IT STARTS

in the Schools May 2017

UPCOMING EVENTS

May

May

Speech, Language and Hearing

Awareness Month

Asian Canadian Heritage Month

TCDSB Board-wide

TCDSB Board-wide

May 1-5 Catholic Education Week

May 1 - Awards Night

May 2 - Student Mass and

Peace Walk

May 3 - Parent Event and Liturgy

May 5 - Parish Family Day

Celebration

May 5 – Staff Arts Canada 150

Concert

TCDSB Board-wide

May 1-5 Children’s Mental Health

Awareness Week TCDSB Board-wide

May 1 – 5 2017 Woodbine Centre Festival

of the Arts

Woodbine Centre 500 Rexdale Blvd, Etobicoke

May 1 Intermediate W5H Tournament

City Championship

Madonna Catholic Secondary

School 20 Dubray Avenue, Toronto

416-393-5506

May 1 Official Blessing of the Portrait

“Lady Love” Madonna Catholic Secondary

School 20 Dubray Avenue, North York

416-393-5506

May 2 TCDSB Steel Drum Presentation Woodbine Centre 500 Rexdale Blvd, Etobicoke

May 2 – 5 Powerful Visions Annual Art

Show 7 – 9 p.m.

Michael Power – St. Joseph High

School 105 Eringate Drive, Etobicoke

May 3 Team Chess City Finals Catholic Education Centre 80 Sheppard Ave. E., North York

May 3 - 17 Elementary Track & Field

Divisional Meets

Various locations

May 4 St. Cecilia’s Annual Spring Art

Gallery St. Cecilia Catholic School 355 Annette Street, Toronto

May 5 Holy Angels Celebrates Parish

Family Day Mass, Activities, BBQ

Holy Angels Catholic School 65 Jutland Rd, Etobicoke

May 8 3rd Annual Intermediate

Students Faith Conference 9 a.m.

St. Leo Catholic School 165 Stanley Avenue, Etobicoke

May 8 The St. Joseph Parish Family of

Schools Celebration 10 a.m.

St. Dominic Savio Catholic School 50 Tideswell Blvd, Scarborough

May 11 Work Connection Job Fair For Grade 12 students

Ontario Science Centre 770 Don Mills Rd, North York

May 12 Our Lady of Fatima Special

Anniversary Mass 12:30 p.m.

Our Lady of Fatima Shine 3170 St Clair Ave E, Toronto

May 14 - 19 Respect for Life Week TCDSB Board-wide

May 15 - 16 TDCAA Track & Field Centennial Park Stadium 156 Centennial Park Rd, Etobicoke

May 17 - 19 Elementary Track & Field

Regional Meets Various locations

May 18 4th Annual WENTT Conference

Secondary School Event

Humber College

May 18 St. Sylvester Celebrates Beyond

the Classroom 6:30 p.m.

St. Sylvester Catholic School 260 Silver Springs Boulevard,

Scarborough

May 20 St. Patrick's 30th Anniversary

Show Silent Auction and Raffle - 2 p.m.

St. Patrick Catholic Secondary

School 49 Felstead Avenue, Toronto

May 24 Chaminade College School’s

3rd Annual IGNITE

Student Digital Media Showcase 7 – 10 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m.

SilverCity Yorkdale Yorkdale Shopping Centre

3401 Dufferin Street, North York

May 24 Elementary Track & Field City

Finals

Various locations

May 24 – 25 TDCAA Track & Field Birchmount Stadium 75 Birchmount Rd, Scarborough

May 25 Holy Rosary Garden Day Event In celebration of two eco-grants.

Holy Rosary Catholic School 308 Tweedsmuir Avenue, Toronto

May 25 World Catholic Education Day TCDSB Board-wide

May 26 Annual Deaf and Hard of

Hearing Picnic

Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Catholic School 270 Cherokee Blvd, North York

May 30 Canada 150 TCDSB Spring

Cricket Tournament 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Centennial Park 256 Centennial Park Rd, Etobicoke

May 30 Farewell to Christ the King

School 4 - 6 p.m.

Christ the King Catholic School 3672 Lakeshore Blvd W, Etobicoke

May 31 Special Mini-Olympics 10 a.m.

The Hangar at Downsview Park 75 Carl Hall Road, North York

May 31 Mock Criminal Bail Hearing &

Mock Criminal Trial Father Henry Carr Catholic

Secondary School 1760 Martin Grove, Rexdale

May 29 –

June 2

Bike to School Week TCDSB Board-wide

June 2 St. Andrew's Parish Family of

Schools Day St. Andrew Catholic Church 2547 Kipling Avenue, Toronto

June 3 St. Isaac Joques’ 50th

Anniversary 10 a.m.

