Havergal College Course Calendar, 2017-18 Academic Year

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ACCOMMODATIONS FOR JUNE EXAMS
Students with existing accommodations will meet
with their Guidance Counsellors to review their exam
accommodations. They will use the same accommodations
for ALL of their exams. This will mean that:
• Students with a “Quiet Room” accommodation will have
it applied to all exams. The Quiet rooms will be B60 (no
computer) or A30 (Multi Media Lab, with computer).
• Students with an “Assistive Tech: Computer”
accommodation will have it applied to all of their
exams. Students with a computer accommodation will
be in the A30 (Multi Media Lab).
• Students with an “Extra Time (up to time and a half)”
accommodation will have it applied to all exams.
Students with only this accommodation will receive
“Extra time (up to time and a half)” in the gym with
their class and teacher. Students with multiple
accommodations (i.e., “Computer” and “Quiet Room”)
will have their additional time applied while in A30
(the Multi Media Lab).
New Accommodations Based on Educational
Assessments
Psycho-educational assessments must be received by
the beginning of May for implementation for that year’s
exams. Parents and students should check with the
Learning Support Specialist for the exact date each year.
Assessments received after the beginning of May will be
implemented by September in the following academic year.
Newly Requested Accommodations
If a student arrives at school on the morning of her exam
with a doctor’s note requesting new accommodations,
her exams for that day will be rescheduled to the exam
conflict day to give the school time to review the note
and to apply the new accommodations in ways that are
consistent with school practice. Her other exams will
continue as scheduled with the new accommodations if
they are deemed appropriate by the school.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS
English language learners are students whose first
language is a language other than English or is a variety
of English that is significantly different from the variety
used for instruction in Ontario schools. All students who
are admitted are expected to be proficient in English.
Students in their first two years at Havergal who have
been educated in a language other than English or French
will be given extra time and a dictionary or electronic
translator on all assessments as deemed necessary.
RETA WESTON LIBRARY RESOURCE
CENTRE
The Reta Weston Library Resource Centre is located in
the Upper School and provides programs and services
for students, faculty and staff. The collection includes
both print and non-print materials including electronic
resources. These reflect school curricula as well as
recreational reading. The automated Online Public Access
Catalogue (OPAC) provides computer searches of our
library collection. Students receive instruction on library
skills and research methods. Virtually all resources may be
borrowed with the exception of current issues of magazines
and newspapers, which must be used within the library.
Terms of loan include overnight (sign out after 3:30 pm,
return by 8:30 am the next school morning) and two-
week periods. The library collection is a shared resource
dependent upon the honourable and responsible use by all.
Materials that are lost are replaced at the borrower’s
expense. Library loans may be renewed for an extended
time, provided that they are not on reserve for another library
user. Overdue library loans are subject to fines of 25 cents
per school day to be paid directly at the circulation desk.
Students should note the due date of their loans in their
Student Agendas as a reminder to return materials on time
or earlier. This responsibility is a crucial courtesy to other
library users, ensuring their access to the library’s collection.
INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
Havergal operates two computer labs: 25 desktop and 12
laptop computers in the Reta Weston Library Resource
Centre; and 25 computers in a state-of-the-art Multi
Media Lab, which includes industry-standard digital video,
image manipulation and graphic layout software.
Havergal is wireless throughout the campus and students
in Grades 7 to 12 will be required to bring personal
laptops or other mobile devices into the school to gain
Internet access and complete assigned work in class.
Personal laptops or other mobile devices will be used
in the classroom at the discretion of the individual
teacher. Students are asked not to text and walk and to
be thoughtful about their use of mobile technologies.
Students and one of their parents/guardians are required
to read and agree to comply with the
and abide by the
in order to have network
access at Havergal.