The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board St. Simon Stock School

6440 Lisgar Drive Mississauga, Ontario L5N 6X3 Telephone: 905 - 785 -7434 Principal S. Wolf

Secretary A. Mancini A BLESSING FOR

Superintendent THE NEW YEAR Mississauga North Family of Schools E. Fischer 905-890-1221

Trustee Ward 9 E. O’Toole 905-812-5163

YMCA 905-824-3692

St. Josephine Bakhita Parish Pastor Rev. Mark God of time and of eternity, AchilliesVillanueva 3600 Forest Bluff Cres. with Christmas joy we praise you Miss. ,ON L5N 7W2 tel: (289) 997-2105 for the year gone by fax: (289) 997-2104 e-mail: & for the year we have begun. [email protected] Your Son comes among us website: www.stjosephinebak to bring glad tidings to the poor; hita.org to proclaim a year of grace for all the world. All masses are held at St. Joan of Arc Strengthen us to follow you more closely Secondary School during this coming year. Sat. 5:00 pm. Sun. 9:00,11:00 am 12:30 pm

Weekdays Amen

Mon., Tues.,7:00 pm Report Card Update and Reporting Dates

Term 1 Report Cards will be sent home with students in Grades 1—8 on Tuesday, February 7, 2017. Parent Teacher Interviews will be held th on Thursday, February 9 in the evening and on th, Friday, February 10 during the day, therefore Transportation Cancellations/School there will be no school for students that day. Closures 2016/2017

During the winter months inclement weather Virtue of the Month – Self Control may cause disruption of bus transportation and regular school operations. A decision to cancel school transportation and/or to close schools is usually made by 6:00 a.m. Please listen for DUFFERIN-PEEL CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD cancellations or closures.

Announcements are made on the following radio and television stations:

CKFM – 99.9 FM CFNY – 102.1 FM CHIN – 100.7 FM, 1540 AM CFRB – 1010 AM CHUM – 1050 AM DC103FM CJCL – 590 AM CHAY – 93 FM CFTR - 680 AM Q107 – 107.1 FM CHFI – 98.1 FM CJMR – 1250 AM JACKFM – 92.5 FM TALK640 – 640 AM CBC – 740 AM CHEZ ZP7.3 CIAO – 530 AM CJBC (Fr.) 86 GLOBAL NEWS CTV CITYPULSE CANADA AM

Please note that Dufferin-Peel bus cancellation notices for Dufferin County do not apply to St.

Simon Stock School as we are located in the Region

of Peel. Catholic School Council Our next Catholic School Council meeting will take place on Thursday, January 12th. All are welcome to attend! Full Day Kindergarten Registration status for 2017-2018 • Proof of home address Two of the Registration for the Junior and Senior, Full-Day following: • Kindergarten program at St. Simon Stock School property tax bill for September, 2017, will take place on the • real estate document, e.g., Purchase following days: Agreement/*Rental Agreement • current utility bill Tuesday, January 24, 2017 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. • Government of Canada-issued forms, Wednesday, January 25, 2017 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. e.g., passport, Service Canada Thursday, January 26, 2017 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. documents Friday, January 27, 2017 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. All documentation must be Evening Registration submitted in English Tuesday, January 24, 2017 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

* Snow Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Assessment and Evaluation of Pupil Progress – Term 1 For more information about registration and Please make sure you mark your calendars and the Full-Day visit www.dpcdsb.org. make appropriate arrangements. Monday,

January 23, teachers will be involved in the Please note that students currently enrolled in assessment and evaluation of pupil progress. Junior Kindergarten do no need to enroll for There will be no classes for students. Senior Kindergarten.

