AY Jackson SS

Join our virtual information session on Thursday, February 25 at 7:00 p.m. to learn about about grade 10-12 courses, pathways, and the course selection process at A.Y. Jackson Secondary School! Click here to join the livestream on YouTube!

Congratulation Noah Do Rego for winning first place in his category on a Global Game-Making Challenge.  There were over 800 entries, representing 70 countries. 

Noah created a game called Plant.  The game starts with oppressors taken over your town.  You have to get to the oppressors, but as you do you notice something is not right.  The game explores the impact of our actions on our world.

He plans to post his game in the near future for all to play.

Please check out his video: Noah Do Rego Bio Video 
His game is currently available for download https://itsdeego.itch.io/plant-beta-version 

We’re ready to help your child explore options and discover pathways as they begin High School in September 2021. Learn more about our high school program and watch our information session video!

Hello A.Y. Jackson Students, Parents, and Guardians,

 

As you have heard by now, Ottawa students will be returning to in-person learning effective Monday, February 1! On Monday students will attend COHORT A/SUBJECT 1 classes and our classrooms will be open at 9:15 a.m. We are all very excited to be welcoming our students back to A.Y.!  In addition to information provided below, students have already received an individualized message with their Quadmester 3 courses, teachers, and locations  via their student@ocdsb.ca email address. If for some reason, students are unsure of their class location Monday morning for Cohort A/Subject 1 the Admin Team will be greeting students and we can provide this information. 

 

A reminder to students, as we did in the fall, to please use the entry/exit closest to your classroom. We also need students to please bring all textbooks, Chromebooks, and learning items they have borrowed during Quadmester 2 with them to school on the first day of their return.

 

Our daily timetable will return to our established in-person model. We will resume alternating cohorts with Cohort A attending Subject 1 on Monday, February 1. For the cohort learning at home teach day, A.Y. Jackson teachers will be available for online support via our Virtual Resource Centre with 4 support rooms. Students can access the VRC rooms here. 

 

DAILY SCHEDULE
9:00 am Doors Open
9:15 am Teachers Open
Classrooms
9:30-11:22 am First Block
11:22-11:32 am In-class
Break
11:32-1:25 pm Second Block
1:25 pm Dismissal
2:05-3:20 pm Remote Student
Support

 

First Week Back:

February 1 - 5, 2021

Cohorts A-B-A-B-A - Subject 1

M = Cohort A - In Person

T = Cohort B - In Person

W = Cohort A - In Person

T = Cohort B - In Person

F = Cohort A - In Person

 

Second Week Back: 

February 8-12, 2021

Cohorts  B-A-B-A-B - Subject 2

M = Cohort B - In-Person

T = Cohort A - In Person

W = Cohort B - In Person

T = Cohort A - In Person

F = Cohort B - In Person

 

OCDSB SECONDARY CALENDAR

 

Our next A.Y. School Council Meeting is at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 2. You can join the meeting via this link: https://meet.google.com/ngb-hefz-ckd

 

We are still working on arranging Grad Photos for the A.Y. class of 2021. More information and details will be forthcoming in February.  

 

Thanks, Patrick

Effective January 4, 2021 to January 22, 2021

Due to the latest decisions made by the Ministry of Education to help stop the spread of Covid 19, the following changes have been made to the school day.

High School students will not be attending classes in Person from Jan 4 to Jan 22, 2021 inclusive.

All teachers will be synchronously teaching their classes online. Both Cohort A and B will be taught each day for the next 3 weeks.  Teachers will be taking attendance daily. Students are expected to participate in both classes every day. Both classes for this quadmester will be taught on a daily basis as follows:

Class 1: 09:30 a.m. to 11:22 a.m.
Break: 11:22 a.m. to 11:32 a.m.
Class 2: 11:32 a.m. to 1:25 p.m.
Lunch Break: 1:25 p.m. to 2:05 p.m.
Remote support Period: 2:05 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.


We will be updating the AY Jackson Website with any changes made during the next few weeks.