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Rory McGuckin, Director of Education 80 Sheppard Ave. E., Toronto, ON · Website: www.tcdsb.org

St John Catholic School 780 Kingston Road

Toronto Ontario M4E 1R7

Telephone 416‐393‐5220 Fax 416‐393‐5211

Principal

D. Comacchio

Secretary K. James

Office Admin Support

A. Mangano (Mon & Thur)

Head Caretaker J. Wigglesworth

Superintendent John Shanahan 416‐222‐8282

Trustee

Angela Kennedy 416‐512‐3411

Parish St John’s Catholic Church

Father John Newton 794 Kingston Road

Toronto Ontario M4E 1R7

Telephone 416‐698‐1105

OUR SCHOOL Hours of Opera on 8:30 am—3:00 pm

Morning Recess

10:12 am—10:27 am

Lunch Hour 11:15 am—12:15 pm

A ernoon Recess 1:40 pm—1:55 pm

VIRTUE OF THE MONTH: FAITHFULLNESS

Dear St. John Families,

Welcome to summer break! This has been an

amazing year filled with learning, exploring, understanding and

growing in faith.

As we end this school year, we say good‐bye to Ms. De Agazio,

Ms. Nassuna, Ms. Ramsay, Ms Hulme and Ms. Pawlina who will

be joining new school communi es in the TCDSB. Ms. Chorazy

will not be returning in September as she will focus on taking

care of her family. We also wish Ms. Aleksic all the best as she

begins new adventures in her re rement. We thank them all

for their dedica on to our students and we wish them all the

best.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the St. John

Catholic School Parent Council and all those who volunteered

this year for working with the school to provide so many op‐

portuni es for our students. The staff and students are very

grateful for your trust and support in making this a great year.

The first day of school is Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019. We

ask that the grade 1 to 8 students gather in the school yard

where their teachers will be wai ng for them. Class lists will

be posted that morning. Our FDK students (JK and SK) are

asked to please meet at the front of the school where their

teachers and DECE’s will be ready to welcome them. A

reminder that our school day starts at 8:30 am.

Finally, I want to thank you all for your con nued support. The

strong partnership that exists between home, church and

school is what makes St. John such a great place to learn for

our students. I look forward to building on our successes next

year.

Wishing you all blessings and best wishes for a safe and res ul

summer vaca on.

Yours in Partnership,

David Comacchio


The St John Swim team has another great season! We placed 5th overall, with many swimmers achiev‐ing their personal best. Congrats to the grade 7 girls free relay for their 3rd place finish, to the grade 6 boys for placing third in both the free and medley relay and to the grade 4 girls for placing third in both the free and medley relay. Congratula ons to Quin n George of grade 8 for receiving Gold in all three of his races. Special thank you to all the parent volunteer coaches and Ms. Horbay for their weekly commitment and dedica on to the team.

ST JOHN CATHOLIC SCHOOL—SWIM TEAM


It was a very impressive season for the St. John Track and Field Team. We are Divisional and Regional Champs! We placed 4th overall at the City Meet! At the City Meet we had 4 silver medals and 5 bronze medals. The Silver medalists are Cecil (Gr 5/6 boys 1500m), Sabrina (Gr 5 girls long jump), the grade 4 boys 4 x 100m relay team (Jus n, JT, Hudson, Jack and Reilly), and the grade 4 girls 4 x 100m relay team (Stephanie, Isla, Trinity, Keira and Valen na). The bronze medalists are Charlo e (Gr 3 girls 200m), Stephanie (Gr 4 girls 200m), Ciahan (Gr 7/8 800m) the grade 3 girls 4 x 100m relay team (Charlo e, Julia, Julie, Bella and Annabel), and the grade 7 girls 4 x 100m relay team (Ciahan, Jnae, Robin, Sophia and Sara).

Congratula ons to all our athletes for their efforts and commitments. Special thank you to all our coaches for their endless pa ence and dedica on:

Ms. Bain, Mr. Breech, Ms. Fitzgerald, Ms. Horbay, Mr. Medeiros, Ms. O'Sullivan, Ms. Ramsay, and Mr. Stasolla.

ST JOHN CATHOLIC SCHOOL—TRACK TEAM


READ ON PROGRAM

Thank you to our Read On volunteers. This was yet another successful year, engaging our students with the love of reading.

The Eco Scouts had a very exci ng year including receiving a Silver Medal from Eco Schools!

The EcoScouts created a video at the beginning of the year that became our mantra for all Eco ini a ves. The words “You Make the World Beau ful” became the ongoing theme for the year. (I have a ached the video for your viewing

pleasure.)

Under the Eco banner, we collected markers to be recycled, clothes to be recycled, a ended a “Waterbrothers” documentary about garbage in our oceans, and raised money for the homeless on Toque Tuesday. Last week, a handful of Eco Scouts and myself a ended an Eco Summit at the Catho‐lic Educa on Center. They were inspired by the words spoken by Ke‐hkashan Basu, a teenage Eco Warrior as she spoke about her involvement in Eco ini a ves and the founda on she started called Green Hope. In addi on to all these ac vi es, The Eco Scouts weeded the medal planters at the front of the school and thanks to funds given by the CPSC , stu‐dents were able to plant some pollinator plants.

The EcoScouts would like to thank all those who directly or indirectly were involved in the Eco ini a ves this year including but not limited to Mr. Commachio, teachers, the custodial staff, and the parent council members.

Remember, together “We Can Make the World Beau ful”.

