SM
TIMES
June 2011
Inside Ride:
EveryoneWins!
In our first year of supporting Coast to
Coast’s against Cancer Inside Ride at
St. Martin we are proud to announce
that we have raised over $16,000 to
support kids with cancer.
Coast to Coast Against Cancer Foundation presents the Inside Ride, Canada’s first indoor cycling challenge and
fundraising event dedicated to raising
monies in support of families and children with cancer. Support will be provided where the needs are greatest,
including funding of oncology camps,
community support programmes, research scholarships and other areas
which contribute to inspiring hope and
improving prognoses for children and
their families impacted by cancer.
Coast to Coast Against Cancer Foundation is proud to state that they distribute 100% of the (receiptable) donations to the programs and charities they
support.
This year’s success has set a precedent for future years where we will
continue this annual tradition here.
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from the business department...
Sprott Business
Game: SemiFinals
Students from the
Grade 12 Accounting
Class were involved
in the CA-Sprott Business Competition
during second semester. (This is a
program sponsored by the Sprott
Business School at Carlton University
and the Institute of Chartered
Accountants.) This inter-active program
has student teams managing their
own company through a computer
simulation. Each company is set up
to produce and sell Smartphone and
students make decisions over 18
quarters on such things as investment
in plant and equipment, human
resources, R&D and marketing.
Student teams compete against
one another within an industry to
achieve the highest return on equity.
Congratulations to the ‘Cellular Blitz’
team made up of Hubert Kaminski,
Kevin Okal, Jonilda Ibro, and Chantel
Persaud, who advanced to the
semi-finals.
Camp Enterprise
The Rotary Clubs of Mississauga
sponsor Camp Enterprise, a unique
business opportunity for high school
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students. Each year the Camp is held at
the University of Toronto (UTM) over a
three day period in May. Senior students
from across the GTA are selected by
Rotary to participate in the Camp. The
Camp provides an
opportunity for
students to engage
with business
leaders in various
fun and interactive
activities. This year three senior students
from St. Martin attended the Camp.
Congratulations to Kristine Madler, Paul
Abay-Abay, and Eimy Rodriguez, for
being selected to attend.
‘No Limits’
Conference
The Institute of Chartered Accountants
sponsors this spring conference, which
was held at McMaster
University. The
Conference provided
a unique opportunity
for several of the senior
business students to
connect with business leaders from many
industry sectors, learn about different
careers in business and discuss a wide
range of business issues including
business etiquette and maintaining a
life/work balance. Special thanks to Mr.
Lackovic for providing the much needed
transportation to the event.
more, from the business department...
Classroom
Connections to
the Business World
During this school year, business
students had the opportunity to
connect with various business
professionals. Jennifer Debolt
from the Institute of Chartered
Accountants spoke to senior
accounting students about
careers in accounting ranging
from international opportunities
to forensic accounting. Maureen
Clottey, a financial analyst with the
Department of National Defense
spoke to senior students about life
as a Certified General Accountant.
Christine Carlson provided a
professional career perspective from
a Certified Management Accountants
perspective. Robin Kotisa from
Research in Motion enlightened
Grade 10 business students and
grade 11 marketing students about
what goes on behind the scenes
at R.I.M. in product development,
market segmentation and promotion.
For the grade nine business students,
Constable Yvette Logan from Peel
Regional Police discussed various
safety issues related to the Internet
and World Wide Web.
Arts Night
Enjoyment!
Start with a free pasta meal.
Then, sit back and enjoy some fine
performances consisting of dramatic
shorts, a monologue, mime, dialogue,
and a comic sketch.
Next up, a series of media arts videos
and animations. Add some live musical
guitar selections, both classical and
modern. Then, some more videography.
Finally, off to the art hall upstairs to view
the visual arts and media arts works in a
gallery setting.
What’s not to enjoy?!
Thanks to the dedication of many
students in the culinary arts, drama,
music, media arts, and visual arts
programs, the night was considered
an emphatic success by all those who
attended and participated.
