MAY, 2016

St. Cecilia C.S. School News

Principal’s Message

Dear Parents / Guardians,

As we continue to celebrate the joy of Easter, there is a feeling that the risen Lord will assist us in responding positively to the call for us to be peaceful people, and a loving and an enriched community.

May, as every other month of the year, will be a busy one at St. Cecilia’s. With the celebration of Catholic Education week on the first week of May, the boys and girls will be exhibiting their work in the gymnasium on the evening of May 5th from 6pm to 8pm.We invite parents to pop into the school and to take a walk through our school gallery that will be set up in the gym. This year we will once again display class paintings which will be auctioned via a Silent Auction in order to raise funds to purchase more art supplies for our students.

The boys and girls will also be involved in the Wizard of Oz musical on Thursday, May 12 that will take place in the auditorium at Bishop Marrocco Merton Secondary School. Staff and students have been working3rd long and hard to ensure a very enjoyable performance. Tickets have been on sale for quite some time. We are expecting a filled auditorium.

Academically the grade 3 and 6 students will be gearing up for their EQAO testing which will take place from May 27th to June 3rd. Our Grade 2, 5 and 7 students will be writing the Cat-4 test within this same time span. We continue, as we know you do as well, in ensuring that our students, your children, always strive for excellence in all that they do while always maintaining a safe, bully free environment where hands are always used for helping and never hurting.

N.P.Biagini, Principal

St. Cecilia

Catholic School

355 Annette Street Toronto, Ontario, M6P 1R3

Phone# (416) 393-5218

Fax # (416) 397-6045

Principal: Nick Biagini Vice-Principal: Victoria Purri Superintendent: John Shanahan (416) 222-8282 x 5371 Trustee: Barb Poplowski (416) 512-3410

Parish: St. Cecilia C.S. 161 Annette St. (416) 769-8163 CSPC Chairs: Marisa Cicero

Olga Geryluk

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School Masses & Celebrations

2015-16

Friday, May 13 Marian Mass

Monday, June 27 Graduation Mass

Tuesday, June 28 Mass: End of Year

Virtue of the Month:

St. Cecilia W.A.V.E.’s Junior Youth Action Team

Congratulations to our Grade 8 students for

winning the 2016 Team Excellence Award in

appreciation of their outstanding leadership. They

were presented with their award by Louise Russo

at the Living Arts Centre. Thank you to Mrs.

Grossi and Mr. Bordignon for their guidance and

support.

St. Cecilia is pleased to announce that The Angel Foundation for Learning, the charitable organization devoted to assisting students within TCDSB schools, has approved our school’s funding request in support of our excursion to Mansfield Outdoor Centre. Serving TCDSB students and making a positive difference, we congratulate The Angel Foundation for Learning for helping students since its inception in 1987. Donations to the Foundation are welcome and can be sent to: The Angel Foundation for Learning, 80 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto, ON M2N 6E8. Tax receipts for donations of $10.00 or more will be issued. For more information about the Foundation visit www.angelfoundationforlearning.org

Prayer for Compassion

Lord, help us to remember that others don't always

see the way we do, hear what we hear, Feel what we

feel, or understand things the way we've come to

understand them.

You give each of us gifts that are uniquely ours but so

often we fail to value the gift in

Another, judging other gifts as wrong, or somehow less

important than our own.

Give us the compassion you want us to have, Lord, and

teach us to embrace each other with compassionate

arms, no matter what our age, color, creed, history, or

belief.

Help us to remember that you are life itself, and that

you are using every one of our unique gifts to bring us

together with you once again.

AMEN

Just Give Cram-A-Cruiser Food Drive

St. Cecilia School is proud to be participating in The

Michael "Pinball" Clemons Foundation, in support of

Just Give. The Just Give Cram-A-Cruiser Food Drive is

asking for non-perishable food items, to be donated.

All donations should be sent with your child on or

before May 27th, 2016. We are also graciously

accepting donations at our Spring Art Gallery, which

will be held on May 5th 2016. The police will arrive at

our school and kids will get to cram the cruiser.

