March 2019

Catholic School News

Dear St. Paul VI School Community,

A Parent/Staff Meeting has been scheduled for this Wednesday March

6, 2019 at 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. in our school gym to discuss the future

plan to have day Care facility in our school. I hope you can attend.

Three PA days devoted to Provincial Education Priorities and supporting Article 19 of the Collective Agreement. One PA day devoted to Faith Development. One PA day devoted to numeracy across the curriculum. The remaining two PA days will be devoted to system priorities, annual learning plans and local goals articulated in the School Learning Improvement Plans.

Clocks Spring Forward one hour on March 10th.

St. PAUL VI

CATHOLIC SCHOOL

270 Laughton Avenue

Toronto, Ontario

M6N 2X8

Telephone#: 416-393-5374

Fax#: 416-393-5842

Principal: L. Lio

Secretary: E.Pardela

Superintendent:

J. Wujek

416-222-8282 ext: 5371

Trustee:

F. D’Amico

416-222-8282 ext: 2873

Parish:

St. Nicholas of Bari Church

1277 St. Clair Avenue West

Toronto, Ontario

416-654-8908

Enrolment: 329

Hours of Operation: 9:00 - 3:30

Outdoor Supervision: 8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

TCDSB SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR 2019-2020

Number of school days 194 Number of Professional Activity Days 7

Labour Day September 2, 2019

First Instructional Day September 3, 2020

Thanksgiving Day October 14, 2019

Christmas Break December 23, 2019–January 3, 2020

Start of second semester for secondary schools February 3, 2020

Family Day February 17, 2020

Mid-Winter Break March 16-20, 2020

Good Friday April 10, 2020

Easter Monday April 13, 2020

Victoria Day May 18, 2020

Last day of classes for all students June 26, 2020

Seven (7) Professional Activity (PA) Days for ELEMENTARY schools:

October 11, 2019 Provincial Education Priorities/Faith Development

November 15, 2019 Parent-Teacher Conferences

December 6, 2019 Provincial Education Priorities

January 17, 2020 Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting

February 14, 2020 Parent-Teacher Conferences

June 5, 2020 Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting

June 26, 2020 Provincial Education Priorities

Impressions of the Cordilleras

We drew a picture from our Social Studies Unit,

The Cordillera located in Western Canada, West-

ern. We learned about climate, activities and

physical features. We learned about the animals

who live in the Cordillera area. The Cordillera has

rocky mountains and there is a lot of fresh rivers

and streams. There’s a lot of lunch green forests

and it is a pretty part of Canada.

By:

Vanessa P, Lorena I, Lucas F, Alexandre G, Ruben

F

A Visit From Our Assistive Technology Team On February 1st 2019, students from the ISP program were treated to a visit by a member of the Assistive Technology Team. Ms. Douglas, an expert on all things Assis-tive Technology, came to our classroom to share her knowledge on Google Drive, the Read and Write App and web activities to help us with our keyboarding skills. Students learned how to organize their Google Drive using coloured fold-ers and how to improve their keyboard-ing skills using the awesome website www.typingclub.com We also got a re-fresher on the Read and Write App. Ms. Douglas was impressed with our ability to use the Read and Write App and the Google Drive effectively! We are lucky to have the Assistive Technology team take time out of their day to help us. We had a wonderful morning with Ms. Doug-las and we learned a lot!

ISP Class

How Fast Are YOU-- DPA photo

Boys Basketball Team 2019

On February 5th, St.Paul VI’s Boys Basketball team played at St. Nicholas Di Bari School. They pushed through four grueling games and showed amazing team work and perseverance. Their coaches, Ms.Monaco and Lu-ane are extremely proud of them and all their HARD work and dedication!

Ms. Nahirna’s gr. 1 & 2’s

Students wrote about the importance of Winter

Safety Rules. They created posters about heir

rules and created snowmen using Procedural

Format. Students loved the Shared Reading

activity using the poem, “How To Talk To Your

Snowman.

Junior W5H 2019

This year’s team: J.P, Lucca,

James, Nathan Y, Nathan D,

Leah, Braden & Isaac. The

team worked hard studying

for the games demonstrating

good knowledge. Thank you

to Mrs. Leadbetter, Mrs.

Pozzobon, Mr. Mendonca,

Angelina, Emma and Jamie

for assisting with the Tour-

nament.

Thank you to Ms. Dias who creates Marvelous

Morning Meals that make us all SMILE!

This was for our 'Futur Proche' unit.

They did a scavenger hunt around the school, using their devices to scan QR codes and answer questions.

Paintings by Grade 4

Students

CANADA

COAST TO COAST

Grade 4 Students - Magazine Writing

As part of the virtue of Love, students shared their ideas of “What colour is Love?”

