ST. SEBASTIAN
CATHOLIC
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
“Soldiers of Faith, Endurance and Freedom”
www.dpcdsb.org/SEBAS Follow us on Twitter @DPCDSBSchools
JANUARY 2016
3460 Aquinas Avenue, Mississauga ON L5M 7L2
Phone (905) 607-0107
Fax (905) 607 – 2535
OFFICE STAFF
PRINCIPAL: D. Marchand
VICE-PRINCIPAL: S. Kearns
SECRETARY: Z. Kameka
SECRETARY: M. A. van Putten
SUPERINTENDENT OF
MISSISSAUGA NORTH
T. Cruz
905-890-1221
TRUSTEES
S. Hobin (Wards 2&8)
905-301-1210
E. O’Toole (Wards 9&10)
905-812 - 5163
VIRTUE for JANUARY: Self-Control
Self-Control is regulating your thoughts and actions so that you stop any
pressures from within or without and act the way you know and feel is right.
Developing loving habits helps us to respond lovingly to others in our choices
and actions.
DATES TO REMEMBER
January
11th
~ Pizza order forms go home
January 15th ~ CSAC Movie night 7:00pm Hotel Transylvania 2
January 18th ~ P.A. Day for Report Card Writing
January 20th ~ St. Sebastian Feast Day (wear Blue and Gold)
Parish
Merciful Redeemer Catholic Church
2775 Erin Centre Boulevard
Mississauga, Ontario
L5M 5W2
Tel: 905-812 - 0030
Fax: 905-812 - 0011
Pastor: Father Vid Vlasic
Associate Pastor: Father Scott
Birchall
Email: office@mercifulredeemer.org
Website: www.mercifulredeemer.org
January 22nd ~ Pizza order Forms and money due to teachers
January 25th~ FDK Registration 7:00-9:00 p.m.
January 27th ~ C.S.A.C. Meeting @ 6:30 p.m. in Library
January 29th ~ Virtues Assemblies 10:00am Gr.1-8 / 11:20am FDK
February 1st~ Gr. 7 & 8 Immunizations.
February 2nd~First Term Reports go home.
February 4th~First Term Reports Interview Evening
February 5th ~ P.A. Day for Term 1 Reporting
February 9th ~ CSAC Shrove Tuesday fundraiser for Share Life GRADE 2 – FIRST RECONCILIATION AND FIRST
COMMUNION
Please note that the parish is your first source for
obtaining information for sacramental preparation.
Please be sure to obtain a bulletin at weekend Masses.
First Reconciliation for St. Sebastian C.E.S. students will be
on Wednesday, February 17th, 2016 @ 9:30 a.m. at Merciful
Redeemer Church. First Holy Communion will be on
Sunday, April 24th @ 3:00 p.m. at Merciful Redeemer
Church.
EXTENDED FRENCH
Grade 4 parent(s)/guardian(s), who wish to enroll
their child in a Grade 5 EXTENDED FRENCH
class for September, 2016 are invited to attend an
information meeting at Tuesday, January 12th, 2016 @
7:00 p.m. for St. Rose of Lima located at 4590 The
Gallops, Mississauga, L5M 3A9 (905-828-4076) or
Thursday, January 14th, 2016 @ 7:00 p.m. for St.
Therese of the Child Jesus located at 6930 Forest Park
Drive, Mississauga, L5N 6X7 (905-785-0066). At the
present time, the above mentioned schools are the
designated centres for our area. Applications will be
accepted at the centres until 3:00 p.m. Tuesday,
February 16th, 2016. If necessary, an application
lottery will take place.
GRADE 7 & 8 CONFIRMATION
Please note that the parish is your first source for
obtaining information for sacramental preparation.
Please be sure to obtain a bulletin at weekend Masses.
Presentation of Crosses will take place on Saturday,
January 30th, 2016 at the 7:00 p.m. Mass at Merciful
Redeemer Church. Confirmation Lenten Promises to take
place on Saturday, February 27th, 2016 at the 7:00 Mass at
Merciful Redeemer Church. Grade 7 & 8 Confirmation
Candidate Confessions will be on Tuesday, March 1st,
2016 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Sebastian School. The Sacrament
of Confirmation will take place on Saturday, April 2nd, 2016
at @ 10:30 a.m. for grade 7 students and 1:00 p.m. for
grade 8 students at Merciful Redeemer Church.
FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION FOR
2016-2017
Registration for Full-Day Kindergarten for the 2016-2017
school year, will take place at St. Sebastian C.E.S on the
following days: Monday, January 25th, 2016 from 7:00pm9:00 p.m. (Snow Date: Tuesday, January 26th, 2016 7:00-9:00 p.m.)
and Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, January 27th, 28th &
29th, 2016 from 9:00-11:00 a.m. and from 1:00-3:00 p.m. For
more information, visit the Kindergarten Registration webpage @
http://www.dpcdsb.org/CEC/Schools/Register+for+S
chool/Kindergarten+Registration.htm
CATHOLIC SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL
The next C.S.A.C. meeting is set for Wednesday,
January 27th, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. in the School Library.
All parents and guardians are welcome to join!
PARENT & VISITOR
SIGN IN AT OFFICE
Parents and visitors are
required to check into the
office to sign in BEFORE
being allowed to enter
school property. Entry
into the school should
only be through the front
doors. You may be a
parent to your child, but to others you are a stranger.
In addition, parents are reminded that they are to
remain outside when dropping off or picking up
students. Your co-operation is appreciated and we
thank you for helping
REPORTING TO PARENTS
FOR FIRST TERM
Teachers will be writing Report Cards
on the upcoming P. A. Day, Monday
January 18th, 2016. Reports will be sent home on
Tuesday February 2nd, 2016. Interviews will be take
place on the evening of Thursday, February 4th, 2016,
as well as Friday, February 5th, 2016 during the day.
Dufferin-Peel hosts parent evening to support the
transition of children with differing abilities into
Kindergarten
On Tuesday, January 12, the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District
School Board’s Special Education and Support Services
Department will host a Kindergarten entry planning
information session for parents and guardians of children with
differing abilities which affect their learning, such as vision,
hearing,
speech,
autism,
physical/medical
and/or
developmental delays in the cognitive and/or motor areas, who
are entering Kindergarten in September 2016. The meeting will
be held at the Catholic Education Centre from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30
p.m. For more information about this session, call 905-8900708 ext. 24011.
Parent(s)/Guardian(s) are also reminded to register their child
at our school office. Official registration dates are Monday,
January 25th, 2016, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The Snow
Date for evening registration is Tuesday, January 26th,
2016, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Additional registration
dates are January 27th, 28th and 39th, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m.
KISS AND RIDE REMINDERS
We encourage parents to drop off children at
the designated drop off points. For those
parents using the Kiss & Ride, this area is for drop off and
pick up only. For the safety of all our students, you
may NOT park in this area. Also, the front of the
school is used for students arriving by bus and is not
to be used as a drop off or pick up point for any other
students. Parents dropping off JK and SK children are
asked to drop off in the West parking lot. If you are
delayed in the parking lot by buses dropping off or picking
up students, be patient in trying to exit. Please exercise
extreme caution when driving. At times, it can become
congested, and extra care is needed both on school
property and on the roadway in front of the school. Please
obey all traffic signs, including the one way sign, marked
DO NOT ENTER, posted at the East driveway entrance.
If there are any parent volunteers interested in working the
Kiss & Ride on a daily basis, please notify the school, as
soon as possible.
FIRE AND LOCKDOWN DRILLS
As part of DPCDSB’s safety protocol, every
school is required to hold three fire drills and
one lockdown drill each term in order to
familiarize students with procedures to follow in the case of
emergency. Our students have demonstrated excellent skill
during these practices. This help us to maintain a safe
environment for all our children.
TEACHING-LEARNING
CRITICAL PATHWAYS
The Teaching-Learning Critical
Pathway (TLCP) is a model used to organize actions
for teaching and student learning. The basic idea of the
pathway is that classroom practice can be organized in
a practical, precise and highly personalized manner for
each student, with the intended outcome being
increased achievement for all students. Improved
student learning and teaching result when teachers
collaboratively focus on achievement and assessment,
questioning practice, and supporting professional
growth. The TLCP process is highly involved and
requires the following steps over a 6-8 week period:
gathering evidence, determining area of greatest need,
building clusters of expectations related to the area of
greatest need, reviewing current practice, designing
classroom assessments, moderated marking, sharing
evidence of student learning and reflection. The
demands of this process involve meetings before and
after school, and occasionally during the school day. In
order to provide 1.5 hours to our teachers 3 times
during the year, students are gathered, by division, in
the gymnasium for a media presentation linked to
DPCDSB’s Virtues program or the Ontario Catholic
Graduate Expectations. There are always curriculum
related activities preceding and following these
presentations. The next scheduled TLCP sessions for
2016 are as follows:
Primary Division: Feb. 11th Mar. 2nd & April 26th
Junior Division: Feb. 11th Mar. 2nd & April 26th
Int. Division: Feb. 12th Mar. 3rd & April 29th
BUS INFORMATION
Please check the Region of Peel’s
Transportation Department’s
websites (www.stopr.ca and
https://businfo.stopr.ca/) to check for
delays and cancellations. All concerns
and complaints regarding bus
transportation are to be made directly to the
S.T.O.P.R. at 905-890-6000.
