Principal: S. Wolfe
Vice-Principal: M. Miller
Head Secretary: L. Pietrantuono
Assistant Secretary: K. Leonard
Trustee: D. D’Souza
Superintendent of Brampton West Family of Schools: S. Steer
Parish Priest: Father Jan Gogolewski
Jesus made one lesson clear above all other lessons-the lesson to love.
Love is not about us - it is about forgetting ourselves and looking out for the good of the other.
Through prayer and concentration, we can get better at showing love to everyone we meet.
CATHOLIC SCHOOL COUNCIL
School Council meetings are held on
Monday evenings at 7:00 pm in the school library. All are welcome!
Our next meetings are:
 April 22
 May 27
PARISH UPDATES
First Reconciliation
On Thursday, April 9, 2015 our grade two students received the Sacrament o f Reconciliation for the first time.
First Holy Communion
Sunday, April 12, 2015 at 3:00 pm at Our Lady of Fatima
Church
Confirmation
Saturday, May 2, 2015 at the 5:00 pm Mass at St. Edmund Campion School.
The After School Tutoring Club is providing our students in grades three and six with additional support that will help them feel comfortable and confident in their knowledge and skills as they prepare for their EQAO test. Grade 6 tutoring occurs Monday and Wednesdays 3:30 4:30 pm and Grade 3 tutoring occurs Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:30-5:00 pm
Tutoring began March 30 and will run for the next eight weeks. Letters have gone home regarding this.
Between May 25th and June 5th, our grade three and six students will be participating in the
Provincial EQAO assessments. It is very important that your child be present at this time. Further information will follow.
Please visit the website, http://www.eqao.com/ , for parent and student resources that can be used to help prepare your child for the assessments.
ARE YOU PLANNING ON MOVING?
We are in the process of planning staffing and organization of classes for the 2015 - 2016 school year. If you are planning to move out of the St. Bonaventure School area, please let the office know. This will be of great assistance to us as we make plans for the coming school year. The office staff will be able to provide you with student transfer forms upon request. Conversely, if you know of someone who is moving into our area for the new school year, please urge them to come in and register at St. Bonaventure School as soon as possible.

REPORTING STUDENT ABSENCES
In the interest of student safety, a call or a note to the office reporting student absences is required. Please let us know if you know that your child is going to be late or absent.
Attendance calls can be made after school hours, seven days a week for your convenience. Our attendance number is (905) 970-9069 then press 1.
STUDENT SUPERVISION TIMES
Please note that teachers are on supervision duty only
15 minutes before the start of the school day and
10 minutes at the end of the day.
For safety reasons we ask that you not drop your child off at the school prior to 8:30 am, and please pick them up ON TIME at 3:15 pm.
CROSSING GUARD
Kindly assist us in reminding children to cross with the Crossing Guard at Leagate when coming to and going home from school. The
Crossing Guard is on duty at 8:15-8:45 am and 3:15-3:45 pm. Thank you for your co-operation in looking out for the safety of all our students.
TRAFFIC SAFETY
Our school driveway is a matter of great concern in regards to the safety of our students. Therefore, we are reminding you again to use the Kiss ‘n’ Ride lane to drop off or pick up your child . You cannot park your vehicle in the Kiss ‘n’ Ride lane before school or at dismissal time during the day. When using the Kiss ‘N Ride program to dropoff or pick up students, please remember:
 We clear the Kiss ‘N Ride usually in 10 minutes.
Please be patient we are all BUSY but SAFETY comes first.
 The inside lane (closest to the school) is the only lane where cars can stop to drop off their children in the morning and pick up their children in the afternoon.
Drivers should not be parking and leaving their vehicle to walk to the school to pick up their child.
 The outside lane is a drive thru lane . This means that there should be no stopping and/or loading or unloading of students.
FRONT DRIVEWAY
The front of the school is for BUSES ONLY
CARS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO PARK, DROP
OFF or PICK UP students in the driveway or bus lane located at the front of the school.
Please refrain from blocking the driveway so that designated Board personnel can access it when needed.
TRANSPORTATION
Want to check bus cancellations and late routes on-line???
Visit STOPPR.com
DRESS CODE
School Board Policy states that all students are expected to dress to meet standards of neatness, cleanliness, modesty and good taste. Certain items such as shirts with inappropriate logos/wording, exposure of undergarments or midriffs, tight or torn clothing and short skirts are contrary to both the philosophy of our Catholic School teachings and to the standards we set as parents and educators.
With warmer weather on the way, we will remind all students of dress code expectations. Your assistance and support are greatly appreciated.
Primary students are encouraged to have an extra dry shirt, pants and socks in their backpack in the event their clothing gets wet or soiled.

