St. Joseph's High School Daily Announcements.

LASER NEWS ANNOUNCEMENTS THANKSGIVING CAN DRIVE The St. Vincent de Paul Society from Our Lady of the Atonement Parish has reached out and asked us for assistance in filling their shelves with nonperishable food. Next week we are inviting all staff and students who are able to bring in donations of nonperishable food items. Donations will be collected from homeroom classes immediately after morning Prayer next week. Anyone who does not have a homeroom or is offsite period 1 may bring donations to the Chapel at any time.  We will be presenting the donations to Fr. Rob at our Thanksgiving Mass on Friday. HONOURS RECOGNITION CEREMONY Please return the bottom portion of your invitation to the main office in the drop box. You are only allowed to bring two people to the ceremony. The deadline is Monday, October 3rd. DANCE TEAM  There will be an INFORMATION meeting during lunch in the Drama Room on TODAY for anyone interested in trying out for this year's Dance Team!!  KARAOKE FR...

LASER NEWS ANNOUNCEMENTS LORAN SCHOLARSHIPS The Loran Scholars Foundation is now accepting applicants There is no limit to the number of applicants from a single school and students are invited to apply on their own.  Eligibility: clearly demonstrate character, service and leadership a minimum cumulative average of 85% hold a Canadian citizenship or permanent resident status going to one of the Universities participating in this scholarship. Deadline for applications is October 12, 2022, before 8:00PM (Eastern Time) TORONTO NATIONAL BOOK AWARD The Toronto National Book award application is now available to all students going to any University for the 2023-2024 school year. All students who intend to apply to any University are eligible for this award. Award recipients receive a National Book Award recognizing their achievements, and as a symbol of their academic potential. If you are interested in the U of T book award, please complete the google form that is found in the Grade 12 ...

LASER NEWS ANNOUNCEMENTS TERRY FOX WALK Hey Lasers! The time has come! The Terry Fox School Walk is tomorrow!  The final collection of signed permission forms and any donations must be submitted tomorrow morning to your period 1 Teacher.  Students may wear athletic/jogger bottoms with school spirit-colored tops.  Be sure to wear shoes that will allow you to walk 3 km!  And you may bring a reusable water bottle. Let’s keep Terry’s dream alive, Lasers! SHAD 2023 APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN! The Shad leadership experience is available to all students in grade 10 and 11. The Shad experience at every campus includes an immersive program of lectures, workshops, projects and activities that builds on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts & math). Shad2023 has two program experiences, ShadOnCampus (live-in) and ShadAnywhere (digital). Both programmes run the month of July. Applications are due no later than December 5, 2022 (11:59 pm ET) Further information about t...

 LASER NEWS ANNOUNCEMENTS FRANCO-ONTARIAN DAY Attention all French immersion students! On Monday, September 26, we will be celebrating Franco-Ontarian day by wearing green. It will be a half dress down, so make sure to bring your spirit with your best green top and uniform bottoms.  TERRY FOX WALK Hey Lasers, our school-wide walk for Terry Fox will be held on Thursday, September 29th. We are collecting $2 donations in all period 1 classes, up until the day of our event!  Let’s keep Terry's dream alive, bring $2 to your period 1 class, and help raise money for cancer research! BEST BUDDIES Are you interested in becoming a Best Buddy?  If you have great leadership skills and love to be around people this is the club for you.  There will be an information meeting Monday September 26th in room 159 during lunch.  Come check it out to see if this is something that interests you. If you have any questions please see Ms. M.Marra for more information. KARAOKE THURSD...