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950 North Park
Drive
Brampton, Ontario
L6S 3L5
FEBRUARY 2016
Phone: (905) 7922282
Fax: (905) 7929129
Ms. V. Elizondo
Principal
Ms. A. Cassar
Vice-Principal
Mrs. A. Battaglia
Head Secretary
Mrs. D. OudeReimerink
Superintendent
(905) 890-1221
Mr. S. Xaviour
Trustee
(905) 890-1221
St. Anthony of
Padua Parish
940 North Park
Drive
February Virtue: Respect
This month we will celebrate the virtue
of respect.
God has given us the gift of friends and
companions to keep us company and to
help us out along the way.
Every person in our lives carries the
Spirit of God – and so every person is our
brother or sister through Jesus Christ.
As brothers and sisters who share one
Holy Spirit, we are all valuable to God.
We all deserve to be shown courtesy, consideration, sensitivity and thoughtfulness, which are different ways of saying
respect.
That respect should come first and foremost from ourselves. We have to respect
ourselves and then be able to respect others. We should also be able to expect to
be treated with respect by everyone we
meet – our brothers and sisters in Jesus.
A respectful person . . .
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Brampton, Ontario
(905) 793-8030
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Father John Mullins
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Pastor
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Treats himself/herself and everyone else with equal consideration and courtesy
Uses a positive tone of voice and
body language
Avoids swearing, name-calling,
put-downs, and inappropriate
gestures
Says
‘Excuse
me’,
‘Please’,
‘Pardon me’
Avoids gossip
February is . . .
Black History Month
Every year, Canadians are invited to
participate in Black History Month festivities and events that honour the legacy of black Canadians, past and present.
We take this time to celebrate the
many achievements and contributions
of black Canadians who, throughout
history, have done so much to make
Canada the culturally diverse, compassionate and prosperous nation we are
today. During Black History Month,
Canadians can gain insight into the
experiences of black Canadians and the
vital role this community has played
throughout our shared history. (Source:
Citizenship and Immigration Canada)
This year in celebration of Black History Month:
*The library will have on display a host
of books related to Black History.
*Daily announcements will include
quotes and historical facts relating to
Black History.
*Students will participate in a variety
of activities in their respective classrooms.
*Students are encouraged to share stories and artifacts from home to enhance
the knowledge and understanding of
peers.
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Lent
Ontario Catholic School Graduate
History tells us that Lent was not only to be a time
of fasting and abstinence (meat was only to be eaten on Sundays) but all were directed to live the
forty days in deep prayer, penitence and meditation.
Expectations
No parties were to be celebrated. No social activities
were to be scheduled. For 40 days and nights, all but
the most essential activity was to be stopped. Even
little children were expected to make an effort not to
enjoy life too much during Lent.
Today Lent has still a strong spiritual meaning
in that we are called to do penance, to repent for our
sins, to change our hearts for the better, to think
more to our spiritual life and to the eternal life. No
question there is room, even today, for giving up certain things; but the most important work during Lent
is, surely, to give up sin and to spend more time in
prayer, in reading the Holy Scriptures, in becoming
more Christ-like people; in other words, to die and to
rise with Jesus to a new life - the life of grace.
Let’s make Lent a time of quiet togetherness for
family (turn off the T.V. a day a week, etc.), prayer,
fasting, and good works. Lent is the season in
which we prepare joyfully for the mystery of Easter
with minds and hearts renewed. During Lent, the
community of faith is blessed with a spirit of loving
reverence for God and of willing service to neighbor.
The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday
(Feb. 18) and concludes before the evening mass of
the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday.
ECO Update
Our National Sweater Day event was a great success.
We saw so many wonderful and creative sweaters.
Students learned about the benefits of lowering the
thermostat by 2 degrees – families can save money on
energy costs and according to WWF Canada it is estimated that across Canada that a two-degree-Celsius
drop on building thermostats could reduce national
greenhouse gas emissions by four megatons, which is
equal to annual emissions from about 300,000 vehicles.
So keep your thermostat down and show off those
amazing sweaters!
(elementary version of the OCSGE)
I AM A TEAM PLAYER!
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I cooperate with others in all that I do
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I value everyone’s work
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I respect and listen to others
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I think of others before myself
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I follow rules of fair play
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I work hard in school so that I can build my
community and make it a better place
SAVE THE DATE
Our virtue assembly will be held on February 16, 2016 @
10:30 am in the school gym.
