St. Mary of the Angels Catholic School St. Mary of the Angels Catholic School 1477 Dufferin St. Toronto, ON Tel: 416-393-5228 Principal M. Colleen Pontello 416-393-5228 Superintendent John Wujek 416-222-8282 Ext. 5371 Trustee Ward 6 Frank D’Amico 416-512-3406 Parish St. Mary of the Angels Father L. Garcia 416-532-4779 Mass Times Saturday 6:00 p.m. Portuguese Sunday 8:00 a.m. English 9:15 a.m. Italian 10:30 a.m. English 12:00 p.m. Portuguese CSPC Co-Chairs Paul Matos and Gus Gikas Phone: 416-222-8282 x 88228 Email: [email protected]Enrolment 247 School Hours 8:30 a.m.– 3:30 p.m. Lunch Hour 11:15 a.m.—12:15 p.m. Next CSPC Meeng Wednesday, May 16, 2018 6:15 p.m. All Parents Welcome We are an Internaonal Language School Portuguese May Newsleer There have been so many things going on at the school these days that it is hard to keep track of everything. One thing that is a constant in all of the busy days and acv- ies is the exemplary pracce and efforts of our students and teachers. We have high standards at the school for achievement and we work with you the parents and your wonderful children to support them, engage with them and to challenge them to be the best people that they can be. When we all work together, many great things can happen. Thank you for your ongoing support. Crunch and Munch is officially over, it ended with a Dance Party that saw three clas- ses enjoying the benefits of good eang and exercise. Congratulaons to Ms. Pinto, Ms. Bellissimo and Mr. DaCosta’s classes. Thank you to our team of teachers and our Crunch and Munch Acon Team who made the posters and announcements and who tallied the winners each week. Aſter School Numeracy has ended for the 32 students in Grades 3 and 6 who parci- pated in a Math program above and beyond the school day twice a week for three months. The students benefied from smaller group sizes and intensive support. We are extremely proud of their efforts. Congratulaons to our enre staff who were recognized in April for their Exemplary Pracce for the programs and supports that they offer to all of our students and the extra support to give to our English Second Language students who are new to Cana- da. The teachers won $750 for the school for their hard work and dedicaon. We are so very fortunate at St. Mary of the Angels.
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St. Mary of the Angels
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St. Mary of the Angels Catholic School 1477 Dufferin St.
The Virtue of the Month for April was the virtue of Justice.
Congratulations to all of our winners who are leaders in our school.
Fraga’s Fours
This past month the grade 4 students learned about light and sound. They learned about sources of light and sound as well as their properties. They read articles, completed worksheets and discussed these topics with their teacher and classmates. Students were assigned a project where they would design and build a device that produces or uses sound or light to function. They were required to use what they have learned throughout the unit in order to come up with an idea for their project. Some examples of projects included kaleidoscopes, telescopes, and a variety of musical instruments. Great job grade 4's!
Class Winner Winner
ELP 1 Noah Mandel Tomas Dos Santos
Allie Tavares Teixeira Aiden Moroz
ELP 2 Joao Lucas Andrade Loubak Ferreira Brandon Lopes
Sebastian Correia Santiago Hernandez Torres
1/2 Lydia Chen Cristiano Vieira
2 Alexia Matos Pietra De Carvalho
3 Yasmin Garza Jayden Miranda
4 Julia Silva Maria Arruda
5 Anna DeSousa Pereira Elia Borreal
6 Marilyn Ortega Haigen Samuel
6/7 Melanie Silva
7/8 Giselle De Medeiros
FSL Angelina Ferreira
Secretary Appreciation Day
Wednesday, April 25 was Secretary Appreciation and all of the students in the
school signed a card for our amazing secretary Mrs. De Nino. St. Mary of the Angels’
Community is extremely fortunate to have such a caring, kind, professional and
hard working secretary. Thank you Ms. De Nino for all that you do for our students,
our staff and our Parent Community. You are the best!
