IT STARTS in the Schools May 2017

UPCOMING EVENTS

May Speech, Language and Hearing TCDSB Board-wide Awareness Month

May Asian Canadian Heritage Month TCDSB Board-wide

May 1-5 Catholic Education Week TCDSB Board-wide May 1 - Awards Night May 2 - Student Mass and Peace Walk May 3 - Parent Event and Liturgy May 5 - Parish Family Day Celebration May 5 – Staff Arts Canada 150 Concert

May 1-5 Children’s Mental Health TCDSB Board-wide Awareness Week

May 1 – 5 2017 Woodbine Centre Festival Woodbine Centre of the Arts 500 Rexdale Blvd, Etobicoke

May 1 Intermediate W5H Tournament Madonna Catholic Secondary City Championship School 20 Dubray Avenue, Toronto 416-393-5506

May 1 Official Blessing of the Portrait Madonna Catholic Secondary “Lady Love” School 20 Dubray Avenue, North York 416-393-5506 May 2 TCDSB Steel Drum Presentation Woodbine Centre 500 Rexdale Blvd, Etobicoke

May 2 – 5 Powerful Visions Annual Art Michael Power – St. Joseph High Show School 7 – 9 p.m. 105 Eringate Drive, Etobicoke

May 3 Team Chess City Finals Catholic Education Centre 80 Sheppard Ave. E., North York

May 3 - 17 Elementary Track & Field Various locations Divisional Meets

May 4 St. Cecilia’s Annual Spring Art St. Cecilia Catholic School Gallery 355 Annette Street, Toronto

May 5 Holy Angels Celebrates Parish Holy Angels Catholic School Family Day 65 Jutland Rd, Etobicoke Mass, Activities, BBQ

May 8 3rd Annual Intermediate St. Leo Catholic School Students Faith Conference 165 Stanley Avenue, Etobicoke 9 a.m.

May 8 The St. Joseph Parish Family of St. Dominic Savio Catholic School Schools Celebration 50 Tideswell Blvd, Scarborough 10 a.m.

May 11 Work Connection Job Fair Ontario Science Centre For Grade 12 students 770 Don Mills Rd, North York

May 12 Our Lady of Fatima Special Our Lady of Fatima Shine Anniversary Mass 3170 St Clair Ave E, Toronto 12:30 p.m.

May 14 - 19 Respect for Life Week TCDSB Board-wide

May 15 - 16 TDCAA Track & Field Centennial Park Stadium 156 Centennial Park Rd, Etobicoke May 17 - 19 Elementary Track & Field Various locations Regional Meets

May 18 4th Annual WENTT Conference Humber College Secondary School Event

May 18 St. Sylvester Celebrates Beyond St. Sylvester Catholic School the Classroom 260 Silver Springs Boulevard, 6:30 p.m. Scarborough

May 20 St. Patrick's 30th Anniversary St. Patrick Catholic Secondary Show School Silent Auction and Raffle - 2 p.m. 49 Felstead Avenue, Toronto

May 24 Chaminade College School’s SilverCity Yorkdale 3rd Annual IGNITE Yorkdale Shopping Centre Student Digital Media Showcase 3401 Dufferin Street, North York 7 – 10 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m.

May 24 Elementary Track & Field City Various locations Finals

May 24 – 25 TDCAA Track & Field Birchmount Stadium 75 Birchmount Rd, Scarborough

May 25 Holy Rosary Garden Day Event Holy Rosary Catholic School In celebration of two eco-grants. 308 Tweedsmuir Avenue, Toronto

May 25 World Catholic Education Day TCDSB Board-wide

May 26 Annual Deaf and Hard of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Hearing Picnic Catholic School 270 Cherokee Blvd, North York

May 30 Canada 150 TCDSB Spring Centennial Park Cricket Tournament 256 Centennial Park Rd, Etobicoke 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

May 30 Farewell to Christ the King Christ the King Catholic School School 3672 Lakeshore Blvd W, Etobicoke 4 - 6 p.m.

May 31 Special Mini-Olympics The Hangar at Downsview Park 10 a.m. 75 Carl Hall Road, North York

May 31 Mock Criminal Bail Hearing & Father Henry Carr Catholic Mock Criminal Trial Secondary School 1760 Martin Grove, Rexdale

May 29 – Bike to School Week TCDSB Board-wide June 2

June 2 St. Andrew's Parish Family of St. Andrew Catholic Church Schools Day 2547 Kipling Avenue, Toronto

June 3 St. Isaac Joques’ 50th St. Isaac Joques Catholic School Anniversary 1330 York Mills Road, Toronto 10 a.m.

