60-minute classes which will also result in the addition of an extra period in the school day entitled MSIP (Multi-Subject Instructional Period).

The 5-period day will provide students with greater advantages to learning by providing them additional time and/or support for those who require assistance with the completion of their work. MSIP time will help our students master their learning which will improve overall performance overall. During the compulsory MSIP period, students will work on their homework and other assignments from their other regular classes. They will be permitted to sign out of their MSIP class to work in other areas of the school such as the library or computer lab or to meet with a teacher for a specific subject.

Although historically MSIP was designed to help alleviate the timetable constraints of a small school, it was discovered that it had a great impact on student learning and credit accumulation. Students had much more time to complete their homework, prepare for tests, work on projects/assignments and complete work/labs/tests that were missed due to involvement in extra-curricular activities.

Furthermore, the MSIP structure better aligns class length with optimal learning time. The shorter class makes it more manageable for students and their ability to focus. The current curriculum is more rigorous and demanding than before. Students now require 30 credits to graduate in four years versus 28 credits in five years under the previous curriculum. The new 4-year system has put increased pressure on our learners which has resulted in the introduction of government-funded initiatives such as Student Success. Pedagogical research emphasizes the need for consolidation of learning. MSIP will provide our students with that time which we believe will help improve retention rates and better prepare our students for learning thereby, improving their overall performance.

For further information, we invite you to attend our MSIP Parent Information Session scheduled to begin at 6:15 pm in the cafeteria on Thursday April 10, 2008 just prior to Parent-Teacher Interviews at 6:30 pm. If you are unable to attend the school on Thursday evening, we invite you to contact us at any time to obtain further information. We look forward to seeing you on Thursday evening.

Yours truly,

Karen A. Torigian Johanna L. Provost
Principal Vice-Principal