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IT STARTS in the Schools September 2015 UPCOMING EVENTS September 5 TCDSB Board-wide International Day of Charity September 8 TCDSB Board-wide Classes resume September 8 TCDSB Board-wide International Literacy Day September 9 TCDSB Open House for Elementary Gifted 80 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto Programs 416.222.8282 7:00 p.m. September 19 TCDSB Various locations Registration for Saturday Elementary International Language Program September 21 TCDSB Board-wide International Day of Peace October 1 TCDSB Catholic School Parent Council 80 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto Workshop 416.222.8282 7:00 p.m. October 5 TCDSB Board-wide World Teacher’s Day October 7 TCDSB Board-wide TCDSB Rosary Day October 7 TCDSB Board-wide ACCTS—A Catholic Call To Serve October 8 TCDSB Board-wide Child Care Worker and Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day October 10 Cardinal Carter Academy for the 25th Anniversary Arts 36 Greenfield Avenue, Willowdale 416.393.5556 October 13 – TCDSB Board-wide Secondary School Open Houses November 5 For locations, dates and times, visit the Board’s website: www.tcdsb.org October 18 St. Marcellus Catholic School 50th Anniversary 15 Denfield Street, Weston Mass: 12 p.m. 416.393.5311 Open house: 1:30 p.m. Alumni Social: 7 p.m. October 21 Station Creek Golf Club TDCAA Golf Championships 12657 Woodbine Ave, Gormley, ON (905) 888-1219 October 23 The Caesar’s Centre 35th Anniversary: Regina Pacis Alumni 8841 George Bolton Parkway, Bolton 6:30 p.m. 905.857.7779 October 24 TCDSB OAPCE and CPIC Parent Summit 80 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto 9:00 a.m. 416.222.8282 October 26 – TCDSB Board-wide TCDSB Catholic Parent Involvement October 30 Week RECENT HIGHLIGHTS Year of Family 2015-2016 This is the first Year of TCDSB’s 3-Year Pastoral Plan: Together With One Voice, Harmonizing Our Faith Through Family, Parish and School 2015-2018. All students, staff, fa milies, parishes and members of the community are invited to join us in celebrating The Year of the Family. Click for more information and video Annual General Meeting with Director of Education Principals, Vice-Principals, senior staff, trustees, employee association representatives and parent association leaders gathered to celebrate the start of a new school year on September 1st at the Catholic Education Centre. The annual general meeting celebrated the launch of the board’s new pastoral plan: Together with One Voice—Harmonizing our Faith Through Family, Parish and School. The Director’s remarks focused on servant leadership, while Cardinal Thomas Collins’ homily during the opening mass encouraged leaders to remember that they are children of the light and they need to spread that light to students and school communities. The event also provided an opportunity to introduce and congratulate the many new school administrators and business leaders. Students from Father John Redmond joined the staff choir and musicians under the direction of Susan Hookong-Taylor provided the music for the meeting and the Mass of celebration. The new song for the three years made its second debut—“One Lord, One Faith, One God of All.” Click here to view photos. St. Basil Graduate Helps Club Capture CBHA Championship Kristen Richards, graduate of St. Basil the Great College School, demonstrated strong teamwork skills for her Ball Hockey Club, the Toronto Shamrocks, in the recent Canadian Ball Hockey Association National Competition in Ottawa, helping her team capture their second national title in four years. While at St. Basil the Great, Richards also competed in ice hockey, capturing the 2009 gold medal in women’s ice hockey. Prestigious scholarships for McLuhan grads Aaron Benwic and Carolyne Barker have done their school proud. The 18-year-olds, who recently finished serving as student council president and vice-president, respectively, at Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School on Avenue Road, received prestigious scholarships worth $100,000 and $250,000 before graduating in June. Click here to read the article in the Town Crier. TCDSB Top Scholars 2014/2015 The 2014/2015 top scholar for the Toronto Catholic District School, Konrad von Eppinghoven, is already well on his way to a career in the financial sector, having been accepted to the London School of Economics in the United Kingdom. No wonder, as he scored 100 percent in his Economics program at Michael Power/St. Joseph Catholic High School. An International Baccalaureate student, Konrad’s Etobicoke school has prepared him for success in an interconnected, globalized world, using critical-thinking skills and a sense of international-mindedness. Konrad achieved 100 percent in his six top courses: Economics, English, Literature, Calculus & Vectors, Finite Math and Biology. Konrad was a member of the school’s Reach for the Top Team and is a