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Principal Ms. L. Graham
Vice-Principal Mr. B. Howlett
Superintendent
Mr. A. Della Mora
Trustee Mr. F. D’Amico, CD
416-512-3406
[email protected]
Parish Fr. Maderak
St. John the Evangelist 49 George St., Weston.
416-241-0133
Secretary
Ms. S. Lazar Clerk Typist
Ms. R. Cerasani
CSAC Chair Mr. D. Bennett
St. John the Evangelist
Catholic School 20 Beverly Hills Drive
Tel - 416-393-5244 Fax - 416– 393-5032
School Hours as of January 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
School website:
https://www.tcdsb.org/schools/stjohntheevangelist/Pages/default.aspx
School BLOG: http://sjeschoolblog.blogspot.ca/ @TWITTER:
https://twitter.com/sjeces
St. John the Evangelist Courage Excellence Compassion
April 2016
As St. John the Evangelist is an eco-certified school, our
newslet-
ter will only be available by email ([email protected])
OR online
at www.tcdsb.org/schools/stjohntheevangelist Highlights are
below.
April 22nd—EARTH DAY
CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK—MAY 1—6th
“Opening Doors of Mercy” We are blessed to have Catholic
Education in our province. This privilege, to live and talk about
our faith everyday in the workplace, is one we should safeguard. It
is not guaranteed, and we need to advocate for it at every
opportunity. For more information about the activities in
celebration of Catholic Education Week go to
https://www.tcdsb.org/board/nurturingourcatholiccommunity/catholiceducationweek/pages/default.aspx
The Virtue for the month of April is Justice April, with its
celebration of Easter, has been assigned the virtue of JUSTICE. At
this time we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus who is the Just
One who died for the sake of the unjust, that He might lead people
back to God. But justice is also an important part of Catho-lic
teaching beyond Christ’s Death and Resurrection. The need to do
justice comes from the obligation to respect the dignity of every
human person. At St. John the Evangelist School, we will be working
towards justice by treating each other with respect, whether or not
we are friends or classmates. We will explore how much happier we
are when we are dignified in our interactions with others.
AUTISM AWARENESS DAY—APRIL 1st We will be raising a flag for
Autism Awareness at each school; and wearing blue to show our
support (must wear uniform pants). Also, April 2nd is the Autism
Awareness Day, the TCDSB will celebrate on April 1 st and we will
hold our SJE assembly on March 31st.
SCHOOLYARD SUPERVISION AND LATE ARRIVALS Please remember that
there is no supervision in the yard before 8:15 a.m. Children
cannot be dropped off at school before that time. Also, when you do
drop off your child at school after 8:30 a.m., please go to the
office and not to your child’s classroom. Other children do not
know that you are a member of the community and may be nervous
about your presence.
**********STUDENT SAFETY********** Please do not park in our
school parking lot after 8:15 a.m. Children are being let off the
bus at this time and it is dangerous for cars to be driving
through, or backing up, in the driveway.
APRIL IS VOLUNTEER MONTH Volunteers make a world of difference
in our schools and the wider community. We would like to thank our
volunteer on April 29th with an appreciation tea at 10:30 a.m.
Invitations will follow to the many volunteers who have supported
our community.
WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN NIGHT Those students who are registered
for JK in the fall will attend the welcome night with their
parents. Welcome to Kindergarten Night will be held on Wednesday,
May 18th at 6:30 p.m. We hope all new junior kindergarten
registrants will come to find out what school will be like for them
in September. THE REST OF THE NEWSLETTER CAN BE FOUND ON OUR PORTAL
(address above)
…that together you may with ONE VOICE glorify the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 15:6
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CATHOLIC SCHOOL PARENT COUNCIL (CSPC) Our 2015—2016 CSPC
Executive is: Chair - Dave Bennett Vice Chair - Rosemary Cesario
Treasurer - Joe Russo Secretary - Faith Buttigieg Our next meeting
is April 13th at 6:15 p.m. SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR FOR 2016-2017 The
school year calendar for 2016-2017 has been approved. This includes
the system-wide professional activity days. Check here for
infor-mation
https://www.tcdsb.org/school/schoolyearcalendar/pages/default.aspx
Please note that there is a system-wide PA day scheduled for April
15th. ELECTRONIC DEVICES Please do not allow your children to bring
elec-tronic devices to school unless they have been requested for
educational use. We have no way of ensuring that they will not be
stolen, damaged or lost. The school cannot be responsible for
stu-dent’s electronic equipment. Students may have a telephone at
school for safety reasons. As part of that same safety issue,
students are not permit-ted to use the telephones during school
hours, unless instructed by the teacher for educational purposes.
If you need to contact your child, please call the office and we
will ensure that they receive any messages you may need to forward.
