Principal’s ReportBy J. Giancola

At this time next year, Loyola will be in the new building. This new school will offer nine of thetwelve Ministry Technological courses such as: Cosmetology, Hospitality, and Health Care. Theschool will also have an all-purpose sports field, three gymnasiums and a lecture hall.

September started off with many activities within the school community. We began the school yearwith a school mass at St. Ignatius of Loyola Church. Our LINK Crew was busy mentoring ourgrade 9 students and introducing them to the school. We also had an all candidates meeting for theprovincial elections in our library, after which our students had an opportunity to participate inStudent Vote. Finally, we had representatives from Ontario Colleges visit us to discuss programs forour senior students.

October was a very busy month with a number of student presentations such as: Child Slavery,Mental Health Presentation, Haitian Dancers, Holocaust Display and Gwynne Dyer. We alsocelebrated our students success at the Loyola’Awards Night and enjoyed a student talent show called“School of Rock”.

On November 2nd, grade 9 students had the option to go to work with their parents on “Take OurKids to Work Day”.

We would like to welcome Fr. Silvio to the Loyola Community. We look forward to celebrating ourfaith with him. We would also like to welcome new teachers to our school Ms. Sullivan, Ms. Isaac,Ms. Mohipp and Mr. Randall. Also, we welcome our LTO teachers this year: Ms. Fijan, Mr.Cornwall, Ms. Liczner, Ms. Solorzano, Ms. Cosentino, Mr. O’Gorman, Mr. Pang, Ms. Roth, Ms.Alvarez, and Ms. Viola Pratt.

I would also like to congratulate Laurie Eschli and Vince Mammoliti on being nominated co-chairsfor the Loyola Catholic School Council. Finally, I would like to thank our trustee Sharon Hobinand our Superintendent Cathy Saytar for being visible, accessible and supportive to the Loyolacommunity. I want to wish all the students and staff a great year at Loyola.

Chaplaincy Report D. Smibert

Welcome back everyone!

Fall is upon us and the Chaplaincy program here at Loyola is up and running for the new school year. I would first like to welcome Father Silvio tothe Loyola school community. Father Silvio is the new Associate Pastor at St. Ignatius of Loyola Church. Father Silvio has taken over from FatherJoe Gorman. We, as a school community, are very thankful for the work of Father Joe over these past three years and how he made such a positiveimpact. We wish him all the best.

Father Silvio celebrated our opening school masses on Tuesday, September 27. Thank you for being part of the Loyola community. We look forwardto working with you this school year and beyond.

The retreat program has begun. The Grade 9’s, 10’s and 12’s started right away in September and the Grade 11’s willstart in November.

This past summer, we lost two former staff members to cancer - Debra Courville and Eileen Fleming. On October 4thwe gathered our school community together in the school chapel to remember their lives and the impact that they hadon Loyola.

As we move ahead throughout this year, may we always be aware of the less fortunate around us andcontinue to respond to the needs within the school community.

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November 2011

Burnhamthorpe and Ridgeway...

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Loyola Catholic SchoolCouncil By Laurie Eschli, Co- Chair

Congratulations to the following members of the 2011-12 LoyolaCatholic School Council:

Council Executive: Co-chairs - Vince Mammoliti and Laurie EschliSecretary - Bernadette JarvisTreasurer - Maral Shokoohideh, St. Ignatius Loyola Parish rep - Marilyn Gomes

Parent Members: Karen Becke, Carmen Cutajar, Rosalind Majanil-Morrow, Sita Power, Mary Beth St. Louis and MunaShanta.

Student Council: Denise Brand

Staff members: Principal - Joe GiancolaVice-Principals - Sandra Antonutti, Shawn ClarkinTeacher rep - Maureen DugoNon-Teacher rep - Margot PasquiniChaplain - David Smibert

Thank you for taking time from your busy schedules to help support thestaff, the education of students and the Loyola community.

Loyola School Council meetings offer an opportunity for parents andstaff to come together to discuss and give input on issues that may affectthe Loyola students and community, keeps you informed first hand - onupdates on Loyola 2012, school events, curriculum, Dufferin-Peel andMinistry of Education updates and allows you to socialize with otherparents. Education is a partnership. Your involvement in the councilgives you the opportunity to strengthen that partnership; yourparticipation can make a difference!

Loyola School Council meeting dates:

When: Always on Mondays from 7:00 – 9:00pm

November 7, December 5, January 16, 2012, February 6,March 5, April 16, May 7 and June 4

Where: Loyola school library.

All parents and guardians of Loyola students, and teachers arewelcome and encouraged to attend; you do not have to be acouncil member to attend any of our meetings.

From Your CatholicSchool TrusteeSharon Hobin, Trustee, Wards 2 & 8 and Vice Chair

Time, as ever, is moving very quickly and we are now looking at mid-term report cards. Since last I wrote to you I would like to bring you upto date on what is happening in the board and of course, at Loyola. Thenew school is moving along at what seems, record speed! It will be a stateof the art building with the latest of technologies as well as all the latestgreen initiatives. We are still slated to open September 2012. In general,we have had a very smooth start up at Loyola and all the schools in theboard. We are still considered a growth board but as you know we areseeing decline in the south, east and west Mississauga. The good news iswe are over projections in many of my elementary schools which is greatnews. So for the over 85,000 students and over 10,000 employees thishas been a very good start. We are continuing to retain over 96% of ourstudents from grade 8 to grade 9. Our Full Day Learning is to capacitywith some students on waiting lists. We are seeing a steady flow ofstudents who are moving to the Catholic system which is a recognition ofthe value of Catholic education.

This September, we have begun the full implementation of the NewHealthy Food Policy in our secondary and elementary schools; asignificant change for many in our daily practice. More information willbe forthcoming as we work through this year. Trustees also approved apolicy on school fees that is shaping our practice starting this September.More information on this subject will be coming your way. We are alsogathering information around school fundraising and along with theMinistry of Education will be formulating a new fundraising policy forschools in the near future.

One of our largest investments this year is in the hiring ofa total of 37.5 qualified individuals to better service ouridentified students as Education Resource Workers. Ourinvestments in school based resources for this Septemberhas been $1.5 million for Science textbooks to supportstudent achievement and $2.0 million for text books forvarious subjects. All of these funds came from ouraccumulated surplus, as directed at the December 14,2010 Board Meeting, for expending this fall. In addition,we have launched our new Community Studies Project inGrades 7 and 10, which will provide students with anunderstanding and appreciation of this province and thisregion and the role Catholic Education has played in the development ofour communities.

Congratulations to Loyola and all of our DP schools for their excellentEQAO results. While we know that EQAO is a snapshot of the students’work it does give us some of the data we need to make decisions aboutprogram improvements and new initiatives needed to improve studentachievement. While the ministry cut budgets in textbooks and technologywe were still able to install 212 Smart Boards in our schools as well asrefresh over 800 computers. A total of 3000 desktops in secondaryschools received memory upgrades.

