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www.emsb.qc.ca volume 17 | number 1 | Fall 2014

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Chairman’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Willingdon remercie les pompiers . . . . 2Commissioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4EMSB School Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

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TOP LEFT: City Montreal’s BreakfastTelevision did a number of live remotebroadcasts from EMSB schools lastyear. Here, Live Eye host Wilder Weirwas present to report upon thepresentation of the 2014 P.F. Chang’sChina Bistro Teacher of the Year Awardat Pierre de Coubertin Elementary

School in St. Léonard. Pictured left to right are: honoureeMichelle Santilli, Wilder Weir and P.F. Chang’s Director ofMarketing Kimberly Marx.

TOP RIGHT: Students and staff from EMSB high schoolsspent some time at CTV studios to film new commercialswhich will air in September. This group from LaurenHillAcademy and Westmount High School, headed byPrincipal Claude Dansereau and guidance counsellorKaren Allen, got to meet CTV anchor Mutsumi Takahashi.

BOTTOM LEFT: Jessica Laventure, the dynamic member ofthe Global Morning News team, not only reported livefrom the 2013 EMSB Career Fair. She actually stuckaround and gave interviewing tips to students, like thisyoung lady who got to ask Jessica some questions.

BOTTOM RIGHT: CBC reporter Kristin Falcao interviewed thisyoung student from Coronation Elementary School in Côte des Neiges at a press conference to announce thepresentation of the Love of Reading grant. Coronation wasone of 20 schools across Canada, and the only one in Quebec,to be awarded a cheque for $60,000 to buy new books.

Television cameras focus on the EMSBThe English MontrealSchool Board wishes to salute Montreal’s four English languagetelevision stations for the excellent job they docovering the educationbeat and being present at school events.

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As we begin another academic year, I would like to share some advicewith our new parents and encourage those of you have been with us forsome time to consider this as well.

At the EMSB we work very hard to keep our website and socialmedia avenues up to date. In order to really follow us properly, pleasebookmark www.emsb.qc.ca on your computers and log in at least oncea day.

What to look for? We run a series of photo banners on the front pagewith breaking news and important initiatives. There is a link to watchour monthly Council of Commissioners meetings live on the internet,with the option to go back andlook at previous sessions as well.We also list coming events.

Please follow us on Twitter(www.twitter.com/Englishmtl)where you will get dispatches fromboard-wide and school-basedactivities. Most importantly, whenwinter arrives we use Twitter toannounce any possible schoolclosings. Our Facebook page(www.facebook.com/emsb1) has a good audience and offers people the chance to interact and comment. We are also onInstagram, Vine and our EMSBTV channel is available atwww.vimeo.com/emsb and as alink on our homepage. Thiswhere we post original videosfrom our schools and televisionreports about the EMSBbroadcast on different channels.

Feel free to contact us [email protected] ifyou have any questions.

- Michael J. Cohen, Editor

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Last spring the EMSBaccepted a proposal from energyefficiency experts Énergère tobegin a feasibility study that wouldlay the foundation for a proposedbolstering of the energy efficiencyof 17 schools and centres. It isexpected to go to the Council ofCommissioners for final approvalat the end of September. Workwill then be scheduled tocommence next summer andcompleted by December 2016

This project consists, amongother measures, of modernizingequipment using aerothermaltechnology, and adding morecontrol points to enhance thecomfort of staff and students.Once the project is complete, the17 buildings will realize a 50percent reduction in energyconsumption and a 72 percentreduction in Green House Gasemissions. Lighting in halls,

stairways, and classrooms will beconverted from fluorescent toleading technology LED whichwill save energy, last longer, andsimplify maintenance and carewhile maintaining or enhancinglighting levels. Savings areprojected to amount to more that$1 million per year once allmeasures are installed.

The EMSB received proposalsfrom three firms for such a project.Selecting a firm represents arigorous process and we followedit very precisely. The proposal weretained met and surpassed thegoals we set. When completedand paid, it will provide us withimportant savings adding up toan increase and improvements in services to students across the Board.

As our Director of MaterialResources Daniel Hogueemphasizes: “The project providesus with leading-edge energytechnology, more control pointsthat will ensure greater comfort forstudents and staff while offeringthe EMSB greater control overmaintenance and associatedoperational costs.”

The project will put us in lineor ahead of the targets for energyefficiency set by the governmentand we will be leaders in terms ofenvironmental awareness andconcrete actions that show our levelof commitment. When it is fullyimplemented at least 11 of the 17schools will qualify to be certifiedcarbon-neutral. That is somethingof which our entire Board can berightly proud.

Editor: Michael J. Cohen Communications & Marketing Specialist, EMSB

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L’école primaire Willingdon de NDG a recueilli2,803 $ en l’espace d’une semaine pour appuyer 30 pompiers du Service d’incendies de Montréal quiparticipent à un voyage humanitaire en Haïti. Lespompiers participeront à un agrandissement de l’écoleMark Bourque à Debussy, Haïti, qui a été construitepar des pompiers et policiers de Montréal en 2006.Conçue à l’origine pour 50 élèves, l’école a maintenantun effectif de 126 élèves. Un agrandissement de l’écoleaidera à améliorer les conditions d’apprentissage desélèves. Les élèves de Willingdon ont rencontrérécemment l’un des pompiers qui participera au voyage-Pierre Luc Bielo. Ce dernier a rencontré les élèves eta passé en revue avec eux les mesures de sécurité enmatière d’incendie, il a aussi parlé de la tâche d’unpompier et a même permis à quelques élèves de portersa jacquette! Il a raconté des histoires au sujet d’enfantsà Haïti et a demandé aux élèves de recueillir autantd’argent que possible pour aider les pompiers àconstruire l’agrandissement de l’école.

Dans l’espace d’une semaine, les tirelires ont étébrisées, des biscuits ont été cuits et vendus, les élèves ont demandé des dons aux voisins et amis et unmontant de 2 803 $ a été recueilli. Les pompiers avaient promis un déjeuner de pizza à la classe quiavait levé le plus de fonds mais ils ont été si impressionnés par la générosité de Willingdon que lesdeux meilleures classes ont partagé un déjeuner pizza avec les pompiers. Le personnel de Willingdonest ravi des réalisations de la communauté et extrêmement fier de ses élèves et de leur générosité.

Willingdon remercie les pompiers

Nearly 2,500 students, staff and their families attendedthe annual EMSB Impact Night at Saputo Stadium lastMay. At halftime, Gioacchino Ciarvella from Dante

Elementary School in St. Leonard andEma Begun from Westmount

High School were presentedwith Tony Licursi bursaries byImpact Technical Director andEMSB parent Matt Jordan inrecognition of their success in

academics and athletics.

Impact scholarship winners

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September 8National Grandparents’Day

October 5World Teachers Day

October 5 to 11Fire Prevention Weekwww.afleq.ca

October 13Thanksgiving

October 29 and 30Career Fair For High School StudentsHosted by EMSB StudentServices Department andAdult Education andVocational Services St. Pius X Career Centre 9955 Papineau, Ahuntsic

November 2School Board Elections

November 3 to 7National Media Literacy WeekThe positive uses of socialnetworking by young people. www.mediasmarts.ca

November 11Remembrance Day

November 18 to 22Professionals inEducation Week

November 27 and 28Quebec ProvincialTeachers Association(QPAT) ConventionPalais des Congrès, Montreal

December 10Human Rights Day

December 22, 2014to January 2, 2015Christmas Break

2015January 2015EMSB Public SchoolEducation Month

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

February 2015Black History Month

February 2 to 6KindergartenRegistration Week

February 2 to 6Teacher AppreciationWeek (Quebec)

February 9 to 13Teacher AppreciationWeek (Canada)

February 9 to 13Hooked on School Days

March 2015EMSB Nutrition Month

March 2 to 6March Break

April 12Terry Fox Day

April 12 to 18National Volunteer Week

April 15EMSB VolunteerAppreciation Evening

The EMSB council of commissionersmeet in public once a month. Theyconvene at 4:30 p.m., only to adopt the agenda, and move in camera.Therefore the session for the publicconvenes at 7:30 p.m. and is held inthe Laurence Patterson ConferenceRoom of the administration building at6000 Fielding Avenue. Everyone iswelcome to attend. Please note thatoccasionally during the year specialmeetings are called. Parents areurged to bookmark the EMSB web -site (www.emsb.qc.ca) to accessBoard meeting agendas and to be advised about special meetings. Toregister for question period pleasecall 514-483-7200, ext. 7264. The datesof the regular Board meetings for the 2014-15 session shall be held as follows:

September 23, 2014October (no meetingdue to elections)November 26, 2014December 17, 2014January 28, 2015February 25, 2015March 24, 2015April 22, 2015May 27, 2015June 17, 2015

MEETINGS

EMSB COMMISSIONERS LES COMMISSAIRES DE LA CSEMElectoral Division ~ Circonscription ~ 19 (Rosemont – Hochelaga Maisonneuve)ANGELA MANCINIChair / Présidente

Electoral Division~ Circonscription ~ 15(Montréal Nord / Montreal North)SYLVIA LO BIANCOVice-Chair / Vice-présidente

Electoral Division ~ Circonscription ~ 1 (Côte-Saint-Luc)SYD WISE

Electoral Division ~ Circonscription ~ 2(Montréal Ouest/Montreal West)JOSEPH LALLA

Electoral Division ~ Circonscription ~ 3(N.D.G.)ALBERT PEREZ

Electoral Division ~ Circonscription ~ 4(Hampstead – Côte-Saint-Luc)MARVIN HELFENBAUM

Electoral Division ~ Circonscription ~ 5(N.D.G. – Saint Henri – Ville Émard)ANNE WILLIAMS

Electoral Division ~ Circonscription ~ 6(Saint Henri – Pointe Saint Charles –Westmount – Centre-ville/Downtown)RICHARD LALONDE

Electoral Division ~ Circonscription ~ 7(Westmount)GINETTE SAUVÉ-FRANKEL

Electoral Division ~ Circonscription ~ 8(Côte-des-Neiges – Snowdon – Outremont)ELLIE ISRAEL

Electoral Division ~ Circonscription ~ 9(Mont-Royal – Saint-Laurent)LIZ LEAMAN

Electoral Division ~ Circonscription ~ 10(Saint-Laurent)BERNIE PRAW

Electoral Division ~ Circonscription ~ 11(Saint-Laurent – Cartierville)JAMES KROMIDA

Electoral Division ~ Circonscription ~ 12(Ahuntsic)ANN MARIE MATHESON

Electoral Division ~ Circonscription ~ 13(Park Extension – Le Plateau)JULIEN FELDMAN

Electoral Division ~ Circonscription ~ 14(Saint-Michel)ROCCO BARBIERI

Electoral Division ~ Circonscription ~ 16(Saint-Léonard)DOMINIC SPIRIDIGLIOZZIImmediate Past ChairPrésident sortant

Electoral Division ~ Circonscription ~ 17(Saint-Léonard)FRANK VERRILLO

Electoral Division ~ Circonscription ~ 18(Rosemont)AGOSTINO CANNAVINO

Electoral Division ~ Circonscription ~ 20(Saint-Léonard)FRANK DI CESARE

Electoral Division ~ Circonscription ~ 21(Anjou – Pointe-aux-Trembles – Montréal Est/Montreal East)TED DONNINI

Electoral Division ~ Circonscription 22(Rivière-des-Prairies)ROSA CERRELLI

Electoral Division ~ Circonscription ~ 23(Rivière-des-Prairies)PATRICIA LATTANZIO

Parent CommissionersReprésentants de parents

PATRICIA WILLISElementary / Primaire

MARIO BENTROVATOHigh School / Secondaire

For a list of the specific committees commissionerssit on, please log on to www.emsb.qc.ca

All meetings can be viewed live on theEMSB website.

