Principal: Joe Foti

Vice-Principal: Janet Atkinson

Vice-Principal: Kim Tavares

Thornlea SS June 5, 2015

New English Classroom Murals………See Story Page 12

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE MESSAGE FROM T HE VI CE-PRINCI PA L 3 EXAMS 4-6 GRAD GO W N PI CK UP INFORMAT ION 7 PROM—M A D H AT T E R’S B A L L ! 8 PARI S & NI C E AP R I L 2016! 9 WE LC O M E TO HO L LYW O O D 10-11 NEW ENG LI SH CLASSRO OM MURALS 12 WO N D E R L A N D FI E L D TRI P 13 TORCHBEARERS PAN AM GA M E S 14 SUM M E R DAY CA M P 15 CALENDAR O F EV E NT S 16 INF O R MAT I O N F O R NEXT SC H O O L YEAR 17

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MESSAGE FROM THE VICE-PRINCIPAL Dear Families and Community Members: It is hard to believe that June has arrived. What an incredible year it has been. Exciting events have been occurring at Thornlea. Last week we had Prom and it was a magical evening for all involved. There was delicious food, music, dancing and laughter. The next milestone for our grade 12s is Graduation, which takes place on June 25th. Sports teams have been wrapping up their seasons. The Ultimate Frisbee team, a co-ed team, epitomizes the Thornlea by having earned perfect spirit scores in every one of their games. We encourage all of our students to buckle down over the remaining seven days of classes in order to complete culminating activities for their courses and also to prepare for exams, which are scheduled from June 17-23. At home, it is helpful if over the next few weeks you can keep the distractions to a minimum and ensure that your students have a quiet place to work on their final assign-ments and studying. Finally, on a personal note, this is the last e-bulletin I will write as a Vice Princi-pal at Thornlea as I am moving to Dr. Denison in the fall. I have enjoyed every minute of my time here with your amazing children. I am blessed to have had three years here with this vibrant community. I wish everyone continued suc-cess.

Warmest Regards,

Janet Atkinson

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Memo To: Students and Families

From: Joe Foti, Janet Atkinson, Kim Tavares

Date: May 6, 2015

Thornlea students will write their semester examinations at the end of June. Our exam schedule is on the back of this page. All exams are written at 10:00 a.m. from Wednes-day, June 17 to Tuesday, June 23, 2015. Please review the examination rules below, and determine the days on which your examinations are scheduled.

York Region District School Board Examination Rules

Examination Schedule: All students must write their examinations at the scheduled time. Vacation, employ-ment and/or appointments must not be scheduled during the examination pe-riod. Students must be available throughout the exam schedule in the unfore-seen event that any exams need to be rescheduled. It is the responsibility of each student to confirm the scheduled examination time, date, and location. If a student has a valid medical certificate detailing why he/she was unable to write the final examination on the assigned day, the school’s administration will deal with the situation on a case by case basis. Should any exam day be cancelled, all evaluations of that day will be re-scheduled during the exam period. In such an event, check the website to learn when postponed exams will be written. On the day of the examination: 1. Bring any remaining course textbooks to your examination to return to your teacher. 2. Arrive at the assigned examination room by 9:50 a.m. Leave all books, pencil cases, geometry set cases, carrying cases or covers for calcu-lators, I-pods, MP3 Players, cell phones, jackets or bags in your locker or at home as they are not allowed in the evaluation room. The exception is textbooks to be returned to the teacher which should be placed on the floor beside your desk and specific de-vices that a teacher has instructed you to bring beyond the pen, pencil and eraser nor-mally required.

Re: Semester Examination Schedule for June 2015

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During the examination: 1. You must not talk or communicate with any student in the evaluation room once the

evaluation has begun. 2. You must remain in the evaluation room for one full hour and you may not leave

during the last fifteen minutes of the evaluation time. 3. No items may be borrowed/shared during an exam. 4. Any student cheating on an evaluation or trying to pass information to another student

will have their test paper immediately confiscated by the teacher and will be referred to administration who will determine the grade received on a case by case basis.