I have had opportunities of late to see Loyola students present to theboard of trustees the Loyola Link program as well as see Loyola studentsand staff join and support teams, clubs, outreach projects and communityactivities. The Loyola Catholic School Council is always welcomingparents to their meetings and thanks to them for all of their hard work anddedication. As ever, a big thanks to Monsignor Shiels and Father Silviofor their constant support. Congratulations to MPP Harinder Takhar forwinning the Mississauga Erindale seat and Charles Sousa for winningMississauga South seat in the Provincial Election. I look forward toworking with each of them.

Please do not hesitate to contact me. I know it is very early but as I maynot have an opportunity, Merry Christmas and all the best for 2012! Maythe good Lord always hold you in the hollow of his hands.

Families inNeed of

FinancialAssistance(New Policy)

Loyola has now partnered with the Salvation Army in order to helpout any of our families in need of financial assistance. In order to

receive assistance from the school, parents mustcontact their child’s Vice Principal and thenregister with the Salvation Army.

Student CouncilNews Denise Brand, Student Council President

My fellow students, welcome back to anotherexciting year at Loyola! We hope you had arestful summer and are excited about the newyear. Student Council is very happy toannounce that we have planned out an amazingyear for you all filled with events that you aresure to enjoy.

September was a busy month for everyone, aswe were settling into the new school year andgetting back to our usual school routine. On ourfirst Civies Day, we let the students enjoy somemusic on their lunches to set the tone for the

upcoming year. Aschool BBQ was alsoset up for the studentson October 20th withhelp from teacher andstudent volunteers.Student Council alsoput together our annualhaunted house tocelebrate Halloween at

the end of October for all grades in the cafeteria.Students lined up on their lunches and weretaken through the haunted house. It sure was ascary sight for all!

Jumping ahead, Student Council is lookingforward to our annual semi-formal which willtake place for our grade 11 and 12 students onNovember 17th at Le Dome banquet hall inOakville.

I speak for everyone on council when I say thatwe have planned an amazing year for allstudents and we can’t wait to see you come outand take part in the excitement!

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Deborah CourvilleEileen Fleming

Loyola Remembers... This past summer, our Loyola community lost two founding members of LoyolaCatholic Secondary School with the deaths of Eileen Fleming & Debbie Courville.Both Eileen & Debbie were at Loyola from the very beginning in 1978.

Eileen Fleming served as our head of guidance from 1978 until her retirement in Juneof 1997. She took the lead in guidance as we became a high school in the mid-1980s.She was a good friend & mentor to so many teachers through the years.

Debbie Courville taught both phys. ed. & French during her 22 years at Loyola. Shewas also our phys. ed. dept head. She coached both basketball & soccer for manyyears. She left Loyola in 2001 to become a consultant in Halton & finished her careerat the Ministry of Education.

Both of these ladies lost their battles with cancer this summer. They both made majorcontributions to education in general & Loyola in particular.

We thank Almighty God for blessing us with their influence & friendship through theyears.

Dufferin-Peel Students Continue toShine on Latest EQAO TestsRecently released EQAO test results for primary (Grades 1-3) and junior (Grades 4-6) assessmentsof reading, writing and mathematics, and the Grade 9 mathematics indicate that Dufferin-Peelstudents continue to meet or exceed provincial averages.

Some of the improvements this year over last year are as high as 6% and 10%. This is great newsfor our students and shines a light on the hard work of faculty, staff, administrators and trustees inaligning system resources to support all learners.

Assessment 2009-2010 2010-2011 1-Year ComparisonPrimary Division (Grades 1-3) Reading 62% 68% +6%Primary Division (Grades 1-3) Writing 71% 76% +5%Primary Division (Grades 1-3) Mathematics 71% 69% -2%Junior Division (Grades 4-6) Reading 73% 77% +4%Junior Division (Grades 4-6) Writing 76% 78% +2%Junior Division (Grades 4-6) Mathematics 63% 62% -1%Grade 9 Academic Mathematics 85% 87% +2%Grade 9 Applied Mathematics 42% 52% +10%

* Results indicate percentage of students who achieved at or above the provincial standard(Levels 3 and 4)

While this year’s results are impressive, results over the past several years provide further evidencethat Dufferin-Peel students continue to improve over time. This is great news, but it doesn’t meanwe cannot do even better. Board staff will further analyze the EQAO results to provide support toschools, students and parents/guardians to ensure that more students continue to improve in allassessment areas. Each school has its own plan, which will be reviewed in the context of itsstudents’ test results, to improve students’ skills in all subject areas. School plans include strategiesto assist all students, including intervention and reinforcement for students who did not achieve theprovincial standard.

Check your school website, or contact the principal for your school’s EQAO results. Additionalinformation can be obtained through the EQAO website at www.eqao.com.

Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board - Board of TrusteesAnna da Silva - Brampton Wards 1,3,4 Linda Zanella - Brampton Wards 2, 5, 6

Scott McLauchlan - Brampton Wards 7-10 Frank Di Cosola - Caledon/Dufferin Mario Pascucci - Mississauga Wards 1&3 Sharon Hobin - Mississauga Wards 2&8 (Vice Chair)

Anna Abbruscato - Mississauga Ward 4 (Chair) Thomas Thomas - Misissauga Ward 5 Peter Ferreira - Mississauga Wards 6&11 Bruno Iannicca - Mississauga Ward 7

Esther O’Toole - Mississauga Wards 9&10John B. Kostoff - Director of Education

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Guidance Department By A. Zagar

College and University Visits

During the past few months, representatives from Ontario universitiesand colleges visited Loyola’s grade twelve students to discuss post-secondary programs and the admission process. Students shouldcontinue their research by visitinghttp://www.dpcdsb.org/LOYOL/Guidance. This website has valuableinformation and links to various post-secondary institutions and otherhelpful sites.

University Applications

The deadline for university applications is January 11, 2012. Theapplication is completed on line at www.ouac.on.ca. PersonalIdentification Numbers (PIN) are required to access the COMPASS 101application. These numbers will be distributed to students as soon asthey become available. Workshops will be offered to students to explainthe application process, and a tutorial on the procedure is available at theOUAC site. Students should also visit www.electronicinfo.ca, a databaseof all Ontario university programs.

College Applications

February 1, 2012 is the due date for college applications in order toreceive equal consideration. The college application is completedonline at www.ontariocolleges.ca. Special identification numbers are notrequired, and workshops will be held to explain the college applicationprocess. There is also a tutorial available at the Ontario colleges’ site.

Reminder to all students graduating in June 2012

The deadline for submitting evidence of the completion of 40 hoursof community service is Thursday, January 12, 2012.

Completing 40 hours of community service is a graduationrequirement, mandated by the Ministry of Education. Students willnot receive a high school diploma, nor will they be able to proceed tocollege or university, until this requirement is met.

