Holy Cross
Catholic Elementary School
3615 Morning Star Drive Mississauga,
Ontario L4T 1Y4 905-677-5660
March 2016
Principal
P. Sestito
APRIL:
Vice Principal
God has given us many guidelines and examples of
how to live our lives. He sent his Son Jesus to make
sure that we could see what life could be like.
M. D’Alessandro
Head Secretary
J. Lonardi
Assistant Secretary
C. Roman
School Council Chair
C. Sheenan/D. Farrow
Superintendent
L. Storey
905-890-1221
Trustee
Mr. T. Thomas
(905) 803-9317
Love (EASTER)
This month we will celebrate Easter and LOVE.
Jesus made one lesson clear above all other lessons –
the lesson to love. Love is not about us – it is about
forgetting ourselves and looking out for the good of the
other. That’s what Jesus did – he forgot about himself
on purpose. He chose to give up his life for the good of
others – us!
Becoming a truly loving person is challenging. It takes
prayer and concentration to get used to making little
sacrifices for the good of others. Making little sacrifices
on purpose so that others will have a bit of food, a bit of
shelter, a bit of peace, a bit of quiet, a bit of fun, a bit of
friendship.
Through prayer and concentration, we can get better at
showing love to everyone we meet.
Parish
Our Lady of the
Airways
905-677-4615
Parish Team
Fr. Lorenzo-Pastor
Fr. Jimmy-Ass’t Pastor
A Lenten Prayer
Almighty and Everlasting God,
You have given the human race
Jesus Christ our Saviour as a
model of humility.
He fulfilled Your Will by
becoming Man
And giving His life on the Cross.
Help us to bear witness to You
By following His example of
suffering
And make us worthy to share in
His Resurrection.
We ask this through our Lord
Jesus Christ,
Your Son.
Amen.
A Loving Person…
 wants the best for others
 is willing to make sacrifices for the good of others
 learns from the heroic lives of saints & holy people
 knows that we are all lovable
 Prays for others
Dear God,
LIVING OUR
You have done such a marvelous job of creating us
FAITH
and the world around us. You have placed this
AWARDS
creation, including all the people we meet,
in our care.
Our and
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Living
We come to you now asking for the grace
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to love. We want to love like Jesus loved – withoutFaith
grades
holding back; without wondering what’sAwards
in it forfor
me;
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K-8
students
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that everyone around us will know what
your
love looks
be held LIVING
like.
OUR
FAITH
May we find the courage to forget ourselves
on
AWARDS
purpose for the good of your people. We ask this in
name of Jesus, our brother, who lived to show us your
way. Amen.
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Lent and Easter are very special
times at Holy Cross Catholic
School. This season is the
holiest time in our liturgical
calendar. Beginning with our
Ash Wednesday liturgy, Holy
Cross students are journeying
through Lent with a number of
activities in the classrooms and
JK/SK REGISTRATION
throughout
the school. Living
Our Ontario Catholic School
Registration for the 2010-11 school
Graduate Expectations will be
year will be held at Holy Cross
presented
during
Lent on:
in March.
Elementary
Schools
Individual classes are also
gathering for prayer services in
February
8, 10, 11 and 12
our school chapel throughout
Lent.
JK - Children must be 4 years old by
Dec. 31, 2010
SK - Children must be 5 years old by
Dec. 31, 2010
Parents/Guardians should bring the
Please remember
following
documents:to attend Sunday
Mass as part of your Lenten
for Easter.
 proofpreparation
of age

original Catholic Baptismal
Certificate of the Roman, Greek or
Ukrainian Rite
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History tells us that Lent was not only to be a
time of fasting and abstinence (meat was
only to be eaten on Sundays) but all were
directed to live the forty days in deep
prayer, penitence and meditation.
No parties were to be celebrated. No social
activities were to be scheduled. For 40 days
and nights, all but the most essential activity
was to be stopped. Even little children were
expected to make an effort not to enjoy life too
much during Lent.
Today Lent has still a strong spiritual
meaning in that we are called to do penance,
to repent for our sins, to change our hearts for
the better, to think more to our spiritual life and
to the eternal life.
No question there is room, even today, for
giving up certain things; but the most important
work during Lent is, surely, to give up sin and
to spend more time in prayer, in reading the
Holy Scriptures, in becoming more Christ-like
people, we rise with Jesus to a new life – the
life of grace.
Let’s make Lent a time of quiet
togetherness for family (turn off the T.V. a
day a week etc.), prayer, fasting, and good
works. Lent is the season in which we prepare
joyfully for the mystery of Easter with minds
and hearts renewed.
During Lent, the community of faith is blessed
with a spirit of loving reverence for God and of
willing service to neighbour.
The season of Lent begins on Ash
Wednesday (March 20) and concludes before
the evening mass of the Lord’s Supper on
Holy Thursday.
EASTER 2016
The days of Easter weekend this year are as
follows:
March 20th Palm Sunday
March 25th Good Friday
March 26th Holy Saturday
March 27th Easter Sunday
March 28th Easter Monday
There is NO SCHOOL on Good Friday or
Easter Monday.