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1 Which tv station does Mutsumi Takahashi work for?

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2 What date is the school board elections?

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3 How many electoral districts will there be in the EMSB elections?

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4 LaurenHill Academy helped produce a video for which organization?

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5 Who was last year’s EMSB Volunteer of Distinction?

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6 What is the EMSB’s Twitter address?

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7 When does March break begin and end this academic year?

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8 Which EMSB parent serves as technical director for the Montreal Impact?

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9 Which EMSB high schools offer enriched CEGEP preparatory programs?

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What EMSB elementary school did Louie Mercuri of P.F. Chang’s China Bistro graduate from?

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CLUE: The answers to these questions can be easily found by reading thisissue, via the EMSB website(www.emsb.qc.ca) and the online high school booklet.

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Electoral Division No 1:(10,226 voters)

Includes the part of the City of Montreal which corresponds to the portion of the borough ofCôte-des-Neiges – Notre-Dame-de-Grace situated north of thefollowing road circuit: Startingfrom a point situated at theintersection of Dufferin Road andCôte-Saint-Luc Road, that roadup to the Decarie Expressway(15) and the back line of that road

(south side) up to the municipallimit of the City of Westmount.Also includes the part of the Cityof Montreal which corresponds tothe portion of the borough ofVilleray – Saint-Michel – Parc-Extention situated south-west ofthe railroad tracks (railroad trackssituated south-west of Jarry Park).Includes the part of the City ofMontreal which corresponds to theborough of Outremont. Also in -cludes the Town of Mount Royal.


Includes the part of the City ofMontreal, which corresponds tothe portion of the borough of Côte-des-Neiges – Notre-Dame-de-Grace situated south of thefollowing road circuit: Startingfrom a point at the intersection ofDufferin Road and Côte-Saint-Luc Road, that road up to theDecarie Expressway (15) and theback line of that road (south side)up to the municipal limit of theCity of Westmount. Also includesthe Town of Montreal West.


Includes the part of the City of Montreal which corresponds to the borough of Sud-Ouest.Also includes the part of the City of Montreal which corres -ponds to the portion of the boroughof Ville-Marie situated south-westof the following circuit: Startingfrom a point situated at the junc -tion of Mont-Royal Avenue Westand the limit of the borough, thatborough limit up to the intersectionof Sherbrooke Street West andUniversity Street, UniversityStreet and the BonaventureExpressway (10). Also includesthe City of Westmount.

Electoral Division No 4 :(9,354 voters)

Includes the City of Côte-Saint-Luc and the Town of Hampstead.


Includes the part of the City of Montreal which corresponds to the borough of Saint-Laurent.Also includes the part of t he Cityof Montreal which corresponds tothe portion of the borough ofAhuntsic-Cartierville situatedsouth-west of the following roadcircuit: Starting from a point atthe junction of the Rivière des Prairies and the LaurentianAutoroute (15), that Autoroute,de Louisbourg Street and l’Acadie Boulevard.


Includes the part of the City ofMontreal which corresponds to theportion of the borough of Villeray--Saint-Michel – Parc-Extentionsituated north-east of the railroadtracks (railroad tracks situatedsouth-west of Jarry Park). Alsoincludes the part of the City ofMontreal which corresponds to the portion of the boroughs ofRosemont – La-Petite-Patrie and of Mercier – Hochelaga-Maisonneuve situated south-westof Pie-IX Boulevard. Alsoincludes the part of the City ofMontreal which corresponds to

the portion of the borough of Ville-Marie situated north-east of thefollowing road circuit: Startingfrom a point situated at theintersection of Sherbrooke StreetWest and University Street,University Street and theBonaventure Expressway (10),including the sector of Cité-du-Havre and the islands of Sainte-Hélène et Notre-Dame. Alsoincludes the part of the City ofMontreal which corresponds to theborough of Plateau Mont-Royal.


Includes the part of the City ofMontreal which corresponds to theborough of Montréal- Nord. Alsoincludes the part of the City ofMontreal which corresponds to the portion of the borough ofAhuntsic-Cartierville situatednorth-east of the following roadcircuit: Starting from a pointsituated at the junction of theRivière des Prairies and theLaurentian Autoroute (15), thatAutoroute, de Louisbourg Streetand l’Acadie Boulevard.


Includes the part of the City ofMontreal which corresponds to theportion of the borough of Saint-Léonard situated north-west of thefollowing road circuit: Startingfrom a point situated at theintersection of Langelier Boulevardand Bélanger Street, that street,Lacordaire Boulevard and Jean-Talon Street East.


Includes the part of the City of Montreal, which corresponds to the portion of the borough ofSaint-Léonard situated south-eastof the following road circuit:Starting from a point at theintersection of Langelier Boulevardand Bélanger Street, that street,Lacordaire Boulevard and Jean-Talon Street East. Also includesthe part of the City of Montrealwhich corresponds to the boroughof Anjou.

Also includes the part of theCity of Montreal which corres -ponds to the portion of theborough of Rivière-des-Prairies –Pointe-aux-Trembles situatedsouth-east of the MetropolitanAutoroute (40) then the Félix-Leclerc Autoroute (40). Alsoincludes the part of the City ofMontreal which corresponds to the portion of the boroughs ofMercier – Hochelaga-Maisonneuveand of Rosemont – La-Petite-Patrie situated north-east of Pie-IX Boulevard. Also includesthe City of Montreal-East.


Includes the part of the City of Montreal which corresponds to the portion of the borough ofRivière-des-Prairies – Pointe-aux-Trembles situated north-westof the Metropolitan Autoroute(40) then the Félix-LeclercAutoroute (40).


DIRECTOR GENERAL’S MESSAGE

It is important to vote in School Board ElectionsFor the next school board

elections, which take place onSunday, November 2, 2014, therewill be 10 electoral divisions(compared to the present 23) and the position of chairman willbe chosen by universal suffrage.This will be for a three year term. The last school boardelections took place in 2007,meaning that the present Councilhas served an unprecedented sevenyear mandate.

Every school board is admin -istered by a Council composed of commissioners elected orappointed under the Act respectingSchool Elections. In addition to

the 10 elected commissioners, the new Council will have the option ofappointing three additional commissioners who will not have votingprivi leges. The idea here will be to determine if there is a need to recruitindividuals with specific expertise which can be advan tageous aroundthe table. There will also be four non-voting parent commissioners (upfrom the present-day two).

Former Quebec Minister of Education, Leisure and Sports(MELS) Michelle Courchesne has warned that if voters fail to exercisetheir democratic duty to elect the people who run the school boards,they risk handing over the future of their schools to unelected civilservants unacquainted with their children’s and communities’ needs.Only 7.2 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot in French school boardelections in 2007. At the English boards that number stood at 16.7 per cent.

Quebec automatically places citizens on the French school voterslist by default, once the youngest child in a household completes schoolor at the age of 18. It therefore goes without saying that most votersprobably do not realize that if their child was no longer in the Englishpublic system the last seven years then they (and their kids who are ofvoting age) are not only on the French voters list, but unless they getthis changed their school taxes will also go to the local French schoolboard. Needless to say that those individuals without children in theEnglish public school system are not on the list unless they were in factregistered to do so in 2007. You can call 1 888 353-2846 to find out.Have your medicare care card handy. We have a form to transfer yourname to the English list posted on our website. It must either be mailedor brought to the EMSB Administration Building in person as anoriginal signature is required.

I think members of the English community at large saw one of thevalues of having an “English” Montreal School Board when our Councilstepped up and spoke out against the former PQ government’s proposedCharter of Values. We were leaders in this regard and representedour community at hearings in Quebec City. So please think about thaton voting day.

The exact territory of each ward can be viewed at www.emsb.qc.ca.A notice to readers: the use of a roadway or a railway implies the median line thereof, unless otherwise specified. The use of the backline of a roadway means that the boundary of the electoral ward extendsalong the back of the properties whose addresses have frontage on theroadway mentioned. The side of said roadway is specified by a cardinalpoint (north, south, east or west).

THE ELECTORAL WARDS ARE DELIMITED AS FOLLOWS:

ROBERT STOCKER

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by STUART NULMANSome 500 school volunteers

and administrators, as well assenior management and commis -sioners, attended the 13th annualEnglish Montreal School Board(EMSB) Volunteer AppreciationEvening last spring at theRenaissance Centre des Congrèset Banquets in Anjou. The eventwas held to markNationalVolunteer Week, under the theme “Volunteers: Above andBeyond.”

Time and space did not allowthe EMSB to honour all of itsnearly 1,500 volunteers in person.Therefore, those individuals whohave volunteered for more than five years were in attendance.Volunteers with 15 or more yearsof service received a hand-paintedminiature picture by JasonGoldsmith of Big Blue Hug as aspecial thank you gift. Severalthousand copies of a commemo -rative program book weredistributed to each school. LaCapitale Financial Services wasonce again the title sponsor for this event.

The emcees for the eveningwere EMSB Communicationsand Marke t ing Spec ia l i s t Michael Cohen and popularMontreal comedian FrancoTaddeo. Mr. Taddeo, who ishimself a former EMSB parentvolunteer, entertained the guestswith a 10-minute stand-up comedyset, in which he spoke about avariety of topics.

“Day after day, year after year,you show your caring and passiontoward the schools where you serve by going that extra mile, bygoing above and beyond the callof duty,” EMSB DirectorGeneral Robert Stocker said inhis opening remarks. “By doingthat, you contribute greatlytowards making our schools andcentres so vibrant and successful.And for that, we want to show ourgratitude with this unforgettableevening just for you. How do ourvolunteers heroically go above andbeyond? Simply by taking on anytask, fulfilling any role, filling anygap and do so many things thatmean a lot. To our volunteers, nojob is too large or too small forthem to undertake, no matter howeasy or challenging it is.”

“Your commitment has pro -pelled us to great heights in termsof student success. I encourage youto stay involved and to bring othersalong with you,” added EMSBChairman Angela Mancini. “I know that leaving your home ona cold January night to go to yetanother meeting, or to leave yourhome to go and help at school is

not always easy and I am surethere are moments when you havewondered why I am doing this. I have one answer – our children’sfuture.” Ms. Mancini also thankedthe volunteers for their involvementin helping the board in their fightagainst the controversial Bill 60,the former PQ government’sproposed Charter of Values.

Marc Garneau, the federalMP for Westmount-St. Henri,extended his greetings and warmwishes via pre-recorded videomessage. You can view it athttp://vimeo.com/91308863. Herecalled when he went above andbeyond 30 years ago on the spaceshuttle as Canada’s first astronaut,and told the volunteers that theyhave went above and beyond intheir own way. “The countlesshours of hard work that you havedevoted to the schools of theEMSB, whether they be to helporganize and stage a fundraiser,run a book fair, aid a teacher, or be a monitor on a school bus or a lunch room, your efforts have benefited both students and teachers tremendously,” hesaid. “You are more than justvolunteers; you are an essentialpart of what makes a school runso efficiently and successfully,” he said.

This year’s Volunteer ofDistinction was Debbie Hanleyfrom Roslyn Elementary Schoolin Westmount. She beganvolunteering 35 years ago atCoronation School in Côte desNeiges, where her first son was astudent at the time. She thencontinued volunteering at OptionsAlternative High School in VilleÉmard. Twenty years ago, shestarted volunteering at Roslyn,while juggling a full time day jobas the school’s office secretary.During that time, she has involvedherself in many of the school’sactivities, events and committees,such as coordinating Roslyn’sannual Spaghetti Talent ShowNight (where she also cooks thespaghetti sauce from scratch thatis served prior to the talent show),cooking and serving the corn onthe cob for the school’s WelcomeBack event every September, andserving on the school’s Home andSchool Association for 15 years.

