If I speak in the tongues of mortals and angels but do not have love, I am a noisy gong and a clanging cymbal.

And if I have prophetic powers and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, be-lieves all things, endures all things.

Love never ends.

(1 Corinthians 13.1-8)

Newsletter Date: February 1, 2018 Volume 6, Issue 6.

St. Bruno/St. Raymond Newsletter

February 2018

February Prayer

St. Bruno/St. Raymond Catholic School 402 Melita Crescent

Toronto, ON M6G 3X6

Phone: 416-393-5376 Fax: 416-393-5844

Principal: L. Sposato

Secretary: D. Sammut

Supply Secretary: L. Moretti

Superintendent: John Wujek, 416-222-8282

Trustee: Jo-Ann Davis Ward 9,

416-512-3409

Parishes: St. Mary of the Angels

1481 Dufferin St, Toronto, M6H 4C7

416-532-4779 Fr. Landorff Garcia Mariona

(Pastor) St Peter Catholic Church

840 Bathurst St, Toronto, M5R 3G1

416-534-4219 Fr. Michael McGourty

(Pastor)

Entrance and Dismissal: 8:30 am Entry

10:12 am Recess 11:15 pm Lunch Hour

12:15 pm Entry 1:40 pm Recess

3:00 pm Dismissal

Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s),

“The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist” (Pope St. Gregory the Great).

Love certainly has survived quite well throughout the centuries and we look for every opportunity to cele-brate love when we can. February 14th marks Valen-tine’s Day, but this year it

also marks Ash Wednesday and the beginning of the Lenten Season, one of the most important events in our

Catholic Calendar. When you sit down with your children this year to prepare for St. Valentine’s Day, en-courage them to send de-lightful messages, poems, or cards to family members, relatives and friends. Once they’ve accomplished this, encourage them to send words of appreciation throughout the whole year –

when anyone least expects it! What a wonderful way to continue teaching our children to show friendship, appreciation and love. Happy Valentine’s Day! Also, wishing you a most prayerful beginning to this season of Lent, as you

start your Lenten Journey!

Sincerely,

L. Sposato

Principal

Provincial Report Cards Parent/Teacher Conferences

The provincial report card will be directed home on Monday, February 12th. Please check your

child’s backpack for it. Parent/teacher confer-ences will be held on the evening of Tuesday, Febru-ary 13 (5:00 - 7:30 pm), and Thursday, February 15 (5:00 - 7:30 pm). On-going communication will provide information that will encourage our students to set goals for learning, help teachers to establish plans, and assist parents in sup-

porting learning at home. We look forward to meeting with you at P/T interviews, and to continue to work in partnership.

TCDSB Guidelines for Winter Conditions

It has been an unusual start to the winter this year, with sudden drops in tempera-ture wind chill, and the oc-casional winter snowstorm. In the interest of student health and school perfor-mance, the TCDSB is in support of students being outdoors during recesses whenever possible. However, students will re-main indoors during inclem-ent weather. With a focus on winter con-ditions “students will remain indoors when the tempera-ture or the temperature in conjunction with the wind speed creates a wind chill factor that could possibly lead to frostbite”. Please know that we apprise our-selves of the weather condi-tions throughout the course of the day and base our decisions for recess on con-ditions and Board guide-lines.

School Administration of Medication

You are asked to be aware that principals, teachers and support staff of the TCDSB are not permitted to adminis-ter any type of prescription medication during the school day unless we have written authorization signed by you, the parent, and the prescrib-ing physician. The forms to dispense any medication must be updated on a regular basis and are available from the school of-fice. The forms, once complet-ed, are kept on file at the school. Also, please be ad-vised that staff in TCDSB schools will not dispense non-prescription medications to students. Should you require any additional information regarding this Board protocol or if you have any questions, please contact the school or the Special Services Depart-ment at 416-222-8282, ext. 2486.

From the Office

“Remember, to

update the

office with

your child’s

current

medical

information. ”

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Civvies Day - February 9th and February 13th, 2018

We continue to dedicate two days each month to our schools’ Civvies Days. This is a chance for our students to dress down, and have some fun. In January, Crazy Hat Day took place. The children showed extra thought and creativity in this event. This month, our Civvies Day will be taking place on Feb-ruary 9th and February 13th, 2018. As with all Civvies Days, we are encouraging

We are encouraging our students to contribute $5.00 for participating in all the activities organized for the entire week, All proceeds collected will help in student activities. Please mark these important and upcoming CSPC events in your calen-

dar:

Spring Fundraiser -McGregor's Meats (more information to follow)

Upcoming February Events by CSPC

Big Box of Cards - Birthday edition

CSPC is pleased to an-nounce that from February 8th - 26th , 2018, a fundraising initiative will begin. Please see attached Flyer for more

details. In addition, CSPC is organiz-

ing a February Spirit Week, Beat the February Blahs – Parent Spirit Week from February 20-23, 2018.

