Achieving, Believing & Caring

25 Mountainberry Rd, Brampton, ON L6R IJ3 Phone: (905) 789-1741 Fax: (905) 789-1958

“Achieving, Believing & Caring”

Principal: K. Dolan Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board St. Marguerite D’Youville Parish

Secretary: P. Tomei (905) 890-1221 (905) 792-7497

(905) 789-1741 Trustee: S. Xaviour Pastor: R. Mignella

Superintendent: Tammy-Lynne Peel Associates: Fr. B. Alphonsus/Fr. R. Tolentino

http://www.dpcdsb.org/FCTIP http://www.dpcdsb.org/ http://dyouvilleparish.ca/contact/

Inside this Edition

Black History Month & Catholic School

Council Fundraiser for 2017

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Winter Weather Reminders Page 3

Important Events & School Cash On-Line Page 4

School Dates for February & March Page 5

PREPARING FOR LENT

Lent is a season of turning to God in simplicity

and sincerity as we prepare to celebrate the joy of

Easter. Our hearts feel heavy as we remember our

sins, but we are also confident in God’s mercy and

forgiveness.

The three great Lenten practices are prayer,

fasting and alms-giving (giving money or other

help to the needy). Doing these three things will

help us to keep Lent as a holy season. In our

prayers this Lenten season, let us be open to

God’s kindness as we promise to pray with more

love, avoid treats and make a contribution to a

charitable organization, such as Share Life.

LENTEN PRAYER Lord God,

in this Lenten season of growth

teach us humility

and help our love to grow.

May our faith grow stronger

and our selfishness weaker.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

FEBRUARY VIRTUE - RESPECT

Respect is an attitude about how we treat ourselves

and how we care for others. We all deserve to be

shown courtesy, consideration, sensitivity and

thoughtfulness, which are different ways of saying

respect. Speaking and acting respectfully gives

people the dignity they deserve. When you treat

yourself with respect, others respect you. When we

treat others with respect, we are being Christ-like,

which helps people feel valued in our homes, school

and community.

I am respectful when…

…I show courtesy to everyone

…I avoid put downs, name-calling and

inappropriate gestures.

…I treat others and myself with respect

…I learn from the wisdom of my elders

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH – P.A. DAY – Parent/Teacher Interviews (No school for students)

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20th – FAMILY DAY (Provincial Holiday – No school)

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

February is Black History Month. This is a

time to celebrate the many achievements and

contributions of Black Canadians, who

throughout history have done so much to make

Canada the culturally diverse, compassionate

and prosperous nation we know today. It is an

opportunity for us to learn about the

experience of Black Canadians in our society

and the vital role this community has played

throughout our shared history. During

this month, Father Clair Tipping School is

recognizing and celebrating the many

contributions of Black Canadians and famous

black people from around the world. Various

activities and Black history facts will be

shared throughout the month. On Thursday,

February 23rd from 9:10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Mr. Toledo’s

Grade 6 class will be hosting the sixth annual

Black History Wax Museum, in the school

gym.

In this spectacular museum you will see

many African Canadian and American figures.

You will hear their speeches, learn about their

struggles, their hardships, inequalities and

challenges that they have faced in their

lifetime. This museum is a contribution to all

of the women and men that have changed our

society but are often forgotten in the history

books. Their names and legacies will forever

be remembered at Father Clair Tipping

Catholic School.

SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL

FUNDRAISING GOAL

Our School Dance-A-Thon goal is to

raise $4,000 to support: Guest speakers to present to our students!

Sacramental & Graduation Grades!

Students are not to go door to door. Ask only

family & friends to sponsor you!

IMPORTANT DATES

FEB 9th 2 Early Bird Draw Winners Lunch with a Parent, Friend, & Mr. Dolan

Principal for a day with Mr. Dolan

FEB 6th- 9th: Daily Prizes Winners

FEB 14th - Valentines Dance for All Classes!

FEB 14th - Hand in all Sponsor Forms by 9:00 a.m.