From The Bear’s Cave

Celebrating 100 Days of School!

Our 100 Day Projects

Mrs. DiIorio’s Grade 1 Class

For the 100th day of school, our class made 100 Day projects. We had to put 100 things on our Bristol boards to show what 100 looks like. Some of us put things like 100 stickers, pom-

poms, popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, jewels and feathers. Alex-ander. D even made a 3-D asteroid belt with 100 space items on it. We loved presenting our projects to our friends in class and hanging them up outside in the halls for everyone to en-

joy too.

Written by Mrs. DiIorio’s Grade 1 Class

Parish Hall to Rent

St. Nicholas of Bari Parish Hall is available for Rent for small parties: baptism, confirma-tion, First Communion, marriage anniversary, meetings, birthdays, etc. Please contact the Parish Office on 416 654 8908 for more de-tails.

Teacher Grade Recipients

Adamczewski/Minnema K Joanthan R, Christian FP, Jade KL

Salituro/Olmedo K Ava H, Ella O

Di Iorio 1 Anastasia P, Liam O

Nahirna 1 & 2 Matias C., Genesis A., Hannah H.

DeFrancesco 2 & 3 Luzane & Ethan

Clara 3 & 4 Ashley R, Tyson R, Adelina C

Almeida 4 & 5 Isaac S (gr 5) & Juliana A (gr 4)

Di Stefano 3 & 4 Catarina S., Vanessa P.

Mastrogiacomo 5 Angelina A, Kaytie R

Leadbetter 6 Iara R, AJ A

Pastuszok 6 & 7 Nuno F and Simao C

Coscarelli 7 & 8 Alicia C. & Katelynn E

Monastero 8 Selena C & Eliana D

Pozzobon ISP Joseph D. l & Filipe A.

Celebrating the virtue of Love

All You Need Is

Love!

Students from Ms.

Nahirna’s class sang,

drew pictures, wrote

journal entries and

poems about LOVE.

Northern Spirit Games.

On February 25th, the Grade Sixes had a great time participating in the

Northern Spirit Games at Bishop Marocco. They got a chance to ex-perience many First Nation games and learn about their culture. There was lots of physical challenges and

dancing!!!

March 5th is Shrove Tuesday. CSPC will be serving pancakes to staff & students as a treat.

CSPC Family Movie Night

A big thank you to our daring families who braved the winter weather to come out to Family Movie Night on February 1st. We hope you enjoyed the movie and we look forward to our next movie night later this spring".

Thank you for supporting our annual

Bake Sale!

Please leave us your contact information at the

main office if you are able to help out for Pizza

Days or other CSPC events.

Thank You!

Monthly Update from the Board March 2019

*Seven (7) Professional Activity (PA) Days for SECONDARY schools: October 11, 2019 November 15, 2019 December 6, 2019 February 14, 2020 June 24, 25, 26, 2019 Three PA days devoted to Provincial Education Priorities and supporting Article 19 of the Collective Agreement. One PA day devoted to Faith Development. One PA day devoted to numeracy across the curriculum. The remaining two PA days will be devoted to system priorities, annual learning plans and local goals articulated in the School Learning Im-provement Plans. * Secondary schools, in consultation with their Local School Staffing Advisory Committee, may schedule a Professional Activity Day to align with the day following one of the Parent-Teacher Interview nights.

TCDSB SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR 2019-2020

Number of school days 194 Number of Professional Activity Days 7

Labour Day September 2, 2019

First Instructional Day September 3, 2020

Thanksgiving Day October 14, 2019

Christmas Break December 23, 2019–January 3, 2020

Start of second semester for secondary schools February 3, 2020

Family Day February 17, 2020

Mid-Winter Break March 16-20, 2020

Good Friday April 10, 2020

Easter Monday April 13, 2020

Victoria Day May 18, 2020

Last day of classes for all students June 26, 2020

Seven (7) Professional Activity (PA) Days for ELEMENTARY schools:

October 11, 2019 Provincial Education Priorities/Faith Development

November 15, 2019 Parent-Teacher Conferences

December 6, 2019 Provincial Education Priorities

January 17, 2020 Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting

February 14, 2020 Parent-Teacher Conferences

June 5, 2020 Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting

June 26, 2020 Provincial Education Priorities

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Let’s Help Catholic Charities by Supporting ShareLife

ShareLife’s mission is to “Live the Gospel by providing for those in need” This is done through their support of many diverse Catholic social service agencies here in the GTA and beyond.

This year, ShareLife Week for Schools will be celebrated the week of April 8-12. All students and staff are invited Board-wide Civvies Day on Friday, April 12, 2019 to raise funds for the ShareLife campaign. Your donation of a loonie or a toonie will go a long way to supporting youth, the elderly, the marginalized and the vulnerable.

