February 2016 Newsletter
Professional Activity Days
Friday, February 5th, 2016 staff will be
spending the school day conducting
Parent/Student/Teachers interviews. There
is no school for students on this day.
Pauline Vanier
Catholic School
56 Oaklea Blvd,
Brampton, Ontario,
L6Y 4W7
Phone:
905-455-1001
Fax: 905-455-3406
Website:
http://
www.dpcdsb.org//
pvani
Principal:
I. Maas
Superintendent
L. Papaloni
Trustee
A. daSilva
D. D’Souza
905-890-0708
Head Secretary:
T. Winckler
St. Jerome’s Parish
8530 Chinguacousy
Rd. Brampton
Phone:905-4554260
Fax: 905-450-6326
Website: http//
www.stjeromeparish
.ca
Pastor: Fr. Jan
Kolodynski
School Council
Chair
K. LaNave
Lent
2015-16 School Year Calendar
Additional Professional Activity Day:
Monday, April 11, 2016
Lent is a period of forty days during the
church’s liturgical year, which begins on
Ash Wednesday and ends Holy Week. It is
a time for Christians to turn away from sinfulness, to have a change of heart, as they
prepare for the joyous feast of Easter. It is a
time for prayer, penance, sacrifice and
works of charity for others.
We will be celebrating our Ash Wednesday
Liturgy on Wednesday, February 10th at
1:20 pm in our school gym. All family members are welcome to attend.
Terms of the recent contract settlement between the teacher federations and the Ministry of Education included the provision of
an additional Professional Activity Day for
the 2015-2016 school year for both elementary and secondary schools. Recently,
boards were directed to schedule this additional Professional Development Day on or
before April 15, 2016.
In the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District
School Board, the designated additional
Professional Activity Day has been scheduled for Monday, April 11, 2016.
Black History Month
Therefore, there will be no classes for either elementary or secondary students on
During the month of February we will cele- Monday, April 11, 2016.
brate Black History Month, by recognizing
the historical achievement and present day
Extended French
contributions by people of African heritage.
This will be accomplished by highlighting Grade 4 parents who wish to enroll their
this theme in various units of the curricu- child in Extended French for September
lum, with displays of books, posters, re- 2016, are reminded that applications will be
sources and announcements.
accepted at St. Monica School until 3:00 pm
on Tuesday, February 16th, 2016.
Sacramental Dates
Grade 2 students who have registered at St.
Jerome’s Parish will receive the sacrament
of Reconciliation on February 27 at 12:00pm.
First Holy Communion will be celebrated
on Sunday April 24, at 12:00 pm at the
church. Our students are asked to arrive at
the church at 11:30am.
Learning and Growing Together with God
Lockdown Drill
It is a policy in Dufferin-Peel CDSB that all of its schools
conduct a “Lockdown Procedure” twice a year. We have
scheduled our second lockdown drill for the week of February 8th, 2016. The drill will be conducted with as much
sensitivity as possible in order not to cause undue concern
with students. If you have any questions or concerns,
please do not hesitate to contact the school.
Important Immunization Message from
Peel Public Health
Peel Public Health will be reviewing immunization records
of all students at our school.
Peel Public Health must have proof that your child has
been fully vaccinated (immunized) according to the Ontario immunization schedule. If you receive a letter please
ensure that your child has received the required vaccine(s),
then give the date(s) your child received these vaccine
dose(s) to Peel Public Health immediately to update your
child’s record. For more information please call Peel Public
Health at 905-799-7700 or visit www.ImmunizePeel.ca
Translation services are available.
School Safe Arrival
table is supplied with paper and writing tools so you can
easily mark his/her name on the lunch. Lunch begins at
11:25 am and we recommend dropping the lunch off prior
to that time.
Student Information
It is very important that we have up to date records of your
address, phone numbers and emergency contacts in the
event that the school must contact you regarding your
child. If there are any changes, please ensure that we have
updated information. If your child’s medical condition also
changes, please let us know as soon as possible.
Dressing for the Weather
Just a gentle reminder that students should be continuing
to dress warmly for outdoor recesses. Except when the
weather is extremely cold or wet, the students will be going
outside during the recess and lunch periods. The DufferinPeel Catholic District School policy states that consideration should be given for keeping students indoors during
recesses when the wind chill reaches –20C. At –25C students will be kept indoors. Playing outdoors is a pleasant
and healthy activity when students are wearing suitable
clothing.
