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Teachers’ awards . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

DateBook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Commissioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

New Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Chairman’s Message . . . . . . . . 4

DG’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Bulletin de Nouvelles . . . . . . . . 6

Career Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Volunteers Evening . . . . . . 6-13

Gold Medal Winner . . . . . . . . . 14

Commitment to Success . . . 14

Sports Capsule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Parent Conference . . . . . . . . . 16

Student Committee . . . . . . . . . 17

High School Open House . . 20

Matthew Guy graduated from Vincent Massey Collegiatein 1999, the very first year of the English Montreal SchoolBoard. Twenty years later he is a physical education andhealth teacher at the EMSB’s Parkdale Elementary Schoolin St. Laurent. His two boys, Jayden (left) and Kasey (right),are students at Edward Murphy Elementary School inHochelaga Maisonneuve in Grades 5 and 3 respectively.

I N S I D E T H I S E D I T I O N

EMSB

It has now been 20 years sincelinguistic school boards wereestablished in the province in Quebec.

The celebrations for us begin in this edition of the EMSB Express as we look back on two decades of achievements while turning the clock forward toexciting days ahead.

We have introduced a special 20th anniversary logo. A new EMSB website has been unveiled, with faceliftsfor individual school pages to come. Our first evermascot, the EMS “Bee” named Bumble, will start makingpublic appearances. All of our major events, such as the Career Fair, Volunteer Appreciation Evening and the annual Parent Conference, will have 20th anniversarythemes attached. Schools and centres will get onboard as well.

Mike Cohen, Editor

Please stay tuned via our website at www.emsb.qc.ca

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taught them sports such as om-niken ball, cricket, yoga, danceand more. He also taught the children CPR and how to recog-nize the signs of a stroke. Mr. Simon has instilled in the childrenthe true sense of sportsmanshipand working as a team.”

Student William Blouin added:“He is so cool! He not onlyteaches us physical education, butlife lessons too, such as how weshould take care of people in our community.”

LUCILLE DUCOL

Ms. Ducol actually gotthe bug for teachingwhen she tutored an-other student at her highschool. She continued totutor until becoming afull-time French teacherin 2015 at Pierre ElliottTrudeau ElementarySchool in Rosemount.

While she only joined GeneralVanier this academic year, she

made an immediate impact. “What I like the most about

my job is to see the studentsgrowing or improving so much,

whatever the point they arestarting from,” said Ms.

Ducol. “It is so rewarding.When a kid doesn't like

French, doesn't read or understandFrench or even has behavior prob-lems, it is so rewarding to see thatchange. This job allows us to helpchildren achieve their best !”

Grade 5 student Olivia Youngsaid this about Ms. Ducol: “Shealways puts others before herself.She is someone you can talk tobecause she understands andcares. This awesome, loving andcaring teacher deserves to havethis night out.”

JELENA MOLTER

Ms. Molter has been teachingcomputer graphics at Pius sinceAugust 2016. “I love putting ideastogether in a way that is morecommon sense and interesting andhaving others learn from it,” shesaid. “ Design should be fun; it’screative and we should be draw-ing from imagination and free - dom when we create. I love that I can make an environment where students are challenged, learn, tryagain, and succeed. It’s incrediblyrewarding to see students so proudof what they’ve designed.”

Ms. Molter was nominated by some of her students and col-leagues, citing her relaxed mannerand patience. She makes sure each class is enjoyable and instills confidence in her students.

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Three teachers from the EMSBwere recognized with specialawards from P.F. Chang’s and LaCage Brasserie Sportive. The cer-emony took place at John CabotoAcademy in Ahuntsic on the oc-casion of National Teachers Day(EMSB Teacher Recognition Day)and was co-sponsored by City’sBreakfast Television.

The EMSB received manynominations for the awards, whichfell into three categories: youthsector, adult sector and physicaleducation and health. JoseLourenco, hospitality manager forPF Chang’s Montreal, presented$100 gift cards to teachers ShaunSimon from John Caboto, LucilleDucol from General Vanier in St. Leonard and Jelena Molterfrom Pius Business Centre inAhuntsic. Breakfast TV personal-ities Catherine Verdon Diamondand Elias Makos were the emcees.

SHAUN SIMON

Mr. Simon began as a physicaleducation and health teacher in2005, joining the staff of JohnCaboto three years ago. “Becauseof the open mindedness of our

student population, I have the flexibility to be creative and fol-low a non-traditional approach,”he said. “This is enjoyable becausethere is no pressure for studentsto perform. Mistakes and failureare key concepts to success. Students are encouraged to make

mistakes, reflect on them and havefun in the process.”

Parent Rosie Federico, whonominated Mr. Simon commented:“He has transformed the JohnCaboto Academy physical educa-tion program such that all the children now love and look for-ward to his class. It is no longerthe natural athletes that excel insports who shine. Mr. Simon hasmanaged to show the children thatthere is more to physical educationthan basketball and soccer. He has

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EMSB teachers recognized with special awards

Teachers Jelena Molter, Shaun Simon and Lucille Ducol (second row, second, third and fourth to the left) are congratulated by students, staff, EMSB officials, Breakfast TV’s Catherine Verdon Diamond and Elias Makos and Jose Lourenco from P.F. Chang’s.

Here is the link to the fantastic Breakfast TV coverage:

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ANGELA MANCINIChairman / Présidente

WARD 7 (Ahuntsic/Montreal North):

SYLVIA LO BIANCOVice-Chairman / Vice-présidente

Chairman, Human Resources AdvisoryCommittee / Présidente, Comité

consultatif des ressources humainesVice-Chairman, Adult Education &

Vocational Services Advisory Committee / Vice-présidente, Comité consultatif desServices de l’éducation des adultes et

de la formation professionnelle

WARD 1 (Côte des Neiges/Snowdon/Outremont/ Town of Mount Royal/Park Extension):

MORDECHAI ANTALChairman, Education CommitteePrésident, Comité de l’éducation

WARD 2 (Montreal West / NDG):

JOSEPH LALLACo-chairman, Transportation Advisory

Committee / Coprésident, Comitéconsultatif de transport

WARD 3 (Westmount/Sud Ouest/

Ville-Marie West):

JULIEN FELDMAN

WARD 4 (Côte Saint-Luc/Hampstead):

BERNARD PRAWVice-Chairman, Education Committee /Vice-président, Comité de l’éducation

Vice-Chairman, Human ResourcesCommittee / Vice-président, Comité des

ressources humaines

WARD 5 (St. Laurent):

JAMES KROMIDAChairman, Executive Committee /

Président, Comité exécutifChairman, Audit and Finance Committee /

Président, Comité de vérification et Comité financier

WARD 6 (St. Michel/Villeray/Plateau Mont

Royal/Ville-Marie East):

AGOSTINO CANNAVINO

WARD 8 (St. Léonard):

PATRICIA LATTANZIO Chair/Coprésidente, Comité de gestion de

la taxe scolaire de l'île de Montréal / Co-Chairman, Transportation Committee /

Coprésidente, Comité consultatif detransport / Vice-Chairman, Governanceand Ethics Committee / Vice-présidente,

Comité de gouvernance et de déontologie

WARD 9 (Anjou/Mercier /

Hochelaga Maisonneuve / Rosemount-La Petite Patrie)

ROSARIO ORTONA

WARD 10 (Rivière-des-Prairies/Pointe-aux-Trembles)

JOE ORTONA Chairman, Governance & Ethics

Committee / Président, Comité degouvernance et de déontologie /

Vice-Chairman, Finance Committee /Vice-président, Comité financier

PARENT COMMISSIONERS

JASON TRUDEAUElementary Schools

Écoles primaires

MARIO BENTROVATOSecondary Schools Écoles secondaires

JOANNE CHARRONACSES / CCSAS

NORM GHARIBIANNo Designation

Aucune désignation

EMSB COMMISSIONERS LES COMMISSAIRES DE LA CSEM

DATEBOOK

MEETINGSThe EMSB council of commissioners meetin public once a month. They convene at4:30 p.m., only to adopt the agenda,and move in camera. Therefore, thesession for the public convenes at 7:30 p.m. and is held in the LaurencePatterson Con ference Room of theadministration building at 6000 FieldingAvenue. Everyone is welcome to attend.Please note that occasionally during the year special meetings are called.Parents are urged to bookmark theEMSB website (www.emsb.qc.ca) toaccess Board meeting agendas andto be advised about special meet ings.To register for question period, pleasecall 514-483-7200, ext. 7264. The datesof the regular Board meetings for the 2018-19 session shall be held as follows:

• September 26, 2018• October 2018 Date to be determined (See website)

• November 28, 2018• December 19, 2018• February 20, 2019• March 27, 2019• April 24, 2019• May 22, 2019• June 12, 2019

For a list of the specific committees

commissioners sit on, log on to

www.emsb.qc.ca

September 8World Literacy Day

September 10National Grandparents’ Day

October 5World Teachers Day

October 7 to 13Fire Prevention Weekwww.afleq.ca

October 8Thanksgiving

October 16World Food Day

October 17 and 18Career Fair For High School StudentsHosted by EMSB Student ServicesDepartment and Adult Education and Vocational ServicesSt. Pius X Career Centre,9955 Papineau, Ahuntsic

November 5 to 9National Media Literacy Weekwww.medialiteracyweek.ca

November 8 and 9Quebec Provincial TeachersAssociation (QPAT)ConventionPalais des Congrés, Montreal

November 11Remembrance Day

November 19 to 23Professionals in EducationWeek

December 10Human Rights Day

December 24, 2018 toJanuary 6, 2019Christmas Break

January 2019EMSB Public SchoolEducation Month

January 27Family Literacy Day(www.fld-jaf.ca)

February 2019Black History Month

February 4 to 8Kindergarten RegistrationWeek

February 4 to 8Teacher Appreciation Week (Quebec)

February 11 to 15Teacher Appreciation Week (Canada)

February 12 to 16Hooked on School Days

March 2019EMSB Nutrition Month

March 4 to 8March Break

April 12Terry Fox Day

April 7 to 13National Volunteer Week

May 8EMSB Breakfast TelevisionMontreal Teachers Recognition Day

May 13 to 17Daycare Appreciation Week

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2018

All meetings can be viewed live at

www.emsb.qc.ca

by ANDREA DI TOMASO

Exciting relaunchfor EMSB WEBSITE

Beginning with our flagship site, emsb.qc.ca, we will bemoving our elementary and secondary school sites onto thesame platform over the next 12 to 24 months.

Among the many exciting changes we plan to unveil, newsites will feature modern and responsive designs for desktopand mobile devices, board-wide emergency notification andthe capability to share information easily between sites.

With a website network that functions as a collective, we can more easily encourage collaborationand share information with our educational partners such as parents, municipalities, universities,LEARN/CLCs, MEES, and local youth organizations.

To remain leaders in public education, our commitment to new technology applies not only to ourstudents in the classroom, but to our entire community as well.

The EMSB will belaunching a completelynew website network in time for our 20th anniversary in September 2018.

Vice-Chairman, Executive Committee / Vice-président,Comité exécutif / Chairman, Adult Education and

Vocational Services Advisory Committee / Président,Comité consultatif des services de l'éducation des

adultes et de la formation professionnelle


CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE

Looking back on 20 years of success

As we mark the 20th anniversarysince the Quebec government recre-ated public school boards alonglinguistic, rather than religious,lines I believe everyone associatedwith the English Montreal SchoolBoard has much to be proud of.