We thank everyone in the TCDSB community for all that they do throughout the year to help others—giving of their time and their resources to make a difference. We applaud those efforts, and take great pride in the commitment to living our Catholic values and putting faith into action.

Events and Information for Parents/Families:

"Celebrate the PAST, Appreciate the PRESENT, ADVOCATING for the Future" OAPCE Toronto Annual Parent Conference

Friday, April 5th and Saturday, April 6, 2019 https://www.tcdsb.org/forparents/oapce-toronto/events/pages/oapceconference-2019.aspx

Lift Jesus Higher Rally March 2, 2019 https://www.tcdsb.org/board/nurturingourcatholiccommunity/news/2017-2018/pages/lift-jesus-higher.aspx

Consultation Meeting—Possible Introduction of Extended French at Notre Dame March 6, 2019 https://www.tcdsb.org/schools/notredame/pages/extended-french-@-notre-dame.aspx

Important Information and Opportunities for Students:

Student Trustee Election

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 Visit board website for information www.tcdsb.org (see Students)

FaithTalk—Radio Maria Contest We are excited to introduce a contest for your students this spring. Please share this information with your students who would be interested! Grade 7 – 12 TCDSB students are invited to submit a two-page (500 word) proposal (in any format) about how they are ‘living their faith’ today! If selected, a student will be on air, at Radio Maria Canada for a 30 minute segment speaking about their faith during Catholic Education Week May 5-10, 2019! USE THE HASHTAG #TCDSBFAITHTALK Topics can include: Faith and Social Media, Religion in our Classroom, Inclusion and Equity, V irtues of the Month, Catholic Graduate Expectations in Today’s World, Catholic Social Teachings, Parish Connection, Christian Meditation,

Rooted in Christ: we Belong, we Believe, we Become, Acts of Kindness etc. Email your submission to ncc.team@tcdsb.org by no later than Friday April 5, 2019 Download the RadioMaria App, or visit https://www.radiomaria.ca/ to listen to programs.

We Belong Celebration May 21, 2019 As we journey through the first year of our pastoral plan, “Rooted in Christ, we Belong, we Believe, we Be-come”, the Nurturing our Catholic Community Team invites you to share your ideas of belonging. We want to hear from our students and staff about how they are nurturing the concept of belonging and inclusion in their schools, in their families, in their parishes and their community. We invite you to submit student artwork, written work, videos/slideshows, songs or any other creative ex-pressions of belonging to ncc.team@tcdsb.org by no later than Friday, March 22, 2019. When sharing your initiatives on social media, tweet or post @TCDSB with the hashtag #TCDSBelongs so we can follow your progress. For ideas and resources linked to our pastoral plan, click here. All submissions will be featured on the TCDSB website, as well as at our year-end celebration to be held May 21st. All schools will be invited to send two representatives (any combination of student, parent, teaching or non-teaching staff, school administrator).

CSLIT Skating Event

March 19, 2019

3-5 pm

Downsview Arena

Proceeds to Angel Foundation for Learning https://www.tcdsb.org/forstudents/newsandevents/2018-2019/pages/cslitskatingevent.aspx

TCDSB 2019 Music Festival April 1 - 30, 2019 Elementary: April 1st to April 18th, Secondary: April 23rd to Apr il 30th, Registration Dates: From February 25th to March 8th, 2019 https://www.tcdsb.org/programsservices/schoolprogramsk12/arts/music/festival/pages/default.aspx

Reminder: TCDSB Anonymous Alerts App

Toronto Catholic District School Board is pleased to offer students a communications tool called Anonymous Alerts. The Anonymous Alerts reporting system helps to promote safe, positive and accepting School climates by empowering students to anonymously report inappropriate behaviours to school staff. The system allows for 1-way or 2-way anonymous encrypted communications between submitters (students, parents or community members) and Administrators and/or school staff. Users of the system have the option to remain anonymous or to reveal their identity when submitting a report. Click here for more information https://www.tcdsb.org/programsservices/safeschools/pages/anonymousalerts.aspx

For information about scholarships, contests, community service opportunities and more, see https://www.tcdsb.org/FORSTUDENTS/OpportunitiesForStudents/Pages/default.aspx

For information about events and initiatives of the Catholic Student Leadership Team, visit https://catholicstudentleadership.com/

Important Dates to Note:

March is Celtic Canadian Heritage Month

March 4—Education Support Staff Appreciation Day

March 5-Ordinandi Youth Event

March 6- Ash Wednesday; Lent begins

March 8—International Women’s Day

March 11-15—March Break

March 21—International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination

March 21—World Down Syndrome Day

March 22—World Water Day

March 29—Earth Hour (schools)

March 30—Earth Hour 8:30-9:30 PM

April 2—World Autism Awareness Day