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St. Martin’s
Drumline Year a Success!
The second year of Drumline has
proven to be a great success here at
St. Martin. This year we have
performed at many school events
including: Awards night, Gr. 8 Open
House, The Christmas Showcase,
Mississauga Family of Schools
Christmas Concert, Talent show and we
also will be performing
at Graduation.
In addition to our school events,
we are also branching out into our
community to perform. This year we
have performed at the Mississauga
Sport’s Council Sports Week, the
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Victim Services Peel Annual Volunteer
Appreciation Night and the Mississauga
Sports Council Annual Sports Dinner.
Lastly, St. Martin hosted the Mississauga
Day of Drumline on May 14th, and also,
performed alongside very prestigious
Drumline’s of the GTA at the Toronto
Day of Drumline on May 28th.
The coaches, Ms. Vitale and Ms.
Corredato are extremely proud of the
hard work our team members have put
forth towards Drumline this entire year.
Auditions for next year’s Drumline will
begin in September.
Our students take part in Celebrating the Spirit of Social Justice.
Social Justice Conference:
Youth Making A Difference
This Conference, the third annual
Youth Making a Difference Workshop
was hosted and presented by DPCDSB
in partnership with ACCESS: Allowing
Children a Chance at Education, youthrun-non-profit organization. It took
place on April 29, 2011 at Brampton
Soccer Centre.
The goal of the Social Justice
Conference Team was to educate,
empower and raise awareness about
social justice issues and to provide the
students with some tools, support and
knowledge to transform their passion
for good into activism and social
change.
The students were invited to explore
community involvement and the
variety of volunteer and charity
resources that are available to them.
We are proud to have students who
are interested in social justice and
striving to be the change in the world.
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Track
and Field
Congratulations to our 2011 St Martin
Track & Field Team as they competed
against athletes from the Region of Peel
and surrounding areas. Our team faced
many challenges throughout the season,
not the least of all being
Mother Nature. They
endured an abundance of
rain, wind, hail, and often
very cold temperatures
more often than not,
making competition
conditions quite a
challenge especially
for the newcomers to
the sport. The additional challenge of
mismatched spikes, limited spike sizes,
and a minimal number of singlets, saw the
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athletes demonstrating the epitome of what
it means to be teammates, helping one
another and sharing our limited resources
to be ready before each event.
The team competed in 2 meets prior the
ROPSSAA this year: the
Kitchener Track Wars and
St. Marcellinus NOD Meet,
where they ran, jumped
and threw, putting forth
their best effort in their
individual events. After
weeks of practicing each
of the athletes grew
and developed in their
own way, achieving their personal bests
in at effort to qualify for the ROPSSAA
Championships held at Centennial Stadium.
Track and
Field Continued
The ROPSSAA Championships proved
very challenging and tested our athletes
both physically and mentally as they
faced their toughest competition yet. The
athletes made us extremely proud, not only
performing at their best for the season, but
by being a constant source of support for
their teammates, cheering and encouraging
everyone to do their very best.
A special mention goes out to Bianca Burns
who was the sole St. Martin Track and Field
athlete to qualify for South Regionals held
in St. Catharines. Competing in the Senior
Girls Triple Jump, Bianca represented our school
extremely well finishing 6th overall with a
personal best jump of 10.19m and making her
the 6th best Senior Girls triple jumper in all of
Southern Ontario. Congratulations Bianca!
To our Mustang Track and Field team, you
have made your coaches extremely proud! Your
hard work, discipline, and determination has
shone through this season. Your support for
one another as you cheered on your teammates
has not only demonstrated incredible
sportsmanship, but the epitome of what it
means to be a part of this team. Congratulations
St. Martin Track & Field Team, you should be very
proud of your accomplishments!
Team Members: Elie Darwich, James Del Pilar,
Jon Nolasco, Jenny Doan, Natalie Doan, Anita
Nwaghodo, Jenna Polla, Dana Wegierak, Natalia
Zych, Devon Alleyne Smart, Greg Chrzan, Shane
Miles, Bianca Burns, Montanna Jones, Kendal
Kasper, Larissa Setnik, Marta Setnik, Emma
MacDonald, Daniel Berdusco, Triston Brookes,
Patrick Maziarz, Jeffrey Mejia, and Kadeen
Pilgrim.