Parents Evening Work-shop - Social Media Ef-fects on Children (more information to follow)

TAC sports – Soccer Lunch Program for JK to Grade 4 (more infor-mation to follow)

Fun Fair – Saturday June 16th, 2018 12:00pm to 5:00pm

See attached documents for more Information

Family Movie Night A big thank-you to all stu-dents and families for com-ing out and supporting our Family Movie Night, in sup-

port of our Snack Program. Special thanks to students, staff, CSPC members and parent volunteers who helped make our Movie

Night possible. Finally, warm thanks to our parents/families who donat-ed baked goods and all of the foods enjoyed on this special night. Our Movie

Night was a great success due to your generosity, help-ing us to raise $815.80 for our snack program. We look forward to our next event,

and your continued support.

Valentine’s Day

As we approach the sacred season of Lent, we realize that Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2018. We will combine Shrove Tuesday celebra-tions with Valentine’s Day festivities on Tuesday Febru-ary 13, 2018, so as not to conflict with the solemn ob-servances of Ash Wednes-

day.

“The

contributions

of Parent

Volunteers

enrich the life

of our school

and students.”

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our students to bring a $2 donation to continue to help support our school needs and initiatives. On February 9th, students can wear their favourite pair of sunglasses (encouraging a little sunshine during the February blahs), and on February 13th, in honour of Valentine’s Day, stu-dents are encouraged to wear red, white, pink, clothing for the day. Thank you for your ongo-ing and generous support for all our school initia-tives.

St. Bruno/St. Raymond ME to WE Initiatives Our ME to WE Committee members are once again busy preparing our next initiative for the month of February. ME to WE will be fundraising by selling Valentine’s Day Candy Grams from February 7th to February 9th, 2018, during recess. We are encouraging our students to help support our cause and buy a candy gram for a friend or family

member. Candy Grams will be sold for:

1 candy gram for $1

OR 3 candy grams for $2 The candy grams will be distributed on Tuesday February 13th , 2018. All funds raised will be donated to our next global outreach project. Thanks so much for your continued support!

ME to WE Committee Members

performing for children and adults since his childhood in Cameroon. He has a lifetime of practice in capturing the subtlety of dance and story-telling with his music – an essential part of the African

Celebrating Black History Month On January 25, 2018, all our students kicked off February Black History month with an interactive, live performance

from Mariposa. The performance, entitled, “African Voyages Afri-cains: We Are One With The Drum”, was per-formed by Njacko Backo, a talented percussionist, singer, storyteller, chore-ographer, songwriter and composer , who has been

performing arts. His programs for children and youth draw on parallels and differences be-tween Canadian and African family life. Our students were able to actively participate during the

performance by sing-ing, playing instru-ments, listening to wonderful stories, and celebrating our talents, and diversity. Special thanks to Mrs. Fava for organizing this event.

us an opportunity to take posi-tive steps along our life path and to grow in faith, hope and love. It is for this reason that on Ash Wednesday the priest makes the sign of the cross on our foreheads and speaks these words, “Turn away from sin and be faithful to the gos-pel.” Lent is a time for all of us to focus on follow-ing Jesus and opening

our hearts to His presence in our lives. Please take some moments in your busy day to reflect on prayer, and prepare your hearts with acts of chari-ty, fasting, repent-ance. Where are you on

your Lenten Journey?

How will you follow in

the footsteps

of Jesus?

Ash Wednesday Mass During the season of Lent and especially Holy Week (March 26-30, 2018), our school activ-ities will reflect the spiritual nature of these sacred days. On Wednesday February 14, our students will be starting the Lenten season with Holy Mass, celebrated by Fr. Mi-chael at St. Bruno gym at 9:15 am, and receiving distribution of ashes. Lent offers us a time of reflec-tion to see where we are on our journey with God. It offers

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“Take action

against the

serious issues

of poverty in

our world.”

Junior Boys and Girls Soccer Teams

On Tuesday January 30th, 2018, our Junior boys played in the Boys Soccer Tourna-ment hosted at our school. Our boys played tremendously well, competing in the tourna-ment final and placing second overall. A huge congratulations to the team members for their sportsmanship, attitude and

hard work. Well done! Special thanks to Mr. Panoz-zo, the boys’ coach and lead-

er. On Wednesday January 31st,

2018, our Junior girls partici

pated in the Girls’ Soccer Tournament. The Junior girls finished in second place in their tournament. The girls played their first 4 games, without letting in a single goal. All the girls did a won-derful job, with a special shout-out to our goalie, Rose, for making some truly exceptional saves. Thanks to our Grade 6 players for being great lead-ers and role models to our team and to Angela and

Enuka, for helping to coach. Congratulations to all the girls for a successful tournament and to their coach, Ms. Taylor

for her guidance and support.