“Thirty-five years have passedso quickly,” said Ms. Hanley. “I love my job and volunteering isthe icing on the cake.”

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Annual EMSB Volunteer Appreciation eveninghonours those who go “above and beyond”

1) CPC Chair Pietro Mercuri. / 2) Jason Goldsmith and his son, Ellis, at the Big Blue Hug table. / 3) (left toright): Volunteer Nijad Dahdah, EMSB Commissioner Joseph Lalla, volunteer Joanne Dahdah. / 4) (leftto right): EMSB Commissioners Frank Di Cesare, Rose Cerrelli, volunteer Rosa Gentile. / 5) MichelangeloInternational School volunteer Rosario Guzzo, who won a guitar and case courtesy of Steve’s Music Store,pictured with (left to right): EMSB Deputy Director General Administration Division Angelo Marino,EMSB Director Robert Stocker, and Norman Zimmerman from Steve’s Music Store. / 6) Putting Edgebooth. / 7) LBP principal Pela Nickoletopoulos, former Volunteer of Distinction Ilgin Sartekin, volunteersFotini Markopoulos, Kimberly Battah, Parent Commissioner Patricia Willis. / 8) (left to right): DalkeithSchool Principal John Wright, EMSB Director General Robert Stocker, and Westmount High SchoolPrincipal Michael Cristofaro. / 9) Former Volunteer of Distinction Penny Fenwick. 10) Co-emcees FrancoTaddeo and Michael Cohen. / 11) 2014 Volunteer of Distinction Debbie Hanley receiving her award from(left to right) former Roslyn School Principal (and current Marymount Academy International Principal)Elizabeth Lagodich, EMSB Deputy Director General Education Division 1 Paola Miniaci, EMSBCommissioner Ginette Sauve-Frankel, EMSB Chair Angela Mancini, EMSB Commissioner Bernie Praw andRoslyn School Vice-Principal Rosana Caplan.

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Abat, IvyAbbatiello (Ryko), LauraAbbott (Thibodeau), SarahAbdulla, EymanAbella, ConnieAbokwaik, NisreenAchar, DollyAchong, MairiAdamo (Chapman), JulieAdams, JonathanAdelman (Takahashi), BelindaAdler, BrandeeAdler, JoanneAgatiello, AnitaAgnew, AnnabelleAguilar, MariaAhamed, TofailAhmed, DaynaAhmed (Tosun), FiredaAlbano, Giulia ElenoraAlbright, AudreyAlejandro, Otilia MariaAlexander, RitaAlexander-Peters, CarmenAlfonso Alfaro, RicardoAlgieri, JackAlimardani, NazliAlleyne, GiselleAlper, CandiceAlvarez (Miller), IrmaAmendola, CarolinaAmos, MargaretAnagnostopoulos, JuleanaAnobile, TinaAntonecchia Terrasi, DomenicaApperley, HelenAquino, NatalieArchambault, JeanetteArndsten, BruceArnot, ElizabethArthur (Potamitis), KatherineAudet, MarylèneAung-Thwin, KiraAvanzato, JuliaAvison, DianaAwan, Sabiha AminAzadkhanian, RitaAziloglou, ThomasAziz, NatalieBabkine Wallace, SiobhanBabos, Betty

Bachman, Chrissy (Mary)Baggs, Lisa MarieBaghdalian, HratchBaiao, SoniaBaird, ShellyBakits, AthenaBallard, KerryBallard, StephanBarbeau, NicoleBarbosa, StephaneBarnes, AnnBarnes, RobertBarnett, WendyBarreca, AnnaBassani, SheenaBatista, SandraBatsos, EffiBattah, JulieBattista, TaniaBauco, AntoinetteBayne, JudyBazinet, MartinBeauchamp, SophieBeaumier, StephanieBeckett (Anderson), KiraBedard, SuzanneBedard, IsabelleBeitel, GaryBelanger, TabithaBelisle, ManonBelitzky, RichardBeliveau, MarcBella Tederici, DanielaBenedetti, AndreaBeneventi, LucyBenitez, TaniaBennett, LucetteBenoit, DavidBenoit (Fraser), JulieBentivegna, RosaliaBentivegna, PinaBenzacar, Anouk Berardi Speranza, RosettaBeresford, KarenBernabei, RobertBernard, RosinaBernatsky, SashaBerti, AlenaBertone, LisaBesson (Legault), JessicaBichler, Sonia

Biddiscombe (Chiasson), NicoleBiello, CathyBilfski (Shakeshaft), Ruth EllenBinstock (Cernovitch), SusyBlack, AnnettaBlack, AnnettaBlais, DebraBlake (Dunkley), CamineeBlanchard (Demaine), GenevièveBleho, DanielBlouin, MaxBocchicchio, NadiaBock, TomBongiorno, PatriciaBordo, PaulBorges, GabrielaBorsu, Christina Bouffard, MélanieBoulett, SoniaBourdeau, LisaBozzo, PietroBrabant, PatBradshaw (Barclay), JenniferBrancaccio, GennyBrandman, AmyBrassard (McKelvie), ElsieBrates Spunt, BarbaraBregier, GerriBrender, AimeeBroccolini (Fiore), NatalieBroomberg, PaulBrown, Ann-MarieBrown, AnnieBrown, JudithBrown, AshleyBrown, EricaBruno, MariaBrunzema (Wietske), AnkeBuchanan, MicheleBuffone, SilvanaBui, TessBukta, AndreaBuono, AntonioBuono, AnnaBurko, AuraButel, DavidButterworth, JoanByck, SusanCabral, AntoninaCacchiotti, GiovannaCacchiotti, Giuseppe

Cacchiotti, LuigiCalabrese, FrancoCalderone, PinaCalligaris, MauroCaltabiano, MariaCampanelli, AngelaCampbell, EricCanales, NatashaCandoleta (Cipolla), AmeliaCanestrari, CatiaCannizzaro, AngelinaCape, DanaCappellano (Cianci), TerryCapplette, SerenaCapri, PatriciaCardoso, NelsiaCarioto, LianneCarreiro, DebbieCarrino (Marandola), PaolaCartagena, CelineCartier (Teigrob), Marie-HélèneCaruso, AntonioCarzoli, LucyCasarcia, RobertoCasinelli, SteveCastronovo, MariaCasuga-Magajes, AliceCaterson, AnthonyCaucci (Tribble), RosannaCawthorn, KathleenCeausu, JoelCecere Panetta, TaraCermignani, MonicaCerone, MenaCerqueira, ElisabeteCesar (Mohammed), SophyCesta, NantaChabot, ConnieChai, JennyChan, Bo LinChan, RyanChandler, DianneChapman, JenniferChapman, ArjanCharbonneau, JulieCharbonneau, AnnieChastiotis, VarvaraChediac, LaurenceChen Wu, BaoCheung, MichaelChiassolini, Elisa

Chiazzesse, AngelaChiello, MariaChinappi, ArletteChinappi, TeresaChinappi, TommyChiu, MayCholtus, SabineChow, SuzieChristensen, LisaChristodoulopoulos, GaryfaliaCiabattoni, GinaCiambrone (Calcara), RosaCiancio, NancyCiccia, AngeloCioccio, LindaCircelli, PasqualeCirino, CarmelinaClark, KevinClark (Desbiolles), ChrisClarke, KaylaClarke, RussellClary, KrystinaClary, ToddClaude, ValerieClaverias, VeronicaClough (Knitter), SharonCoady, MarjaCoady, MichaelCohen Mashaal, MarlaColabelli, AntonioColafabio (Casarcia), CarmelinaColella (Pecora), LetiziaCollette, KimComeau, CarlCommodari, AnnaConforti, CinsyraConnelly, AndreaConnelly, Jim Copti, MoniqueCormier, ShannonCornish Leclerc, AmberCorsi, MariaCostachescu, OanaCote, Ann-Marie Couture, ClaudetteCrawford, JanisCreary-Picher, AnisaraCrecco, AlessandraCreighton, AmyCrisci, MarysaCristiano, Marie

Crolla, GildaCuillerier, MyleneCunsolo, SalvatorinaCutino, LuisaCutrone, SandraCyr-Almanza, LindaCzyzewski, David D' Asti, AssuntaD'Abramo (Fundaro), LinaDafniotis, AthanasiosDal Bello, MillyDale, SylviaD'Aloe, RosannaDaly, AlanDamiani, NatalieDamiano, MariettaD'Amico, DianeDandurand, LouiseDare, JackieD'Argenio, DidiD'Arienzo, LauraDarwent, GeoffreyDaSilva, PatriciaDavidson, KishmaDavouros, HelenDawe, AndrewDawes (Samayoa), PatriciaDe Andrade (D'Amico), SandraDe Andrade (Ramos), MartaDe Bellis, GianpaoloDe Bellis (Pierantozzi), PalmaDe Bono, StephanieDe Ciccio, VeronicaDe Cruz, NatashaDe Cubellis, StellaDe Falco, AprilDe Lena, SoniaDe Luca, Rita

De Marinis, MariaDe Palma (Colafabio), LauraDe Paola, GiovannaDe Santis, CynthiaDe Santis, AngeloDecarie, CarleyDel Corpo, GladysDelia, FrancaDelia, GraceDelisle, TammyDelle Campagni Levy, SaraDellerba, CristinaDemers Gavaller, BeatrixDemerson, PaulaDer Arakelian, NatalieDerry, AlisonDesai, RoschniDesjardin, Marlene Detheux, JeanD'Ettore, ConnieDewolf (Johansberg), ChristineDi Biase, BeatriceDi Blasio, AnnaDi Campo, AngelinaDi Chiro, MarilenaDi Fruscia, LucyDi Girolamo, SilvanaDi Iorio, Mary-AnnDi Liello, JoeDi Mattia, NadiaDi Maulo, AngieDi Nucci (Iorio), GloriaDi Palma, ElisaDi Palma, PinaDi Palma, AngelinaDi Stasio Morabito, RosieDias-Forget, TerryDiLullo, Rosanna

life and health insurance, andgroup insurance – that aredesigned to simplify financialchoices for members working in thepublic and parapublic sectors inover 900 public and parapublicinstitutions across the province.Other sponsors were:

Steve’s Music Store(www.stevesmusic.com), which hasevolved into a world renownedmusic store and a major force inthe Canadian music industry since1965. Steve's caters to all kinds ofmusical needs: acoustic, electricand bass guitarists, drummers andpercussionists, keyboard players,pianists, brass and wind players,composers, public address systems,rentals and sheet music.

Loft Uniforms (www.loftuniforms.com), which sells a largeselection of school uniforms forpublic and private schools, at bothelementary and secondary levels.They outfit students in completeuniform or dress code in schoolsthroughout Quebec and Ontario.

Green Apple Studio (www.greenapplestudio.ca) is a photo -graphy studio that serves schoolsand daycare centres, and usesaward-winning background re -placement technology, which gives

more flexibility and choices whenit comes to student portrait photos. Also, they just intro -duced the “Portrait Book,” inwhich a student’s school portraitis presented in a high quality,durable book format. Green

Apple Studio was also the offi -cial photographer for VolunteerAppreciation Night.

The Putting Edge (www.putt ingedge.com) has threelocations across Montreal andpresents a new and exciting wayto play miniature golf. They arealso offering 10% off regular group package rates for all EMSB events.

Halifax Citrus (www.halifaxcitrus.ca) offers the highest qualityand freshest fruit delivered to yourdoor, for any school fundraiser.