On July 1, 1998 the Englishsectors of the former ProtestantSchool Board of Greater Montreal,the Montreal Catholic SchoolCommission, the Commission scolaire Jérôme-Le Royer and theCommission scolaire Sainte-Croixmerged to form the EMSB. At thetime, the newly-formed board hadmore than 25,000 students in theyouth sector and 12,000 on theadult side. Two years later our enrolment at the primary and sec-ondary levels rose past 27,000.Soon after, the Quebec govern-ment adopted legislation strength-ening Bill 101. That development,along with demographics and alower birthrate led to a steady decline in our student population.But recently, we have happily seena turnaround where that is concerned. We now have 19,561students at the elementary andhigh school levels, a 267 jumpfrom last year. When our 2018-2019 totals come in later this fallwe expect the numbers to furtherimprove. As for Adult Educationand Vocational Services, there aremore than 23,000 students regis-tered – so nearly double the

amount from when we were firstestablished. With over 42,000 stu-dents in total, we remain thelargest English public schoolboard in the province.

Over the last number of yearswe have embarked upon some creative marketing and promo-tional campaigns while pouring alot of effort into our social mediaplatforms. This is all paying off.

I am proud to have been a commissioner at the EMSB fromday one and chairman since 2007.It has been an honour to fulfil thisrole at the board which now en-compasses my former high school,Vincent Massey Collegiate. My two daughters were EMSB studentsand I could not be happier withthe educations they received.

At 88.6 percent the EMSB hasthe highest Success Rate in theentire province of Quebec amongEnglish public school boards basedon a seven year cohort, figures released by the Ministère de l’Éducation et de l'Enseignementsupérieur (MEES) show. This isall the more impressive given thefact the province-wide success rateis 80.1 percent. This achievementwas made possible thanks to every-one associated with the EMSB,from our staff, parents, and vol-unteers and of course our students.

So pedagogically we are defi-nitely doing our job well!

Our mandate is to educate theyouth at the primary and second-ary levels while serving as a centre of lifelong learning in theadult and vocational sectors. Weare indeed fulfilling this role. Unquestionably the best part ofour jobs is venturing into theschools and centres, be it for a Career or Science Fair, a story-telling competition or a graduationceremony. To our commissioners,staff, students and parent volun-teers, we wish to extend thanks foryour commitment to the system.

I want to wish everyone a goodschool year!

ANGELA MANCINI

George Vathilakis was the first chairman of the EMSB.

Students work on computers at St. Dorothy Elementary School in St. Michel.

Our Lady of Pompei Elementary School in Ahuntsic is named a Canadian Olympic School.

Then Quebec Education Minister Francois Legault visits James Lyng High School in St. Henri.

Then Quebec Premier Jean Charest visits Laurier Macdonald Vocational Centre in St. Léonard.

Alyson Lozoff visits her former elementary school, Edinburgh in Montreal West in her capacity as Miss Teen Canada. Alyson is now part of the broadcast crew of the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights.

Sophie Grégoire, today the wife of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, speaks at LaurenHill Academy in her then capacity as a CTV eTalk correspondent.

A pre-Kindergarten student takes part in an EMSB promotional photo shoot.

David Marino, now a well-established Montreal singer, belts out a tune while attending Pierre Elliott Trudeau Elementary School in Rosemount.

Canadian Idol winner Eva Avila answers questions during anappearance at Marymount Academy International in NDG.

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A salute to our team

EMSB Chairman Angela Mancinimeets some musicians fromLaurenHill Academy.

Royal West Academy students visitSalluit, the second northernmostInuit community in Quebec.

Nesbitt Elementary School in Rosemount marks its 100th anniversary with a uniquestudent promotional shot.

The newly branded BASE (Before and After School Enriched)Daycare program is launched at a press conference.

Then Federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair visits Honoré-Mercier Elementary School in St. Léonard

Laurier Macdonald High School student Pamela Pagano winsthe Miss Teen Quebec contest and becomes a coveted guestspeaker at schools.

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Students at Vincent MasseyCollegiate in Rosemount markthe anti-bullying Pink Shirt Day.

Prominent physician Dr. PhilGold attends the 100th

anniversary celebration ofBancroft Elementary School in the Plateau.

Commissioner Joseph Lalla and students at St. MonicaElementary School in NDGcelebrate Earth Day with theMiss Earth Quebec team.

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It is hard to believe that we arealready marking the 20th anniver-sary of linguistic school boards inQuebec.

Prior to assuming the role ofDirector General of the EMSBjust over three years ago, I hadworked in the public educationsystem in variety of roles in theclassroom, as a vice-principal anda principal, a school commis-sioner and with the Ministry ofEducation. My two children alsoattended the EMSB. This pro-vided me with an excellent per-spective of how the role of schoolboards has evolved.

I am very fortunate at theEMSB to be backed up by anexcellent management team.These individuals work very hardto ensure that our students at all

levels get the best education andservices possible.

Our teachers do a fantasticjob and we make every effort to recognize them throughoutthe year, specifically on WorldTeachers Day in October, TeacherAppreciation Week in Februaryand National Teachers Day inMay. The latter is now being referred to as EMSB TeacherRecognition Day and our cere-mony is sponsored and coveredby Breakfast TV.

I must also salute our profes-sionals, support staff and volun-teers. This is a true team effortand none of what we haveachieved in recent years wouldhave been possible without thiscooperation.

Our enrolment is finally on theupswing and academically ourstudents continue to shine. Wecontinually repeat the stay inschool message. I am extremelyproud to be serving as the chair-man of Montreal Hooked onSchool. Our mission is to mobi-lize all partners in Montreal andto become a focal point for initia-tives that have a positive impacton young people, parents, andother concerned parties, with theobjective of increasing school perseverance and success. One ofour main objectives is to achieveand surpass Montreal’s ministerialhigh school graduation-rate targetof 77 percent by 2020. Proudly,allow me to add, that the EMSBlast year recorded a mark of 88.6 percent in this area.

We now move ahead towardsthe 2018-19 academic year and I look forward to working withour stakeholders to continue tobuild for the future. Provincialelections will take place in October and school boards willindeed be part of the conversationon the campaign trail. Schoolboard elections, which were sched-uled for November, have beenpostponed until 2020 as a form ofelectronic voting is considered.

I feel privileged to have expe-rienced this Board over the pasttwo decades from so many differ-ent vantage points. The public education system has much to offer and I urge everyone to em-brace this attitude as we continueto grow!

ANN MARIE MATHESON

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Collations à l’école GardenviewPour une deuxième année consécutive, les élèves de la 6e année de l’école primaireGardenview à Saint-Laurent ont organisé l’activité Snack for Charity Day. Grâceaux généreux dons d’aliments recueillis auprès d’entreprises de la région – Costco,Adonis, Maxi, Mourelatos, Walmart et IGA –, les élèves ont pu vendre des collationsà leurs pairs de 5e et 6e années en vue d’amasser des fonds pour l’organisme AMI-Québec. Depuis le début de l’année, les élèves sont sensibilisés à l’importancede maintenir un esprit sain dans un corps sain. La décision de choisir AMI-Québecà titre de partenaire pour ce projet allait donc de soi.

Le Théâtre Marie-Gérin Lajoiede l’Université du Québec àMontréal (UQAM) a accueilli le 11 avril l’édition 2018 du forum localde Montréal du Français pourl’avenir. Sous le thème Respect,culture et intégration à la sociétéquébécoise, ce forum annuel visaità promouvoir le bilinguisme parmiles jeunes au Canada. Quelque 600 élèves provenant de onze écoles secondaires de la région deMontréal appartenant à troiscommissions scolaires étaientprésents. Les écoles de la CSEMayant participé à l’événement sont :l’école secondaire Westmount,l’académie Royal West à Montréal-Ouest, l’école Royal Vale etl’académie Marymount à NDG, ainsique l’école Laurier Macdonald àSaint-Léonard. À cette occasion, lafort sympathique Catherine Verdon-Diamond de Breakfast TV Montreal,dont la langue maternelle est lefrançais, a agi à titre de maîtresse

de cérémonie. L’un des momentsforts de la journée fut sans contreditla présentation de la version « Lefrançais pour l’avenir » de l’émissionLa Voix diffusée sur les ondes deTVA (le pendant francophone de TheVoice présenté à NBC). Quelquesparticipants de la communauté

anglophone de Montréal ont parléde l’expérience qu’ils ont vécuelorsqu’ils se sont produits sur scèneen français, puis ils ont tourné leursfauteuils de manière à faire dos à lascène pendant que des élèvesinterprétaient une chanson. Àl’instar de l’émission télévisée,

ils entendaient uniquement la voix des chanteurs et devaientretourner leur fauteuil seulements’ils souhaitaient qu’un d’entre euxse joigne à leur équipe. Âgée de 12 ans, Chelsea Goldwater del’académie Royal West a participéà La Voix Junior l’automne dernier.Alessandro Gabrielli, âgé lui ausside 12 ans, fréquente l’école desDécouvreurs à LaSalle. Il a pris partà la production montréalaise àgrande échelle de Mary Poppinsprésentée en français l’an dernieret a récemment interprété leshymnes nationaux lors du match desKnicks de New York au Madison

Square Garden. Deux participantsde la saison actuelle de La Voixétaient également sur place : BenAlexander, un diplômé de RoyalWest, et Deidra Chois. Des élèvesde la CSEM ont été invités à montersur scène. Il s’agit de KevishaWilliams (académie Royal West),Julia Tasillo et Valerie Fortugno(école Laurier Macdonald) ainsi queKatie Szamos (école secondaireWestmount).

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www.french-future.org

L’un des moments forts de la journée fut sans contredit la présentation de la version « Le français pour l’avenir »

de l’émission La Voix diffusée sur les ondes de TVA.

EMSB Career Fair OPEN HOUSEThe annual EMSB Career Fair Open House will take place on:Wednesday, October 18 – from 6 pm to 8 pmat St. Pius X Career Centre in Ahuntsic9955 Papineau Boulevard North

Universities will also be represented in the large kiosk area.

We are strongly recommending that our students presentlyin Grades 10 and 11 take advantage of this opportunitywith their parents for a one stop shopping experienceregarding post secondary education opportunities atCEGEPs, private business colleges and vocational centres.

There is no admission charge and parking isfree in the rear lot off of Sauriol Avenue. For more information log on to www.emsb.qc.ca or call 514-483-7200.

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Jeffrey, un patient de 19 ans desHôpitaux Shriners pour enfants –Canada, a été victime d’intimidationpendant plus de sept ans. L’hiverpassé, à l’école Royal Vale de NDG,il a raconté aux élèves l’intimidationqu’il a vécue, dans l’espoir qued’autres puissent tirer des leçonsde son expérience et qu’ils prennentpart à la lutte à #LIntimidationCNon.Depuis les deux dernières années,Jeffrey fait la tournée des écoles dela région de Montréal avec l’HôpitalShriners du Canada. Ils ont visitéjusqu’à présent plus de 35 écolesdans le cadre de la campagne#LIntimidationCNon et se sontadressés à plus de 5 000 élèves. Au cours des prochains mois,l’Hôpital Shriners du Canadasouhaite animer des présentationsdans des écoles partout au pays. « Les enfants ayant un handicapphysique sont deux fois plus

susceptibles d’être la cible d’inti -midation, ce qui a une incidencemanifeste sur leur développementacadémique, physique et émo -tionnel », a déclaré JacquesBoissonneault, admi nistrateur des Hôpitaux Shriners pour enfants– Canada. « Bon nombre de nos

patients présentent des cicatricesou des handicaps visibles qui,malheureusement, donnent lieu à des actes d’inti midation. Voilàpourquoi nous avons décidé denous engager dans la lutte à l’intimi -dation en lançant la campagne#LIntimidationCNon. »

L’intimidation, c’est non

Jeffrey a raconté aux élèves l’intimidation qu’il a vécue.

