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950 North Park
Drive
Brampton, Ontario
L6S 3L5
MAY 2015
Phone: (905) 7922282
Fax: (905) 7929129
Ms. V. Elizondo
Principal
Ms. A. Cassar
Vice-Principal
Mrs. A. Battaglia
Head Secretary
Ms. D. OudeReimerink
Superintendent
(905) 890-1221
May Virtue: Acceptance
This month we will celebrate the virtue of Acceptance.
One of the great wonders of the world we live in
is that no two people are exactly alike. We may
share biological families or national identity or
cultural and ethnic identity but we are all very
unique and distinct creations. God breaks the
mold every time! And that is a fantastic fact of
life!
It can also be a challenging fact of life if it makes
us afraid. Sometimes differences are scary – especially if we haven’t learned about or don’t understand how people are different.
Mr. S. Xaviour
Trustee
(905) 890-1221
St. Anthony of
Padua Parish
940 North Park
Drive
Brampton, Ontario
The virtue of acceptance describes our ability to
look at the attitudes and actions of those around
us and then just stop and consider without judging them. The virtue of acceptance means that
we look beyond what we see - a person’s skin colour, ethnic background, religion, age, gender,
sexual orientation, and see a person created and
loved by God.
An accepting person…
(905) 793-8030
Father John Mullins
Pastor
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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 s/he disagrees with them
 Avoids judging or stereotyping others
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Understands that there may be more
than one way to do things
IN HONOUR OF MARY
We celebrate the Crowning of Mary
and the Rosary this month. Mary, the
mother of Jesus, exemplifies humility,
kindness, love and acceptance. She is
a silent yet strong role model for us all
to emulate. We honour all mothers on
Mother's Day which we will celebrate
on Sunday, May 10.
On Friday, May 8, 2015 the Volunteers
from the Rosary Apostolate will lead
our school in a special celebration
honouring Our Lady of Lourdes. The
grade 4 to 8 celebration will take place
at 8:45 and the FDK to grade 3 celebration will take place at 10:20.
Please join us if you are available.
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Creating Classes for Next Year
The process for the formation of classes for September
2015 will soon begin.
Creating the best and most functional class groupings is a
task that requires much thought, consideration and planning. Our goal is to establish balanced classrooms. These
classes consist of students who will work together and
therefore enrich each other’s learning experiences.
We will consider the following:
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Learning styles/work habits
Gender balance (female/male)
Balanced academic abilities
Social, emotional and physical needs
Student experience in combined class
Behavioural needs
Special Education or English Language Learner needs
If you, as a parent, wish to provide input into the process,
please take into consideration the following guidelines:
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Input must be made in writing to the Principal no later
than May 15, 2015.
Frame requests in terms of educational contexts. E.g.
your child’s learning needs/strengths/style; information not already known to the school; best learning
environment etc.
Please do not make requests for specific teachers as
staffing is always tentative and changes can take place
between now and September.
Few, if any schools in Ontario today are without combined grades. Combined grade classes can be beneficial to
the students by allowing for appropriate class organization
and a balanced number of students in each class. Our
teachers and other professional staff carefully construct
these combined classes. Many factors are considered,
including peer group relationships, previous placements,
social, academic and behavioural factors.
Programs in schools today are highly specialized,
which substantially reduces the impact of combined grade
classes. Combined grades can do much to enhance independent work skills among our students. Parents/
guardians can assist their child in adjusting to a new
placement by giving support and reassurance.
Class placements are tentative until the September 2015
enrolment is finalized in the second week of school in September.
Catholic Education Week
May 3-8, 2015
Catholic schools are Catholic communities. Catholic schools
are faith communities. We – parents, students, teachers,
administrative and support staff – walk and grow together
in the faith which we received at our Baptism. And it is the
‘together’ that we grow. And as we learn from nature,
growth relies on sun and water and nutrition. Otherwise, it
may fade away and even die. Our growth is primarily a relationship with God, who at our Baptism, called us by name.
But the response of each of us to that growth is both personal and communal. We grow in our faith in the nurturing
atmosphere of our Catholic community be that of our local
parish, our home, or our Catholic school community.