Coaches: Ms. Young, Ms. Ferreira, Mr. Busby, Mr.
Mostacci, Officer Moldrick, and Mr. Petruccelli.
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St. Martin Students Participate
In Youth Faith Ambassador Rally
On April 27, 2011, twelve of our Grade
10 students attended the Mississauga
South Youth Faith Ambassador Rally,
at St. Joseph’s S.S.
The goal of the Youth Faith
Ambassador Rally is to empower,
recognize and build up faith in our
Youth Faith Leaders under the slogan
Twogether We Build God’s Kingdom.
This is the second year that this type of
Youth Rally is taking place in DufferinPeel Catholic District School Board.
There were about 335 high school
and elementary students in attendance
celebrating Jesus as the Light of the
World.
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Throughout the day, the students had
the opportunity to pray, reflect, discuss,
participate, and most importantly to
celebrate the Eucharist. Also, they were
commissioned to take the Good News
they learned, and to share it with the
school community.
The celebrant of the Eucharistic
Celebration was Rev. Marc-Andre
Campbell, Pastor of St. Joseph Parish;
the Guest Speaker and the Workshop
leader was Cale Clarke, the Director
of The Faith Explained. Our students,
the Youth Faith Ambassadors have
contributed to the faith day in a faithful,
fruitful, and a respectful way.
St. Martin Students
Participate In
Youth Faith Ambassador Rally (continued)
Cathy Saytar, Superintendent Mississauga
South, leading the students in Celebrating
Jesus as the Light of the World.
The Members of the Organizing Committee:
Deidre Pereira (Chaplain, St. Joseph’s S.S.),
Mitch Cairoli (Chaplain, St. Martin S.S.),
Ms. A. Ganza (Religion/Theology
Teacher, St. Martin S.S.),
Mrs. A. Milanetti, Principal,
Mary Fix Elementary School).
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“DEFENSA”-
National
Volleyball
Champions!
Volleyball Canada’s Top National
Champions (18U, Division 1, Tier 1) for
2011 is the “DEFENSA 18U ” Volleyball
Team which practices out of Burlington.
St. Martin’s Oksana Kozak (#12) has
been a player on the team for the past
3 years. There were 80 teams from
across Canada registered in this 18U
national competition which took place
in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Over
three days of competition, “DEFENSA”
won all their matches, leading up
to the Finals, where they met the
“BISONS” from Winnipeg (last year’s
champions) and beat them 25-21,
25-19 for the Gold! Congratulations to
Oksana and her team, who also won
the Ontario Volleyball Association’s
18U Provincial Championships (Div 1,
Tier 1) earlier this year in April!
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from the science department...
The Year
in Retrospect:
Having Phun
with Fizziks
Ask any physics student and he will tell
you that “fizziks is phun”. While it is true
that concepts such as wave-particle
duality, quantum theory, special
relativity, dynamics, conservation of
energy and momentum, and field
theory had to be mastered, this year’s
crop of budding physicists used their
creativity to complete two design
challenges that honed their scientific
investigation skills in a fun way. The
first challenge was to build an original
toy that involved friction and/or air
resistance, linear and/or circular motion
and at least one of projectile motion,
motion on a ramp, or motion involving
pulleys/springs. The second was to
build a container as light and as small
as possible that would protect the egg
when dropped from a 3-m height. As
well, one class period was devoted to
pure entertainment when each student
demonstrated a “really cool” application
of Newton’s laws to the chorus of “oohs
and aahs” from their peers. So, stay
tuned for more “phun with fizziks” in
2011-2012.
St. Martin Teacher
Receives
“Community
Achievement
Award”
On May 13, 2011, at the 9th Annual
Business Excellence Awards Evening at
Le Jardin Conference and Events Centre,
Ms. Ganza, our Religion/Theology
teacher was presented a “Community
Achievement Award” by the CanadianCroatian Chamber of Commerce.