St. Isaac Joques Catholic School 1330 York Mills Road, Toronto

June 5 – 9 Indigenous Education

Awareness Week

TCDSB Board-wide

June 6 Bishop Marrocco/Thomas

Merton Just Docs Festival

The Revue Cinema 400 Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto

June 17 Feast of Corpus Christi

Community Event 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Nativity of Our Lord Roman

Catholic Church 480 Rathburn Road, Etobicoke

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

Autism Awareness

Evening TCDSB celebrated

students and families

living with Autism and

the staff who support

them at a special

evening that featured

Mass, presentations

and activities on April

5th.

Our Lady of Peace’s Production of the Passion During Holy Week the intermediate students of Our Lady of Peace, under the direction

of Mlle. Perri, performed a beautiful production

of the Passion for the entire school community.

Holy Thursday Prayer Service

Students from St. Joseph’s Morrow Park and

Blessed Trinity celebrated a Holy Thursday

prayer service together at SJMP on April 13th.

St. Basil Students on Vimy Ridge On April 9th, ten St. Basil-The-Great students

and 2 chaperones participated in the 100th

anniversary commemoration of the battle of

Vimy Ridge, France. To read more and see

more pictures, click here.

Community Clean-up Day Students at St. Wilfrid Catholic School

demonstrated their commitment to the

community and the environment as

they partnered with other TCDSB schools

and thousands of Torontonians in the

annual Clean Toronto Together

initiative.

On April 21st, students and staff at the

school spread out over the school’s

property and surrounding

neighbourhood to do their part in

making the City look its best after the

winter months. Coach Michael “Pinball” Clemons, together with Councillor Anthony

Perruzza, TCDSB Director of Education Angela Gauthier and Superintendent Michael

Caccamo kicked off the school clean up in the gymnasium before the students

headed outdoors to begin their clean-up and Earth Day activities.

Members of the media arrived to showcase the

school’s various environmental initiatives:

birdhouse-making, a butterfly garden, and an

herb garden. Much to everyone’s delight,

Toronto Mayor John Tory arrived at the school to

take part in a ceremonial tree planting.

The community is grateful to all of the sponsors

and partners that made the school clean-up

event memorable for all who participated. Click

here to check out the many other community

clean up events that took place in schools

across the TCDSB.

Socks 4 Souls Canada Holy Rosary celebrated Lent by not giving something up, but by doing something extra

and giving to those in need in our community. Our grade 5/6 class initiated a school

wide ‘sock drive’ campaign to support ‘Socks 4 Souls Canada’, a non-profit

organization committed to providing homeless communities with new socks. In line with

the virtue of charity, our school community came together and we were able to

surpass our goal of 500 pairs as we collected 572 pairs of socks!

St. Andrew’s Fundraises For Sister Amirah Jubo and the Missionary

Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament St. Andrew School wishes to thank all the

students, parents, and members of the

school community who have contributed

to our unique fundraiser dedicated to

Sister Amirah Jubo, a former staff member

of our school, and her Missionary Sisters of

the Blessed Sacrament, to aid their work in

Northern Iraq. The community’s

overwhelming response helped raise a

grand total of $4,500! Click here to read

the full story.

Jump Rope for Heart On April 3, Holy Rosary participated in The Heart

and Stroke Foundation’s annual Jump Rope for

Heart event. The school raised over $5300,

surpassing last year’s total and our school goal of

$4000! Students received incentive prizes from The Heart and Stroke Foundation, and

the top school fundraisers will have the chance to be principal for a day! Holy Rosary is

so proud to be a part of such an inspiring event that not only raises awareness around

heart disease but promotes healthy, active living.

OLP’s Welcome Packages for New Canadians In celebration of the Year of the Parish, Our Lady of Peace’s Social Justice Club, under

the leadership of Mrs. Ludlow and Mme.

Mayer, held a school wide collection for

refugees at Our Lady of Peace Church.

The school collected 30 boxes worth of

household items to give to new refugees

coming into the community. These

generous donations were collected

from February 16 to March 31, and were

donated to Me to We for distribution.

Thank you for all the generous donations

that were received!

Bishop Allen Hosts Model

UN Bishop Allen played host to the

Model United Nations held on

Friday, April 7th. St. Mary Catholic

Academy students were among

the 8 schools who participated. It

was a wonderful learning

opportunity for students as they

had to negotiate with other

country representatives and

state their own points of view on

important issues of the day. It was a great day to expose them to model UN debating

and to meet their peers from other schools around the city. Click here for more pictures.