Soirée desbénévoles

Le français pour l’avenir

de laCSEMLa Soirée annuelle d’appréciation desparents bénévoles de la Commissionscolaire English-Montréal a eu lieu le 17 avril auCentre Renaissance à Anjou. L’édition de cette année visait à souligner laSemaine nationale de l’action bénévole qui s’est déroulée du 15 au 22 avrilsous le thème « Célébrons les valeurs du bénévolat – Renforçons laconfiance, la compétence, les liens et la collectivité ». Joseph Perretta, sonépouse Lina Di Giovanni et leur fille Alexia ont reçu le prix Ambassadeurbénévole de l’année de la CSEM. La famille est propriétaire de l’équipe dehockey l’Arctic dans la ligue junior AAA. Les joueurs rendent régulièrementvisite aux écoles pour véhiculer le message de persévérance scolaire etprendre part à des joutes amicales avec les élèves. Chaque année, la familledonne des milliers de billets de hockey aux écoles. Lina a été parent bénévoleà la CSEM pendant de longues années. Pour sa part, Laura Saragosa del’école primaire Edward Murphy dans Hochelaga-Maisonneuve a étécouronnée Bénévole émérite. La Soirée d’appréciation des parentsbénévoles 2018 a été organisée en la mémoire de Janice Lacroix, ex-conseillère en communication à la CSEM bien-aimée de tous, qui a contribuéà la mise sur pied de cet événement il y a maintenant 17 ans. Janice estdécédée l’automne dernier des suites d’une brève maladie. Faute de temps et d’espace, la CSEM n’est pas en mesure d’honorer enpersonne ses quelque 1 500 bénévoles. Par conséquent, seuls ceux quiœuvrent à titre de bénévoles depuis plus de cinq ans ont été conviés à cetteréception, soit environ 500 personnes. Toutefois, plusieurs milliersd’exemplaires du programme commémoratif seront distribués dans toutesles écoles. Elysia Bryan Baynes, journaliste à Global News et diplômée del’Académie Royal West à Montréal-Ouest, ainsi que Michael Cohen,spécialiste en communication et marketing à la CSEM, ont été les maîtresde cérémonie de la soirée. Pour la 9e année consécutive, les Servicesfinanciers La Capitale fut le commanditaire principal de l’événement.

Voir pages 7 à 13 pour lesnoms des bénévoles et lesphotos de la soirée(version anglaise)


The annual English MontrealSchool Board Parent VolunteerAppreciation Evening took placelast April at the Renaissance Cen-tre in Anjou.

This event was being held tocommemorate National VolunteerWeek, under the theme of Volun-teers – Heart of our Community.

Joseph Perretta, his wife LinaDi Giovanni and their daughterAlexia, received the EMSB Vol-unteer Ambassadors of the YearAward. The family owns the Mon-treal Artic Junior AAA hockeyteam. Players visit schools regu-larly to push the stay in schoolmessage and take part in scrim-mages. They give thousands oftickets out to schools each season.Lina was a longtime parent vol-unteer at the EMSB.

The Volunteer of Distinctionwas Laura Saragosa from EdwardMurphy Elementary School inHochelaga Maisonneuve.

The 2018 Parent Volunteer Ap-preciation Evening was held inmemory of Janice Lacroix, abeloved former communicationsconsultant at the EMSB who firsthelped establish this event 17years ago. She passed away lastfall after a brief illness. Herdaughter Jennifer, a teacher at

Pierre Elliott Trudeau ElementarySchool in Rosemount, accepted aspecial framed tribute to Janice.

Time and space do not allowthe EMSB to honour all of itsnearly 1,500 volunteers in person.Therefore, only those individualswho have volunteered for morethan five years attend the recep-tion, representing some 500 peo-ple. However, several thousandcopies of a commemorative pro-gram book were distributed toeach school.

The emcees for the eveningwere Global News reporter ElysiaBryan Baynes, a graduate ofRoyal West Academy in MontrealWest and EMSB Communicationsand Marketing Specialist MichaelCohen. For the ninth consecutiveyear, La Capitale was the titlesponsor for this event. La CapitaleFinancial Services (www.lacapi-tale.com) which is a member ofLa Capitale Financial Group, of-fers a wide range of products andservices that are designed to sim-plify financial choices for mem-bers working in the public and parpublic sectors in over 900 publicand par public institutions acrossthe province. These services in-clude: personal financial advice;savings, investments and funds;

individual life and health insur-ance; mortgages and personalloans; insurance for automobiles,recreational vehicles, home, traveland legal access; commercial in-surance; and group insurance.

Event Sponsors

Along with La Capitale, the2018 EMSB Volunteer Apprecia-tion Evening was proud to havethe following companies as itsmajor sponsors: Steve’s MusicStore (www.stevesmusic.com), isa major force in the Canadian mu-sic industry since 1965, whichcaters to all kinds of musicalneeds; Loft Uniforms (www.lof-tuniforms .com), sells a large se-lection of school uniforms forpublic and private schools, at bothelementary and secondary levels,across Quebec and Ontario; GreenApple Studio (www. greenap-plestudio.ca), is a photographystudio that serves schools and day-care centres, and uses award-win-ning background replacementtechnology, which gives moreflexibility and choices when itcomes to student portrait photos.They are also the official photo -grapher for Volunteer Apprecia-tion Night; Global Montreal(www.globalnews.ca) a longtimesupporter of the EMSB and Vol-unteer Appreciation Evening; Pro-motions Hannah (www.hannah-promotions.com) is an agency thatspecializes in offering promo-tional products and strategies thathelp to impact overall growth ob-jectives, with their main focus ofcontributing towards their clients’overall profit and sales evolution;Fana Sports (www.fanasports.com)manufactures custom made sportsteam uniforms for all sports,which are sewn in their own facility. They also offercresting and numberingservices, as well as anew cut-and-sew cus-tomized team wearline; EF EducationalTours (www.eftours.ca), which since1965 has become theworld leader in interna-tional education by fo -cusing on opening the worldthrough education through cul-tural experiences, language andacademics. They have conductededucational tours around theworld in such countries as Greece,Japan, Italy, Costa Rica, Polandand Ecuador. They have also or-ganized 50 tours for 12 EMSBschools; Building Blocks Tutorials(www. bbtutorials.com), whichwas founded in 2004, and offersfinal exam crash courses and academic workshops, with an aimto instill effective and lifelonglearning strategies and problemsolving skills, which in turn helpsto build a sense of confidence,motivation and success for stu-dents that will not only impactthem academically, but also professionally and personally.

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Perretta and Angela Mancini. | (5) EMSB Chair Angela Mancini | (6) Willingdon Elementary School

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2018 Volunteer Appreciation Evening videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph-ydyp3YcU


Our SponsorsOur representativesfrom La Capitale,Sylvie Boivin andColette Bousquet.

Fana Sports

Loft Uniforms

BB Tutorials

Green Apple Studio

Steve’s Music Store

EF Tours makes their debut at Volunteer Night.

Daniel Tatore from the EMSB ParentsCommittee displays a new banner.

Neil Janna from Hannah Promotions.

Joseph Perretta, his wife LinaDi Giovanni and their daughterAlexia, were recognized as theEMSB Volunteer Ambassadors ofthe Year. This award was createdin 2017, with football legend Anthony Calvillo becoming thefirst recipient.

The family owns the MontrealArctic Junior AAA hockey team.Players visit schools regularly topush the stay in school messageand take part in scrimmages. Theygive thousands of free ticketsaway to students each season andprovide opportunities for aspiringsingers to perform the nationalanthem. The EMSB logo even

appears on team jerseys and ontheir website. It is a true and unprecedented partnership.

While Joseph is the owner andteam president, Lina serves asvice-president and oversees com-munity outreach and game day operations. Alexia, graduating thissemester from Concordia Univer-sity, handles marketing and socialmedia. When Alexia attendedDalkeith Elementary School, JohnPaul I Junior High School andLaurier Macdonald High School,Lina was extremely active in avolunteer role.

“I volunteered for 13 years,since Alexia was in Pre-K all the way up to Secondary V,” Linasaid. “I was in PPO's, GoverningBoards, served as a regional dele-gate many times and sat on a variety of other committees, in-cluding CPC. I have to say that

I was quite busy volunteering forthe EMSB and I loved everyminute of it, especially the re-warding feeling of seeing a child'sbig smile or a hug from a childand knowing that as a volunteeryou definitely make a differencein their life.”

Lina’s giftware/jewelry noveltystore in RDP, Décor En Folie, re-mains a popular stop for schoolofficials looking to buy giftware.

For Lina, Joseph and Alexia,hockey was always a favorite pastime; they loved watching theCanadiens on TV, or playing thesport with friends as they are busyrunning their own companies. Thatwas what they knew, until they at-tended one of the Arctic’s gamesduring the 2013-2014 season.

“My cousin invited us to watchhis son play hockey,” said Lina.“He had been playing for so longand we had never gotten a chanceto see him play, so we went as afamily to watch. We haven’tmissed a game since. We fell inlove with the hockey players, theirparents and the whole idea ofteamwork and community. Thedetermination the players showeddespite having inferior equipmentwas just inspiring to us. Imagine,they have to balance school, part-time jobs and being on the ice fivetimes a week for practice andgames. It’s incredible!”

After just a couple of months ofbeing dedicated super fans, Josephand Lina decided that the teamneeded more than just their support

in the stands; they needed it at theownership level. “We bought theteam because we believe in theplayers,” Lina explained. “Wewant to give them the chance toplay at their full capacity.”

The family has invested a significant amount of money inthe team, with no expectation ofany financial returns. Junior AAAteams do not come anywhereclose to making money. Buyingnew uniforms, top of the lineequipment and arranging properice time for practice were someof the improvements they imple-mented. “This isn’t a venture to

make money,” explained Joseph.“We know we will lose moneyevery year, but this is an opportu-nity to help your community. Wewant to give these boys the sup-port they need to succeed, both onthe ice and off of it.”

Lina added, “We are showingour daughter and others that lifeis not always about what’s in itfor ourselves, but it’s important todo good for others. I know it’sgoing to be a big adventure, butwe are very happy and determinedto succeed.”

Many of the players are EMSBgrads, so it is exciting when they

return to their former schools. Acase in point is forward KevinRicci, who was part of the LesterB. Pearson High School Sports-Études program. He joined thefamily at the event.

On another front, Lina hasbeen at the forefront of sensi-tizing students to brain tumourawareness. She launched theFranco Di Giovanni Foundationin 2004. It is named in honour ofher late father who had lost hisbattle with Glioblastoma, an in-curable form of brain cancer. Allproceeds go for brain tumour research at the Montreal Neuro-logical Institute and Hospital.“When my father died in 2002from a malignant brain tumour, I didn't want his death to becomejust another statistic....I wantedto make adifference and that'swhen I started the Foundation,”Lina said. “My committee hasraised over $340,000.00 for braintumour research, specifically forDr. Rolando Del Maestro's re-search lab and simulation centerat the Neuro.”

