January 24, 2025
Coming Up
Digital Citizenship/Leadership
Head of Middle School Royan Lee is hoping to form a working group of leaders in Digital Citizenship to consolidate, streamline and build upon all the great student learning that already happens at UTS in this area.
Please inform him of the following:
1. Are you leading any formal student learning in this regard this year?
2. Are you interested in being part of a working group (all staff welcome) who will: a) develop a scope and sequence for F1 to S5 learning at our school?; b) be part of planning and facilitating some of that learning?
Please respond on this form.
Upcoming CAIS Webinar: What we need to know to successfully differentiate in our classrooms
On Wednesday, January 29, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. CAIS is hosting a webinar that will explore strategies for designing instruction, assessment and evaluation to meet the needs of neurodiverse learners.
Supervision Request - Model United Nations Society
Dear staff colleagues, we are sending 10 M4 to S5 students to a MUN conference on the weekend of February 8 and 9 at U of T’s St. George campus.
We require staff supervision on site for the duration of the conference. We would be grateful if you would consider signing up for a small block of supervision time here.
Seeking Trip Supervisor
The Global Citizenship program is seeking a supervisor for the upcoming Copenhagen trip from March 31 to April 6.
Apply here
Enforcement of Mobile Device Policy
We have noticed an uptick in Senior students in particular (on upper floors) disregarding our mobile device policy.
This is a reminder to please enforce our policy in all areas of school life.
Notice for Staff Advisors of Student Clubs
Following the sharing of the Staff Advisor Duties and Procedures that Garry presented at the last staff meeting, please review these expectations with your clubs and teams, specifically the sections on Rooms Bookings and Communications.
We continue to have instances where student groups are using rooms without booking them, causing confusion and some groups are emailing information out to their peers without Staff Advisor approval.
Your help in clarifying the expectation is greatly appreciated.
Equity Resources
This coming week has several significant events for our community, Monday January 27, 2025 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Wednesday January 29, 2025 is both National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack and Action Against Islamophobia and Lunar New Year. You can find related resources linked in the Google Calendar Events themselves. Find these events by adding the Faith and Observances Calendar to your Google Calendar. Open the event to view related resources.
Preparing for your Future: Wills and Estates Planning with Tanya Bartucz '90
The Office of Advancement is hosting an informative evening with barrister and solicitor Tanya Bartucz ’90 on Tuesday, February 18 for the UTS community. Tanya will provide advice on the fundamentals of creating a comprehensive estate plan, no matter the size of your estate.
Tanya Bartucz graduated from Harvard Law School in 1999 and practiced law for several years in the United States and Canada, before establishing her practice in Toronto’s west end in 2008. Her services include will and estate administration and real estate transactions including purchases, sales, mortgages and leasing.
Register here.
United Nations General Assembly International Day of Education
January 24 is the United Nations General Assembly International Day of Education, celebrating the role of education for bringing global peace and sustainable development. Education is one of the most important sustainability goals and the role of teachers and all involved in education can’t be overstated in actualizing this goal.
Education is a basic need of every individual and we thank you for the work you do to support and cultivate learning towards a better future.
Staff Social
January 30 at 4 p.m.
All staff members are invited to a social at the Fortunate Fox after work on Thursday, January 30.
Come join colleagues for snacks, jokes and lively conversation.
The Social Committee will pay for food so you just need to pay for your own drinks.
Hope to see you there!
Submit a fun fact about yourself!
Do you have an unusual talent, accomplishment, preference or skill? Let us know for an upcoming staff bingo!
