Dear Heavenly Father, As we celebrate the joyous resurrection of your only Son, our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, we praise you and thank you. We thank you for the awesome gift of your Son who gave so freely and lovingly to ensure our hope of salvation. We praise you for this bright light in our oftentimes dark world. We thank you for the gift of forgiveness and for sending your beloved Son to be our pathway into life everlasting. We praise you for the unconditional love you give us every day – especially on those days when we fall and stumble. We thank you for always being there to pick us up, drag us or carry us along the path-way to you and toward eternal life. We thank you for the gift of your grace – the gift of our faith. Without it we know we would be lost. We praise you for the gift of our seven sacraments where we most deeply feel your grace and amazing love for us. Help us to always fully experience the depth of your love every time we celebrate each beautiful sacrament you’ve given us. We thank you for each moment you give us here on earth and pray we use these pre-cious moments to draw closer to you; to do your will. With this bright new day as we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection, let it be also a resurrection

for us - a new beginning to our own life in Christ. We pray in the name of your beloved Son, our Saviour Je-sus Christ.

Amen.

Newsletter Date: April 1, 2018 Volume 8, Issue 8.

St. Bruno/St. Raymond Newsletter

April 2018

He is Risen... Alleluia, Alleluia

St. Bruno/St. Raymond Catholic School 402 Melita Crescent

Toronto, ON M6G 3X6

Phone: 416-393-5376 Fax: 416-393-5844

Principal: L. Sposato

Secretary: D. Sammut

Supply Secretary: L. Moretti

Superintendent: John Wujek, 416-222-8282

Trustee: Jo-Ann Davis Ward 9,

416-512-3409

Parishes: St. Mary of the Angels

1481 Dufferin St, Toronto, M6H 4C7

416-532-4779 Fr. Landorff Garcia Mariona

(Pastor) St Peter Catholic Church

840 Bathurst St, Toronto, M5R 3G1

416-534-4219 Fr. Michael McGourty

(Pastor)

Entrance and Dismissal: 8:30 am Entry

10:12 am Recess 11:15 pm Lunch Hour

12:15 pm Entry 1:40 pm Recess

3:00 pm Dismissal

Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s),

The joy of the Resurrection and our baptismal promises, made or renewed during Easter, shape every moment of our future in this life and in our next. Let us keep the joy of Easter in our hearts and in our spirits throughout the Easter season. As we start the month of April, hard as it is to believe, we are working our way to year’s end, and look to your continued support in assist-

ing us in helping your child achieve a strong finish to

her/his school year.

To this end we ask that you please review the following

with your children:

1) Being responsible, meaning always properly prepared for class – homework completed to teacher expectations; pens, pencils, agendas, etc., at school – nothing

forgotten.

2) Being a true Christian – “The Golden Rule” – Treat others the way you want to be treated; such a simple rule, but so diffi-

cult to follow at times.

3) Being polite and well-

mannered.

4) Being a good role mod-

el for all.

5) Showing day in and day out why we have a sepa-rate Catholic system; we are a system with a dif-

Lenten Journey Ms. Fava’s Grade 3/4 class hosted a food drive from March 23rd to March 28th, 2018. Thank-you to all for generously donating canned food, pasta, con-densed milk, soup and many more items. Putting words into action brought the meaning of Lent to life as students learned how to help people in

Parents, you are doing a wonderful job raising your children and this certainly

makes our job easier. Let us continue working to-gether towards our common goal – the spiritual, academ-ic and social growth of your

child.

Sincerely, L. Sposato Principal

need. All food items were delivered to St. Mary of the Angels Church on March

28th, 2018.

From the Office

“Take action

against the serious

issues of poverty in

our world.”

“Let justice flow

like a stream, and

righteousness like a

river that never

goes dry.”

Amos 5:24

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Together With One Voice: TCDSB Pastoral Plan 2015-2018 The Toronto Catholic Dis-trict School has launched a new three-year pastoral plan running from Septem-ber 2015 through to August 2018. This year is the culmination of our three-year pastoral plan focusing on Family, Parish and School--Together

With One Voice.

Catholic education is built on the partnership among our families, parishes and schools, and therefore, to-gether we are truly a strong foundation of our school

communities. This year, Spotlight on Your School 2017-2018, is The

Year of the School. A year to celebrate our Cath-olic Schools, and the shared commitment of our Families, Parishes and Schools to Catholic education.