Registration Forms for the 2012-13 School Year

During November and December, counsellors will be providinginformation about course selections to both grade eight students fromLoyola’s family of elementary schools and to current Loyola students.Special evening presentations will be scheduled for parents ofelementary school students. A curriculum night and information sessionon Thursday, January 19, 2012 will include the following events:

• General overview of the OSSD at 7:00 pm in the cafetorium.• Department displays in various classrooms from 7 pm to 9 pm.

Registration forms are due Monday, February 28, 2011 for equalconsideration.

Take Our Kids to Work Day

On Wednesday, November 2, the grade nine students spent the day attheir parents’ workplace to observe them at work and to gain a betterunderstanding of the employability skills required for success. Theexperience can help them make appropriate course selections and clarifytheir goals for the future.

Student Services Staff

Ms. Barnet, counsellor (A - G) Ms. Fernandes, secretaryMs Compagnon (H - J) Ms. Bishop, child youth workerMs. Dugo, counsellor (K - O) Ms. Rego, co-op teacherMs. Zagar, counsellor (P - Z) Ms. McFadden, co-op teacher

Loyola Christmas HamperDrive 2011M. Heist, on behalf of the LoyolaChristmas Basket Committee

Preparing Christmas baskets for needy families in ourcommunity is a long-standing tradition at Loyola CatholicSecondary School. Each year, the school receives thenames of families from St. Vincent de Paul Society and from our ownschool community. The staff and students in each homeroom class areasked to contribute to the creation of these baskets. Last year Loyolaraised over $7000 in food, and gift vouchers to help those in need in ourcommunity.

A Christmas hamper will assist families with dinner and gifts throughoutthe holiday season. Since individuals have unique tastes, differentcultural celebrations as well as preference in the purchase of the toy thattheir children are wishing for, we are asking for monetary donation orvouchers to allow the families to purchase their own Gifts, and fooditems. This is not a food drive.

Students and their families can make donations through homeroomclasses. Any corporate sponsorship or donations would be greatlyappreciated. These donations go straight to families in our school andour community. Our chaplain, Mr. D. Smibert and our Youth WorkerMrs. Bishop personally deliver many of the baskets. There is no middleperson. Your contribution goes directly to the families.

The Christmas Hamper Drive will begin on Monday, December 5th andend on Friday, December 16th.

The need at Christmas is always the greatest. Any and all donations canmake a huge difference this Christmas for a family in need. Please help

us make a difference.

Thank you for your support with our Christmas Hamperdrive.

H.O.P.E. is Here The Loyola club called H.O.P.E. (Helping Other People Everywhere) isback and making a difference in the lives of other people. After somefun getting-to-know-you activities as well as some brainstorming ofideas for charity projects throughout the year, the HOPE calendar isfilling up quickly.

We have already enjoyed some hands-on activities like creating crafts forMeals on Wheels and caring for the Peace Garden in front of the school.

In October, we turned the cafeteria into a giantbakery after school as members formed teamsto bake, from scratch, tasty—and healthy—treats for our annual October Halloween BakeSale to raise money to sponsor two childrenthrough the Chalice Catholic charity. Clubmembers also wrote letters to our adopted

children to make a personal connection.

The club will continue making a difference throughout the semester. Ifyou are interested in seeing what the club is all about, and would like tomeet new people, drop by Tuesday after school in Room 141. Newmembers are always welcome. We meet every Tuesday and we H.O.P.E.to see you there!

Check out our website at http://hopegroup.tk/

DECA DECA DECABy Jakub Stach, student

This year’s DECA is already off to an explosive start. Each year, members of DECA participate in competitions that prepare themfor the business world. The team is focused on training students for oral and written competitions, and helps focus on businessskills such as presentation, confidence, public speaking, and time management. Students are also given in depth knowledge onmarketing as well as different aspects of business, which in turn helps them perform better in class. Members have beensuccessfully participating in the sale of SPC cards within the school community, helping raise funds for the club as well as thevarious charities that it supports. The Written Competitions took place on November 1st and were followed by the Regional OralCompetitions for the Marketing Cluster which took place at Gordon Graydon Secondary School on November 12th. We encourageparents to come out and support the club by participating in the Annual DECA Silent Auction during second semester’s parentteacher night. SPC cards will continue to be sold throughout lunches in front of the cafeteria, and at the business office. The cardsare priced at nine dollars. The club allows students to interact and network with their peers, teachers, business as well as thecommunity at large. Most importantly DECA helps students “Make a Difference”, which is the motto here at LoyolaCatholic Secondary School.

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CO-OP Program Congratulations to the co-op students for a successful start to their chosen field of work. Aftercompleting self-assessment exercises that matched their interests and skills with a desiredoccupation, the students then rehearsed interviews, updated their resumes and prepared cover lettersin anticipation of their real-world experience. From the chart below, you can see the variety ofprofessions and trades that our students have filled. We would like to thank each organization fortaking the time to train and supervise our students in their chosen field.

Organization Type of Work PlacementAdvanced Multi-Specialty Medical Clinic Medical AdministrationAll Pro Auto & Glass Auto Service Technician ApprenticeAlma Plumbing and Drain Service Plumbing ApprenticeBrookmede Public School Teacher AssistantStephen R. Biss, Barrister and Solicitor Legal AssistantCanadian Tire Auto Service Technician ApprenticeChrist the King Elementary School Early Childhood EducationCosta Blanca Fashion RetailDisegno Donata Fashion / JewelleryDMR Hair Studio Hair DesignThe Collegeway Animal Hospital Veterinary Technician ApprenticeElectrical Services Electrical Residential ApprenticeErin Mills Mazda Auto Service Technician ApprenticeErin Mills Middle School Assistant to Phys. Ed. TeacherErin Mills Twin Arena General Maintenance & OperationsFaces Esthetics / Make upGoodlife Fitness Administration and MaintenanceLA Music Music Retail Milestones Restaurant Cook / Chef ApprenticeMulligan Woodworking Cabinetmaker ApprenticePrestige Decorating Interior DecoratingPromoPays Graphics AdvertisingNawaz Taub & Wasserman Chartered Accountants AccountingOn The Curve Restaurant Cook / Chef / Baker ApprenticeRAMA Computers Computer TechnicianRona Electrical & HardwareShell Office Assistant St. Clare Elementary School Teacher AssistantSt. Margaret of Scotland Elementary School Early Childhood EducationStrings Attached Music RetailTech Plus Auto Services Auto Service Technician ApprenticeThe Auto Spa Auto DetailingThe Picture Source Building and Creating FramesWoodchester Auto Services Auto Service Technician Apprentice

PhotoSensitiveWinner –Keara ClarkeCongratulations toKeara Clarke whosephoto on the themeof energy wasselected for theP h o t o S e n s i t i v eonline and travelling gallery. Keara’s artiststatement says, “The sun is the oldest and mostimportant source of energy on the planet.” Herphoto tries to embody the power and strengthand show how important the sun is. To see alink to her photo and the online exhibit, click onthe Energy Project link and then select“student” at the top of the page. From there,scroll down to Loyola Catholic SecondarySchool. www.photosensitive.com.