RECESS BREAKS
Recess breaks serve a special purpose in the daily life
of a school. Students, except in exceptional
circumstances, will not be excused from going
outside. If your child is sick, he or she should be at
home recuperating and not spreading illness
throughout the classroom. There is no indoor
supervision at recess, as staff is occupied elsewhere, or
on duty outside.
PIZZA DAYS:
Forms for the next Pizza Days will be
distributed on Monday, January 11th, 2016. This
order will be for Pizza orders for the months of
February, March, April, May and June. All
orders and money must be submitted to your child’s
classroom teacher by Friday, January 22nd, 2016.
LITTERLESS SNACKS/LUNCHES
Students and staff are encouraged to be environmentally
friendly, by reducing the amount of paper and plastic waste
from lunches and snacks. Students are reminded that food
wrappers should be disposed of before going out onto the
yard and to use the classroom garbage cans for any waste.
Teachers will give the students an opportunity to have their
snack inside either before or after recess. Snacks are not
allowed on the playground at any time.
BRINGING LUNCH FOR STUDENTS
If you are bringing lunch to a student, please drop off the
lunch at the table on your right as soon as you enter through
the school front doors. Please make sure your child’s name,
grade, and teacher is attached to the lunch, and your child
knows to go down to the front door at lunch time (a note to
your child’s teacher might help with this). Please do not wait in the
front foyer as it becomes very crowded at lunch time. Thank
you to parents and care-givers for doing such a good job so
far this year following the procedures for bringing lunch to
students!
PLAYGROUND SUPERVISION
This begins at 8:45 a.m. Parents should not drop off their
children prior to 8:45 a.m. For your child’s safety, we request
that he/she not be on school property until scheduled
supervised times.
WINTER DRESS
It is imperative that all students come to school ready
to participate in all activities, including outdoor recess.
Please ensure that your children come to school
dressed accordingly; with hats, scarves, gloves, winter
outerwear and boots. As well, all students should
have indoor footwear at school. This is essential in
case of an emergency evacuation. The students will
not have time to change their footwear. We also
recommend that students keep extra clothing such as
socks and pants at school in case their original
clothing gets wet.
INDOOR / OUTDOOR SHOES
The students should have a pair of indoor shoes to
wear at school in class and for gym. Outdoor shoes/
boots will be kept for outdoor use only and out of the
classrooms in order to reduce the amount of dirt and
mud brought indoors. This will assist our custodial
staff in keeping the school clean. Thank you for your
co-operation.
LOVABLE LABELS
FUNDRAISER
As you pull out all the
winter gear, don’t forget to
label everything. You don’t
want to spend this year
digging through the lost and found. Why not support
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labels through Lovable Labels? 20% of every order
comes back to the school. Personalized labels also
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SELF CONTROL
Knowing that you can, but deciding you won’t.
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A person with self-control…
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 (hitting,
kicking, pushing, etc.)
can think things through
KIDSSENTIALS LUNCH ORDERS
Take a break from packing lunch! Kidssentials is the
fresh, hot lunch provider for our school. Please
login or create your family’s account at
www.kidssentials.com and place your order online.
Lunch Cancellation Policy: If your child is away on
a Kidssentials lunch day (illness, field trip, etc.), notify
Kidssentials by 8am of the day you wish to cancel –
Kindly provide as much notice as possible for all
cancellations. Kidssentials may be reached at
905.855.1914 or via email at
mail@kidssentials.com. Snow Day Cancellation
Policy: It is important to note that if schools busses
for your region are cancelled, the Kidssentials lunch
will NOT BE CANCELLED for the entire school.
This is a correction of the information provided
in the December 2014 Newsletter.
SCHOOL WEBSITE
Please visit our website at www.dpcdsb.org/SEBAS
for the latest school information.