For more than nine years, the
Canadian-Croatian Chamber of
Commerce has recognized companies
that demonstrate a level of performance
above all others, or individuals whose
selfless dedication, contribution or
philanthropy have positively impacted
the Croatian-Canadian community.
During Ms. Ganza’s 30 years of service
as an educator, or in a position of a
President, Vice-President, Secretary,
volunteer or a supporter she has greatly
contributed to the achievements of
the numerous Canadian Croatian
organizations. Yet, it was her initiative
and work of introducing the Croatian
Language as a High School Credit
into the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District
School Board, in Mississauga, and also
in Hamilton, Oakville, Kitchener and
Cambridge, as well as teaching the
language that made her contributions
unique and priceless.
So, the Croatian community got
together to thank her for her selfless
dedication and inspiration.
Ms. Ganza’s contributions in the field of
education or charity work were already
recognized, both, at the level of the City
of Mississauga, and the Canadian level.
She is the Recipient of the “Civic Award of
Recognition” presented to her by Mayor
Hazel McCallion, and the Members of
the Council, and a “Canada’s Birthday
Achievement Award” presented to her
on the occasion of “127 Anniversary of
Canada” for contributing unselfishly to
the betterment of our great country
Canada.
Her humanitarian work abroad was
praised by nobody else, but the Living
Saint herself; now the late Mother Teresa;
the Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, when she
was serving as a volunteer in summer
of 1996, in the order of Missionaries of
Charity, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.
We are proud to have such a dedicated
teacher to serve our students.
Congratulations and much luck in your
future endeavours.
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St. Martin S.S./
Synnex Canada
Nerdbotics Team
St. Martin has been a participant in the F.I.R.S.T
robotics competition for the last 9 years. If it was
not for the dedicated student members and
mentors, it would not be possible for St. Martin
to compete. A great amount of fundraising and
organization goes into it before the season even
starts. This year, we were quite fortunate to have
acquired a sponsor; Synnex Canada.
In early January, the details of the structure and
rules of the game are laid out in what is called
the ‘kickoff’ at the Science Centre. Approximately 2000 teams throughout North America and
across the world are listening in on the ‘kickoff’
simulcast so that they can fervently begin the
6 week build season. It should be noted that a
portion of this time is lost for Canadian teams
since the build season overlaps the exam period
for semester one.
The F.I.R.S.T robotics competition for 2011
presented one of the greatest challenges for the
teams involved. This was mainly due to the fact
that there were two major tasks that were given;
the creation of the customary main robot and
the addition of a minibot that would be deployed in the latter stages of each game. At St.
Martin, we have a very young team that is made
up primarily with grade 9 and 10 students. A
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young team such as ours will therefore have less
experience and will require more time to develop tooling, organization and interpersonal skills.
Whatever we lacked in experience, though, we
made up for in enthusiasm and dedication.
As a team, we decided that it would be best
to focus on the main robot. We are fortunate to
have dedicated mentors such as Tony, Daniel,
and Michael Veneziano as well as Arthur Jacek.
They showed that they were skilled enough to
be able to come up with a design for the main
robot that would prove to be very effective in
the latter stages of the competition.
The build took all of the six weeks and then
some! Most of the robot was complete by the
end of the six weeks, however, there was still a
fair amount of work to be done. Between the
end of the build and the competition, we were
not permitted to work on the robot. We were
permitted to plan for when the time came that
we would be able to commence the final portion of the build.
As is customary for many teams, when it was
time for the practice sessions of the competition
on the Thursday, we were still building to complete the robot. The combination of rookie drivers, rookie team members, no practice and no
troubleshooting time contributed to a less than
optimistic first day of competition on Friday. It
was only at the end of a full day of competing
when the drivers, Anthony Chamberlain and
Aldrich Wingsiong were able to practice with the
robot. It was also during most of this day that
St. Martin S.S./
Synnex Canada
Nerdbotics Team
we were able to do some troubleshooting with
programming and mechanical. On the positive
side, there were no major mechanical breakdowns!