If students are using their telephones during school hours, they
will be removed from them. FOOD ALLERGIES As in the past, please
note that we have a growing number of students in our school that
have severe, life threatening, allergies to peanuts and nuts. This
is a medical condition that causes a severe anaphylactic reaction
to specific foods that can be fatal. PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANY
PRODUCTS THAT MAY CONTAIN PEA-NUT OR NUT PRODUCTS TO SCHOOL. Also,
if you have received notification from you child’s teacher of
another allergy in the class, please refrain from sending in snacks
or lunch-es that may contain the allergen. OUR SCHOOL DRESS CODE
CONSISTS OF:
A White Top, such as a T-shirt, Golf Shirt or Turtleneck with No
Logo, or with a Very Small Logo and No Lace;
Pants, and Skirts or Shorts that are KNEE LENGTH, are to be only
Dark Blue and not Blue Jean Fabric;
Please DO NOT purchase for school:
Any Denim (Blue Jean); Tops/bottoms with Lace Trim or Large
Logos; Short Skirts or Short Shorts or leggings
CLASSROOM UPDATES Grade 4 In Reading, we will continue to
explore fictional and non-fictional forms of text while making
connections to them, and drawing inferences using explicit and
implicit text clues. In Writing, we will continue to build upon our
sentence and paragraph structures, fur-ther revise and edit
polished works, and incorporate new vocabulary to enrich our
writing. In Math, we will begin using protractors to measure and
identify acute, right, straight, and obtuse angles.
Transformational Geometry, in particular flips, slides and turns,
as well as coordinates, will be explored. The mathemati-cal
probability of events/occurrences will wrap up our second look at
Data Management and Probability. In Science, the class will begin
its second last unit on Gears and Pulleys, and how simple machines
allow for a mechanical advantage that would significantly lessen
the human effort required to lift, push or pull an ob-ject. Our
second and final Social Studies Unit, An-cient Civilizations, will
provide students the opportuni-ty to broaden their understanding of
the evolution of law and society through the ages. Grades 5 and 6
In the second term, your child will be learning about many new and
interesting topics. In Science, we are part way through our unit on
Diversity of Living Things (Grade 6) and Properties of and Changes
in Matter (Grade 5). Next month we will begin our second units in
Social Studies for both grades. In Math, the Grade 5 and 6 students
have completed their 2D Geometry unit and are now working on 3D
Geometry and 3D Measurement (Grade 5 - area of polygons and Grade 6
- surface area, volume, creating isometric sketches). In Family
Life, both the Grade 5 and 6 students will be beginning Theme 3
(Created Sexual Male and Fe-male). Look out for a letter outlining
the material that will be covered to be sent home with your child
in the first week of April. In Language, the Grade 6 stu-dents will
be preparing for the upcoming EQAO test, by focusing on how to
respond to a variety of text-related questions, while the Grade 5
students will work on a Literature Circle group. For an in depth
look at the curriculum go to
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/ French Grade
3/4 class is exploring vocabulary based on the theme of weather,
learning to discuss different weather patterns in French, related
clothing vocabu-lary and the 4 seasons. Grade 5s are expanding
their knowledge of various francophone communities within Canada.
These studies will culminate with researching, and presenting to
their peers, a community of their choice. Grade 7s are studying
about health and well-ness and will be working towards creating an
action plan which will contribute to their own personal goals
regarding health and physical fitness. Grade 8s are finishing up
their unit of study on the francophone world with presentations
based on their visit to a French speaking country of their choice.
The remain-ing months will focus on various prominent French
his-torical figures and their many contributions to society.
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St. John the Evangelist School Staff 2015—2016
Principal - Ms. L. Graham Vice-Principal - Mr. B. Howlett
Secretary - Ms. S. Lazar/ Ms. Verrelli (LTO) Clerk Typist –Ms. R.
Cerasani Ms. L. Dell’Angelo-Green (ELP1) Ms. E. Perruzza/Ms. Adessa
- LTO (ELP2) Ms. R. Bastone—LTO (SK/1) Ms. G. Carbone-Silva—Gr. 1
Ms. T. Buccitti—Gr. 1 Ms. M. Porretta—Gr. 2 Ms. J. Tanga—Gr. 2 Ms.
A. Del Zotto—Gr. 2/3 Ms. L. Waslenko—Gr. 3/4 Mr. A. Veleno—Gr. 4
Ms. V. Giovenco—Gr. 5 Ms. L. Amaral-Nunes—Gr. 5/6 Ms. A. Manuel—Gr.
6/7 Mr. P. Scully—Gr. 7 Ms. C. Pasquali—Gr. 8 Ms. D. Del Zotto—
Special Education Ms. T. Pecile—5th Block (AM) Ms. S.