June 5 – 9 Indigenous Education TCDSB Board-wide Awareness Week

June 6 Bishop Marrocco/Thomas The Revue Cinema Merton Just Docs Festival 400 Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto

June 17 Feast of Corpus Christi Nativity of Our Lord Roman Community Event Catholic Church 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. 480 Rathburn Road, Etobicoke

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

Autism Awareness Evening TCDSB celebrated students and families living with Autism and the staff who support them at a special evening that featured Mass, presentations and activities on April 5th.

Our Lady of Peace’s Production of the Passion During Holy Week the intermediate students of Our Lady of Peace, under the direction of Mlle. Perri, performed a beautiful production of the Passion for the entire school community.

Holy Thursday Prayer Service Students from St. Joseph’s Morrow Park and Blessed Trinity celebrated a Holy Thursday prayer service together at SJMP on April 13th.

St. Basil Students on Vimy Ridge On April 9th, ten St. Basil-The-Great students and 2 chaperones participated in the 100th anniversary commemoration of the battle of Vimy Ridge, France. To read more and see more pictures, click here.

Community Clean-up Day Students at St. Wilfrid Catholic School demonstrated their commitment to the community and the environment as they partnered with other TCDSB schools and thousands of Torontonians in the annual Clean Toronto Together initiative.

On April 21st, students and staff at the school spread out over the school’s property and surrounding neighbourhood to do their part in making the City look its best after the winter months. Coach Michael “Pinball” Clemons, together with Councillor Anthony Perruzza, TCDSB Director of Education Angela Gauthier and Superintendent Michael Caccamo kicked off the school clean up in the gymnasium before the students headed outdoors to begin their clean-up and Earth Day activities.

Members of the media arrived to showcase the school’s various environmental initiatives: birdhouse-making, a butterfly garden, and an herb garden. Much to everyone’s delight, Toronto Mayor John Tory arrived at the school to take part in a ceremonial tree planting.

The community is grateful to all of the sponsors and partners that made the school clean-up event memorable for all who participated. Click here to check out the many other community clean up events that took place in schools across the TCDSB.

Socks 4 Souls Canada Holy Rosary celebrated Lent by not giving something up, but by doing something extra and giving to those in need in our community. Our grade 5/6 class initiated a school wide ‘sock drive’ campaign to support ‘Socks 4 Souls Canada’, a non-profit organization committed to providing homeless communities with new socks. In line with the virtue of charity, our school community came together and we were able to surpass our goal of 500 pairs as we collected 572 pairs of socks!

St. Andrew’s Fundraises For Sister Amirah Jubo and the Missionary Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament St. Andrew School wishes to thank all the students, parents, and members of the school community who have contributed to our unique fundraiser dedicated to Sister Amirah Jubo, a former staff member of our school, and her Missionary Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, to aid their work in Northern Iraq. The community’s overwhelming response helped raise a grand total of $4,500! Click here to read the full story.

Jump Rope for Heart On April 3, Holy Rosary participated in The Heart and Stroke Foundation’s annual Jump Rope for Heart event. The school raised over $5300, surpassing last year’s total and our school goal of $4000! Students received incentive prizes from The Heart and Stroke Foundation, and the top school fundraisers will have the chance to be principal for a day! Holy Rosary is so proud to be a part of such an inspiring event that not only raises awareness around heart disease but promotes healthy, active living.

OLP’s Welcome Packages for New Canadians In celebration of the Year of the Parish, Our Lady of Peace’s Social Justice Club, under the leadership of Mrs. Ludlow and Mme. Mayer, held a school wide collection for refugees at Our Lady of Peace Church. The school collected 30 boxes worth of household items to give to new refugees coming into the community. These generous donations were collected from February 16 to March 31, and were donated to Me to We for distribution. Thank you for all the generous donations that were received! Bishop Allen Hosts Model UN Bishop Allen played host to the Model United Nations held on Friday, April 7th. St. Mary Catholic Academy students were among the 8 schools who participated. It was a wonderful learning opportunity for students as they had to negotiate with other country representatives and state their own points of view on important issues of the day. It was a great day to expose them to model UN debating and to meet their peers from other schools around the city. Click here for more pictures.