The Big Blue Hug (www.thebigbluehug.com) deems itselfas a “celebration of life in glasspaint.” They offer schools unique,gorgeous recognition gifts andcustom awards.

Learning Associates ofMontreal (www.learnmtl.org) isa non-profit organization that hasempowered children with learningdisabilities since 1970 by helpingthem discover their strengths,

overcome their challenges andthrive in life.

LaRonde (www.laronde.com),a Six Flags theme park, isQuebec’s largest amusement parkthat attracts over 1.2 millionvisitors a year. It has 40 rides,including 10 roller coasters suchas the Boomerang, the Cobra andLe Monstre and is also the site of the annual Loto Quebec inter -national fireworks festival.

Mary Kay Canada (www.marykay.ca) was founded in 1963by Mary Kay Ash in Dallas,Texas. Available in 35 marketsaround the world and sold by asales force of over three millionpeople, Mary Kay offers a wideassortment of cosmetics, fragrances,and skin and body care productsthat meet the company’s higheststandards of quality, safety andperformance, and are never testedon animals.

Each sponsor set up their ownbooths in an area of the banquet

hall, and every guest got theopportunity to visit and find outabout their respective servicesand/or products.

The evening concluded with aseries of door prize drawings,which included a large selection of gift cards, a Montreal Impactautographed soccer ball and gametickets, books, gift baskets, jewelry,Canadian Olympic Team gift sets, an autographed MontrealAlouettes football, as well as akitchen gift basket courtesy of LaCapitale, a family pack of eighttickets from the Putting Edge, anacoustic guitar and case fromSteve’s Music Store, a gift setincluding a $100 Future Shop giftcard from Green Apple Studio, aclothing ensemble courtesy of LoftUniforms, a cosmetics gift set fromMary Kay Canada, and a duffelbag, mink blanket and three-pieceluggage set that were donated byMega Design International.

VOLUNTEERS WITH ONE TO FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE

Please go to www.emsb.qc.cafor a complete photo spread on the event.

Click on Parent Info and then Volunteer Appreciation Night.

See a video from Volunteer Night at EMSB TVhttps://vimeo.com/97350902

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La CSEM a tenu sa Soirée annuelle d’appréciation desbénévoles le 8 avril dernier à la salle de réception Le Renaissancede Ville d’Anjou. Le temps et l’espace n’ont pas permis à laCSEM d’honorer en personne tous ses quelques 1 500 bénévoles.Par conséquent, seules les personnes qui ont fait du bénévolatpendant plus de cinq ans, soit près de 500 personnes, ont assistéà la réception. Cependant, plusieurs milliers de copies duprogramme commémoratif seront distribuées dans chaque école.Les maîtres de cérémonie de la soirée ont été le spécialiste encommunications et marketing de la CSEM, Michael Cohen,et l’humoriste montréalais Franco Taddeo. La Bénévole éméritede cette année est Debbie Hanley de l’école primaire Roslyn.Pour la sixième année consécutive, les Services financiers LaCapitale (www.lacapitale.com) ont été les commanditairesprincipaux de l’évènement.

Hommage à nos bénévoles

12) Mary Kay Canada booth. / 13) La Capitale booth. / 14) Green Apple Studio booth. / 15) Commissioner Bernie Praw. / 16) La Ronde booth. / 17) Loft Uniforms booth. / 18) Halifax Citrus booth.

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Dimitropoulos, NancyDimitropoulos, AlexandraDines, PeterDinolfo, AnnaDios Dafniotis, DaisyDivito, RinaDolphy, NatalieDonovan, FelinaDore, CarolineDrouin (Foxford), SuzanneDrozhzhim, AlexanderDrummond, NancyDubuc, GenevieveDubuc, SaraDudok, SamantaDupressoir (Mac Eachern), AnitaDurnin, KatherineDussault, AlainDykstra, MoniqueEftaxias, StaceyElizov, MichelleElman, KenElman-Stein, JaquelineEnea, AntoninaEngstrom, CharlotteEsperel, FernandoEsposito, TonyEsposito, EvaFagen, CindyFaith, JanetFancy, FarahFanzolato, SheilaFaraj, NaomiFaria, JorgeFarma, WendyFarruggia, RinaFasone, MaryFata, DianeFaustini (Moustaoudi), LilianaFazio, JoAnnFederico, RosemarieFerraesi, SabrinaFerraresi, MarcoFerreira, AlirioFiacco, NatalieFiengo Maravita, LisaFigueira, SherlynFilacchione, PatFilippelli (Girolamo), KristyFilippou, HeleneFindley, JacinthaFionda, PietroFiori Montinaro, Anna MariaFischel, Lisa Fish, AmyFisher, NormanFlavell, KeithFleming, DeanFleming, KristaFleming (Coté), CarlyFlorit, ChristiFlorit, CeciliaFlowers, KarenFogel, DebraFoglia, CarmineFong, LisaFonzo, NancyForgione, SoniaFortin, IsabelleFortoul, CecileFox, SusanFox (Taffert), HeatherFoxford, RobertFracchiolla, AngelaFragnito, SkawannatiFranco, GuiseppeFranco, AntoinetteFrankel-Gelgoot, LorriFraser, KatieFreedman, JeffreyFreemantle, SarahFreitas (Buckles), ZeldaFrenza, LeoFu, RoyFulminis, IvanaFunaro, FrancineGagliardi, SabrinaGaiati, EnzaGair, EmilyGallagher, SaraGallant, FleureGandhi, ShaliniGannon, JenniferGarcia, JuliaGarcia, IreneGardner, SueGardos, JenniferGarish, WendyGarish, PeterGartner, SteveGasparini, PietroGasparnini, PatriziaGaul, IsabelleGauris, JulieGauthier, AnnickGeddes, MerlGeniele, JoanieGenois, NatalieGentille (Teti), NancyGervais, SandraGiaccari, LindaGiancola- Di Tomaso, ClaudiaGiannelli, IdaGiannopoulos, ParesaGilbert, SaraGilbert, EugénieGill, LorraineGill, Balbir KaurGilsig, DeborahGirardi, LuisaGiroux, IsabelleGisonti, AntonellaGissi Di Paolo, MargheritaGlad Ikich, SuziGlazer, AlyssaGoldin, Gail (Myra)Goldman, AvrumGolfinopoulos, GeorgiaGomez Aguilera, Cesar ReynelGoodson, TracyGoodwin, RebeccaGove, CurtGoyette (Lachance), JulieGrande, SabrinaGranegna, ChiaraGrant, AngelaGrassi (Vani), SoniaGravelle, Angie

Greco, GiosinaGreco, AntonioGregoire, Nathalie Gresty, KatherineGrotto (McCoubrey), PatriziaGrow, LisaGrunberg Fried, OritGuadagno (O'Neil), ElenaGuarino (Padula), MilenaGuarnieri (Pucella), MariaGuerriero, AngeloGuerriero, SuzannaGugliotti Vani, AngelaGupta, IndraHaccoun, FrancineHachem, SaebHagel, CaiaHahndorff, ChristineHaidar, RubaHamel, JulieHandal, VeronicaHanic, PamelaHansin, BrittaHardcastle, JanetHassib, AitenHe, AngelaHebert, MaryHee, MyongHeenan, AnneHeffring, J. J.Hefter, HelenHeld, MarleeHelfenbaum, WendyHenriques, AmeliaHenriquez, GennyHernandez, AdielaHerrignton, EarlHimick, DarleneHolland (Johnson), DanielleHollinger Konigsberg, NatalieHolmquist, PaulHopkins, JoanHoran, SusanHorimitsu, YokoHorner, Murrray Houle (Mossey), MarikaHoward, MichaelHoyzhan, SuzannHum, CarolynHung, JulianHung, JulianHunger, RobertHutson, KendallHynes, DebbieIacampo, RalphIacono, EllieIacono (Scinnamblo), JennyIaizzo, LinoIanniciello, RinaIasenzario, AssuntaIcaza, MilushkaIm, Jeong InInfantino, Meri (Maria)Intreado, FlorellaIoannoni, Maria GiuseppinaIr, NayItovitch, WilliamItovitch (Gasoi), CindyIuliano, RalphJackson, Margaret Jarafi, VidaJarvis (Johnson), CatherineJohn, JasmineJohnson, RyanJohnson, MarkJoly-Hollerich, TatiannaJonasson, JennieJones, EdnaJones, MichaelJones, MichelleJones, HeleneJoury, AnnetteJuul, AnjaKaram, SherryKarampatsou, DinaKassab, AllisonKassis, RobertKatsampa, HelenKavalos, HaroulaKeeler, LuveniaKeeren, KathelineKeith, DanicaKelly, Carol LeeKemppi, JuhaKerr, ShelleyKerrigan, ZoeKheloufi, YasmineKhoury (Bazinet), EmmanuelleKiddie, ElideKiddie (O'Connell), SuzanneKim, MisookKim, NinaKim, HyojungKitner, BonnieKlein (Salkovitz), CarolynKlein-Lottner, SusanKo, HenryKobak, Paula (Ania)Koch, MattKoch (Edge), CaorlynKoeppe, CarlKohtolemos, AlexiaKokotsis, GeorgiaKontoyannis, ChrisaKorany, LeylaKorzekwa, JohnKosmidis, EffieKoufagianis, VayiaKoutrias, CostaKoutsoumbas, RoulaKrakow, EveKrieger, MonicaKrobath, Ingrid Kronish, BonnieKubat, SedikaKung, JoyceKuo, WendyKurbel, NancyKusievich, ChristinaKyoo Lee, SeungKyres, StyviaLa Ricca, DinoLackey, AmandaLaflamme, MichelLaforest, LaurieLafrance, MichaelLagrave, SherrieLaham (Testani), Karen

Laing, AndreaLam, WendyLamfookon, GraceLanaro, Lisa MarieLanni (Marino), MichelinaLaPaix, LeeLapointe, JessicaLato, CarmieLauzon, AmeliaLaverdure, CarolineLavoie, ErinLawless, TracyLayman, PaulanaLazaris, Anne MarieLeahey, DouglasLebel (Bosquet), JulieLee, VivianLee (Hung), Sow FunLegault-Cliccia, MartineLeishman, LiseLeitham, KristaLeo Della Valle, CarmieLeone, DanielaLeong, LisaLepore, Christina

Lessard, MelanieLevashov, VadimLevine, IlanaLevis, SharonLevy, TamarLewis, JasonLima, JoeLimnios-Risso, CaliopiLloyd, MarieLobasso, AngelaLoffreda, RosanneLomardo, CarmenLonardi (Cuthbert), JessicaLong, SianLopez, SharonLorenzetti, LisaLorenzetti, Louise Kold TaylorLouw, JayleneLulic (Descheneaux), DanielaLund, KatherineLynch, DarleneLynch, MarianneMacDonald, PatriciaMacDonald, TanyaMacFarlane, SerenaMacheras, MariaMackay, AmandaMaclean, GailMacLeod (Akhbari), AllisonMacMartin, LisaMadejchuk, ElanaMadoff, Ellen Magill, SteveMagri, LisaMahendrarajah, NirmaladenMahoney, JulieMaiezza, FrancaMalandrucccolo, TaniaMalinski, CeciliaMaltezos, ChristinaMancini (Mulfati), AdrianaMandel, TheresaManiates, KimMann, GillianManocchio, MelinaManstavich, JohnMantello (Augello), MarisaMarci-Rinaldi, PamelaMarcogliese (Moreau), DeborahMardini, LindaMarkou, ChrisMarkou, JoannaMarracino (Ouellette), LinaMartelli, MarinaMartin, KylaMartinez, MeganMartino, JosieMartins Carreiro, ElizabethMartorana, EnzaMarzano, FrancescaMarziatico, TinaMas, DeboraMas, DeborahMasciarelli, EddyMasciotra, MaryMasella, JosieMasli, EkaMason (MacLaren), Jody LynnMasone, JennieMatheson, ErinMattucci (Serpente), GinaMauri, GinoMaxwell, AliciaMaxwell, LucyMazza, ChantalMazzocco, DonatoMcCaffrey (Martin), CharlotteMcCallum, SumayaMcCarthy, SharonMcClemens (Cruikshank), KathrynMcDonald, RenataMcDougall, NancyMcGinn, RalphMcGrail (Lopez), SueMcGregor, LeslieMcInnis, ShannahnMcKeenan, TammyMcKenzie, ChannelMcLeod, LindsayMedeiros, EmanuelMedeiros, VeronicaMedulina, MaureenMeilleur, RachelMejia, Karen