Safety Reminders

With the advent of more temperate weather, our students are reminded that skateboards, ripstik, and/or scooters are to be picked up once they enter school grounds. Also, in order to keep our students safe, use of soft “foam” balls are strongly encouraged during recess play.

CSPC Corner

CSPC would like to thank all who attended our last CSPC meeting held on February 28, 2018. Our next meeting will be on Wednesday April 11, 2018. As always, all are WELCOME! If you are not able to make it as your schedules are busy, please feel free to drop in a note in our CSPC mailbox in the school office. CSPC would like to express our sincerest THANKS to all of our par-ents and teachers' who par-ticipated in our Big Box

Fundraiser. We were able to collect over $6000 and we made a profit of $2152.41. THANK-YOU, for all your support and co-operation! If any families come across any forgotten big boxes at home, please feel free to send them back to school at your earliest convenience. A BIG thank you also to our parents and teachers for their support in our Meat Fundraiser. This fundraiser was also a success, raising a total of $4581 and making

a profit of $1051.

REMIND App

Sign up and Stay Connected! It’s not too late. If any parent who would like to stay connect-ed with school events and re-minders, please download the following APP "REMIND" on your mobile device. Once the app has been downloaded please type in the following number 587-803-0601 or you can text message @stbrun. This app is only for reminders such as CPSC events, school events, etc. Thank you to those parents who have already signed up! Teachers please feel

free to join as well!

our students to dress in navy and white, and St. Bruno/St. Ray-mond proudly follows. Parents we are kindly asking for your help in reminding your child to wear the following appropriate dress code:

White or navy blue top (golf shirt, dress shirt, blouse, t-shirt [not an undershirt], turtle neck, sweater, sweatshirt (no logos, words, stripes, pictures)

All Navy blue bottoms like khaki pants, gym track pants, shorts (knee length), skirts, skorts, dresses, jumpers.

FRIENDLY REMINDER – Dress Code School Board Policy

Parent SOS...We need your help! As we continue to unite as a new school community and with the advent of warm weather soon to come, a friendly reminder about our school dress code is an important part of every TCDSB school community. School is a student’s place of business where she/he are ex-pected to focus their energies and attention on learning. All TCDSB schools have an appro-priate dress code which requires

Navy or white tights, socks and leggings

Hats, sports headbands and head scarves are not to be worn in class

No hoop earrings (safety con-

cerns)

Of course, our Civvies Days are an exception we will continue!!!

Stay tuned for a school logo contest...coming soon!

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORT-ING THE TCDSB POLICY

Put a SPRING in your Step Spirit Week - April 23 - 27, 2018 for $5.00 Donation for those who would like to partici-pate. For those not inter-ested in participating, Dress Code of Navy Blue and White should be worn throughout the week. Please see attached flyer

for more information.

Movie Night - Friday April 27th, 2018 Feature Film… "Coco" please see attached flyer

for more information. Mark your calendars for up-

coming CSPC events: Parents Evening Work-

shop - Social Media Effects on Children scheduled for May 10th, 2018 (more infor-

mation to follow). Fun Fair –

Saturday June 16th, 2018 from 12:00pm to 5:00 pm with special appearances by Rapunzel, Paw Patrol, Face Painter and Spider-

Man...Don’t Miss it!!!

April Events held by-CSPC TAC sports –

Soccer Lunch Program for JK to Grade 4 from April 17 - June 5, 2018, held every Tuesday during our lunch period,11:35 am -

12:15 pm. Sign up online at https://

tacsports.ca/in-schools/ Click register under for Par-ents and Password:

STBRUNO20172018

“The

contributions

of Parent

Volunteers

enrich the life

of our school

and students.”