Indigenous Museum at St. Maria Goretti St. Maria Goretti CS hosted the Indigenous People's Inventors and Innovators Museum on April 19th. The museum promotes positive images and self-esteem in children as well as promotes diversity and inclusivity. The exhibit featured Indigenous inventors and Innovators from Canada, USA, Mexico, Greenland, Caribbean, Oceania, South and Central America.

Bike Helmet Launch at St. Francis Xavier Catholic School Over 525 students participated in a special bike safety assembly on April 3rd at St. Francis Xavier Catholic School.

School Resource Officer, P.C. De Quintal and Toronto Police Services, together with the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, JRJ Personal Law Injury Firm, and Access Rehab promoted the importance of bike safety through a school assembly that included safety lectures on brain injuries and information on why we wear helmets. Following the assembly, students were surprised with 525 free bike helmets. The helmets were fitted and distributed to all 525 students. The helmet donation was made possible by the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association’s Bike Helmet Giveaway Program.

The St. Francis Xavier community is grateful to Officer De Quintal and local partners of the Bike Helmet Giveaway Program for equipping our students with the tools they need to be safe. Sacred Heart Visits Ripley's Aquarium On Thursday, April 6th Sacred Heart students had the opportunity to learn about biodiversity at Ripley’s Aquarium. Students came face to face with the fish, sharks, eels and jellyfish they are learning about in class.

Students explored different tanks, engaged in hands on activities, and were able to see firsthand how different habitats like the kelp forests and North American coast have different species with different survival strategies that are adapted to their unique living environment. The trip was a great way to learn about our biodiverse underwater world.

Sacred Heart’s Cool @ School Fashion Show and Spirit Day On Friday April 7th, Sacred Heart held a fashion show to debut its new school logo and spirit wear... We are THE HAWKS!!!

The day was filled with music, energy and excitement enjoyed by parents, students and staff, as students walked the runway showing off the new spirit wear. Sacred Heart looks forward to seeing the new Hawks wear in our community! GO HAWKS!

Father Henry Carr Drumline Wins 1st Place – Twice! Congratulations to FHC Percussion, who won 1st place in two competitions in April:  April 7th: 1st Canadian Drumline Association Regional Competition of 2017 at St. Marcellinus CSS in Mississauga. The group debuted their 2017 production "Imagine" for the first time in front of a live audience. Click here to watch their performance on YouTube.  April 27: the Canadian Drumline Association Eastern Regional Competition in Port Hope. The group improved their score from a 79.1 (on April 7) to and 84.3! Click here to watch their performance. Carter student the National Winner in the Josten’s Photo Contest Gr. 12 student Julienne Lee submitted to the Josten’s Photo Contest and was selected as the National winner. The photo, titled “Balance”, was taken at the Grade 12 Retreat at Medeba.

Every year over 1000 photo entries across Canada are submitted for the Josten’s National Photography Contest. Julienne was the first Carter student to win the Grand Prize. Cardinal Carter was also the sole Catholic school represented on the winner’s list. Congratulations Julienne!

2017 Asian Canadian Heritage Month Poster Contest Winner Congratulations to J. Tan, winner of the 2017 Asian Heritage Poster Contest! J. Tan is a student of St. Patrick Catholic Secondary School. He bested 47 other contenders in this competition.

Cardinal Carter student’s poster design wins Ontario Speaker’s Choice Award The Ontario Legislature runs an annual Youth Arts poster contest. This year’s contest theme was: “What do you Love about Ontario?” Gr 11. Student, Madalina Raduta, competed in the poster contest and her design was selected as the winning design for the Ontario Speaker’s Choice Award.

This how Madalina describes her poster: “The theme was ‘What do you love about Ontario?’ In my poster, I focused on how people in Ontario are like one big family, everyone being included and being treated equally. I drew a small child looking up at a drawing on the back of a loon of a group of people embracing. In my drawing, I tried to incorporate different symbols of Ontario, like the Common Loon, the Eastern white pine, and the white trillium. I was also inspired by Indian Group of Seven artists Daphne Odjig and Norval Morrisseau in the way I drew the loon and people embracing. My drawing was picked to be one of the ten designs that they will display on banners outside Ontario's Legislative Building from mid-January to mid-December 2017.” Shakespearience - The Ties That Bind St. Mother Teresa Catholic Academy students actively participated in an afterschool theatre program called "Shakespearience". Students rehearsed from February to April and their efforts culminated with a performance on Thursday April 20 at the Toronto Centre for the Arts.