TUESDAY, FEB 14th - MAJOR PRIZES - Draw in p.m.

1. Classroom Prize Winners! Top selling Primary, Junior and Intermediate Classes

(highest average student total per class) Wins Pizza and a

Cookie Treat!)

2. Student with Top Pledges Overall – $50

Cineplex Movie Pass and a $50 Ultimate

Dining Card

3. Grand Prize Draw (for all students with

tickets entered) – a Samsung Galaxy Tablet!

OUR D.J. IS BACK TO SPIN THE TUNES AT

FCT!

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Upcoming Liturgical Dates – Lenten Mass

Thursday, March 9 th – Lenten Mass with Father Robert

@ approximately 10:00 a.m.

Our Lenten Mass with our celebrant

Father Robert will take place at

approximately 10:00 a.m. on Thursday,

March 9th in our gym. As always

parents, family and friends are invited to

join us.

Saint Valentine

In the month of February, we

celebrate Saint Valentine’s Day.

Saint Valentine was a bishop who

bravely died for his faith. The name

Valentine means “Valiant” or

“Strong”. This day is connected with love because of the

legend that birds pick their mates on February 14th. A

common practice that has developed through time is to send

notes of love and friendship on this day.

Valentine’s Cookies for Share Life Valentine’s Day is fast approaching! Cookies are being sold

at the school in support of Share Life. Order forms have

been sent home with the students. The cost is $1.00 per

cookie to help support ShareLife! Order forms are due back

on Tuesday, February 7th. Don’t miss the chance to show

your friends that you care Thank you to Mrs. Petrozza for

organizing this great event!

ESL Programs for Adults

DPCDSB offers a variety of ESL, Citizenship and CO-OP

Programs for Adults throughout Mississauga and

Brampton. Registration is ongoing for many of our

programs. Please see our Winter Flyer posted on the board

website at http://dpcdsb.org or call us at 905-891-9263.

General Interest Courses for Adults Discover a new talent, explore a new interest, put a hop in

your dance step, come and join us. Various General

interest courses are available…visit the board website at

http://dpcdsb.org and click on the “Adult and Continuing

Education” Link for Winter Program.

HEARING AND VISION SCREEING @ FCT

A Hearing and Vision Screening clinic will be held for

all students at Father Clair Tipping on Wednesday,

February 22, 2017. Results of the clinic will be sent

home with children following testing.

WINTER WEATHER REMINDERS Appropriate Dress

A reminder that students need

to be dressed appropriately for the winter

weather. Students should be wearing

winter coats, boots, hats, gloves and

scarves. Students are also expected to wear

shoes in the school building at all times.

Once students are at their classrooms, they

are expected to remove their winter boots and replace

them with indoor shoes. Please ensure that your child has

indoor footwear to be worn in the school. Wet floors and

hallways can result in possible slippery conditions, which

may result in injuries.

Our school policy is that recess is a part of the school day.

If a student is too ill to go outside, they should probably

not be at school on that day. If there are specific medical

reasons which should exclude a child from going outside,

please submit a doctor’s note to the office. This note

should indicate the reason and the time period that

permission to not go outside should be granted. We

follow the guidelines provided by the Board and Peel

Health when making decisions as to whether it is too cold

for the students to go outdoors.

SAFE PLAY WITH SNOW AND ICE

Father Clair Tipping has a strict rule

forbidding the throwing of

snowballs or ice. We are asking the

students to keep the snow on the ground. The students

have been made aware of the importance of this rule in

the preventing of injury to others. We encourage our

students to use the snow that winter brings to us

constructively by building snow people, sculptures, etc.

Please assist us by reviewing with your child the dangers

of throwing snowballs and the importance of preventing

injury to other children. This will help to make our school

yard a safe place for all our students during the winter

months.

REPORT CARDS Reports for Term 1 will be sent home on Tuesday,

February 7nd, 2017. Report card interviews will take place

the evening of Thursday, February 9th and also during the

day on Friday, February 10th. Also, a reminder that

Friday, February 10th is a PA Day for students (no

school).