Saturday was magical! The robot performed
flawlessly! The drivers made all the adjustments
necessary to control the
robot with excellent results! This was definitely
a testament to the robust
design. When the preliminary round ends, what happens next is that the team
rankings are posted. The
top 8 teams choose teams
with whom they will form
an alliance. A total of 24 teams advance to the
‘playoff’ round. Although we were ranked 30th
out of 35 teams on our side of the arena, we
were chosen to be a part of an alliance with two
of the top teams. There is no doubt we were
not up to our potential on Friday. If it were not
for our performance on Saturday, we would not
have been chosen. We, as it turns out, were a
perfect fit for the two other teams in the alliance.
The ‘playoff’ round was a best of three format. Our alliance won the first game but due
to technical difficulties, we
lost the next two matches.
Our alliance members were
no longer able to deploy
their minibots. It was only
during the last 20 seconds
of the third match that
our robot had a drivetrain
problem.
This experience has
proven to be our most successful robotics season yet. The addition of a new sponsor and the
development of our young team members will
undoubtedly provide the St. Martin S.S./Synnex
Canada Nerdbotics team with many more successful seasons to come!
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Thank you LTO
(Long-Term Occasional) Teachers!
Joanne Amaral, Jessica Cordeiro, Kristin
Ferreira, Kasie Moniz, Chastine Palinic,
Anto Cosic, Rob DiLeo, Carl Mostacci
On behalf of the St. Martin Community I would like to thank you for your commitment and effort made within our school. Your contributions in the class room
were priceless, and your devotion to the vocation of teaching was evident in
your daily interactions with St. Martin Students, Staff, and Parents. Beyond the
classroom, you have all made extra curricular commitments above and beyond
the call of duty; spending numerous hours working to make St. Martin a better
place. Whether coaching our sports teams, helping with talent shows, working
on curriculum initiatives, or helping cook in the kitchen, your efforts never went
unappreciated, and are a testament to the great people that you are. We all have
much to learn from you, and I have made personal reflection and tried to put myself back in your position as the new teacher on the block. It’s always important
to remember where you started, and the path that you have taken to determine
where you are. I am certain that your hard work and determination will take each
of you to great places to achieve great things. It is very sad to see you go, and
difficult to say goodbye. But, with good fortune we hope to have you back. Best
of luck to you all, and hope to see you sooner than later.
Mr. Petruccelli.
Farewell Miss Filice
As your protégé of one year, I must thank you for all the guidance and support
you have given me. Coming into a new building in a leadership role, you provided me the comfort and welcome that I needed in one of my most challenging
times. After spending one year with you, I can honestly say that it is a huge
personal loss to see you go. After four years at St. Martin I am certain things will
not be the same without you, but you will have definitely left your mark. I can
only hope to carry on a small fragment of what you have left behind. Your kind
and caring spirit, your generosity, and your dedication to education are a few of
your great virtues that we must all find within ourselves to model for our students.
Over the course of the 2010-2011 school year we have shared good times and
bad, but only the good will be carried on in my memories of sharing the office
with you. Being my first year I will always reflect back on this year as the most
influential, and I am glad that I have your footsteps to follow. I wish you all the
best in your upcoming year at St. Marcellinus as their new V.P., and look forward
to working with you again,
Peter P., VP.
CONTACTS
School
(905) 279- 3171
Principal
F. Furgiuele
Vice- Principals
E. Filice
P. Petruccelli
Chaplain
M. Cairoli
Attendance
S. Passmore
School Council
L. Verlezza
Board Office
(905) 890- 1221
Superintendent
C. Saytar
Trustees
P. Ferreira
(416) 805-7110
B. Iannicca
(905) 270-0536
http://www.dpcdsb.orgMARTN
Thanks to our talented students,
Caitlyn O’Driscoll and Mike
Pitocco, for their capable
production of this newsletter.
-Mr Konarzycki
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