FAN BUSES TO HCAA JR & SR Girls Basketball Finals
We’ve made it to the Basketball Finals!
School Cash Online will be open today from 9-1 for students in grades 10-12. Students must purchase a ticket online and then drop off your permission form and pick up a wristband from the gym on Wednesday after school. There will be 180 spots available.
Go Hawks!
OSSLT Prep Course
Just a friendly reminder the OSSLT prep course is running tonight after school in rooms 235, 237 & 239 for all current grade 10 English students.
Treaty Recognition Week Nov. 5-11
More about Treaty Recognition Week…
The Oral Tradition:
Indigenous societies in North America have long trusted the oral transmission of stories, histories, lessons and other knowledge as a way of maintaining a historical record, documenting agreements, and sustaining cultures and identities. In some cases, oral transmission is supplemented by wampum belts, pictographs, petroglyphs, birchbark scrolls, and designs woven into clothing. The oral tradition has demonstrated accuracy in some cases, when compared to written traditions. This has been illustrated in recent teamwork between Indigenous knowledge holders and Western scientists, such as during the discovery of the lost Franklin expedition. Oral tradition has been central to Indigenous interpretations of treaties. Indigenous understandings of treaties are often based not on a given document’s legal language, but on the spirit and intent of what was discussed—often in Indigenous languages—at the time of treaty negotiations.
Western thought tends to value the written word in legal tradition, and until recently, oral societies were characterized as peoples without history because they were effectively erased by Western historians. Wampum belts were sometimes exchanged as a record of the treaty, and this was frequently accompanied by ceremonial customs, such as smoking sacred pipes (calumet) to solemnize the agreements, or exchanging gifts. It is the spirit and intent of treaty negotiations that create the binding and sacred nature of a treaty, not the written language.
Boys Basketball Tryouts
Boys Basketball tryouts will be held this week:
Gr. 11-12 Thurs. @2:30 / Gr. 9-10 Fri. @ 2:30
Please let Mr. Hassan know if you have any questions.
Loyola School Play
Attention Loyola! The moment is finally here: our very first meeting for this year’s school play is coming up this Friday after school from 2:30-3:00. Information will be given and students will sign up to either audition, or be a part of our marketing team or backstage crew. Opportunities for student leadership will also be discussed. Again, that meeting is this Friday at 2:30 in the drama room (180).
SHSM Students
To all students enrolled in the Health & Wellness SHSM, Business SHSM, ICT SHSM and Transportation/ Robotics SHSM there will be a meeting in the STEAM room 163 on Wednesday during lunch about an upcoming joint certification called the Mirai Project.
Bantam Boys Basketball
If you are interested in trying out for the Bantam Boys Basketball Team, please come by room 131 at the end of the day and get a form from Mr. DiNardo. Tryouts will begin next week.
Borrowed Chromebooks
Just a reminder to students who have borrowed a Chromebook from the library. All borrowed Chromebooks need to be returned to the library ASAP to be formatted for OSSLT.
Attention Graduating Students
The first step of your graduation is already here, and that is to have your graduation photo taken. These photos will be in the school yearbook, and you will receive a composite in June showing the full class of 2024. You don’t want to be left out. Pictures will be taken in our school library, beginning November 13th. For photo details and information on how to sign up, see the email that has been sent to you. It is also posted on the student services D2L site, under announcements. Financial assistance is available through your VP if you need help paying the $40 sitting fee.
Student Life Expo
Students interested in attending the Student Life Expo in Toronto on Nov. 18th tickets are available in Student Services.
Sr. Boys Soccer
This announcement is for all grade 12 boys interested in trying out for the Senior Boys Soccer Team. For Grade 12s, your first tryout is Wednesday afternoon at 2:45 on the outdoor pitch.
You need your permission forms signed and handed in to Mr. Costa or Mr. Solimine before the tryout!
Girls Varsity Hockey
The girls varsity hockey meeting has been rescheduled for Thursday after school in room 239.
Culture of Life Club
All Culture of Life club members are invited to room 147 after school on Thursday for a meeting regarding our Christmas Card campaign. New members are always welcome!
Student Services
Mark your calendars! Loyola will be hosting a College & Apprenticeship Fair for students during both lunches on Tuesday, November 14th; and a University Fair on Thursday, November 16th! Make sure to check out the amazing post secondary pathways that are available for you to explore.