Melchers, SophieMele, SandraMelfi, TiazianaMelfi, ClaudiaMelucci, DanielaMenard (Chapman), ElizabethMendelos, PeterMendelson, MichaelMendoza, EileenMercuri, PietroMerhi, AbbasMerid, MunitMiceli, CharlieMichalatos, PanagiotisMichas, GeorgiaMichas, ConstatinaMiele, AdrianoMiele, MaryMiele Christopoulos, CathyMiller, ScottMillman, CherylMinichiello, VirginiaMinichiello, ConcettaMinorgan-Bordo, HeatherMintzberg, Mark

Mitchell, ShayneModenese, SandraMohammed (Cesar), MarcMok, MelissaMolinaro (De Angelis), RosaMorabito (Montenaro), DebbieMorales, AmandaMorena, NadiaMorency, JeffreyMoreno, CatalinaMoreno (Supersad), MilaMorin, MarikoMoroney, JuliaMorrison, AndreaMorton, NancyMosca, AntoinetteMosher (Penner), Jennifer AnnMotyka, SusanMourier, RossyMueller, MarthaMuir, MichaelMule, MaryMurnagham, KathyMurphy-Lavallée, PatrickNaderpour (Floyd), SarahNafees, UzmaNagytothy-Toth (Gill), KatieNapoleoni, TulioNardelli, SylvieNardelli (Argento), ElisaNardi, LinaNatkaniec (Rea), MagdalenaNaurin, Elin CharlottaNaz, FarahNeglia, FrancescaNeil, OlienNembavlakis Giakourmakis, EvelynNewton-See, StaceyNg-Chan, TaienNguyen, TramNickson, PhilippaNicleviscz, EvaNisbet, JuliaNitchi, DoinaNorman, CarlaObaraghedo, PeggyO'Bryne, ClaudineO'Connell, KevinOedord, ineOedorf, TineOliveira, NancyO'Neil, RyanOpoku, PatienceOrabi, EsamOrchard (Boulch), JamieOrsetti, NadiaO'Sullivan, DeborahOulianine, KarennePacitto, GloriaPadula, LindaPadulo, NancyPadulo, MariaPagliuca, IaniaPalermo, AmeliaPallotta, PattyPallotta, PatriciaPalmer, WilliamPalotta, LauriePampena, JoePandlfo, Antonio

Panetta, IsabellaPanetta (Filippi), GracePapanas, RaniaPapatheofanis (Brault), TheodoraPapillo, MarisaPapoulis, DebbiePaquette, VéroniquePaquin, KarenPark, HannahPark, SamParvizseddghy (Samini), LayaPassa, EnzaPatel, Bhavesh KumarPatel, BhaviniPatel, KajalbenPatel, TejalPaterson, LisaPatone, RobertPatterson, JamesPatterson, KevinPau, RonaldPauld, EvenlynPauld, EvelynPaulozza, SusiePeach (Garin), VondaPecora, SoniaPedersen, JuliePellegrini, GiovinaPellegrini (Motta), NancyPellegrino, FrancaPelligrino, PalminaPennestri, FortunatoPennino, Mary-JanePennino, FrancaPennino, Mary-JanePereira, LicinioPerluzzo, PatriciaPerrillo, DanielaPershall, KristaPeters, CarmenPetrangelo, MarioPetrella, AntoniettaPetrocco, Antonella

Petrolekas, MarinaPetruzziello, MariannePetteruti, LenaPhillips, NataliePiazza, LillaPicard, ViolaPiche, GenevievePietracupa, NicolaPigeon, StephanePilon, KerryPillai, Diloo Pimentel, CidaliaPimentel, RobertPiro (Iaizzo), LauraPizzichemi, MariaPizzo, LawrencePlacideo, Anna-MariaPlaitis, PanagiotaPoldma, TiiuPoldma, AlarPolidori, FedericoPolikachina Serapins, IouliaPolisena, AnnaPoliziani, MarisaPolomeno (Vrentas), LauraPomeroy, EvaPopowycz, IrenePorter, RobertaPosteraro (Colaneri), NadiaPoudrier, MarcPovelytsya, YanaPrice (Mattea), KatePrince, MichellePringle, Marie HelenaProietti, MelissaPrupas (Finkelstein), AndreaPuddington, Sue AnnPurcell, MargaretQuan, Mary Quattrocchi, LouiseQuidry-Brown, WendyRacaniello, MariaRacaniello, BrigidaRaccio, ConnieRaccio, RosieRamacieri, ClaudiaRamacieri, ChristinaRametta, DanielRamos, CecileRamos, RobertoRamsay, SusieRanauro, CantelleRancaniello, MatildaRanero de Leon, RitaRappini, CathyRasiah, PremalaRavenda, VeronicaRea, LuciaRebellati, CatherineRebelo, ThomasRechichi, GabriellaReda, BobReid, DenburkRenda, CarmieRene de Cotret, ChristinaReyes, HilariaRicci (Darwent), EnzaRichards, PearlRichardson, ShawnRichmond, Peter

Ridenti, SoniaRifiorati Eguren, MaryRinaldi, AlexRivard (Blondin), ChristineRiviera, PatriciaRizzo, FrancaRoach (Bernstein), NicholRobbie, AngusRoberge (Von Hahn), PheniceRobertson, NoreenRobertson (Salehi), NancyRobichon, SophieRobitaille, SophieRocco, RinaRodriguez, MirtaRodriguez Avila, MargalisRolli, AngieRomano, TaniaRomano, AmeliaRomero, DaisyRoseblum (Weinstock), MonaRosen, BonnieRosengren (Sauvé), ShawnaRoss, RoxanneRoss, EveRoss, AndrewRossito Adams, LaurenceRoston (Schwisberg), Sari LinRousseau, MelanieRoviezzo Di Caprio, FioritaRoy, JamesRoy, CynthiaRoyce Rames, MarisaRubin, StewartRuffino, ElisaRuiz (Rotilli), CarmenRussell, PeterRustemi, GentaRuttner (Preikschas), ShoshanaRuno, Margheurita Ryan, SophieSacchetti, RosaSackman, Brian

Saiz, SandraSalimi, AfsarSalkovitz, DavidSamayoa, Jamie AbelSandy (Dickson), SharonSansalone, ImmacolataSantamaria, AngieSantarosa, HelenSantella, RosySantini Amato, IvanaSantoianni, NikkiSaragosa, LauraSardelli, SoniaSassano, NikkieSaucier, CaleighSauro (Katona), TeresaSauvé, PaulSavoie (Vincent), NatashaSaxe, RosieScaglione, GiovanniScaramelia, MarisaScarola (Puma), MimmaScharing, BarbaraSchiller, LesSchwisberg, DavidScialdone, FilomenaScicchitano (Fortugno), MariaSciortino, AnnaSciscente, LindaScopellitti, MariaScotes, Athena Secondo, NancySedinger, SheilaSegreti Cocullo, MarisaSéguin, ArzuSemeniuk, PatriciaSeminara, TinaSevickey, TanyaSevigny, Pierre-AlbertShanini, EdwardShapiro McLeod, LindsayShatilla, HeatherShaw, StevenShephard (St. Onge), CharlineShore, TrudyShporer, RonnieSifakis, JanetSigga, DebbieSimoes, ManuelaSimonetti, JoanneSimpson (Galea), Lee AnnSingh, PrithipalSingleton, CarolineSino, LidiaSkarogiannis (Lanni), LoriSkea, DonnaSkinner, LisaSkoda, CythiaSkoumis, VagiaSleiman (Arnhdsten), HanadiSmalley, KathySmargiassi, MikeSobel-Abadian, MarenySofranos Christodoulpoulos, EffieSok, LinSonmor (Godin), TraceySorley, KimSousa, SandraSow Fuw, LeeSpanier, Harold

Spensieri, AngelaSpetsieris, AnnaSpiegelman, EliSpilitopoulos, DionisiaSpinale, RosannaSrougi, AndyStack, EileenStamatakas, HelenStavrianos, JohnSt-Cyr, MelSteczko, KellySt-Louis (Kennedy), LynnSubotic, OlyaSurette, VincentSussman, EstherSwift, GingerSwitzman, RaviSymansky, LeslieSynette, JelissaSzabo, EvaSzoke, JuditTabora, FlorenceTaffert, HeatherTagney, RubyTao, LingTartagia (Vizzi), LettyTartamelia, SandraTartamella, SilvaTarulli, NadiaTchelikdjian, TalarTeigrob, RichardTencer, ErikaTeoli, Mary GildaThompson, WendyThorpe (Koeppe), MarciaTittler, RebeccaTobia (Maheu), CarlaTom, HelenTombari Minuk, LoraToohey-Roberts, MeaganToribio, Ana MariaTorres, SantiagoTortoricci, NinaTortorici, LillaToscano, NatinaTougas, Lise Toumbos, NectariaTourchenkova (Sabapathy), AnnaTourlas, JohnToye, Ly-naTravisano, EmilioTriassi, JosieTrigatti, MinaTrineer, Tina-FrancisTrinidade, FilomenaTroiano, LinaTselembas, AnastasiaTsoulouhas, AnnaTurcot, PierreTusa, LianeTussman, EvanTuzzolino, AnaliaTzovars, ParisUdvarhely (Poirier), JenniferUimonen (Girard), AngelicaUline, PaulUshinsky, Sophie Vaccaro, RosieVadivel, RomeshValcelli, GiavannaValcelli, MirandaValentini, MariaVallières, MartineVamvakas, JennyVani (Maxwell), NadiaVassallo, VitoVatnsdal, JackieVeluz, EmileeVenanzi (Giancola), FeliciaVenanzi (Kappel), MarilenaVenuto, LucianoVergados, AthanasiosVerrelli (Mazzococo), TamaraVezina, CynthiaVieira, FrankVieria, LucyVigny-Billick, KatiaVilleneuve, ChantalVincze, Evike (Adrienne)Vinebaum, LoriVineberg, RobertVissani, PaulaVlahakis, PattyVoglini, NadiaVokas, NikiVoss, KirstenVourtzoumis, NinaVrantzoglou, AlexandraVuokila, IituWallman, Mary-AnnWang, ArthurWashington, CeleniaWasserman, MitchellWawrogz, MichaelWawrogz, BrendaWeinstock, HaroldWelch, JoanyWettre, HalvdonWhite, MitchellWhite, MitchWhite, CorrieWilken, MelissaWilson, NathanWilliams, Loren Wlasenko, ChristineWoo, DavidWu, LisaWyatt, JillWyer, HeatherYarbrough, YanciYared Khairy, NadineYasvinski, DonaldYee, CynthiaYoo, Woo-MiYoung La, HaiYu, NancyYupanqui, BrendaZacharakis Manolopoulos, PolixeniZafriopoulos, IreneZappavigna, EnricaZarlenga, LilianaZemanovich, Lori AnnZhu, Judy (Jin Tang)Zorbas, AlexandraZotti (Pierantozzi), NadiaZouanat, KarimZullo (Meldrum), Patty

Vincent Massey Collegiate Principal John Pevec and some of the school’s volunteers.

