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Moving Forward as a Catholic Community of Hope March 30, 2009 Subjects: 1. SAINTS OF THE TORONTO CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD T 2. UPDATE FROM MEDIA SERVICES: EARTH DAY H DIRECTOR’S E 3. 25-YEAR RECOGNITION PROGRAM--repeat BULLETIN 4. TRAVEL ALLOWANCE EXPENSE REPORTS--repeat 2008-2009 5. UPDATE FROM LIBRARY SERVICES: Student Engagement and Motivations--repeat 6. TCDSB Goes Green! In a school community - Earth Month Community Clean-Up Events--repeat formed by Catholic - Park Clean-Up Request Form--repeat beliefs and traditions, 7. FREE ADULT ENGLISH CLASSES AND NEWCOMER SERVICES our Mission is to 8. AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES & CONTESTS educate students - Governor General Awards--repeat to their full potential 9. EVENT NOTICES - St. Basil-the-Great’s “Digital 2009” - Woodbine Centre and Bridlewood Centre Festival of the Arts 10. SHARING OUR GOOD NEWS - St. Anthony and St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Schools Forgiveness - St. Joseph Catholic School Virtue for the - Dante Alighieri Academy Month of March 11. MEMORIALS 12. BIRTHS AND ADOPTIONS 13. HEALTH AND SAFETY - National Day of Mourning - Safety Success 14. PROFEESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES - AICT Training - Academic ICT Conference The year of St. Paul - Technology Workshops - AQ Courses in Religious Education – Summer 2009 Faith in Your Child - AQ Courses in Primary and Junior Mathematics - AQ Courses in Intermediate Mathematics The Toronto Catholic District - FRIENDS Children and Youth Anxiety Prevention Training School Board educates close to 90,000 students from diverse ……Cont’d cultures and language backgrounds in its 201 Catholic elementary and secondary schools and serves 475,032 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Toronto Catholic District School Board, 80 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario, M2N 6E8 Catholic school supporters across Telephone: 416-222-8282 the City of Toronto PLEASE ENSURE THAT A COPY OF THE WEEKLY DIRECTOR’S BULLETIN IS MADE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL STAFF #27 March 30, 2009 …continued Subjects: 15. ANGEL FOUNDATION - Fun Walk--repeat - Barry Diemert Music Bursary--repeat - Carmela Murdocca Literacy Bursary--repeat - Frank Meagher Bursary--repeat - George Ermellini Literacy Award--repeat - Keith Tavares Spirit of Inclusion Bursary--repeat - Mario Gasparotto Visual Arts Bursary--repeat - Mary Jane McKeen Skilled Trades Bursary--repeat - Norm Forma Bursary--repeat - Sandra Montgomery Student Bursary--repeat - Tom Leon Student Bursary--repeat - TCSBECU Limited Bursary--repeat 16. JOB POSTINGS CUPE LOCAL 1328 SBESS - Child & Youth Worker, various - Education Assistant, various - Awards - Posting Bid Forms CUPE LOCAL 1280 - Head Caretaker, St. Angela Catholic School - Head Caretaker, St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic School - Head Caretaker, St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic School - Assistant Caretaker, various - Awards For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans THE DIRECTOR’S BULLETIN for your welfare…,to give you a future with hope. Jeremiah 29:11 27 SUBJECT: 1 March 30, 2009 The Saints of the Toronto Catholic District School Board We Celebrate with the following schools on their Saint/Name-sake Feast Day: March 29 - April 4 St. Cyril March 29 Pope John Paul II – April 2 St. Richard – April 3 For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans THE DIRECTOR’S BULLETIN for your welfare…,to give you a future with hope. Jeremiah 29:11 27 SUBJECT: 2 March 30, 2009 AN UPDATE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA SERVICES EARTH DAY Call# Title Call# Title LD1057 The Great Warming – Episode 1 LD1058 The Great Warming – Episode 2 LD1059 The Great Warming – Episode 3 LD1070 Canada's Freshwater Resources LD1071 Canada's Freshwater Resources LD1072 Canada’s Freshwater Resources D1073 Canada's Freshwater Resources LD1074 Canada's Freshwater Resources LD1075 Canada's Freshwater Resources LD1076 Canada's Freshwater Resources LD1226 Trash and the Environment LD1229 Ecosystems and Biomes LD1245 The Water Cycle LD1246 An Inconvenient Truth LD1151 Acid Deposition LV1161 Recycling: We recycle LV1731 The Greenhouse effect LV1771 The Greenhouse effect LV1773 Global Warming – The Greenhouse effect LV1833 Earth’s future climate LV2035 Reducing, Reusing and Recycling LV2333 Can polar bears tread water? LV2370 Birch River Campaign LV2465 The Green Quiz LV2540 Ancient forests LV2558 Recycling - Public works LV2645 Blue Box - The Box whose time has come LV3332 A drop in the ocean LV2601 Badlands of Alberta LV2910 Recycling processes LV3054 Global Problems and Issues LV3102 Charley and Company LV3359 Breaking ground LV3360 A Breath of fresh air LV3361 Garbage and Environment - Down in the dumps LV3353 Taking the water LV3354 Monk, the trees and the concrete jungle LV3362 The Greenhouse effect LV3364 Our Future World – Global Environment LV3373 Recycle me! LV3517 Timberland – Gifts from the watershed LV3600 Cracks under the foundation LV3696 Erosion LV3975 Climate change LV3979 Ozone and Pollution LV4052 Global Environment - Degradation of the land LV4052 Global Environment - Degradation of the Land LV4052 Energy Resources: Use & Conservation LV4083 Recycling LV4085 Clean Air LV4066 Global Warming LV4158 El Nino and the link between Oceans, Atmosphere & Weather LV4211 The Dirt Files LV4458 21 Ways of Creating an Energy LV4461 The Climate Change Show Efficient Earth Or LD4462 (English / French) LV5148 Global Warming - Crisis in the atmosphere LV5193 Recycling Processes - Life after the Curb LV5244 Fate of the river LV5245 Great lakes in crisis LV6280 Kid's eye view of ecology LV6281 Pollution LV6529 Recycling Sewage - Water, The Never ending LV6539 The air around us cycle LV6586 Bill Nye: The Science Guy – LV7190 The Earth – It’s Atmosphere LV7620 Global warming. Biodiversity: Garbage LV8026 Planet Earth, Our home LV10036 Trout: Environment Quality Please be advised that these videos are on loan for 4 days only, also please note that many of these videos have limited quantities therefore the videos will be loaned out on a first come first serve basis. To order please email [email protected] For more detailed information on Video’s or DVD’s. Please check our online catalogue http://libweb.tcdsb.org/cgi- bin/opac.exe/login?library=avlib&checkbox=checkbox or call (416) 397-6569 For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans THE DIRECTOR’S BULLETIN for your welfare…,to give you a future with hope. Jeremiah 29:11 27 SUBJECT: 3 March 30, 2009 TO ALL EMPLOYEES 25-YEAR EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION PROGRAM WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE 25-YEAR EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION PROGRAM? Any employee with 25 years of service with the Board as of December 31, 2008 is eligible to participate in the program. Please refer to Policy H.M.09. Service may be full-time, broken or unbroken, and include leaves of absence and pregnancy leaves. The Board, at the meeting of November 16, 1989, approved the eligibility purposes. Please complete and return the form below if you have not received an invitation to the attention of: Bessie Gruppuso, Manager of Human Resources I have completed 25 years service with the Board as of December 31, 2008. NAME: __________________________________________ POSITION: __________________________________________ LOCATION: __________________________________________ (School/Department) For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans THE DIRECTOR’S BULLETIN for your welfare…,to give you a future with hope. Jeremiah 29:11 27 SUBJECT: 4 March 30, 2009 TRAVEL ALLOWANCE EXPENSE REPORTS REPEAT NOTICE TO ALL TCDSB STAFF WHO SUBMIT AUTHORIZED TRAVEL ALLOWANCE EXPENSE FORMS FOR REIMBURSEMENT Travel Allowance Expense Reports received by the Payroll Department later than 3 months from date of travel to submission to the Payroll Department, will not be eligible for reimbursement. Therefore, employees are reminded to have their travel allowance expense reports completed and authorized on a monthly basis prior to submitting to the Payroll Department for processing. Travel allowance expense reports, more than three months old, will not be processed. Should you have any questions regarding the above please contact the Payroll Department at 416-222-8282, ext. 2102. SUBJECT: 5 UPDATE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY SERVICES An annotated bibliography has been sent to all TCDSB schools on the topic of: Student Engagement and Motivation The Professional Library has sent three copies of the bibliography to all elementary and secondary schools (one to the principal, one to the library and one to the staff room). The bibliography contains an order form for teachers and staff to request copies of up to five articles per order. (This limit is due to copyright consideration and staff limitations.) For additional information or other related resources please call Teresa Paoli or Bozena Grymek-Nowinowski at 416-222-8282 ext. 2406 or visit our Professional Library at: http://www.tcdsb.org/library For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans THE DIRECTOR’S BULLETIN for your welfare…,to give you a future with hope. Jeremiah 29:11 27 SUBJECT: 6-1 March 30, 2009 EARTH MONTH COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP EVENTS (Revised) During Earth Month (April), there are two community environmental events that TCDSB school participation is encouraged. • The City of Toronto’s 20-Minute Makeover on Friday April 24th (All grades) • The City Park Clean-up, April 14th to May 1st 2009. 20 Minute Makeover (All grades) TCDSB has displayed a phenomenal participation rate and demonstrated our Board’s commitment to our community and the environment. In response to Mayor David Miller’s formal invitation, the Board encourages all schools and administrative sites to participate in the 20-Minute Makeover. If your school would like to participate, please go to the following link to enrol; http://intranet/vgk/20minutemakeover.registration.asp. We will only provide two bags per school and one box of latex gloves for the first 100 schools that register before March 27, 2009. The City provides the bags for special pick up at the curb. We are to bring the bags back to our school and place them in the appropriate containers. This is to reduce the carbon footprint of trucks being used to college this garbage.