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Sacred Heart Catholic School
75 Hupfield Trail Toronto, Ontario M1B 4S3
416-393-5415
Principal: C. Nazar
Administrative Support Staff:
D. Fernandes Office Hours: 8:15 AM – 4:15 PM
Superintendent:
K. Malcolm 416 222-8282 ext. 2263
Community Parish:
St Barnabas Catholic Church Fr. Hansoo Park
CSPC Chair:
C. Walker
Trustee: Gary Tanuan (Ward 8)
School Hours:
9:00 AM -3:30 PM
Dear Families,
Staff have been diligently preparing student reports, getting all the
assessments in, and marking assignments. Students have been
responding to the challenges. Parents too need to be prepared for
parent/teacher conferences. Research shows that children whose
parents are involved in their education are more likely to be successful
in their education. Don’t miss this opportunity to support your child’s
education! Interviews are just around the corner and it is important to
be prepared and informed prior to meeting with your child’s teacher.
Great Questions to Ask:
• What does my child do well?
• What skills does my child need to develop further?
• What activities can we do at home to strengthen those skills?
• Does my child do his/her homework and assignments efficiently and
conscientiously?
• Is my child facing any struggles in class not related to her/his
schoolwork?
• Is my child receiving additional help?
• How does my child get along with other students?
• What is the best way to contact you if we have more questions?
Your involvement in the parent/teacher conference dialogue plants the
seed of success for your child.
Yours in Partnership,
C. Nazar
Principal
The mission of our school community is to develop students that are: discerning believers, effective communicators, reflective, creative and holistic thinkers, life-long learners, collaborative contributors, caring family members, and responsible citizens. Through the partnership of our homes, our school and our church we
will strive to ensure that our children reach these lofty but attainable goals.
REPORT CARDS
We are getting very
close to reporting time
again.
We do however want to
remind you that ongoing communication
between parents and the school is always
important. Please feel free to contact your
child’s teacher should you have any
questions or concerns.
PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES
Report cards go home…Wed, Feb 10
A form has been sent
home for you to fill out
to book a conference
time. Please return it
as soon as possible to
your child’s teacher.
Parent Teacher
Conferences
-Thur. Feb 11 (PM)
& Fri. Feb 12 (AM)
JUNIOR KINDERGARTEN
REGISTRATIONS
CONTINUE
Junior
Kindergarten
registrations continue for 2016-2017
school year. Please visit the TCDSB
website for details:
http://www.tcdsb.org/programsservices
/earlyyears/kindergartenregistration/p
ages/default.aspx
Kindly register as soon as possible in
order to ensure that your child has a
spot in your community school. Please
pass the word to your friends and
family. The sooner we know the number
of new Kindergarten students we have,
the better we can plan for next year’s
classes. Thank you for your support.
SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR
The Scholastic Book Fair is
coming to Sacred Heart!
There will be a wide variety
of books for every reading
level as well as posters and
school supplies. Profit from the
sales from the Book Fair will be used to
purchase books for the library.
The Book Fair will be open:
FOR STUDENTS TO PREVIEW:
Fri. Feb. 5th 9:00AM – 3:15PM
FOR STUDENTS TO PURCHASE:
Thurs. Feb 11th 9:00AM – 3:1 PM
The Book Fair will also be open for
parents to visit:
Thu, Feb.11th 5:30PM – 8:30PM
Fri, Feb.12th 9:00AM - 11:00AM
Come out and support our school’s Book
Fair and your child’s love of reading!
SHOW YOUR LOVE
TO THE WORLD
Last year Sacred
Heart's Valentine
Cookie Gram Campaign
raised enough money
for us to donate 10
goats for families
overseas. This year
during the month of February, Sacred
Heart’s Me to We Team will once again be
selling peanut-free Valentine Cookie Grams
for $1.oo each. Orders will be taken from
Tuesday February 2nd until
Tuesday February 10th. The cookies will be
delivered to students in their classrooms
on Wednesday February 11th. In support of
Free the Children, for every $50.00 raised,
Sacred Heart will purchase a goat for a
family overseas. A gift of a goat can
flourish into a herd, providing an entire
family with nutritious milk and an income
that can be used to pay for school fees or
medicine. It can help turn a home farm into
a business and lift a family out of poverty.
This year, Show Your Love and help us to
create change in the world. Ready, Set,
GOAT!
NEWS FROM OUR LEGO CLUB
During lunch M-W students come together
in Ms. Grupe’s classroom to enjoy fun with
Lego. They work together to build and
create stuff and along the way they learn
about friendship, collaboration, and getting
along. Here’s what some of them have to
say about the club:
I like being in the Lego club because it
improves my sociability and it drives my
creativity up high. You can build stuff
without instructions and you can call it your
own in the end which is what I like. It took
me 2-3 weeks to build this ship and I had a
lot of fun doing it, it was hard work and
I'm glad kids are always willing to help and
join in. Harrish Gr. 4
Before Lego Club, I didn’t think of myself
as a master builder, and now I am. I am
confident in things I build. I have been
making a lot of friends since joining the
club, including Jacob who is in Grade 3! I
never knew Jacob until we started working
together. It's great to know kids from
other grades. Andre Gr 5
Lego club is so cool! There's always a Lego
episode playing while we build and lots of
pieces. I get excited when it's Monday
because that's my turn to come.
