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ISSUE 23 MARCH 27, 2021 www.louisvilleitele.edu.ng FREE PUBLICA TION THE OYALOYAL RR SW RD LGHS....To see young girls become women of Integrity in theo society LOUIS XI KING OF FRANCE (1214-1270) From the OLYMPIAD P COMPETITION HELD IN OGUN STATE 2019/2020 EDITION his term has been a n the 25th February reflection of God's 2021, I, Woods Agnes benevolence towards us. OKathryn. O, along with T Mrs. Onipede and Mr. Otugare, Our profound gratitude goes to God and also our parents who, as was invited by the Mathematics usual, went over and beyond the Association of Nigeria, Ogun call of duty to provide whatever State Chapter, to be presented to was necessary to add to our the commissioner of Education students' rich school experience. for Ogun State, Mr. Gbenga The journey of this term started Otenuga, for my performance and the performance of other with tentative steps, but one that students from other schools who has taken us to remarkable participated in the Olympiad heights. We e x p e r i e n c e d a n C o m p e t i t i o n 2 0 1 9 / 2 0 2 0 Edition, second stage. exceptional and mind-blowing I, along with Mrs. Onipede and moment at the just concluded 9th Woods Agnes Mr. Otugare, departed the biennial inter- house sport school premises at 7:10 a.m. and Ogun State. The ride to the competition. It was exciting to see headed towards our destination, Commissioner's office was a our girls develop skills of the Office of the Commissioner smooth and calm one as the athleticism, fair play, and team of Education for Ogun State, the Con’t on page 2 work. Governor's Office, Abeokuta, Our focus at assembly INSIDE THIS ISSUE exhortation during the term was on the core values of the school 9th Biennial Career Talk Given By Dominican University (Pg 3) which aimed at helping our girls 2020-2021 SSS2 Presentation (Pg 4) develop individual talents while Inter-House Sports learning to get on with others, Competition held on Saturday, Assembly Exhortation For 2nd Term 2021/2021 (Pg 5) solve problems, be self-motivated 20th February, 2021 9th Biennial Inter-House Sports Competition 2021 (Pgs 6 & 7) and inquisitive. Sales At BOC Store, Ijebu-Itele (Pg 8) On a final note, I wish everyone a wonderful Easter SAT Workshop For Teachers (Pg 9) holiday and an awesome family 7 Days Fasting And Prayer At The Beginning of The Session (Pg 10) bonding. Staff Training Sections (Pg 11) Rev. Sr. Matilda Adeboye SSL, Our Visitors This Term From Ibadan And Ilorin ( Back Cover) Principal Full detail on pages 6 and 7 The Royal Sword is a PUBLICATION OF LOUISVILLE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL,IJEBU-ITELE. P.M.B. 1105, IJEBU-ODE, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA ISSUE 23 THE ROYAL SW ORD...raising the royal consciousness www.louisvilleitele.edu.ng 27 TH MARCH 2021 From the front page conference room in MICROSOFT the next building as the waiting room OFFICE was quite small and SPECIALIST-ASSOCIATE staying would mean WINNERS going against the C O V I D - 1 9 protocols. Once we were all settled in the conference room, the Commissioner o f E d u c a t i o n p r e s e n t e d t h e plaques, provided by the Mathematics A s s o c i a t i o n o f Morsindi Osejindu Thelma Ojo Deborah Nigeria (MAN), to traffic was minimal and the roads each of the students who placed Ugwu Uchenna Giwa Modesola were free of any form of top three for the written and quiz accidents. categories of the second stage of MY MOS EXPERIENCE We arrived at the Governor's the Olympiad. office at 8:40 a.m. and were aving to write the settled in a waiting room, Microsoft Specialist alongside other students from HExam in 2020 was a other schools. At 9:15a.m, the huge challenge- both for the Chairman of the Mathematics school and for us, the candidates. Association of Nigeria (MAN), COVID-19 had proved to be a Ogun State Chapter, informed us great impediment to our usual that the Commissioner of preparation process and we were Education was to arrive at noon forced to work with it. Right and that was the reason for the He encouraged us all to keep up before the term was ended, we Association informing us via the good work and never relent in were all given practice codes but whatsapp to arrive before 11 a.m. our studies, after which he took a technical issue occurred and for He also informed us that we, the pictures with each school. the whole of the quarantine students, were initially meant to I was the only student from period, we were not able to have represent Ogun State in the final