Toronto Catholic District School Board Polish Heritage Day
Resources Institute of National Remembrance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKt_ceflTcY Promotional Video for the Centennary of Polish Independence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkZVujgkQeQ 6-min History of Poland by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbacxjg4nkHeav0YpjVZLIKvbBUAzMcz1 Polish Symbols for young children: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQk8p7XY23A Polish Consulate in Toronto, interactive link: http://toronto.msz.gov.pl/pl/aktualnosci/program_obchodow_100_lecia_odzyskania_niepodleglosci_przez_polske
Grade 6 Public Service Announcements (PSAs) In April we practiced the virtue of Justice. This month Mrs. Rebelo’s class worked on PSAs about social justice issues in groups. The group s explored several human rights and performed PSAs making people aware of some of the injustices that are happening in our world and how we can help make a difference. Written Brianna Natal
The Polish community in Canada and around the world will join together to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Poland’s Independence on May 3rd, 2018. We welcome you to celebtrate this historic event as outlined in the Toronto Catholic District School Board’s official proclamation designating this day as Polish Heritage Day. The links below provide information, educational and promotional materials about Poland. For additional information, contact the Polish Consulate in Toronto.
Thank you to our amazing Catholic School Parent Council who hosted a
second workshop for the parent community for the 2017/2018 school
year. On April 19th and 26th Toronto Public Health Nurse Stephanie
Forestell led a group of 26 parents through a workshop on recognizing
good and bad stress, triggers for stress, ways to cut down on stress and
strategies and supports to help children (and parents) become more
resilient and confident. The workshops were a huge success, thank you
to all of the parents who attended. All of the parents received a compli-
mentary book to support them at home entitled Parenting Through the
Storm by Ann Douglas. Our Council applied for a PRO Grant from the
Ministry of Education to help cover the cost of the workshop.
Thank you CSPC!
On Monday, April 23rd Pizza Nova visited the ELP, Grade 1 and Grade 2/3 classes. Students learned about the ingredi-ents found in pizza dough and discussed the various toppings available to put on pizzas. Students had the opportunity to stretch out their own pizza dough ball and flip it in the air. Each student received a Pizza Nova activity book and cray-ons. Pizza Nova even delivered a warm slice of pizza for every student and teacher. What a yummy experience for all!
ECO Assembly and EARTH DAY CLEAN UP
Have you heard about single use plastics in the news lately? You know, those non-reusable products? Think it doesn’t apply to you? Of course it does, most of us use them everyday! You may not think so but don’t many of you drink from plastic water bottles or use Q-tips to clean your ears? That’s not even the intended purpose of a Q-tip! In fact, if you use Q-tips to clean your ears, you may cause permanent damage to your eardrum! Overuse of these plastics is just one of the issues we discussed at our Earth Day assembly this month. Nevaeh Supan and I, Brianna Teles Gomes, were the MCs of this engaging event where we spoke about eco friendly choices all of us can make. Students partici-pated by answering questions and were actively listening to Nevaeh Supan talk about water conservation and Melis-sa Teves convince us to ban plastic water bottles. These plastic water bottles are part of a major pollution crisis im-pacting our ocean ecosystems. Can you believe by the year 2050, there will be more plastic in the oceans than fish by weight if we do not put a stop to this plastic crisis! Furthermore, the grade 3 girls from the ecoteam performed an outstanding skit and grade 6s in Mrs.Vitale’s class (aka The Fab Four) performed a song about overfishing based on their research for social studies. We ended off with the video “Sorry Future Generations” by Prince EA, and a cheer to boost our willingness to save the Earth! It is our responsibility to take care of the greatest gift, our Earth! Grown ups before us may have made poor choices, but we are the generation who will make a change! A small change can make a very big difference! Do your part TODAY!
Brianna Teles Gomes
Invention Convention 2018
This was my first Invention Convention and I had so much fun! There were so many students from schools across the city who gathered to share their inventions. Our inventions were designed to solve everyday problems and some can even make our world a better place. We saw so many great inventions, like the Polar Case, Jackheat, Sockies and many more. It was really fun talking to people who worked downtown and many of us were recorded and photo-graphed by the media. Some people even wanted to buy my group’s invention! I had a wonderful time and learned so much!
