St. Julia Catholic Elementary School
6770 Historic Trail, Mississauga, Ontario L5W 1J3
Phone: 905-795--2706 or ext. 53800 Fax: 905-795-9096
www.dpcdsb.org/julia
Volume: 9
Issue: May, 2011
VIRTUE OF ACCEPTANCE
Principal
P. Nichols
Vice Principal
T. De Vellis Carino
Secretaries
A. Charette
S. Fragomeni-Jones
Superintendent
Mississauga Brampton
Central
L. Kazimowicz
Trustee
Peter Ferreira
Peter.ferreira@dpcdsb.org
Dear God,
You have done such a marvelous job of creating us and the world
around us. You have placed this creation, including all the people we
meet, in our care.
We come to you now asking for the grace and strength to be accepting of
others.
We admit that we can never fully know your plan for the people around
us.
Grant us the strength to admit that our role is to invite others to
participate in your saving plan and then to accept the choices that they
make in their own lives.
We ask this in the name of Jesus, our brother, who lived to show us
your way.
Parish
St. Joseph Church
5440 Durie Road
905-826-2766
Pastor
Fr. Marc-Andre Campbell
Fr. Mounir El-Rassi
Fr. Salvador Orara
School Hours
Start: 8:45 a.m.
Lunch: 11:45 to 12:45
Dismissal: 3:15 p.m.
Attendance Verification
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905-795-2706 press 1
CONFIRMATION
Amen
An Accepting Person…
Is friendly and open to all God’s people, regardless of age, beliefs, gender culture or
ability
Sees the positive traits in all people even if she/he disagrees with them
Avoids judging or stereotyping others
Understands that there may be more than one way to do things
Sticks up for the ‘underdog’
Weekend Mass Schedule St. Joseph’s Parish
5440 Durie Road (905) 826-2766 0ffice@stjosephsstreetsville.com
Saturday:
Sunday:
5:30 p.m.
8:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m.12:30 p.m., and 6:00 p.m.
CONFIRMATION
WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN EVENING
The grade eight students will be celebrating the Sacrament of
Confirmation on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 7:00pm at St.
Joseph‟s Parish. Father Marc Andre and his pastoral team
have been working with our teachers to prepare for this
sacrament. Our students enjoyed a retreat day at the parish
and were given beautiful wooden crosses from the parish and
a beautiful prayer card from our School Council on behalf of
our school community. We would also like to recognize and
extend congratulations to students who have received or are
receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation at other parishes
within our Faith community. Please keep these students in
your prayers.
On Tuesday, May 3, 2011, a Welcome to Kindergarten
presentation was given to parents and children who will be
attending Junior Kindergarten in September, 2011. After a
presentation to parents, the children and parents participated in
different activity centers. Upon completion of the presentation
and centers, each child received a bag filled with wonderful
materials, i.e. books, paper, play dough, scissors, letters and
numbers. These materials will be an excellent preparation for
the children and their parents prior to Kindergarten. The
evening was well attended. Welcome to Kindergarten is
sponsored by the „Learning Partnership‟ and is supported by
the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
KINDERGARTEN RECESS
On Wednesday, May 25, 2011, the children will be painting
and decorating a cross in preparation of their first Holy
Communion. A special thank you to School Council for
subsidizing the cost of the crosses. The First Communion
Retreat day will be on June 2, 2011. The children will be
participating in a variety of activities that contribute to the
education of Communion. It will be a meaningful day for the
students.
The Senior Kindergarten students will be going out for recess
starting on Tuesday, June 14th, 2011. This will help them
prepare for grade one. We appreciate our older students
making them feel welcome as the big yard can be quite
overwhelming for the little ones.
REPORT CARDS
Report Cards will be distributed to the students on Tuesday,
June 28th, 2011. Reports not distributed to students due to
absence will be mailed to your home.
EQAO
Our Grade three and Grade 6 students will be participating in
the Provincial EQAO Assessments during the weeks of May
30th – June 10th, 2011. It is very important that your child be
present at this tine. The Grade 6 classes will be writing
EQAO June 1, 2, and 3. The Grade 3 classes will be writing
EQAO on June 6, 7 and 8.
BOOK FAIR
St. Julia welcomed the Scholastic Book Fair during Catholic
Education Week. Students had a chance to browse and shop.
They went away excited about their new purchases, ready to
snuggle up with a good book or two. Thank you to all those
who supported the Fair, it was a great success!