If your child will be late or absent from school for whatevDry Clothing Reminder
er reason, we ask that you call the school to inform us. To
report the absence kindly phone (905) 455-1001 and leave a We ask that students keep an extra pair of mittens, pants
message stating your child’s name, spelling the last name, and socks in their backpacks or at school in case the items
your child’s grade, teacher and duration of absence. These they were wearing have become wet.
calls are greatly appreciated and help us to streamline our
safe arrival program.
Late Students
Safe School Departure
Parents and family members who are picking up children
at the end of the day are strongly encouraged to use the
Kiss “N” Ride. If you are meeting your child(ren) you are
asked to meet them outside the exit that your child(ren) use
at recess times. The front foyer has a great number of students exiting at dismissal time and parents and other
adults waiting to pick up children can cause congestion
and sometimes an unsafe situation.
School Access
Parents/guardians and visitors please remember to come to
the office first if you have a message/school materials for
your child. If you are dropping off a lunch please use the
lunch drop off table, located across from the office. The
A number of students continue to arrive late daily. Any
student arriving after 8:40 a.m. is considered late and
should be accompanied by an adult. Please make every
effort to have your child/ren at school on time. When a
child is late he/she misses valuable teaching time. Late arrivals cause disruption to the other students and also to the
teacher who has already started the lessons for the day.
Developing good work habits and time management skills
can maximize a child’s learning potential. Let’s work together to develop these skills. Supervision in the school
yard begins at 8:25 am.
Bus and School Cancellations
Virtue of the Month is RESPECT
In the December and January newsletters, information
about media outlets who would be announcing school bus
cancellations and school closures was included. If you
would like to receive another copy please contact the office.
If you have access to the internet, you may check the Student Transportation of Peel Region (STOPR) website for
cancellation and/or to see if your child(ren)’s bus is delayed
and by how long it is delayed. The STOPR website is
www.stopr.ca. Parents and Guardians can now sign up to
receive automatic e-mail notification of delay and cancellation for their children’s bus run. If you are interested,
please go to www.stopr.ca and click on “Your child’s bussing information”. Type in their OEN number which can
be found on any of their report cards and provide the other
information that is requested. Your child's busing information will appear and underneath this information, there
is an area where you enter your email address. (Parents of
JK students who do not have a report card can call the
school and request the OEN.)
.
The STOPR website is www.stopr.ca
During the month of February, we celebrate the virtue of
“Respect”. God has given us the virtues of friends and
companions to keep us company and to help us to get
along.
A person with Respect:
 Is patient
 Knows how to wait his/her turn
 Can calm him/herself down and think before reacting
to situations
 Knows how to avoid physical aggression
 Can think things through and do what is best for everyone
Bullying Prevention Corner – Telling an Adult about
Bullying is Not Tattling
February's focus is on the difference between tattling and
telling. Students will be given a lesson on this topic and be
reminded this month during the announcements. In dealing with bullying situations, students are encouraged to
use the strategy, ‘telling an adult’. Although this sounds
simple and logical, there are many difficulties and roadblocks associated with this strategy. Younger children
struggle to understand the difference between telling and
tattling, while older children struggle with their desire to
deal with the situation independently. The goal of telling
an adult is to keep children safe. Students will be given the
opportunity to learn to identify the difference between telling and tattling (reporting and ratting), explore reasons
students don’t report bullying and understand how to
effectively and safely report to an adult.
Tattling/ratting is defined as telling in order to get someone
into trouble, or telling when there is no one being hurt and
Important Notice- Pizza, Sub and Hot Lunches
no rule has been broken that could result in a dangerous
situation .
In order to ensure that all students receive their lunch, if
Telling/Reporting is defined as reporting unsafe behavthe school is closed for the day or the busses are caniours to get an adult in order to get help for someone—to
celled, lunch for that day will be rescheduled. Pizza will
get someone out of trouble .
be rescheduled for the next fully operational school day.
