A P R I L 2 0 1 5 N E W S L E T T E R

Principal Update

Mrs. Armstrong’s surgery was a success and she is now beginning her recovery. Until her safe return, please

feel free to contact me at the school if you have questions or concerns.

Ruth McNulty (Acting Principal)

Holy Week 2015

at Our Lady of Fatima Church:

Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper: Thursday, April 2 5:15 p.m.

Good Friday Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion: Friday, 3 April at 12 noon

Holy Saturday Easter Vigil Mass: Saturday, 4 April at 8:00 p.m.

Easter Sunday Mass: Sunday, 5 April at 9:00 a.m.

Our annual Jump Rope/Hoops for Heart event took place on Friday, March

27th. Thank you to families for your pledges and donations, to our stu-

dents for their efforts to raise money for this great cause, and to Mlle.

White for organizing such a fun way to support the Heart & Stroke Foun-

dation. You raised over $ 7,400.00 this year! Way to go!

Jump Rope/Hoops

for Heart

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Carol and Wayne Campbell of Hila Science Camps are offering the advanced learner program again this spring between April 1st and May 5th. It is open to all grade 4 - 8 stu-dents in the RCCDSB. Parents are responsible for registration and transportation. Details about the workshops and an online registration form are available at www.hilaroad.com/skills. There is no cost to the students for these workshops.

Guest Speaker!

On Friday, March 5th, To-ny Clement's Executive As-sistant and Communications Advisor, Mr. Bruce Hickey (a Renfrew native, shown at left), came to OLF to talk to Julie Bonsor's Grade Five Class about "Life on Parlia-ment Hill", campaigning and speech writing. He spoke about Mr. Clement's current projects, including the Geor-gian Bay watershed project, and Mr. Clement's role as Chair of the Treasury Board.

Congratulations to Ms.

Eady and husband Mike,

who welcomed a baby

girl into the world on

Monday, March 23rd!

Lux Kobzik is happy &

healthy!

Mrs. Mitchell and hus-

band welcomed their new

baby boy, Coady James,

to the world on March

31st! All are doing well

and Coady looks just like

his older brother, Mason!

Wrestling Placement Update

Mlle. Blondin wishes to thank all of our wrestlers for their perseverance and ef-forts. The list (at left) indicates placements. A big thank you to Jasmine Scobie, Ryan Theobald, and Bryson Line for their coaching excellence and weekly dedication to our team! Special thanks to Madame for her organization and support, too!

Name Place-ment

Asha P 2

Shanna B. 1

Ethan B. 3

Ethan K. 4

Calvin G. 4

Tony P. 2

Quinn B 5

Rylie V. 2

Ryerson H. 2

Brady C. 1

Jada N. 2

Emma R. 1

Talia T. 2

Emily T. 1

Lura P. 1

Caleb S. 1

Gibson G. 4

Aaron S. 2

Hayden M. 3

Mason S. 4

Tyler F. 5

Emma T. 1

Emma S. 3

Hillary B. 2

Kylie Mc. 4

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Mindset: Messages About Success Listen for the messages in the following examples of success:

“You learned that so quickly! You’re so smart!”

“Look at that drawing. Is he the next Picasso or what?”

“You’re so brilliant, you got an A without even studying!”

Do you hear these as supportive, esteem-boosting messages? But listen more closely. See if you can

hear another message. It’s the one that children hear:

If I don’t learn something quickly, I’m not smart.

I shouldn’t try drawing anything hard or they’ll see I’m no Picasso.

I’d better quit studying or they won’t think I’m brilliant.

After seven experiments with hundreds of children, we had some of the clearest findings I’ve ever

seen: Praising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance.

How can that be? Don’t children love to be praised? Yes, children love praise. And they es-

pecially love to be praised for their intelligence and talent. It really does give them a boost, a special

glow—but only for the moment. The minute they hit a snag, their confidence goes out the window

and their motivation hits rock bottom. If success means they’re smart, then failure means

they’re dumb. That’s the fixed mindset.

Stayed tuned next month for sending messages about process and growth! Dweck, Carol S. “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success” (2008)

Kindergarten students enjoy a hot dog day lunch

during their winter carnival, with members of the

CWL (also known as the Kindergarten Love La-

dies). Each week the Love Ladies read one-on-

one with the Kindergarten students. Recently, the

school was given a cheque from the CWL to en-

hance our reading program. Thank you!