parishioner of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Parish. He is working this summer as a Financial Officer for the Government of Ontario. Coming in right after Konrad with an average of 99.50 percent is the 2nd place scholar and top student in the former City of North York area, Justin Wiens of Senator O’Connor College School. Justin attended Scarborough’s St. Agatha Catholic (Elementary) School and has somehow managed to “do it all”, playing the Alto Sax in his school’s concert and jazz bands, writing for the school newspaper, earning his 2nd degree black belt in Taekwondo and competing on the school swim team. He also won the distinguished Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award and is an usher and reader at his parish, St. Theresa Shrine of the Little Flower Catholic Church. Justin will be studying Engineering Science at the University of Toronto in September. Third place was shared by two students: Shannon Thom of Blessed Cardinal Newman Catholic School in Scarborough and Richard Ren of Bishop Allen Academy in Etobicoke. Both earned an average of 99.33 percent for their top six subjects and Shannon is the TCDSB Top Scholar in the former City of Scarborough area. She will be studying at the University of Guelph (Arts and Sciences) in September. Richard is a Visa student from Changchun, China and will be studying Life Sciences at the University of Toronto in September after which he hopes to pursue a career in genetics research. The top student in the former City of Toronto area is St. Joseph’s College School graduate Charlene Gomes who earned an average of 98.50 percent. Charlene will be studying Life Sciences at the University of Toronto. TCDSB Welcomes New Student Trustees Allison Gacad, a grade 12 student at St. John Paul II Catholic Secondary School and Karina Dubrovskaya, a grade 11 student at Bishop Allen Academy, have taken over the reins from outgoing student trustees Christopher MacDonald and Hannah McGroarty. Both students have demonstrated leadership at the school level and through membership in the Board-wide Catholic Student Leadership Impact Team. The Board welcomes Allison and Karina and looks forward to their insights and opinions as the voice of our students. Allison and Karina will be officially sworn in as Student Trustees on September 10. Click here for more information on Allison and Karina. Chaminade College School Grad Wins Gold at Parapan Am Games Congratulations to recent Chaminade College School grad (class of 2015) Jason Roberts! He won gold for Canada in men's shot put F32/33/34. at the 2015 Parapan Am Games in Toronto on Wednesday, August 12th, 2015. Jason has won many accolades on his journey to the Parapan Am Games 2015, including winning the discus and javelin competitions and placing second in the shot put at the 2014 Ontario Para-athletics Championships. He also won the Toronto Championships in the ambulatory 100m twice and represented Chaminade College at OFSAA. This season, Jason has set new Canadian records in his class: 22.04m in javelin, 28.95m in discus and 9.65m in shot put. His winning streak includes all three events at the Ontario Para Athletics Championships and Athletics Ontario Junior-Senior Championships as well as gold in shot put, silver in discus and placing fourth in javelin amongst all para throwers at his first Canadian National Championships in Edmonton this July. According to the International Paralympic Committee website, his personal bests place him amongst the top 10 F34 throwers in the world in all three events! He was recently recognized as CityNews Athlete of the Week: http://www.citynews.ca/2015/03/03/athlete-of-the-week-jason-roberts/ Congratulations, Jason! Obeng Marfo finishes 4th at Pan American Jr. Games Father Henry Carr grad (2014), Obeng Marfo finished 4th in the Women's Discus event at the Pan American Jr. Games held in Edmonton, Alberta August 1, 2015. In September, Marfo will be a sophomore student at Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania where she is studying Human Kinetics! Obeng won 4 consecutive OFSAA Gold Medals & 3 Canadian Championship crowns while a student at FHC! Young Canadian Track and Field Champion FHC's Khamal Stewart-Baynes, representing 'Team Ontario' in the Canadian Youth Track & Field Championships August 7-9, 2015 won 4 medals - 2 Gold - 1 Silver - 1 Bronze. Stewart-Baynes, a superb 15 year-old sprinter specializing in the 100m, 200m & 400m events will be entering Grade 11 at Henry Carr in September. Khamal was named the 'Most Outstanding Athlete' at the 2015 OFSAA TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS held at the University of Toronto's Varsity Stadium June 4-6, 2015. Henry Carr Hoop Stars at the Pan Am Games Henry Carr basketball players, 7'5" Sim Bhullar (Sacramento Kings) & 6'6" Dillon Brooks (University of Oregon) have been selected to Canada's Senior Men's National Team. The team will compete at the Pan Am Games in Toronto.