Parents / Guardians should bring the

following documents when registering their Statutory Holiday - Family Day child: This statutory holiday has been implemented • Proof of age of child (Birth Certificate or by the Provincial Government. There will be Passport). no school on Monday, February 20, 2017. We • Original Roman Catholic Baptismal hope everyone enjoys this day with the family! Certificate (for parent and child) or Baptismal Certificate of other rites in communion with the Holy See of Rome Changes to Emergency Numbers (if the child has not been baptized, and Please ensure that the school always has the parent or guardian is a baptized current home, work and cell phone numbers. Roman Catholic or is baptized in It is also important that you have a network of another rite in communion with the support contacts for your children, in case you Holy See of Rome, the parent / guardian are not available. Our first concern is always should bring their own baptismal for the wellbeing and safety of our students. certificate). • Updated Immunization records. • Proof of Canadian citizenship Birth certificate, passport or permanent resident Dufferin-Peel hosts Kindergarten entry Catholic Ratepayers—Check Your Tax planning information session for Bill to Ensure Proper Tax Support parents of children with special needs If you are a Catholic ratepayer, we urge you to On Wednesday, January 11, the Dufferin-Peel check your property tax bill to ensure that your Catholic District School Board’s Special support is directed to the Dufferin-Peel Education and Support Services Department Catholic District School Board. If you are a will host a Kindergarten entry planning tenant, you can verify your support by information session. This meeting is for contacting our Admissions Department at parents and guardians of children with special (905) 890—0708, ext. 24511, 24512 or 24519, or needs which affect their learning, such as your local municipal office. vision, hearing, physical, developmental or autism, who are entering Kindergarten in By ensuring that you are accurately recorded September 2017. The meeting will be held at as a Catholic school supporter, you can help the Catholic Education Centre Room 301 deliver a powerful message to the government (Third Floor), 40 Matheson Boulevard about the level of support for publically- West, (Hurontario & Matheson) from 7:00 funded Catholic education in Ontario. In order p.m. – 8:30 p.m. to be eligible to vote for your local Catholic School Board Trustee, you must be registered Cold and Flu Season as a separate school supporter. Please use discretion when sending your child back to school after they have been ill. A child who is coughing, wheezing, etc., is not in a Important Immunization Message from state to learn and will only infect others. Peel Public Health

As well, please understand that if your child is well enough to attend school, they should be well enough to go outside at recess. We do Peel Public Health will be reviewing not have the staff availability to have some immunization records of all students at our students inside and some students outside. school beginning January, 2017. Therefore, all students are required to go outside, weather permitting. Peel Public Health must have proof that your child has been fully vaccinated (immunized) St Vincent de Paul Society according to the Ontario Immunization Schedule. The St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Josephine

Bakhita Church and all of us at St. Simon Stock School would like to thank the staff and families for If you receive a letter, please ensure that your their generous support of our child has received the required vaccine(s), then successful Personal Needs Drive. give the date(s) your child received these vaccine dose(s) to Peel Public Health immediately to update your child’s record.

For more information, please call: Peel Public

Health at 905-799-7700 or visit www.ImmunizePeel.ca

Student Punctuality Angel on the Tree Unfortunately, a number of students continue We would like to express our sincere to arrive late for school. This results in appreciation to our families and staff for their considerable interruptions to our learning very generous donations and support of the community. Arriving on time and being Angel on the Tree initiative. It is wonderful to prepared to learn helps students with the witness the true meaning of Christmas and to formation of good work habits and provides a have our children involved in helping others. positive beginning to the day.

Winter Weather Now that winter is here, Snow Stays on the Ground we ask that students Students are reminded on a daily basis that dress appropriately, i.e. “Snow stays on the ground”. Every student is hats, gloves, boots etc. aware of the importance of this rule in When students are preventing injury to others. Students are dressed warmly, they are encouraged to constructively use the snow to better prepared to build snowmen and snow sculptures. Please participate in outdoor assist us by reviewing with your child the activities during recess. dangers of throwing snowballs and the In the colder weather, we receive requests to importance of preventing injury to other allow children to remain indoors when children. Together, we will continue to create students have a cold, flu, etc. Please note that a school yard which is safe for all during the we cannot comply, as we neither have the winter. It is also important that students facilities or the staff to supervise the students. respect the efforts of others and students are reminded to leave the snow forts and On extremely cold days, when the wind chill snowmen standing for all to enjoy. factor lowers temperature considerably we will limit the amount of time that students spend Board News outdoors. The Dufferin Peel C.D.S.B. Policy uses Congratulations to Mario Pascucci who was a wind chill factor of –25 C as the determining recently re-acclaimed chair of the Dufferin-Peel temperature for having students remain inside. We Catholic District School Board. We would also will monitor the weather conditions daily and like to congratulate Trustee Sharon Hobin, make decisions based on hourly updated who was elected vice-chair. weather conditions.

Parent Engagement Websites The following websites contain valuable resources to support parent engagement in your child’s learning. 1. TVOkids.org – great website for kids to play games that support the curriculum. As well there is an area for students to access homework help from K to Grade 6. http://www.tvokids.com/ 2. Mathies.ca – great website with lots of

resources to support mathematics. http://mathies.ca/ Dates to Remember 3. Mathclips.ca – interactive lessons for students to practice their math. http://mathclips.ca/ 4. Estimation180.com –great opportunity to practice estimation. Jan. 12 Catholic School Council Meeting http://ww.estimation180.com/ 5. Homeworkhelp.il.org-free online Jan. 23 PA Day no school for students tutoring resource for students Grade 7 Feb. 7 Reports go home to 10 in mathematics. https://homeworkhelp.ilc.org/ Feb. 9 Interview Night

Feb. 10 PA Day

Feb. 20 Family Day

Feb. 22 Pink Shirt Day Feb. 28 First Reconciliation 10:30 a.m.

Mar. 13-17 March Break