Welcome New DECE

We would like to extend a warm

welcome to Bingying Guo who is

completing an LTO and will be

working with Mrs. Temple in KD.

#ChooseAction on Bullying

Awareness and Prevention

Week The Peel District School Board will rec-

ognize Bullying Awareness and Preven-

tion Week during the week of Nov. 20 to

26, 2016.

This year, we ask our Peel community to

‘#ChooseAction to Be the Difference’ in

their classes, offices, schools, communi-

ties or world, in order to make these spac-

es better places for everyone. The Peel

Board would like to hear about the big

and small actions, the pledges, the prom-

ises and the attitudes that our Peel com-

munity value, and ask that you take a mo-

ment to share your #ChooseAction mo-

ments on social media.

Across the Peel board, schools use many

programs and initiatives to prevent bully-

ing and to intervene when bullying hap-

pens. Though the programs vary, their

messages are consistent. Students are

taught to:

define bullying

identify forms of bullying

identify the shifting roles in bullying

relationships, for example the person

who bullies, the target, the bystander

or the trusted advocate

determine how to safely “choose ac-

tion” to prevent and intervene in bul-

lying & harassment

understand that bullying is a relation-

ship problem with relationship solu-

tions

determine positive ways to interact

with others in an accepting, inclusive

way

demonstrate character attributes and

be a leader to help maintain positive

and safe school communities

Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week

is one of the key items contained in Bill

13: The Accepting Schools Act, that came

into effect on Sept. 1, 2012. For more

information, visit: www.peelschools.org/aboutus/safeschools/bullying/ or www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/safeschools/

Castle Oaks Office

905-796-4450 (p)

905-796-4449 (f)

Office Hours:

7:45 am to 3:45 pm

Tim Pedersen Principal

Farrah Abdulla Vice Principal

Evelyn Di Lorenzo Office Manager

Gina Issa Office Assistant

Meri Vaiano

Office Assistant

Patrika Daws Superintendent 905-451-2862

Harkirat Singh Trustee 905-890-1010

Follow us on Twitter

@castleoaksps

You Tube

Castle Oaks PS

Instagram

November 2016 http://schools.peelschools.org/1496

School Council Meetings

All parents are welcome to attend our

School Council Meetings. We are

pleased to introduce the 2016/2017

School Council Executive Committee

members:

Co-Chair: Kamran Khalid

Co-Chair: Anu Sharma

Secretary: Asma Abbas

Treasurer: Sandhya Reguraman Executive: Sonal Prajapati

Executive: Sandeep Gupta

Teacher Representatives: Samantha

Williams and Kiran Dhillon

Vice Principal: Farrah Abdulla

Principal: Tim Pedersen

The School Council Meetings take

place on the following dates from

6pm to 7pm at Castle Oaks Public

School:

Monday November 28, 2016

Monday January 23, 2017

Monday February 27, 2017

Monday March 27, 2017

Monday May 29, 2017

Important Dates

November 9– Application for Sec-

ondary Regional Programs Opens

November 11– Progress Reports (K

to 8) go home

November 11– Remembrance Day

November 14– Grade 9 Course Se-

lection Begins on My BluePrint

November 17 (evening) Reporting to

parents

November 18– Reporting to parents

November 20-26– Bullying Aware-

ness and Prevention Week

November 25– Peel Custodial and

Maintenance Workers Day

November 30– Grade 1 French Im-

mersion Night

December 10– Breakfast with Santa

at Castlebrooke Secondary School for

K to 3.

December 24-January 6– Winter

Break++++++++++++++++++++++

Bus cancellation & closing schools due to bad weather

During the winter months, we may need to cancel buses or close schools because of inclement weather.

Information regarding details of cancellations or closures will be announced on radio and television

stations listed below and posted at www.peelschools.org, school websites and www.stopr.ca. Infor-

mation will also be available on Twitter (@Peelschools), Facebook (www.facebook.com/peelschools)

or by calling 905-890-1010 or 1-800-668-1146.

