School Council—Conseil de l’école Co-Chairpersons/Co-Présidents: Nigel Hope and Carrie Anne Clancy-Quish Board Administration—Administration du conseil Director of Education/Directeur d’éducation: Bruce MacPherson Superintendent/Surintendante: Catherine Montreuil Trustee/Commissionaire: Bev Eckensweiler Principal/Directrice: Francine Pilon Head Teacher/Professeur en charge: Office Administrator/Administratrice du bureau : Lynn Hahn Priest/Prêtre: Father Stephen Lacroix Our next newsletter will be sent home the week of April 1st 2012. Notre prochain bulletin sera la semaine du 1 avril 2012. Formosa, Ontario N0G 1W0 Phone/Téléphone:(519)367-2900 Thursday March 1st, 2012 jeudi le premier Mars 2012 Bulletin de l’École Immaculate Conception School Newsletter BRUCE GREY CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD – VISION STATEMENT Committed to a vibrant Catholic education, we ensure quality learning experiences through community partnerships that nurture each student in mind, body and spirit and embrace the teachings of Christ, giving witness to Gospel values. Lenten Prayer We are a people called to rise from the ashes to new life, the life of God. Therefore, during this sacred season, let us wait and work and pray: Let us rise from the ashes of complaining to center our lives on gratitude. Let us rise from pessimism - to become a people of hope. May we leave harsh judgments in the ashes - and focus on kindly thoughts. May we relinquish worry - to trust in God. We ask also to be taught how to give up discouragement — to be full of hope. And how to give up bitterness - by turning instead to forgiveness. May transformed hearts arise from the ashes, so that we may give up hatred — to return good for evil. And surrender our negativity — in order to become positive. Let us give up anger, and become more patient, and give up pettiness, and become more mature. During these forty days, let us leave in the ashes, gloom to enjoy the beauty that is all around us and may we reject jealousy, as we pray for trust. Let us leave gossiping in the ashes, as we strive to learn self-control. May we surrender our sin, to become converted to virtue. Most of all, during this Lenten season, we seek God’s help to give up giving up, knowing that new life is always within our reach.
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School Council—Conseil de l’école
Co-Chairpersons/Co-Présidents: Nigel Hope and Carrie Anne Clancy-Quish
Board Administration—Administration du conseil Director of Education/Directeur d’éducation: Bruce MacPherson Superintendent/Surintendante: Catherine Montreuil Trustee/Commissionaire: Bev Eckensweiler
Principal/Directrice: Francine Pilon Head Teacher/Professeur en charge: Office Administrator/Administratrice du bureau : Lynn Hahn Priest/Prêtre: Father Stephen Lacroix
Our next newsletter will be sent home the week of April 1st 2012.
Notre prochain bulletin sera la semaine du 1 avril 2012.
BRUCE GREY CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD – VISION STATEMENT
Committed to a vibrant Catholic education, we ensure quality learning experiences through community partnerships that nurture each student in mind, body and spirit and embrace the
teachings of Christ, giving witness to Gospel values.
Lenten Prayer We are a people called to rise from the ashes to new life, the life of God. Therefore, during this sacred season, let us wait and work and pray: Let us rise from the ashes of complaining to
center our lives on gratitude. Let us rise from pessimism - to become a people
of hope. May we leave harsh judgments in the ashes - and
focus on kindly thoughts. May we relinquish worry - to trust in God. We ask also to be taught how to give up
discouragement — to be full of hope. And how to give up bitterness - by turning instead
to forgiveness. May transformed hearts arise from the ashes, so that we may give up hatred — to return good for evil. And surrender our negativity — in order to
become positive. Let us give up anger, and become more patient, and give up pettiness, and become more mature. During these forty days, let us leave in the ashes,
gloom to enjoy the beauty that is all around us and may we reject jealousy, as we pray for trust.
Let us leave gossiping in the ashes, as we strive to learn self-control. May we surrender our sin,
to become converted to virtue. Most of all, during this Lenten season, we
seek God’s help to give up giving up, knowing that new life is always within our reach.
BIRTHDAY CLUB
Happy Birthday to the following students who celebrate their birthday in
MARCH
Matthew Donnelly Travis Rawn Keegan Quish Wes Diemert Jeremy Schmidt Nathan Stroede Emma Fortney Emma Lorentz Bella Cenitagoya Konnor Mattingly Turner McKenzie Dorian Charette Brennan Wagner Nick Bohnert Blake Wideman Tori Saunders Hayden Oberle Hope Elphick Madison Bester
JK/SK REGISTRATION If you have not yet registered your child for the 2012/2013 school year or you know of someone who may be planning to register a child please contact the school office and make arrangements to complete the necessary forms. It is never too early to register! Early registration allows the School Board and Transportation Companies to make the necessary preparations for the arrival of your child in September. Taking care of these details early will provide you and your child with a smoother transition into school in September.
