November 2015, Issue 3

Dear Parents/Guardians,

We are pleased to announce that our Governing Board for the 2015-2016 school year has been formed. Our parent members are as

follows: Steven Baranoff, Serena Capplette, Dr. Leyla Korany, Davy Lambiris, Nancy Nicolopoulos, and Albert Sévigny. The staff

members are: Angela Crescenzi, Metaxia Daras, Rosemary Fondaco, Carol-Ann Santella, Melissa Segreti and Vanessa Sementilli.

Our Regional Parent delegate is Serena Capplette and our alternate is Davy Lambiris. We would also like to announce our community

representatives: Erin Kennedy and Bashir Hussain. All parents are encouraged to attend our GB meetings as they are open to the public.

Dates: Monday, November 9th; Monday, December 14th; Monday, January 11th; Monday, February 8th; Monday, March 21st; Monday, April 11th; Monday, May 9th; and Monday, June 6th. I have scheduled one meeting per month, if needed. !

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Parent-Teacher Interviews

The Carlyle Team and I look forward to

seeing all of you attend our Parent-Teacher

Interviews scheduled on Thursday, November

26th, 2015 from 3:45p.m. to 5:45p.m. and

6:45p.m. to 8:45p.m.

Please take note that Friday, November 27th

and Monday, November 30th are

professional days. Daycare services will be

available on both days. Please feel free to

contact Mrs. Angela Crescenzi at 514-788-

0021, if you require daycare services.

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Medication at School

Students are NEVER allowed to have medication (including cough drops) of any kind in their

possession. If your child is required to take medication prescribed by a doctor while at school, a

Consent Form signed by the parent must be given to the teacher. This must be accompanied by

the medication in the original container, from the pharmacy (including dispensing label), with the

doctor’s name clearly visible on the label. No medication will be given to a child unless it is

prescribed by a doctor.

Report Cards- Parent-Teacher Interviews

Report cards will be sent home on

Thursday, November 19th. Interviews will be

held on Thursday, November 26th. A

confirmation time of your interview block will

be sent home with the report card. The

report card is for your personal files and

records. We ask that all parents/guardians

respect their times, as teachers have many

appointments scheduled. As interviews are

reserved for parents/guardians only, please

make arrangements to keep your child(ren)

at home.

Strike Days

“As you have heard, all unionized

employees (teachers, support staff, daycare

personnel, caretakers and professionals)

have voted in favour of six (6) days of strike.

Other strike days are also scheduled to take

place in the weeks to come. They are:

November 16th and 17th, as well as

December 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Rest assured that

I will keep you informed as we get closer to

each date. I thank you for your

understanding and support during these

pressure tactics.

As always, safety remains our main

concern. We apologize for any

inconvenience these closures may have on

you and your family.

November Parent Newsletter

Thank you for your support!!!

We would like to thank all the Carlyle families

who supported or donated money towards the

Lamontagne Collection and Chocooo Chocolate

Catalogue fundraiser. The monies raised will go

towards our School Enrichment and/or School

Improvement purchases. All students will

benefit from your generosity! Monies raised will

help in purchasing additional i-Pads.

Carlyle School PPO Update

We would like this opportunity to thank our

former PPO chairs, Styvia Kyres and Georgia

Michas for their wonderful work and dedication

towards Carlyle School and PPO for the 2014-

2015 school year. As you are aware,

volunteering is a special job and Carlyle is

fortunate to have so many caring and helpful

parents on board! We are happy to announce

that Styvia Kyres and Georgia Michas once

again are Carlyle’s PPO co-chairs for the 2015 -

2016 school year. Kindly take note of our

monthly PPO meetings, which will be held on

Fridays. The meetings will start at 9:00a.m. and

end by 10:00a.m. on Friday, December 11th, Friday, January 8th, Friday, February 5th,

Friday, March 18th, Friday, April 8th and Friday, May 6th.

If you have any questions, feedback and/or

concerns, please feel free to contact me directly

at school 514-738-1256 or email

aborsellino@emsb.qc.ca. The best way to get

answers and/or clarification is by

communicating directly with me, the proud

Principal of Carlyle!

Message From Carlyle’s PPO Chairs:

Styvia Kyres and Georgia Michas

We would like to thank all the parents who

were able to attend our first meeting and

value their participation and opinions. We

are going to have another great year.

We understand that not everyone has the

time to physically be present to volunteer

at Carlyle, however, everyone can

participate and volunteer at our school by

baking, cooking, getting raffle tickets,

making phone calls....

We are always looking for fresh ideas for

fundraising or even as community

projects. Feel free to express your

ideas at the meetings or through an e-mail

at carlyleppo2014@gmail.com. Your

input is welcomed and important. We will

keep everyone up to date via the

newsletters and e-mails. Stay tuned for all

the upcoming events. Remember that

TOGETHER WE ARE BETTER!

Styvia Kyres & Georgia michas

Co-Chairs of PPO

Outdoor Clothing

We would like to remind parents/guardians

that as the weather continues getting colder

and snow will make an appearance soon,

please ensure your child is warmly dressed,

as the children go out to play every day

during recess and lunchtime. All students must wear: warm hats, mittens/gloves,

scarves, winter jackets and snow pants must be worn at all times (snow pants

and boots are essential to play on the field!!!).