Picking up your Child at School If you are going to be picking up your child early from

school we require a note addressed to the classroom

teacher informing him/her of the early pick-up. Also, if

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your child is not picked up at the end of the day they will

be directed to the office to wait for you to sign them out.

Students Arriving Late to School We continue to have an increase in the number of students

who arrive late to school in the mornings and after lunch.

Especially as more wintry weather approaches, it is very

important that students arrive to school on time and ready

to work, as late arrivals disrupt instructional activities and

classroom routines.

School starts at 8:30 a.m. and at 12:25 p.m. Students

should be at school with enough time to line up with their

classes. Please note that if they do not arrive on time to

make it to their line as the bell rings, they need to enter

through the front doors to pick up a late slip before going

to class.

Late Pick-ups after School A reminder to parents/guardians that school ends at 3:00

p.m. It is our expectation that arrangements have been

made for students to arrive home by bus, pick-up by a

parent/guardian at the school or by walking home. Lately

we have had a number of students who have not been

picked up on time. In some cases we have had students in

the school office until 4:30 p.m. This becomes a safety

issue at the school as supervision cannot be guaranteed

when late pick-ups occur.

Also another reminder that all Kindergarten-Grade 1

students must be met by a parent/guardian when the bus

arrives at the stop after school. Please make sure you

arrive at least 5-10 minutes before the drop-off time.

When students are not met at the bus stop they are

returned to the school by the bus driver. In many cases it

is very difficult to reach parents by phone. Please follow

these simple steps to ensure the safety of your child.

Intermediate Public Speaking Contest On Monday, February 13th our Intermediate students in

Grades 7 and 8 will be participating in our annual Public

Speaking Contest which will be held in our school gym.

Each student will be presenting a speech on a topic of

their choice for 3-5 minutes and they will also be

provided with an impromptu speech topic. Some of the

topics addressed last year were: Anxiety, Emotions,

Feminism and Racism, Coffee, Famous Failures and How

to avoid getting into trouble with your parents.

Virtues at FCT – Respect for February Our monthly Virtues Assembly for February will take

place on Tuesday, February 21st at 1:15 p.m. Students

from Mrs. Williamson’s and Mrs. Bastasin’s classes will

be presenting on the virtue of Respect. Each student who

received this month’s virtue will receive a certificate from

their teacher and also a virtue’s medallion to

commemorate their achievement!

Kiss N’ Ride & Bus Zone Just a reminder to parents/guardians that when dropping

off your child in the Kiss N’ Ride to please pull your car

up to the top of the lane and have your child exit your

vehicle on the passenger’s side NOT the driver’s side for

their safety. Parents are also reminded that the lane in

front of the school is for School Buses only. Students

are NOT to be dropped off in this lane. Lately we have

had issues with vehicles blocking this lane and the bus

drivers are unable to enter or exit when dropping off the

children. It is imperative that these rules be followed by

all parents/guardians in our community to ensure the

proper safety of our students.

Safe Schools A reminder to parents to please report to the main office

once we have authorized your access to the school

through the buzzer entry system. Parents are not permitted

to walk down the halls to their child’s classroom. Also

parents are asked to enter and exit through the main doors

at the front of the school – not the side or back doors.

These rules are put in place to ensure the safety of all

students at Father Clair Tipping Catholic School. Thank

you, Mr. Dolan – Principal.

Pediculosis Capitis – “HEAD LICE” We would like to be proactive in advising you that lice

can often occur at this time of year. It is important at this

time to check your children regularly for lice, in order to

help stop the spread within the classroom and school.

Individual classroom letters are sent out with the students

when an occurrence of lice is found. Names of students

are never given. If your child has “head lice” please report

this to Mrs. Tomei our school administrative assistant

immediately and please keep your child at home until all

of the lice and nits (eggs) have disappeared. Lotions and

shampoos containing 1% permethrin often work well.