Many schools had bake sales,dress-down days and other fund -raising events. The annual FrancoDi Giovanni Foundation Gala isheld each April at Prima Luna Reception Hall. Alexia won theYoung Philanthropy Award in2010 for all of Quebec for hervolunteer work with the Founda-tion. She was in fact nominatedby the Neuro.


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(8) John Di Terlizzi from The Alouettes presents a gift to Sadia Sheikh fromEast Hill Elementary School in RDP. | (9) Parent volunteers Cheryl Millman,Arzine Brochu, Fotini Markopoulos and Donald Brochu from Royal WestAcademy. | (10) Parent Commissioner Norm Gharibian | (11) NormZimmerman from Steve’s Music Store presents an electric guitar to SarahD’Uva from Honoré-Mercier Elementary School in St. Léonard.


Samson, SarahSanchez, LourdesSangollo, TamaraSansalone, MaxSantelli, DinoSantos, TanyaSantosa, SylviaSaraga, AlbertSarasola, Gail CecileSarcone, DianaSarrazin, KimSarrazin, ClaudeSassi, SanaSasso, EnzaSatenstein, LaurieSawyer, SaraScalia, AntonellaScalia, SandraScarpato, ErnestoSchiano, NancySchiavone, LuciaSchipano (Milevoy), RitaSchiro, CathySchwartz-Eiley, RandySciangula, JosieSciascia, AntoinettaScione, LisaSciortino, JosieScovronick, JenniferSecko, DavidSedivec, JanaSeger, LauraSegretti, VanessaSendel, AllenSerapins, LouliaSerraf, SylviaSeto, JoanneShadley, JillianShames, LindaShanks, JoyceShapiro, EmmieShapiro, KarenSheikh (Khan), Sadia-AkhtarShekari, LeahShetty, MiniShip, GillianShrofel, PaulShyavitz, AbbySiebos, EleniSigga, DebbieSignorino, NadiaSimard, Renee

Simonetti, SandraSirmakezi, VickySistatsis, FeliciaSkrovanek, NancySlack, Andrew DavidSmith, AngieSmith, Julie AnnSolazzo, ClaudiaSong, NaihengSoroka, RobertSorrenti, AquilinaSousa, Maria JorginaSpanoudakis, SiaSperanza, TonySpilitopoulos, DionisiaSpinale, RosannaSpira, DanielSpiridigliozzi, RosaStaffa, GraziellaStathopoulos, AdamantiaStemberga, WalterStern, RonitSternthal, HeidiStewart, FionaSticozzi, GraceStill, CurtisStirpe, LinaSt-Jean Lepage, AnnabelleStoddart, SharonStoliar Shanks, Joyce LynnSt-Pierre, EdithStrussione, StefaniaSun, SusanSuri, RitaSyer, CassidySzatmaris, GeorgeSzeben, EstherSzeles, Anna MariaSztych, SabrinaSztych, AlessiaTabag, BrendaTabani, IrèneTabobo, HermyTafuto (Baril), AnnaTaillerfer, JoyceTam, EdwardTamakuwala, ParasTandubuana, AliciaTataru, AilonaTatone, DanielTatta, AndreaTavolaro, Linda

Taylor, AdrienneTaylor, MatthewTeitelbaum, PamelaTeoli, MarieTeroux, ValerieThakhor, ShudukshaThomas, GeorginaThompson, JessicaTidman, LaurelTisshaw, RussellToledano, IlanTotaro, RossanaToumbos, NectariaTraicheff, JulieTran, JennyTremblay, NathalieTremblay, CarolynneTremblay, FideleTriassi, AngelaTroczynski, AdamTsiolis, GeorgeTsombanakis, EvangeliaTsuruzono, MihoTullio, AnitaTutino, AngelaUbha, KumarUcci, SilvanaUmat, HasanUniat, JenniferVacca, LenaValastro, SoniaValcelli, GiovannaValkanas, Maria NikiVan Den Bosch, PaulaVarano, TeresaVarde, RinkuVarricchio, AntonioVarvarikos, CatherineVasilopoulos, EleniVassiliou, JoanneVeilleux-Turcotte, PauleVentura, KimVerducci, LenaVerillo, FrankVetrano, AnnaVicario, CinthiaVicino, JenniferVidal, VanessaVienneau, NatalieVillalta, RosaVilleneuve, ChantalVincent-Herscovici, Jesse

Viscosi, MariaVitulano, JosieVlahopoulos, HelenVlassopoulos, GeorgeVrancken, AnikWalker, NicoleWang, Julie JuanWang, Qiang (Richard)Wang, YunhuaWani, CyrilWard, NikkiWarren, GraceWatson, MarkWebb, TracyWeidner, StephenWeiner, KimberlyWelagedara, AnuradhaWells, CarolynWen, StellaWilkie, TaraWilkins, JanetWilleme, SimonWilson, AaronWolanski, ReneeWolch, BrahmWolfensohn, JackieWolters, JaccoWong, MaribelWong, DavidWyse, MichelleYarbrough, YanciYassa, LilianYee, LisaYee, Carron-AnnYigit, ChrisYousfan, KarenYust, RaymondZabbal, VivianeZaccardo, RitaZaman, RoheenaZegarelli, LindaZereik, HeleneZhou, QunZhou, StephanieZiga, CorneliaZinman, LeighZong, Li Jie (Lily)Zonin, AngieZoppi, CatiaZoso, IsabellaZotti, NadiaZsombor-Murray, Stuart

ONE TO FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE – CONT’D

Abarca, PaulinaAbbatiello, LauraAbbott, GlenAcocella, RosaAdamakakis, JohnAdams, JonathanAdams, JohnAdams Macdonald, AmandaAdler, BrandeeAdler, JoanneAeocella, RosaAgnello, AntoinetteAldous, SueAlexander, RitaAlfaro, RicardoAlgieri, JackAlper Levine, CandiceAmaya, RosemaryAmendola, CarolinaAnobile, TinaAntonacci, MariellaAntonecchia, DanielaAquino, NatalieArena, StephanieArndtsen, BruceAroyan, CarolineArtmann, MariaArui, JuliaAssaf, StevenAung-Thwin, KiraAvanzato, JuliaAziloglou, ThomasBackler, MindyBallard, KerryBaran, Joyce

Barbari-Caci, LinaBarbato, MariaBassani, SheenaBateman, SuzanneBatsos, EffiBattah, JulieBattista, RosellaBazinet, MartinBeckett, KiraBedard, SuzanneBelanger, TabathaBeldick, ShermanBelec, MichelBella Tederici, DanielaBen Israel, OrlyBenoit, DavidBenoit (Fraser), JulieBenoudiz, ShirelyBentivegna, RosaliaBerardi, RosettaBerbari, LinaBeredetti, AndreaBerman, RandiBerry, TaraBerson-Klen, BrandeeBesson (Legault), JessicaBhagwandas, JanelleBickerdike, KimBiello, AnnaBilotto, SilviaBinstock, SuzyBiondi (Lalonde), ChantalBisaillon, JudyBissonnette, JulieBiunno, Joe

Bizogias, RoulaBlanchard, GenevieveBlanshay, StephanieBober, MarjieBock, ElizabethBock, ThomasBoivin, Lynne-MarieBomediano, AlvinBondi, JosephBordo, HeatherBouchard, CarolynBoucher, DominiqueBoulanger, TaniaBoyce, FrancineBozzo, PietroBradshaw (Barclay), Jen-niferBrassard (McKelvie), ElsieBrennan, StephanieBresier, GerriBrewster, VictoriaBrierley, MaryBrook-Elias, ShawnaBroomberg, PaulBrotherwood, PippaBruemmer, ReneBruzzese, JessicaBryan-Baynes, ElysiaBucca, LuciaBui, TessBukta, AndreaBuono, AntonioBuono, AnnaByck, SusanCabizzosu, Milena

Cacchiotti, LuigiCacciatore, AnnaCalabrese, FrancoCalandrino, JoanneCalce, PerryCalderone, PinaCallender, ShaunCalligaris, MauroCampanile, CatherineCampbell, AngelaCaniglia, AnnaCannizzaro, AngelinaCanuto, AdrianaCape, DanaCappadocia, SanteCappellano, CarmelaCardillo, LoredanaCarioto, LianneCarosello, JohnCarreiro, DebbieCarter, ErinCartier, Marie-HélèneCaruso, ClaudiCarzoli, LuciaCasey, AngelaCastronovo, MariaCaterson, AnthonyCawthorn, KathleenCecere, TaraCermignani, MonicaCerqueira, ElisabeteChan, Mr.Chan, SusanCharbonneau, Julie

VOLUNTEERS WITH FIVE TO NINE YEARS OF SERVICE

(12) Penny Fenwick recognized for 48 years as a volunteer at

Willingdon in NDG. | (13) Alessandra Ugolini and Carmela Lato from

John F. Kennedy High School in St. Michel. | (14) Maria Marrazza

and Todd Roberts from Vincent Massey Collegiate in Rosemount.

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Charron-Yannakis, JoanneCheung, Yiu-MingChiappone, JorgeChiarella, CarlaChiu, MayChow, SuzieChristensen, LisaChronopoulos, KathyCiambrone (Calcara), RosaCiancio, NancyCimo, LaurieCioccio, LindaClark (Desbiolles), ChristineClaude, ValerieClough, LaurelleCoady, MichaelCohen, LibbyColabelli, AntonioCollette, KimColombo, CathieComeau, CarlConstantine, NatalieCorby, CarmelaCornish Leclerc, AmberCorsi, MariaCote, Ann-MarieCote, JasonCouch, AnnaCoughlin, CaseyCouture, ClaudetteCraft, AnnieCraigh, SarahCrescenzi, AntonioCrossan, ClaireCuillerier, MyleneCulley, CynthiaCunningham, PaulCunsolo, SalvatorinaCyr-Almanza, LindaD' Asti, AssuntaD'Addona, SuzyD'Alessio, TaniaD'Alessio, MariaDamiani, NatalieDamiano, MariettaD'Amico, DianaDanieli, LauraDare, JackieD'Argenio, DidiD'Arienzo, LauraDasilveira, JuliaDavid, RobertDavis, GlendaDavis-Baum, AndreaDay Nahawan, Viola-RoseDe Castro, MariaDe Ciccio, VeronicaDe Ciccio, AngelaDe Cubellis, StellaDe Vletter, MartienDel Paggio, LuigiDel Papa, NadiaDel Pio Luogo, MarcoDelia, GraceD'Elia, FrancaDemerson, PaulaDeMichele, AnnaDerlachter, JudithDeRosa, FrancaDewolf, ChristineDi Blasio, AnnaDi Gaetano, Anna-MariaDi Gaetano, AnaDi Iorio, Mary-AnnDi Liello, JoeDi Matteo, MariaDi Maulo, AngelaDi Monte, MarlaDi Palma, ElisaDi Paolo, Anna MariaDi Stefano, PatriziaDi Tella, FrankDi Vito, SophieDias, JosieDickson, StephenD'Iglio, CarmieDimitropoulos, AlexandraDines, Charles PeterDiodati, AntonyDios Dafniotis, DaisyDollas, EvaDomingos, Joe FariaDomingos, Tina Faria

