N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 5
ST. VERONICA IS AN ALLERGEN AWARE SCHOOL
PEANUT FREE SCHOOL!
November is dedicated to the Holy Souls
Please report all ABSENCES & LATES by calling (905) 696-6980 –then press 1
Let us pray for all who suffer as a result of conflict, and ask that God may give us peace: for the service of men and women who have died in the violence of war, each one remembered by and known to God: may God give peace.
God give peace.
Amen
The mission of the St. Veronica Catholic
School Community is to provide, in a responsible manner, a Catholic Education which develops the various capabilities of each individual to live fully today and to meet the challenges of the future, thus enriching our community. We are dedicated and committed to the building of a strong partnership between the home, school and parish to help our children grow spiritually, intellectually, emotionally, morally, socially in the image of Christ.
St. Veronica Catholic School
680 Novo Star Drive,
Mississauga, Ontario L5W 1C7
905.696.6980 phone
905.696.6982 fax
905.696.6980-1 attendance line
Principal:
Vice Principal:
Secretary
Pastor:
K. Kovacs
A. Sodhi
Msgr. Pan
M. Remigio
Superintendent:
Trustees:
L. Papaloni
T. Thomas
L. delRosario peacemakers, for they children of God.
Matthew 5:9
On Remembrance Day we pause to remember all the brave men and women who have dedicated their lives to ensure our freedom. We too can do our part by ensuring that we support their message of Peace though our words, deeds, and the example we set for all our children.
As Mother Teresa once said, “if we have no peace it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other”. Let us never forget that we are one in Christ.
Principal Vice-principal
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Parents are reminded that we have a lunch table set up in the main foyer. Please place student’s work and lunches on the table.
Please let your child know that you will be dropping off their work or their lunch and then during recess breaks they can come to the foyer to get their belongings.
We have provided labels for the items— please clearly indicate your child’s name, grade and teacher.
Please review the following items to help us provide a safe learning environment for your children here at St. Veronica School:
 All parents/visitors are required to sign in at the main office and receive a visitor’s sticker.
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If students are leaving school early, parents are asked to pick up their children at the office and sign them out.
When meeting students at dismissal times, parents are asked to wait outside the school entrances.
Parents are not to be in the school yard during recess times, which includes 8:15—8:30 AM.
( Please remember that to most of the children in the yard, including the teachers on duty, you are a stranger.)
Vehicles are not to be parked in the lanes at the front of the school at any time.
During rainy days please continue to use the
Kiss n’ Ride lanes and not the front of the school.
Please be reminded that the school day begins at 8:30 AM. (There will be staff on duty starting at 8:15 AM. Please do not drop off your children, or send them to school, before these times as supervision will not be available. This also applies to inclement weather days).
Each and every Thursday remember to send in your loonie for a slice of piping hot pepperoni pizza!!
INCLEMENT WEATHER: “Snow Days”/Cancellations
During the winter months inclement weather may cause disruption of bus transportation and regular school operations.
A decision to cancel school transportation and/or to close schools is usually made by 6:00 a.m. and will be announced on the following radio and television stations:
VIRGIN RADIOFM99.9 CHUM AM1050 CFTR AM680 CFNY FM102.1/
AM640 CJCL AM590 CHFI FM98.1 CFRB AM1010 EZ ROCK FM97.3CJBC
(FR) AM860 FM Z103.5 FM93.1
CBC99.9
FM Q107 CHIN FM100.7/AM1540
CITYPULSE GLOBAL NEWS CTV CANADA AM
(Please note that the highlighted text only will be communicated by the radio stations)
“ALL DUFFERIN-PEEL CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD
AND PEEL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD BUSES ARE CAN-
CELLED FOR TODAY.”
This means that ALL transportation services provided by the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board and the Peel District
School Board, including buses, vans and taxis have been cancelled for the entire day.
“ALL BUSES ARE CANCELLED AND THE SCHOOLS AND OF-
FICES OF BOTH THE DUFFERIN-PEEL CATHOLIC DIS-
TRICT SCHOOL BOARD AND THE PEEL DISTRICT SCHOOL
BOARD ARE CLOSED”.
This means that ALL Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board and Peel District School board schools and offices are closed to all students and staff.
We have many students with life threatening allergies, the most common of which is to nuts. We ask that you consider these students when selecting lunch and snack items for your children. Please also remind your children that snack and/or lunch items are never to be shared or traded. Please be sure to inform the office or your child’s classroom teacher if your child has a severe allergy or has an Epi-Pen. Please visit our office to receive the appropriate paperwork.
RECALL: ALLERJECT—see www.allerject.ca for details of the recall