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The Great Canadian Cardboard Car Race

Students, start your en-gines...Ready, Set, Go!!! On April 4, 2018, now in its second year, St. Bruno/St. Raymond will host the Card-board Car Races. The com-petition is designed for stu-dents in grades seven and eight and tests their engi-neering skills in a action packed, fun-filled learning

experience. Working in teams of four, students must build a full size cardboard car that they

are able to ride in. This task tests student’s engineering skills in the field of structural strength and stability, as well as their measurement skills, as they use their artistic crea-tivity to build their cars. Teams will submit plans, lay-out their designs and build their cars in only two and one half hours. Students will be given only two sheets of cardboard and two rolls of tape to construct a chassis that will sit on two fixed axles, roll down a ramp and across the Gym. In the afternoon, students from each team will

ride the car down a ramp and onto a marked course in front of cheering fans. The compe-tition is scored on several factors including: weight held (the car must support the weight of one or more stu-dents), measurement of wheel base (length of car is important), distance traveled and quality of construction are also key factors. Special thanks to Mr. Feraday for enthusiastically organizing this event for many years, and to all the judges, staff, volun-teers and special guests at-

tending.

Tuesday, May 8 The Promise is Within You (Province-Wide Prayer for

Catholic Education Week)

Wednesday, May 9

Praying the Promise Year of the School Celebration and Launch of New Three Year

Pastoral Plan (by invitation)

Thursday, May 10

Living the Promise Student Mass for Catholic Edu-cation Week, 10 a.m. followed

by the peace walk, CEC Mass to be webcast live at

From the discussions that emerged from this summit, the Ontario Bishops produced a new statement on Ontario Catholic education, “Renewing the Promise.” Catholic Educa-tion Week 2018 combines the themes of reconciliation, soli-darity, love, justice and ecolo-gy. The sub-themes for Catho-lic Education Week 2018 are

as follows:

Monday, May 7

Remembering the Promise Awards Night May 7th, 7

p.m. at the CEC

www.tcdsb.org

Friday, May 11

Proclaiming the Promise Together in Hope.

Our school will celebrate Cath-olic Education Week with the above themes as a focus. Eve-ry year, the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association (OCSTA) provides our schools with a resource kit to help pre-pare for our Catholic Education Week. Using these resources, we will continue to serve and

move forward together.

year’s Catholic Education Week theme is, “Renewing the Promise.” The theme for CEW 2018, Renewing the Promise, draws upon previous docu-ments on Ontario Catholic education, namely, “This Moment of Promise” (1989), “Fulfilling the Prom-ise” (1993) and “Our Catho-lic Schools” (2006-2007). These three documents, while several years apart from each other, all speak of

the unique mission of Ontar-io Catholic education, the importance of its shared leadership by all those in-volved in Catholic education and the critical role of Catho-lic education in contempo-rary society. For 2017-2018, these issues are further ex-plored via an electronic sur-vey that was organized by the Institute for Catholic Ed-ucation (ICE) that led to a gathering of the Catholic

community in Fall of 2017.

Catholic Education Week: May 7 - May 11, 2018

As we approach Catholic Education Week, we are reminded that publicly-funded Catholic education is a call to service. Regardless of our position or our respon-sibilities within Catholic edu-cation, our role is a call, birthed in our baptism to bring the saving message of Jesus Christ into the lives of those students whom it is our privilege to serve. This

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“Let justice

flow like a

stream, and

righteousness

like a river

that never

goes dry.”

Amos 5:24

World Autism Aware-ness Day - April 2nd

Every April 2nd, is recognized as World Autism Awareness Day. This day aims to in-crease people's awareness about individuals, especially

children, with autism. On April 3rd, St. Bruno/St. Raymond will participate in the “Light it Up Blue” event, in honour of World Autism Awareness Day. Our staff and students are asked to wear a BRIGHT BLUE T-shirt or sweater to school to show their support for all our

friends with Autism here in our own school, and to con-tinue to be an inclusive and

accepting community. We are also excited to tell you about our “Light it up Blue” Dance-a-thon fundrais-er. This event will be taking place on Friday, April 27, 2018. Please find attached the Pledge Form. As you may know, many wonderful things are happening in the Intensive Support Programs at our school. These pro-grams include a Cooking Program, a Bowling League, a variety of experiential

learning opportunities and various life skills. These programs are an essential part of our students’ learning to compliment and enhance the curriculum, while meet-ing the potential and expec-tations set for all their indi-vidual needs. In order to continue these events, we are asking for a $5 donation. We remind all students not to solicit or go door to door to collect monies. We hope that our parent community will continue to support us generously and help us in-

crease awareness for all.

grade 7 and grade 8 studies jump out of a textbook and come to life. Of course, travelling with the friends they have grown up with(some right from JK), will make learning fun as they celebrate their friendships made throughout their ele-mentary school years. Many thanks to our interme-diate staff and French teacher for organizing this trip. Special thanks to our CSPC and our Student

Grade 7 and 8 Trip to Quebec City !