Indigenous Museum at St. Maria Goretti St. Maria Goretti CS hosted the Indigenous People's

Inventors and Innovators Museum on April 19th. The

museum promotes positive images and self-esteem in

children as well as promotes diversity and inclusivity. The

exhibit featured Indigenous inventors and Innovators from

Canada, USA, Mexico, Greenland, Caribbean, Oceania,

South and Central America.

Bike Helmet Launch at St. Francis Xavier Catholic School Over 525 students

participated in a special bike

safety assembly on April 3rd

at St. Francis Xavier Catholic

School.

School Resource Officer, P.C.

De Quintal and Toronto

Police Services, together with

the Ontario Trial Lawyers

Association, JRJ Personal Law

Injury Firm, and Access

Rehab promoted the

importance of bike safety through a school assembly that included safety lectures on

brain injuries and information on why we wear helmets. Following the assembly, students

were surprised with 525 free bike helmets. The helmets were fitted and distributed to all

525 students. The helmet donation was made possible by the Ontario Trial Lawyers

Association’s Bike Helmet Giveaway Program.

The St. Francis Xavier community is grateful to Officer De Quintal and local partners of

the Bike Helmet Giveaway Program for equipping our students with the tools they need

to be safe.

Sacred Heart Visits

Ripley's Aquarium On Thursday, April 6th

Sacred Heart students had

the opportunity to learn

about biodiversity at

Ripley’s Aquarium. Students

came face to face with the

fish, sharks, eels and jellyfish

they are learning about in

class.

Students explored different tanks, engaged in hands on activities, and were able to see

firsthand how different habitats like the kelp forests and North American coast have

different species with different survival strategies that are adapted to their unique living

environment. The trip was a great way to learn about our biodiverse underwater world.

Sacred Heart’s Cool @ School Fashion Show and Spirit Day On Friday April 7th, Sacred

Heart held a fashion show to

debut its new school logo

and spirit wear... We are THE

HAWKS!!!

The day was filled with

music, energy and

excitement enjoyed by

parents, students and staff,

as students walked the

runway showing off the new

spirit wear. Sacred Heart

looks forward to seeing the

new Hawks wear in our

community! GO HAWKS!

Father Henry Carr Drumline Wins 1st

Place – Twice! Congratulations to FHC Percussion, who won 1st

place in two competitions in April:

April 7th: 1st Canadian Drumline Association

Regional Competition of 2017 at St.

Marcellinus CSS in Mississauga. The group

debuted their 2017 production "Imagine" for

the first time in front of a live audience. Click

here to watch their performance on YouTube.

April 27: the Canadian Drumline Association Eastern Regional Competition in Port

Hope. The group improved their score from a 79.1 (on April 7) to and 84.3! Click here

to watch their performance.

Carter student the National Winner

in the Josten’s Photo Contest Gr. 12 student Julienne Lee submitted to the

Josten’s Photo Contest and was selected as

the National winner. The photo, titled

“Balance”, was taken at the Grade 12

Retreat at Medeba.

Every year over 1000 photo entries across

Canada are submitted for the Josten’s

National Photography Contest. Julienne was

the first Carter student to win the Grand Prize.

Cardinal Carter was also the sole Catholic

school represented on the winner’s list.

Congratulations Julienne!

2017 Asian Canadian Heritage Month Poster

Contest Winner Congratulations to J. Tan, winner of the 2017 Asian Heritage

Poster Contest! J. Tan is a student of St. Patrick Catholic

Secondary School. He bested 47 other contenders in this

competition.

Cardinal Carter student’s poster design wins

Ontario Speaker’s Choice Award The Ontario Legislature runs

an annual Youth Arts poster

contest. This year’s contest

theme was: “What do you

Love about Ontario?” Gr 11.

Student, Madalina Raduta,

competed in the poster

contest and her design was selected as the winning

design for the Ontario Speaker’s Choice Award.

This how Madalina describes her poster: “The theme

was ‘What do you love about Ontario?’ In my poster,

I focused on how people in Ontario are like one big

family, everyone being included and being treated

equally. I drew a small child looking up at a drawing

on the back of a loon of a group of people

embracing. In my drawing, I tried to incorporate

different symbols of Ontario, like the Common Loon, the Eastern white pine, and the

white trillium. I was also inspired by Indian Group of Seven artists Daphne Odjig and

Norval Morrisseau in the way I drew the loon and people embracing. My drawing was

picked to be one of the ten designs that they will display on banners outside Ontario's

Legislative Building from mid-January to mid-December 2017.”

Shakespearience - The Ties That

Bind St. Mother Teresa Catholic Academy

students actively participated in an

afterschool theatre program called

"Shakespearience". Students rehearsed

from February to April and their efforts

culminated with a performance on

Thursday April 20 at the Toronto Centre for

the Arts.