They can be bought at the store without a prescription, see

a pharmacist. If these do not work, a doctor may give you

a prescription for a stronger medicine. Thank you for your

cooperation.

School Sportswear Our sincere apologies for the delay in receiving your

school sportswear. Please be assured that we have

contacted GameTime our clothing provider and have been

assured that your orders will arrive soon. Parents can

contact GameTime directly at (905)533-4263.

Delivering Lunches to the School When delivering your child’s lunch to school, please

advise your child in advance and write his/her name and

teacher’s name on the bag. Your child can pick up their

lunch from the lunch table at 11:25 a.m. The lunch table

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in located in the front hallway just outside the main

office. For safety reasons, students are not allowed to go

outside and meet their parents at their vehicle to pick up

their lunch. We greatly appreciate your cooperation.

Please visit our school website at: www.dpcdsb.org/FCTIP for the most up to date

information on what’s happening in our school.

Some of the information found on our website:

Events Calendar

Just Catering for Kids lunch forms

Attendance Information

School Hours

School Calendar Year Calendar

Monthly Newsletters

Bus Cancellations

Transportation

Jump2Math Evening at FCT! On Wednesday, March 8th our Catholic School Council is

sponsoring through a Ministry grant an evening of

Mathematics Fun for all! Parents and students are invited

to attend our Jump2Math event. Jump2Math is a

kinesthetic, multi-sensory approach to teaching math that

incorporated physical exercises, stretching, cross-body

movements, cooperative learning, and visually pleasing

floor mats. This program will allow parents, students and

teachers to enjoy active learning together while traveling

to each interactive math station. Life size board games,

giant manipulatives and colourful activity math mats will

be placed in our school gym. More information will be

sent to our parents closer to the date of the event. Please

feel free to visit the website at:

http://schoolshows.ca/listing/jump-2-math/

Please Visit our School Twitter

Account! Our goal is to tweet regularly about the wonderful and

amazing things that our school community is doing.

For the latest good news at Father Clair Tipping, please

follow us: @FCT_DPCDSB.

(https://twitter.com/FCT_DPCDSB)

To sign up for a twitter account go to:

https://twitter.com/signup

Email Notifications We continue to send email notifications to inform parents

about upcoming events, newsletters, food days, etc. If you

are not receiving information through email, and you have

requested it, please inform the office.

Lost & Found Our school Lost and Found containers are filling up with

various items of student clothing. If your child is missing

any items, especially clothing, please have them check

our Lost and Found container. Any Lost and Found items

remaining at school at the end of June will be donated to a

local charity. Lost and Found items will be on display in

the front foyer during Thursday evening and Friday –

Parent/Teacher Interviews.

Calendar Dates to

Remember

February 2017

Feb 1 Begin Black History Month

Valentine’s Cookies for Share Life

Feb 7 Report Cards for Grades 1-8 sent home

Feb 8 Catholic School Council Meeting

@ 6:30 p.m.

Feb 9 Report Card Interviews for Term 1

(3:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.)

Early Bird Draw for Fundraiser!

Feb 10 PA Day for Students (No school)

Report Card Interviews for Term 1

Feb 14 Valentine Fundraiser Dance-A-Thon

Draw for Prizes!

Feb 20 Family Day – Provincial Holiday

Feb 21 Virtues Assembly – Respect @ 1:15 p.m.

Feb 22 Grade 7 Immunizations

See/Hear Clinic @ FCT

Feb 23 Grade 6 – Black History Wax Museum

Feb 27 Duane Gibson Presentation Black History

Feb 28 Mr. Lego to visit Grades 1-6

March 2017

March 8 Jump2Math Evening @ FCT!

March 9 Lenten Mass at 10:00 a.m.

March 10 Great Gulp @ FCT!

March 13-17 March Break (No School)

Need information on delayed

or cancelled buses?

Do you have a question

regarding bussing?

Please visit the Board

Transportation Website

at:

www.stopr.ca

You can also contact the transportation

department directly from this website or call 905-

890-6000 (Brampton East).