After the examination: Vacate the building as soon as your examination is completed. There is no cafeteria ser-

vice during this time and teachers are occupied marking. Exam consultation Day is on June 24, from 1-2:55 pm. Please see below for the sched-

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End of Semester Calendar for June 2015

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

15 16 17 18 19

Period 1 Exams Period 2 Exams Period 4 Exams

22 23 24 25 26

Period 3 Exams Exam Conflict Day Exam Return Day PD Day & Gradua-tion

PD Day

SCHEDULE FOR EXAM CONSULTATION DAY Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Teacher Meetings All Morning

Period 1 1:00 – 1:25

Period 2 1:30 – 1:55

Period 3 2:00 – 2:25

Period 4 2:30 – 2:55

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This article was originally published in The Liberal newspaper and written by Sara Dimerman, who is a Psychologist and Author but most importantly, she says, the parent of a student who went on the recent Paris trip. http://www.yorkregion.com/opinion-story/5638118-helping-teen-find-her-wings/

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Welcome to Hollywood Thornlea! We have had an incredible semester here at Thornlea studying, writing, filming, analysing and advertising films. The Grade 11 English students of Ms. Swailes, Mr. Hutchison and Ms. Stein each chose a classic film to analyse and present as part of their Culminating Unit. The English Creative Writing class of Mr. Capilongo wrote five to ten minute screen-plays that they then pitched to the Communication Technology class. Mr. McConnell’s Communication Technology class choose 3-5 of the films to film and produce. Ms. Lerman’s art class also designed and cre-ated eye-catching posters for all thirty films. As well, this April we held our first Thornlea Student Film Festival to showcase all the past won-derful films. Next year, Thornlea will be offering a Media Studies course taught by Mr. Burman. So stay tuned for more, from our amazingly tal-ented students.

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New English Classroom Murals There are wonderful new English Classroom Murals in rooms 237 and 235! Mr. Stephen Hutchison decided that he wanted to brighten up his classroom and have murals painted of one of his favourite writers, Edgar Allan Poe. Mr. Domenico Capilongo was inspired too and decided to go with William Shake-speare. Both murals have a painting of the writer and a copy of their actual sig-nature. The writers are surrounded by images and quotations from some of their most famous works. You are all welcome to come and enjoy the murals. These wonderful pieces were painted by one of our most talented and hard working grade 10 students, Nadia Damirchi. Nadia will be pursuing art in the fu-ture and next year will be doing a Co-op placement in graphic design.

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Math Field Trip

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS June 9-11 Math EQAO June 10 Athletic Banquet June 15 School Council 7:15pm June 17-23 Exams June 24 Exam Return Day June 25 Graduation June 25-26 PA Days Next School Year 15-16 Registration Day All Grades September 1 First Day of School Gr. 9 students only September 8 First Day of School All Grades September 9 Photo Day September 16 Grade 9 FIT Day September 17 School Council Mtg. 7:15pm September 21

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Thornlea Secondary School Registration Day Order Form

9am to 6pm

TUESDAYTUESDAY, S, SEPTEMBEREPTEMBER 1, 20151, 2015 Thornlea S.S. Main Office

Please mark an “X” beside the items you are purchasing and bring this form and payment with you Student Name__________________________________GRADE______

Parents are advised that students should bring sufficient funds to cover the school activity fees.

Payment Methods: Cash or Cheque Only

Cheques payable to Thornlea Secondary School

Grade 9 Students please remember to bring your “FIT CAMP DAY” Registration form with you

School Activity Fees

Price “X”

Grade 9 Activity Fee

$50.00

Grade 9 Field Trip (FIT Day September 17th) Includes: Admission, Team Building Program, Transportation, Lunch

$25.00

Grade 10 Activity Fee

$50.00

Grade 11 Activity Fee

$50.00

Grade 12 Activity Fee

$50.00

Graduation Fee Includes: Cap/Gown (to keep), Decorations, Program

$40.00

Phys Ed Uniform

$25.00

Yearbook $45.00