MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL
THE SEASON OF
EASTER PRAYER
Lord of life
We pray for all who bring your word of life
As a light to those in darkness
For those who bring your word of peace
To those enslaved by fear
For those who bring your word of love
To those in need of comfort
Catholic Education Week this year takes place May
4 – 8th. Catholic schools are Catholic communities.
Catholic schools are faith communities. We, as
teachers, students, administration, support staff
and parents, walk and grow together in the faith
which we received at our Baptism. And it is the
‘together’ that we grow. Our growth is primarily a
relationship with God, who at our Baptism, called us
by name. But the response of each of us to that
growth is both personal and communal. We grow in
our faith in the nurturing atmosphere of our
Catholic community be that of our local parish, our
home, or our incredible St. Andrew Catholic school
community.
Every year, the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’
Association provides our Catholic schools with a
resource kit to help schools prepare for Catholic
Education Week. Using these resources, as well as
our own developed activities we will be preparing a
series of activities which will highlight how we are
faithful in learning and serving in the love of Christ.
Lord of love and Lord of peace
Lord of resurrection life
Be known
Through our lives
and through your power
Christ the Lord is risen today.
Alleluia
INSIDE MARCH’S ISSUE
Dance for FTP
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Sharelife hockey
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Class Lists
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Confirmation Change
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Share Life Hockey Game
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News from St.Timothy
Parish
On behalf of the staff and St. Andrew school,
Happy Easter.
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Together in Faith and Excellence
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NEW! School Wide Remind APP for all. Please read
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Grade 3 & 6 EQAO Assessment
Each year Grade 3 and 6 students in Ontario are
assessed in reading, writing and mathematics for a
period of five days. This year the dates for this
assessment are: M ay 2 5 t o J u n e 5 . Please keep this
in mind when booking appointments. Set dates for each
grade will be sent to parents of Grade 3 and 6 students
in the near future. Thank you for your cooperation!
School Council Calendar Raffle
A reminder that this year, we have the St. Andrew
School Council Calendar Raffle. This is your chance to
win a prize every month that will benefit your family, as
a reward for your continued support!
Each calendar has three tickets. Tickets cost $5.00
each, or three for $12. At the end of every month there
will be a draw and the winner will receive a $100 gift
card of their choice. All tickets will be eligible for every
draw for the remainder of the school year, winning
tickets will also be placed back in the drum, so you have
a chance to win again next month.
Kindly return your cash or cheque made payable to St.
Andrew School. Tickets and calendars will be available
for the duration of the school year. We encourage
students to sell them to friends and family members as
well. Here is the list of recent winners:
January winner: Ms. Lisa Leggo-Hulme ($100
department store card)
February winner: Mr. Bruce Pinney ($100 gas card)
March winner: Mr. Adam Grant($100 gift card)
Dance For Family Transition
Place
On Friday, March 13 the Junior and Intermediate
students had a fundraising dance in the
school gym. The school raised over $700
dollars. Proceeds from the dance will be
going to support Family Transition Place
(FTP) in Orangeville. FTP has been
working with St. Andrew students for the last three
years. Some classes in the Junior and Intermediate
divisions have received programs that teach the
benefits of respect, self-esteem and healthy
relationships. Student and parent feedback has been
overwhelmingly positive.
Winners of the Knights of
Columbus Poster Contest
Congratulations to Olivia J.
and Matthew K. both won
1st place in the Annual
Knights of Columbus AntiDrug and Alcohol
Awareness Poster
Contest. Olivia won in the
alcohol awareness category and Matthew won in the
anti-drug category. All three Catholic elementary
schools were involved in the contest. Congratulations
on a job well done!
Knights of Columbus Free Throw Champ!
Congratulations to Jamie A. who not only won the St.
Timothy Church Free Throw Competition but went on to
win first place in the District Finals. Jamie ended up
placing 5th overall at the Regional Championship. What
an awesome job!
French Public Speaking Winners!
On March 21st, Lexie D. & Sophie S. in Mme. Sellers and
Mr. McGee’s Grade 6 class, participated in the
Orangeville Lions Club District French Speech Contest.
Sophie won 2nd place and Lexie placed 1st overall. Lexie
will be moving on to the Provincial Competition in May.
Tres bien!
Staff-Student-Parent Hockey
Game In Support of ShareLife
On March 12th, students, staff and parents enjoyed
playing each other in front of an arena full of fans!
Thank you for helping us raise $715.40 in support of
ShareLife. A special thank you to all the parents who
came out to play. A great time was had by all!
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Dance -A-Thon
St. Andrew’s Dance -A –Thon is back! We will be having
our Dance -A-Thon on Friday, May 8. There will be a
school wide pep rally on Monday, April 13. Stay tuned
for more details to follow.