Sometimes kids from older grades come at
the same time. The older kids are very nice
to me and I like working with them. I'm not
as shy anymore. I can’t wait to work on the
next project with different kids!
Jacob Gr 3
PHYS ED DANCE ACTIVITIES
This month students in Phys Ed will be
participating actively in dance
activities. Students are
often given the task of
coming up with their
own movements and
balances. Their
creative movements
have been interesting
and impressive.
ASH WEDNESDAY AND LENT
Father will be here on Wednesday Feb 10
at 1:00 to give us our ashes. All parents
are welcome. Ash Wednesday also marks
the first day of Lent. We will endeavor as
a community and as individuals to sacrifice
something and to do good works throughout
the 40 days of Lent.
SACRED HEART SKATES
Skating has
become a favorite
winter tradition at
Sacred Heart.
Our next skate
will be an all
morning affair as
we have booked
both rinks. Our
next community skating date is Friday,
February 5th when our students, staff and
parents will once again be given the
opportunity to polish their skating skills
with some special guests including the
media. Thank you once again to our
generous donor SAKTETOGREAT for
donating skates and helmets.
SNACK PROGRAM MONDAY-FRIDAY!!!
Our snack program will now
run from Mon-Fri. We truly
appreciate all the hard work,
time and effort that goes
into preparing all those
snacks for our students.
YEAR BOOK
The Sacred Heart
Yearbook will be
available in June 2016.
Students can cherish
their Sacred Heart
memories forever. Year-round activities,
events and pictures will be published.
Please place your order as soon as possible
to avoid disappointment. The cost is $20
and it must be pre-ordered. No extra
copies will be available. Complete the order
form with your $20 and submit to your
child’s teacher.
GUIDANCE CORNER High school acceptance/re-direction letters
will be couriered to the elementary schools
during the first two weeks of February and will
be sent to the Grade 8 teacher for
distribution. The Program and Course Calendar
for secondary school is now available for Grade
8 students and parents on the Board
website. Hard copies of this resource will no
longer be distributed to Grade 8 students. You
can access this resource through the links to
Student Success and Guidance & Career
Education at www.tcdsb.org. It includes a wide
variety of important information related to
high school, as well as highlighting the courses
that each of our high schools will be offering
for the coming school year. You may find this a
useful tool in anticipation of course selection
and registration that will take place in early
March.
I have provided a link to an article on the
Learning Skills/Work Habits by Annie Kidder
of People for Education:
http://www.peopleforeducation.ca/pfe-
news/report-cards-are-coming-report-
cards-are-coming/. As the Term 1 Report
Card is sent home and
Parent/Teacher Conferences take place, it is a
good reminder of the importance of
strengthening these 6 skills and the vital role
that parents play in helping their child develop
them. Miss Vincent, Elementary Guidance
Counsellor
PERMITS
Sacred Heart has a full-sized gym. Our
school is easily accessible. Do you have a
group that wants to use the gym for
basketball or any other sport at night or on
the weekends? Do you have a group that
would like to meet once or twice or more a
week? Get online and get a permit to use
our great facility. Please visit our website https://permits.tcdsb.org/permits/ for further details.
AFRICAN CANADIAN HERITAGE
MONTH
In the
month of
February we
recognize
and
celebrate
the
contributions of our fellow Canadians of
African descent. We will hear about such
notable African- Canadians as Wilson
Ruffin Abbott, successful businessman and
landowner in Toronto, Lincoln Alexander,
first black Member of Parliament in
Canada; former Lieutenant Governor of
Ontario, Archie Alleyne, jazz musician and
many more.
SACRED HEART MINI-CARNAVAL 2016 Carnaval is a long time
cultural event in Quebec
which is celebrated in
January and February
every year. The event is
huge and people come
from all over the world to
experience Canada’s
French culture.
For three days we will be celebrating our
own Sacred Heart Mini-Carnaval.
Wed Feb 3
Carnaval questions during announcements
and Salut
Thur Feb 4
Carnaval questions during announcements
and Salut
Fri Feb 5
Carnaval questions during announcements
and Salut
Skating at Malvern Community Centre with
Bonhomme and special guests.
SHEPHS
Our exciting SHEPHS
program (Sacred
Heart Eats, Prepares
Healthy Snacks)
where Ms. Sottile’s
students buy food and
prepare their own
lunch once a week will
be changed to Wednesdays starting Feb
10.
SHROVE TUESDAY
On February 11, Shrove
Tuesday or Pancake
Tuesday, our
parents will be
serving up pancakes
to all students.
