Validating our Mission/Vision June 13, 2005 T H DIRECTOR’S E Subjects: BULLETIN 1. SAINTS OF THE TORONTO CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD 2004-2005 2. PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND 3. FROM THE BOARD, JUNE 2005 4. BOARD OFFICE CLOSURES We are Partners in 5. iCOD, CRIMINAL OFFENCE DECLARATION Catholic Education, 6. CONTRACT SETTLEMENT TSU RETRO SALARY INCREASE a Fellowship of Inspiration 7. EMPLOYEMENT INSURANCE & RECORDS OF EMPLOYMENT and Unending 8. PERMITS FOR SCHOOL FUNCTIONS--repeat Dedication. 9. READ-ALOUNDS SUPPORT, LIBRARY SERVICES--repeat 10. GETTING READY FOR HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION MEETING 11. BACK TO SCHOOL SAFELY--repeat 12. THE TERRY FOX NATIONAL SCHOOL RUN DAY--repeat A Community of Faith 13. EVENTS/NOTICES - Senator O’Connor Closing Time--repeat 14. SHARING OUR GOOD NEWS - St. Brendan Catholic School - Pope John Paul II Catholic Secondary School With Heart in Charity - Notre Dame High School - Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic School - Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School - St. Charles Garnier Catholic School - Precious Blood Catholic School - Transfiguration of Our Lord Catholic School Anchored in Hope 15. MEMORIALS 16 BIRTHS AND ADOPTIONS 17. CURRICULUM AND ACCOUNTABILITY - Additional Qualifications (AQ), Primary/Junior Mathematics--repeat - Additional Basic Qualifications (ABQ), Intermediate Mathematics--repeat - Application Forms--repeat 18. BENEFITS CORNER - Additional Benefits Deductions--repeat 19. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES - Summer DNA Workshop - Retirement Planning Seminars CONTINUED… __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Toronto Catholic District School Board, 80 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario, M2N 6E8 Telephone: 416-222-8282 PLEASE ENSURE THAT A COPY OF THE WEEKLY DIRECTOR’S BULLETIN IS MADE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL STAFF # 38 June 13, 2005 continued Subjects: 20. APPLICATIONS – FOR IMMEDIATE POSTING POSITION OF RESPONSIBILITY - Major & Minor Department Head--various - Autism Support Teacher - Assessment & Programming Teacher and Programming & Assessment Teacher CUPE LOCAL 1328 SBESS - Deaf/Blind Intervenor, St. Raymond - Education Assistant, St. Lawrence - Child and Youth Worker--various - Posting Bid Forms--various CUPE LOCAL 1280 - Head Caretaker, St. Denis - Awards Executive Assistant, MTCEF We are Partners in Catholic Education, a THE DIRECTOR’S BULLETIN #38 Fellowship of Inspiration and Unending Dedication. June 13, 2005 SUBJECT: 1 The Saints of the Toronto Catholic District School Board We Celebrate with the following schools on their Saint/Name-sake Feast Day: June 12 - 18 St. Anthony of Padua – June 13 St. Demetrius – June 18 We are Partners in Catholic Education, a THE DIRECTOR’S BULLETIN #38 Fellowship of Inspiration and Unending Dedication. June 13, 2005 SUBJECT: 2 Journey in the Footsteps of Jesus March Break 2006 Pilgrimage to The Holy Land Fri., March 10 (evening) to Sun., March 19, 2006 Faith Journeys Leaders: Kitty McGilly M.R.E., L.H.S.: program facilitator Fr. Pat Fitzpatrick C.S.Sp: Spiritual Leader Vince & Cathy Astolfo: Music Ministry Special price: $2,595 + airport tax Price includes: • Return air Toronto/Tel Aviv • Buffet breakfast and dinner daily (direct flight Air Canada) • 8 nights deluxe hotel accommodation • Full musical and biblical journey • All entrance fees including Dead Sea • All land travel including boat on Sea of Galilee Tour operators: Gideon Travel Toronto; Overseas Travel Bureau East Jerusalem Registration: Deposit $350, payable to Faith Journeys and sent to Kitty McGilly, 5 Marine Parade Drive, Suite 523, Toronto, M8V 4B4 For information contact Kitty McGilly: TEL: 416-201-7375 FAX: 416-201-0404 EMAIL: [email protected] Faith Journey 10-day Pilgrimage Day 1: Toronto/Tel Aviv “Leave your country…for the land I will show you” Ger 12:1. Today is taken up with our physical journey to the Bible lands. This pilgrimage reminds us of our own continuous journey towards God. Today we step forward with the same kind of faith lived by Abraham and Sarah as they set our on their journey. The road to Jerusalem is in the heart – every place is holy ground. Day 2: Israel – Nazareth Peter said, “I am the man you are looking for, why have you come?” Acts 10:21. Shalom! Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport and travel via the Plain of Sharon and Caesarea with its theatre and aqueducts to overnight in Nazareth, the home town of the Holy Family. Day 3: Lower Galilee “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light” Isaiah 9:2. Our first day in Galilee begins in Nazareth, Jesus’ home. We celebrate Eucharist in the Church of the Annunciation and visit Cana, place of Jesus’ first public ministry. Then we renew our Baptismal promises at Yardenit on the River Jordan before going to our hotel on the Sea of Galilee. Day 4: The Sea of Galilee “Jesus left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea” Matt 4:13. We cross the Sea of Galilee by boat and arrive in Capernaum, where Jesus began his ministry of healing and teaching. We spend some reflective time sitting on the Mount of Beatitudes, where Jesus taught the qualities of the Kingdom of God. Then we visit Bethsaida, the home of many of the first disciples of Jesus and drive to Mount Tabor, site of the Transfiguration. Day 5 Around the Lake We begin our final morning in Galilee with Mass on the seashore at Tabgha, site of the feeding of the 5,000 and complete the morning at the church of the Primacy. Here the Risen Christ cooked breakfast for his disciples and reinstated Peter as leader of the group. Day 6: Galilee/Jerusalem via Masada “I will lead her into the desert and speak to her heart” Hos 2:14. We drive by Qumran to Masada, Herod’s palace and Zealot stronghold during the first century revolt against the Romans. Afterwards we enjoy time in the Dead Sea. Then we set out for Jerusalem. En route we follow the Jordan valley and pass through Jericho. Turning eastward onto the Judean wilderness, we climb Wadi Qelt and stop at the Valley of the Shadow of Death. We enter Jerusalem by the Mount of Olives. “I rejoiced when I heard them say: Let us go the house of the Lord” Psalm 122. Day 7: Bethlehem and the Old City We celebrate Mass at Shepherd’s Field, then visit Bethlehem and the basilica of the Nativity. We return to Jerusalem and walk around the Old City with visits to the Western Wall, the Dome of the Rock, and the Church of St. Anne. Day 8: From the Upper Room to Calvary “Having loved his own who were in the world, Jesus loved them to the end” John 13:1 Today we journey the Last Days of Jesus. We celebrate the Eucharist in the Cenacle, the room of the Last Supper. From here we travel down the Palm Sunday Road to the Garden of Gethsemane, and then carry the cross up the Via Dolorosa finishing in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Day 9 Emmaus/Ein Karem “They told what had happened on the road” Luke 24:35. We journey to Ein Karem, birthplace of St John the Baptist and site of the Visitation. Then we celebrate mass in Emmaus before our return to Jerusalem and our final celebration of Pentecost in the Upper Room. Day 10 Tel Aviv/Toronto We take a morning flight back home returning filled with the Holy Spirit – renewed and recharged to tell everyone “all the things that happened on the road and how we recognized him in the breaking of the Bread”. Just as perfume leaves an odour in the jar after it has been poured out, so God has left traces of his presence in the Holy Land. Tom Rosica We are Partners in Catholic Education, a THE DIRECTOR’S BULLETIN #38 Fellowship of Inspiration and Unending Dedication. June 13, 2005 SUBJECT: 3a FROM THE BOARD A MONTHLY SUMMARY OF BOARD HIGHLIGHTS AND DECISIONS June 2005 TCDSB ratifies agreement with TSU The Board has ratified a four-year agreement with Toronto’s Catholic Secondary School Teachers (TSU of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association. The teachers voted on the agreement on May 24th and 97% of the membership voted in favour of the agreement. The agreement provides for a four-year term ending August 31, 2008. The highlights of the agreement include reduced class size caps for academic and applied courses, reduced workloads, improvements to benefits, as well as salary increases of 10.6 percent over the four years. Board ratifies settlement with TECT The Toronto Catholic District School Board has ratified a four-year agreement with its elementary school teachers (TECT of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association. Both the Board and TECT held ratification votes on June 8th on the agreement ending August 31, 2008. Teachers voted 97.8% in favour of the contract. The highlights of the agreement include reduced class caps for grades 4 to 8, increased preparation time, improvements to benefits, as well as salary increases of 10.6 percent over the four years. Student Trustee appointed for 2005-2006 The Board has ratified the appointment of Ashley Pereira as the Toronto Catholic District School Board Student Trustee for the term of September 1, 2005 through August 31, 2006. Board approves Constituency Assistant report The Board of Trustees has approved a new Constituency Assistant Policy, which outlines the regulations governing the retaining of the services of Constituency Assistants by Trustees. The Constituency Assistant Policy T.18 will be available on the Board web site at www.tcdsb.org under Policies. Homework website to be implemented for all TCDSB schools The Board’s Academic Information and Communication Technology team will develop homework websites through eClass for all elementary and secondary schools in the Toronto Catholic District School Board. The target implementation of these homework websites is set for September 2005.