CELEBRATION OF SUCCESS 2013

Toronto Catholic District School Board

80 Sheppard Ave. E.

Toronto, Ontario M2N 6E8

416.222.8282 extension 2129 and 2030

www.tcdsb.org/foy

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Focus On Youth 2013 Oath

As a Focus On Youth leader, I pledge to

always be honest with other people and to myself.

I will continue to put my best foot forward,

be a team player,

and respectful.

I promise to be open minded, positive,

energetic and dedicated to this leadership

experience.

I promise to Learn,

I promise to Lead,

I promise to Succeed.

As I....Focus On Youth!

Focus On Youth

Faith is to have the eyes of Jesus, to see people as God sees them;

To see people with LOVE

Not to judge or criticize, but just to see what is most beautiful in

them and help reveal that BEAUTY to them.

-Jean Vanier

Wednesday August 14

th, 2013

10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Hart House, University of Toronto

Focus on Youth 2013

Highlights · 261 high school students were hired to

participate in a leadership program.

· 216 students worked as camp counsellors

with various organizations for six weeks.

· 37 students were hired to perform custodial work in schools during the summer program for a period of seven weeks.

· For the first year we hired a new media team (8 students) to document the Focus on Youth program in action. They visited sites, made presentations, and wrote blog post to capture the Focus on Youth experience.

· School space was offered to 85 community groups.

· Not-for-profit organizations delivered summer activities to youth all ages.

· The Focus On Youth program helps to develop students’ skills and keeps them safe during the summer months.

Thank You! This year, the TCDSB's Focus on Youth program celebrates its 7th year of service to students and the community. The program has solidified its presence as part of our Board’s multi-year strategic plan to better develop our school community. The program has matured tremendously and this year, various procedures were put in place to allow more students to apply. To make applications more accessible, an online application process was introduced. Also, an employment carousel was implemented to better assess the aptitude of the students hired. We strengthened our training by adding a financial literacy component, training with their individual community organization placements as well as numerous workshops on how to deal with situations surrounding diversity and stereotype just to name a few. Along with gaining valuable work experience, the program has allowed over two hundred and sixty students the opportunity to earn a leadership and Coop credit (216 recreational leaders, 37 custodial staff and 8 media team members) This has truly been a remarkable year; we would like to thank the Ministry of Education for funding the Focus on Youth program and their continued support for our students. We would like to thank our newly appointed Director of Education, Angela Gauthier for her continued support of the program. To the community organizations, the program is not possible .without your mentorship and commitment, so for that we are extremely grateful. Thank you to all the other TCDSB staff who support and assist with the program: Human Resources, Printing Services, Community Use of Schools department, Leadership Teachers, Co-op Teachers, Continuing Education, Health and Safety, Operations & Facilities. We plan to carry on the many successes of the program by continuing to improve the quality of services we provide to our students and community organizations. We would like to extend a very special thank you to Ashisha Persaud for her years of service and dedication to the Focus on Youth program. She has worked with the program since its inception and has been a mainstay ever since. We thank you for sharing your wisdom and passion for the program and wish you best of luck with your future endeavours. Finally we would like to thank you, the Focus on Youth students who acted as leaders, advocates, mentors, change agents in whichever capacity you worked this summer. I trust that the training and experience will better prepare you for your next future challenges. It is important to never forget the path to success and always remember “the Journey Never Ends!” Thank you! Andre Fullerton Focus on Youth, Coordinator/Manager of Outreach

Justin Rogers Mariko Mackesy

Azniv Harmandayan Jennifer Rutherford

Peter Ranson Luisa Fracassi

Andrew Muia Irma Bevk-Giuliani

Carmelo Schifano Cathy Cimini

Mario Pietrangelo Antonietta Mazzucco

Genevieve Stock Sebastian Giuliani

Pam Trower Matthew Maciag

Nick Savino Michelle Paolini

Lindsay Curtis Mike Consul

Teresa Altobello Akira Gianfriddo

Janelle Curtis Ashisha Persaud

Agenda

Morning

10:00 a.m. Arrival 11:00 a.m. Welcome, Anthem & Introductions

Prayer, Anthem: Charlotte Fabro, Student Remarks: Angela Gauthier, Director of Education