cancel school transportation and/or to close schools is usually
EZ ROCK FM97.3CJBC
We have many students with life threatening allergies, the most common of which is to nuts. We ask that you consider these students when selecting lunch and snack items for your children. Please also remind your children that snack and/or lunch items are never to be shared or traded. Please be sure to inform the office or your child’s classroom teacher if your
Pen. Please visit our see www.allerject.ca for details of
Attn: Year 2 FDK Parent Information Night
Year 2 Kindergarten parent(s)/guardian(s), who wish to enroll their child in a Grade 1 French
Immersion class for September, 2016 are invited to attend an information meeting at:
St. Pio of Pietrelcina on Tuesday, November 10 at 7:00 pm
(FI Centres are: St. Gertrude and St. Pio of Pietrelcina)
Monday, January 25, 2016 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SNOW DATE: Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Thursday, January 28, 2016 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Friday, January 29, 2016 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Parent Evening to Support the Transition of Students with Differing Abilities into Kindergarten
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 – CEC Room 301, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
(Snow Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2016)
EXTENDED FRENCH INFORMATION MEETING
Grade 4 parents/guardians who wish to enroll their child in a Grade 5 Extended French class for September, 2016 are invited to attend an information meeting at: SAN LORENZO RUIZ SCHOOL , 100
Barondale Drive on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.
At the present time, the above mentioned school is the designated centre for our area. Applications will be accepted at that centre until 3:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016.
St. Marcellinus
November 4th: Grade 8 visit to St. Marcellinus 8:30—2:00
November 5th: Parent Information Night at 7 pm at St. Marcellinus

The St. Veronica Thanksgiving Food Drive was a great success! Thank-you to all in the community for your generous contributions of non-perishable items. These donations were given to the Mississauga Food Bank, who were very appreciative of our efforts. Thank-you St. Veronica, for helping those in need!
Nov 2
Nov 3
Gr 4 trip to the zoo
Confirmation Parent Meeting at 7:00 pm at the church
Nov 4 Gr 8s Visit to St. Marcellinus
Nov 5
Nov 6
Nov 8
Nov 11
Nov 17
Nov 19
Nov 23
Nov 25
Nov 27
Gr 5 trip to Silvercreek
Parent Open House at St.
Marcellinus 7 pm
Santa Photos 8:30 am—
12:00pm
Friday, November 6th St. Veronica students will have the opportunity to have their picture taken with
Santa. Siblings may also have their picture taken together.
Picture Retakes
Santa is available to take photos from
First Holy Communion
8:30 am — 11:30 am.
Inscription Mass @ 1:30 pm
Remembrance Day Liturgy @
This year, you have two options. For $15.00, you can receive either:
10:30 am
Progress Reports go home
A) 2 (5x7) prints of your child with Santa
Progress Report interviews
OR
School Council 6:30pm
B) An email of the image for you to print as
Rosary Apostolate visi desired.
Girls Night In
Gr 7-8 girls 3—10 pm
You may also purchase additional 5x7 photos for $2.00.
Gr 2/3 and 3 Swimming begins in November
-classroom teachers will sending home dates and forms shortly
All proceeds from the Santa photos will go towards liturgical items .

A message from our Youth Ambassadors:
We are calling all trick-or-treaters! We ask that you give us any hard candy or chips.
Hard candy is needed to stimulate the sugar and nutrition needed for the day. Chips are needed to help pregnant women keep their babies healthy using the salt. Your continued support is always greatly appreciated! Thank you!
The Youth Faith Ambassadors
Spend some time this month thinking about what you can do to deepen your conscience.
Thanks to our youth faith ambassadors who organize, plan & lead our virtue assemblies.
Milk bags will be collected this year and they will be will be sent to Haiti. These milk bags are used to make sturdy mats for people in
Haiti.
Please send milk bags to Room 113, Mme
Latini's French office.
P.A.L.S. is coming to St. Veronica
Within the few weeks the we will be launching the
P.A.L.S. program. This playground leadership program encourages physical activity and decreases recess conflicts. Students in grade 5 have been asked to volunteer and will be trained to be playground activity leaders for the primary students. P.A.L.S. leaders will be out in the yard daily during the recess encouraging exercise, fun, and the message that, "There is always room for one more."