(left to right) EMSB Deputy Director General Administration DivisionAngelo Marino, EMSB Director Robert Stocker, Dante School volunteerSandra Secondo-Polisena, who won a luggage set courtesy of MegaDesign, Kumar Singh and Marie Helen Decarie from Mega Design.

Abergel-Gludu, NancyAcel, AndreaAdornato, RosieAeschbacher, DanielaAgnello, AntoinetteAgnello, SusannaAgostini, ConnieAkerib, VivianAlbanese, GinaAlbanese, SylviaAlbanese, NadiaAlescio, MariaAlibhai, SayeedaAllegretta, RosannaAllen, LynnAlleyne, AyannaAmicone, DoraAmoroso, DinoAndrianopoulou, NiaAnnibale, MariaAntonacci, RosettaAntonucci Christiano, RinaAntonucci-Castiglione, BettyAppezzato, MaryAshkenazy-Held, NaomiAssaf, StevenAthanasatos, RoulaAuclair, KimberlyAudesse (Barbeau), NicoleBackler, MindyBaglivo, LuciaBagot, MarvaBaker, MaryBallon (Noya), RosemarieBanton (Patterson), JenniferBaptista-Iorio, LauraBaranoff, StevenBarrafato, RosannaBarretto Tartamella, DawnBastien, JenniferBastone, GiancarloBattaglia, AntonellaBattan, KathleenBattista, JosephineBattista, RosellaBehar, VladaBeigleman, MichaelBelhumeur (MacKay), JoséeBell, KarenBellini-Anastopoulos, DaniellaBerbari-Caci, LinaBerger, RichardBertoldi (Tussman), ElenaBiagioni Manucci, EmiliaBianchini (Vanslet), MaryBilotto, SilviaBiondi (Lalonde), ChantalBisson, CelineBiunno, JoeBlack, AmeiliaBlond, BonnieBoelen, MichelleBoghen, MarkBoivin, Lynne-MarieBolen (MacDonald), MarieBolifer (Aitken), EstrelittaBonavoglia, EnzoBracci, ElisaBrennan, KateBrennan (Campbell), StephanieBrierley, MaryBrodeur (Thomas), PaulaBroomberg, DeniseBrown, LisaBruemmer, ReneBruna, TinaBrunner, KelliBucaro-D'Ambrosio, GraceBucca, LucyBuccaro, KathyBucciararelli Schmidt, LisaBuffone, AdamBuono, PinaBurnatowski, Rita Butel, GwendolineCacciatore, AnnaCafaro, MirellaCalabrese, SusanaCalandrino, RosieCalce, RosaCalitri, NatalinaCammisa, RosannaCampagna, LynnCampbell, AngelaCampisi, TerriCanterbury, BarbaraCanuto, AdrianaCapdevielle, CorineCapplette, SerenaCarlisi, DanilaCaron, HarveyCaron (King), JessicaCarroll, MarilynCasey, AngelaCaucci-Lepore, GinaCaughlin, BeverleyCecere, GloriaCecere, GildaCensi, RitaCerrone, DomenicoChang, AnaCharron, JoanneChemtov, RobinCheng, JenniferChevrier, AlainChung, SusieChuprun, KeithChurchill, SandraCiarla (Santella), PinaCimo, LaurieClark, MarianneColaniro (Polito), IsabellaColantoni (Keller), TeresaColapelle, PaolaColarusso, NadiaComire, NoelleComito, FrancoConforti, LisaConsalvo (Petrilli), NathalieCorbeil, ChristineCorinthios (Bruemmer), AngelaCorpio-Mak, LuisaCôté (Boavista), JoanneCotellessa, AnnalisaCox, David

Crisci, RosalieCucuzzella, LindaD'Addona, SuzyD'Alessio-Di-Criscio, MariaDamas, ChantalD'Amico, DianaD'Angelo, CarmelinaDannenbaum, ElizabethDarroch, LynneDavid, Jean F.Davie (Scott), RoseDay, Lee AnneDe Castro, MariaDe Ciccio, AngelaDe Luca, AnnaDe Petrillo, RosaDe Stefano, RosellaDel Paggio, LuigiDel Papa, NadiaDel Re, MariaDelaney, TracyDeleskie, JenniferDelis, MichaelDelli Compagni, AntoinetteDelude, Lori DeMarco, RitaDenbow, MitchellDesnoyers, JohnDi Biase, SandraDi Giacomo, CarmelaDi Iorio, ConnieDi Lucia-Gentile, LinaDi Lullo (Fucito), ConcettaDi Matteo, MariaDi Matteo, IdaDi Monte, MarlaDi Nezza, FernandaDi Paolo, Anna MariaDi Quinzio (Masciotra), LolitaDi Sciullo, TonyDi Sciullo, NadiaDi Zanno, AngelinaDias, JosieDimitriadi, HelenDionisi, NadiaDonovan, MeghanDowney (Barnes), ChristineDydyk-Trihas, LauraEdwy (Feldstein), TaliaEgan, EamonElvir Coulombe, MarthaEmerson Milton, DianeEnnis, BlytheEvaristo, EugeniaFaour Warren, SheilaFeigenbaum, BonnieFelice, GerryFenner, JoanFinch, SusanFiori-Iacampo, AnnaFiorilli, NancyFirigos, RosaForrester (Howard), MaureenFortugno, FrancescoFox, Jennifer Frankel, JulieFrenna, MelinaFriedlandsky, DebbieFrishling, TamaraFukuyama, NaomiFuoco, JamesFurfaro (Venuto), MaggieGarfinkle, CoryGarruto, Marie-TheresaGaudio (Zivojin), PatriciaGavizon, VeraGélinas, TiffanyGentile, LiaGentile (Amato), AmeliaGiacobbe, SergioGiancarli Giambattista, CinziaGilmour (Hussein), TheresaGingras, FranceGiobbi, RosaGiuliani, SandraGoblot, SarahGoffredo, GivanniGoldman (Miller), GailGomez De La Serna, RocioGopie, UrsulaGoudreau, RobertGouskos, NikiGrandilli Dimaria, ToniGrandjean Di Stefano, ChristineGrant, KatherineGravel (Switzman), SissiGravelle, AngieGray, DebbieGray (MacKenzie), HeatherGreco, SandaGreco (Glisic), MaryGreeberg, AliGrenier, JackieGross (Halliday), OlgaGuedes, ManuelGullo, TeresaGurreri, JohnHaber, AlexandraHall, KarenHalliday, TimHaralambakos, AlexandraHarris, CynthiaHasiotis, BarbaraHebert, LaurieHerbert, DonnaHewel, BeateHiggins, JillHillenbrand (Rouben), TinaHinds (Bucchan), HelenaHold, SandraHopmeyer, MiriamHoyte, VincentHudson, RobertHussein, AlanHynna-Rebelo, AnnIacino, LauraIacobacci, CristinaIacono, MariaIacovino, EllenIantomasi, MaryIavasile, LuciaIrodenko, MaryJackson, MargaretJailos, HannuJasmin, Sylvie

Joaquim, Maria-LouisaJones, JenniferJordan (Carlson), LoriJuran, TaliKaeser, TeresaKalloo, LaraKapicka, JarosklavaKaradakis, JosephKarpel, BettinaKarras, MarthaKavcic, JulieKazimara, DianeKeefler (Johnson), NicoleKelly, KirkKemp, CarolineKenny, Mary EllenKhan, LindaKing, SharonKirsch, RichardKlein, MelanieKontakos (Coladonato), MariaKoussayé Termini, SuzanneKoutisaris, EvelynKoutsavlis, TomKowalew, OlgaKrupp, SherlyKunigis, KarenKyei-Boahen, AdelaideLa Villa, MaryLallouz, MichelleLarosa (Poliziani), PinaLatchman, RonLaviolette, LornaLavoie, CatherineLawlor, KristaLemieux, LindaLepore, DianaLeprohon, VickyLevitt, LisaLigris, BessieLin, AnnaLoupessis, KatherinaLoureiro, Ana PaulaLuciano, TonyLupena-Sabourin, HelenLymberopoulos, AlexandraMacWhirtler, TrudyMaddalena, LindaMaheu, SusanMaheu (Colsenet), MicheleMalek, AnisaMalorni-Paulozza, TaniaMalus-Abramowitz, MelanieMandelos, ZoeMaraventano, LucyMarcovecchio, PatrickMarcovecchio, LisaMargaritis-Gentile, OuraniaMarquis, JoséeMarra, FrankMarsh, Sandra LisaMartin, AlainMartinelli-Lato, PaolaMartinez, MiguelMartinez, ThelmaMartinez-Bressi, LourdesMartucci, GinaMastrogiacomo (Ballard), MariaMaturi, GiuliaMayers (Marcotte), ChristineMazzariello, FrankMazzoldi (Zaccaria), JosieMazzonna, NancyMcCann, PatriciaMcCarry, SharonMcGilton, ColinMcMIllan, JohanneMcNabb, HeatherMeccia (Provost), DesolinaMedeiros, Ana IsabelMedoff, LoriMelillo, AssuntaMelino, AnnaMiceli, LillaMichetti, BrendaMignacca, AnnaMiller, JenniferMillion, RebeccaMok, MirandaMonaco, TinaMonereau, AnneMone-Triassi, MimmaMontgomery, LisaMorella Natale, MariaMotta (De Cristofaro), MariaMucciarone, MariaMule, GuiseppinaMuratori Zirpolo, LaraNadeau, NobukoNardelli, DianaNascimento, IsildaNeri, LouisaNewman, MichaelNguyen, ZoonieNorris, TaraOliveira, MariaOmobono, NancyO'Neill, CarolineOnichino, MauriceOrlando (Collins), MaryannPalermo, NadiaPallet, MaryPalumbo, LauraPapazois, MaryParente, MikeParente, ReenaParra, MariaPassarelli, MauroPassarelli, MariaPatel, SamanthaPatras, MadeleinePatriarca, VictorPaul, DerekPavia, SabrinaPelletier, MartinePeloquin-Macdonald, LisePépin, NataliePerez, SuziePerluzzo, PattyPerri, TerryPerron, BenoitPeruz, SandraPesce, JosiePesce, GinaPeters, Joanna

Petraccione (Di Dio), RitaPetrecca, GiovanniPetroni, MarcoPfaus, JimPhilpott, NicolaPiccirilli, FrancaPiedmonte, LisaPierre, CherylinPietrantonio, AngelaPillot, LorrisPizzuto (Rafeli), MariaPokrass Davidovit, RobinPolifroni, CarmiePolisena, SanrdaPoliziani, CristinaPonzo, JosiePorrello, RobertPrice, BarbaraPrimeau, MarioPrincz (Shaw), VickyPrioriello, BarbaraProvias, AnthanasiosPugliese Guzevicius, LucyRacine, JoséeRadhakrishna, TanyaRahman, DavidRakowski, ElizabethRamia Khoury, JeanineRandazzo, RitaRappaport, NaomiRaymond, JohanneRiccardi, RosemaryRinaldi, LoriRinaldi, LidaRing (Napoleoni), MarisaRivet (Mann), JulieRizzo (Liberatore), MariaRock, AishaRohan, DaniellaRoll-Kirsch, CarynRoscanu, MariusRoth, KonstanzeRrodrigues, IsabelSa, CynthiaSabatino, RaffaellaSabini (Pantis), LoriSadauskas, ChristinaSalesas, SandraSalvador, FranciscoSalvatore, OnorinaSanchez, EdwardSangollo-Kyriopoulos, TamaraSantalucia (Pampena), JosieSantillo, TerriSantini-Ferretti, DebbieSantino, MariaSantoianni, RosannaSantullo, AngelaSarry, Kathy

