February 23rd, 2010 -less than 3weeks to March Break

I have just sent out the "Teaser" for the Annual Conference which will be held on June 6 - 9th in Ottawa. More information will be sent to all Members in March and will be included in the Spring Lifeline. Please share this information with other School Board personnel so that they can attend for a day or for the whole conference. You do not need to be a Member to attend this conference. The theme this year is "Partnering Up" and we will be staying at the Travelodge - check out the facilities at:

http://www.travelodgeottawa.com/index_en.aspx

The OACAS Executive met on January 18 and 19th in Toronto. We had several guests at our meetings. On the Monday we were joined by Susan Pekilis and Richard Franz from the Student Success - Learning to 18 group. One of the activities of this group is to review and update the SALEP regulations. On Day 2 of our meeting we heard that we have a new Education Minister, Jennifer Young (PSAC) joined us for the morning as did Dr. Kathryn Bennett (McMaster University Researcher) and Kim Sorbara (Senior Policy Advisor Student Success). More information about the Executive Meeting can be found inside the Members Only area.

Pearce Thomas B.S.W.

OACAS Lifeline Editor

Attendance Counsellor Course - we have another course offered on March 31st and April 1st in Belleville. Please contact Suzanne Smith ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or Pearce Thomas ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) for more information.

Lifeline

As LifelineEditor I must tell you that the Lifeline is only as good as the information that I have sent to me or find to go into the publication. I am now gathering articles and submissions for the Spring Lifeline. I try to have this publication ready for distribution after March Break. Please email me something at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it