Your Eco Scouts Leader,

Ann DeAgazio

A big thank you to the grade 6s that volunteered to be door monitors now that we have locked doors at recesses. We’re tweaking the system for next

year and learning from it and how we can have student door monitors but in general, a quick thanks for giving up their recesses to do it.

Developmental Assets

Thank you all for another

amazing year of leadership

and service as a Catholic

School. The Developmental

Assets team worked relessly

this year to provide students

with dynamic and enriching

opportuni es to build

leadership among our

students. We look forward to

another successful year.


MAY VIRTUE (COMPASSION) WINNERS

JUNE VIRTUE (FAITHFULNESS) WINNERS

Support Your School Event at Ella Minnow Children’s Book Store (991 Kingston Road)

Make a purchase during the 2nd weekend of every month, Friday—Sunday, and your points will go towards acquiring books for our school library!

Before you make a purchase, please tell the cashier you are from St. John Catholic School.

BALLROOM DANCING

Congratula ons to the St.

John Ballroom Dancing team

for placing third at the Grand

Ballroom Compe on on June

17 at the Palais Royale. Our

students had a fantas c me

and represented St. John

extremely well. A special

thank you to Ms. Bain for

working with the team in the

weeks leading up to the

compe on.


Parents of student who have been iden fied with the excep onality of gi edness, and who will be star ng a one‐day a week withdrawal program in September, are invited to an open house. This will take place Wednesday, September 4, 2019, 7:00‐9:00 pm in the Boardroom at the Catholic Educa on Centre, 80 Sheppard Avenue East.


TCDSB SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR 2019‐2020

Number of school days 194

Number of Professional Ac vity Days 7

Labour Day September 2, 2019

First Instruc onal Day September 3, 2019

Thanksgiving Day October 14, 2019

Christmas Break December 23, 2019 – January 3, 2020

Start of second semester for secondary schools February 3, 2020

Family Day February 17, 2020

Mid‐Winter Break March 16‐20, 2020

Good Friday April 10, 2020

Easter Monday April 13, 2020

Victoria Day May 18, 2020

Last day of classes for elementary students June 25, 2020

Seven (7) Professional Ac vity (PA) Days for ELEMENTARY schools:

October 11, 2019 Provincial Educa on Priori es/Faith Development

November 15, 2019 Parent‐Teacher Conferences

December 6, 2019 Provincial Educa on Priori es

January 17, 2020 Assessment, Evalua on and Repor ng

February 14, 2020 Parent‐Teacher Conferences

June 5, 2020 Assessment, Evalua on and Repor ng

June 26, 2020 Provincial Educa on Priori es


CLASS PLACEMENT FOR SEPTEMBER 2019-2020

The process for the formation of class lists for September has begun. The first step in this process is to determine class organization, JK to grade 8, consistent with Board, Ministry and Contract Guidelines. Each student will be individually discussed and placed according to what staff believes is best for the child.

Our goal is to establish balanced classes to provide effective working groups which will benefit all children in each class. The right combination of students and teacher (s) opens the door of learning. Teachers from both the receiving and sending grades will meet to carefully consider the following criteria:

Learning styles

Social grouping/peer group dynamics

Student work habits

English as a Second Language consideration

Balance of males/females

Distribution of special needs/program students

Behavioural considerations and needs

Siblings in the same class

Previous placement (combined vs. single grade)

The above-mentioned factors, along with the general information that the sending teacher brings, is utilized to create classes that we hope will permit each student to work well during the next academic year. I am sure that you can appreciate that creating the best and most functional class groupings possible is a task which requires much thought and careful planning.

Accepting parental requests for specific teachers would not be in the best interest of all the children in the school, as it could restrict school staff forming what we consider the most ideal classroom groupings.

We appreciate your understanding and co-operation

ST JOHN CATHOLIC SCHOOL—SPIRIT WEAR

Hello St. John Community!

Your CSPC is excited to introduce St. John Spirit Wear gear. This is op onal for parents interested in an alterna ve complement to the school dress code. We've partnered with a parent from the St. John Com‐munity and Key Promo ons Inc. to offer a full line of clothing op ons for both students and parents (so you'll also be able to show your support at school events)!

All items proudly display the new St. John logo and are available in a variety of sizes at very reasonable prices.

For your convenience all orders and payments will be placed online directly through Key Promo ons Inc. with orders shipped directly to you!

Please see a ached flyer for addi onal details ‐ and place your order via the link below:

h ps://keypromo ons.ca/shop?olsPage=t%2Fstjohn‐spirit

Sincerely,

St. John CSPC


Parents / Guardians,

St. John Catholic School is cur‐

rently looking for new lunch me

supervisors! The posi on (s)

would be available to start September 2019. The posi on

would require you to work for 1 hour (11:15am—12:15

pm) daily Monday to Friday.

If you or anyone you know would be interested in applying

for this opportunity please stop by the main office of the

school to pick up an applica on form.

Addi onal documents required, once applica on is

complete, are as follows:

1) TB test (tuberculosis test within 1 year)

2) Priest Reference Form (must be Roman Catholic) **

3) Voided cheque or direct deposit form

4) New hire banking form **

5) Copy of the Social Insurance number card

6) Proof of birth date with photo id (copy of Driver’s li‐

cense or passport)

7) Offence declara on **

For Toronto Residents Only:

Please provide Police criminal reference check form

(DO NOT GO TO THE POLICE STATION) **

Cer fied cheque or money order of $65.00 payable to

the Toronto Police Services

** Forms can be picked up at the school

CSPC Message Board / Website

h ps://sites.google.com/site/stjohnparentstoronto/

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