Class Lists for September 2015
Teachers will meet in May to organize class lists for the
2015-2016 school year. If there are any special learning
needs your child has that you feel we should know
when making up classes,
please do so in writing to
Mr. LaCute by May 1st.
Letters that list a request
for a specific teacher will
not be considered. Please
limit comments to specific
learning styles. Requests
for your child to be placed
with a ‘friend’ will not be considered. If you feel your
child has an ongoing conflict with another child, and you
have already had discussions with this year’s teacher,
please write us a letter and we will do our best to
separate them. All staff members work hard to balance
class lists by abilities, gender, and learning styles. Please
bear in mind that we are considered a small school(400
students) and will result in combined classes
throughout the school year. This is a fact of life that
children will have to experience from time to time.
Please keep in mind that requests for students not to be
placed in a combined grade will not be considered.
Welcome to Kindergarten Night
For parents and their children new to school, we are
inviting you to come to our Welcome To Kindergarten
Night on Wednesday, May 20th at 6 p.m. FDK teachers
will be leading parents and children through some
learning activities that can be replicated at home. Just
for coming, you will receive a free take-home kit to use
before school starts!
Crosses for Avalon
Wooden crosses decorated with shells were made by
Mrs. Kingstone’s grade 3 students and Mrs. Foster’s
grade 1 students as a good deed for Lent. These Easter
gifts were given with love from the students and staff of
St. Andrew School to the residents at the Avalon and to
the Headwaters Hospital Chaplains in support of their
work.
‘Pause To Play’ Wellington
Dufferin Guelph Public Health
Art Contest winner is Loren M.
Grade 7 student! Congratulations and
Great job Loren! Also, in the Month
of May, the Campaign for a
“Commercial Free Childhood” begins
and it encourages community
members and leaders to go screenfree to help our minds/bodies detox from this digital
world. We will be participatin as a school community.
District Support at St. Andrew
As part of a District Support Day on March 4th at St.
Andrew School, the School’s team brought together 15
community
partners(i.e. DCAFS,
St. Timothy’s Parish,
Kerry’s Place and
Erinoak Kids)
together in the
library to showcase
their involvement
and teamwork with
the school. Visiting Superintendent Les Storey, Jacquie
Traverse-Thomas, Ministry of Education Student
Achievement Officer and four local principals had the
opportunity to speak to all partners to get an
understanding of their working relationship with staff,
students and parents. Also displayed at the ‘Living
Library’ were many of the parental engagement
initiatives undertaken this year as part of St. Andrew
School’s collaborative inquiry. In photo: Jacquie
Traverse-Thomas, Lauren (Gr. 5) & Emily (Gr. 8)
Extended French students and their mom at Parental
Engagement Extended French table.
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International Day of Pink April 8
April 8th, marks the International Day of Pink. It is a day
where communities across
the country, and across the
world, can unite in
celebrating diversity and
raising awareness to stop all forms of bullying. The
International Day of Pink was started in Nova Scotia
when two heterosexual high school students saw a gay
student wearing a pink shirt being bullied. The two
students intervened and helped the student, but
wanted to do more to prevent homophobic and
transphobic bullying. They decided to purchase pink
shirts, and a few days later got everyone at school to
arrive wearing pink, standing in solidarity. The result
was that an entire school stopped homophobic and
transphobic bullying. The message was clear - anyone
can bully, anyone can be victimized by bullying, but
together we can stop it. No one should have to
experience the negativity created by any form of
bullying or discrimination. Day of Pink is more than just
a symbol of a shared belief in celebrating diversity - it's
also a commitment to being open minded, accepting
differences and learning to respect each other! So each
year on the second Wednesday of April, millions of
people around the world wear pink to remember that
positive actions do make a difference. And that the
change starts with each one of us!
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2015 Pan Am Games Right in our
Back Yard – Caledon East!
We have been asked to share some exciting information
about the upcoming
International Pan Am Games
from July 10-26. Caledon
Equestrian Park (just 20
minutes away!) will be the
host site for the horse
jumping and dressage
events. Your family can
watch a preliminary
equestrian event for about
$30 a ticket. This will be the only time such an
international sporting event of this magnitude (similar
to the Olympics) comes so close to Orangeville! A new
series of tickets are being released online on December
8th. Visit the official Pan Am Games website at:
www.toronto2015.org
Volunteers (16 yrs. or older) are still needed if you are
interested and can commit some time during the event.
Our Virtue for the month of April is Love
Batteries/Electronics
During this school year, we have been collecting
batteries and old electronic devices to help with
recycling and our Eco-initiative.
Please continue to drop off any
electronics and batteries to the
school. We have also provided an
attachment that talks about the
battery recycling initiative. The
deadline is April 24th.
