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950 North Park
Drive
Brampton, Ontario
L6S 3L5
MAY 2016
Phone: (905) 7922282
Fax: (905) 7929129
Ms. V. Elizondo
Principal
Ms. A. Cassar
Vice-Principal
Mrs. A. Battaglia
Head Secretary
Ms. D. FineganDowney
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 Joseph
Pham
Pastor
Father Massillamani Zacharias
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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 8.
On Wednesday, May 18, 2016 the Volunteers from the Rosary Apostolate
will lead our school in a special celebration: The Miraculous Medal. The
grade FDK to Gr. 3 celebration will
take place at 9:00 and the Gr. 4 to 8
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
2016 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 13, 2016.
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 2016
enrolment is finalized in the second week of school in September.
Catholic Education Week
May 2-6, 2016
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 – Mercy that Welcomes
Tuesday – Mercy that Loves
Wednesday – Mercy that Forgives
Thursday – Mercy that Lives the Gospel
Friday – Mercy that Rejoices
During Catholic Education Week there will be a number of
activities taking place at the school. A brochure outlining
these activities went home last week. We invite you to join
us for these activities as your schedule permits.
Important Dates
Friday, May 13, 2016 is a Professional Activity Day so
there is no school for students. Staff will be working on
Ministry priorities.
Monday, May 23, 2016 is Victoria Day. There will be
no school for students or staff. We wish you all a nice
long weekend!
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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Congratulations!
Our Catholic School Heritage continued . . .
18. How did financial inequity return in the 1970s?
We would like to congratulate Ms. Valentic who received the Golden Apple Award for the month of February. The Golden Apple Award is a special award
designed to recognize teachers that display dedication towards their profession and serve as an inspiration to their students. Omni TV came to St. Anthony
School to present the award in Ms. Valentic’s class
last month. You can watch the clip at
www.omnitv.ca/on/en/golden-apple-award.
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
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,
while public school boards exercised their freedom to
spend considerably over the ceilings. Financial inequity
returned and remained.
ECO UPDATE
Congratulations to Alma Fares in grade 6 on her winning
ECO T-Shirt design.
19. How did the Ontario government solve separate
school financial inequity?
In 1990, the Supreme Court of Canada judged that the
Canadian Constitution’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms
entitles Francophones, where numbers warrant, to their
We are continuing our Waste Free Wednesday Campaign.
Please remember to bring items in reusable containers to
help reduce the amount of waste we are creating.
own school boards. French-language district school
We still have stainless steel water bottles available. Please
see Mrs. Lasica if you would like to make a purchase.
four school systems. Three of them - the English-
boards and French-language Catholic district school
boards were created. Consequently, Ontario then had
language 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.
Mon
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sub Day
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Sat
May 2016
Sun
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5 Family Basketball
Tournament
13 PA Day
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12 Jump Rope for
Heart
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1 Catholic Education
Week
Family Basketball Tournament
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20 Pizza Day
Grade 3 to Riverwood
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Gr. 3 @ Peel Safety
Village
27 Sub Day
Gr. 8 Montreal
Gr. 2 Peel Water Festival
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18 Rosary Apostolate
Presentation AM
Boys TFC Soccer Tournament
25 Gr. 8 Montreal
26 Gr. 8 Montreal
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31 EQAO
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30 EQAO
23 Victoria Day
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Welcome to Kindergarten Night