Important Dates: April 1 - We Day April 2 - Holy Thursday Stations of the cross, 10:00 a.m. - Pope John II day - Hot lunch: Domino’s pizza April 3 - Good Friday, no school April 6 - Easter Monday, no school April 7 - Gr. 7 to see 12 Angry Jurors at SJHS April 8 - International Day of Pink - grad photo retakes - PIC Family of Schools night, St. Joseph’s, Arnprior, 7:00-

8:30 p.m. April 9 - Formal Day April 10 - Hot lunch: Santa Fe wraps April 10 - Rebecca Paulsen continues her visits April 15 - Chess tournament at SJCHS April 17 - Vessey Bulb orders & payment due to school - gently used children’s book (donation deadline) - Hot lunch: Zio’s pizza - Rebecca Paulsen continues her visits April 18 - First Communion, OLF parish, 7:00 p.m. April 21 - School Council meeting at 6:30 pm., in Ms. B’s room April 22 - Earth Day - New Life prayer service, 10:00 a.m. - school yard clean up *please bring garden gloves from

home; - Lights Out Canada April 23 - Sports Day - Me to We ‘gently used’ book sale April 24 - Used book sale. 10:00—3:30 in the gymnasium - Hot lunch: Santa Fe wraps - Gr/ 7 badminton tournament - Rebecca Paulsen continues her visits April 25 - SEAC Spring Symposium, St. Joe’s High School April 27 - Welcome teacher candidate E. Young in Mrs. Welch’s room

Fridays are staff dress down days.

Funds collected go toward a charity.

OLF School Council

Our next school council meet-ing is Tuesday, April 21st, at 6:30 p.m. in Ms. Beselaere’s special education room. All are welcome to attend.

Fun Fair is scheduled for Thursday, June 18th. Please mark your calendars and con-sider volunteering your time for this event.

The EQAO assessment will

take place between Monday,

May 25, and Friday, June 5.

If you have children in

grades 3 or 6, please avoid

scheduling appointments,

etc. during these dates. Let-

ters regarding specific ac-

commodations for testing

will be going home soon…

April 22nd is Earth

Day! Many classes

will be involved in a

school yard clean up.

Students are asked

to bring a pair of

garden gloves to

school for this

event.

Several classes will

also be participating

in Lights Out Cana-

da on this date.

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Miss Belanger’s Notes:

A very big CONGRATULATIONS to the members of the Renfrew Chil-dren’s/Youth Chorus who competed at the Pembroke Music Festival on Wednesday, March 4th. The choir placed first with an amazing mark of 92%! (The second highest mark of the WHOLE festival!)

The adjudicator had high praise for our students, noting that their performance of one song was “note perfect” (a phrase he says he had not yet uttered at ALL at the festival this year, and only once or twice before in his WHOLE LIFE! WOW!) and that they had wonderful balance in their sound and strong harmonies; they worked as a great “unified ensemble” and tru-ly “lived the song” as one.

Now the students are busy preparing for the Renfrew Mu-sic Festival, where they will compete on Wednesday, April 15th, as well as their annual Spring Concert which will be held at OLF School gym on Sunday, May 3rd at 2:30pm.

The choir practices once a week, on Tuesday evenings, at Our Lady of Fatima School. If you are in Grade 4 & up for next September, you are able to audition for a spot with the choir at the end of May. You can contact the choir at renfrewchildren-syouthchorus@gmail.com for more information.

Miss Belanger is so incredibly proud of all the students, and would like to mention especially those from Our Lady of Fatima School: Kaylee Coles, Sarah Mayotte, Emma Robertson,

Kennedy McCallum, Gabrielle McNulty, Jayden O’Brien, Kayla

Winters, Megan Winters & Hannah Visutski.

Parent Tip How to support positive

mental health at every age:

Mental Health Walk-in Clinics:

Phoenix Centre 613-735-2374

Pembroke – Tue. 2-6pm

Renfrew – Thurs. 2-6pm

Robbie Dean Centre 613-433-4231

Pembroke – Wed. 5-9pm

Renfrew – Thurs. 5-9pm

Petawawa – Tues. 1-5 pm

Arnprior – Mon. 1-5 pm

“I like that the garden is in our yard. Every

school should have one, because you can

give the food to people who don’t have any.”

- Ryder Scobie, Senior Kindergarten

A Musical Offering 2: An Evening of Sacred Music

...in support of the Parish Building Fund on Friday, April 24th at 7pm at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Renfrew (100 Lisgar Avenue). Performers are Renfrew natives Jessica Belanger and Nicholas Walters, with special guests Danielle Vaillan-court, Stephan Grasmuck, Kevin McSheffery and Brandon Wilkie. Tickets $15 at Aikenhead's Drug Store; A Dash of Fab (on Renfrew's Main Street) or at the OLF Parish Office (613-432-8525) Also availa-ble for purchase at the door. Full details at www.olfmusicaloffering.com

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When? Thursday, April 23rd, 2015

10:00 a.m.—3:30 p.m.

Where? OLF gym

Why? Brick by Brick Campaign

Who? Your dedicated Me to We Team

The Me to We Team is looking for gently used

children’s books for this book sale.

Please bring your book donations no later than

Friday, April 17th.

We appreciate all of you donations!