GRADE 8 GRADUATION
Grade 8 Graduation will take place on
Wednesday, June 24th at St. Bonaventure
School. A letter will be sent home shortly to the parents of the Grade 8 students to explain the details of the event.
FOOD DAYS
MR. SUB: Fir st Tuesday of each month
PIZZA: EVERY WEDNESDAY
FIELDTRIP REMINDER
If parents/guardians would like to volunteer for their child(rens) field trip/excursions , please contact the office as the rules have changed regarding a Police Records
Check. Without a Volunteer Police Records Check you will be unable to volunteer on field trips.
RAPTORS GAME AT THE ACC
The Family Raptor Night at the Air Canada Centre on
Friday, March 13, 2015 was a huge success as Tickets were sold out and many people from the St. Bonaventure
Community attended the event and had a fabulous time.
The Raptors a played the Miami Heat and the game was very intense and exciting! We are looking forward to doing this event again next year.
BALLROOM DANCING
We are pleased to announce that once again our Intermediate students are taking part in a
Ballroom Dancing Program here at St. Bonaventure.
Grade 7 and 8 students are learning Rumba, Merengue, and Swing . The students truly love to dance and displayed their talents at their in school competition on
March 12th. The students were broken into color groups in Grade’s 7 and 8 .Teams from each grade won. It was truly spectacular to watch as the students love to dance.
The next competition is June 11th at St. Roch with other teams in the Board. Auditions are being held for those teams going and will be announced soon.
JUNIOR SPEECH CONTEST
The Junior Speech Contest took place on Friday, March
12th. The speeches were all very well done and performed. The students spoke about a variety of topics including “Black History Month”, “Teachers”, and
“Parents ; How they spare your feelings ”. Congratulations to Anne in Grade 5 who came in 1st place, Angel in
Grade 5 who came in 2nd place and Alexandra in Grade
5 who came in 3rd. Way to go girls! Thanks to Mrs.
Shakes and the Junior Division Teachers for organizing.
EARTH RANGERS
The grade 2 students in Ms. Beck’s class would like to thanks everyone in the school community for participating in the movie day fundraiser on March
6th. We raised $ 1087.00!!Everyone in the school was able to sit back and enjoy a movie about animals. We had a fantastic day, munching on popcorn or snacking on cupcakes and honey buns which was donated by a local company. Not only was this a St. Bonaventure first because it was a fundraiser organized by a primary class, but we also encouraged the use of reusable water bottles in an effort to be more environmentally friendly. A special thank you to parent council who paid for our kick off assembly when the Earth Ranger’s and some of the animals visited us. We look forward to the upcoming Earth
Day Animal Dance and our juice fundraiser. We are hoping to raise a grand total of $ 1500.00, and all proceeds will be donated to Earth Rangers and the World
Wildlife Fund.
BRAMPTON CLEAN CITY GREEN EDUCATION
Mrs. Cheng-Hayward has arranged many eco-friendly presentations in conjunction with the Brampton Clean
City Committee for the school in April including; Recycled Wild Life Habitat Session 1 on April 9th and 10th,
Garbology on April 17th and Recycled Wild Life Habitat
Session 2 on April 20th and 23rd. Students will learn and participate in these workshops to learn about keeping our city and environment clean and healthy. Thanks to Mrs.
Cheng– Hayward and the Eco School Team as the students are looking very forward to this.

April 11 Choir to sing at Brampton Beast
Hockey Game
April 12 First Holy Communion
April 22 Earth Day
April 27 - to New York Trip – Gr.7 & 8
April 30
May 1 Grade 8 Confessions
May 2 Grade 8 Confirmation
May 3-8 Catholic Education Week-Exploring
Paths of Joy
May 7 Welcome to Kindergarten Night
May 10 Mother’s Day
May 11 PA Day – No School
May 18 Victoria Day– No School
May 25 EQAO starts for grade 3 & 6
May 27 School Roof Top Photo
June 8 PA Day – No School
June 17
June 24
Variety Show
Grade 8 Graduation
June 26 Year End Mass - Last day of School