There are five sub-themes for each day of Catholic Education Week:
Monday – Walking Together and Sharing Our Stories
Tuesday – Opening the Scriptures
Wednesday – Welcoming Others to the Table
Thursday – Recognizing Jesus in the Breaking of the Bread
Friday – Proclaiming the Good News
During Catholic Education Week there will be a number of
activities taking place at the school. A brochure outlining
these activities will be sent home later this month. We invite you to join us for these activities as your schedule per-
Congratulations to our Grade 2 students who received the Sacrament of Holy Communion on Sunday, May 3, 2015.
Our Grade 8 students will received the Sacrament of
Confirmation on Friday, June 12, 2015. Please continue to keep these students in your prayers.
Special Occasions
Parent(s)/Guardian(s) are asked not to send in food
items for children to share for special occasions. If
families would like to mark a special occasion perhaps
consider donating a book to your child(ren)’s class that
all students can enjoy. Any food items sent to school
will be returned home. Thank you for your cooperation.
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ALLEGATION OF SEXUAL ABUSE REGARDING
THE LATE FR. JAMES (JIM) ROTH, OSFS
Information regarding an allegation of sexual abuse of a
minor related to the late Fr. James (Jim) Roth, OSFS, is
posted on the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board’s
main webpage at www.dpcdsb.org. Additional information,
including where to report abuse or suspected abuse, is also
posted on the website of Father Roth’s religious order, the
Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, at www.tdprovince.org and
the Archdiocese of Toronto at www.archtoronto.org . Please
consult these sources as appropriate.
Our Catholic School Heritage continued . . .
18. How did financial inequity return in the 1970s?
With the economic downturn in Ontario, the government
began imposing limits to what school boards could
spend. If any board wished to exceed the expenditure
limit, it would receive no grant to accompany the amount
of money spent over the limit. Because the Metropolitan
Toronto Board and the Ottawa Board of Education were
so rich from corporation and public utility assessment,
they received no grants. The other urban public school
Our next Catholic School Council Meeting will
be held on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 @ 6:30. All
Parents are welcome to attend.
boards received only a small amount of grants. On the
other hand, the separate school boards existed on government grants for 80% to 99%, depending on their
amount of assessment. Thus, separate school boards
were confined to the government’s expenditure ceilings,
ECO UPDATE
On May 14, 2015, a team from Ontario ECO Schools will be visiting St. Anthony for our annual ECO review. Members of our
ECO team have been working hard to prepare for this visit. Students will have the opportunity to showcase the initiatives that
were undertaken during the school year. We would like to thank
while public school boards exercised their freedom to
spend considerably over the ceilings. Financial inequity
returned and remained.
19. How did the Ontario government solve separate
school financial inequity?
In 1990, the Supreme Court of Canada judged that the
Important Dates
Monday, May 11, 2015 is a Professional Activity Day so
there is no school for students. Staff will be working on
Ministry priorities.
Canadian Constitution’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms
entitles Francophones, where numbers warrant, to their
own school boards. French-language district school
boards and French-language Catholic district school
boards were created. Consequently, Ontario then had
Monday, May 18, 2015 is Victoria Day. There will be no
school for students or staff. We wish you all a nice long
weekend!
four school systems. Three of them - the Englishlanguage Catholic district school boards, the Frenchlanguage Catholic district school boards and the Frenchlanguage district school boards - had very little access to
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.
corporate assessment. One of them – the Englishlanguage district school boards – possessed most of the
province’s corporate assessment and, therefore, ability
to spend much more than their counterparts on education. Faced with this inequity and a court challenge it
was convinced it would lose, the government took the
only logical and fair step. It abolished the power of all
school boards to tax and took over all education funding.
Now each pupil, no matter which type of school he or
she attends, receives the same per-pupil funding from
the government. After 150 years of sacrifice and
hardship, Catholic school boards have achieved
financial equity.
Sun
3
First Communion
Mon
Tue
Wed
6
13 TFC Family BBQ
and Game
5 School Mass @ 9:00
12 Catholic School
Council Meeting
4
11 PA Day - No
School
Catholic Education
Week begins
10 Mother’s Day
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27
18 Victoria Day
26
17
25 EQAO begins
20 Grade 8 Ottawa
Trip
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Thu
Fri
Sat
16
9
2
Pizza Day
15 Sub Day
23
Grade 8 Ottawa Trip
Water Festival Gr. 1&2
29 Sub Day
30
22 Pizza Day
Rosary Celebration @
8:45 & 10:20
8
1 Sub Day
May 2015
14
7
21 Grade 8 Ottawa
Trip
28 Welcome to Kindergarten Night @
7:00 pm