Shrove Tuesday is
the Tuesday
before Ash
Wednesday which is the first day of Lent.
It's a day of penitence, to clean the soul,
and a day of celebration as the last chance
to feast before Lent begins.
On this day also the men on staff will be
cooking ‘em up for the rest of the staff.
GRADE 6s VISIT BMT FOR NBA FIT
Our grade 6s have been invited to BMT for
NBA FIT on FEBRUARY 11. This is
part of the All-Star week in
Toronto and our students
get the opportunity to
hang out, play a little
ball and get some tips on
being healthy mind, body
and soul.
DISTRICT REVIEW
On February 2 we will be visited by the
District Review team which will be visiting
classrooms and conferencing with students
to determine how engaged we are with
Learning Goals and Success Criteria.
After the team’s visit they will present to
staff how well we did and what we can do
going forward to ensure that our students
are successful. Learning Goals and Success
Criteria are strategies for learning success
and should be posted in the classrooms.
We look forward to the team’s review of
Sacred Heart and their feedback to us.
Below are descriptions of what the team is
looking for:
Learning goals
Learning goals are brief statements that
describe, for students, what they should
know, understand, and be able to do by the
end of a period of instruction (e.g., a
lesson, a cycle of learning, a unit, a course).
They represent a subset or cluster of
knowledge and skills that students must
master in order to successfully achieve the
overall expectations.
Success criteria
Success criteria describe, in specific terms
and in language meaningful to students,
what successful attainment of the learning
goals looks like. Criteria help students
understand what to look for during the
learning and what it looks like once they
have learned. Quality success criteria make
the learning explicit and transparent for
students and teachers alike. They identify
the significant aspects of student
performance that are assessed and/or
evaluated (i.e., the “look‐fors”) in relation
to curriculum expectations.
‘DnB’ – DANCE AND BEATS CLUB
Sacred Heart is
moving to the
beats during lunch
on Mondays.
Students that are
interested in
learning and
celebrating dance
need only send in their permission form to
Ms Burdi our vocal music teacher. We look
forward to the great sounds and moves of
‘DnB’.
NEWS FROM OUR BOARD
New PA Day Added to Calendar
The Board has approved Friday, April 15,
2016 as a system-wide Professional
Activity Day.
https://www.tcdsb.org/school/SchoolYear
Calendar/Pages/Default.aspx
Director’s Annual Report
Check out all the highlights from 2014-
2015
https://indd.adobe.com/view/b932c3a2-
fa2f-4472-bb8b-5a46fbaf8c80
Multi-Year Strategic Plan
Welcome to your opportunity to provide
direct input as the Board refines its
strategic directions to produce a revised
Multi-Year Strategic Plan (MYSP) that will
guide the organization for the next several
years. All TCDSB stakeholders are invited
to complete the online survey and submit
their personal comments regarding the
DRAFT MYSP by no later than February
1st. Get all the information here:
https://www.tcdsb.org/board/mysp/pages/
2016-mysp-consultation.aspx
Multi-Year Deficit Recovery Plan
Virtual Town Hall scheduled for
February 9th
Get all the details on our website
www.tcdsb.org
Ready to Pick Your High School Courses?
Check out the 2016-2017 Course Calendar
online
https://www.tcdsb.org/ProgramsServices/
SchoolProgramsK12/GuidanceCoopEd/Docu
ments/33253_TCDSB_Course_Calendar_2
016.pdf
Newcomer Adults Seeking English or
French Classes
Try out the new app to find free English
and French courses for adult newcomers:
https://www.tcdsb.org/forcommunity/adu
lteducationesl/pages/default.aspx
Upcoming Events:
February is African Canadian
Heritage Month
https://www.tcdsb.org/FORCOMMU
NITY/HeritageCelebration/AfricanC
anadianHeritage/Pages/default.aspx
February is Psychology Month
https://www.tcdsb.org/programsser
vices/specialeducation/psychology/p
sychologymonth/Pages/Psychology-
Month.aspx
February 3 is Winter Walk Day
http://www.saferoutestoschool.ca/w
inter-walk-day
February 12, 2016—PA Day
February 15, 2016—Family Day
Feb 20 - World Day of Social
Justice
https://www.un.org/en/events/social
justiceday/
February 24-29, 2016—Northern
Spirit Games www.tcdsb.org
Lifeguarding jobs with Toronto Police
Service
Application deadline March 18, 2016
https://webapp1.torontopolice.on.ca/psp/ca
reers/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.H
RS_CE.GBL?&SiteId=2000
Investing in Our Diversity Scholarship
Program
Involved in your community? Planning to
attend school in the fall of 2016? Under
25?
You may qualify for a scholarship of up to
$4,000. Deadline March 23, 2-16 at 5 pm.
Information and application forms:
www.scaddingcourt.org
Follow @TCDSB on Twitter or subscribe to
Enews
https://web1.tcdsb.org/InterestSubscripti
on/subscription.aspx to get all the latest
news and information throughout the year.
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