We encourage our parents/guardians to

pack an extra pair of dry socks in their

child(ren)'s schoolbag in case they have wet

socks. Students must keep their shoes in

their classes, cloakrooms or lockers in order to have a warm pair of shoes to put

on once they return from the outside.

Congratulations to Vanessa Buggé and Sajjad Mohammed Choudhury!!!

Our Cycle 3, Year 2 students at Carlyle began their school year with the unit of inquiry, “Who’s

In Charge?” The students explored how mankind functions under different forms of

government. This includes a visit to the Town Hall with their French teacher, Mme Alexandra

to meet with Mayor Roy and the councillor, Erin Kennedy of the Town of Mount Royal. To

complement their learning, Carlyle is participating in a special project initiated by Mayor Roy

from the Town of Mount Royal. Mayor Roy is once again forming a Town School Council

consisting of one representative from every grade 6 class at Carlyle, Dunrae Gardens and

Saint-Clément schools. All together, these elected school councillors will be part of the Town

School Council and work on a community-oriented project from beginning to end. On October

14th, Cycle 2 and 3 students were invited to listen to the five candidates’ platforms: Jeffrey

Wei Jie Lim, Shuta Sugisaka, Alissa Couture, Vanessa Buggé, Tram-Anh Buikhac Ngo, and Sajjad Mohammed Choudhury. Following a question period, the students had to cast

their votes using a secret ballot provided. We are proud to announce that Vanessa Buggé and Sajjad Mohammed Choudhury are the elected candidates who will be representing

Carlyle at the TMR Town School Council for 2015-2016. Congratulations! The special

swearing-in ceremony will take place on Wednesday, November 11th at 4 o’clock at the Town

Hall and Vanessa and Sajjad will be sworn in as the Town School Council elected officials.

The two candidates will be attending regular meetings at the Town Hall throughout the year.

Sincerely,

Anna-Maria Borsellino & The Carlyle Team Principal

“ It takes a village to raise a child.”

PPO Pizza Fundraiser

Starts Wednesday, November 4th The Carlyle Parent Participation Organization

(P.P.O.) is pleased to announce that Carlyle will

be offering Pizza Day on alternate

Wednesdays beginning November 4th. The

selected pizza days are on: November 4th and

18th; December 2nd and 16th; January 6th and 20th; February 3rd and 17th; March 9th and

23rd ; April 6th and 20th; May 4th and 18th; and June 8th and 15th. This year, we are happy to

announce that Van Horne Pizza, will be our

official supplier.

All profits from Pizza Days are given back to the

school and will go towards our School

Enrichment and School Improvement

purchases. The purchases will benefit all our

students, from pre-kindergarten to grade 6.

IMPORTANT:

Le Doral Hot Lunch Program will not

be providing any service on Pizza

Days. If you did not order pizza for

your son or daughter, please ensure

to send in a lunch for them as there

are NO HOT MEALS.

CARLYLE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM News from Ms. Lisa Campanaro

LEAD!! SOLVE!! PLAY!! WOW! What an exciting time it is at Carlyle. In addition to all the fabulous activities, events and programs we have for our students – we are excited to once again initiate the Carlyle Leadership Program. As in the previous years, we have introduced the program to the grade 5 and 6 students and encouraged them to apply for a leadership position. The purpose of the program is for students to develop and foster a sense of pride, respect, responsibility and leadership through working with younger students, the Carlyle staff and community members in various school activities. By integrating the themes LEAD, SOLVE and PLAY, the students will participate in several training sessions that will prepare them to become:

Leaders Problem Solvers Game Wizards Dependable Trustworthy We are proud to present our Carlyle Leaders for the 2015-2016 school year.

Grade 5: Room 203 & 204 Grade 6: Room 201 & 206 Aoun, Mariella Barona Mondragon, Maria-Alejandra Chediac-Bouthillier, Zosha Costa, Aislinn Karroun, Mohammed Kovacs, Rita Lilla Kulczycki McIntyre, Trevor Lee, Huimang Mannan, Mahmuda Ngo, Khai-Vinh Buikhac Rizzo, Ilaria

Analytis, Peter Baranoff, Jack Bourboulis, Christopher Buggé, Marco Buggé, Sofia Buggé, Vanessa Campbell, Zaid Chau, Yau Hong Choudhury, Sajjad Mohammed Christodimitropoulos, Konstantina Costa, Maria Couture, Alissa Daras, Leonidas Guimaraes-Zalega, Isabella Ilayaraj, Tharun Lim, Jeffrey Wei Jie Maganti, Manohar Mannan, Rehnuma Tanha Mitsikas, Filanthi Ngo, Tram-Anh Buikhac Nguyen, Pearl Taylor, Deandré Trépanier, Owen Woo-Desjardins, Catherine

Striving for excellence, the Carlyle team took the initiative to make a really great school an even better one. Sincerely, Lisa Campanaro Ms. Lisa Campanaro Student Leadership Coordinator & Behaviour Technician

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