TH E GRAYD O N IAN
SEN TIN EL Vol. #16
THE MONTH FOR LOVE & SPORTS
AND WE’REEEEEEEEE OFF As we enter the month of February, the students and teachers at the Graydon Sealy Secondary School prepare for our annual Inter-House athletics meet. Last week the 8oom races were keenly contested and the students turned up and gave their all. This week the final eliminations will take place so that all would be in place to finally see if the MIGHTY BLUE house will finally be dethroned. Who will rise to the challenge?
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NOTICES 1st Year Form Level meeting
TERM II – 6TH January – 27th March 2020
WEEK 5 MONDAY – 3rd February 2020 FULL ASSEMBLY – YELLOW HOUSE TUESDAY
WEEK 6 MONDAY – 3rd February 2020 FULL ASSEMBLY – BLUE HOUSE TUESDAY HOUSE PRAYERS
1St Year Form Level Meeting WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY FORM PRAYERS
ANNUAL INTER-HOUSE SPORTS at the National Stadium THURSDAY
THURSDAY
HOUSE PRAYERS P.T.A, MEETING
HOUSE PRAYERS FRIDAY FRIDAY FULL ASSEMBLY - YELLOW HOUSE
REMINDER:
FULL ASSEMBLY - BLUE HOUSE Valentine’s Day Activities - Small Business Class
REMINDER:
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5 Year Internal Examinations continue.
5th Year Internal Examinations continue.
HOME - SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP Pictured accepting the generous donation , from left to right, are principal of Graydon Sealy Secondary, Ms. Beverley Y. Bancroft; Mr. Kevin Tyrhane of TSL Ltd.; Mrs. J. S. Howard-Gittens (Deputy principal Ag.) and Ms. Marndine Springer, president of the school’s P.T.A.
The Parent-Teacher Association of the Graydon Sealy Secondary School are at it once again. This time they have the placed the teachers at the school at the centre of their attentions with a donation of a Canon photocopy machine. The president of the P.T.A., Ms. Marndine Springer made contact with TSL Barbados Limited. The company graciously agreed to make the donation to assist with the printing and copying needs of the teachers at the school. We at Graydon Sealy are indeed very grateful for gift which comes at a time when government is challenged financially. We would like to extend our sincerest thanks to Mr. Kevin Tryhane of TSL Barbados Ltd. and to our very own, Marndine Springer. At a time when most of corporate Barbados is making cut backs, it is indeed heartwarming that some companies are taking civic responsibility seriously. Thanks once again!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Nathalya Mapp – February 6th
Nadia Welch – February 6th
Anna Alleyne – February 9th
Jerome Stuart – February 11th
Sean Jones – February 14th
Mario Scott – February 15th
Hope your Birthday celebrations bring you much joy and happiness. ENJOY!
GRAYDON SEALY ANNUAL INTER-HOUSE SPORTS INTERHOUSE SPORTS 2020 SCORE CARD AFTER 55 EVENTS POSITION
HOUSE
POINTS
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BLUE
554.5
2
GREEN
323.5
3
RED
4
WHITE
5
ORANGE
285
6
YELLOW
274.5
312 305.5
Teacher and Moral Development in Schools When acting as moral agents in a pluralistic society, teachers are embracing the highest and noblest calling of the profession. But what is meant by the notion of teachers as moral agents? And what are some of the responsibilities and moral decisions teachers face during the school day and school year?
A substantial body of literature has documented the importance of students' perceptions of their teacher relationships on their classroom motivation, learning, performance and school completion.
In a recently performed analysis, it was found that students' perceptions of supportive teacher relationships were correlated, on average, between 0.25 and 0.55 with academic and social outcomes including participation, satisfaction, self-efficacy, critical thinking, standardized achievement in math and language, increased attendance, reduced disruptive behavior, and higher grades.
Conversely, findings suggest students' motivation and adjustment to school may be adversely affected when their relationships with teachers are distressed.