MARCH VIRTUE ASSEMBLY Please join us for our school assembly on
Friday, March 30th
Everyone is welcome!
School Council Meeting March 22nd, 7:00PM
Saint of the Month
St Patrick
(March 17th)
St. Patrick, who was captured and taken to Ireland as a slave when he was a boy, later escaped and became a priest, then a bishop. Filled with compassion for the people of Ireland because they did not know God, Patrick went back to those who had once been his captors, to bring them the faith. Although he suffered very much at their hands, Patrick continued to love and reach out to them, asking God to forgive them for their harmful words and actions.
“Blessed Elisabetta Canori, pray for us,
that our difficulties will not lead us to
selfishness, but to empathy
which seeks to listen, understand,
and bring peace to everyone.”
Amen
Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board “Proclaiming the Work of Your Love”
“We are a Catholic Faith Community committed to developing and maintaining a love of life long learning, nurturing self-esteem and respect for all creation.”
Free Throw Basketball
Competition Congratulations to the Free Throw competitors who participated in the competition in Arthur in early February. Dominic Borho, Krista Konecny and Dallas Fischer won their divisions and will move on to the next level. Good luck!
Public Speakers Congratulations to Delaney Mitchell, who placed
third and Darren Rich who placed fourth at the public speaking competition at the Walkerton
Legion.
“Let the same
character
be in you that was in
Christ Jesus” Philippians 2.5
Character Education
Is a way of life and being
March Virtue Compassion
Empathy is being able to identify with, and feel the concerns, feelings and needs of another person. A person of empathy is able to listen sensitively, under-stand and lovingly “be with” another person. Empa-thy is at the heart of the ministry of Jesus who first sought to love and understand the people he later healed, and empathy is also at the heart of disciple-ship.
“The heart is happiest when it beats for others”
You can reinforce the virtue of Empathy by using our Catholic Culture of Deep Caring Calendar
Week One
•I believe that God listens lovingly to me.
Week Two
•Like Jesus, I notice when someone is hurt and needs a friend.
Week Three
•I listen with my ears and my heart to under-stand and encourage others.
Week Four
•I learn about the needs in our world and commit myself to helping all who are
suffering.
ICS Chess Teams An amazing congratulations goes out to the ICS
chess teams! They represented our school with good manners and great sportsmanship. Our senior
team came home with silver and the juniors and intermediates with GOLD!
The overall winner was Isaac Montag from the junior team who received an individual Gold medal.
Congratulations to Lachlan Alexander, Isaac Montag,
and Ryan Bester. Thank you to Mrs. Beitz, Mme Desjardins and
Mlle Mascarenhas for supervising and coaching the students.
SAFE ARRIVAL / DISMISSAL Voice Mail 367-5283 Call anytime, day or night, and leave your message.
Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board “Proclaiming the Work of Your Love”
Legislative Page Program Are you a high-achieving grade 7 or 8 student? Would you enjoy participating in an educational program at the Provincial Parliament in Toronto? Do you like to work hard and meet people your age from all over Ontario? If you answered yes to the above questions, the Legislative Page Program may be for you! Alli Meyer, a grade 8 student at ICS, applied for the leg-islative page program and was accepted. To apply she wrote an essay on why she would make a good candidate for the page program. Determination, outgoing, responsi-ble and committed are the qualities that Alli has that made her a great page candidate. Alli is able to speak both French and English and was able to communicate with other pages or Members of Parliament. As a page, Alli had to memorize the seating plan for all the MPP’s, know their names, faces and riding. Alli spent 3 weeks at the legislature. There were many other activities planned for the pages such as skating at Nathan Phillips and go-ing to the ROM. Alli’s biggest fear was giving messages to the wrong person. Alli had lots of fun and recom-mends her friends to apply. Pictured with Alli is the Ser-geant-at-Arms, Dennis Clark, on the day that Alli was Page Captain.
Congratulations Alli! Well Done!
Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board “Proclaiming the Work of Your Love”
“We are a Catholic Faith Community committed to developing and maintaining a love of life long learning, nurturing self-esteem and respect for all creation.”
On Wednesday February 1st, the Immaculate Conception Senior boys volley-ball team travelled to Sacred Heart high school to compete in the board compe-tition. The boys started out the tournament by winning two sets to none against: Walkerton, Hanover, Kincardine and Owen Sound. This put the boys in first place after round robin play. For the semi-finals we played against a very com-petitive team from Durham. Durham jumped out quickly in the first set taking a 15-5 lead. Despite this, the boys battled back with some great serving to take the first set 25-22. They carried the momentum over to the second set winning easily. In the finals it was a rematch against Notre Dame from Owen Sound. The boys played very well, making great serves, digs, sets and hits. ICS won two very close sets with Collin Zettler putting the exclamation point on the tour-nament by smashing down a great spike on championship point. Congratula-tions to the boys on playing so well throughout the day and being the board Senior boys volleyball champs! Team members were: Ryan Bester, Collin Zet-tler, Wes Diemert, Brennan Wagner, Justin Donelley, Lucas Slosser, Michael Dirven, Patrick McArthur, Keaton Rich and Blake Wideman.