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Youth RallyBy E. Fijan

On Thursday, October 13th, a select group of students attended the Mississauga South Family ofSchools Youth Rally at Pope John Paul II Polish Cultural Centre. This event brought togetherstudents from 4 secondary schools and 22 elementary schools to participate in various faith-basedactivities. Students from Loyola had an opportunity to mentor elementary students from St. Louis,St. Margaret of Scotland and St. Helen. After a busy morning of ice-breaker games, everyone wastreated to a performance by the Resurrection Dance Theatre of Haiti. The afternoon was filled withmany fun activities that encouraged the students to focus on the blessings we have in our owncommunities. All of the youth ambassadors were asked to spread what they learned at the rallywithin their school communities. Stay tuned for some faith initiatives from Loyola’s own youthambassadors – Allie Duggan, Lynda Zolcinski, Nicholas Amorim, Justin Lachine, AlejandraGutierrez, Cassandra Lima, Matthew Matteazzi, Matthew Nosotti, Hollie Boodram-Panesar,Evelyn Tewolde, Christine DeCaire, Jaclyn Tomlin, and Bradley Thompson. Loyola’s Youth Ambassadors at the Youth

Rally with the Haitian Dancers

People United for Success and HopeBy Michal Groszek, P.U.S.H. student

P.U.S.H. (People United for Success and Hope) is an alternative setting for students who are in grade 12. We are all leaders,bringing the school community together with the many different types of initiatives that we organize every semester. From“Boy’s Night In” to “Hoopfest”, we are always planning something!

For the 4 years that P.U.S.H has been around, we have planned and executed many events for the school and even thecommunity. Many of you have probably walked by our class, looked in and thought “what do they do in there?” Theanswer is “a lot”. From all of the events we plan, the trips we take, and the involvement in community outreach, we reallyhave our work cut out for us. From the weekly trips to St. Clare to the food drives for the homeless, P.U.S.H. is here tomake Loyola and the community one giant family!

Altitude Group

Simon Weisenthal CentreTeen Ranch

At the top of their game

Hanging in there

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Grade 9Amorim, NicholasAnku, YayraAntonowicz, SylviaArruda, JustinArts, StefaniBarretto, GaryBecke, ThomasBishay, LydiaBrissett, DejonCruickshank, AshleyDabagh, NadiaDe Koning, Tiara DanriaDeenen, VanessaDela Cruz, MicheleDeveaux, GabrielleDrewniak, StevenDuggan, AlessandraDurant, MatthewEllul, RyanErdman, AdrianaFernandes, KassandraGabrentina, AlmiraGallant, KimberlyGargala, DominicGracie, AlexanderHuang, Xiao ChenIbrahim, MarinaJanowski, NatalieJasion, SaraJojart, IsabelKawecki, OliviaKhoury, CarolKhrydochkyn, TommyKim, Jung JoonKiviranta, AlyssaKochnev, NikitaKraczynski, NicholasLaBella, ScottLachine, JustinLee, Su HoLeGendre, SophieLeung, CynthiaLough, KatherineMac Farlane, JordanMajda, NatalieManamperi, AdaraMancuso, TanyaMarciano, ElizabethMarshall, TaliaMathias, ZoltanMcGuire, CailieMilias, MelissaMorris, LiamNguyen, KimNoegroho, PrimoOkwuonu, JoyPacheco, NicolePelletier, LauraPosella, AndreaProllamante, Tricia FleurQuist, EdwardRenaud, Jessica

Rogers, BridgetRutherford, JessicaSalayo, GinoSardo, JohnShoaib, FalakSisti, SimoneSpeck, JacobSpiewak, VictorSwirla, MeaganTokarsky, ToriViloria, NoreenaWarner, KevinWilkins, LaurenWrona, MateuszWynnyckyj, LaryssaZaczek, OliwiaZdziebko, IzabelaZenta, AlexandraZolcinski, Lynda

Grade 10Adetunji, OmoboladeAl Mudhaffar, AikAnderson, NaomiArchila, MartinBaczkowski, MarkBiskupski, PeterBoodram-Panesar, HollieBuhagiar, MatthewButris, KaroulinCalaycay, Simon JohnCaldi, ChristinaCappuccitti, AmandaChmiel, KlaudiaChong, BarlowCorrigan, JessicaCox, EmilyDias, KaitlynDias, MarcDiCenso, CristianaDugas, SimonFedorowich, AndrewGoyena, JastineGugliucciello, MarcoGutierrez, AlejandraHaley, AlexaHegedus, VeronicaHolland, BrigidIve, AdamKimber, AdamKocmiel, MartinaKoomson, GiftyKowalska, NataliaKrutkiewicz, DanielLarouche, AlexandraLata, JessicaLee, Chang JunLek, JeremyLima, CassandraLopez Puente, NormanLumbres, ElyssaMalone, AustinMarkes, EmilyMatteazzi, MatthewMcGroarty, RobynnMills, Makayla

Mohorovich, MitchellMonteiro, YoannMoskwa, KrzysztofMoussa, RitaNguyen, AlbertNosotti, MatthewOshana, DavidPadernal, Sofia LouisePalumbo, NicoleParis, AnkitaPolinario, LeizlRapier, JustinRodrigues, MatthewRogozinski, MateuszRubiec, HelenaRuiz, MarrijillSanta Ana, WayneSarmiento, JosephSchiavone, SamanthaSiciliano, CarlySilva, NicoleSovereign, KellySpiewak, FrederickSwirla, KathleenSzelag, BartekTewolde, EvelynTomaszewicz, FilipTreacy, StephanieTrigiani, KaylaTurek, AnnaVan Veen, LaurenVanDerKley, SiobhanVasarevic, NicoleVictorious, AllenWeatherbee, JacobZygmunt, Alexander

Grade 11Amin, EhrenAmorim, ChristopherArias, CristianBabaran, TylerBednarz, JacekBonicelli, JoseBrand, DeniseBrown, KellyBrylinski, JanetCarey, CatharinaCecchin, JessicaChmura, PeterChong, AlexandraClarke, KearaCoccia, JenniferCovic, DavorCrisostomo, AliciaD' Souza, AbigailD' Souza, RyanDalisay, Gio AnthonyDe Witt, JacquelineDeCaire, ChristineD'Lima, ScottDrake, VictoriaEden, JulieEllul, MitchellFenton, BrandonFernandes, Roxanne