Donovan, MeghanDouglas, Rebecka Dubee, JenniferDubuc, SaraDudok, SamanthaD'Uva, SaraDuy, JoanneDworkin-Rosen, BonnieEdwards, JuliaEgan, EamonEk, NilsElman, KenElman-Stein, JaquelineEnea, AntoninaEnglish, MariaEngstrom, CharlotteEsposito, AnitaEsposito, ClaraFagen, CindyFainsilber, TobyFancy, FarahFanzolato, SheilaFarmer, WendyFarrington, AshantaFasulo, MelissaFaustini, LilianaFederico, RosemarieFeigenbaum, BonnieFenia, RaffaelaFerreira, AlirioFiengo, LisaFigueira, SherlynFilippelli (Girolamo), KristyFinch, SusanFiorino, AlbaFish, AmyFong, LisaFortin, IsabelleFox, SusanFrancoeur, MoniqueFraser, AaronFrattasio, GiuliaFrenza, LeoFriedlansky, DebraGaetano, DomenicGagné, TraceyGalati, PaulGalati, EnzaGandhi, ShaliniGarcia, IreneGardos, JenniferGarish, PeterGarish, WendyGarofalo, LuigiGartner, SteveGasparini, PietroGasparini, PatriziaGaul, IsabelleGauthier, AnnickGelgoot, LorriGenois, NatalieGiancarli Giambattista, CinziaGiardullo, SandraGiatras, ElenaGilletz, DougGilsig, DeborahGirardi, LuisaGirolamo, DominiqueGissi, MaggieGliatis, JoannaGoblot, DavidGoblot, SarahGolanowski, SophiaGolfinopoulos, GeorgiaGovernale, AlessandraGrandejean, CristineGrant, AngelaGravel, ChristineGreco, AgataGruenheld, SamanthaGrunberg Fried, OritGruosso, AssuntaGuadagno, ElenaGupta, IndraHandal, VeroniqueHanic, PamelaHansen, PatriciaHansin, BrittaHarrison, GlennHassib, AitenHein, IngridHelfenbaum, WendyHenman, Chelsea

Hernandez, ClaritzaHill, JayneHinds (Bucchan), HelenaHipfner, DagmarHolland (Johnson), DanielleHollinger Konigsberg, NatalieHorimitsu, YokoHouston, JenniferHouston, EvelynHoward, LouiseHowell, StephanieHozyan, SuzannHung, JulianHunger, RobertHynes, DebbieIacino, LauraIammatteo, SabrinaIannotti, VinceIcaza, MilushkaInantino, MeriIr NayIuliano, RalphJacob, AbigailJoaquim, Maria-LouisaJohnson Harris, JenniferJohnstone, ChrisJohnstone, LydiaJuul, AnjaKaram, SherryKatz, RobertKeeren, KathelineKelly, NoraKenigsberg, RhodaKenny, Mary EllenKhoury (Bazinet), EmmanuelleKifell, NathalieKilian, PaulaKing, SharonKirsch, RichardKlamph, HisakoKlisivitch, VictoriaKnecht, KarenKobak, Paula (Ania)Kokotsis, GeorgiaKolesnikow, ScottKontolemos, JasonKontolemos, AlexiaKosmidis, EffieKoufogianis, VayiaKounadis, MariaKoutrias, CostaKrakow, EveKrieger, MonicaKulin, JenniferKung, JoyceLachance, AnnieLaghi, LisaLaham, KarenLai, CharleneLandbo, HanneLanglois, AndreLapinski, DanusiaLatraverse, NadeenLawless, TracyLayman, PaulanaLazarovitz, KarenLebert, LoraineLemme, MickeyLemme, MichelinaLeong, LisaLepore, StellaLepore, DianaLeprohon, VickyLewarne, AndreaLin, AnnaLiu, DianxingLobianco, TaniaLobasso, Angela

Lor, MaryLouw, JayleneLulic, DanielaLumsden, JohnMacDonald (Ella), TanyaMacheras, MariaMackey, DavidMacLeod (Akhbari), AllisonMagri, LisaMahoney, JulieMalenfant, LisaMalorni-Paulozza, TaniaManocchio, MelinaMarcone, VirginiaMartin, Alain

Martin McCaffrey, CharlotteMartineau, Marie-JoseeMartorana, EnzaMas, DeboraMasciotra, MaryMason, Jody LynnMattucci (Serpente), GinaMauri, GinoMay, MadgeMcCartney, LouiseMcDougall, NancyMcLeod, DavidMcLeod, LindsayMedeiros, VeronicaMele, SandraMenard, ElizabethMendelson, MichaelMercuri, PietroMeredith, DanicaMerid, MunitMiceli, CharlieMichas, GeorgiaMiele, AdrianoMignacca, AnnaMillman, CherylMiners, RobMinichiello, VirginiaMinorgan, TiffanyMintzberg, MarcMonereau, AnneMorabito, DebbieMorello, JoseeMorin, MarikoMorrison, AndreaMorton, NancyMotyka, SusanMuir, MichaelMurphy, JenniferMurphy, MarieNabi-Shemie, CarolNardelli, DianaNardelli (Argento), ElisaNazm, DavoudNelli, MikeNgo, Huu TienNguyen, TramNikolakakis, AngelosNikolakakis (Vokas), NikiNohorniak, TamaraOh, KarenOhana, ConnieOlivieri, JosieO'Neil, RyanOnichino, MauriceOpalka, KatiaOrsetti, NadiaPadulo, MariaPagliuca, TaniaPallotta, AngelaPalotta, LoredanaPanopalis, AglaiaPaolella, FrankPapanas, OuraniaPaparelli, DinaPapillo, MarisaPappaport Lemish, HeidiPappas, IrmaPariss, MauroPatriarca, ElizabethPavia, SandraPecora, SoniaPederson, JuliePellegrini (Motta), NancyPelosi, AdrianaPeluso, NadiaPennefather, LaurenPenner, JeffreyPerluzzo, PatriciaPerrillo, DanielaPershall, KristaPeruch, CarloPesce, JosiePeters, JoannaPeters, CarmenPetrecca, GiovanniPhillips, NathaliePiazza, AnnaPicarazzi, LiviaPiccirilli, GianfrancaPiche, GenevievePichovich, JodiPietrangelo, MarioPizzichemi, Maria

Pizzini, FrancaPizzo, LawrencePokrass Davidovit, RobinPopwycz, IrenePorter, RobertaPosteraro (Colaneri), NadiaPrince, MichelleProudfoot, DianePtack, AllanPugliese, LucyQuattrocchi, LouiseRabbat, NathalieRacanelli, LindaRacaniello, BrigidaRacaniello, MaryRaccio, ConnieRainelli, MariaRamacieri, ClaudiaRamacieri, ChristinaRamirez, MariaRamos, RobertoRasile, AngelaRatic, SylvieRavenda, VeronicaRea, RosettaReali, LuciaReda, BobReda, SabrinaRibarova, RossitzaRicciardi, LucianoRiddell-Tauber, MarieRidolfi, NadiaRinaldi, AlexRinaldi, LoriRing (Napoleoni), MarisaRivard (Blondin), ChristineRivera, MariCarmenRiviera, PatriciaRiviera, MatildaRoberge, PheniceRobichaud, PaulRobinson, AuroaRobinson Pezolet, NicolaRobitaille, MichelleRoboz, Jay-JayRoffolo, SalvatoreRoll-Kirsch, CarynRomano, Anna MariaRonzales, JerlyneRoper, MargaretRoss, Andrew Rossi, JosieRossito Adams, LaurieRoston, SariRouben, ElaineRoussos, JimmyRoussos, DemetriosRrodrigues, IsabelRubin, EarlRustemi, GentaSa, CynthiaSacchetti, RosaSaleh Mohammed, TasleemSandy (Dickson), SharonSansalone, ImmacolataSantella, PatSantini-Ferretti, DebbieSantino, MariaSantoianni, NikkiSantori, RebeccaSaracino, MarkSasso, PatriziaSavoie (Vincent), NatashaScanlon, PeterScarola (Puma), MimmaSchafer, CindyScharing, BarbaraSchartwz, AileenSchiavi, NadiaSchwartz, CoreySchwartz, LaurenSciascia, ChristinaSciascia, FrancescaSciscente, LindaScott, RobSelwood, LesleySemeniuk, Patricia (Patty)Sendel, AllanShahmoon, VarditShea, SarahSheffren, CassandraShugar, TammyShuklinsky, Tzvi

Silverman-White, CorrieSim, LisaSimonetti, JoanneSitaras, RoulaSkinner, LisaSkoda (Donato), TheresaSmalley, KathySonnor, TraceySousa, SandraSpatari, AngieSpetsieris, AnnaStack, EileenStafiej, PaulStark, PeggyStates, James CharlesStaunton, FrancesStein-Elman, JacquelineStern, AlisonStern, MeiraStewart, NancyStrizzi, MarioSuissa-Moghrabi, SandraSurette, VincentSussman, EstherSymansky, LeslieSzoke, JudithSzymanski, MargaretTaffert, HeatherTagliamonti, Lori-AnnTagney, RubyTangredi, CathyTartaglia (Vizzi), LettyTartamella, SilvaTartamella, SandraTavares, AnabelTaverna, JosieTchelikdjian, TalarTeoli, LaurieTeoli, MaryTetlow, DonnaTherrien, CindyThomas, SandraThompson-Dudley, MargaretThorpe (Koeppe), MarciaTittler, RebeccaToribio, Ana MariaTortorici, MariaTortorici, LillaTortorici, FilippoTriassi, JosieTrigatti, MinaTrudeau, JasonTrudeau, GenvevieveTsoukatos, IreneTsouluhas, AnnaTurchenkova, AnnaTurcot, PierreTuzzolino, AnaliaUdvarhelyi, JenniferVaccaro, AngelaVaccaro, RosaliaVadish-Shoam, MaggieValcelli, MirandaValcourt, MarioValerio, MadeleineVan Frank, BrianVani, NadiaVardaro, LauraVazalinskas, EdithVenettacci, MaggieVenturella, LorieVidetic, AndreaVilain, MireilleVinci, BarbaraVogas, LindaVoglini, NadiaWaghorn, RobertWallace, SiobhanWang, ArthurWarren, SheilaWashington, CeleniaWeber, BryanWeinstein, MarlaWertheim, LeaWhite, MitchellWilson, TaniaWong, SusanYared, NadineYasvinski, DonaldYupanquo, BrendaZarlenga, LilianaZekaria, Lula

FIVE TO NINE YEARS OF SERVICE – CONT’D

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(15) Greeting guests are Carole Gagnon, Andrea Di Tomaso, Meghan Dove, Brigida Sellato, Sabrina Mendaglio, Gail Giannakis and

Heather Starnes. | (16) Laura Marra from General Vanier Elementary School in St. Léonard. | (17) Co-emcee and Royal West Academy

grad Elysia Bryan-Baynes of Global TV.