School Lenten Mass will be held on February 19, 2016 @
10:00 at St. Anthony Church
Grade 7 and 8 Confirmation will be held on February
21, 2016 @ 2:30 at St. Anthony Church
National Flag of Canada Day
February 15th was declared National Flag of Canada
Day in 1996. It marks the day in 1965 when our red
and white maple leaf flag was first raised over Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and indeed, hundreds of communities across Canada. Red and white were designated as Canada’s official colours in 1921 by His Majesty King George V. Our flag is a sign of freedom,
democracy and human rights, and it reminds us of
how truly fortunate we are as Canadians to live in
this vast and beautiful land. February 15th is a perfect opportunity to celebrate our flag and what it
stands for: a Dominion that is the envy of the world.
Please visit http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca for
more information.
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Our Catholic School Heritage continued . . .
10. Exactly what separate school rights does section 93(1)
guarantee?
Section 93(1) protects all the provisions of the last separate
school legislation passed before Confederation, the Separate
School (Scott) Act of 1863. Among others, the Act provided the
following rights:
to form a separate school board with five or more Catholic
heads of family resident in a public school jurisdiction;
to receive government grants equitable with those of the
public school system;
to receive equitable funding;
to have separate school boundaries enlarged;
to elect separate school trustees with all the powers of public school trustees.
11. Once section 93(1) was enacted, why did Ontario’s separate school supporters continue to suffer financial hardship?
The Separate School (Scott) Act of 1863 did not anticipate the
creation and/or growth of corporations and public utilities in
Ontario, or the creation of public high schools. These two omissions caused over 100 years of financial hardship and inequity
for separate school supporters.
12. Why did Catholic parents and students have to pay tuition
to attend a Catholic high school after grade ten?
In 1871 the Ontario government passed an Act to Improve the
Common Schools and Grammar Schools of Ontario. This Act
abolished common and grammar schools and created public
schools for grades one to ten and high schools for grades nine to
thirteen. The highest official with the Department of Education,
Egerton Ryerson, commented that the 1871 Act did not affect
separate schools. The separate school boards operating secondary school classes carried on, receiving funding from grants and
taxes. However, early in the twentieth century the government
passed legislation which forbade a separate school board from
offering education beyond grade ten if its boundaries fell partially or fully within the boundaries of a high school district. Thus,
all but one separate school board (in Dublin) lost their ability to
receive tax or government grant financing beyond grade ten.
Furthermore, if a separate school board chose to continue operating grades nine and ten, it received only elementary school
grants for them.
Bus Cancellations/School Closing Due to Bad Weather
During the winter months inclement weather may
cause disruption of bus transportation and regular
school operations. A decision to cancel school transportation and/or to close schools is usually made by
6:00 a.m. and will be announced on the following radio
stations:
VIRGIN RADIO 99.9, CFTR 680, CFNY 102.1, EZ ROCK
97.3, CJCL 590, CHFI 98.1, CFRB 101, CHIN 100.7
FM/1540 AM, CJBC Z103.5, 93.1 FM, CITYPULSE,
GLOBAL NEWS, CBC
You will hear one of four standard messages:
1.”Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board buses
serving St. Andrew, St. Benedict and St. Peter elementary schools and R.F. Hall secondary schools are cancelled for today”
This message does not affect St. Aidan School
2.”The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board buses and the Peel District School Board buses in the town
of Caledon and the County of Dufferin are cancelled”.
This message does not affect St. Aidan
3.”The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board and
the Peel District School Board Buses are cancelled”.
ALL transportation services provided by the DufferinPeel Catholic District School Board have been cancelled for the entire day.
4.”The schools and offices of both the Dufferin-Peel
Catholic District School Board and the Peel District
School Board are closed”
ALL schools are closed to students and staff.
Pediculosis (Head Lice)
Please check your children frequently and if you
find them infested, we would ask that you let us
know so we can advise you on the proper treatment. If a child does become infested, we will ask
you to keep your child out of school until he/she
has been treated with the correct medicated shampoo and his/her hair is entirely clear of both lice
and nits (eggs). When the child returns to school,
the child needs to come to the office to be checked
before going to class.
If we all cooperate in these procedures we can address these occurrences in a sensitive manner. We
may not entirely escape outbreaks, but we will be
able to bring them under control.
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Sub Day
19 Lenten Mass @
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Pizza Day
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18 Confirmation Retreat
10 Ash Wednesday
Mass @ 9:00
24 Pink Shirt Day
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15 Family Day
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