Ferreira, CassandraFilicetti, DiondraFoti, CaterinaGallant, SarahGeorges, TimothyGonzales, NataliaHallig, SamanthaHam, PeterHenderson, ValerieJames, RyanJohnson, AshleyKerr, MichaelKim, BrianKolodziej, PatrickKoszela, NicoleLata, MichaelLegaspi, LindsayLozinski, JesseLucchetta, JessalynnMacKenzie, LukeMastantuono, MatthewMatthews, AlyshaMaybury, TheresaMcElveny, SarahMcGoldrick, KaitlynMerida, KarinaMohammed, JoshuaMoore, EmilyNtibarigobeka, SandrieO' Mara, DwayneO' Shea, AlannahPascua, AlvinPeralta, LoreicaPlichtova, LuciaPocalyuko, MeganPower, ChenezQuiboloy, Paula BiancaRayner, AlexandraReinprecht, JessicaRenouf, JonahRenouf, NathanRichardson, SamuelRisden, AnikaRogers, EricRoick, PerryRoy, MitchellRuiz, GillieSalazar, JasminSawczak, IwonaSchleihauf, RachelShoji, EllieSloan, ElaineSomali, ClarisaStach, JakubSwiadek, GabriellaSwiecki, JonathanTeixeira, ChristianTomlin, JaclynTrigiani, BrittanyVictorious, AmandaWelsford, DevonWlodarczyk, KamilaZabinski, MichalZadarko, Martin

Grade 12Ames, MichaelAntonowicz, DavidAustin, DenzelBaldin, StephanieBecerra, Ana PaulaBell, CourtneyBorowiec, MagdalenaBrace, SeanBraunstein, CatherineBuitrago, LuisCaetano, ShelbyCairns, AlexanderCamilleri, JordanCarrey, JaclynCastillo, JessicaCater, AllisonCoelho, AlyssaColaco, TylerColbert, HollyCox, RachelCrasto, RainaCunanan, MarchaelCutajar, JustinDavidson, RoxaneDe Koning, Tersha FelicityDe La Rosa, AbigaelDe Mello, JeremyDejnicki, PawelDias, KaylaDolbec, MeiganDulhanty, EmilyDurnan, NicoleEdwards, MarkErdman, AndrewEvans, Mary RoseFedyk, AndrewFerreira, DannyGalus, DavidGhousy, NicholasGiammarco, AleksandraGoncalves, TanyaHaller, JamesHarvey -Ramgadoo ,TamikaHegedus, NicholasHerber, AlexandreHills, JustinHodges, StephanieIsrail, NinartJohal, AmanpreetKanagalingam, JessicaKilfoy, AliciaKillackey, SamuelKim, PaulKleszcz, EwaKlis, MatthewKonarzewski, PhilippKurnik, KatelynKwasny, DanielKwiatek, ThomasLee, Jun-SupLee, PriscillaLegaspi, KrissaLitwiniuk, KlaudiaLobo, Weylin

Lock, DaniellaMac Farlane, Taylor-MarieManiccia, JuliaMannarino, AmandaMarkes, AlexandraMarsh, VictoriaMatteazzi, PaulinaMc Carthy, ShannonMcComb, KristenMcVarish, AndrewMisquitta, JoshuaMorris, NathanielMorrison, BrendenNagel, RobynNasser, MahmoudNesbitt, BrettPadernal, Paulo RafaelPalumbo, MarissaPatel, ShernazPeart, SamuelPegg, ChristinePerrella, AndrewPiorkowski, ChristinePugliese, MeaganRalph, CraigRasool, NimraRogers, ZoeRoss, JamesRygus, ChristopherSanchez, LuisSanta Ana, KyraSauco, Selina AldrineSequeira, CarlShaker, FaddyShamshoon, SaifSmith, SarahSo, AaronSoucy, ReneeStreeter, OliviaSubject, DanielleSzeto, VeronicaTaylor, MitchellThompson, TamoyaTrigiani, AdrianaVertolli, BiancaVoskuil, AdamWeatherbee, KristinaWidjanarko, ChristopherWilcox, MeghanWolf, VanessaWood, ElizabethZabinski, MarcinZubrowski, Barbara

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CelebratingCelebratingExcellence!Excellence!

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Special Awards of Distinction were handedout to the following students:

Rachel Miller Award:This award was donated by Mrs. Miller inmemory of her daughter, Rachel, who died ofReyes Syndrome. It is presented to a student ingrade 9 who relates well with his/her fellowstudents and teachers and who shows a highlevel of cooperation. Recipient: Dejon Brissett

Joseph Hugel Award of Excellence:This award is presented by the Dufferin-PeelCatholic District School Board to the top grade10 student in recognition of academicexcellence. Recipient: Yoann Monteiro

Encounters With Canada Award:This award recognizes a deserving Grade 10student who has received high academicachievement in both History and Civics. Therecipient also demonstrates good citizenship.The recipient, who is chosen by the SocialScience department, is given the opportunity toattend a one week session in the Encounterswith Canada Program at the Terry Fox Centre inOttawa. Recipient: Daniel Krutkiewicz

Loyola Literary AwardThis year, our school has introduced a newaward, the Loyola Literary Award, which goesto the students in Grades 9, 10 and 11 who haveshown the most interest in reading by achievingthe highest score in the Accelerated ReaderProgram. Recipients:Grade 9 Jung Joon KimGrade 10: Bartek SzelagGrade 11: Allison Gomes

Loyola Catholic Student Award:An award is presented at each grade level, bythe Loyola Staff, to a student who exhibits ahigh degree of Catholic values. The recipientdemonstrates through attitude and behaviour,the attributes of a positive Catholic role modelin the Loyola community. Recipient Simone SistiRecipient Matthew RodriguesRecipient Bradley Thompson

*A description of the Awards Program atLoyola can be found on our Website: www.dpcdsb.org/LOYOL.

Congratulations to the 371 students who made the Honour Roll last year. Honour Roll students from grades 9, 10 and 11 as well as other special awardwinners were honoured at Loyola’s Awards Ceremony which took place on Thursday, October 20 at 4:00 p.m. at St. Ignatius Loyola Church. Theceremony was followed by a reception in the Church Hall.

Subject Award Winners:

Academic ResourceGrade 9 Andrea Posella

Sarah KouryGrade 10 Amanda Cappuccitti

Bartek SzelagGrade 11 Emily Beaulieu

Neal Mc LeanPlanning for Independence Kevin EschliESL Junior Award Rita BodaghESL Senior Award Bahirah Aljandale-Alrifae

Business Studies Grade 9 Gino Salayo

Lynda ZolcinskiGrade 10 Kathleen Swirla

Simon DugasGrade 11 Colleen Taylor

Michal Zabinski

Career StudiesGrade 10 Yoann Monteiro

Albert Nguyen

Co-operative EducationGrade 11 Dwayne O’Mara

Computer StudiesGrade 10 Yoann MonteiroGrade 11 Tyler Babaran

EnglishGrade 9 Brandon Lo

John SardoNatalie Janowski

Grade 10 Amanda CappuccittiKelly SovereignJessica Corrigan

Grade 11 Nerissa ViloriaLucy PlihtovaJessica Reinprecht

Health and Physical EducationGrade 9 Adriana Erdman

Calie McGuireNicholas Kraczynski

Grade 10 Kelly SovereignChris Nakashima

Grade 11 Chenez PowerNathan Renouf

MathematicsGrade 9 Katlin Montag

Zoltan MathiasDonnel Varkey George

Grade 10 Kelly SovereignMateusz RogozinskiGodofredo Navera

Grade 11 Ellie ShojiDiondra FillicettiBrandon Tackore

ModernsGrade 9 Jessica Renaud (Core French)