VOLUNTEERS WITH 15 TO 19 YEARS OF SERVICE

Abbs-Brochu, ArzineAnnibale, MariaBerneti, BennyBorzone, PaolaBrochu, DonaldCampese, JosieChatzidakis, GeorgiaCiancimino, RosieClifton, CarolCooper, CynthiaDahdah, NijadDahdah, JoanneDel Baso- Saracino, TinaDi Re-Frattasi, Pina

Ford, PeterFox-Thomas, DebbieGanz, RobertGow, IanGuitouni, AgnesJones, HeleneLato, CarmelaLian, JingLoffredi, AngeloLoureiro, Ana PaulaLu, YanMarcogliese, DeborahMarra Zuanigh, LauraMartignetti, Carmela

Nolan Barillaro, PatriciaPiedimonte, LisaRoberts, ToddRoberts-Joseph, AviceSantoro-Petti, FrancesSkagkos, BettySmyth, PattyStrban, RosemarySwetland, ToniSztych, NatalieTeemal-Boivin, RoxanneTrineer, LeahVellopoulos, NiaYeursh, Susan


Bassett, NancyChinappi-Reginato, RitaCorlett, GlennisDe Palma, Mary

Funaro, Pia, Green, Bella, Guzzo, Rosario Leibov, Barbara

Liberopoulos-Stark, PatPace, LuisaUgolini, AlessandraYaruch, Luba

VOLUNTEERS WITH 25-PLUS YEARS OF SERVICE

Dafniotis, TheodoraDe Giorgio, ConnieDeMichele, DoloresEckhart-Oner, IngridFalcone, MaryFederico, Berdadette

Fenwick, PennyKircoff (Vaudry), MonaKoehnlein, ChristineLivingstone, HazelMarrazza, MarioMcMann-Paolucci, Rose

Newsome, JoanSharma, MaheshSpreckley Nakanacagi, MaryTrocard, ThoraWilliams, AnneWilson, Valerie

FOR 2019

Each year the EMSB is fortunate enough to receive many offers for sponsorship atVolunteer Appreciation Evening. The moment you sign on with us, we begin promotingyour business in our newsletters, press releases and on our website. On the eveningof the event you get an advertisement in our program book and more importantly akiosk that will be visited by hundreds of parents who play important roles in themanagement of their respective schools.

SPONSORSHIPOPPORTUNITIES

AbergeI, AudreyAdler, EllenAkerib, VivianAlexakis, TheodoraArtmann, MariaAthanasatos, RoulaBaas, IsabelleBarnes, RobertBarrafato, RosannaBastien, JenniferBeauchamp, SophieBeaumier, StephanieBehar, VladaBlack, AmeiliaBonavoglia, EnzaBruna, TinaBrunner, KelliBucciarelli, LisaBuchanan, ValerieCalce, RosaCapplette, SerenaCarpio-Mak, LuisaChemtov, RobinCheng, JenniferChomar, SusanChudobey, DonnaChung, SusieChurchill, SandraCohen, DanColantoni (Keller), TeresaColapelle, PaolaColeto, AnnaColombo, CathieCommodari, AnnaConforti, LisaCorinthios, AngelaCoyle, LindaDaly, AllanD'Amico, DianaDaoust, ManonDe Marinis, MariaDe Santis, CynthiaDePetrillo, RosaDeschamps, RenéeDi Iorio, ConnieDore, CarolineDowney, ChristineDykstras, MoniqueFaoro, LouisFedele-Vasile, MaryFedenko, NickFiori, AnnaFiori-Iacampo, Anna

Fortugno, FrancescoFrance, Lori-AnnFukuyama, NaomiFuoco, JamesGaudio, PatriciaGentile, LiaGilmour, TheresaGlad, SuziGoldman, SondraGravel (Switzman), SissiGreco, SandraGreco, MariaGross, OlgaHalliday, TimHandal, VeroniqueHardcastle, JanetHardy, RenéeHewel, BeateHolder, SandraHussein, AlanHynna-Rebelo, AnnIacono, MariaIavasile, LuciaIssenman, GailJacobson, LarryJohannesson, LynnKandilerakis Koziris, AntoniaKelly, KirkKoziris, Lymperis PerryLacroque, AnnieLage, AddieLaviolette, LornaLavoie, CatherineLoth, CarolyneLoupessis, KaterinaMambro, StephaniaMandelos, ZoeMarcovecchio, PatrickMarkopoulos, FotiniMarra, FrankMatsushnita, TatsyMattei- Di Sciullo, NadiaMazzariello, FrancoMazzoldi (Zaccaria), JosieMcCrae, GeorgeMedoff, LoriMeissner, TabathaMeldrum, DouglasMichetti, BrendaMiele, MariaMittag, AnnaMonereau, AnneMucciarone, Maria

Nascimento, IsildaO'Neil, CarolynPalucci, ToniPatel, SamanthaPatriarca, VictorPau, RonaldPerez, ElizabethPetrella, AntoniettaPetrolekas, MarinaPittarelli, RosannaPrimeau, MarioPrincz, VickyRackover, HeidiRadhakrishna, TanyaRafai, NadiaRebellati, CatherineRobin, DonnaRoll, CarynRoop, FrankRosa, ElviraRowland, AlexandraRumoro, GraceSalvatore, OnorinaSaragosa, LauraScarano, TeresaSchafer, CindyScopino (Petrone), GemmaSeifeddine, FaysalSendel-Satenstein, LaurieShen, Chung FangShuklinsky, DayleSimandl, JanaSmall, AndrewSoares, Cynthia BrancoStrahl, JenSweeney, SharonTamburrino, CathyTarulli, LauraTortoricci, NinettaValente, AnabelaVarano, VincenzoVella, KathyVerrillo, RosannaVisona, CatyVitetta, StephaniaVrentzos-Bizogias, RoulaWood, DessalenZanchetta, NadiaZanetti, AdrianaZarate, Mary BethZitella, CarmenZorbas, Alex


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The EMSB’s Commitment-to-Success Plan has been approved bythe Ministère de l’Éducation et del’Enseignement Supérieur (MEES)for implementation in the 2018-2019 academic year. In preparingthis documentation, a wide consul-

tation was carried out, which wentbeyond the requirements of the Education Act. Commissioners,senior management, school admin-istrators, professionals, parents'and student committees, unionsand governing boards were all

invited to reflect on the currentchallenges which relate to studentsuccess and to participate in de-termining the new priorities andobjectives which will guide theBoard in the years to come. In sev-eral cases, a second consultation

was held to present to a group anoverview of the results of the firstconsultation and to continue thediscussion with a view to the iden-tification of priorities. A wide andrich variety of observations weremade by the various parties, iden-

tifying strengths and weaknesses,achievements and concerns. Former EMSB Director General Antonio Lacroce and Sam Boskey,who recently retired from theMEES, served as special consult-ants to the Board for this project.

Allison Engo, a Secondary IV student at Royal West Academy inMontreal West, competed in the Canada-Wide Science Fair in Ottawalast spring and returned home with a gold medal. She also received a $4,000 Entrance Scholarship from Western University. Her projectwas entitled How Fly Are Antioxidants? In her research she tried to determine whether antioxidants had any benefits for fruit flies orwhether it applies to humans. "It was an experience I will rememberfor the rest of my life," she says. "We got the VIP treatment – tours

of Ottawa, tours of uni-versity labs, took part in experiments, visited museums, saw a magicshow, and ended with anelegant gala. The bestpart of it was that I gotto make new friends withthe 500 science studentsfrom all over Canada.We all had an amazingexperience and we alllearned so much fromeach other. I have neverseen so many cool in -ventions and innovativeprojects under the sameroof. I also never dream -ed I would end up beinginterviewed live on CBC radio."

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The Laval Rocket are theAmerican Hockey Leagueaffiliate of the MontrealCanadiens and play theirhome games out of the yearold Place Bell. This is anopportunity to see the futurestars of the NHL in action.The Rocket plan to becomemore active in the EMSBcommunity this year, in-cluding school visits andspecial fundraising oppor-tunities. Schools will alsohave the opportunity to organize group experiences at a special rate and raise moneyfor their own programs. Denis Voutos, a graduate of theEMSB’s LaurenHill Academy, has joined the team’s groupsales department. Denis attended the John Molson Schoolof Business. He looks forward to speaking to schools, centresand parent fundraising bodies. Denis can be reached at 450-978-8552 and [email protected]. For all more onthe team, log on to www.rocketlaval.com.

Alouettes Fundraisers

Partnership with the Arctic

It was EMSB Night at the Montreal Alouettes home opener on June 22 at Molson Stadium against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and550 tickets were sold. Through the remainder of this season, EMSBschools have a special opportunity to purchase tickets and use this asa simple fundraiser at the same time. Every school will receive aunique link and promo code. Parents and EMSB staff can print thetickets from their home or office. Anyone who wishes to do this theold fashioned way can call John Di Terlizzi at 514-787-2755 and hewill handle the request. Tickets are $15 each, with $2 going back toeach school. During the off season Alouettes players visit schoolsand address the students about the importance of academic perseveranceand making good choices, while touching on other topics such as performance in school, consistency, peer pressure and self-esteem.

The Montreal North Arctic of the AAA Quebec Junior Hockey Leagueand the EMSB will resume their partnership this year. Players willvisit many East End schools to take part in floor hockey scrimmagesand to talk about the importance of getting a good education. Studentsand staff are provided with tickets to games. School officials takepart in ceremonial opening faceoffs and on a few occasions studentsget to sing the national anthem. The Arctic have a number of EMSBgrads on their roster marketing duties.

Jump Rope for HeartFormer Montreal Impact soccer players Freddy Moojen and Antonio Ribeiro were special guests at the annual Jump Rope forHeart event at Royal Vale School in NDG on April 20, which broughtin $23,493.10. Over the last 14 years Royal Vale has now raisedclose to $300,000. For the last four years they have been first inQuebec among schools in fundraising for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Physical Education and Health Teacher Norman Katzcould not be more proud of his students, the parent body and other staff.

For the 13th year in a row, theEMSB has continued its partner-ship with the Montreal Impactsoccer team through its “All TheWay with the Impact” program.Members of the Impact visitedtwo schools last year to remindyoung students of the importanceof studying, persevering andbuilding self-confidence in orderto succeed. The traditional“EMSB Night” took place on June 13 when the Impact hosted Orlando City FC at Saputo Sta-dium. More than 2,250 tickets

were sold to EMSB students andstaff for the game. Before thegame, the EMSB’s presence wasrecognized and two students werepresented with the Tony LicursiBursary, valued at $500 each. Mr.Licursi was the team’s statisticianand a devoted member of theJames Lyng High School AlumniAssociation. He passed away anumber of years ago. The awardrecognizes excellence in schooland sports. The 2018 winnerswere Ronald Robinson fromJohn Grant High School in CôteSaint-Luc and Isabella Marcellifrom Pierre de Coubertin Elemen-

tary School in St. Léonard. RonaldRobinson is a student in the Pre-Work and Semi-Skilled Trade(WOTP) program at John Grant.He is a model student who giveseverything his very best. He isknown around the school as a polite, caring, positive role modelwith a warm smile. Isabella Mar-celli graduated from Grade 6 atPierre de Coubertin. She is recog-nized as one of the top athletes inthe school. More importantly, sheis a great team player and showsrespect for her peers and teacherswith a positive attitude both in thegym as well as in the classroom.

Patrice Brisebois dazzled fans for 18 years on theice and as an ambassador for Skate To Great, he recently did the same for some lucky students at JohnF. Kennedy High School in St. Michel. Briseboiswas on hand at JFK to launch the foundation’s newcampaign in Montreal, which encourages individualsto donate used skates and equipment which will bepassed on to local youth. A number of JFK studentsare already beneficiaries from the Skate to Great

program, having hit the ice for the very first time intheir lives this past winter. The hockey program at JFK is facilitated by Hockey 4 Youth, a local or-ganization that encourages kids to learn the funda-mentals of the game. While most of the ice has meltedfor this season, Brisebois said he would return to JFK next winter to give the students a lesson and hopefully fuel their fire and passion for Canada’s game.