Sasso, PatriziaSauro, FrankSavvidis, SoniaScaini Domenicano, ElenaScalia, JosephineSchafer, CindySciascia, FrancescaScopino (Petrone), GemmaScuffell, HilarySelvaggi-Mazza, CarmelaSelwood, LesleySendel, AllenSendel-Satenstein, LaurieShan, VignesShea, PhilShea, SandyShemie, CarolShen, Chung FangShepherd, AndreaShugar, TammyShuklinsky, DaleShuster, MyraSimonka, GabrielaSkoda (Donato), TheresaSlavin, HelenSlutsky-Chazin, AdrianaSmith, HeidiSoares, Cynthia BrancoSoroka, KimSpagnuolo (Baillie), LidiaSparks, Carolyn

Spelovich, KeithSpicer, TerrenceSte-Marie (Perron), NatalieStuhec (Giacobbe), VickiSweeney, SharonSzabo, KatherineTamburrino-Di Stefeno, CathyTangredi, CathyTarulli, LauraTavares, AnabelTavarozzi (Collard), MagdaTeemal-Boivin, RoxanneTilley, KristinToban, RobinTobenstein (Rackover), HeidiTomalty, TerriTome, ElizabethTougas, LiseToyota, Frances Trineer, LeahTrovini, MariaTsatoumas, GeorgiaTzavaris, StamatiaTzeckas, AnastasiaTzemopoulos, NinaVacca, PaoloVaccarello, LuanaVaccaro (Baldassarre), RosaValente, AnabelaValenza, AdelaideVan Frank, Brian

Van Moorset, ChristineVarano, VincenzoVarano, PinaVasile (Fedele), MaryVerrillo, TizianaVetrone Sgrosso, BarbaraViera Sauro, NeliaVincelli, NancyVincelli (Gianfelice), CarmenViolo, LucyVisona, CatyVitetta-Fazio, StephaniaVlitas-Contomichalis, DemetraWeatherston, AnnWells (Comeau), CarolynWesterhoff, IvyWigdor, RonWillis (Shehata), PatriciaWilton, KatherineWright, ArianneWright, LynnYap, Jok TjieYou-Feng, HuangZaharakis, TonyZanchetta, NadiaZanetti, AdriannaZappone, AntoinetteZasarsky, HeidiZehntner, SimoneZigayer Freedin, CarolynZizzi, Pasquale


VOLUNTEERS WITH 20 TO 24 YEARS

OF SERVICE

VOLUNTEERS WITH 25 YEARS OR MORE

OF SERVICE

VOLUNTEERS WITH 10 TO 14 YEARS OF SERVICE

VOLUNTEERS WITH 15 TO 19 YEARS OF SERVICE

Alexakis, TheodoraBarillaro, PatBarroso, PaolaBattah, KimberlyBei, MagdalenaBellan, PeterBentrovato, MarioBerneti, BennyBlount, DianeBorrello-Raco, VivianBrochu, DonaldBrochu, ArzineCalabretta (Caissy), ManonCampese, JosieCansano Colizza, EllieCardinal, ChristineCarpentier, TinaCentomo, LauraCerrone-D'Amico, AnnaChatzidakis, GeorgiaChudobey, DonnaCiarletta, ElidéCioffi, PinaClemente, JoeClifton, CarolClinker, SueColeto, AnnaColucci, GinaConway, ShannonCottis, CatherineCullen, KariD'Allessio, EmilyDaoust, ManonDel Re Mancinelli, MariaDeschamps, Renée

Di Labbio, Josie (Giosina)Di Paolo, EnzoDimock, DeidreDionisopoulos, ThanasiDrago, MarinaFairbrother, SusanFarkas, MichealFedenko, NickFerraro, JoeFischini, NadiaFord, PeterFox-Thomas, DebbieFrenna, MelinaFunnell, SusanGiammaria Rimanelli, MaryGiannakas, GailGiguère, Marie-ClaudeGiobbi, Rosa Gow, IanGuerrieri, LauraHamilton, StacyHardy, RenéeIacono Willey, FilippaIssenman, GailJardine, DebbiJones, HelenKalavritinos-Boumerhi, KathyKandis, RulaKehyayan, DarleneKhandkar, SheelaKnox, AndreLage, AddieLapolla, AntonioLee, JenniferLee, Rebecca

Mackay, AnnMadhai, RoshniMagee, BelindaMaira, MariannaMambro, StephaniaMarkopoulos (Ilias), FotiniMarra Zuanigh, LauraMartignetti, CarmelaMatsushnita, TatsyMatticoli-De Santis, SylviaMazza, FelicianoMcDonell-Cote, WendyMelino, AnnaMohnhaupt Langer, CorinnaMucci, RosinaNadeau, OdetteNolan, PatriciaOgden (Miller), HeatherPalamara, MariaPalapiano, AnnaPalotta, FabyPalucci, ToniPapp, AndreaPerez, AlbertPerrault, DaniellePiedimonte, LisaPlescia (Presta), JuliaPompa, MarleneRafai, NadiaRaskin, JoelRhéaume (McShanny), JeanneRigas, GeorgeRoberts, ToddRoberts-Joseph, AviceRoman, Lydia

Rosa, RosieRoscanu, SandraRubin, LianaRzesavskas (Michelin), OdetteSara, KathySaracino, TinaSaracino, FrankSasso, AnnaSavic, MishaScalia, StellaSetaro, RosieShamash, ValerieShapiro, BarbaraSkagkos, Betty (Panagiota)Skagos, MarySloan (Pothier), KatieSodhi, FrancesStrban, RosemaryTasse, NatalieTheng, Pai LeeThind, AmritaTonini Degano, NivesTortorici, NinaTortorici, PinaTresgnach, MoniqueTsarouhas, PeggyVan Wijk, IvoVellopoulos, NiaVerrilo, RosannaVitale, ConnieWade, AnneWaxman Ritchie, SusanWiersma, JonYersh, SusanZunic, Maris

Aberback, HeidiAlgar, FrancesAnnibale, FillipaAraujo, MariaArmstrong, KarenBassett, NancyBrock Wilcox, DeborahCanzano, EllieCarosello, ColleenChinappi-Reginato, RitaCorlett, GlennisCrisafi, Anna Maria

Dagliesh, HeatherDahdah, JoanneDahdah, NijadDe Palma, MaryDi Giovanni, LinaDi Re-Frattasi, PinaDranias-Giannarakis, CathyFunaro, PiaGasparini, NatalieGentile, RosaGuitouni, AgnesGuzzo, Rosario

Guzzo (Izzo), RosaHeyman, MarshaLangshaw, JanetLeibov, BarbaraLiberopoulos-Stark, PatLoffredi, AngeloMessina, GraceMontuori, MarilynNeuburger-J'bari, KarenNitti, MaryOrtmanis, Kristine

Panetta, ChiaraSantoro-Petti, FrancesSpinali (Szalich), KarenSquires, GailSztych, NatalieTsapakis, NektariaUgolini, BrunoVelenosi-Veloce, MaddieVoutselas, AngelaWilson, ValerieZoubris, Bessie

Bertone, AngieClarke, JocelynColombo, RosaDi Rienzo-Pasquale, AntoinetteKoehnlein, ChristineLivingstone, Hazel

Marien, KateNucciarone, FeliciaO'Connor, AnnaPace, LuisaSpreckley Nakanacagi, MaryZanello (Ugolini), Alessandra

Anzini, FernandeBrotherwood, SueCiampini, MicheleCrispino, AngieDafniotis, TheodoreDe Giorgio, ConnieEckhart-Oner, IngridFalcone, MaryFederico, Berdadette

Fenwick, PennyHanely, DeborahKircoff (Vaudry), MonaMarkakis, StillianiMarrazza, MarioMcMann-Paolucci, RoseNewsome (Gogo), JoanTrocard, Thora

VOLUNTEERS WITH FIVE TO NINE YEARS OF SERVICE

(left to right): Committee members Mona Kamel,Gail Giannakis, Georgia Jerkovic,

Sabrina Mendaglio and Ilgin Sartekin.

Batshaw Youth and Family Services booth.


www.emsb.qc.caST. PIUS X, 9955 Papineau

PROUDLY SPONSORED BY:OPEN HOUSE for all EMSB students

and parents on Wednesday, October 29

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The EMSB CAREER FAIR October 29 & 30, 2014

HIGH SCHOOL

The Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada formally launched a new video atLaurenHill Academy. It was shown in the broadcasting classof teacher Louis Bilodeau, whose students were involvedin the production process. LaurenHill’s online radio station,the only one of its kind in Canada, is home to The Anglais-French show. It is hosted in both official languages by two16-year-old students, one of them speaking only in English,the other only in French. The Office of the Commissioner ofOfficial Languages produced a video of an appearance byCommissioner Graham Fraser in which he and the studentstalk about the benefits of learning both official languages, theplace of English and French in Canada and Quebec, andother interesting matters. The video, which can now be seenat http://www.officiallanguages.gc.ca/en/resources/teachers_parents, will be made available to high schools acrossthe country and can be used by students for classroomdiscussions during a history or language course.

ConfidentialHIGH SCHOOL

Two EMSB projects from Royal West Academy qualifiedfor the 2014 Super Expo-sciences Hydro-Québec inTerrebonne,Quebec: Lia Loebenberg at the Junior level forher project Why-Fi?, which focused on possible health issuesrelated to WiFi routers and Abhishek Chakraborty at theIntermediate level for the Effects of Folic Acid on Cells. TwoEMSB graduates were also part of the event: Nivatha Balendraattended Royal West, Edinburgh and Elizabeth Ballantyne. Shejust completed CEGEP studies at Marianopolis. Her projectwas entitled: Don’t Cry Over Spilled Oil! Steven Kongattended Royal West and Gardenview. He and his fellowclassmate from Marianopolis, Yu Chen Hou, did their projecton Geographical Data I/O. Nivatha advanced to the Intel

International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles. Atthe Canada-wide Science Fair in Windsor, Abhishek receivedthe Excellence Award – Intermediate Gold Medal, $700 cashand a certificate; and a Western University Scholarship (anentrance scholarship of $4,000). Steven and Yu Chen receiveda Bronze Medal and $1,000 entrance scholarships to Western.

A group of students are detained after school for detention – detention is over – the students leavethe detention room – something is not right – something has gone terribly wrong with their world. Theycannot leave the school – they are in Isolation. How do they survive with language differences, lackof food, emotional upheaval? Isolation, is a bilingual web series, filmed, performed and edited by thestudents of Marymount Academy International. Each of the episodes is approximately five minutes long.The students of teacher Lauriane Smolla studied with director, Patrice Laliberte. They worked onscript creation, camera work, the intricacies of sound and other technicalities of film. They worked withhim in French only. The goal was to encourage them to perfect their second language. The red carpetgala was a big success. You can see the series beginning with this video: www.vimeo.com/97830339.