Louisville Girls High school, our practice tests as usual. When stage which was slated to take Ijebu-Itele, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun w e r e s u m e d , w e w e r e place in Kano, but due to the States. And I had placed second unprepared and even unsure. Covid-19 pandemic, it was for the written category of the However, with the help of our cancelled. And it was for that second stage of Olympians. Mr. dedicated instructors, we were reason the Association deemed it Otugare, Mrs. Onipede and I left able to have a crash course for the fit to present us to the the premises at 4:20 p.m and exam. This crash-course proved Commissioner of Education for arrived safely at school at 6:40 to be effective as over fifty girls recognition by the States. p . m . T h e j o u r n e y a n d were certified after the exams. After a long period of waiting and presentation of awards was, in This was my third year of sitting some refreshment provided by all, an interesting an enlightening this exam but it is an experience I the Mathematics Association of one. I hope to attend such again. will never forget because of the N i g e r i a ( M A N ) , t h e adverse circumstances and the Commissioner of Education for Woods Agnes Katherine O. great success notwithstanding. Ogun State arrived and informed SSS1 Idowu us that we should all move from Giwa Modesola the waiting room to the SSS3 Kehinde 2 The Royal Sword is a PUBLICATION OF LOUISVILLE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL,IJEBU-ITELE. P.M.B. 1105, IJEBU-ODE, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA ISSUE 23 THE ROYAL SW ORD...raising the royal consciousness www.louisvilleitele.edu.ng 27 TH MARCH 2021 CAREERCAREER TTALKALK GIVEN BY DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY n Saturday February 27, 2021, the Universities such as the Unified Tertiary senior students of Louisville Girls High Matriculation Examination (U.T.M.E) which is OSchool were graced with the presence organized by the Joint Admissions Matriculation of Father Samuel Onyiba and Mrs Abijo from Board (J.A.M.B.) Dominican University in Ibadan. During the question and answer session handled by Father Samuel Onyiba gave us a deeper insight on Mrs Abijo, she told us about the right U.T.M.E the meaning of career and career planning. He subject combination for different career paths and gave us six steps in career planning which are: also informed us about the different courses offered i. Self analysis in Dominican University. Simultaneously, Fr. ii. Opportunity analysis Samuel displayed a video which showed the facility iii. Goal setting of Dominican University and interviews with the iv. Strategies and action plan reverend fathers and students in the institution. v. Implementation It was truly an enlightening session and all the vi. Periodic review and adjustment students left the hall with tangible information they will definitely use in the nearest future. He also gave us detailed tips on how to get admission into Nigerian Universities and the Okogwu Ofunne examinations used to enter into Nigerian SSS 3 Idowu The Royal Sword is a PUBLICATION OF LOUISVILLE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL,IJEBU-ITELE. P.M.B. 1105, IJEBU-ODE, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA 3 ISSUE 23 THE ROYAL SW ORD...raising the royal consciousness www.louisvilleitele.edu.ng 27 TH MARCH 2021 2020-2021 SSS2 PRESENTATION ntrepreneurship, each group were to give were cited as proofs that unemployment and presentations on were carefully entrepreneurship development e v e r y t h i n g w i t h thought out as unemployment is is one of the most powerful Ewhich it is concerned… and has been an issue for a long solutions to the unemployment The second term of every time now. issue in Nigeria. session, SS2 students, divided in T h e e v e r - a t t e n t i v e The presentations given groups are assigned topics audience and judges discovered were enlightening and they which they would enlighten much and were inspired to think were led by eloquent speakers. Louizans on through well- up entrepreneurial skills. The SS2 girls learnt the value prepared presentations, thus Louizans and staff linking of teamwork and got to know indicating good presentation professions to particular the members of their groups skills. This year, Louizans genders learnt that it makes no better. A major skill the set currently in SS2 took to sense to do so as everyone learnt is the ability to address a enlightening the school on their should be allowed to follow crowd.