EMSB graduate Denis Voutos.

SPORTS CAPSULE

Former Hab visits JFK

Patrice Brisebois joins students at JFK.

EMSB Impact Night

Ronald Robinson, teacher David Armour, former Impact captain Patrice Bernier, Ida Pisano and Isabella Marcelli.

More than 300 parents spent arecent Saturday morning and after -noon learning about a series of topics and issues that were relevantto the world of parenting. The English Montreal School Board’s(EMSB) second annual ParentConference held at the GrandesPrairies Vocational facility in St.Leonard was a big success.

Sponsored by the EMSB andhosted by the EMSB Parents Com-mittee, the conference was chairedby Parent Commissioner NormGharibian. A total of 21 distinctiveworkshops dealing with a varietyof related topics were grouped in three separate programmingblocks. Parents in attendance chosetheir preferred sessions in advance.They were led by a roster of educators, consultants, therapists,pathologists and experts

“This conference will help youlearn more about how we handlethese bundles of joy we call chil-dren, because you are the peoplewho know your children best, andare the best suited to understandtheir needs,” said EMSB Chair An-gela Mancini, who delivered theopening address at the conference.

The first block of morningworkshops dealt with the follow-ing topics: Despina Vassilou andRenee St. Pierre focused on stressand anxiety in elementary schoolchildren, in which they defined thedifference between anxiety andstress, what causes them and howcan parents help them cope withit. Special education consultant

Sarah Lynch outlined the many resources, activities and supportservices that are available for parents who have children withspecial needs. Greg Frank of E2Adventures spoke about how chil-dren can achieve student successwith the help of Quebec’s leadingvisionaries, innovators, entre-preneurs and scientists. Serge Beliveau of the Learning Partner-ship, and wellness and mindfulnessteacher Samantha Haas offeredparents special tools that will helpthem optimize their time manage-ment skills, as well as find a balance and prioritize themselveswith their families. Social workerGenevieive Watier and social worktechnician Caitlin Murphy showedthe different methods and servicesparents can use to help them copewith dividing their time betweencaring for their children and their

aging parents at the same time.Rhonda Boucher of the EnglishParents’ Committee Associationexplained about the role of parentsin the Quebec Educational systemand governance within. CarolinaToteda talked about how LEARN’sfree evening online tutoring andhomework service can help ele-mentary and high school students

with their homework and studyhabits in the comfort of their ownhome. EMSB Transitions AdvisorMiriam Furfaro explained the nu-merous opportunities the EMSB’sAdult Education and VocationalServices (AEVS) can offer stu-dents after they graduate fromhigh school.

In the second round of morningworkshops, Caroline Phaneuf, acommunications & marketing con-sultant for the Shriners Hospitalsfor Children and an EMSB parent,spoke about the different types ofbullying that affects over a millionCanadian students every week andwhat parents can do to prevent andstop it. She was accompanied byJeffrey, a 19-year-old student andShriners patient, who related hisstory of how he overcame bullyingdue to his physical disability.EMSB violence prevention and

health promotion consultantDaphna Leibovici dealt with theissue of sexting, and how parentscan keep their children safe onlineand on their electronic devices, and how they can make sensiblechoices for both. EMSB arts edu-cation consultant Nicolas Doyonoffered several easy techniques onhow children can overcome stage

fright and become an effectivepublic speaker through story-telling. EMSB Assistant Directorof Education and TechnologyServices Luigi Di Filippo spokeabout how to protect one’s self and streamline communications in a world of online everything anda never ending bombardment ofe-mails. EMSB speech-languagepathologist Carol Jazzar providedparents of younger children withseveral strategies and activities thatpromote oral language, vocabularybuilding and early literacy skills.School-based occupational thera-pists Erica Di Marino and EmmaBrown discussed the role of theoccupational therapist at the ele-mentary level, and spoke about thedevelopmental milestones of finemotor skills that affect elementaryschool level students; AutismSpectrum Disorder (ASD) consult-

ants Tania Piperni and Vanessa Toogave helpful advice on how parentswith ASD children can create clearhome routines, visuals, schedulesand other useful tools that willmake life easier for both the childand their family.

The afternoon session of work-shops included drug abuse preven-tion consultant Sandrine Aschour,who spoke about cannabis, its history, how it’s used and misused,and how parents can talk to theirchildren about this controver -sial topic. Giacinto Spina from Canadian RoboCup Junior dealtwith how robotics is being increas-ingly used in schools when itcomes to math, science, writing,speech and emotional intelligence.As well, there was a series ofReMix sessions, where parents got the opportunity to suggest a number of topics that they wouldlike to discuss, and impromptusessions were put together by conference organizers with like-minded individuals to deal withthe suggested topics in question.

Parent Conference committeemember Daniel Tatone,

Despina Vassiliou, Lew Lewis,Patricia Sansone, Julie Rene de

Cotret and Renee St. Pierre.


SomethingSpecialThe 2018 EMSBParent Conferencealso offered somethingspecial for parents whobrought their children withthem, in which a separatespace was provided for chil-dren between the ages of sixto 12 to work on a variety ofLego and STEAM-orientedprojects. The activities werecourtesy of Bricks 4 Kidz, an organization that offersexciting, hands-on programswhere children between theages of three and 13 canlearn, build and play withLego bricks.

Annual Parent Conference a Big Success

This conference will help you learn more about how we handle these bundles of

joy we call children, because you are the peoplewho know your children best, and are the best

suited to understand their needs...

Norm Gharibianand Sandrine Aschour

It is made up of two student representatives from each highschool in the English MontrealSchool Board. Regional DirectorsPela Nickoletopoulos and JohnPevec, Commissioner representa-tive Bernard Praw, Vice-PrincipalsDavid Servello and Steve Spetsieris

join monthly and finally Lester B.Pearson High School teacher PaulKarpontinis serves as moderator.At the beginning of each meeting,the host school conducts a leader-ship activity that breaks the ice andteaches members new skills. Eachhost school nominates one of their

members to sit in as chairpersonand our secretary records the minutes of each meeting. EMSACis a chance for a select group ofstudents to use their voice andmakes the needs and wants of all student bodies in the EMSBknown. Through discussions and

debates, we try to make everyschool year better than the last byalways taking into accountchanges in society and schools.This committee gives members afeeling of importance; they knowthat they are being listened to and their ideas are being taken

into account. Every EMSAC mem-ber leaves the committee feelingmore inspired and knowledgeablethan they did at their first meeting.This committee allows high schoolstudents to grow.

School representatives discuss Ministry fund allocations for the maintenance or repairs of schools. Parents Committee Chairman Sonia Pecora and EMSB Chairman Angela Mancini.


Town Hall meeting focuses onmaintenance and repairs of buildings

EMSB Chairman AngelaMancini and Parents CommitteeChairman Sonia Pecora hosted a Town Hall meeting on May 28 at St. Pius X Career Centre inAhuntsic.

More than 100 parents, repre-senting the EMSB youth sector,attended the event which was

aimed at focusing on different priorities for the 2018-19 aca-demic year and beyond. Eachschool was asked to send fourpeople.

The focus of the meeting wasto seek suggestions from parentson priorities the EMSB shouldkeep in mind when allocating

Ministry funds for the mainte-nance or repairs of schools.Participants took part in prelimi-nary discussions with their re-spective Governing Boards on howthese funds could be allocated to improve the condition of eachbuilding. According to Ministryparameters, these monies are in-

tended primarily for renovationsand repairs and cannot be usedfor the demolition and rebuildingand/or the expansion of buildings.

Some examples of mainte-nance and repair projects include:washroom renovations, school-yard and parking lot renovations,landscaping, replacement of floor

tiles, electrical work, heating control repairs, existing air con-ditioning replacements (no newsystems or enlargements allowed),replacement of windows, replace-ment of roofs and replacement ofinterior doors.

EMSAC members guide elementary grads

EMSAC stands for English Montreal Student Advisory Committee.

about EMSAC

The English Montreal School Board

Student Advisory Committee

(EMSAC), in partnership with

Réseau Réussite Montréal, planned

and executed an afternoon of

leadership activities with Grade 6

students at St. Gabriel Elementary

School in Pointe St. Charles on

May 28. St. Gabriel students were

challenged to work together to

solve problems, build trust and

talk about their anxieties and

expectations as they transition to

high school. The guiding principal

behind this initiative was to engage

students in a positive milieu where

we could nurture interest in the

school environment. The theme

of transitioning to high school was

chosen because EMSAC students

felt it is a difficult rite of passage

for many Grade 6 students and

anything they could do to ease

that evolution would lead to long-

term benefits.


The EMSB Express is pleasedto introduce a new feature: SchoolProfiles.

In this edition we focus onJames Lyng High School in St.Henri, which has gained a well-deserved reputation as Montreal’spremiere Urban Arts High School.

The team at James Lyng uniteshigh school, university and com-munity to support student learning,empowerment, and self-expres-sion through the arts. It partnersteachers with hip-hop, urban art,and street artists to develop and

collaborate with teachers acrossthe curriculum, in subjects rangingfrom Math and Science to PhysicalEducation and French.

The collaboration betweenteacher and artist is supported by subject-area specialists fromMcGill’s Faculty of Education. At the heart of the initiative is student success. This new student-centered curriculum makes learn-ing experiential and takes into consideration all learning styles.

James Lyng is also home to The Work-Oriented Training Path -

way (WOTP), a one-year programduring which students spend threedays per week in class and twodays in a work-study programSome possible work-study scena -rios involve: learning how to fix and maintain bikes; working ina hardware store or retail environ -ment; working in a communitycentre or after-school program;and developing food preparationskills in a restaurant setting andlots more!

The school also serves as aCommunity Learning Centre (CLC).

Working with LEARN Quebec,schools that are CLCs invest inpartnerships that provide a rangeof services and activities, oftenbeyond the school day, to helpmeet the needs of learners, theirfamilies, and the wider community.Their aim is to support the holis -tic development of citizens andcommunities. Mikaela Goldsmithserves as the community develop -ment agent for the CLC.

Lino Buttino is the newPrincipal of James Lyng HighSchool. He succeeds DerrekCauchi, who is now the Principalof Sinclair Laird ElementarySchool in Park Extension. Mr.Cauchi played an important role in the development of the UrbanArts Program as did his prede -cessor Angela Vaudry, presentlythe Principal of John Grant andLINKS High Schools.

Students from the entre -preneur class at James Lyngcompleted a four-month processin which they worked withartists to create new schooluniform designs, screen-printeduniform samples, conducted abroad consultation in the schooland received approval from theschool’s governing bodies.

The students worked withlocal artists Sam Karimi, JimmyBaptiste, Earth Crusher andHenley Germain to createuniform designs. With KevinNombrado from the Letterbet, alocal screen-printing business,the students learned how toscreen-print their uniformdesigns on shirts and sweat -shirts. The class then created a survey to seek input fromstudents and staff to gaugewhich uniforms received themost support. The feedbackfrom both students and staff wasvery positive.

