March, 2013 Newsletter - Loyola Jesuit College

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Mr. Peter Onunkwor, an Agricultural Science teacher, attends to a parentduring the Open DayThe College has set aside a day in anacademic session, other than the usualvisiting days, where parents andguardians would have a formal but personalinteractions with subject teachers,class teachers, student life staff andthe counsellors. That day is thus calledan 'OPEN DAY'. The first ‘Open Day’held last year. The second of such a dayin the history of the College came upon Sunday, February 17, 2013 at theschool's QUADRANGLE.Prior to the day, planning and preparationtook several days. The Vice PrincipalAcademics, who co-ordinated theevent, gave detailed instructions to allsubject teachers, class teachers and student-lifestaff on the importance and thegoals of the event. She also carefully spelt out the procedure to be followed during the event. With thegoals and logistics well articulated, we, the teachers, eagerly anticipated the day.When February 17th finally arrived, the event was preceded by a Holy Mass in the school’s Chapel of theGood Samaritan. Before the Holy Mass, however, the classrooms’ Quadrangle, the venue of the event, worea beautiful look; Beautifully designed canopies were arranged and labeled faculty by faculty with each facultyhaving at least a canopy. Each canopy had seats and desks to accommodate teachers, parents and theirchildren. After the Mass, parents, guided by their children, moved to the Quadrangle to begin the ‘OpenDay’ activities.The laid down procedure ensured orderlinessand effectiveness. The procedureallowed parents to first interactwith their children’s class teacherswho released results to them. Thenthey proceeded to their children’s variousclassrooms where they had accessto their children’s lockers and perusedtheir wards notes/ exercise books andother related materials. Thereafter,they went into discussions with thevarious subject teachers about the performanceof their children in each subject.A number of the parents were impressedwith the students’ new lockersand desks. For a number of the parents,this would be the first time they wouldMs. Jennifer Gbemudu, a Computer Studies teacher, attends to a parentduring the Open Dayhave access to the students’ lockers in the classrooms. It was indeed holistic as nothing pertaining to thewelfare of their children was left untouched by the parents.Continued on the next page2
Continued from the previous pageMany parents left with very strong impressionof appreciation as they were able to captureboth the strengths and weaknesses of their children.Students, who on regular visiting daysavoided bringing their parents to meet with theteachers of the subjects in which they performedpoorly, could not do that during the‘Open Day’. The exercise also helped parents tobetter understand the academic programmes.These interactions helped parents to offer verygood pieces of advice and suggestions accordinglyto both the subject and class teachers.Finally, it was observed that many parentsfailed to turn up for this exercise. And some ofthose that turned up were more interested infeeding their children than participating in theMr. Ben Ndubisi, a French Language teacher, attends to a parentactivities of the ‘Open Day’. It is, however,hoped that parents would avail themselves of this exercise each time such opportunity occurs in any sessionwhile the school will constantly strive for greater improvement.By: Mrs. Ojiakor Ngozi (Head of Faculty of Science)Visiting Day for the SS3 StudentsThe SS3 students on extension will have a visiting day on Easter Sunday, March 31st 2013.Visiting day begins with Holy Mass in the Chapel of the Good Samaritan at 10:00 A.M. Thereafter, parentsmay have a picnic with their wards at the picnic grounds.Let us not forget to keep the compound clean by properly disposing off wastes in the waste bins provided atstrategic points in the compound.After Examinations Holiday for the SS3 StudentsHopefully WASSCE (West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination) will end on the 17th of May 2013allowing for several days before beginning of NECO SSCE. Senior Secondary three students who do not haveG.C.E. Cambridge examination during that period will be allowed to go home on a short holiday. They are expectedback to the school on June 1, 2013.Graduation Ceremonies for SS3 StudentsGraduation ceremonies for the class of 2013 will hold on JULY 14 TH, 2013. Two invitation cards will admitfour family members of each graduand to the occasion. Dress Code: Boys: Navy blue suit, white shirt, blackshoes and wine long tie. Girls: Navy blue skirt suit, white blouse and black shoes (wine scarves are optional).The 2013 Year BookWe would like to inform parents of graduating students that the opportunity to put in felicitations in appreciationto God, and in honour of their children is now at their doorstep .The subsidized rates are as follows:-Full page N100, 000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira)Half page N70,000.000 (Seventy Thousand Naira)Soft copies of felicitations and proof of payment should be sent in a soft copy of goodwill message and proofof payment into school account to the following address yearbook@loyolajesuit.org. Kindly copy the same toprincipal@loyolajesuit.org.3
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