MARCH 2019

DUKE OF CONNAUGHT

SAC

Greetings from you School Advisory Council Executive!

It is certainly going to be a busy spring!

Thanks to our planning committee who worked many hours to plan what was an amazing

evening at our annual adult social – Duke After Dark, on Saturday, March 30. See the pic

below!

We also want to thank everyone who attended our evening of on-line safety and Mental

Wellness workshops. The turnout was gratifying and the information for parents and their

children invaluable. There is a tip sheet for parents from Amanda lee of Telus, who facilitated

the internet safety parent evening.

Planning is currently underway for our Creator Fair, which is happening on Thursday June 6.

If you would like to help plan or to volunteer on the day of the Fair, please send an email to

info@dukesac.ca. It is sure to be a fun event for the whole family!

Our next Movie night is this Thursday, April 18, starting at 5:30pm. More details can be found

in NTR.

In May, SAC is also hosting an evening viewing of the documentary Screenagers

https://www.screenagersmovie.com/. Stay tuned to the NTR for further details.

SAC’s Need To Read (NTR) newsletter contains updates, school info, and important dates. If

you are not receiving the NTR, visit the SAC website to sign up: www.dukesac.ca.

There are many ways for you to get involved at the school. If you wish to get more involved

or have questions, please email us at info@dukesac.ca.

Music Corner Thanks to all students, staff and parents for three evenings of magic, watching The Meat Up come to life. We took

a musical, 75 minute trip to Veganville -- a small town that has been overtaken by a big problem . . . and the greatest

detective in the territory who was called in to solve this MYSTERY. Our Detective and her bumbling assistant worked

with the townspeople and the law to bring order back to this sleepy little town in the 1930s. As our detective gets closer

to solving his biggest case she had to make a difficult decision . . .

This original student-written Musical comedy combined the themes of greed, helping fellow citizens and overcoming

a personal dilemma set against a backdrop of popular musical parodies from the past and pop songs of today. The

show was entertaining, exciting and heartfelt from start to finish and spoke to a broad array of audiences – young and

old alike!

After a few months of Drumming and Singing in Mr. Caruso’s classes the Cuban/Brazilian instruments will be shipped

off to another school in the TDSB. Students enjoyed drumming together with their classmates and several classes were

fortunate to have a music class with Cuban Drummer Juaquin Nunez, while Ms. Pierce’s classes spent much of January

and February making music with Orff Instruments.

SAVE THE DATE: Thurs. May 16th -- Nuit Blanche Arts and Performance Evening (5:30 - 7:30 PM)

Thanks to everyone for a fabulous Kindergarten Concert!

Athletics

Co-Ed Badminton and Co-Ed Volleyball are in the midst of playoffs. We wish the best to our Grade 7

Badminton team, who are off to the City Finals at Humber college! Both the grade 7 and 8 Co-Ed Volleyball

teams are off to their respective conference finals!

Starting NOW are the remaining teams for the school year. Please check our school website frequently

for the most up-to-date information, dates and times.

Gr. 7/8 Ultimate - Ms. Frost/Ms. Austin and Mr. Fothergill (parent volunteer)

Gr. 7/8 Cricket - Ms. Astor

Gr. 5/6 Boys Slo-Pitch - Mr. Dennis

Gr. 5/6 Girls Slo-Pitch - Ms. Hodgins

Gr. 7/8 Boys Slo-Pitch - Ms. Fotopoulos

Gr. 7/8 Girls Slo=-Pitch - Ms. Oliveira & Mr. Aishford

Gr. 4-8 Track and Field - Ms. Oliveira & Ms. Hodgins

Grade 5/6 Ski Trip!

Eco Schools Update

Duke’s Eco Schools team has been extremely busy since the beginning of the year. We

received our Interim Platinum Audit. Among the highlights: the evaluators were impressed by

the many teachers and students from K - 8 who are involved in environmental literacy

projects. The interim audit tour showcased an impressive number of displays and evidence of

student learning.

World Water Day and Earth Hour

Staff and students used these two observances to discuss ways to reduce our carbon

footprint. Ms. Frost’s grade 7’s created art:

Members of the Eco Team monitored electricity use during Earth Hour. The results are below:

Total

Rooms

Checked

Lights Off Computers

Off

Electronics

Off

51

46

42

45

90.2%

82.4%

88.2%

Waste Audit

Students in Ms. Johnson’s class took the lead in conducting our first of two waste audits. Their

results, as well as conclusions and next steps can be found below:

Conclusions:

1. Fifty percent of all rooms are mixing garbage and/or organic waste in recycling

2. Around a third (36.3%) of classes are mixing recyclables in regular garbage

Next Steps:

Reinforce guidelines for proper disposal of waste and recycling

Begin to return organics to cafeteria green bin for monitoring

Review progress following second waste audit (TBD)

Notes:

* Rooms 105 and 306 not counted

** Rooms 204 and 110 not counted

Division/Grade Garbage Recycling Observations

Kindergarten

(5 rooms)

4.5 kg 3.0 kg Recycled items in garbage in 1 room

Grades 1-3

(9 rooms)

7.2 kg 8.3 kg Garbage or organic waste in recycling in 7 rooms

Recycling in garbage in 2 rooms

Grades 4/6

(13 rooms)

8.55 kg 8.42 kg Garbage or organic waste in recycling in 8 rooms

Recycling in garbage in 3 rooms

Grades 7/8*

(8 rooms)

1.95 kg 6.95 kg Garbage or organic waste in recycling in 4 rooms

Recycling in garbage in 5 rooms

Library, Main Office, Staff Room, Music

Rooms. French Rooms, Science Room.

Primary Phys-ed Room**

(9 rooms)

2.97 kg

2.1 kg

Garbage or organic waste in recycling in 3 rooms

Recycling in garbage in 3 rooms

TOTALS

44 Rooms

25.17 Kg 28.81 Garbage or organic waste in recycling in 22 rooms

Recycling in garbage in 16 rooms

Around the School

Duke was well represented at Women on the Move!

And at the Scrabble Tournament!

Junior Achievement

A big thank you to Junior Achievement Central Ontario for sparking the entrepreneurial

spirit in our junior students through the “Our Business World” program! Over 90 students

walked away feeling informed and optimistic!

Working Together

Grade 8’s from Ms. Astor’s class helping with

mask-making in Primary Drama!