Students at Pauline Vanier are encouraged to tell/report to
As for Lunch Moms, lunch will be rescheduled for the fol- a trusted adult about any and all bullying situations. This
lowing Monday. If your child is absent on the day of the
has been very effective and we will continue to ask studlunch, arrangements can be made to pick it up, pass it on to nents to report in this manner.
a sibling or keep the lunch for the following day, only if
Tips for parents:
arrangements are made. THERE WILL BE NO RE-Use incidents where one child is telling you about a sibFUNDS.
ling/cousins behaviour to help identify whether they are
Thank you for your continued support. Catholic School
tattling or telling/reporting
Parent Council
-practice with your child how to ‘tell an adult’ about bullying ( what happened , how they feel, what help they desire)
-develop awareness of the ‘reasons’ children state for not
reporting bullying to adults.
Eco-News
In an effort to continue to support our Eco-Schools "Silver"
rating from the Ministry of Education, we continue to work
together to find ways to help our environment. Our EcoTeam, the Green Ninja's, have been meeting to discuss new
and different ways in which we could maintain our silver
status and strive for GOLD! Some of our new initiatives
include, Ban the Bottle Mondays, Recyclable Tuesdays and
the Golden Garbage Award!
Along with these initiatives, we will be continuing:
Lights Off everyday at Lunch, whereby the whole school
will turn off their lights at lunch from 11:25-12:25 pm to
help conserve energy! Also beginning in February, Pauline
Vanier will be continuing Wasteless Wednesdays. Students are encouraged to bring all snack and lunch foods in
re-useable containers. We are very proud of all the efforts
from both our Eco Team and the students at Pauline Vanier
School. Go Vikings!!
Dates to Remember
Thursday, Feb. 4
Friday, Feb. 5
Monday, Feb. 8
Tuesday, Feb. 9
Wednesday, Feb. 10
Thursday, Feb. 11
Friday, Feb. 12
Monday, Feb. 15
Tuesday, Feb. 16
Wednesday, Feb. 17
Thursday, Feb. 18
Friday, Feb. 19
Monday, Feb. 22
Tuesday, Feb. 23
Wednesday, Feb. 24
Catholic School Council
Thursday, Feb. 25
The next Catholic School Council Meeting will be held on
Monday, April 4, 2016 at 6:45 pm in the library. As always, ALL parents are welcome to attend the meeting.
March Break
Friday, Feb. 26
Saturday, Feb. 27
Monday, Feb. 29
Parents are reminded that the March Break is from Mon- Tuesday, March 1
day, March 14th until Friday, March 18th (inclusive).
There will be no school for students during this week. Wednesday, March 2
Classes for students will resume on Monday, March 21,
2016.
Thursday, March 3
Winter Walk to School/Bus Stop Day
Wednesday, March 9
On Tuesday, March 1 we are encouraging all of our students to walk to the school or their bus stop. More infor- Monday, March 14
Friday, March 18
mation will be sent home mid-February.
-National Sweater Day (The school
will be 2 degrees cooler today)
-Interview Evening
-Book Fair buying 3:30-9:00 pm
-Hot Lunch
-Interview Day (no school for
students)
-Book Fair buying 9-12 am
-Ban the Bottle Monday
-Valentine Cookies orders are due
-Pizza Lunch
-Shrove Tuesday
-Ash Wednesday Liturgy 1:20 pm
-Pretzel order due today
-Wasteless Wednesday
-100th day of school
-Jr. Science Olympics held at Pauline
Vanier
-Sub Day
-Lockdown Practice
-Family Day (no school)
-Pizza Day
-Extended French Applications due at
St. Monica School 3:00 pm
-Wasteless Wednesday
-Grade 8 Graduation Photo Day
-Hot Lunch
-Jr. Girls Basketball at St. Julia
-Jr. Boys Basketball at St. Veronica
-Ban the Bottle Monday
-Pizza Lunch
-Recycle Tuesday
-Grade 7 and 8 Trip to Ottawa
departing at 7am from Pauline Vanier
-Wasteless Wednesday
-Grade 7 and 8 Trip to Ottawa
-Sub Lunch
-Math Mania at Our Lady of Peace
-Grade 7 and 8 Trip to Ottawa
arriving at Pauline Vanier at 7pm
-Gr. 2 Reconciliation at St. Jerome’s
Parish at 12:00pm
-Ban the Bottle Monday
-Pizza Lunch
-Winter Walk to School and Bus Stop
-Rosary Apostolate
-Wasteless Wednesday
-Walking Wednesdays
-Hot Lunch
-Information Session for the Gifted
Program at St. John Bosco 4:30-5:30 pm
-Wasteless Wednesday
-Walking Wednesday
-March Break begins
-March Break ends