Weekly Newsletter May 10, 2013 - Banting Memorial High School

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Ontario Student Classics Conference.............................................................................................................. 6 Results of Blood Donor Clinic – Friday, May 3 rd ........................................................................................... 6 After Hours Math Program ............................................................................................................................. 7 VocaLinks Access to Success Entrance Bursary ............................................................................................ 7 Graduation Year School Ring – Dates Confirmed ........................................................................................ 7 Link Crew .......................................................................................................................................................... 7 McLaren Art Centre Exhibition ...................................................................................................................... 7 Summer Science Internship Program ............................................................................................................. 7 Advanced Placement Exams ............................................................................................................................ 7 SCDSB Seeks Volunteers for Their Accessibility Advisory Committee ...................................................... 8 Anime Club ........................................................................................................................................................ 8 83% of Ontario College Graduates Find Work Within 6 Months ............................................................... 8 Summer School .................................................................................................................................................. 9 SCAA Student Design Logo Contest 2013 ...................................................................................................... 9 Learning With Technology: Parents and Teachers Working Together Conference ................................. 9 Students’ Motivation to Attend Post-Secondary Education Can Have Big Impact on Their Academic Success, Study Finds ....................................................................................................................................... 11 Ernest Cumberland Elementary School Celebrates! ................................................................................... 11 Transition from Elementary To High School Stressful For Students, Study Finds ................................. 11 Kids See Free ................................................................................................................................................... 11 Fine Arts Night - Next Thursday ................................................................................................................... 12 Banting Drum Circle ...................................................................................................................................... 12 Band Rehearsal ............................................................................................................................................... 12 GSA Club ......................................................................................................................................................... 12 Simcoe County Women’s Institutes Scholarships ........................................................................................ 12 Yearbooks ........................................................................................................................................................ 13 Explore Your Future in Medicine ................................................................................................................. 13 OSAP Session .................................................................................................................................................. 13 Secondary Students Earning Credits Through Travel ............................................................................... 13 ‘Homework Help’ Offers Free Interactive Math Help for Students .......................................................... 14 Sports News ..................................................................................................................................................... 14 Athlete of the Week ......................................................................................................................................... 15 Volunteer Opportunities - NEW OPPORTUNITIES ................................................................................. 16 Important Dates .............................................................................................................................................. 18 Parent’s Corner ............................................................................................................................................... 20 Parent Pointer Calendar for the following week ......................................................................................... 21 P.S. (Positive Statement): ............................................................................................................................... 21 What’s Happening at BMHS School Council - WEDNESDAY, May 22 nd Usually, our School Council meetings are the last Tuesday of particular months. We are getting a speaker in from the U.S. and he will be presenting on the Wednesday, instead of the Tuesday and it is, if not Board wide, at least family of schools wide. The presentation will be at 7 p.m. in the cafeteria. It will be about social media safety and security. Banting is having Sergeant Thomas Rich to speak to our school during the day and to parents and family of schools parents about social media safety in his “Always Connected” presentation, in the evening. Sgt. Rich has
een a certified police officer in the state of New Jersey for the past 15 years. He was recently featured on Good Morning, America, as an internet safety expert and has spoken to over 30,000 people in the last three years, in regards to cyber-bullying. The purpose of “Always Connected” is to inform law enforcement, educators, administration, youth workers, your groups, parents and children of all ages how to utilize technology in a positive way. Having dealt with children and juvenile investigations for the past ten years, Sgt. Rich realized the huge impact that technology was having on children, especially in regards to cyber-bullying. Thus, he decided to focus his efforts on educating audiences about current trends, real life problems and solutions for schools, parents, and children. Most importantly, Sgt. Rich helps to address the problems children face using technology and how these pitfalls lead to cyber-bullying. For more information, please go to www.alwaysconnected.org. Why are we having an evening like this There are many reasons! See the below articles to see the impact of social media. Back to Table of Contents Growing Number Of Anglophone Canadians Use Social Media One-third of Anglophone Canadians say not a day goes by without them checking their social media feeds, according to a new report from the Media Technology Monitor. Nearly 7 in 10 Internet users said they were regular social media users, logging in at least once per month. That figure was up by approximately 6% compared to 2011. About 63% of social media users surveyed said they read Facebook posts, tweets and/or LinkedIn updates daily. Facebook remains the most popular social network, with about 63% of Internet users and 93% of social media users saying they are on Facebook. Less than one-fifth of Internet users said they were on Twitter in the last month, although those numbers have risen to 80% in a year, up from just 10% in 2011. LinkedIn has similar usage numbers, although it has grown slower since 2011. About 12% of Internet users said they used LinkedIn at least once per month in 2012, and the figure was up to 18% in 2012. The report is based on surveys conducted in the fall with 4,001 Anglophone Canadians. Source: Canadian Press Back to Table of Contents Social Media Dominates 40% of US Students' Reading Time, Study Finds College students in the US may be reading more than is commonly thought, but more than 40% of the time they spend reading is on social media, according to a new study. Researchers at Texas-based Midwestern State University asked 1,265 students across disciplinary areas at a public liberal-arts university in the southwest to fill out surveys describing how much time they spent each week engaging in things like academic reading, extracurricular reading, browsing the Internet, working, sleeping, and socializing. The data revealed that students spent nearly 21 hours reading each week: 8.9 hours on the Internet, 7.7 hours on academic reading, and 4.2 hours on extracurricular reading, including the news, graphic novels, and non-academic books. Those numbers are lower than similar recent research has found, but far higher than data produced by the federal government in 2007. Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education Back to Table of Contents Parent Resources Available to Support Gr. 10 Students in Preparing for Provincial Literacy Test
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