Thursday, June 20, 2013

Math Tutoring Available

Does your child need help with Math? Free online math tutoring is available for students in grades 9 and 10. This service is available from 5:30 to 9:30 pm, Sunday to Thursday. Register at ontario.ca/HomeworkHelp.

Student Wellness & Bullying Intervention Hotline

SCITS has recently implemented a telephone option for student wellness and bullying concerns. To reach the hotline, users of the service can call the school at 519-336-6131 and when the auto attendant answers, choose option 5.

Callers will be greeted with the following message, after which they can record a message:

You have reached the Student Wellness and Bullying Intervention Hotline for Sarnia Collegiate. We invite you to share a concern on behalf of a student's well-being, or to report a bullying situation. At Sarnia Collegiate we take student safety and well-being seriously and your message will be addressed. Please leave a detailed message. We respect your choice to report anonymously if that's your wish. Otherwise, you're invited to leave us your name and telephone number for follow-up if necessary. We remind all callers that we expect any and all reports to be valid and truthful.

As always, SCITS parents and students are welcome to speak with their teachers and school administration when issues of student wellness or bullying arise. These incidents will be addressed using the Lambton Kent District School board Safe Schools Policy & Regulations, available at www.lkdsb.net.

Video: Leaving A Legacy

SCITS Communications Technology students attended a field trip where they participated in the making of a video about SCITS. This video has been released during the school's 90th anniversary celebration together with a new virtual memorial featuring over 100 former SCITS students who died in the service of Canada during World War II.

Click here to watch the web version of this video. [MP4]

Click here to watch the high definition version of this video. [MP4]

Note: special event video release forms related to this video are on file.

SCITS Virtual Memorial

Over 100 former SCITS students died in the service of Canada during World War II. As part of SCITS' 90th anniversary celebrations, a new project honours their memory at www.lkdsb.net/scits/memorial.

Over 100 former students are honoured on the website which links the names of the former SCITS students to information found on the Veterans Affairs Canada website. The available information includes rank, service number, birth date, age at death, date of death, force, unit, and division, as well as parents' names, burial information, and sometimes collections of photographs or newspaper clippings.

The idea came from some of the students who had seen the names engraved on a memorial plaque displayed outside the school's main office, and also had heard the names read out loud at the school's annual Remembrance Day service.

SCITS Turns 90!

2012-13 marks the 90th "birthday" of SCITS, originally built and first used in October 1922. SCITS alumni and friends are welcome to celebrate with us! Visit scits.lkdsb.net/90 to keep up-to-date on our 90th birthday.

Grit Test: SCITS Grit, We Don't Quit

Some articles in The Globe & Mail highlighted the quality of "grit" in students, and its importance in student success. Grit can simply be defined as "having passion for something and a determination to stick with it, despite setbacks." Everyone has had setbacks in life ... but how much "grit" do you have? Take the Grit Test to find out!

Supporting articles:
Duckworth, Angela. "Grit Test: Do You Have What It Takes?" 31 August 2012. The Globe and Mail. 13 September 2012.
Wente, Margaret. "Why kids need to fail to succeed in school." 31 August 2012. The Globe and Mail. 13 September 2012.
Note: the inclusion of these articles on this website are for information only and does intend to communicate that SCITS or the LKDSB endorse or share the opinions expressed by their authors.

SHSM in Arts & Culture

SCITS is a Specialist High Skills Major School!

SCITS offers an SHSM program in the area of Arts & Culture. If you are a student taking courses in the Arts (visual, dramatic, musical), Technology (construction, manufacturing, design, communications), Media Studies, Fashion, or Computer Studies, you may wish to consider participating in this exciting program that gives you training and experience beyond the classroom!

See http://scits.lkdsb.net/arts for more information!

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