Wednesday, September 4 LFAS Secondary First Day(Grades 9-12 returning students)

Secondary (Grades 9-12) Wednesday, September 4: Returning students in Grades 9-12 will NOT attend on Tuesday, September 3^rd.

ALL STUDENTS GRADES 9-12 will have a one-hour homeroom on Wednesday, September 4.  This will be a regular school day beginning at 8:27am.  Student homeroom lists will be posted throughout the main entrance and hallways. Fees will be collected, agendas distributed and lockers assigned at this time. 

Homerooms and  fee collections

 

Please put all fees on one cheque per student payable to LFAS.  A fee form is at the end of this letter; you may print it off and use it to check off which fees you are paying and attach it to the cheque.  Please send with your student the first day of school

 

·                  For grades 1-5 – Teachers will collect student fees in class.

 

·                  For grades 6-7 – Teachers will collect student fees in class.  Grade 7 students will not be issued their lockers until all outstanding and current student fees are paid.

 

·                  For grades 8-12 – Fees will be collected in homeroom on the first day.   Please send with your student on the first day of school.  After that, fees are payable in the front foyer from 8a.m.-830a.m.  and from 11-11:30 am.  Students will not be issued their lockers until all outstanding and current student fees are paid.

STUDENT INFORMATION VERIFICATION FORM

Students will be handed a student verification form in their homeroom.  Please make any corrections in red ink (if possible).

 

SECONDARY TIME TABLES / COUNSELLING

Students will receive a final copy of their timetable the first day of school.  When requesting course changes, please be aware of the following:

·        Grade 12 students and students with incomplete schedules have priority.

§  Addition of resource or ESL blocks is also a high priority.

§  Any requests for specific teachers will not be accepted.

§  We are limited this year by legislation to maintain hard maximum class sizes of 30.

§  Please make an appointment with your counselor to make any changes.

 

Times for timetable changes:

§  Grade 10, 11 and 12 – Ms. De Little

§  From now until September 14th.

§  September 14^th Last day for course changes

§  September 28^th Drop dead date for all course changes. After this date the course will remain on the transcript.

 

§  Grades 8 and 9 – Ms. Orlando

§  From now until September 14th  (Please put in writing on blue form found in the counselling office)

 

Note: One spare is given in grade 10 if the student is in two year-long, outside the timetable courses at LFAS e.g. choir and drama ensemble.  Applications can be made in September by filling out a form which will be in the counselling office and each application will be reviewed by the administration.    In addition to carrying two outside the time table courses at LFAS, junior students desiring spares must be academically successful and have shown from past behaviours that they will make good use of their spare block.