V O L U M E
Principal:
Mrs. N. Resendes
Secretary:
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October Newsletter
Mrs. T. Sunseri
Let Us Give Thanks
Superintendent:
Mr. M. Vecchiarino
O God, when I have
food,
Help me to remember
the
hungry;
When I have work,
Help me to remember
the jobless;
When I have a home,
Help me to remember
those who have no
home at all;
When I am without
pain,
Help me to remember
those suffer,
And remembering,
Help me to destroy my
complacency ;
Bestir my compassion,
And be concerned
enough to help;
By word and deed,
Those who cry out for
we take for granted.
905-890-1221
Trustee
Mr. S. McLauchlan
416-659-5635
Mr. F. Di Cosola
905-951-8898
St. Patrick Parish
Pastor:
Fr. V. Mariziliano
905-794-0486
School Council
Chair:
Mrs. C. Oppedisano
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Principal’s message
The first month of school has been a very positive
and smooth one. At reorganization, we welcomed a new staff member, Mr. T. Arruda from
Fr. Francis McSpiritt School to the grade 3/4
class. We also welcome Mrs. Moretti who is
teaching the Arts. We are very excited to have
Fr. Vito visiting the school regularly. During his
visits he will spend most of his time visiting with
students who will be receiving the Sacraments
this year but he visits all of the classes as much as
possible.
The Terry Fox Run/BBQ was a highlight this
part month! What a great long-standing tradition
here at the school. Thank you to Mrs. Travierso,
Mrs. Di Giovanni and Mrs. Cervoni for organizing the run and thank you to the School Council
and the many parent volunteers who organized
the BBQ! We were fortunate to have such incredible weather! The day was so well organized
and ran incredibly smoothly.
On behalf of the staff of St. Patrick School, we
hope that you and your family have a wonderful
Thanksgiving holiday! May you make the most
of the opportunities of gathering with friends and
family for times of prayer and fellowship; these
times present us with the chance to strengthen
the bonds that unite us as a caring Catholic community!
God Bless,
Mrs. N. Resendes
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Virtue of the Month– Empathy
God has given us the ability to form connections with each other—to live together.
Empathy helps us to connect and live together in safe, caring, inclusive communities. An empathic person believes that we all share one Spirit; that we are many
parts of one body because we are all created in the image and likeness of God.
We know that God has given us the virtue of empathy so that we can learn to appreciate, accept and care for one another.
School Council Update
Much appreciation is extended to the 2013-2014 School Council for all of
their hard work and dedication on behalf of the students at St. Patrick
School.
On September 30, 2014, the 2013-2014 School Council had their final meeting and elections were held to elect the 20142015 School Council.
The following individuals were elected/
appointed :
Chair: C. Oppedisano
Vice -Chair: A. Ranieri
Secretary: F. Antenucci
Treasurer: M. Rodrigues
Parish Rep.: L. Rizzo
Community Rep.: S. Di Domizio
Additional Members: :
K. Rossi, L. Amendola, G. Lukasik, A. D’Agostino, M. Nicolini, M. Benevides,
P. Kulas , I. Policicchio,
Student Council
On October 7th speeches will
be held to elect the new Student Council.
Thank you to Mr. Broccoli
and Mrs.
Travierso for coordinating
and supporting
the Student Council initiative.
ST.
PATRICK
Our next meeting will take place on November 4, 2014 at 7pm in the
School Library. All parents are welcome!
Future Meeting Dates are as follows:
January 13, 2015
April 14, 2015
February 17, 2015
June 02, 205
Upcoming Author Visit:
Michael Wade author of the And Then it Happened series of books will
be visiting grades 3-8 at our school on Thursday, October 23, 2014.
On the day of the visit, signed copies of his books will be available for
the special author day price of $5.00 including gst or the complete set
of 11 books for $35.00 including gst. These books normally sell for
over $80.00 for the set. If you wish to purchase one or more books,
please have your child bring exact change or a
cheque on the day of my visit.
We look forward to this special visit from Michael
Wade.
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PICTURE DAY:
Our school picture day will be held on Wednesday,
October 22nd. All JK to Grade 8 students will
have their picture taken at some point during the
day. If you child is absent from school on this
date, a “re-take” day will take
place on November 12th.
Photography services are provided by Edge Imaging.