Intervention Programmes: School-Based Intervention Programmes Adolescents spend almost one third of their daily time in school as a part of the social life contributing to and shaping their personalities. Therefore, schools are expected to contribute towards the moral and ethical, spiritual, mental and physical development of a child. A good curriculum may serve as a fundamental to preventing the children from offending in the future. A good curriculum may motivate the students, help them cultivate a positive attitude, being optimist and grow with a positive approach to the life. Early intervention programs in school guide the adolescents in handling themselves psychologically, emotionally and physically. Teacher-parent association may serve as an important path to link the parent and school in order to have a better understanding of adolescents in their school performance and home attitude. As such, teacher and parent may have mutual understanding towards the child in monitoring the child’s overall performance. Problems can therefore be traced and treated in the early stages before becoming serious and complicated. Teachers play an important role in recognizing the students` problems. The school counselor is instrumental in dealing problems in as early stages as they can. This would make classroom activities more convenient and easier to carry out by the teachers
Another important issue for adolescents is school holidays. This is fast becoming a prime time for adolescent to become involved in antisocial or criminal behaviours. Structured activities in holidays may constructively occupy up their time to prevent any involvement of antisocial activities.
The holiday program may include academic and leisure activities such as reading and writing class, art class, sports activities, club and social activities, life skills, health education, sex education, religious class etc. Mentoring program may also provide an avenue for advice and guidance for those adolescents atrisk as well as assisting in closely monitoring their behavior. At-risk adolescents need to be monitored closely and given appropriate advice and guidance. The assistance of mental health centers, health departments, university affiliated centers is based on the recognition that schools cannot do all of the work alone, and in many cases are overburdened with demands which could be addressed in other community systems. A strong connection between schools and other community agencies and programs also assists in moving a community toward a system of care, as linkages between schools and community agencies, and opportunities for developing more comprehensive and responsive programs and services are established. Expanded school mental health also is a framework for programme and service delivery within which additional features are critical, such as ongoing interdisciplinary collaboration, family and other stakeholder involvement, quality assessment and improvement, and empirically supported, culturally competent practice. In advocating partnership with schools to address the mental health needs of adolescent, it is important to emphasize that schools cannot, and should not, be held responsible for meeting every need of students. However, most educators, parents, youth, and communities support an educational agenda involving enhancing not only academic skills but also "students' social--emotional competence, character, health, and civic
engagement" and it is imperative that schools meet the challenge when the need directly affects learning and school success. In contrast, there is compelling evidence that strong positive associations exist between mental health and academic success, but it is important to note that emotional and behavioral problems are significant barriers to learning.
Now it’s your turn. If you have any suggestions about how we as a school can address some of the issues that currently affects the students under our care please feel free to submit your suggestions to the deputy principal; hopefully, together we can
Drug abuse is another serious problem to the community. In a study, it was shown that drug prevention be designed to be given to all students, with selective programmes offered to students involved in delinquent activities since it has been shown that such activities increase the likelihood of drug involvement.
chart a better path for our charges. Remember
Prevention of pregnancy and abortion should also be given appropriate attention. Talks on the knowledge about the consequences of sex, pregnancy and abortion in adolescent can be held once in a while to arouse the sense of responsibility, and to raise the awareness of the adolescents towards themselves from moral and biological perspectives.
make a positive difference in the lives of these
To review the entire paper you can visit https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308 892358_Role_of_parents_Teachers_and_Comm unity_in_Adolescents_issues
submit your ideas to the following email address‌ deputyprincipal@gsss.edu.bb ‌ or just pop into the office for a chat. Let us
students.
The members of Small Business class project Coco Mix, Raquan Bispham, Makail Gittens, Simeon Gilkes and Terrell Sealy have made it to the finals of the Twenty Dollar Challenge. From a field of ten (10) schools, sixty (60) businesses and over two hundred (200) students, our boys are in with a chance to take their small business all the way. They have their final presentation on the 22nd February 2020. Let us give them our fullest support. Graydon sealy to the world! Well done boys. Kudos also goes to both Mr. Brian Parris and Mrs. Karen Bryan, for their hard work with these students. Well done colleagues.