Follow Us on Remind Now!
For those parents already using
Remind one-way communication
from your child’s teacher, Mr.
LaCute has started his own to
send school-wide messages! For
those of you who are interested but have never used it,
it is very easy. Read on!
God wants us to serve and to see
goodness in everyone we meet.
A loving person:
•wants the best for others
•is willing to make sacrifices for the good
of others
•knows that we are all lovable
•prays for others God has given us many people in our
lives to show us examples of Love. Our families,
teachers, and friends show us their love
everyday. We should always try to remember to Jesus
taught the most important lesson. He taught about love
and that love is not about us - it is about looking out for
the good of others.
Together in faith and excellence
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Nut Allergy Alert!
We have several students who have life
threatening allergies to nuts, sesame seeds
and/or peanuts. We are asking that you help
us make St. Andrew an allergy aware school by
refraining from sending your children with peanut
butter or other products containing nuts or nut oils (i.e.,
Nutella). If these students come into contact with
anything containing nuts, nut oils or derivatives, it could
be life threatening. Some students have such a severe
allergy that only the smell of the allergen may cause a
reaction.
Confirmation Change For Sept.
2015
Under Code 891 of the Code of Canon Law,
Confirmation is to be administrated at the age of
discretion unless the Bishops’ Conference has decided
on a different age. The Canadian Conference of Catholic
Bishops have decreed that, in our rite, the sacrament of
Confirmation shall be conferred at an age
determined by the diocese. The Archdiocese of Toronto
has notified us that the elementary school
grade for candidates for confirmation is to be moved
from Grade 8 to Grade 7, effective September 8
2015, in terms of sacramental preparation. Local
pastors have been notified. This means that for the
next school year grades 7/8 will be confirmed
together.
News From St. Timothy Church
EDGE
Our EDGE nights in APRIL are Friday APRIL 10th and
again on Friday APRIL 17th AND FRIDAY APRIL 24. At
EDGE we have fun with games and challenges, get to
make new friends and experience our faith through
talks and prayer. It all happens in the upstairs hall at St
Timothy Church from 6:45pm until 9pm ready for pick
up by parents!
All students in grades 6, 7 & 8 are invited, and bring
your friends too!
EDGE ADVENTURE CAMP will be happening again this
summer!!! Registration forms are now available in the
EDGE folder in the church vestibule. Deposit is due by
April 10th at St Timothy Parish R.O.C. (Rite of
Confirmation) Candidates
Praise God for the blessings we’ve had lately. Our next
ROC class takes place Saturday, APRIL 11th.
Also, if you have not submitted all your necessary
paperwork from your ROC info package (i.e. Baptism
Certificate, Confirmation Sponsor Info) please do so
ASAP.
Please remember to complete your Homily Reflection
forms and place them in the ROC folder in the Church
vestibule when you're done!
*** A SPECIAL INVITATION TO Rite of Confirmation
Candidates (grade 8) to join us for LIFETEEN on
SUNDAY APRIL 19TH at 6pm! LIFETEEN is a dynamic
youth gathering of teens at ST TIMOTHY church in
Orangeville. We start with MASS at 6pm then move
upstairs in the hall for the LIFENIGHT. Lifenights are
usually full of games, activities, special guest speakers,
discussion, videos and more. We also include a snack
social. We are all wrapped up for pick up at 9pm.
For more information, questions or if you’d be
interested in helping out in any of our youth ministries
please contact Adam (Youth Minister) at St Timothy
Parish.
Email: sttimym@hotmail.com Phone: (519) 941-2424
ext. 224
At-Home Reflex Math and
Raz Kids Update
A reminder to all parents that
your son/daughter should be
continuing to incorporate both
Raz Kids (Grades 1-3) and Reflex
Math (Grades 2-7) into their
daily or weekly homework regime to help consolidate
the numeracy and literacy skills being learned in class.
Your child’s teacher has completed the process of
distributing passwords and using the Computer Lab with
students to remind students how to use the two ‘athome’ computer programs. Thank you again to our
School Council for supporting this school-wide initiative.
Good luck to all our students and great work everyone.
Together in faith and excellence
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DATES TO REMEMBER
PLEASE PLACE DATES ON FAMILY CALENDAR
• April 2- Stations of the Cross@1:45
•April 3 -Good Friday
• April 6 - Easter Monday
• April 7- Eric Walters visit gr.4-8
•April 8- International Day of Pink
•April 10- Little Red theatre for gr. K-4
• April 15- Agrifood for gr. 3
•April 20- School Council meeting
•April 22- Immunization for gr.7 HEP B/gr.8 HPV
• April 23- Basketball tournament
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Parent Support Group
Math Insert
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