Cardboard Boat Race

On Thursday February 1st , 2018, St. Bruno/St. Ray-mond, St Ambrose and Holy Name Catholic Schools competed in the Skills Ontar-io Regional Cardboard Boat Race. Two team were en-tered from our school. Our teams competed well and St. Bruno/St. Raymond will be going back to the Provincials to defend their title with a 3rd

place finish at the Scar-

borough Tournament.

Congratulations to our team members: Samantha, Dante, Alessandra, and Calliope. Our other team members are Sophia, Demi,

Matthew E., and Vincent. There coach is long time cardboard boat enthusiast Mr.

David Feraday.

theme sports such as snow-shoeing, toboggan pulling,

and to culminate, hot choco-late and croissants. Please ensure your children are dressed warmly with snow-pants, hats, gloves/mittens, boots, etc., ready and warm

enough for outdoor fun. Many thanks to our French teachers, Ms. Frangione and Ms. Giancursio for coordinat-ing this special day. Special thanks to our CSPC committee for donating funds to purchase hot choc-olate and croissants, and to Ms. Sally for preparing the hot chocolate and croissants

for all.

French Carnaval Play Day Activities

St. Bruno/St. Raymond is celebrating Carnaval D’hiver with a special visit from Bon-homme and fun-filled, out-door and indoor authentic Canadian activities. All our students from JK-Grade 8 will participate at various sched-uled times throughout the day on February 8, 2018. Our students will rotate tthrough a number of winter fun activi-ties that will include outdoor

“For God so

loved the

world, He

gave it His

only Son”.

John 3:16

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through our many events and activities:

ME to WE Committee Initia-

tives

St. Bruno/St. Raymond Civ-vies Day

Shrove Tuesday; St. Valen-tine’s Day Activities

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday, Distribu-tion of Ashes, and Holy Mass

“Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.”

St. Therese of Lisieux

Chocolates, flowers, valen-tines, and red hearts, what would the month of February be without the celebration of Valentine’s Day. While the rest of the world may choose to celebrate the ideal of ro-mantic love on February 14th, TCDSB schools will be focus-ing on the virtue of LOVE as expressed in the gospels. “For God so loved the world, He gave His only son.” John 3:16

As we focus on the virtue of love at St. Bruno/St. Raymond school this month, let us re-member that love not only inspires the practice of all other virtues, it is the form and completion of all the other virtues. We will not limit our celebration of the virtue of love to February 14th alone, but demonstrate this virtue

Virtue of the Month - Love

St. Bruno/St. Raymond Newsletter Volume 6, Issue 6: February 1, 2018

We’re on the web! www.tcdsb.org

Upcoming Events

February 1, 2018 French Carnaval Concert @

9:15 am JK-Grade 8 in Gym

February 5, 2018 Skills Canada Presentation for

Grade 7 & 8

February 6, 13, 20, 27, 2018

Social Skills Workshop for

Grade 1 & Grade 3 class

February 7, 2018 CSPC Meeting @ 6:30 pm

February 8, 2018 French Carnaval Play Day

Activities for JK-Grade 8

February 9, 13, 2018 Civvies Day ($2 donation)

February 12, 2018 Report Cards Go Home

February 13, 2018 Shrove Tuesday; Parent/

Teacher Interviews 5:00-7:30 pm

February 14, 2018 Ash Wednesday

February 14, 2018 Ash Wednesday Mass & Distri-

bution of Ashes @ 9:15 am Gym

February 15, 2018 Parent/Teacher Interviews 5:00-7:30 pm

February 16, 2018 PA Day - NO School

February 19, 2018 Family Day - NO School

February 20-23, 2018

CSPC Spirit Week - $5

February 26, 2018 Snow Tubing Excursion @

Snow Valley Grades 4-8

Looking Forward

CSPC Big Box Birthday Card

Fundraiser (Feb. 8 - 26, 2018)

CSPC McGregor's Meats

Fundraiser (more info to follow)

CSPC Parents Evening Work-

shop - Social Media Effects

on Children (TBA)

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St. Bruno/St. Raymond Catholic School 402 Melita Crescent

Toronto, ON M6G 3X6

Phone: 416-393-5376 Fax: 416-393-5844

TORONTO CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD

TRUSTEES 2017-2018

Wards 1. Joseph Martino, 416-512-3401 2. Ann Andrachuk, 416-512-3402 3. Sal Piccininni, 416-512-3403 4. Patrizia Bottoni, 416-512-3404 5. Maria Rizzo, 416-512-3405 6. Frank D’Amico, 416-512-3406

Vice-Chair 7. Michael Del Grande,

416-512-3407 8. Garry Tanuan, 416-512-3408 9. Jo-Ann Davis, 416-512-3409 10. Barbara Poplawski,

416-512-3410 11. Angela Kennedy, 416-512-3411

Chair 12. Nancy Crawford, 416-512-3412

Rhea Carlisle, Student Trustee, 416-512-3413

Joel Ndongmi, Student Trustee 416-512-3417

Rory McGuckin, Director of Education 80 Sheppard Ave. E.,

Toronto, ON ∙ Website: www.tcdsb.org