ELEMENTARY PROGRESS REPORTS
This year the Ministry of Education continues to implement a reporting system which embraces a Progress Report (in November) a Term 1 Report Card (in February) and a Term 2 Report
Card (in June).
The Progress Report will be going home on Tuesday, November 17, 2015.
The Progress Report is designed to show a student’s development of learning skills and work habits during the fall of this school year, as well as a student’s general progress in working towards the achievement of curriculum expectations. Please be aware, the Progress Report is not a for mal Report Card. Students will not be r eceiving letter grades indicating achievement of overall expectations.
Your son’s/daughter’s teacher will be holding an interview (Grades 1 to 8) on the evening of
Thursday, November 19, 2015 , only for students where there may be a concern or further parental input may prove beneficial to support learning. Interviews will only take place if requested either by the teacher or the Parent(s)/Guardian(s).
There are no formal progress reports for J.K. and S.K students.
This program satisfies the safety criteria of most parents as it allows for the delivery of the child to the school door or playground under the supervision of school staff and/or parent volunteers.
 The parent vehicle enters the school driveway stopping at the designated drop area.
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The child is kissed goodbye by the parent who then exits the school property confident that their child has safely reached their destination.
At most school sites, school bus delivery occurs simultaneously, using a separate designated bus lane.
* At St. Veronica, our Kiss and Ride is located on the West Side of the School. The
FRONT of the school is used only for Buses! Kindly DO NOT USE the front of the school to drop off your students from 8:15-8:30 a.m.
The use of on-site pavement markings and signage assists in guiding parents into the appropriate "Kiss & Ride" lane. The school staff in their orange traffic vests supervise and assist the student delivery activity. Traffic Safety Council members assist in the on-site implementation of the program working closely with school staff following up frequently at each location to ensure success.
At St. Veronica student safety is our number one concern. We value and appreciate your cooperation in this important matter. Respecting the direction of staff is imperative and we kindly ask you to ensure you are following it.

Congratulations to the St. Veronica Cross Country team for another successful season of running! This fall, St. Veronica had 39 students participate in the MBC family meet at
Chinguacousy Park in Brampton on October 16 th . All of our runners who are grades 4 to 8 ran with determination and set a great example of what it means to be a team player! Your coaches (Mrs. Northover, Mrs. K, Mme. Bozzo and Mrs. Johnson) are very proud of you!
We would like to wish our runners who qualified for boards on October 26 th at Centennial Park the best of luck! Those runners are Winston. M, Lucas. C, Kyle. D, Janique. J, Jessica. F and Nikita. A. Go Vipers! A big thank you to all of the parents who volunteered to help supervise the meet! You are much appreciated!
Hot off the press! Special shout out to Lucas C from coming in 2nd place in the entire board for Gr 6 Boys.
On Wednesday, October 14 th St. Veronica hosted the Pod Tournament for Junior Boy’s Volleyball. The St. Veronica team worked hard all day and managed to place first for our pod when the tournament was completed.
Then on Tuesday, October 20 th the team travelled to St. Gertrude to participate in the Family Tournament. After a very slow start the boys gradually improved throughout the day and ended up playing some amazing volleyball to clinch the gold medal and another banner for St. Veronica. Mr. LeClair and Mrs. Moroney are so proud of how well the boys rallied and kept their spirits high to win a very tough semi-final match against St. Barbara. The match went to the final set with the score being 14-14 and the boys won the last point with a fantastic rally that had the coaches holding their breaths.
The team was very excited to then move on to the Board Tournament on Wednesday, October 21 st at
Father Michael Goetz Secondary School. After the round robin competition the team ended up second in their pool advancing them to the semi-finals against St. Francis Xavier. The motivated St. Veronica
Team played their hearts out and won to move on to the final game against St. Timothy. The boys split the first 2 games and went into the third and deciding game. It was a close fought battle with
St. Veronica coming up just a little short in a 15-12 loss. What an unbelievable season for our junior boys who were the second best of all 123 schools in our whole board.
Congratulations for a fantastic season go to: Kyle, Lucas, Paolo, Vidush, Winston, Ochuko, Anthony, Rad and Ethan. Much thanks to coaches: Mrs. Moroney, Mr. LeClair and Julia for all their hard work and dedication. Go Vipers!