11:15 a.m. Student Remarks by: 1. Melissa Chow 2. Naresh Sritharan 3. Hazelmae Valenzuela 4. Keenon Peterson

11:20 a.m. Student Presentations by:

Joshua David, William Nguyen, Michael White Jahfari Fraser, Rebecca Doe-Koenya Mercedes Molina

11:40 a.m. Teacher remarks by:

Peter Ranson

11:45 a.m. Organization Remarks by:

Shawn (St. Alban’s Boys and Girls)

Amy (West Scarborough boys and girls)

12:00 p.m. Grace before meals by: Kateleen Reyes

Lunch

1:00 p.m. Key Note Speaker: Orlando Bowen

2:00 p.m. Student performance

DaShawn Blackwood, Jarael Campbell, Andre Brewster, Allan-Michael Roberts, Jann Lander Meneses

2:10 p.m. Media Team Video

2:15 p.m. Certificate Presentation 2:35 p.m. Next Steps: Serving our Global community 2:40 p.m. Closing Speech by Andre Fullerton 3:30 p.m. Mingle on the Patio (Check out university displays outside)

Special Thanks to the Teachers & Coordinators:

A very big thank you goes out to all

of the leadership and co-op teachers

of the Focus on Youth Program, who

have been dedicated to monitoring

and working with the student

employees throughout the program.

They have been a great support

system for the students and have done

an amazing job administering the

credit courses. They spend their

summer travelling to all ends of the

city in order to help our student

employees and keep us up to date

with all organizations. We thank you

all for your continued support in the

program.

Blessed Mother Teresa C.S.S.

John Abdala

Sasha Allen

Jermaine Atkins

Dashawn Blackwood

Andre Brewster

Adrian Camara

Mackenzie Conn

Sydnie Greenidge

Siara Henry

Simbiat Idowu

Princess Javier

Renfred Kanakaratnam

Kaliyah Malcolm

Naa Merley Martey-Kodi

Nithin Thonichalil

Adiola Palmer

Kris Persaud

Diluxy Priyananthan

Shaskia Rajaseagaram

Jeffrey Reyes

Allan-Michael Roberts

Shania Rock

Monsignor Percy Johnson C.S.S.

Joey Khoia

Abigail Kwakumeney

Mercedes Molina

Shanice Nairne

Simon Nieto

Osehi Ogbole

Danielle Owusu

Tiffany Sebastianpillai

Dharman Theiventhiran

Rawlandre Thompson

Morris Tutu

Tyler Walkes

Rushell Wright

Reema Xavier

Sirak Yoseph

11th Centre

Katrina Llanes

Keenon Peterson

Mercy Cacdac

Stefan Brum

John Paul Polvorosa

Zoe Melo

Christina Martin

Jaeson Villanueva

Doris Adao

Bernice Asamoah

Natasha Boateng

Cristian Canton

Christie Chavez

Michelle Correa

Michael De Francesco

Imade Edokpayi

Matthew Fernandez

Jahfari Fraser

Melissa Iraheta Rubio

Lisa Ugiagbe

Harper Wabomaygun

Patrice Albarico

Chelsea Anirood

Stefon Blair

Jarael Campbell

Leroy D’Souza

Joy Ann Patrice Dela Luna

Kevin Ekofo

Angelica Eleazar

Melissa Esteron

Lizette Guallar

Enthia Halder

Jean Vanier C.S.S.

Joshua Jadulco

Steve Joseph

Katrina Lorenzo

Erin Maitland

Vyas Maraj

Alwin Mathai

Karthiga Mounaguru

Britishawna Petgrave

Donna Recto

Naresh Sritharan

Apsara Syed-Abthagir

Neil McNeil C.S.S.

Steve Alapan

Miguel Alapan

Shawn Amadasun

Judit Antony

Carla Barrett

Angela Berba

Ana Zarina Buce

Jayden Frederick

Gennesy Licud

Francis Malcolm

Austin McGarragle

Daisy Perez

Ysabel Sabado

Kumar Singh Debidayal

Aaranee Sritharan

Mitchell Valdez

Ricki Velez

Grace Vidal

Rebecca Zala

Fiona Antwi

Sylvia Liao

Joshua Fernandes

Archbishop Romero C.S.S.

