Hello,

Second semester has begun with a flurry of activity throughout the school. Students are busily adapting to new schedules and Student Services has been busy addressing timetable issues and changes with all students. While very busy, things have rolled out very nicely and most students are comfortably settled into their new surroundings.

Meet the Teacher Semester 2…Want to meet your child’s second semester teachers? For the first time, Bell HS is proud to offer you that opportunity on Tuesday February 9, 2010 beginning at 4:00 p.m. in the cafetorium. Following a few quick introductions classroom visits will begin at 4:15 p.m. and provide you with the opportunity to review course outlines and peruse curriculum materials in classes. Please note that many other activities are also going on for some teachers such as coaching. In such cases, some teachers will not be available but will be leaving a sign-up sheet outside their classroom for you to request a phonecall or email. Please join us on this evening as we begin our journey together toward June.

Community Service Hours Update for Potential Graduates…My most recent potential graduate list contains 232 students. Of these, 94 have yet to complete their mandatory 40 hours of community service. It is critical to note that students unsuccessful in meeting this graduation requirement will not cross the commencement stage nor receive their Ontario Secondary School Diploma in June if nothing changes.

How can you verify how many hours your child has completed? Attached to the end of semester report card coming home this Thursday February 11, 2010 at the end of the day is a credit counseling summary showing all credits earned to date as well as the number of hours currently on file in our database.

A reminder that this Friday February 12, 2010 is a board-wide Professional Development day. There will be no classes that day. In addition, Monday February 15, 2010 is Family Day and once again there are no classes. Classes will resume on Tuesday February 16, 2010.

For your planning purposes, please find attached this weeks edition of Bell This Week.

attachment:Â bell-this-week-feb-8-12-2010.doc

Sincerely,
Bruce Whitehead – Principal