St-Donat Final Payments Due!

This a reminder that final payments for our St-Donat trip are due this Friday, December 12 on our school's cashless system.  Merci en avance!

Also, thank you to those students who have brought in all of their outstanding paperwork.  For those who still need to do so, they can bring it to my workroom (206) as soon as possible.

St-Donat: SOLD OUT!

Thanks to the terrific response from grade 9 families, the St-Donat trip taking place from February 8-11, 2015 is completely full.  Originally, OTHS had 40 spaces available to us; however, Perspectives has been able to open up 5 more spaces to us!   All 45 spaces are now spoken for-- we're thrilled!  We have a great mix of core and immersion students who will be travelling with us.

Along with myself, the French teacher chaperones will be Mme. Durand, M. Vidal, and Mme. Waller.

Please don't forget about the 2 upcoming payments (if you haven't paid already) which can be made on our cashless website-- the next one is due on November 7!

Merci!

 

St-Donat Parent Meeting-- Date Change: Now on October 15

Due to the Oakville All-Candidates meeting taking place next week at OTHS, the parent information session for our grade 9 French trip to St-Donat, Quebec will now take place on Wednesday, October 15 at 7:00 pm in the library.  Looking forward to meeting with many parents then!

St-Donat-- we're heading back again! Parent meeting on October 8!

Dear Parents of Grade 9 French Students,

I am thrilled to announce that an incredible educational experience for your son/ daughter has been approved for this school year: for the second year in a row, the Moderns Department at OTHS has planned a 4-day excursion to St-Donat, Quebec through Perspectives Eduscho Ltd. 

The trip is open to any student enrolled in French in grade 9 this year (first or second semester).  We will be travelling from Sunday, February 8 until Wednesday, February 11, 2014. 

You are invited to attend an important parent information session in our school library at OTHS on Wednesday, October 8 at 6:30 pm.  A representative from Perspectives, along with myself, will be present to go over the details of the trip, and to answer any questions you may have.

If you are unable to attend the parent information session, but would like further information, please don't hesitate to contact me via email: yullj@hdsb.ca.

The following website will provide you with some information about St-Donat and our tour company (Perspectives):

http://www.perspectives-edu.com/eng/st-donat.php. 

Thank you for considering this fantastic opportunity for your son/ daughter, and I look forward to seeing you on October 8th at 6:30!

Welcome back!

Welcome/ welcome back to OT!

I'm looking forward to a great year with all of you, and I can't wait to meet all of our Belgian/ French exchange students who will be here for the first half of semester 1.  If you don't know about this exchange yet, and have any questions, come see me in workroom 206 at any point and I will gladly fill you in!

As well as French, I'm also looking forward to teaching English as a Second Language this year.  This is the first time that OT is offering ESL, and Ms. Logan and I are excited to offer this opportunity.

My teaching schedule for semester 1 is:

Period 1:  ESLDO/EO

Period 2:  FSF4U1

Period 5:  FSF3U1

I hope you've all had a great summer-- see you on September 2!

And the performance tasks continue...

Each of my classes are now well underway with their end-of-semester performance tasks.  Keep up the hard work—we’re almost done!

Je suis tellement fier de tout ce que vous faites, mes élèves!  Les presentations pour ma classe d’immersion commenceront ce jeudi (le 12 juin), et les entrevues pour mes classes de français cadre auront lieu ce jeudi, vendredi, et lundi prochain.  Et—à la fin de la semaine prochaine—on écrit les examens!  Vous verrez l’horaire pour mes examens sur ce site (il faut voir le prochain message).  Bon courage!  

Exam schedule

The exam schedule for semester 2 has been finalized.  I have posted a copy in my classroom (on the side board).  

Our final day of regular classes is June 18.  Exams take place on the 19th (period 5 exam), the 20th (period 2 exam), the 23rd (period 1 exam), and the 24th (period 3/4 exam).  All exams begin at 9 am sharp.

Exam review day will take place on Thursday, June 26.  A special (shortened) schedule will be in place on that particular day.