VIRGIN RADIO FM99.9 CHUM AM1050 CFTR AM680

CFNY FM102.1/AM640 CJCL AM590 CHFI FM98.1

NEWSTALK 1010 AM EZ ROCK FM97.3 CJBC (FR) AM860

FM Z103.5 FM93.1 FM Q107

CHIN FM100.7/AM1540 CBC99.1 CTV

BREAKFAST TELEVISION GLOBAL NEWS CITYPULSE

One of the following messages will be announced (highlighted text only):

Peel District School Board buses are cancelled. This means that schools remain open for students and staff, but buses are cancelled. Bus cancellations

could occur in all or parts of municipalities. Buses will remain cancelled all day. All activities that re-

quire busing will also be cancelled. Permits, night school classes, child care and other activities in

schools will operate as usual.

All Peel District School Board schools and board offices are closed. This means that all schools and Board offices are closed to students and staff. All activities in schools

and board offices are also cancelled, including child care, night school and permits.

All evening programs and permits at the Peel District School Board are cancelled. This means that all activities in schools and Board offices are cancelled, including continuing education

courses and events. The buildings will be closed.

All weekend programs and permits at the Peel District School Board are cancelled. This means that all activities in schools and Board offices are cancelled, including continuing education

courses and events. The buildings will be closed.

Community Corner

Stay up-to-date with community-based opportunities

The Peel District School Board is pleased to introduce an electronic resource page on

www.peelschools.org called, Community Corner, which contains links to information and

resources in the community that may be of interest to students and their families. This site

replaces our previous method of sending promotional materials about community clubs,

camps, contests, fundraisers and events home with students on a regular basis.

How you can access Community Corner

Visit www.peelschools.org/parents/communitycorner

Click on the “Community Corner” button, found on the main page of

school websites, as well as on www.peelschools.org.

Help your teen plan for grade 9 course selections for 2017-18 Soon, current grade 8 students will select their courses for grade 9. Before they do, we want to

ensure that they have the opportunity to consult with their teachers, guidance counsellor, if ap-

plicable, and their parents.

As our partners, families are encouraged to help prepare their teens for course selection. We

encourage you to become familiar with the process by creating a myBlueprint account. Every

parent and student (grades 7-12) can have access to myBlueprint features such as:

High School – plan courses, track progress toward graduation, and instantly identify post-

secondary eligibility for opportunities in every pathway

Post-Secondary– compare detailed information on apprenticeships, college programs, univer-

sity programs and workplace sectors

Who Am I – complete surveys (including Learning Styles, Myers-Briggs Personality, Hol-

land Interests, Knowledge, Motivations, and Compatibility)

Portfolios – create several portfolios (e.g. Career Portfolio) and share them with parents,

teachers, or future employers. It’s simple to add work you have completed in myBlueprint

or add pictures and videos

Job Search – find real-world job and volunteering postings that relate to occupations of inter-

est

Goals – add interactive SMART goals and action plans

Resumes & Cover Letters – record experiences, build a resume, write a cover letter

Occupations – compare comprehensive information on occupations

Money – build a budget to track income and expenses

Additionally, parents/guardians and students can review the Chart Your Course document ,

Peel District School Board’s common course calendar (found at www.makingmyway.ca).

This guide will help you understand the course selection process and provide information on

the courses and programs offered in Peel secondary schools.

The grade 9 course selection process will be open from Nov. 14 to Dec.2, 2016. If you have

questions or are looking for course suggestions, please contact your teen’s teachers or guid-

ance counsellor.

Train More. Rehearse More. Learn More.

New Peel District School Board program offers flexible school options for student ath-

letes, artists

Does your child/teen have an intense sports or arts training and competition schedule that

makes it difficult to attend school regularly? The Peel District School Board’s new Peel Re-

gion High Performers Program will offer flexible timetabling to accommodate student ath-

letes and artists with demanding practice, competition, rehearsal and/or performance sched-

ules.