Students worked tirelessly on improving their stage acting, voice projection, stage combat, and truly adopting the tongue of Shakespeare. Bravo students!

2017 CIMA Mayor’s School Cricket Awards On April 7th at Metro Hall, Director of Education Angela Gauthier and Vice-Chair and Trustee Frank D’Amico celebrated the 2017 CIMA Cricket Awards with TCDSB staff and students. Individual awards for the 2016 season were presented to TCDSB students in the following categories: 2016 High School Boys - Runners-up: Monsignor Percy Johnson CSS; 2016 Middle School - Blessed Sacrament CS; Runners-up - St. Maria Goretti CS

Msgr Percy Johnson Students Accept Sports Scholarships at US Universities On Tuesday, April 25 Monsignor Percy Johnson celebrated three students who have accepted scholarships at US universities starting in Fall 2017:  Nicholas Campoli - Hockey scholarship at Clarkson University, New York  Jon Alec Toromoreno - Soccer scholarship at Hastings College, Nebraska  Melissa Carvalho - Soccer scholarship at James Madison University, Virginia

The athletes celebrated with a cake cutting with their fellow students, as well as special guests, their families. Congratulations and good luck athletes! MPSJ TDCAA Indoor Soccer Champions On March 31st the Michael Power St. Joseph varsity boys' indoor soccer team captured the TDCAA championship for the first time ever since the league was established three years ago. The team defeated St. Basil’s 4-2 in the semi-finals and Neil McNeil 4-1 in the finals. The team includes the following student-athletes.

Ultimate Frisbee at SJMP On April 4th, the SJMP Ultimate Frisbee team attended the FUDGE (Female Ultimate Development Group Effort) tournament at Aurora Sport Dome. The team was highly competitive with a record of 2 wins, 1 tie and 1 loss. We thank our graduating team members, Alexandra Arcangel and Melisa Hernandez, for their commitment to the Ultimate program over their high school years.

St. Kateri Junior Girls’ Indoor Soccer Tournament Champs St. Kateri Tekakwitha junior girls’ indoor soccer team hosted a tournament at SKT on April 11th, with their team coming in 1st Place, thanks to the help of Coaches Mr. J. Colangelo and Mr. Scavuzzo.

SJMP Junior Volleyball Team Finalists The St. Joseph Morrow Park junior volleyball team were TDCAA finalists. Congratulations girls!

Our Lady of Peace Co-Ed Hockey Team wins Championship Game The OLP Co Ed Hockey team won the championship game for Pool C in the TCDSB finals on Tuesday, April 11, taking an early lead in the game and winning 4-0 against St. Bonaventure. Each player played with determination and dedication during our tournaments and even gave up their lunches to practice. A big thank you to Mr. Primeau, Ms. Pontes and Ms. Morassutti, who dedicated their time coaching the team.

Notre Dame Students Win Special Science Awards Notre Dame students in grade 9 and 11 challenged a fierce group of 550 students at the Special Science Awards in Toronto. The team brought home silver and bronze medals in the Special Design Innovation category. Click here to see the full list of winners and categories.

Francis Libermann Student Awarded Schulich Leader Scholarship Kezia Johnson, a grade 12 student at Francis Libermann CHS was awarded 1 of 50 Canada-wide Schulich Leader Scholarships! The Schulich Leader Scholarship program rewards our country’s most promising young pioneers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Congratulations Kezia! Photo credit: SchulichLeaders.com.

Alumni News: Christina Racanelli recipient of Peter Balciunas Memorial Award Christina Racanelli, graduate of Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary School (2001), is this year's recipient of the Peter Balciunas Memorial Award. This award was made possible through the generosity of the Balciunas family, who created the scholarship in memory of Peter Balciunas, a former principal of the TCDSB. Click here to read more about the award and Christina.

2017 Victor Angelosante Award Recipient Congratulations to Colleen Reel, teacher at Our Lady of Fatima and recipient of the 2017 Victor Angelosante Award. This Award is presented annually to a TCDSB elementary employee who, through significant involvement with athletics and the TCSAA, has made an outstanding contribution toward the overall development and education of young people. The award winner is one who personifies those qualities Victor demonstrated in abundance and one who embodies and inculcates by example the highest traditions of a Catholic educator and a dedicated sportsperson.

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Toronto Catholic Schools May 2017

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