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Dear Parents/Guardians,

The New Year got off to a wonderful start with many new and exciting

opportunities for our students. The virtue of the month of January is courage, and

as is written in our main hallway, Lord God, grant us the courage to truly love you,

our Earth and our neighbours. I want to thank everyone for their warm welcome to

St. Cecilia, from students to staff and parents, I couldn’t have asked for more! I am

happy to share with you below, our newsletter.

Wishing everyone a year filled with peace, love and prosperity!

Maggie Duarte

Principal

Willy Wonka Jr. Musical Update

Our school musical is fast approaching. Students and teachers are in the

beginning stages of preparing for the performance. Please take note of the

classes performing:

Tavares

Balgavy

Faion-Kralik

Stephen

Mangano

Pasquale

Pelech

P. Pamula

Thomas/Collas

Verelst, various grade 7/8 students

There will be four performances at the Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton

Secondary School theatre. Each class will perform in two performances, a

matinee and evening show. Performance dates are Thursday March 28 and

Friday March 29. More details to come with respect to costume attire, ticket

sales, and specific performance times.

Running Club

The St. Cecilia Running Club began this month with Mr. Thirlwall leading the

team. The High Park Spring Run Off 5 km race is scheduled for April 6, 2019.

Practices run from 7:45 to 8:15 a.m.

ST. CECILIA CATHOLIC SCHOOL LEARNING WITH HEARTS, HANDS & MINDS – GROWING IN HARMONY

355 Annette Street Toronto, Ontario M6P 1R3

Telephone: 416 393 5218 Fax: 416 397 6045

February 1, 2019

M. Duarte

PRINCIPAL

John Wujek 416 222 8282 Ex 5371

SUPERINTENDENT

Teresa Lubinski 416 512 3404

TRUSTEE

St. Cecilia 416 769 8163

161 Annette St. Tor., ON M6P 1P5

PARISH

Marisa Cuoco 416 222 8282 Ex 88218

CSPC CHAIR

www.tcdsb.org/cpic

CPIC (PARENT ENGAGEMENT - TCDSB)

www.tcdsb.org/oapce-toronto

OAPCE TORONTO (PROVINCIAL VOICE FOR PARENTS)

662 8:30-3:00 11:15-12:15

ENROLLMENTHOURS OF OPERATION LUNCH HOUR

Vice Principal: A. Ruscitto-D’Addario Secretary: Javiera Vidal Clerk Typist: Emilia Ganhao

Custodian: Andrew Platnar

Pastor: Fr. Joseph Tran

NEW REGISTRANTS WELCOME

Apply online: soar.tcdsb.org

Call 416-393-Phone# or the TCDSB Admissions Department at 416-222-8282, ext. 2383.

For general information about the Toronto Catholic District School Board, please visit the website at www.tcdsb.org

Stay in touch with the latest news throughout the school year: Follow @TCDSB on Twitter.

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January Civvies Day

Our monthly civvies

day was Friday

January 25, 2019.We collected for

St. Francis Table. Students could contribute $2.00

or bring in non-perishable food items.

Mr. Thirlwall

Concours d’art Oratoire at St. Cecilia

The yearly Concours d’art Oratoire took place on

January 30, at 9:00 am at St. Cecilia. All grade 4 to

8 students were invited to participate and to select

one representative for the competition. Ms. Czulo,

Ms. Wilson and Ms. Faion-Kralik acted as our

judges. Winners were decided in the following

categories:

1) Grades 4-6 FI

2) Grades 4-6 Core

3) Grades 7-8 FI

4) Grades 7-8 Core

Although the participating students were very well

prepared with phenomenal speeches only two

winners could be selected. Our winners, Kyla and

Mary move on to the next round which will be held

at the Catholic Education Centre located at 80

Sheppard Ave. E. at the end of February.

Ms. Verelst & Mr. Caverhill

Learning with Hearts, Hands & Minds –

Growing in Harmony

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Scientist in the School

On Monday, January 14, Mme. Pasquale, Ms.

Pelech and Mme P. Pamula’s students participated

in a Scientist in the School workshop, with the aid

of Mr. York and Ms. Savoie. The topic covered was

“Gearing Up: Fun with Pulleys and Gears”. The

students rotated between centres, while

experimenting with and taking a look at simple

everyday machines and how pulleys and gears are

part of everyday things we use. We had a

wonderful time being scientists for the day.

We would like to thank CSPC for providing funding

for our students, allowing them to enjoy a great

experience!

Mme. Pasquale, Ms. Pelech, Mme. P. Pamula,

Mr. York and Ms. Savoie

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Virtue of the Month of December - Mercy

Congratulations to all of the students who were

recipents of the Virtue of the Month medal for

December.

Isaac Mercer, Theo Eymael, Isabella Rasile, Milo

Correia, Lemuel Daniel, Markus Laurinavicius,

Thomas Diplock, Henry Carreno Palma, Noah Ellis,

Declan Benish, Anthony Borges, Glen Arsen,

Arianna Moeser, Heart Inejosa, Ariana Mangion,

Matteo Correia, Diana Nowakowski, Jace

Archambault, Roger Nabus, Liandra Nascimento,

Xavier Trejo, Teresa Keenan, Cadence Titre Palma,

Ava Deiana, Skye McKinnon, Kayla Banasco,

Maria Amato, Kyle Francisco

Virtue of the Month of January - Courage

Congratulations to all of the students who were

recipents of the Virtue of the Month medal for

January!