Les examens de M. Yull:

jeudi le 19 juin:          FSF1D1 (pd. 5--core)   9h

vendredi le 20 juin:    FSF1D1 (pd. 2-- core)   9h

lundi le 23 juin:          FIF1D1 (pd. 1-- immersion)   9h

Venez me voir si vous avez des questions!

Springfest-- Switched to Tuesday!

Due to weather, Springfest has been postponed until next Tuesday (the day we return from the long weekend).  The schedule for the day is as follows:

Period 1:          8:15 - 9:15

Period 2:          9:20 - 10:25

Period 3:          10:30 - 11:30

Springfest!!       11:30 - 12:45

Period 4:          12:50 - 1:45

Period 5:          1:50 - 2:50

*My period 2 students: don't forget to hand in your permission forms to me so that you can participate in all of the events!  MERCI!

Journal d'un Soldat

Voici une bande annonce que mes élèves de ma classe d'immersion ont faite.  Bravo, les filles!  Congratulations to all of my immersion students for their excellent final tasks for this book!

Intermediate Reach: Halton Champions!

Congratulations to our incredible OTHS Intermediate Reach team for capturing the Halton championship last week.  Along the way, OTHS battled teams from Burlington Central, Iroquois Ridge, Bateman, and Notre Dame.  The final match against Notre Dame was a nail-biter, but our OT students maintained their composure to bring the trophy back to our school.  Mrs. Cruickshank and I are so proud of all of you-- way to go team!

St-Donat-- quel voyage inoubliable!

Our first grade 9 French Immersion trip to St-Donat was an unforgettable one!  Thanks to our incredible OT students who were AMAZING ambassadors of our school and community.  Mme Barsauskas and I couldn't have been more proud of you.  Here are some photos to remember our trip...enjoy!

St-Donat: DEPARTURE!

We will be St-Donat bound in a few short days!  Just a reminder from last night's pre-departure meeting at Iroquois Ridge: you are all to be in our parking lot here at OTHS on Sunday morning at 6:45 am.  Mme.Barsauskas and I can't wait!

See you all at 6:45 am on SUNDAY!

CEEF Exchange Applicants!

UN GRAND MERCI to all 16 students who have submitted their preliminary applications for the CEEF exchange!  It is so exciting to think that we will have so many students attending our school in the fall from Belgium, France or Luxembourg, and I'm sure you are all thrilled to have the opportunity to study abroad. Having done this exchange myself when I was in high school, I can tell you that it will be the best cultural and linguistic experience that you could possibly ask for!

I have been contacted by a representative from CEEF, and she has informed me that all of your preliminary applications have been received.  She also has informed me that all of your FULL APPLICATIONS have been e-mailed to you.  *VERY IMPORTANT: please verify to see if you have received your full application, and come see me ASAP in workroom 206 if you have not received it!

Looking forward to receiving all of your full applications!

Merci!

Un grand "merci" to all students who handed in their preliminary applications for the CEEF 2 and 3 month exchange today.  If you haven't got in your application yet, but are definitely interested, please submit this to me (workroom 206) by Wednesday at 2:50pm at the absolute latest!  After school on Wednesday, I will be bringing all of the applications I have received to Mrs. Hunt Gibbons to look through and sign-- and then I will send them off to CEEF.  The response has been great so far!  It's encouraging to see so many OT students who are able to take advantage of this incredible language learning and cultural opportunity!    

Exchange Program Information Session

Interested in finding out more about 2 and 3 month exchange programs offered through CEEF that we are supporting here at OT?  There will be an important information session for parents and students this Tuesday, January 14 at 6:30pm in the OTHS library.  Looking forward to seeing you then!

St-Donat: Réunion

Attention aux élèves qui vont à St-Donat en février: il y aura une réunion ce jeudi (le 9 janvier) tout de suite après l'école dans la salle 202.  La réunion ne sera pas longue, mais c'est très importante! 

À bientôt!