2017

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MAY NEWSLETTER May Virtue

Principal’s Message Dear Parents and Guardians, “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” ― Leo Buscaglia

During the month of May we celebrate the virtue of compassion. Through daily prayers, the sacraments and by learning and playing together, students come to understand how the power of compassion can bring each and every one of us ever closer to God. Our students learn that being compassionate means accepting others regardless of their differences. Through the act of compassion they learn to make themselves open to a change of heart which in turn, allows them to feel what others feel. Compassion, like all of our virtues, is a virtue best

experienced and shared.

Congratulations to our students who are receiving their First Commun-ion and Confirmation. We thank Father George, Father Sujan and all at Transfiguration Church for their hard work and commitment to pre-

pare our children to receive the sacraments.

Many exciting activities are planned for May. We have Catholic Educa-tion Week which includes our junior basketball city meet, our Parish Day Procession with St Marcellus and Transfiguration schools, intermediate band playing at the Woodbine Music Festival, and more. Please support our Cram-a-Cruiser for the Pinball Clemons Foundation. The police cruisers will be here on May 17th. Me to We continues throughout this month as well. We have already made over $1000 that will go towards helping those in need. Thank you to all families that supported our Bags

to School program. Proceeds go to help fund our Nutrition Program.

CSPC has done so much this year! Please consider joining our very

active Parent Council.

May also brings the EQAO test for Gr. 3 and 6 students and the CAT 4 test for Gr. 2, 5 and 7 students. These assessments will provide a snapshot of how our students are performing. These tests take place in late May and early June. We encourage parents to make sure their children are prepared for learning by arriving to school well rested, properly fed and ready to take on new challenges. Every day is a day to

make sure your child is prepared to learn.

Wishing you a wonderful May!!!!

Happy Mother’s Day!

Mr. F. Termine Principal

St. Maurice Catholic School

45 Kingsview Blvd Ave. Toronto, Ontario M9R 1T Telephone: 416-393-5379 Fax: 416-393-5085

School Information and Contact Numbers

Principal: Mr. F. Termine

Superintendent: Mr. A . Della Mora

Trustee: Mr. J. Martino Parish: Transfiguration of Our Lord 45 Ludstone Dr. Toronto, ON M9R 2J2 Telephone: 416-247-0513

CPIC (Parent Engagement--TCDSB) www.tcdsb.org/cpic

SCHOOL HOURS Morning Bell: 8:30am AM Recess: 10:12 - 10:27am Lunch: 11:15 – 12:15pm PM Recess: 2:13 - 2:28pm Dismissal: 3:30pm

CRAM A CRUISER

Support our Food Drive for needy Families

in Toronto

Bring in Non-Perishable Food Items in bags

before May 17th

Students will fill up the cruisers on May 17th!

Please support the Food Drive!!

Spring Barbecue to support

our Nutrition Program

Friday May 26th

EcoSchool News

Plastic Grab Bag Send in your plas-tic shopping bags

for recycling . There are prizes

for the school with the most

bags.

May 29th to June 2

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Upcoming Events at St. Maurice

First Communion at Transfiguration Church on April 30th and May 7th

Catholic Education Week April 30th to May 5th

Mental Health Awareness Week May 1st to the 5th

Procession for Our Lady of Fatima—St. Maurice, St. Mar-cellus and Transfiguration of our Lord School at Transfig-uration of our Lord Church—Friday, May 5th at 10am—all invited, rain date May 9th at 10pm;

Welcome to Kindergarten—May 18th at 5:30pm

Confirmation—May 12th at Transfiguration Church at 7pm for Grade 7 students

Divisional Track Meet—May 8th, Regional Meet May 19th, and City Track Meet is May 24th

CAT/4 Testing for Grades 2, 5 and 7– May 22nd - June 9th

EQAO testing—May 23rd to June 5th

Divisional Soccer Tournaments—May 29th (Boys) and May 30th (Girls)

Volunteer Appreciation—June 8th

June 9th PA DAY

Year End Mass—June 16th at 12:45pm

Play Day—June 19th

SK Graduation June 23rd

Grade 8 Graduation—June 22nd at 7pm

Last Day of School—Canada Day and Talent

TORONTO CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD

TRUSTEES 2014 – 2015 Wards

1. Joseph Martino 5. Maria Rizzo 9. Jo-Ann Davis 2. Ann Andrachuk 6. Frank D’Amico 10. Barbara Poplawski 3. Sal Piccininni 7. Michael Del Grande, Chair 11. Angela Kennedy 4. Patrizia Bottoni 8. Garry Tanuan 12. Nancy Crawford, Vice-Chair Hannah McGroarty, Student Trustee Director: of Education Angela Gauthier Chris MacDonald, Student Trustee

