December 6, 2024
End-of-Year Staff Party
December 12, from 4 p.m.
Report Card Software
We invite you to take a few minutes to offer your anonymous feedback on the Report Card Comment Builder designed for UTS by Karen Liu, an MScAC intern from the University of Toronto’s Department of Computer Science. She will be using this data to support her culminating project for her program, and to continue making improvements to the report card software with IT.
Course Selection Sessions
December 12 for F2, M3 and M4
Please take note for planning purposes if you teach F2, M3 or M4 on Day 1.
On December 12, there will be full-period course selection sessions held in the auditorium for the following classes:
F2: Period 1 (Block D)
M3: Period 2 (Block E)
M4: Period 3 (Block A)
F2, M3 and M4 classes will attend these sessions with their respective teachers. If you are teaching one of these sections, please take attendance and promptly bring your class to the auditorium. The Guidance Team will reach out with additional details for specific teachers.
Thank you for your cooperation!
Timing for Locks on Classroom Doors
Classroom doors can be unlocked using your fob’s extended unlock feature from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 1:10 to 8 p.m.
Please remember to disable the extended unlock feature with your fob whenever leaving a room empty. It is disabled from 12:30 to 1:10 p.m. to prevent students from accessing rooms that have been unintentionally left unlocked.
Please contact facilities@utschools.ca if a door is not cooperating
Granting Access to Rooms
Staff should use their fob's extended unlock feature to grant access to classrooms or meeting rooms.
Please avoid propping classroom doors open with the deadbolt, as it causes damage.
If the extended unlock feature is unavailable, please only prop doors open using the wooden doorstop wedge which should be available in all classrooms.
Please contact facilities@utschools.ca if your classroom lacks a doorstop.
Please ensure that doors are locked again whenever leaving a room where no other staff member is present.
L1 Basement Door Should be Closed
The Level 1 basement entrance/exit between buildings is accessible via fob from Monday to Friday, from 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
These doors must remain closed at all times, except during entry or exit.
Staff members using these doors are responsible for ensuring they are securely closed after use.
Breakfast Together
December 18, from 7 a.m.
L’Espresso Bar Mercurio
Join us BEFORE work. Getting there may be a slog but good times will be had together!
Please let us know (before December 11) if you plan to be there!
Breakfast RSVP
-from the Social Committee
Accepting UTSPA Funding Applications
The UTS Parents' Association (UTSPA) provides funds for student initiatives/activities/events that benefit the UTS community.
To apply for this funding opportunity, submitted requests must be accurately completed and have the approval of a UTS advisor.
Submissions received by Wednesday, January 8 will be considered for this round of UTSPA grants.
Good luck to all the applicants!
Social Work at UTS - Updates and Access
This week, students, parents and caregivers are receiving information about Social Work at UTS and changes occurring. As Marleen Constantin starts maternity leave on Friday, December 4, please join us in welcoming Avi Magidsohn to the Social Work Team.
Avi will be filling Marleen’s leave and at UTS Monday to Friday.
Steph Stavro-Pearce and Joelle Therriault remain available to support students as needed.
To book an appointment, students can email social.work.staff@utschools.ca, email any Social Worker directly, and/or visit their appointment calendar and choose a time that works.
An updated Pathways to Support document will be provided in staff mailboxes to reflect the above changes.
We remind students that like physical health, we all have our mental health to care for and consider.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to connect.
SOCk Drive Coming Up! Also, Cardboard Boxes!
We’re excited to announce that this year’s SOCk drive will be in support of Covenant House! Covenant House is one of Canada’s largest agencies serving youth who are homeless, trafficked or at risk.
If you’d like to donate, please bring in:
Hygiene items (smaller sizes preferred)
New socks and undergarments
Gently used clothing (sized to fit age 16-24)
Non-perishable food items
Also, if you are expecting any deliveries in the coming weeks, please bring your cardboard boxes (anything that’s roughly the size of a banker's box) to Room 254. The SOCs will be boxing up the donations to be dropped off before we leave for winter break.
The Good Life: Fall 2024 issue of The Root, now available online
What is the good life? This issue of our alumni magazine, The Root, celebrates the careers and communities of 12 alumni making their mark in culinary and vinicultural arts and sciences, as well as restaurateurs, brewmasters and cider makers. Find out how sustenance becomes a fine art, sustainability serves as a bottom line, and historic traditions of wine, beer and cider making are reinvented for the modern age. Read more in the latest issue of The Root:
Class of 2024 Homecoming
December 19, from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Multi-Purpose Room
Join the Class of 2024 for a homecoming celebration with light bites and sweet treats on Thursday, December 19 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room.
Lunch Menu
UTS staff are welcome to order a hot lunch from the Mindful Munch. Please see the December menu and order form below.