REPTILLIA
Students in grades 4,6,7 & 8 had an opportunity on May 5 th,
2011 to learn more about the environment, habitats and how
humans affect our world when guest speaker Blair and some
of his “friends” came to St. Julia, from Reptillia located in
Vaughan. Students were equally delighted and repulsed by
our reptile visitors, and many overcame their squeamish
instincts to touch and interact with the
friendly beasts. Ms. DeVellis Carino
even found a new friend in the final
visitor of an 8 Foot long reticulated
python!
WATER BOTTLES
As the warmer weather approaches students may require more
access to water. Students are permitted to bring full water
bottles to school. However, for safety reasons they will not
be allowed to refill them during the day. Students are
permitted to have them on their desks but are to be used under
the direction of the classroom teacher. We have found in the
past that at times students use these for water fights in the
playground. During recesses students will continue to receive
a pass so they can come into the school for water. Your
understanding is greatly appreciated.
PLAY STRUCTURE
Our play structure has been inspected and approved for use for
the new season. We have a schedule at school for student use
in order to limit the number of students using the play
structure at once. Parents are responsible for supervising
children using the equipment after school hours.
MOVING
Just a reminder…if you are moving before the end of the
year or over the summer please inform the school office as
soon as possible so that the class lists may accurately reflect
the number of students enrolled. Also, if new neighbors have
moved in it would be appreciated if you could let them know
that we are accepting registrations for next September and that
they are welcome to drop by the office for a registration
package. When moving to a new school transfer papers from
your current school are needed. The office requires a few
days to process these requests.
INTERMEDIATE GIRLS SOCCER
St. Julia will be participating in the 1st annual Intermediate Girls
Mississauga Brampton Central soccer Tournament on Wednesday,
May 18th, 2011. The team is made up of girls from grades 6,
7 and 8. The girls are coached by Ms. Hewgill and Mr. Monahan.
We wish them well during their tournament. Members of the team
are:
Emily P, Casandra M, Julia B, Sydney B, Ashley S, Nicole N,
Austine R, Janine K, Kaitlyn C, Rebecca S, Madeline L,
Aimee M, Serena B, and Sarah B.
INTERMEDIATE BOYS SOCCER
Due to current weather conditions Intermediate Boys Soccer has been
postponed to a future date, to be announced. The boys look forward
to attending future games at the Brampton Soccer Centre. The team is
being coached by Mr. De Santis. Members are:
Samuel A, Joseph A, Jesse B, Anthony B, Cole C, Jacob E, Pawel S,
Jonathon H, Maxwell K, Michael L, Carlos M, Marcus R, Steven R.
JUNIOR CO-ED SOCCER
St. Julia is pleased to once again have a Junior Co-Ed Soccer team.
The team is made up with players in Grades 4, 5 and 6.
The team is coached by Ms. Higgins and Mr. Migdal.
The players are:
Alan L, Thomas K, Erica S, Marco M, Mathew C, David C,
Stephanie S, Martin G, Cassandra M, and Emily P.
STUDENT COUNCIL
Student Council has been busy preparing for the Sub Days in May.
Student Council is close to meeting their target to purchasing
our score board. Thank you for supporting our Sub Days in May!
LENTEN CAMPAIGN
Dates To Remember
May 18-Kindergarten Trip to Andrews Scenic Acres
May 20- Sub Day
May 23-Victoria Day. No Classes
May 25- School Track and Field Day Gr. 5-8
May 26-Jr. Co-ed Soccer Tournament @ Hershey Sports
Centre
May 27-Sub Day
May 30-Grade 1&2 Field Trip to Humber Arboretum
Nature Centre
May 31-Gr. 8 Confirmation Rehearsal & Reconciliation
at St. Joseph’s Parish
May 31- Robert F. Hall Drama Presentation @ 2pm
June 1-Gr. 8 Confirmation @ 7pm St. Joseph’s Parish
June 1-3 EQAO Grade 6
June 2-Volunteer Appreciation @ 2pm
June 3-Gr. 5 Field Trip to Royal Ontario Museum
June 6-8 EQAO Grade 3
June 10 –Library Closes
June 11-First Communion @ 3pm St. Joseph’s Parish
June 13 –PA Day. No Classes
June 14-1pm Year end mass in gym
June 15-Family Track and Field @ St. Marcellineus
June 22-24 Montreal Trip
June 23-Play Day Grades 1 to 8
June 24-Play Day Rain date
June 24-Board Track and Field
June 28-Reports Go Home
June 28-Gr. 8 Graduation Ceremony & Luncheon
June 29-Gr. 8 Grad mass @ 10am at St. Joseph’s Parish
June 30-Gr. 6 & 7 Dance
June 30 – Last Day of classes!