The class analyzed the datafrom the survey to create aproposal on a new uniform for the school’s staff council and governing board. Havingreceived approval from theschool’s governing bodies, the

new uniforms will be adopted atthe beginning of next schoolyear. The entrepreneurship classscreen printed uniforms for the

entire school for this academicyear. “By giving students greaterchoice to express themselves, wecan create a better school

environment,” said James LyngStudent Sarha Garbowski, “Thevery fact that this design wascreated by James Lyng High

School students and that thestudent body was consulted in itscreation makes it a uniform thatwe can all feel proud of.”

Log on to www.emsb.qc.ca/Jameslyng

Focus on James Lyng High School

Designing their own uniforms

SCH OLPROFILES

These school t-shirts and sweatshirts were produced by students.

James Lyng students printed their own school uniforms through screen printing. Students gain a greater choice in the way they can express themselves.


Students from James LyngHigh School recently unveiledtwo newly built bike generatorson which will allow them topower a blender and a set ofspeakers. Guests at the launchwere even able to enjoy a freesmoothie made with the bike pow-ered blender, using the school’svegetable garden harvests.

Alison Manuel, one of JamesLyng’s science teachers, saw thather students were struggling tolearn the Quebec Technology cur-riculum. She subsequently wentsearching for innovative ideas totransmit the class’s concepts. Inorder to satisfy both the curricu-lum requirements and students’ interests, Ms. Manuel decided to set up a bike repair shop withand for her students. Through the school’s Community LearningCenter she received the support of multiple partners, such as theEco-Quartier Sud-Ouest, YouthFusion and McGill’s Educationdepartment.

The cross curricular unit in-creased student engagement andlearning, and therefore school perseverance. With its focus onsustainability, the unit also in-creased awareness of the envi-

ronmental and social benefits ofcycling, encouraging them to de-velop safe urban biking practices,and helping them to see them-selves as social change agents atthe local and international levels.The bike repair skills acquired canalso increase chances of employ-ability for the youth involved.

As a way to give back to thelocal and international commu-nity, the bikes are donated to local organization Cyclo Nord-Sud, which, in turn, delivers thesebikes to organizations in severalAfrican and Latin Americancountries to help support local so-cial and economic initiatives.

To take the project one stepfurther, some students along witha team from Eco-Quartier builttwo bike-machines as prototypesfor this year’s workshops. Throughthe Bike Repair Shop the schoolhired seven students who learnedbike-repair and horticulture withthe Eco-Quartier as part of a paidsummer internship.

Launch of a bike generator

SCHOOL PROFILES

Mural pays homageto the South WestCommunity

C O M M U N I T Y P A I N T D A Y

Thanks to funding from the City of Montreal’s Programme d'artmural, students from James Lyng High School (and artists) wereable to create a large scale mural on the outside of the school. Itserves as a homage to the school and the South West Community.

Two students enjoy Community PaintDay at James Lyng High School.

TOP: A student makes a smoothiewith the bike powered blender.RIGHT: Pouring a smoothie for ahappy customer.

The school hosted a Commu-nity Paint Day recently, wherelocal businesses and organiza-tions contributed to the muralpainting. Some of the contribu-tors in attendance include NewRegime, Exclucity, Tyndale St-Georges, ProVert, numerous-City of Montreal representativesand many more!

This Community Paint Daywas followed by an official in-auguration of the mural in June.

Building off of the successof the school’s student curatedmulti-media art exhibit “Livesof the South West,” (http://livesofthesouthwest.ca/) theschool’s Community LearningCenter Coordinator MikaellaGoldsmith and Melissa Proiettifrom community partner UnderPressure Graffiti Festival ap-plied for funding from the Cityof Montreal to support a muralthat would cover one quarter ofthe school’s surface.

With $20,000 received from the City of Montreal and with thesupport of l’Arrondissement Sud-Ouest, the school in collaborationwith Under Pressure set out to paint!

Well known artists Jimmy Baptiste (http://jimmybaptiste.ca), Haks(www.haks180.com) and Monk-e (http://monk-e.ca/bio/) workedwith a group of four students to create the mural’s concept.

International BaccalaureateMiddle Years Program

JOHN PAUL I JUNIOR HIGHSCHOOL (Grades 7 and 8)STEAM; Science/Design Component;Advanced Mathematics; Français,langue d’enseignement; Drama;Digital Music; Increased PhysicalEducationwww.emsb.qc.ca/johnpauli8455 Pré-Laurin, St. Léonard514-328-7171INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATEMIDDLE YEARS PROGRAM INFORMATION NIGHT: OPEN HOUSE: October 10, 2018; 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.PLACEMENT EXAM: October 27, 2018 at 8 a.m.

LAURIER MACDONALDHIGH SCHOOL (Grades 9 to 11)Acclaimed Media Program; EducationDepartment; Enriched English,French, Mathematics www.emsb.qc.ca/lauriermac7355 Viau, St. Léonard 514-374-6000OPEN HOUSE: October 10, 2018 at John Paul I High School; 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

MARYMOUNT ACADEMYINTERNATIONALTechnology, Music and Art Studios;Science; Sports Program www.emsb.qc.ca/marymount5100 Côte St. Luc Road, N.D.G.514-488-8144OPEN HOUSE: October 3, 2018; 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.IB MYP PLACEMENT EXAM: November 10, 2018 and April 6, 2019;10 a.m. to NoonRegistration is ongoing throughoutthe year.

Take a look at whatour High Schools

have to offer!

Enriched CEGEPPreparatory Program

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Parents needn’t wait until their child is in Grade 6 to begin examining our diverse secondary network

Advanced Placement (AP®) Program –

Earn CEGEP and University Credit in High School

ROYAL WEST ACADEMYCompulsory Extracurricular StudentInvolvement; Français, langued’enseignement; French Immersion;Drama, Music, and Visual ArtsPrograms; Accelerated MathProgram; Calculus; EducationalTechnology and Programmingwww.royalwestacademy.com189 Easton, Montreal West514-489-8454OPEN HOUSE: September 17, 2018;5 p.m. to 8 p.m. APPLICATION DEADLINE:September 20, 2018 at 4 p.m.QUALIFYING TESTS:(A-L) September 22, 2018: 8:30 a.m. to Noon(M-Z) September 23, 2018: 8:30 a.m. to Noon

VINCENT MASSEYCOLLEGIATEAccelerated Mathematics; Calculus I;Calculus II; Enriched Science andFrançais, langue d’enseignementhttp://vmc.qc.ca5925 27th Avenue, Rosemount514-374-1999OPEN HOUSE: September 20, 2018;4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Applications accepted August 27 to September 21, 2018.ENTRANCE EXAM (Grade 6): September 29, 2018; 8:30 a.m. to Noon

LAURENHILL ACADEMYFine Arts Program; STEAM Program;Enriched English, Math, Science andFrench; Career Exploration andCEGEP Orientation; AdvancedComputer Applications; Junior(Grades 7 and 8) and Senior (Grades9, 10 and 11) Campuseswww.emsb.qc.ca/laurenhillJunior Campus: 2355 Decelles, St. Laurent; 514-331-8019OPEN HOUSE: October 11, 2018; 6:45 p.m. to 9 p.m.PLACEMENT EXAM: May 11, 2019; 8:30 a.m. to Noon

LESTER B. PEARSON HIGH SCHOOLSport-Études; HonoursProgram; Français, languematernelle; Enriched English;Advanced Mathematicswww.lbphs.ca11575 P.M. Favier, Montreal North 514-328-4442OPEN HOUSE:October 4, 2018; 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.PLACEMENT EXAMS for Secondary ISport-Études; Honours Program;Français, langue maternelle;Enriched English; AdvancedMathematics: October 20, 2018; 8:15 a.m.

WESTMOUNT HIGH SCHOOLPre-AP and AP Courses and Exams in:Calculus, English, French, Psychology,Studio Art, Politics, EnvironmentalScienceWide variety of Senior electives:Physics & Chemistry, Biology,Leadership, Philosophy, Woodworking,ECHO Outdoor Education, Music, etc.

Home of the Knights! Many ECAs at all levels.www.emsb.qc.ca/westmount 4350 Ste. Catherine Street West 514-933-2701OPEN HOUSE: September 27, 2018 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. PLACEMENT TEST for New Grade 7students: June 1, 2019 at 8:30 a.m.

THE ONLY SPORT-ÉTUDESSCHOOL IN

THE EMSB

Programs for Students withLearning Difficulties

and/or Special Needs

Cycle I Modified AcademicProgram; Cycle II Work OrientedTraining Pathway; ProgrammeCAPS et DÉFIS, and Autonomy

Preparation Program

JOHN GRANT HIGH SCHOOL(WEST END)www.emsb.qc.ca/johngrant 5785 Parkhaven, Côte Saint-Luc 514-484-4161OPEN HOUSE: April 12, 2019; 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 pm

LINKS HIGH SCHOOL (EAST END)http://www.emsb.qc.ca/links 9905 Papineau, Ahuntsic 514-723-2845OPEN HOUSE: April 25, 2019; 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

FACEEmphasis on the Fine Arts;Advanced Drama; Orchestraface-english.csdm.ca 3449 University, Downtown514-350-8899OPEN HOUSE: October 3, 2018 at 9 a.m and 1 p.m.INFORMATION NIGHT: October 11, 2018 at 7 p.m.

JAMES LYNG HIGH SCHOOLSupport for LiteracyAdvancement; IndividualizedAttention to Students; CommunityLearning Centre; New RecordingStudio, Choir, Art Gallery; WorkStudy Program (15+) www.emsb.qc.ca/jameslyng5440 Notre-Dame West, St. Henri 514-846-8814OPEN HOUSE: October 12, 2018;7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

JOHN F. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOLEnriched Math and French;Advanced Science; Multi Media (All Levels); Work OrientedTraining Pathways (W.O.T.P.); Derogated Program (15+); Transition Program; Aim High Program (Sec. 1)www.emsb.qc.ca/jfk3030 Villeray, St. Michel514-374-1449OPEN HOUSE: November 1, 2018 at 7 p.m.

ROSEMOUNT HIGH SCHOOLUnique Music ConcentrationProgram; Universal Design forLearning Model; Junior Schoolmodel within the school; FirmFoundation Math program at Cycle 1www.emsb.qc.ca/rosemount 3737 Beaubien Street East 514-376-4720 OPEN HOUSE: October 4, 2018; 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.PLACEMENT EXAM for Secondary I: May 25, 2019; 9 a.m. to Noon

MINDMore intimate, safe and inclusiveschool environment wherestudents are encouraged todevelop their own voice, theircritical and analytical skills tosuccessfully contribute and toparticipate in the governance and direction of the school, and community activities.www.emsb.qc.ca/mind4563 St. Urbain, The Plateau 514-842-0792OPEN HOUSE: March 28, 2019, 7 p.m.Visits to the school also by appointment.

THE ONLY URBAN ARTSINSPIRED SCHOOL IN CANADA

ROYAL VALE HIGH SCHOOLAdvanced Math and Science;Various options: Français Flex (30% French) or Français Immersion(70% French); Music, Drama, Danceor Sports Concentrations; Scienceand Humanities Paths in Sec. 5;Compulsory ExtracurricularActivities Program; HockeyDevelopment Programwww.emsb.qc.ca/royalvale5851 Somerled Ave., N.D.G.514-481-2463OPEN HOUSE: September 13, 2018;9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.See the school in action during theday! Meet the teachers in theevening! Presentation at 7 p.m.SECONDARY 1: Entrance exam onSeptember 29, 2018, 9 a.m. to NoonSECONDARY 2 TO 5: Applications willbe processed as of January 7, 2019Documents available online