February 24, 2023
“People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. People will never forget how you made them feel.”
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Early Building Closure
The power shutdown that was originally scheduled for Friday, February 24 in order to address a hydro issue has been been moved to next week, Friday, March 3.
Staff and students should vacate the school by 4:30 p.m. next Friday in order to permit this important work to proceed on schedule.
Event Catering Timelines
We have been receiving a lot of last-minute, and sometimes same day, requests for food and beverages for events and meetings. The majority of events and meetings are planned well in advance. Please make sure your food and beverage needs are part of your early planning.
Please provide a minimum of two weeks notice if you require food and/or beverages at your event or meeting. Last-minute requests may not be fulfilled.
Larger events should be discussed with Paula a minimum of one month in advance depending on complexity.
Senior Drama Showcase
Join us on Tuesday, February 28 for the first live Senior Drama Showcase since the pandemic.
The matinee and evening performances will feature over 80 drama students.
Admission is free and all are welcome to the matinee: 1 to 3 p.m. and evening performance: 6 to 8 p.m. in the old auditorium.
Rollicking satire, mayhem, missed connections, and the search for true love and maybe some happiness too are all part of this exciting evening.
We would love to see you there.
Lang Innovation Lab: Maker-in-Residence Series
Please join the Innovation Team after school on Friday, April 3 for the start of the second Maker-in-Residence series in the Lang Innovation Lab.
Tess Butler-Ulrich is working towards her Masters in Education at OTU, with a focus on making and STEAM education. The subject of this series will be microprocessors such as micro-bits; this first workshop will introduce the micro:bit and go over how to connect it to a device, inputs, outputs, and setting up micro:bit and explore coding through a series of challenges and debugging activities. (E.g., create a simple shape using the LEDs on the micro:bit, write a short message using the LEDs).
OFSAA Ski/Snowboarding
The following students will be away Monday Feb 27-Tuesday Feb 28 for the OFSAA ski championship:
Charlie Binnie
Wells Burnfield-Wiebe
Adam Hirji
Lochlan Tapping
Ken Zhang
Amy Seglins
The following students will be away on Wednesday March 1 for the OFSAA Snowboard Festival:
Jessica Xu
Shinena Xiang
How Well Do You Know Your Colleagues Bingo
Athletics Calendar
Student Vaccination Clinic
Toronto Public Health will be on site on March 1 to offer a catch-up clinic for mandatory school vaccinations to M3-S6 students.
Please do not schedule any assessments during that day.
COVID-19 Case Counter
COVID numbers are updated every Thursday and can be found here in this document.
UTS Updates
In this update you will find information on final exams and the last day of school, upcoming late starts to the school day, the rescheduled holiday breakfast, a Toronto Public Health vaccination clinic on March 1 for M3-S6 students and more.
Silver Linings
Have a silver lining you would like to submit for next week’s Staff Update? Click here to share something that brought you joy recently.
This week’s share comes from Negar Shayan.