Gone Fishing!
First Day Back to School: September 6th, 2011
Thank you to everyone who participated in St. Julia‟s Lenten
Campaign last month. St. Julia raised a total of $171.80.
All proceeds raised were donated to the Sisters of Notre Dame
De Namur.
SHARE LIFE CAMPAIGN
During Lent St. Julia was able to raise over $2000
to donate to Share Life. Toonie Tuesday, Pancake Tuesday,
and Pizza Day funds all helped contribute to our generous
donation. Students also raised $771 for the H20Campaign for Haiti!
Way to go St. Julia!
STUDENT MONITORS NEEDED
St. Julia is currently looking for Student Monitors to assist us
during our lunch hour and outside during lunch recess.
This is a paid position. Please let us know if you available on a
regular basis. All new hires will need to complete a Student
monitor package and complete an up to date Criminal Reference
Check. Please stop by the office if you are interested.
VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION TEA
The staff, students and school council of St. Julia would like
to show our appreciation for all the support we have received
throughout the year from all our volunteers. If you have
volunteered any time this year, we would like you to join us
for a reception on June 2nd, 2011. Invitations will go home at
a later date. Please RSVP the main office to confirm.
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
St. Joseph, Streetsville Conference
5440 Durie Road
Mississauga, Ontario L5M 2J5
905-826-2766 or fax 905-542-7052
Charitable Business # 13241 0671 RR031
To the School Community of St. Joseph Parish Streetsville, we
would like to thank you very much for your generous support
once again of the ongoing food drive. With your assistance
we have been able to gather much needed non-perishable food
for our neighbours in need. We appreciate the rotation of
Food Drives within the schools as this helps maintain the level
of food we can accommodate in our pantry throughout the
year. We are pleased to report the following Lenten Food
Drive contributions: St. Dunstan 14 boxes St. Gregory 12
boxes St. Joseph Elementary 48 boxes-a record! St. Julia 16
boxes for a total of 90 boxes!
SCHOOL COUNCIL
Where did your money go?
A special thanks to all the St. Julia parents for your amazing
fundraising efforts this school year. We had our final School
Council meeting last week and made sure that all your hard
work went towards enriching our students' lives.
The Grade 8s were given approximately $20 per student to go
towards confirmation and graduation, the graduation dinner
and any awards that may be given out. We wish our
graduating students well on their new high school learning
journey. Other items that your money went towards include
soccer nets for the school yard, ballroom dance lessons for the
intermediates, a Milky Way carpet for the Special Needs
classroom, the Raz Kids literacy program for the primary
students to use at home, a Grade 4 literacy package,
kindergarten crafts, visual arts activities, chart stands, prayer
cards for the Grade 8s, cross boxes for the Grade 2s, and
spiritual gifts for the Grade 4s and 6s. We hope you all have a
wonderful summer and look forward to seeing new faces and
old friends at School Council in the next school year. Play
safe and wear sunscreen.
YOUTH IN MINISTRY
St. Joseph‟s EDGE meets on the 2nd and the 4th Sundays of the
month after the 6:00 pm mass. All students in grades 6-8 are
welcome to attend. Please direct any questions to Oriana at
saint.joes.youth@gmail.com. Upcoming Edge Nights: May
22nd (Victoria Day weekend) No Edge. May 29 th(5th Sunday
in May)-Turning the other cheek: Forgiving Others. June 12
(Pentecost)-Pentecost Party-All Edger‟s and their families are
welcome to attend! June 26th-Social Justice: Thirst for
change/D&P.
SHARELIFE-Our goal is $88,500. We have $50,776.33 so
far! June 5, 2011 is the 3rd Sharelife Collection at St.
Joseph’s Parish! You can work wonders!
TOTUS TUUS IS HERE
The children and youth of the Parish are invited to join us in
the Parish Hall for TOTUS TUUS (Latin for Totally Yours)
this summer from July 17 to July 22. TOTUS TUUS is an
exciting new Archdiocesan program whereby seminarians and
college students travel throughout the summer spreading the
Good News of our Lord through catechetical instruction,
Mass, confession, songs, games and more!
The grade school program, for children entering grades 1-6,
runs Monday-Friday from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm at a cost of only
$100 per child for the week. The junior high/high school
program for those entering grades 7-12, runs SundayThursday from 7:00 pm-9:00 pm at a cost of only $40 per
youth for the week. Additional information about the program
is also available at www.totustuustoronto.ca.