Charmaine Aldea

Nana Ampong

Leslie Argueta

Jason Azanza

Ashely Baez Abreu

Andreia Cerdeira

Melissa Chow

Caroline Da Silva

Perpetual Detwah

Mikal Dixon

Charlotte Fabro

Amanda Laccese

Dezarae Lizak-Decarvalho

Grace Makiese

Lucas McDonnell

Shemar Mitchell

Antram Mouradian

Monica Nedved

Diana Pacheco

Jaizelle Pacua

Stephany Ramirez

Laura Sarpong

10TH Centre

Aana Benett

Nancy Martin

Tajae Meredith

Leora D Souza

Renzo Sunga

Treacy Beekharry

Preksheya Pandey

Lazado Eullyssa

Hazelmae Valenzuela

Michael Cruz

Lizel Shabudin

Marsha Penaflorida

Krista Babwah

Christian Kevin Villafuerte

Jadyn Carnrite

Emeron Rodgers

Roland Ngo

Kaci Laidlow

Stephanie Tillo

Allison Gomes

Shanice Schroeder

Jacquisha Phillips

Michelle Valenzuela

Ana Mae Villagarcia

Mark Zaragoza

Christina Jones

Kateleen Reyes

David Roach

Dyinka Edwards

Chris Haddad

Jemima Quansah

Kenrick Lewis

William Maylor

Darielle Segovia

Jermaine Stephen

Anna Tran

Del Rosario Katrina Mae

Julia Marsh

Sarah Daniel

Don Bosco C.S.S.

Father Henry Carr C.S.S.

Amy Jessome

Ralph Kemayou

John Paulo Manansala

Jann Lander Meneses

Prescylla Mizinga

Leo Odono

Ayodeji Odukoya

Tobi Okeniyi

Judith Olagbaiye

Jade Rowe

Rowel Sison

R.J. Abdul

Kelvin Aclan

Victoria Aclan

Xavier Aclan

Joshua David

Brianna Dawkins

Raymond Diego

Rebecca Doe-Koenya

Naomi Escoffery

Rhea Jaipersaud

Vinnistan Manoharan

Obeng Marfo

Jessica Mendoza

Merna Negm

William Nguyen

Ukpene Nungah

Jonathan Obiri-Yeboah

Omotunde Oriola

Dumebi Ozor

Julian Pistoscia

Peter Sam

Lesley Tetteh

Ashley Amofah

Cindy Aramburo

Sarah Avalos

Jessica Bentu

Sean Collins

Desiree Coombs-Stevens

Tristan Edwards

Pamella Faraon

Elnorah Guto

Esteban Hernandez

Elizabeth Idowu

James Cardinal McGuigan C.S.S.

Seanna McFarlane

Roselle Miranda

Constance Nansubuga

Cordilla Ngegwe

Yvonne Nkemitag

Chelsea Noel

Betty Nwaogwugwu

Esosa Obazee

Blessing Osas

Michael Perciasepe

Henry Smith

Francis Libermann C.S.S.

Angelique Jose

Anna Aclan

Aleczandra Alzate

Amanda Batterton

Catherine Borromeo

Ivyrose Cacdac

Christine Crisolo

Krystal Ferroni

Anna Hovsepian

Johnston Jude

Marlon Katukuranda

Nigel Macatugob

Franz Marzo

Caroline Mahilrajan

Rashid Maxwell

Alexander Mylego

Karen Osting

Tatiana Per

Noyell Sakthikumar

Pauline Sulit

Malika Thomas- Kerr

Kristen Vandenltoven

Gerda Agyapong

Willermina Amoabeng

Andrew Te

Dianne Apas

Motunrayo Bada

Bravo Jr. Bibat

Michelle Boachen

Grazelle Detoya

O'She Doyles-Whyte

Diana Duru

Miguel Lalor

Sabrina Vargas Guevara

Rebeka Soltesz

Bruno Tomas

Ashorina Yaghab

Michael White

Stannette Linsay

Sharmane Villafuerte

Shemar Tomlinson

Tricia Valdez