CELEBRATING 30 YEARS 1989-2019 The B.A. Community SEMESTER 2 NEWSLETTER | JUNE 2019 A Message From the Principal It has been an absolute honour and privilege to be appointed as Principal of Bishop Allen Academy this past September. I am so blessed to be given the opportunity to work with and learn from such wonderful and brilliant students, dedicated, engaging and professional staff and caring parents. The Bishop Allen Community is truly a partnership amongst our students and staff who value and respect Catholic Education and parents who want the best academic learning environment for their students. CSPC Message As we approach the end of the school year, attached are a few highlights from the school year that I would like to share with you. Our students continue to excel academically, athletically and artistically. So many cherished memories have been created this The objective of CSPC is to act as an past year: Athletic teams competing at OFSAA, Project Lily Leadership groups empowering Mental Health initiatives, Eco Club, advisory board to the Principal and/ Peer Ministry, Sage, Me to We, STUGO and SLAM teams supporting social justice initiatives and the Christmas Food Drive and or board and to consult with parents/ Dinner, Advanced Placement students excelling during their exams, Reach for the Top students reaching for the stars, phenom- guardians on matters of concern. Ideally enal musicians and artists showcasing their talents and our French Immersion and Extended French students demonstrating this will improve the accountability of their brilliance. Thank you to our teachers, support staff, parents, Parish and students for everything that you do to support the the education system to parents which Bishop Allen Academy Community. Special thank you to everyone who helped celebrate our 30th Anniversary with us! What a will improve student success. phenomenal, momentous occasion! On September 24, 2019 we will hold Congratulations to all of our students for your successes and accomplishments this past year! parent elections for the following There will be several staff changes for the coming year: position: Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer, We would like to wish the following staff a long, happy and healthy retirement: Ms. Barbuto, Mr. Bianco, Mr. Byrne, Ms. Caravaggio, Secretary and FOBA Chair (Friends of Ms. Di Fiore, Mr. Grant, Mr. Kos, Mr. Perfecky, Ms. Pinto and Ms. Rinella. As we say good-bye to our wonderful staff, we entrust Bishop Allen). More information will be them into God’s care. Thank you for the extraordinary commitment, creativity and love that you have shown the Bishop Allen in the Bishop Allen summer mail out. Community. Thank you for serving our community and for demonstrating so much care to our students. We pray that you go on to find new treasures each day and that the blessing of Christ will be upon all that you do forevermore. “When parents are engaged and in- Special thank you to the following teachers for the motivation, knowledge, empowerment, education and insight that you have volved, everyone benefits, and our provided to the Bishop Allen Community. Mr. Balogh, Ms. Leech, Mr. Mera and Mr. Mabrucco will be transferring to new schools schools become increasingly rich and in September and we wish them all the very best. positive places to teach, learn and We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you Ms. Moynihan for your wisdom, kindness, integrity, patience, dedication and grow.” (Ontario Leadership Stategy, support of the Bishop Allen Academy Community over the past four years. Thank you for your compassion and caring in your 2012). capacity as Vice Principal. Ms. Moynihan will be transferring to Chaminade as of September 2019. I would like to thank the school admin- We would like to extend a warm welcome to Katie Akelaitis who will be our new Vice Principal as of September. istration and teachers, the parent com- We would like to extend a special thank you to the following LTOs who will be leaving us at the end of the school year: Ms. Anacleto, munity, the Executive and Committee Ms. Bitondo, Ms. Cabral, Ms. Cannon, Ms. Conforti, Mr. Guerra, Mr. Jung, Mr. Kelly, Ms. Kulchyski, Mr. Notten, Ms. Pineda, Ms. Chairs, as well as the voting members Reloba and Mr. Triolo. Thank you for your dedication to the Bishop Allen Academy Community. May God’s blessing follow you for their continued support. And lastly, a all as you find new journeys to travel. huge thank you to the Communications We wish to extend our congratulations to the Graduating Class of 2019 and thank them for their many contributions to the Bishop Chair, Elisabeth Bonaldi; our graphic Allen Academy Community. May God’s blessing follow you all as you find new journeys to travel and may you walk safely along designer, Maureen Barlow from Pixels the pathways of your dreams. May God’s gentle hand guide the decisions you will make and the passions