Donations will be delivered to The Daily Bread Food

Bank.

Let's help make a difference!

St. Cecilia Parent Advisory

Committee (CSPC) Hi everyone,

We hope you all are enjoying the nice(r) weather. Here

is a roundup of what’s happening in the parent

community:

First Communion Luncheon-Thank you very much to

Christine Yang and her band of moms who are

organizing a beautiful luncheon this month for students

in Grade 2 to mark the occasion of their First

Communion.

CSPC Executive Positions-If you are interested in

volunteering in helping with our amazing parent

community, consider becoming a CSPC executive

member! We are looking for people interested in being:

secretary (helping with the administration of the

Committees and taking minutes at the monthly

meetings), treasurer (managing the Committee’s

financials) and chair/co-chair (providing leadership to the

group, working with the administration and chairing

meetings). We are a fun, friendly group and mentorship

is available to help you learn the ropes!

Fun Fair-Save the date! This year’s fun fair is Thursday

June 9th from 3pm onwards. Plan to spend the evening

eating, drinking and being merry with our school

community.

High School information Night-We know that this can

be an anxiety raising time for students and parents. We

are looking forward to hosting our first ‘Secondary

School Information Night’ on May 10th at 6pm. Stay

tuned for more information if your child is in Grade 6.

Thanks to Ms. Grossi for helping us organize this.

School Drop Off Safety Program-Thank you to the

parent and student volunteers who are helping to make

the morning drop of safer for our students. Please

remember to observe the rules of the road when dropping

your child off at school.

Please let us know if we can be of help. We look

forward to seeing you at our next meeting, Tuesday May

10th at 7pm.

Olga and Marisa

CSPC Co Chairs

ECO TEAM NEWS

Eco School Visit will take place on

Thursday, May 5th. The Eco-Team

has worked diligently throughout the

year to bring awareness of major

ecological issues and promote Eco

initiatives. Well done!!

Save the Date

Thursday, May 5th, 6:00 – 8:00 pm

Spring Art Gallery

Thursday, May 12th, 6:30 pm @ Bishop Marrocco Thomas Merton S.S.

Wizard of Oz

St. CeCilia’S art Gallery

Firefighter Visit with the SK/1 Health Class

Mrs. Spalding's SK/1 health class had a visit from our local fire station's fire truck and firefighters! Student's learned about fire safety with Officer Peter and had a chance to go on the fire truck. Thank you to local station 423!

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TCDSB Music Festival St. Cecilia Junior Choir and Recorder Ensemble had the opportunity to perform in the TCDSB music festival held at Blessed Cardinal Newman High School. The music groups also had the chance to watch other music groups from TCDSB elementary schools. A special thanks to Mr. Treen, our dedicated volunteer pianist!

MANSFIELD OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTRE

The intermediate classes enjoyed learning about survival

skills: orienteering, building shelters and fires.

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Volunteer Tea

Guidance Corner All About Me

We are slowly beginning to make our way into

the junior division classes, to get the students

started on their All About Me portfolio on

www.myBlueprint.ca/tcdsb, in accordance with

the Creating Pathways to Success (2013)

Ministry document. Students are creating online

portfolios that encourage them to reflect on their

strengths and interests and to get them to think

about setting goals and preparing for their future.

Ask your child to log into their accounts and

show you what they have done so far.

Grade 8 Exit Survey In accordance with Creating Pathways to

Success (2013), all grade 8 students will be

filling out an exit survey as they work towards

fulfilling the expectation of finalizing their

Individual Pathways Plan (IPP). All grade 8

students should now have an Individual

Pathways Plan on www.myblueprint.ca/tcdsb

and teachers have been encouraging them to

work towards answering the four questions for

Education and Career/Life Planning. Ask your

child to show you their Individual Pathways

Plan, or create your own account and follow

along with them.

Mr. Amato

Mme Pamula and

Mrs. Pazio’s FDK

class celebrates

Spring!