80 Sheppard Ave. E., Toronto, ON ∙ Website: www.tcdsb.org

NEW REGISTRANTS WELCOME: Call 416-393-5379 or the TCDSB Admissions Department at 416-222-8282, ext. 2383. For general information about the Toronto Catholic District School Board, please visit the website at www.tcdsb.org. Stay in touch with the latest news throughout the school year:

Follow @TCDSB on Twitter.

St. Maurice Parent Council

Please come and join our Parent Council. This is a great

way to contribute to the education of your child and the

school community of St. Maurice. The next meeting is May

18th at 7pm in the staff room. All are welcome!

Come on out!

TOYS FOR HAPPY TOWN REMINDER

Our enthusiastic and energetic Kindergarten Team are asking for your help. If you have Lego, or other toys that you no long-er need, please bring them to St. Maurice so we can use them for kindergarten students. Also, if you have outdoor play mo-biles or other toys, please consider bringing them to school where they can have a new life and make our children very happy.

Bag 2 School Thank you to all families who contributed to the Bags 2 School fundraiser by sending in bags of clothing. All proceeds go to support our Nutrition Program.

APPROPRIATE DRESS CODE –Reminder

As the warmer weather approaches, we remind par-ents and students of the Dress Code at St. Maurice. The full policy is in your child’s agenda . THE DRESS CODE IS ANY COMBINATION OF NAVY BLUE AND WHITE.

Students are expected to dress in an appropri-ate manner that is conducive to a proper learning environment.

Suggested clothing includes long pants, shorts, long and short sleeved t-shirts, golf shirts, sweatshirts, blouses, jumpers, skirts.

There is no crest attached to the tops and clothing can be purchased at any store. Shirts are to be tucked into pants. Jeans are not allowed. Boys must not wear the waistline of their pants below the waist, as this is a safety hazard. Short shorts, halters tops, muscle shirts and clothing with inappropriate slogans and language are not acceptable. During the warmer weather, all junior and intermediate students are to have their shoulders covered (i.e., no spaghetti or thin straps).

Parent/Student Information

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Ontario Ecoschools

at ST. MAURICE! We submitted our application for Ontario Ecoschools and we are hoping for a gold certification! Good luck to the Ecoteam! We continue to encourage all families to send their chil-dren with litterless lunches. We have supported many environmental programs this year!!! Please continue to send tops for our Terracycle Program. Last year we were second in Canada. Thank you to Ms. Casarella for coming and preparing the items. This month we have our Bike to School week to encour-age students to be active and bike to school. We are also participating in the Plastic Grab Bag Challenge encourag-ing families to send their plastic shopping bags for recy-cling. To support Healthy Living, drinking water to hy-drate and to stop the use of single use water bot-tles the Rexdale Community Health Centre has donated funds to provide every child with a St. Maurice reusable water bottle.

THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!!!

TRACK and FIELD WAY TO GO WILDCATS!

Congratulations to St. Maurice! We placed First at the meet on May 8th at Centennial Park! What a great day and event! Our students ran, jumped and threw very well and we have over 30 students who qualified for the Regional Finals on Friday May 19th. Thank you to the entire coaching staff for working so hard to prepare our stu-dents. Go get’em WILDCATS!

Parent/Student Information

Junior Basketball Wildcats!! Way to go St. Maurice ! Our Junior Boys’ Basketball team placed first at the first Meet on April 24th. It was a hard fought game going to triple over time before the team pre-vailed. The boys competed at the City Finals and played very well against strong teams from all over Toronto. The girls also made it to the finals of the first meet and narrowly lost a very well played game.

Throughout the tournaments the athletes played with skill, determination and sportsmanship! Thank you to Ms. Michaud and Ms. Zammit for their hard work to prepare our students!! Way to go WILDCATS!!!

Our World Mural We have a new mural upstairs celebrating our world and our ethnic diversity. All staff and students con-tributed. Thank you to Ms. Carnovale, Ms. Bush and Ms. Tarantino for their hard work. A few finish-ing touches remain. Come take a look!!!