First Communion & Confirmation Important Dates
If your child is in grade 2 and you would like them to receive their First Communion this year please note the following dates:
First Communion Parish information meeting @
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 @ 7pm at Cardinal Ambrozic Catholic Secondary School, 10 Castle Oaks
Crossing, Brampton.
First Communion will be on Sun., April 12 @ 3pm.
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Food Drive
As we prepare for the coming, Thanksgiving
weekend, we are reminded of many of the
less fortunate in our community that go hungry on a daily basis. Our School Council
have initiated a Food Drive for October 6-9,
2014. We would like to thank you in advance for supporting this initiative.
Annual Halloween
Dance-a-thon
The School Council will be running a Halloween Dance-a-thon on October 31,
2014. Information will be sent home very
soon regarding this very exciting Fundraiser! Students are invited to wear their costumes. Parents are asked to have their
children leave all accessories at home, including masks. No toy weapons are to be
brought
to
school.
If your child is in grade 8 and you would like them to receive their Confirmation this year please note the following dates:
Confirmation Parish Meeting: Wed., November 26,
2014 @7pm at Cardinal Ambrozic Catholic Secondary
School, 10 Castle Oaks Crossing, Bramton.
Confirmation will be on May 9, 2015 @ 2:30pm
2013-2014
EQAO
Results
The EQAO results
from the May 201 4
Primary and Junior
Assessments have
been released.
Please visit:
www.eqao.com for
a school full report.
Volunteers:
All volunteers MUST have a valid CRC
even for one-time events, such as field
trip supervision. We strongly recommend that parents/guardians who are
interested in supporting school programs in this manner, please begin this
process ASAP. For all volunteers,
CRC are free of charge. Further information and
forms are available in the
main office.
Parking Lot Safety
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Important Parking Lot Information
Morning Drop-Off Routine
Parents who do not wish to park their car in a designated parking spot may drop off children .You may use the DROP
OFF ZONE established in the parking lot, at the bend near the school yard. This has been identified with painted
lines on the pavement in the near future and a stop sign installed as well.
Parents are asked to stop at the drop off zone and students should disembark from the right side of the vehicle. Other
vehicles are asked not to pass cars waiting to drop off. Students exiting vehicles should not be going around the back of
the vehicle to the trunk as this is unsafe. By following this system we can have two cars unload at a time. Once
those vehicles have moved on then the next vehicles can pull up and unload. Buses will be asked to wait behind the line
up and then pull up in front of the school to unload, as usual. We ask that cars no longer pull up against the curb in the
area along the sidewalk/garden.
End of the day Pick-Up Routine
We would ask that if there are no more parking spaces available in the parking lot that parents wait in the
church parking lot until they see that the 3 large school buses have arrived. Once all of the buses have arrived. Parents are asked to pull up behind the buses in a line. No cars will be permitted to leave the parking lot
until all buses have departed. Once the buses have left parents are
asked to pull up to the curb and we will call your children out for you.
TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION Thank you for your cooperation with this pick up system.
WEBSITE: businfo.stopr.ca
Ques ons or Concerns Regarding
Transporta on?
905‐890‐6000 Or 1‐800‐668‐1140
Important
Please have your child's OEN (Ontario Education Number) ready when
calling. STOPR will not be able to give out student information without
it. You can find the OEN number on the report card or by contacting the
Terry Fox Run &
BBQ
On September 26th all students at St.
Patrick School participated in the Terry
Fox Walk. In doing so, they joined
thousands all over Canada and in
many countries around the world, in an attempt to fulfill the dream of
the young man who started the Marathon of Hope in 1980. His
dream was to raise money for cancer research and, a quarter of a century later, his dream is kept alive by the efforts of participants such as
our own students.
Special thanks to the School Council and the parent volunteers who
barbecued hot dogs for all of the students! What a wonderful tradition! Thank you to Mrs. Travierso, Mrs. Di Giovanni and Mrs. Cervoni for organizing the run for students.