Congratulations to the following students who were recognized for their effort in demonstrating the following virtues: PATIENCE Keaton Rich Brooklyn Patton Layne Grubb Zack Bruder Maria Charron Kaitlyn Schnurr Aubri Dupuis Sophie Borho Nathan Schmidt Janelle Gies
EMPATHY Sara Fortney Kaitlyn Lowes Steven Turner Kristen Dillon Isaac Mulvey Marlee Stroeder Meredith Legace Taylor Martin Andrea Bell Bester
CARING
Saskia Remers Natalee Lennox Abby Mitchell Cara Zettler Dylan Vinckx Gabby Widmeyer Pilar Dietrich Samantha Henhoeffer Aryssa Fischer
Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board “Proclaiming the Work of Your Love”
“We are a Catholic Faith Community committed to developing and maintaining a love of life long learning, nurturing self-esteem and respect for all creation.”
Thank you to the many volunteers who made pancakes for the students and staff on
Pancake Tuesday. The pancakes and syrup were delicious!!We had parents and grandparents helping out. Thank you for your time. Thank you for your monetary and food donations. Donations have been sent to the Walkerton Food Bank.
******Reminder ****** Early Dismissal Day
March 28th Students will be dismissed at
1:20PM
The Lego
Robotics Team wish to thank Craig and Tim Meyer for constructing our new Robotics tables. Pictured below are the students who are
involved in the club with their new table. Thank you for your time and expertise! Pictured are some of the members of our team using their new table.
Let us remember in our prayers:
Myra Wyvill, Catharina Zeinstra and Jack Parker Great Grandma to Madison Begon, Gramma to
Natalee and Anna Lennox and
Uncle to M. Blair
“Gracious God, loving Creator, welcome Myra, Catharina and Jack into paradise.
In your love, lead them into the unending joys of your presence
where every tear will be wiped away, and there will be no more sorrow. Amen.”
Mark Your
Calendars Grades 8’s and SK
Kindergarten Grad
photos will take place on Thursday,
March 22nd, and
Friday, March 23rd for A day SK
students.
Please pick up your Cheese orders on Wednesday, March 7th between 3:30 and 4:30. Thank you
Pizza orders are taken on Monday’s and/or Tuesday’s through the classroom teachers. If your child looks forward to having pizza on Thursday’s, pizza cards are
available. Each card holds up to 30 pieces of pizza at $1.50 per slice. You don’t have to buy a full card. Students who bring in cash for pizza are asked to please order your pizza ahead of time with your classroom teacher. Please avoid ordering on the day of, as pizza is ordered in advance. Thank you for your consideration.
Immaculate Conception School— Formosa
“We are a Catholic Faith Community committed to developing and maintaining a love of life long learning, nurturing self-esteem and respect for all creation.”
Water and books don’t mix very well.
Put text and library books in plastic or
grocery bags before putting them in the
backpack. When packing the backpack
make sure the library book and water
bottle are not packed together. The
book is ruined once it gets wet.
Thank you for taking care of our library
books. Happy reading!
COMMUNITY / PARISH NEWS
COMMUNITY NEWS
Canadian Parents for French-CPF MEETING Our next CPF meeting will be held on Tuesday March 20, 2012 at 7:00pm in the
Dawnview library. We welcome our existing team as well as any new individu-
als that would like to take part. You do not need to be a CPF member to at-
tend our meetings, and we encourage you to come out to support us in our
planning efforts. It is always great to have some new ideas being brought to
the table to help us keep our extracurricular events fun, fresh, and exciting.
Dance Works-DanceWorks ‘Just for Kicks!’ presents an energetic, enthusi-
astic and interactive program that will provide girls and boys
with the chance to experience dance and music in the style of
musical theatre. NEW! Smaller class sizes and age groupings from age 3-13. Please contact
Devan or Paige Ballagh at [email protected] or by phone at 519-392-6171
for more information. Classes will run every Tuesday in Teeswater for 9 weeks and will con-
clude with a theatre performance. Registration deadline; March 13. Program start date; March 20.
Soccer-Soccer season is fast approaching. The South Bruce Soccer Club will be holding
registration Thursday, March 8th, from 6-7:30 PM at the Teeswater Agri-Curl Building for
children born 1998—2007.
For more information contact Wendy McKague at 519 392 6353 or Linda Ruetz at 519 392 8470.
See you on the field!
25th Formosa Farm Toy Show and Sale .. Sunday March 25, 2012 .. 9:30 am to 3:30 pm.
at the Knights of Columbus Hall, Fire # 1658 Hwy 9, between Mildmay and Walketon, ON
