1000 NEW WESTMINISTER DR, THORNHILL, ON, L4J 8G3

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1 1000 NEW WESTMINISTER DR, THORNHILL, ON, L4J 8G3 Westmount CI June 6-17, 2016 Attendance: x 238 Principal: Sheri Epstein Vice-Principal: Lisa Wargo Vice-Principal: Sheldon Zelsman Inside this issue: Message from Admin 2 This week & News 3 Guidance 4 Events and Misc Info 5-9 Please check our website regularly for updates. NEWS & EVENTS PARENTS SCHOOL CALENDAR

2 Message from Admin Team Dear Parents/Guardians and Community Members, Wow! Today is the last day of school for the school year. It seems like it was just yesterday that I was writing the first message of the school year. Last night, we capped off this amazing year with an absolutely incredible Graduation Ceremony. Having the privilege of watching our students cross the stage in their caps and gowns, receive their diplomas, acknowledge Ontario Scholars, recognize Award winners and hear a wonderful Valedictorian speech is truly pure joy for all of us. What a way to cap off the school year! As we head into the summer we would like to thank all of you for your help and support with our students this year. We strongly believe that when parents are involved in their children s education students and schools benefit in a positive way. We look forward to working with you again in September. We are so proud of both our staff and students for all that they have accomplished this year. It has been quite a journey since September We have: played hockey, volleyball, baseball, ultimate Frisbee, basketball, soccer, tennis, golf and badminton performed, sculpted, danced, acted, sketched, photoshopped, sang, played many instruments, and painted we visited Italy, Nashville, went to the Aquarium, Science Centre, and the ROM Learned at our Remembrance Day Assembly and Holocaust Education Assembly had YouthSpeak come to talk to the students about Mental Health and the YRP presented on Distracted Driving had a school dance, haunted house, camp days, school colour days, Halloween and Valentine s Day Fun, swabbed our cheeks, donated blood We had Relay for Life and Weststock! we raised thousands of dollars for charity! we celebrated our students academic achievement at our awards ceremonies participated in math contests and Science Olympics studied hard, written EQAO, completed summatives, culminating activities, written exams and accumulated thousands of credits! It has truly been an outstanding year! Congratulations to all of our graduates, we wish them all the best on their future endeavors. Some important reminders: Reports cards for students in grades 9-11 will be mailed home in mid-july Grade 12 students can pick up their report cards, diploma, transcript, composite photo beginning the week of July 11th All payments for will be on School Cash Online. Please look for information as to when you can go online and make all your payments. Any student who has paid their fees by mid-august will be able to receive their timetables electronically before Registration Day! Wishing everyone a safe and restful! Sheri Epstein,

3 Coming Up in The Next 2 Weeks Hello! With exams just around the corner, and the end of the year approaching, I thought I would send you a reminder that we have Project ADVANCE coming up this summer. Project ADVANCE is a free transition program, offered by Disability Services at York University, for students with disabilities who are transitioning from high school to York University for the coming fall/winter term. This summer Project ADVANCE will run from August 15th to 26th. To learn more about Project ADVANCE please visit our website at Yearbooks If your child has not yet picked up their yearbook, please have them come to the main office. Anyone willing (or knows someone willing) to donate a copy to the Westmount CI Yearbook, please let us know. The donation would be very much appreciated as it would help complete our archives of year-by-year WCI memories from school opening (fall 1996) up to our current edition. We try to keep two copies (but only 2) of each year. Many thanks.

4 Your Guidance Team Update Wrap-up GRADUATION CEREMONY 2016 Wednesday, June 29, 2016 Paradise Banquet and Convention Centre 7601 Jane Street (south of Hwy 7) Door open at 5:45 p.m. Ceremony starts at 6:30 p.m. Parking is available on the south and north side of the hall. There is plenty of parking. Grads must arrive wearing their cap and gown. All guests must present a ticket at the door to enter the hall. ONTARIO UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE FINAL MARK TRANSMISSION On July 6, final marks will be submitted to OUAC and OCAS. If you are taking a course outside Westmount, you must submit a final report card to the Guidance office by the end of day, Thursday, June 30, in order to have this mark include in the transmission of your final grades. SCHOOL CASH ONLINE GET YOUR TIMETA- BLE FASTER Registration day for the school year will be Tuesday, August 30. Get a School Cash Online account and avoid the registration line-up. Pay your school fees and get an electronic copy of your timetable in September. Sign-up now at School Cash Online TIMETABLES Student s will get their timetable on registration day or before if you have paid your fees through your School Cash Online account. On Wednesday, September 7, students will be given the opportunity to request a timetable change. Friday, September 9, will be the last day to request a timetable change. The school has until Friday, September 16, to complete the changes. timetable-changes #wcitimetable Stay in the Loop Follow WestmountGuidance on Facebook on Twitter. Visit the Guidance website regularly for important news, information and announcements. WESTMOUNT FACEBOOK AC- COUNT Due to software/platform incompatibility the Westmount Guidance Facebook page has been deactivated permanently. Twitter will remain as our primary social media communication tool. WCIGuidance

5 Hello, My name is Dan and I will be this year's Transition Program Assistant at Humber Accessible Learning Services. The Easy Start Transition Program is designed for students with disabilities or an IEP beginning their post-secondary studies at Humber College or the University of Guelph-Humber this September. This year, the Easy Start Transition Program event has the same great info, same social opportunity, as well as one central location! Tuesday, August 16th, Save the Date! Registration for this event is now open! Please advise students to register now using this link! Thank you, Dan Weel

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