that you will follow. & Prose; Teacher Rep Mr. Wilson and May your hearts and lives always reflect his love and truth and may hope be a light within you that you carry into each new day. Athletic Director Mr. Rebelo for all their Thank you to our Parent Council for your support and dedication to our community. Thank you to our Parent Community for your hard work in putting together the BA involvement in your son/daughter’s education and for entrusting them in our care. Community Newsletter. Hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable summer! Bobbie O’Reilly, CSPC Chair Sincerely, Lisa Tomeczek, Principal BISHOP ALLEN ACADEMY CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL · 721 ROYAL YORK RD., ETOBICOKE · 416-393-5549 Department News MATHEMATICS Congratulations go out to approximately 130 students who participated in the various Waterloo Mathematics Contests written throughout the year. Their commitment and dedication have led to outstanding personal achievements and wonderful results for the Bishop Allen community. In November, a small team of students wrote The Canadian Senior/Intermediate Mathematics French for the Future conference students at Glendon College Contest and the following students placed first at Bishop Allen Academy: Bohdan Hrotovytskyy included “Bishop Allen Water Testing” and Science Competitions and Contests (Intermediate) and Mingjun Xu (Senior). “Do Dogs Have a Poop Compass?” We are OAPT Physics Contest looking forward to what next year’s grade 9s In February, the following students earned (Ontario Association of Physics Teachers) will have to offer! first place medals for top score at Bishop This year a record number (12) grade 11 students Allen Academy: Hyeonseo Chung–grade 9 From the science fair in semester I, Stephanie placed in the 65 and higher percentile. Pascal Contest, Bohdan Hrotovytskyy–grade Staibano represented Bishop Allen in the 2019 Frannie Favot scored 73 out of 150, (65th 10 Cayley Contest and Sophie Sun–grade 11 Toronto Science Fair. Her project titled “What percentile), Davis Tran scored 75, (66th Fermat Contest. is the Most Effective Technique to Control Oral percentile), Kyle DeSousa scored 76, Gabrielle Bacteria?” won the Silver Medal. Stephanie had In April, approximately 50 of our grade 12 Emery scored 78, Alex Kim and George Bee a fantastic experience. In addition to presenting students wrote the Euclid Contest and a total scored 83, (74th percentile), Cameron Dunn her project, she attended a Chemistry Lab of 9 students wrote both the grade 11 Hypatia scored 84, John Vo and Shayn Adatia scored workshop and had the opportunity to listen Contests and grade 10 Galois. The following 88 (80th percentile). In 3rd place out of the BA to a guest speaker discussing the possibility of students earned first place medals for top score students Bosko Pajkic scored 95 (86th percentile), Space Travel to Mars. at Bishop Allen Academy: Haohua Li–grade 2nd place from BA was Ricardo Chen with a 12 Euclid Contest, David Cho–grade 11 Hypatia Canada’s Wonderland Field Trip score of 107 (94th percentile) and the top score Contest and Bohdan Hrotovytskyy–grade 10 at BA went to Bohdan Hrotovytskyy with a Galois Contest. score of 111 placing him in the 94th percentile. “For a lot of students, physics can be a very We congratulate all participants on their abstract subject. They have trouble wrap- Honourable mention to Adam McMahon, the outstanding achievements! ping their heads around the concepts intro- only grade 12 student to write who scored a very duced and connecting them to real world impressive 106. SCIENCE applications. The Canada’s Wonderland Waterloo Chemistry Contest The students in the Science Department have trip allows students to better understand We would like to acknowledge all the senior been very busy with contests, Science Fairs, field how physics really is all around us! They chemistry students who wrote the Waterloo trips and activities including owl pellet analysis, can see how the concepts they learn in Chemistry Contests this May. Congratulations biodiversity studies, dissections and titrations. the classrooms like friction, gravity and on a job well done. In the Grade 11 Avogadro potential energy apply to something that Science Fair Exam, 24 students competed. The top four is fun and exciting. This trip helps students Congratulations to all the grade 9 pre-AP students at Bishop Allen were Ximing Yang to be more interested in physics and can students who proudly displayed their science (93rd percentile), Bohdan Hrotovytskyy (90th give them the incentive to continue the fair projects on May 2 in the Bishop Allen percentile), Ricardo Chen (81st percentile), and course in the future”. Cafeteria. Senior science classes and teachers Katherine Bodley (73rd percentile). came out to judge the projects and learn about ~ Alex Phelps In the Grade 12 Chem 13 News Exam, Adam the latest science research.