Alex Wierzchowski, Carter Florian, Joseph Borges,

Harlow Wood, Gwendolyn Perry, Carter Costello,

Lily Modeste, Juliette Ilnicki, Violet O’Leary,

Andre Lourenco, Orla Browne, Margot Hughes,

Ezekiel Mineyko, Lily Fernandez, Jonathan Javier,

Paloma Elyasi Gonzalez, Matthew Petropoulos,

Danil Balgavy, Portia Kemp, Julian Martin, Olivia

Cabral, Max Aikman, Herman Carreno Palma,

Joseph Suhay, Mia LaRoche, Lauren Manna, Miku

Modi, Elliot Stocking

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Eco Club Battery Drive Contest

Members of the Eco Club who

Organized the Event

Congratulations to Ms. Vedia’s grade 1 class for

winning St. Cecilia’s Battery Drive Contest! The St.

Cecilia Eco Team led the initiative!

Hi! We’re the Stewardship EcoTeam, and we

recently ran a battery drive that was a HUGE

success! First, we should explain the purpose of the

drive! After we collect the batteries, we donate

them to a company who will take the nutrients out

of them, and then they give the nutrients to kids in

third world countries! I’m sure a lot of you have

donated batteries to the school, so we would like to

thank you for that! The winning class was

Ms. Vedia’s class, who won with a total of 1563

batteries!

Used Marker Collection

Please remember that our Eco Team collects used

markers of any brand, including white board

markers, to be recycled responsibly in the Crayola

Colour Cycle program.

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Grade 7 Gallery Walk – Mr. Litner

Learning with Hearts, Hands & Minds

– Growing in Harmony

Mr. Litner's class participated in their own Genius

Hour throughout the first term of school. Students

displayed their culminating Genius Hour

presentations to staff and students this month!

Genius hour is a concept that allows students to

explore their own interests and encourages

innovation in the classroom. Inspired by Google

20%, where Google employees are given 20% of

their work week to work on a passion project.

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Art Work at St. Cecilia

Ms. Pelech's Grade 4/5 students created an art piece

inspired by the "cubist movement," pioneered by

Pablo Picasso. In cubist artwork, objects are

analyzed, broken up and reassembled in an abstract

form. The students created a painting showing two

sides of a face - the profile and the front view.

Fantastic work!

Senior Boys Basketball Team

Congratulations to our Senior Boys Basketball team who

are St. Wilfrid Invitational Champions. The team went

with 4 wins and no losses. Thank you to the parents for

funding the registration fee!

Mr. Caverhill

Parent Teacher Interviews

We will be holding Parent-Teacher Interviews at the school

on Wednesday, February 13th from 5:30 - 8:00 pm and

Thursday, February 14th from 5:30 - 8:00 pm. This term, you

will be able to schedule your Parent-Teacher Interviews

online. If you wish to schedule a meeting with any of your

child's teachers, please follow the instructions printed further

down the page. You will be able to make appointments from

February 1st at 9:00 am until February 11th at 11:59 pm.

Instructions:

1. Go to the St. Cecilia scheduling webpage at

https://stcecilia.parentinterview.com

2. Enter the Parent Code (printed below) and click "Sign In"

Please make a note of your Confirmation #

3. Fill in your contact information and click "Continue to

Make Appointments"

4. Click on the name of a teacher with whom you wish to

schedule an appointment

5. Click on "Available" for a time at which you wish to meet

to have your meeting

6. Repeat Steps 4 and 5 until you have scheduled all the

teachers you wish to meet

7. Click on "My Schedule" (top left of the page)

8. Print out, email or copy down your schedule and bring it

with you

THE PARENT CODE FOR THIS TERM IS

stc2019 DO NOT SHARE THIS CODE WITH ANYONE OUTSIDE YOUR SCHOOL

COMMUNITY

Should you wish to delete an appointment you have made,

click on "Delete" beside the meeting you wish to have

removed from your schedule. If you misplace your schedule,

you may use your Confirmation # to retrieve your schedule

from the website at any time. If you need help using the

service, please email support@parentinterview.com

If you do not have access to the internet at home or in the

workplace, please call parentInterview toll- free at 1-866-

810-0076, and someone will be happy to make your

appointments with you

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CSPC Message

Happy Freezing February!

Just a friendly reminder that if you need some

help/relief with lunches - Pizza, Pita and now

Subway are available for ordering through

munchalunch.com. There are still many dates

available to get us through to the end of the school

year! Go and place your order.

Parent council is very excited to announce a FREE

community screening of the critically acclaimed

movie Screenagers on Tuesday March 5, 2019 at

7:15 Pm at Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton. An

email/invitation was sent out to parents outlining all

details of this amazing event.

Here is a synopsis below:

“Please join us for a community screening of the

award-winning film, Screenagers.

Through poignant, and unexpectedly funny stories,

along with surprising insights from authors,

psychologists, and brain scientists, Screenagers

reveals how tech time impacts kids development

and offers solutions on how adults can empower

kids to best navigate the digital world and find

balance”. Screenagers will be screened for St.

Cecilia students in Grades 5-8 at school on the same

day for those that aren't able to make this screening.

This film is suitable for adults and children aged

10+. Children must be accompanied by a

parent/guardian to attend. Find out more about the

movie here: https://www.screenagersmovie.com.

We hope you can make it!

Calling all parent volunteers! We need your help

with some very important upcoming events -

Communion lunch and Graduation. If your child is

participating in any of these sacraments/celebrations

(or if you just want to help out), please consider

volunteering your time to help make these

congratulatory events memorable. If you are

interested in helping/organizing, email

marisacuoco@rogers.com or attend our next parent

council meeting to sign up.

Our next parent council meeting is on February

12th, 2019 at 7 pm in the library - looking forward

to seeing you there.

Stay warm friends,

Marisa Cuoco

CSPC Chair, St Cecilia Marisacuoco@rogers.com