Our Lady of Fatima 100th Celebration Transfiguration Parish

What a wonderful day when Transfiguration of Our Lord School, ST. Marcellus and St. Maurice came together to pray and celebrate. Over 1000 staff and

Haiti Food Drive

NED SHOW The NED show is coming to St. Maurice on Thurs-day May 25th. This is a show about showing Kind-ness to others. Articles supporting the show and artisans in developing countries. Please see the at-tached flyer.

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Monthly Update from the Board

School Year Calendar 2017-2018 Approved https://www.tcdsb.org/school/SchoolYearCalendar/Pages/Default.aspx

Exploring the Critical Role of Catholic Education in Contemporary Society The Institute for Catholic Education (ICE) wants to hear from everyone in the TCDSB community about Catholic education in Ontario! "Renewing the Promise" is a dialogue . Your input about Catholic education in Ontario - the way it fulfills its mandate as well as the challenges and opportunities of the present moment - will help to guide the work of ICE for the future. A special face to face consultation on “Renewing the Promise” is being scheduled at the TCDSB’s Catholic Education Centre in May. More information will be sent home to parents once details have been finalized or check www.tcdsb.org for the latest news.

You are also invited to offer your ideas TODAY and input on-line through Thought Exchange. Log in to participate: http://signup.thotex.com/iceont/Pyv

Community Consultation for Proposed Changes to Secondary School Admissions Policy The Ministry of Education has directed the TCDSB to adopt fixed attendance boundaries for all secondary schools in order to be consistent with most Ontario school Boards. Complying with the Ministry’s request for fixed attendance boundaries for all TCDSB secondary schools will have a significant impact on the Board’s current Admissions & Placement of Secondary Pupils policy which may affect your child’s choice of high schools. Community consultation on the proposed changes to TCDSB’s Secondary School admissions policy begins on May 1 with an online survey (www.tcdsb.org). A special Secondary School Admissions Consultation Night will be held on Monday, May 8, 2017 from 7 pm to 10 pm at the TCDSB’s Catholic Education Centre at 80 Sheppard Avenue East (next to the Sheppard Subway station). Free parking and child care will be available.

May is Speech, Language and Hearing Awareness Month Did you know that speech and language delays are the most frequently reported problem in children? Early speech and language development has a major impact on future academic success. For example, research shows that a child’s vocabulary when starting school is a prime predictor of school success or failure. We also know that early language skills are directly related to later reading skills, and that children with poor language development have difficulty using lan-guage to learn math and science.

If you have a concern about your child’s speech or language, your school Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) can help! Speak to your child’s teacher or school principal to find out more, or contact the Speech and Language Department at 416-222-8282, extension 2261. More information here: https://www.tcdsb.org/ProgramsServices/SpecialEducation/Speech/Pages/Welcome.aspx

Get Ready to Get Rolling! Bike to School week is May 29 – June 2, 2017 Join students and teachers across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area to celebrate Bike to School Week, May 29 to June 2, 2017. The goal of the week is to inspire initiatives among local schools, school boards and community partners to encourage students to “walk and roll” to school. If the students do not have access to a bicycle, try scooting, skateboarding and rollerblading to school. Roller blades are required to be removed prior to entering the school. Register your school for the 2017 TCDSB Bike to School Week at biketoschoolweek.ca and complete the school reporting survey by June 12, 2017. All schools that complete the school reporting survey will receive a Certificate of Participation.

Coming Soon: Elementary Track and Field Divisional meets starting as early as May 3rd, Regionals May 17-19 and City Meet May 24th. Details on our website www.tcdsb.org

Canada 150 Celebrating the 150th anniversary of our nation and our province, and recognizing TCDSB’s place in the history of Canada dating back to before Confederation. Check out all the resources, opportunities, contests and related information here: https://www.tcdsb.org/affiliates/Canada150/Pages/default.aspx

Work Connections Job Fair May 11th at the Ontario Science Centre

https://www.tcdsb.org/forstudents/opportunitiesforstudents/pages/work-connection-job-fair.aspx

Registration for Summer School Information coming in late May. Check back for details: https://www.tcdsb.org/

ProgramsServices/ContinuingEducation/SecondaryCreditCourses/SummerSchool/Pages/Default.aspx

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