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Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test Section IV: Writing� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � ! � � � � � � � " � � # $ � � � � % � � � � � � � % � � # � � � � � � � � � � � � # � � � � � % � � % � � � � � � � � & � � � � � � � ' � � � ( � � � ( � � � ( � � � ( � � ) ( * � � ( ! � � # � � � � � � ) � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � + � � , � � � � � � � � � - � � � � � � � � �. / � � � � � � � -0 / - 1 � � 2 � � � � � � � � � � � � " � � % � � � � � � � � � % � � � � � �3 � � 4 � , � 5 � � � � � � � � � � � " � � � % � � ) � � � � � � � � � � � � $ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � # � � � � � � � % � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
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Section IV: Writing Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test
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Students Achieve 100%
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Yesterday, staff and students of John Fraser
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Secondary School celebrated after learning that
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100% of the Grade 10 students, who had written
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the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test
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(OSSLT) in March, had passed the test.
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The students were informed of their individual
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"We need to pass the Literacy test in order to graduate," said Druv Gupte, president of the students'
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Mrs, Nanavati was confident that these results would be maintained next year. She noted, with a
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results last week, but the official whole-school
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results were released a few days ago by EQAO.
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"The students did an outstanding job," stated Mrs. Nanavati, principal of John Fraser S.S. I couldn't be
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more proud!" When asked about the students' unprecedented results, Mrs. Nanavati said that the students
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had been preparing since November for the March test.
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council, "but for the students at this school, the test was an opportunity to set a goal and see it through
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to the end. It was Jag spirit at its best," he added.
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Shortly after the results were released, the principal announced that the last hour of the school day
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would be used for celebration. Music was broadcast throughout the school's PA system and both
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teachers and students took a well-earned break from their studies.
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smile, that there is always room for improvement.
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