Peel Region High Performers Program will open in September 2017. Information nights

will be offered as follows:

Applications are now available at: www.peelschools.org/HighPerformers.

Grades Information Night Location

4 to 5 Nov. 2, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. Britannia Public School 1145 Swinbourne Dr. in Mississauga

6 to 8 Nov. 9, 2016 at 6 p.m. Dolphin Sr. Public School 18 Brookside Dr. in Mississauga

Is French Immersion right for my child? If your child will be starting grade 1 in September 2017, one of the important choices you will make is wheth-

er you want to apply for the French Immersion (FI) program.

What is the program like? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the program?

One way to help answer these questions is to attend the information meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016

at 7 p.m. at the French Immersion school your child would attend.

To find out the FI school your child would attend:

visit our website www.peelschools.org/French

call the school in your area

call 905-890-1010 or 1-800-668-1146 ext. 2212

Online application

The application form for Grade 1 French Immersion for the 2017-18 school year will be available online at

www.peelschools.org/French on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 at 1 p.m.

The deadline to register is Friday, Jan. 27, 2017 at 4 p.m. Applications received after that date will be put

on a waiting list.

A French Immersion enrolment cap is in place. This means that a specific number of spots are available for

students entering grade 1 French Immersion. A random selection process will be used to identify students

gaining entrance into the program. For more information about the random selection process visit

www.peelschools.org/French.

Important dates

Information meeting Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 at 7 p.m.

Application process opens Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 at 1 p.m.

Application deadline Friday, Jan. 27, 2017 at 4 p.m.

For more information

visit www.peelschools.org/French

call your nearest French Immersion school

talk with parents who have children in the French Immersion program

visit the Canadian Parents for French website at http://on.cpf.ca

Traffic safety in our community Safety is a top priority at our school. Here is a list of traffic tips to keep students, staff and parents safe while com-

muting to and from school.

Respect traffic signs and road markers around the school.

Drive slowly and with caution on and near school property. Adhere to the posted speed limits on any sur-

rounding streets used by students on their way to and from school.

Always yield to pedestrian traffic. Wait for students, staff members and parents to cross before driving past

them.

When dropping your child off at the school, use the Kiss'n'Ride area. This is a supervised area that is de-

signed to keep students safe.

Do not double park or do anything else to block traffic or draw your child off the curb and into traffic. Do not

take shortcuts over curbs.

Have your child ready to exit the car when you reach the curb. Say goodbye to your child before you park at

the curb to let your child out of your car.

During regular drop-off times, students are to remain in the car until it is safe for them to exit the car onto the

curb.

Follow the directions of staff or volunteers on duty in the school parking lot and treat staff, students, volun-

teers, passengers and other drivers with respect.

Consider parking off site and walking a short distance to school. This will give you time to talk to your chil-

dren about their day, review new vocabulary words, math concepts, etc.

Celebrating Faith and Culture

November 2016

DATE CELEBRATION FAITH AND

CULTURE

November Gwilatkw and Freez-

ing Moon

Aboriginal Spirit-

uality

November 1 Birth of the Báb Bahá'í

November 1 All Saints' Day Christianity

November 1 Samhain Wicca

November 2 Birth of Baha’u’lláh Bahá'í

November 3 -21 The month of Qudrat Bahá'í

November 5 Gnan Panchami Jainism

November 11 Remembrance Day Canada

November 14 Dev Diwali or Lo-

kashah Jayanti

Hinduism and

Jainsim

November 14 Birth of Guru Nanak Sikhism

November 16 Louis Riel Day Aboriginal Spirit-

uality

November 22 - De-

cember 10

The month of Qawl Bahá'í

November 24 Martyrdom of Guru

Teg Bahadur

Sikhism

November 25 Day of Covenant Bahá'í

November 27 Ascension of 'Abdu'l

-Bahá

Bahá'í

November 27 or 28

(J)

First Day of Advent

(Christmas fast)

Christianity

November 27 First Sunday of Ad-

vent

Christianity

November 24 Martyrdom of Guru

Teg Bahadur

Sikhism