Students worked tirelessly on improving

their stage acting, voice projection, stage

combat, and truly adopting the tongue of

Shakespeare. Bravo students!

2017 CIMA Mayor’s School

Cricket Awards On April 7th at Metro Hall, Director

of Education Angela Gauthier and

Vice-Chair and Trustee Frank

D’Amico celebrated the 2017 CIMA

Cricket Awards with TCDSB staff and

students. Individual awards for the

2016 season were presented to

TCDSB students in the following

categories: 2016 High School Boys -

Runners-up: Monsignor Percy

Johnson CSS; 2016 Middle School -

Blessed Sacrament CS; Runners-up -

St. Maria Goretti CS

Msgr Percy Johnson Students Accept

Sports Scholarships at US Universities On Tuesday, April 25 Monsignor Percy Johnson

celebrated three students who have accepted

scholarships at US universities starting in Fall

2017:

Nicholas Campoli - Hockey scholarship at

Clarkson University, New York

Jon Alec Toromoreno - Soccer scholarship

at Hastings College, Nebraska

Melissa Carvalho - Soccer scholarship at James Madison University, Virginia

The athletes celebrated with a cake cutting with their fellow students, as well as special

guests, their families. Congratulations and good luck athletes!

MPSJ TDCAA Indoor

Soccer Champions On March 31st the Michael

Power St. Joseph varsity

boys' indoor soccer team

captured the TDCAA

championship for the first

time ever since the league

was established three years

ago. The team defeated St.

Basil’s 4-2 in the semi-finals

and Neil McNeil 4-1 in the

finals. The team includes the

following student-athletes.

Ultimate Frisbee at SJMP On April 4th, the SJMP Ultimate Frisbee team

attended the FUDGE (Female Ultimate

Development Group Effort) tournament at

Aurora Sport Dome. The team was highly

competitive with a record of 2 wins, 1 tie

and 1 loss. We thank our graduating team

members, Alexandra Arcangel and Melisa

Hernandez, for their commitment to the

Ultimate program over their high school

years.

St. Kateri Junior Girls’ Indoor Soccer

Tournament Champs

St. Kateri Tekakwitha junior girls’ indoor

soccer team hosted a tournament at SKT on

April 11th, with their team coming in 1st

Place, thanks to the help of Coaches Mr. J.

Colangelo and Mr. Scavuzzo.

SJMP Junior Volleyball Team Finalists

The St. Joseph Morrow Park junior volleyball

team were TDCAA finalists. Congratulations

girls!

Our Lady of Peace Co-Ed Hockey

Team wins Championship Game The OLP Co Ed Hockey team won the

championship game for Pool C in the TCDSB

finals on Tuesday, April 11, taking an early

lead in the game and winning 4-0 against St.

Bonaventure. Each player played with

determination and dedication during our

tournaments and even gave up their lunches

to practice. A big thank you to Mr. Primeau,

Ms. Pontes and Ms. Morassutti, who

dedicated their time coaching the team.

Notre Dame Students

Win Special Science

Awards Notre Dame students in grade 9

and 11 challenged a fierce

group of 550 students at the

Special Science Awards in

Toronto. The team brought

home silver and bronze medals

in the Special Design

Innovation category. Click here

to see the full list of winners and

categories.

Francis Libermann Student Awarded

Schulich Leader Scholarship Kezia Johnson, a grade 12 student at Francis Libermann

CHS was awarded 1 of 50 Canada-wide Schulich

Leader Scholarships! The Schulich Leader Scholarship

program rewards our country’s most promising young

pioneers in Science, Technology, Engineering and

Mathematics. Congratulations Kezia!

Photo credit: SchulichLeaders.com.

Alumni News: Christina Racanelli

recipient of Peter Balciunas

Memorial Award

Christina Racanelli, graduate of Loretto

Abbey Catholic Secondary School (2001), is

this year's recipient of the Peter Balciunas

Memorial Award. This award was made

possible through the generosity of the

Balciunas family, who created the scholarship

in memory of Peter Balciunas, a former

principal of the TCDSB. Click here to read

more about the award and Christina.

2017 Victor Angelosante Award Recipient Congratulations to Colleen Reel, teacher at Our

Lady of Fatima and recipient of the 2017 Victor

Angelosante Award. This Award is presented

annually to a TCDSB elementary employee who,

through significant involvement with athletics and

the TCSAA, has made an outstanding contribution

toward the overall development and education of

young people. The award winner is one who

personifies those qualities Victor demonstrated in

abundance and one who embodies and

inculcates by example the highest traditions of a

Catholic educator and a dedicated sportsperson.

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May 2017

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