Quebec City, here they come! From April 17th to 20th, 2018, our grade 7 and 8 students will be travelling to Quebec City, where they will experience first-hand the French language, Cana-dian history, geography, social and cultural aspects. With a busy and full itiner-ary, our students will learn and discover how their

Council for helping to fund-raise throughout the year. At this time, the number of students participating on this trip has gone up to 37 students. Thanks to every-one’s generosity and fund-raising efforts, we worked very hard to reduce the cost of the trip by $60/student. We sincerely thank the entire school community and our CSPC for their ongoing support and generosity!

trum disorder (ASD), with 1 out of 54 boys affected and 1 in 252 girls. The preva-lence of autism has in-creased by approximately 78% in the last seven years. By way of comparison, this is more children than are affected by diabetes, AIDS, cancer, cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy or Down syndrome, com-bined. For more information about autism and the LIGHT

IT UP BLUE initiative, check

out the links below:

http://

www.autismspeaks.ca

https://www.tcdsb.org/

Autism is a general term used to describe a group of complex developmental brain disorders, autism spectrum disorders, caused by a com-

bination of genes and environmental influences. These disorders are characterized, in varying degrees, by social and be-havioral challenges, as well as, repetitive behaviors. Cur-rent statistics estimate that 1 in 88 children have been di-agnosed with autism spec-

“If you

listen to me,

you will

know what

is right, just

and fair.”

Proverbs 2:9

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every human per-son. This dignity comes from being created in God’s im-age. Failing to respect human dignity, in-cluding failing to do justice, is a failure to respect the image of God in others. As in this month’s quote,

“Let justice flow like a stream, and right-eousness like a river that never goes dry.” Amos 5:24

April, with its cele-bration of Easter, has been assigned the virtue of JUSTICE. At this time we celebrate the Resur-rection of Jesus who is the Just One who died for the sake of the unjust, that He might lead peo-ple back to God. But justice is also an important part of Catholic teaching beyond Christ’s Death and Resurrec-tion. The need to do justice comes from the obligation to respect the dignity of

Virtue of the Month - April is Justice

St. Bruno/St. Raymond Newsletter Volume 8, Issue 8: April 1, 2018

We’re on the web! www.tcdsb.org

Upcoming Events

April 2 , 2018 Autism Awareness Day!

April 3 , 2018 Light it up BLUE! - Autism Awareness Day

April 4 , 2018 Cardboard CAR Race!

April 6, 2018 Easter Mass @ 1:15 pm St. Mary of the Angels

Church

April 9, 2018 Grade 8 & SK Gradua-

tion Photos in Library

April 10-13, 2018 Dental Screening

April 10 and 11, 2018 Boys/Girls Volleyball

Tournaments

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Looking Forward

April 11, 2018

CSPC Meeting @ 6:30 pm Library

April 17-20, 2018

Quebec Trip Grade 7-8

April 22, 2018 Earth Day !

April 23-27, 2018 CSPC Spirit Week

St. Bruno/St. Raymond Catholic School 402 Melita Crescent

Toronto, ON M6G 3X6

Phone: 416-393-5376 Fax: 416-393-5844

TORONTO CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD

TRUSTEES 2017-2018

Wards 1. Joseph Martino, 416-512-3401 2. Ann Andrachuk, 416-512-3402 3. Sal Piccininni, 416-512-3403 4. Patrizia Bottoni, 416-512-3404 5. Maria Rizzo, 416-512-3405 6. Frank D’Amico, 416-512-3406

Vice-Chair 7. Michael Del Grande,

416-512-3407 8. Garry Tanuan, 416-512-3408 9. Jo-Ann Davis, 416-512-3409 10. Barbara Poplawski,

416-512-3410 11. Angela Kennedy, 416-512-3411

Chair 12. Nancy Crawford, 416-512-3412

Rhea Carlisle, Student Trustee, 416-512-3413

Joel Ndongmi, Student Trustee 416-512-3417

Rory McGuckin, Director of Education 80 Sheppard Ave. E.,

Toronto, ON ∙ Website: www.tcdsb.org