Brigitte Rogers (Core French)Isabel Jojart (Extended French)

Grade 10 Yoann Monteiro (Core French)

Laura Pelletier (Extended French)Grade 11 Clarissa Somali (Core French)

Abigail D’Souza (Extended French)Italian Cristiana DiCensoSpanish Norman Lopez Puente

ReligionGrade 9 Kim Nguyen

Lynda ZolcinskiCarol Khoury

Grade 10 Sofia PadernalAnkita ParisMatthew Matteazzi

Gr. 11 Michael LataLucy PlichtovaMichal Zabinski

ScienceGrade 9 Natalie Janowski

Isabel JojartTommy Khrydochkyn

Grade 10 Kelly SovereignJulie TaylorMichael Perrino

Grade 11 Lucy PlichtovaKaitlyn McGoldrickJacek Bednarz

Social Science and CivicsGrade 10 Civics Albert Nguyen

Chantal Petgrave

Social Sciences:Grade 9 Miranda Malone

Natalie JanowskiKim Nguyen

Grade 10 Chang Jun LeeElyssa LumbresKelly Sovereign

Grade 11 Sarah GallantSandrine NtibarigobekaMichal Zabinski

Technological StudiesGrade 9 (Exploring Technologies)Jung Joon KimComputer EngineeringGrade 10 Jacob StoddartGrade 11 Karina MeridaCommunications TechnologyGrade 10 Mitchell MohoroviGrade 11 Diondra FilicettiTechnological DesignGrade 10 Rita MoussaGrade 11 Clarisa SomaliGreen IndustriesGrade 11 Jennifer Coburn

Visual and Performing ArtsVisual ArtsGrade 9 Stefani ArtsGrade 10 Julie Taylor

Makayla MillsGrade 11 Keara Clarke

Henri Bryce PatiMusicGrade 9 Dejon Brissett

Grade 10 Krzysztof MoskwaJustin Shanidatt

Grade 11 Alicia Crisostomo

DramaGrade 10 Aik Al MudhaffarGrade 11 Jacqueline De Witt

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Mississauga-Erindale MPP CandidatesDebate at LoyolaBy E. Odozor

On Thursday, September 29th, all fourMississauga-Erindale provincial candidatesaddressed Loyola students and staff in a town-hallmeeting. The question and answer session,organized by the Teacher-Librarian, Mrs. Odozor,gave our students a closer opportunity to meet thecandidates, hear them share their mandates andwatch them discuss the issues. Our studentsdemonstrated great citizenry. They asked questionsabout the Ontario educational system, employmentand health care. Our students wanted to know eachcandidates stand on Catholic education. Inattendance were David Brown (PC), Otto Casanova (Green), Michelle Bilek (NDP), HarinderTakhar (Liberal), and Sharon Hobbin (Trustee). The session was moderated by Brad Thompson, ourstudent Vice President.

Student VoteProgramBy E. Odozor

Loyola Library once again opened its doors forour students to experience the voting process bygiving them a hands-on experience. 219 Loyolastudents participated in the 2011 Student VoteProgram, a program that educates young peopleabout voting. Since results have shown that lessthan 50% of Canadians participate in theelectoral process, it becomes imperative thatyoung Canadians are reached early in life andgiven the opportunity to develop the habits ofinformed and engaged citizenship. This StudentVote Program helps to create that awareness.

Loyola meets the provincial candidates

Bola Adetunji Hollie Boodram-PanesarVanessa BrobbeyJanet BrylinskiCatharina CareyJesse ChengBethany CorreaMatthew DaszkiewiczNathan D'Cruz

Christine DeCaireSavanna FernandesAllison FurtadoAlejandra GutierrezAshley JohnsonDaniel JohnsonDeniquea JonesDina JugurnauthVeronica Kosinska

Natalia KowalskaJessica LataCassandra LimaMatthew MatteazziAlysha MatthewsKaitlyn McGoldrickAmelia McSloyKimberly MedeirosMatthew Nosotti

Sandrine NtibarigobekaChioma OdozorAlannah O'SheaChantal PetgraveLucy PlichtovaMegan PocalyukoChenez PowerKhamoni PowerShanelle Reid

Eric RogersEllie ShojiKelly SovereignJakub StachGabriella SwiadekEvelyn TewoldeBradley ThompsonJaclyn TomlinKamila Wlodarczyk

Link Crew Welcomes the Grade 9’s to LoyolaThe grades 9’s were welcomed by the student leadersand staff advisors of the Link Crew program onOrientation Day. An awesome human tunnel of grade11 and 12 students cheered wildly as the newestmembers of Loyola community streamed into the gymfor a morning assembly of ice breaker activities. Afterturning the gym floor into a maze of interminglinggrade 9’s, the senior student Link Leaders were sent inpairs to separate classrooms to get to know their smallCrew of grade 9 students through a variety of fun andteam building activities. The Link Leaders then

escorted their Crew on a tour of the school building before being fed by Student Council who hostedthe grade 9 BBQ.

On the Friday September 9, 2011, of the first week of school, the fifty Link Leaders, wearing theireasily identifiable blue shirts, served ice cream or popsicles to the grade 9’s and sat with their Crewduring the 3A lunch to check in, share their experiences of the first week of high school and create theirown identifiable crew logo. An assembly to help the grade 9’s complete their Community Hours ofService is planned for November and other supportive events will occur throughout the year.

Link Crew is a year-long program designed to help the grade 9’s integrate smoothly into high schoollife. The Link Crew Leaders have been awesome as ambassadors and mentors to the grade 9’s. Thestaff coordinators, Ms Antonutti, Ms Fijan, Ms Matyszczuk, Ms McFadden, Ms Piercey and MsSolarzano would like to thank the senior students listed below for attending the two-day trainingsessions during their summer holidays to plan for Orientation Day. Loyola looks forward to more Link Crew activities during the school year.

Here are the Link Leaders for 2011/2012:

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Out and About with P.I.P.By Katrina Erb, Student

In September we celebrated so many summer and September birthdays. We sang Happy Birthday to Andrew, Sean, Pat,Daniella, Kirsten, Ms. Boily, Ms. Dugo, Ms. Firlotte, Ms. Iwasiw, and Ms. Nordt. Chocolate cake was enjoyed by all.

We visited The Griffen House in Ancaster. We saw the orginal Griffen House ruins which were destroyed by a fire. Wehad a great tour of the Griffen House Museum where we enjoyed apples and apple juice. Then we stopped for lunchat Maple View Mall.

The PIP class participated in the Bocce Ball Tournament at St. Marcellinus. It was a beautiful day and everybody didgreat. The Warrior Bocce Ball team got ribbons. Ms. Dugo took a lot of pictures. We all had a lot of fun.

