Hello La Salle families,
Yesterday, staff at La Salle engaged in professional development, taking time to look at student data and then learning with and from each other in two rounds of workshops. The first round focused on literacy and numeracy, including communication strategies, visible learning, cross-panel and cross-curricular math strategies. The second round of workshops included a focus on pathways, student accommodations, IEPs, transition plans and attendance data. There was a workshop on academic integrity and appropriate AI uses. Finally, we were fortunate to have our Adolescent Care Worker, Megan Cochrane and Social Worker, Courtney Rickards present on their roles at the school, trends they are seeing at La Salle and in the community and share resources to support students' wellness.
Thursday night, many of you attended the Under the Lights football games. Thank you to school council member Angela Lyons and her team for organizing another fabulous fundraiser and for all of the families who were able to attend. Thank you to the staff and coaches who attended and coached so opportunities like this continue to happen for our school.
In the next two weeks, our amazing leadership students are planning the annual Halloween Haunted Hallway. Grade 7 and 8 classes and our school to community students will attend during class time and the remainder of the student population will attend during lunch hour. Please speak with your child about this opportunity and if they would like to participate in a less busy or in a more supportive small group setting, please let us know.
Thanks again for all staff, students, and families who participated in the Open House on October 2nd.
We hope you all have a lovely weekend,
Jen, Mike, & Kirsti
In the age of digital technology and tools, and time-pressure in busy lives, students sometimes submit information that is not representative of their own thinking and growth by using the AI tools such as Grammarly, ChatGPT and many others. Staff will continue to educate students on classroom expectations for assessments. Student attendance and completion of formative work is crucial - it allows students to receive feedback, ask questions, advance their learning, and prevents them from feeling that they have 'run out of time' and 'need' to take a shortcut. If you or your child are ever unclear of the expectations please reach out. Below is one of the tools we use in the office to help educate as well as the board's current academic integrity chart.
Our first school council meeting was held on Sept 24th at 6:30 pm. New members are always welcome to join us at each meeting. Our next school council meeting will be on Tuesday, November 19th at 6:30 pm in Student Services. If you are unable to attend in person and would like to participate, please email our Principal, Jen Grasse, to obtain access to the virtual meeting option.
Elected council for the 2024/25 school year:
Chair: Marsha Valente
Secretary: Stephanie Gratto
PIC Representative: Members will rotate attendance at PIC meetings
Members at Large: Laura Doherty, Todd Lamothe, Kishore Kumar and Sonika Sathish
Much appreciation to this team for their volunteer time in supporting our school!
La Salle Intermediate & Secondary School
Intermediate email - lasis@limestone.on.ca
Secondary email - lasss@limestone.on.ca
Website: https://lasalle.limestone.on.ca/
Location: 773 Highway 15, Kingston, ON K7L 4V3, Canada
Phone: Intermediate 613-542-9733 Secondary 613-546-1737
Twitter: @LaSalle_LDSB