Westmount High School students participated against mostlyprivate schools and CEGEP students in two model UnitedNations forums last year at Dawson College and John AbbottCollege. Students represented a country or player and debated,challenged, negotiated and came up with solutions to issues in bioethics, environmental sustainability, how to resolve the 100 Years War, the Japanese invasion of Manchuria and theGunpowder Plot in medieval England. Shehr Banoreceived the prestigious Best Delegate award atDawson College and the Outstanding Diplomacyaward in her committee at John Abbott College. RossGreen received an honourable mention in hiscommittee session at Dawson College. The followingstudents represented Westmount High School withpride and skill: Leo Wiltshire, Riya Dutta, ShehrBano, Sher Shah, Jorge Castillo, MauricioVidal Garcia, Alex Manolakos, Ross Green,Cem Erciyes, Andra Tudor, Wisang Sugiartaand Ali Latif. The teachers are ChantalClabrough and Kristen O'Sullivan.

ROYAL WESTStudents/Alumni Shine

WESTMOUNT HIGH Studentsat Model UN Forums

MARYMOUNT Web Series Premieres

LAURENHILL Video Launch

James Lyng High School in St. Henri’s new ping pong tournament,launched by Vice-Principal Steve Manstavich, has left its mark in a big way.When it first started, no one was really sure how the students would respond.Within days, Mr. Manstavich recruited both staff and students to play in his month long tournament. Every day at recess, lunch and after schoolmatches would take place and there were crowds of people cheering the players on. Students stayed extra hours to practice and perfect their craft. “Itreally helped bring our school community closer together because everyone was invested in the tournament whether because they were playing, becausea teacher’s student was playing or just because they wanted their friend to win. Everyone in the school was really involved,” said Mikaella Goldsmith,CLC Coordinator. Joshua Casanova (pictured with Mr. Manstavich) won last year’s event and looks forward to defending his title in 2015.


Dedicated students at Vincent Massey Collegiate inRosemount, along with their Spiritual Community AnimatorRocco Speranza and art teacher Vincent Gagnon, completed

a wall of honour and mural paying tribute to Canadian soldiers,peacekeepers and veterans. It is part of the school’s way to markCanada’s first National Day of Honour that recognizes thosewho bravely fought and remembers the fallen during Canada’s12 year military mission in Afghanistan.

International Baccalaureate (IB) students and staff members fromJohn Paul I Junior High School and Laurier Macdonald High Schoolin St. Léonard travelled to Griffintown and the Benedict Labre Housefor the homeless for a special joint environmental project. Schoolrepresentatives helped rebuild the community garden with the help ofMéga Centre Montréal. To mark this special occasion, the BenedictLabre House also officially renamed the garden as the “John Paul Iand Laurier Macdonald Commemorative School Garden.” All of thevegetables and spices that will be planted have come from the fundraisingefforts of the studentsof these schools.This project has beenspearheaded bySpiritual CommunityAnimator VinceLacroce and LMACteacher GiovanniIammarrone.

FACE (Fine ArtsCore Education) is aunique, one-of-a-kindschool in Quebec.Located for more than30 years in the historicHigh School ofMontreal building onUniversity Street, steps away from McGill University, it is part of the Commission Scolaire deMontréal (CSDM). The EMSB operates an English stream at the primary and secondary levels.Once again this year there will be a variety of concerts to look forward to, including Winds, Strings,Blues and Jazz Bands, Harmony and Vocal. Log on to http://face-english.csdm.ca/school.

HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL Confidential

Congratulations are in order fora group of students who wereinvolved in creating the John F.Kennedy High School Film Club,in conjunction with Youth Fusion.After preparing, recording andediting the film, it was submitted tothe Clipton 514 film competition.The latter is a project for the youthon the Island of Montreal carried out by Youth Fusion and is financially supported by the Ministryof Immigration and Cultural Communities. Over 450 students from 20 schools on the Island ofMontreal, including the students at JFK, worked throughout the school year to make a short film ofthree minutes on the theme "Continuing the intercultural dialogue." JFK’s submission was entitled“Location X” and was about professionals from different ethnic backgrounds who find themselvestrapped in a mysterious place with no apparent way out. JFK won for Best Movie Poster. You cansee the film at https://vimeo.com/95970202.

New JFK FilmClub Triumphs

ROSEMOUNT HIGHChristmas Concert

Rosemount High School will hold its annual Christmas concertin December in front of the traditional full auditorium. Musicteachers Debbie Best and Andrew Mangal will preparetheir students for the evening, including the Secondary IDebutante Band, the senior stage band, and of course, the award-winning Symphonic Winds. In addition, over three days inDecember, the Symphonic Winds (all 40 plus student musicians),will go on their annual Holiday Concert tour of eight nearbyelementary schools to spread holiday fun through their music.

LMAC and JPI Collaborate

Wall of Honour at VMC

FACE and Its Music

Ping Pong at JAMES LYNG

LESTER B. PEARSON HIGH SCHOOL: Gay-Straight Alliance Launched

In the spirit of fostering a safer school environment, Lester B. Pearson High School in MontrealNorth has formed a group called the Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA). The GSA is an inclusive groupthat welcomes students from all backgrounds, sexual orientations, and gender identities. This spaceallows students to feel valued, recognized, and accepted. The GSA provides a platform for studentsto have a voice and empowers them to effect change. Furthermore, the GSA also promotes diversityand awareness through education, support, social justice, and advocacy. The GSA committee is madeup of 25 committed, passionate, and brave students who believe in equality and who want to be partof a movement. The school’s guidance counsellor initiated and developed this project after noticing aneed to reach out to the LGBTQ community. The GSA is officially the first of its kind at the EMSB!

Take a look at whatour High Schools

have to offer!

Take a look at whatour High Schools

have to offer!

Enriched CEGEPPreparatory Program

To download a copy of the EMSB High School Guide or to learn about other programs offered to secondary level students, please log on to www.emsb.qc.ca

Programs for Studentswith Learning

Difficulties and/or Special Needs

Cycle I Modified AcademicProgram; Cycle II WorkOriented Training Pathway;Work Program For EligibleStudents Aged 18-21

JOHN GRANT HIGHSCHOOL (WEST END)www.emsb.qc.ca/johngrant5785 Parkhaven, Côte Saint-Luc514-484-4161OPEN HOUSE: March 18, 2015;6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

LINKS HIGH SCHOOL (EAST END)http://www.emsb.qc.ca/links9905 Papineau, Ahuntsic514-723-2845 OPEN HOUSE: April 8, 2015;6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

FACEEmphasis on the Fine Arts;Advanced Drama; Orchestrawww.face.csdm.qc.ca 3449 University, Downtown514-350-8899OPEN HOUSE: October 15, 2014;9 a.m to 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

LESTER B. PEARSON HIGH SCHOOLSports Études; Secondary IHonours Program; FrançaisLangue Maternelle; EnrichedEnglishwww.lbphs.ca11575 P.M. Favier, Montreal North 514-328-4442OPEN HOUSE: October 7, 2014;7 p.m. to 9 p.m.PLACEMENT EXAMS for Secondary ISports Études Honours Program, FrançaisLangue Maternelle, Enriched English:October 18, 2014; 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

JAMES LYNG HIGH SCHOOLSupport for LiteracyAdvancement; IndividualizedAttention to Students;Community Learning Centre;Urban Arts focused activitieswww.emsb.qc.ca/jameslyng5440 Notre Dame West, St. Henri 514-846-8814OPEN HOUSE: October 8, 2014;7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

JOHN F. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOLMedia Arts Program, AthleticLeadership, Enriched English,French, Math, & AdvancedScience. Technology Integration,Work Oriented TrainingPathways (WOTP), 15+Derogated Program, StudentSupport Centrewww.emsb.qc.ca/jfk3030 Villeray, St. Michel514-374-1449OPEN HOUSE: November 6, 2014;7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

ROSEMOUNT HIGH SCHOOLUnique Music ConcentrationProgram; Fine Arts Program;French Immersion; EnrichedMath and Sciencewww.emsb.qc.ca/rosemount 3737 Beaubien Street East 514-376-4720 OPEN HOUSE: October 16, 2014; 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.PLACEMENT EXAMS for Secondary I:May 30, 2015; 9 a.m.

MINDAlternative Environment forStudents in Secondary III to V;More Intimate Setting;Partnership with McGill Faculty of Education; Bi-Weekly Seminarswww.emsb.qc.ca/mind4563 St. Urbain, The Plateau 514-842-0792OPEN HOUSE: February 12, 2015;7 p.m. to 9 p.m.Visits to the school also by appointment

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

InternationalBaccalaureate Middle

Years ProgramROYAL WEST ACADEMYCompulsory Extracurricular Student Involvementwww.royalwestacademy.com/189 Easton, Montreal West514-489-8454OPEN HOUSE: September 15, 2014;5 p.m. to 8 p.m. APPLICATION DEADLINE: September 23, 2014; 7 p.m.ORIENTATION EVENING:September 23, 2014; 7 p.m.QUALIFYING EXAMS:(A-L) September 27, 2014: 8:30 a.m. to Noon; (M-Z) September 28, 2014: 8:30 a.m. to Noon

VINCENT MASSEYCOLLEGIATEAccelerated Mathematics,Calculus, Enriched Science,and Français Langued’Enseignementwww.vmc.qc.ca5925 27th Avenue, Rosemount514-374-1999OPEN HOUSE: October 9, 2014;4 p.m. to 9 p.m.ENTRANCE EXAM:October 18, 2014: (Secondary I) 8:30 a.m. to NoonAPPLICATION DEADLINE:Tuesday, October 14, 2014

ROYAL VALE HIGH SCHOOLAdvanced-Level Mathematicsand Science; FrenchImmersion; CompulsoryExtracurricular StudentInvolvement; New MusicProgramwww.emsb.qc.ca/royalvale5851 Somerled Ave., N.D.G.514-481-2463OPEN HOUSE: October 1, 2014;9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.See the school in action during theday! Meet the teachers in the evening!ENTRANCE EXAMS (Secondary One):October 18, 2014; 9 a.m. to Noon

LAURENHILL ACADEMYScience, Music, Art Studios,Technology, and SportsProgrammewww.emsb.qc.ca/laurenhillJunior Campus 2355 Decelles, St. Laurent514-331-8019OPEN HOUSE: October 23, 2014;6:45 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.PLACEMENT EXAMS: T.B.D.

WESTMOUNT HIGH SCHOOLAdvance Placement Classesand Examinations in enrichedMath, English, French,Environmental Science.Studio Art, Psychology, WorldHistory. Music, Woodwork,ECHO (Outdoor Educationand Health Living) and Sports Leadership Electives.www.westmount.koumbit.org/ 4350 Ste. Catherine Street West 514-933-2701OPEN HOUSE: October 2, 2014;7 p.m. to 9 p.m.PLACEMENT EXAMS for Secondary 1:June 6, 2015; 9 a.m. to Noon

JOHN PAUL I JUNIORHIGH SCHOOL (Grades 7 and 8)Increased Physical Educationand Arts; Integrated Science;Advanced Math and Français Langued’Enseignement (FLE)www.emsb.qc.ca/johnpauli8455 Pré-Laurin, St. Léonard514-328-7171INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATEMIDDLE YEARS PROGRAMINFORMATION NIGHT: OPEN HOUSE: October 8, 2014; 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.ENTRANCE EXAM: October 25, 2014; 8 a.m.

LAURIER MACDONALDHIGH SCHOOL (Grades 9 to 11)Acclaimed Media Education Department; Enriched English, French, Mathematics www.emsb.qc.ca/lauriermac7355 Viau, St. Léonard 514-374-6000OPEN HOUSE: October 15, 2014; 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

MARYMOUNT ACADEMYINTERNATIONALTechnology, Music and Art Studios; Science; Sports Programme www.emsb.qc.ca/marymount5100 Côte St. Luc Road, N.D.G.514-488-8144OPEN HOUSE: October 1, 2014; 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATEMIDDLE YEARS PROGRAMMEENTRANCE EXAM: October 4th (9 a.m.)and October 11th (9 a.m.)

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