In October we had a Thanksgiving luncheon. We ate broccoli, ham, pineapple, potatoes, and corn. We had browniesfor dessert. We celebrated Spiro’s birthday. We visited Stonehaven Farms where we went on a hay ride and picked outpumpkins. We had a lot of spooky fun at our Halloween Party, everyone dressed up and we played spooky fun games.

L.I.F.T – iProgramBy: Reinard Viloria, student

On Friday, October 21st, LIFT – Loyola International Friendship Team – hosted its first meeting in thelibrary. Newcomers, either from a different school or a different country, spent their morning getting toknow one another and learning that being new really isn’t that bad!

The meeting started off with some games and activities, after which everyone was more comfortablewith one another. After the fun activities, we watched a video that showed us other newcomers whoexplained their experiences – both good and bad. The students in the video explained how they gotthrough their first few months in a new school and new country.

Once the video was over, the principal – Mr. Giancola, and the vice-principal – Ms. Antonutti, came tosay hello and welcome us to the school. Mrs. Zagar, Mrs. Barnet, and Mrs. Bishop from Guidance cameto offer their support as well.

To end off our morning, we shared a pizza lunch and took a group photo to celebrateour first LIFT meeting.

LIFT is a student-run program, with the support of the ESL teachers. LIFT aims to make newcomers feel more comfortable as theyadjust to their new lives in Canada. Many exciting and fun activities are coming up this school year.

Enjoying a nice day og bocce

Katrina’s cuisine

Loyola’s awsome Green Team!

The Bocce Warriors

Learning history in Hamilton

Kevin and his teammates

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Quoi de Neuf?News from the ModernsDepartmentMovie French Immersion

On October 13th, about 100 students from ourExtended French and Core French programs ingrades 10, 11& 12 went to the Queensway movietheatre to watch an authentic French comedy movieentitled French Immersion. Students enjoyed themovie and their lunch time at the Sherway Gardens.

University of Ottawa Video Contest: “Are you Ontario’s top FrenchClass 2011?”

Our Grade 12 students participated in a video contest inthe intent of winning a scholarship for the University ofOttawa. Even though it was time consuming, they reallyenjoyed the experience. We are waiting to get the finalresults of the contest. Bonne chance!

Second City Workshops

On November 17th, our Grade 9 Core French students will have a chanceto practice their French oral skills by attending a drama workshop atSecond City downtown Toronto. They will also enjoy lunch with theirfriends at the Old Spaghetti Factory.

Quebec City Carnaval Trip 2012

This coming February, the Moderns department isorganizing a three day trip to Quebec City Carnaval.Some of the featured activities will include; dogsledding, snow tubing, skiing/snowboarding, visitingthe Carnaval site and an evening dinner at an authenticSugar Shack. More details to come.

Spanish Class trip to the Lula Lounge

On November 24th, Mrs. Solorzano’s Spanish classis going to the Lula Lounge downtown Toronto.They will have the opportunity to practice theirSpanish skills as they will be enjoying an authenticSpanish lunch. Every other Friday the students have

been learning vocabulary in class while cooking simple traditionalSpanish dishes such as Quesadillas & Tostones (fried plantain). Theywill also participate in a 1 hour Salsa dancing lesson.

Loyola’s Latino Dance club

The Latino club has returned to our variety of extracurricular activitiesthat began on Friday, October 21st at 2:15 p.m. in room 205. Studentsare learning different dances like Salsa, Meringue & Bachata. Everyoneis welcome!

Europe Trip 2012

This coming March break a Europe tripto London, Paris and Barcelona has beenorganized. The group will leave onThursday March 8th and will come backon Saturday March 17th. This adventurepromises to be very enriching for ourstudents in many subject areas such as

languages (French & Spanish), architecture, history,geography and religion. More details to come.

It’s MANDATORY for All GRADE 10STUDENTS

OSSLTWHO: All Grade 10 Students

WHAT: Ontario Secondary School LiteracyTest (OSSLT)

WHEN: March 29, 2012, 8:00am

WHERE: Loyola C.S.S.

WHY: Mandatory Graduation Requirement

LOOK FOR: Frequent in school practice sessionsand assignments/tests that parallelOSSLT requirements

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Holocaust DisplayBy E. Odozor

From Monday October 31st to Friday November 1, the Loyola Librarywill have on display 14 panels of exhibits on the Holocaust. This willshowcase the Jewish experience during and after the Holocaust. Ourstudents are invited to come and view the exhibits in the library.

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Bits and Yottabytes - Computer StudiesSee Mrs. Skira in Room 148 or 114 for More Information

DID YOU KNOW? A Yottabyte is 1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 bytes

1. Trip to Playdium - Computer Information Science Classes semester 1 & 2 Trip to Playdium and Automatic Entry into the Playdium’s 2 prizes of $500.00 Scholarship. Scholarship Contest Date: June 2012

2. New Computer Studies Courses

Did you know that many university and college programs require students take a computer course in their first year that requires knowledgein word processing, spreadsheets, database management and web page design. Many also require students take at least one programmingcourse and it is highly recommended. Taking a computer studies course at Loyola C.S.S. students learn animation, web page design,networking database management, programming, game programming and planning, environmental stewardship, web 2.0 and programminglanguages. Computer Studies at Loyola fulfills the group 3 elective requirement for graduation.

An underscore _ = section i.e. ICS201, 1 indicates section number, section numbers are not listed below

ICS20_ - Introduction to Computer Studies, Grade 10, open

ICS3C_ - Introduction to Computer Programming, Grade 11 College

ICS3U_ – Introduction to Computer Science, Grade 11 University

ICS4C_ – Computer Programming, Grade 12 College

ICS4U_ – Computer Science, Grade 12 University

IDC4UW - Interactive Web Development, Grade 12 University/College (no pre-requisite any course required)

3. University of Waterloo Canadian Computing Competition – Junior and Senior DivisionEarly Bird Registration: February 14th, 2012 Competition Date: February 28th, 2012 Results posted: May 20102www.cemc.uwaterloo.ca

4. Educational Computing Organization of Ontario ECOO Programming Competition Boardwide: Dufferin-Peel C.B.S.B. Computer ScienceContest Date: between March 28th - April 9th, 2012.Regional: The top 20 teams from the regional competitions compete at York University on April 30, 2012.www.ecoo.org

5. Imperial Oil Seminar in Computer Science for Young Women All GRADE 9 AND 10 FEMALES!Date: May 2012. Selected Loyola Attendees costs of registration are covered providing they are chosen. See Mrs. Skira in room 114 for moreinformation.http://cemc.math.uwaterloo.ca/events/csgirls.html

7. Skills Canada Competition is designed to encourage more Ontario youth to explore the many career opportunities that are available in theskilled trades and technologies.Date of DPCDSB Competition: March, 2012Qualifiers: April, 2012 Winners advance to the RIM Building in Waterloo: April 30 - May 2, 2012 http://www.skillsontario.com/

8. Computer Science advanced placement program: http://www.onlineschoolclassroom.com/java_ab.htm

9. Computer Science University Visits: www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/cs4u Visit the university you are planning to attend and check out their ComputerScience Departments.