2013-2014 Staff List
Kindergarten:
Ms. Di Giovanni, Mrs. Hawton &
Mrs. Cervoni
Grade 1/2: Mrs. Travierso
Grade 2/3: Mrs. Scarfo
Grade 3/4: Mr. Arruda
Grade 5/6: Mr. Tenuta
Grade 6/7: Mrs. Noce
Grade 8: Mr. Broccoli
Library/SERC: Miss Rizzi
SERT/Resource: Miss Petroccia
Arts/Science: Mrs. Moretti
French: Mrs. Kravetz
E.R.W: Mrs. Gardiman
Dr. Millar: Psychologist
Mr. Colaucci: Social Worker
Mrs. Guglielmi: Child & Youth
Worker
Ms Ancimer: Speech & Language Pathologist
Head Custodian: Mrs. Cromwell
Custodian:
Mr. Misfud
GREETINGS FROM FR. VITO (St. Patrick’s Church – Brampton)
Dear Parents, Students and Staff,
It is with great joy that I extend to you all blessings from this holy place that we call our parish
church. It was only three months ago that my bishop invited me to come to Brampton and
begin my ministry as pastor of St. Patrick’s.
What a beautiful opportunity to worship and minister here in your midst; in the second oldest
church in the Archdiocese of Toronto, and the place where the first Catholic School was created
to serve the academic and spiritual needs of the community.
What a beautiful tradition we have inherited and what an awesome opportunity for each one of
us to add our own gifts to continue building on what others have initiated and through which an
important part of our history has been marked.
As I get to know the community more and more, as I visit our schools and cherish the many
beautiful expressions of our faith, imbedded in our traditions, and see how you, the parents and
family members are continuing the commitment made at your children’s baptism, I thank you
for all that you do to make concrete the faith we profess.
I look forward to sharing time and prayer with you, in our moments of worship and all that will
mark our time together. I invite all of you who may be new in our area to introduce yourselves
to me at Mass (5:00 p.m. on Saturday, 8:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on Sunday – English Masses;
and 11:30 a.m. Italian Mass on Sunday). With the local bishop, his Excellency John Boissonneau, we are examining ways in which we may increase and facilitate our service to our
community.
If you attend other parishes, please convey my greetings and best wishes to your parish priests.
I look forward to working together with them for the good of our entire community.
October is the month dedicated to the Holy Rosary. I entrust our school communities and all
our families to the love and protection of Our Blessed Mother, Mary, the Mother of Jesus and
of the Church. I promise to remember you all in my prayers and especially at Mass.
With gratitude to the Lord for all of you, I remain,
Sincerely yours,
Father Vito Marziliano
(Rev.) Vito Marziliano,
Pastor.
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INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGES
PROGRAM
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ARAMAIC
ARABIC
CANTONESE
CROATIAN
GERMAN
GREEK
HEBREW
HINDI
HUNGARIAN
IGBO
ITALIAN
KOREAN
MALAYALAM
MANDARIN
POLISH
PORTUGUESE
PUNJABI
RUSSIAN
SLOVAK
SPANISH
TAGALOG
TAMIL
THELUNGA
TURKISH
UKRAINIAN
URDU
VIETNAMESE
Elementary International Language
Classes are available to students in
grades JK to 8.
Please register at the IL sites (listed
below) on Saturdays.
Day schools do not accept
registrations.
There is continuous enrolment.
For more information please visit
www.dpcdsb.org/programs &
services/languages/international languages
BOLTON
St. John the Baptist
BRAMPTON
St. Kevin
Pauline Vanier
St. Francis Xavier
St. Isaac Jogues
MISSISSAUGA
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
Divine Mercy
MISSISSAUGA
Father Daniel Zanon
Mary Fix
Metropolitan Andrei
St. Bernadette
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Clare
St. Herbert (Sunday classes)
St. Jude
Sts. Peter & Paul
St. Philip
Sts. Martha & Mary
INTERNATIONAL
Student Programs
DUFFERIN-PEEL CATHOLIC INSTITUTE
FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
INFORMATION NIGHT
The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
in collaboration with the
Canadian Education Exchange Foundation,
University of Toronto Mississauga
and Newcomer Centre of Peel
is pleased to invite students, parents, guardians, teachers and administrators
to an International Education information session on:
Thursday, October 23, 2014
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Learning Centre
3566 South Common Court, Mississauga
Information regarding the International Student Program, the new Summer ESL Credit
Program for International Students, our Student Exchange Program, and community
supports available to newcomers, will be shared. Full details of the various programs
and opportunities will be provided by several guest speakers and there will be an opportunity to ask questions. Our current International Students and their families are
encouraged to attend.
For more information, contact Rita Borg
at 905-412-3341 ext. 31460 or visit
www.dpcdsb.org
Dufferin-Peel
Catholic District
School Board