January 15 2025 O'Neill CVI Communication

Dear Parents/Guardians,

As we head into the final stretch of Semester One we have some important information to share for some upcoming dates.

Engagement Speaker Series: Overcoming Obstacles-Roland Acheampong

Hello Redhawk Families (Students and Parents/Guardians)! Building on the success of the DDSB's recent Family Engagement watch party, the DDSB, in collaboration with O'Neill's SCC, invites you to join us for another upcoming event. Many parents found the previous session on resilience highly valuable, and we believe this upcoming one will be equally engaging and beneficial.

Come and listen to Roland Acheampong; All-Canadian athlete, executive manager, sales director, and entrepreneur and his upcoming presentation Overcoming Obstacles-How to Succeed No Matter What is in Your Way.

Please join us in the Library for light refreshments and door prizes, to watch the event and engage with other parents!

This will be held on Thursday January 30, 2025, between 7:00 – 8:00 pm in our library. Please park and enter at the North Entrance. 

SCC members will be in the library from 6:30pm and will stay until 8:30pm if you wish to chat, ask questions, or find out more about SCC’s endeavours. Please try and RSVP by Thursday, January 23rd so we can have enough supplies on hand.

RSVP: SCCONeillCVI@scc.ddsb.ca      See attached

Grade 9 Parents/Guardians Only

Introducing 30 Credits My Way! 30 Credits My Way empowers you to personalize your high school experience with options like Co-op, SHSM, eLearning, and flexible learning opportunities. Learn how to plan your courses using backward design to align with your goals and future aspirations. Take control of your education and set yourself up for success.

Date:  Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Time:  6:30 PM

Register by Monday February 3, 2025:Click Here to Register

See attached!

Semester Two Timetables and Course Changes

Printed copies of the Semester Two Timetable will be distributed in homerooms this Friday, January 17.  Instructions for making requests for timetable changes are printed on the back.  Students are asked to book a Guidance appointment to request a change using the booking link available in their Guidance Google Classrooms.  Most of our courses are full so students should be aware that they will likely be placed on a waiting list.  The final day to submit an appointment request to change a course will be Thursday February 6. 

Parents/Guardians are also able to access Parent Portal on Monday, January 27, 2025 to see Semester 2 courses.

Course Selection for 2025/26 School Year

Course selection will open in myBlueprint for the 2025/26 school year on February 11, 2025.  Selections must be submitted by Friday February 28 at 4:00pm.  Parents and guardians are encouraged to log in with students to explore careers and educational pathways so that they can select courses that support their goals. Please click the following link forinstructions to submit courses through myBlueprint. 

The Guidance Department has created a Google Site to provide resources to students and their families with the course selection process.  Please click thisCourse Selection 2025/2026 to visit the site and learn more about O'Neill's programs, courses and opportunities.

Guidance Counsellors will be holding Course Selection Assemblies for all Grades on Friday January 31 and will be following up with presentations and visiting classrooms to support with the course selection process beginning in early February.  Students are also encouraged to book an appointment with their Guidance Counsellor for support with their planning by using the appointment booking link in the Guidance Google Classroom.  Please reach out to the Guidance Office at (905)728-7531 x2 if you have any questions.

Thank you and we wish good luck to all our students in the coming week!

New! Weekly Schedule

Attention Redhawks! Every Monday morning, we will be posting a weekly schedule to keep you all informed of what is going on or being planned for the week!  Information includes: weekly schedule (1 or 2), sports activities/games, important academic information (Eg. EQAO) and upcoming important dates! Follow us at @oneillcvioshawa to check it out!

Summative Guidelines and Information: Correction! See highlighted area

Summatives are evaluations that occur at or towards the end of a course allowing the student to demonstrate comprehensive achievement of the overall expectations.  Summatives can include performances/demonstrations, essays, assignments, research papers, exams and many more. Exams are just one example of summatives.

During our Summatives week, students may be attending school to complete many different types of summative work. Students should be checking in with their teachers to ensure the dates they need to attend.

In some courses, formal exams will be occurring.There are no formal exams in Grade 9 courses, BUT there is still summative work to be completed. Again, students should check in with their teachers.

The Summative schedule and guidelines are as follows:

Summatives (including exams) will occur based on their period in the day and on a Week 1 schedule.

All school buses will be running according to their regular daily schedule, leaving at the end of the day at 2:10pm. Cafeteria services will not be open during summatives.

All formal exams and any summative work will be occurring in the morning beginning promptly at 8:00am. If students need to remain at school for the afternoon, all students will remain, supervised, in the cafeteria.

In the event of a school closure, the formal exam schedule and summative work will be postponed with notice to families and written on the next school day. All remaining exams/summative work will then be shifted and written one day later.

*Only those students writing formal exams or are completing summative work with their teachers should be attending school on these days*

**Please note that our Transition to Work Program students will attend school as per their normal schedule.**

Credit Completion Day

This will occur on Tuesday, January 28, 2025. Only those students contacted by their teachers will attend.

Upcoming Important Dates

Thank you and we wish good luck to all our students in the coming week!

Thank you,

The Admin Team of O’Neill CVI

Attachments

30 Credits My Way February Parent Night Poster (1)

Engagement Speaker Series - Roland Acheampong Flyer_01