10. Computer Science Week at the University of Toronto. Two students in grade 9 are eligible to apply. Please see Mrs. Skira in 114. DCS willbe joining universities across Canada in celebrating CS Education Week on December 10 with full-day events at both, St. George and UTMcampuses. Grade 9 students who attend will have the opportunity to build their own avatars, learn about secret codes, defend (their computers)against the dark arts and study the spread of diseases like HIV and H1N1 using Scratch programming.http://web.cs.toronto.edu/news/current/CS_Education_Week_Celebrations_at_UofT.htm

11. Cascon IBM Computer Programming Contest - The seventh annual CASCON High School Programming Competition will take place onWednesday, November 8, 2011 at the Hilton Suites Toronto/Markham Conference Centre & Spa.

12. RIP Steve Jobs 2011

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News from the Junior TennisTeam!By coaches Ms. Therrien & Ms. Lyons

Our junior tennis teamrepresented Loyola verywell during thequalifying tournamentthis past October 5th ,they advanced toROPSSAA in three ofthe events: In Boyssingle NicholasKraczynski finished in2nd place, in Girlsdoubles Katherine Lough& Teresa Trinh finishedin 1st place and Christopher Kalman &Gary Barretto finished in 2ndplace in Boys doubles.

Congratulations to this year’s team members:

Adara Manamperi, Justin Lima, Gary Barretto, Nicholas Kraczynski,Carole Khoury, Ryan Ellul, Daniel Koszela, Christopher Kalman,Amanda Arevalo, Katherine Lough, Teresa Trinh & Darius Kuzba.

News from the Senior Tennis Team!Congratulations to the senior tennis team whoplayed well at the qualifying tournament onSeptember 28th 2011. In Girls doubles,Natalia Kowalska & Stephanie Treacy placed2nd and advanced to ROPSSAA.

This year’s senior team members:

Krysztof Moskwa, Brian Kim, Kyle Augusto,Justin Ropier, Bartek Szelag, Chenez Power,Aditya Shahani, Natalia Kowalska & Stephanie Treacy.

A big thank you to Mr.O’Gorman for assisting the coaches and Ms. Dugofor driving us.

Senior Lady Warriors StartStrongThe Senior Lady Warriors Basketball Team has started their seasonstrong.

They are out to defend their ROPSSAA ‘AAA’ CHAMPIONSHIP in2010. This year’s team is a good mix of seasoned veterans and talentednewcomers with lots to prove and with the talent and enthusiasm to makethis season special.

The action will be fast and furious!

The Senior Lady Warriors for 2011 are:

Chenez Power Khamoni Power Lindsay LegaspiNerissa Viloria Kelly Sovereign Rachel McCormickCaitlin MacLeod Alicia Crisostomo Samantha HalligAnika Risden Hannah Zijsling Emily MarkesBrianne Hamilton Chioma Odozor Stephanie James

Coaches: M. Dugo, T. Pace, A.Lall, E. Penaloza-St. Hill (Lady WarriorAlum)

Manager: Keontay Brown

A happy bunch of kayakers

Canoeing for two

Junior Tennis Team

The Senior Lady Warriors 2011

Ryan in full stride!

Grade 12s Go Kayakingand Canoeing

Loyola Athletics

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Celebrating a win

Coach Rakoczy discussing the winDEEE-FENSE!

Driving for 2

Father Joe came to support!

Heading downcourt

Last play of the game

Our defensive stand!

Ryan on the block!

Talking strategy

Warrior fans!

Warriors Varsity Volleyball Team

On the Warrior Beat This Fall

Football Girl’s Basketball

Boy’s Volleyball

Graduation CornerUpcoming Dates

Plans are well on their way for the 2012 Graduation events. Students have been informed of these dates through an assemblyin September and a letter and pamphlet have been sent home.

November 14 – November 17 Graduation Dinner Dance Deposit due to Attendance – amount $20December 19 – December 2 Book your graduation photo January 9 – January 30 Graduation Photos – 15 minute sessions Cost $30 + taxes – Make cheque payable to Edge ImagingFebruary 6 – March 9 Graduation Ceremony Fee collection – Cost $90May T.B.D Wonderland Event May 10 Graduation Dinner Dance final payment - $65May 17, May 23 – May 25 Graduation Table Forms due from Dinner Dance table organizersJune 4 Graduation RehearsalMonday, June 25 Grad Dinner DanceThursday, June 28 Graduation Mass and Graduation Ceremony

In order for graduates to partake in the commencement ceremony in June with their classmates, they need to complete the 40 hours of communityservice by January 12th. Students should verify their graduation status with their guidance counselors. More detailed information can be found in the

pamphlet and letter sent home on October 14th.

Please forward any questions to Ms. Heist at ext 66148 after school.

Whom To CallPrincipal J. Giancola

Vice Principals S. Clarkin (A-L)S. Antonutti (M-Z)

Chaplain D. Smibert (x66131)

Child & Youth Worker J. Bishop (x66177)

Student Services P. Barnet (A-G) (x66155)P. DiClemente (H-J) (x66155)M. Dugo (K-O) (x66155A. Zagar (P-Z) (x66155)

Head Secretary L Landry (x66167)

Attendance Office S. Helsdon 905-820-9822

Superintendent C. Saytar 905-890-1221

Catholic School Vince Mammoliti 905-820-9822Council Co-Chairs Laurie Eschli

Trustee Sharon Hobin (905) 301-1210(905) 890-1221email: sharon.hobin@dpcdsb.org

Newsletter Editors E. Fijan (x66139)C. Cornwall (x66118)

Photographs M. Dugo (x66155)E. Fijan (x66139)

Dates to Remember2011

Wednesday, November 23 Last day to drop semester1 courses for marks not to appear ontranscript (grade 12 students only)

Thursday, December 1 Last day to withdraw from semester 1courses (grade 12 students only)

Friday, December 2 Grade 9 Girls Night In

Thursday, December 15 Feel the Beat – Music Show

Friday, December 23 Last school day before the Christmas break

Monday, December 26 - Friday, January 6 Christmas Break

2012

Monday, January 9 First day of classes

Monday, January 9 Catholic school council meeting

Wednesday, January 11 Ontario university application deadlineCo-Op job fair

Thursday, January 19 Curriculum night

Monday, January 16 -Wednesday, January 18 Grade 9 EQAO math tests

Tuesday, January 24 Last instructional day of first semester

Wednesday January 25 -Monday, January 30 Semester 1 examinations

Wednesday, February 1 Exam review day

Thursday, February 2 Semester turnaround day

Friday, February 3 Semester 2 begins

Monday, February 6 Catholic school council meeting

Thursday, February 9 Last day for semester 2 timetable changes

Friday, February 10 Semester 1 final report cards distributed

Thursday, February 16 Unity Day/Black History Month Presentation

Monday, February 20 Family day (no school)

Wednesday, February 29 Course selections for 2011-2012 due

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