Pol-Bodetto—French Ms. C. Wolk—French Ms. A. Litwin-Malloch
—Library Ms. L. Di Nallo—Vocal Music Ms. M. Fortades—Instrumental
Music Mr. J. Ludlow—Health & Phys. Ed. Mr. D.
Perri—Literacy/Numeracy Support Ms. D. Machado—E.C.E. Ms. E.
Manimtim—E.C.E. Ms. J. Apa—E.A. Ms. G. Battaglino—E. A. Ms. T.
Mudie—E.A. Ms. J. Rizzardo—E.A. Ms. A. Wallace—C.Y.W Ms. L.
Martins—Lunchtime Supervisor Ms. L. Rizzardo—Lunchtime Supervisor
Ms. Torre—Lunchtime Supervisor Ms. H. Venturo—Nutrition Program
JUNIOR & INTERMEDIATE VOLLEYBALL Our junior and intermediate
students played in their tournaments at Holy Name School. Both
teams worked hard and represented our school well. PAY IT FORWARD
Our final Pay it Forward assembly will be April 14th. Students have
been working on random acts of kindness which makes our school a
place of safety and hospitality. E-CURRICULUM CORNER Each month we
bring you links to educational web-sites that are intended to help
parents better understand our math curriculum and/or provide some
math “fun” for students. This month we re-introduce Prodigy, an
online math game that helps children develop their numeracy skills.
Raz Kids ECO-SCHOOLS Our Eco-Rangerettes are working on a number of
initiatives with the wider school community. They include:
Boomerang Lunch Mondays Litterless Lunch Fridays April 22, 2016 -
City of Toronto Cleanup May - EcoSchools Challenge These projects
are building responsible citizens which is one of our Ontario
Graduate Expecta-tions.
Professional Activity Days 2015—2016 September 3, 2015
Provincial Education Priorities/Faith Development November 13, 2015
Parent-Teacher Confer-ences January 22, 2016 Assessment,
Evalua-tion and Reporting February 12, 2016 Parent-Teacher
Con-ferences April 15, 2016 Provincial Education Priorities * June
10, 2016 Assessment, Evalua-tion and Reporting June 30, 2016
Provincial Education Priorities * added in February
TRUSTEES 2015 - 2016
Wards
1. Joseph Martino 5. Maria Rizzo 9. Jo-Ann Davis 2. Ann
Andrachuk 6. Frank D‘Amico, Vice-Chair 10. Barbara Poplawski 3. Sal
Piccininni 7. Michael Del Grande 11. Angela Kennedy, Chair 4.
Patrizia Bottoni 8. Garry Tanuan 12. Nancy Crawford Karina
Dubrovskaya & Allison Gacad, Student Trustees
Angela Gauthier, Director of Education 80 Sheppard Ave. E,
Toronto, On. Website: www.tcdsb.org
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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
The first step to achieving justice is to do what is right and
stand up for what we know.
Boomerang Lunch
every Monday
Let Justice flow like a stream, and righteousness like a river
that never goes dry.
1 Litterless lunch every Friday
Civies Day $1
2
3 4 5
6
7 Pizza Metis Presentation for Mrs. Manuel’class
8 9
10 11 12
13 Gr. 2 & 3 & 4’s trip to Toronto Zoo
(Porretta/Tanga/DelZotto/
Waslenko/Veleno)
14 Pizza Mrs. Manuel’s Gr. 7’s @
Black Creek Public Library
Pay it Forward Assembly
15
PA DAY
NO SCHOOL
16
17 18 Gr.8 GRAD Photo’s (AM)
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21Gr.5’s & Gr. 5-6 (Giovenco/Amaral) @ Downsview Park
Pizza
22 Community Clean Up Day
23 Everyone wants to be treated fairly; we need to remember to
treat others fairly.
24 25
LUNCH
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27
28 Pizza 29 30 May is the Eco-school Challenge
May 23rd is Victoria
Day
Gr.5’s & Gr. 5-6 (Giovenco/Amaral)
@ City Hall and Queen’s Park
GRADE 8’s TRIP TO OTTAWA
LEGO CLUB for Junior Grades 11am in the Library
St. John the Evangelist School APRIL 2016: JUSTICE Year of the
Family OCSGE: A Reflective, Creative, and Holistic Thinker: Because
I have ideas, I have a purpose and I will live my life like Jesus.
CST: Participation and Subsidiarity: It is a fundamental demand of
justice and a requirement of human dignity that all people be
assured a minimum level of participation in the community.
LEGO CLUB for Junior Grades 11am in the Library
LEGO CLUB for Junior Grades 11am in the Library
LEGO CLUB for Junior Grades 11am in the Library
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