Thank you to all of the wonderful volunteers at St.

Cecilia’s. We have over 100 volunteers at our school

and are thankful for all of their assistance and efforts

in making St. Cecilia’s an incredible place to learn

and grow in the faith of Christ.

TCDSB Monthly Update

May 2016

Summer School Registration

Begins April 29, 2016 https://www.tcdsb.org/ProgramsServices/C

ontinuingEducation/SecondaryCreditCourse

s/SummerSchool/Pages/Default.aspx

Fourth Annual Catholic School

Parent Council (CSPC) and

Administrator Appreciation and

Recognition Liturgy Wednesday, May 18, 2016 5:30 p.m. to 6:

45 p.m. Includes Light Dinner, Mass and

Celebration to recognition the contribution

of parents and school administrators to

Catholic education. Catholic Education

Centre, 80 Sheppard Avenue East

Catholic Education Week May 1-6, 2016 “Opening Doors of Mercy” https://www.tcdsb.org/board/nurturingourcatholicc

ommunity/catholiceducationweek/pages/default.as

px

Woodbine Centre Festival of the

Arts May 2-6, 2016 https://www.tcdsb.org/pages/woodbine-

centre-festival-of-the-arts.aspx Student Mass and Peace Walk for

Catholic Education Week May 3rd

10 a.m.

Live webcast at

https://www.tcdsb.org/LiveAtTCDS

B/Pages/Default.aspx

Children’s Mental Health

Awareness Week May 2-6, 2016

https://www.tcdsb.org/programsservices/specialedu

cation/mhs/news/mhw/pages/childrens-mental-

health-awareness-week.aspx

World Catholic Education Day May 5, 2016

https://www.tcdsb.org/pages/world-

catholic-education-day.aspx

Last Chance to Register: OAPCE

Conference, AGM & Gala Dinner

May 6-7, 2016 CSPC members can attend the conference

portion of the event at no charge, thanks to

CPIC who is subsidizing the cost for

registration http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event

?oeidk=a07ec6a0r4n5fb01bdc&llr=57qgf7bab

Respect for Life Week May 8-

14, 2016 https://www.tcdsb.org/Board/NurturingOurCatholi

cCommunity/Pages/Respect-for-Life-Week.aspx

May is Asian Canadian

Heritage Month https://www.tcdsb.org/FORCOMMUNITY/Heritag

eCelebration/AsianCanadianHeritage/Pages/default

.aspx

Asian Heritage at York

University:

Filipino Voices in the Arts &

Academia What does it mean to be

Filipino in Canada?

How do parents and their

kids think differently about

this question?

How is this question tackled

by writers, artists and

researchers?

May 16th 12:30 p.m.

https://www.tcdsb.org/forcommunity/

heritagecelebration/asiancanadianheri

tage/events/pages/asian-heritage-at-

york-university.aspx

Filipino Canadian Parents, Students and Teachers Conference

Enhancing Parent

Engagement and

Community Involvement

Sat.,May 14, 2016 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Catholic Education Centre, TCDSB,

80 Sheppard Avenue East, North York,

Toronto

You can read more about the 2nd Annual

Conference of Filipino Canadian Catholic

Parents, Students & Teachers.

Elementary Track and Field

Meets Regionals start May 17th

https://www.tcdsb.org/ProgramsServices/Sc

hoolProgramsK12/HealthOutdoorPhysEd/T

DCAA/Pages/Track-and-Field.aspx

TCDSB Cricket Competition May 30th (Rain date June 12st)

https://www.tcdsb.org/news/othernews/201

6/pages/tcdsb-cricket--competition.aspx

TCDSB Mini Special Olympics May 31st Hangar, Downsview Park—all

day event

https://www.tcdsb.org/pages/special-mini-

olympics.aspx

Staff Arts Presents Mary

Poppins June 11-18, 2016

https://www.tcdsb.org/affiliates/StaffArts/P

astSeasons/20152016/Pages/Musical.aspx

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