Additional Professional Activity Day:
Monday, April 11, 2016
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.
Therefore, there will be no classes for either
elementary or secondary students on
Monday, April 11, 2016.
USED CLOTHING DRIVE AT OUR LADY OF
THE AIRWAYS CHURCH
The St. Vincent de Paul Society is holding a
Used Clothing Drive at Our Lady of the Airways
Church. On Saturday, April 2nd and Sunday,
April 3rd (until 7pm) there will be a truck
available to collect all used clothing. Simply
drop off your donations at Our Lady of the
Airways Church beginning April 2nd until April
3rd. Please DO NOT drop items off at school.
Thank you.
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ONTARIO CATHOLIC SCHOOL GRADUATE
EXPECTATIONS
Congratulations to the following students who
have shown considerable growth in achieving
this month’s Expectation –
I AM A TEAM PLAYER
Class
M. Fava
Y. DeSouza
T. Collet
A. DiCenso
J. Bonham
L. Scarpino-Inglese
S. Galati
A. Bellissimo
J. Murray
P. Sartell
D. Craveiro
A.M. D’Urzo-DeRose
A. Stellato-Theuma
M. Falcone
M. d’Souza
C. Forward
K. Moroniewicz
M. Loizzo
D. Santin
E. Oliver
A. Benjamin
C. Barbazza &
Ms. De Medeiros
N. Hukil &
N. Orsi
S. Fejtek &
T. Stapleton
M. Pasqualoni &
M. Bascombe
Student
Ethan B.
Arielle P.
Yulieth A.B.
Sanjo M.
Alayna P.
Clarence J.C.J.
Riley S.
Mark B.
Christeen S.
Joshua T.
Takeo M.
Charlotte K.
Nacoy G.
Victor V.
Emely C.H.
Mary T.
Zachary M.D.
Avis P.
David A.
Kirsten A.
Noah G.
Denniah M.
Gia B.
Nya R.
CLASS LIST FOR SEPTEMBER 2016
Staff will meet in May to organize class lists for
September 2016. 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 the principal by April 29th.
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,
please write us a letter and we will do our best
to separate them. All staff work hard to balance
class lists by abilities, gender and learning
style. Please bear in mind that small primary
classes (max 20) often result in combined
classes throughout the school. These are a
fact of life that children will have to experience
from time to time. Requests for students not to
be placed in a combined grade will not be
considered.
PLASP SCHOOL PROGRAMS
PLASP’s award winning, licensed BEFORE
and AFTER school programs is are available at
Holy Cross. The BEFORE school program
begins at 7:30 a.m. 8:15 a.m. and includes a
nutritious breakfast daily. Visit www.plasp.com
to register your child today.
Edvewin O.
*Please join us for our March Liturgy @9:00 am at Our
Lady of the Airways Church on March 31, 2016.
OUR LENTEN FOOD DRIVE
As we continue to journey through Lent and
engage in acts of alms giving, Holy Cross will
be participating in a Food Drive, where all
proceeds will go to St. Vincent de Paul. Please
bring in your food donations from Monday,
March 7 – Wednesday, March 23, 2016.
SCHOOL DRESS CODE UPDATE
The surveys recently sent out to the Holy
Cross School community in regards to the
introduction of a “School Dress Code” have
resulted in a 63% in favour of a dress code.
This percent falls 12% short of the school
mandated 75% to implement dress code.
Therefore we CANNOT proceed with a
dress code for September 2016. Thank you
to all who responded. Your participation is
greatly appreciated.
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COLD WEATHER DRESS
As the weather continues to be cold, we ask
that students prepare properly for
outdoor play. This includes gloves,
hats, scarves, jackets and boots.
School board and Peel Health
guidelines indicate that students
will generally be outside for recess
when temperatures do not fall below –25
degrees Celsius, with the wind chill. As such,
appropriate clothing is essential. Please note
that students should have indoor shoes during
the winter months. Thank you in advance for
your continued support and cooperation.
KISS ‘N RIDE
Of paramount importance at
Holy Cross Catholic School is
your child’s safety. It is important that all traffic
follow a few simple rules, which will help
alleviate any difficulties in the school driveway.
 All parents should use the Kiss ‘N Ride
lane if they are dropping off their child
 No parents should leave their cars
parked in front of the school unless it is
in a designated parking spot
 No vehicle should be left parked in the
Kiss ‘N’ Ride lane
 No vehicle should be parked in the
Kindergarten Drop off Area or in front of
the school
 No double parking in the driveway is
acceptable
 If you wish to park and walk your child to
school, please make use of the two
parking lots located next to our
driveways
 Under NO circumstances should
vehicles be backing up or going the
wrong way
 NO parking in the BUS ROUTE
Please be advised that cars parked in the Kiss
‘N’ Ride lanes are liable for ticketing by the
parking authority of Mississauga.
Please
understand that Holy Cross Catholic School
will not be responsible for fines issued to
drivers for any infractions of the above
directives. Cars have recently been ticketed
for parking in these areas.
HEALTHY SCHOOL INITIATIVE
The Health Committee of Holy Cross in
cooperation with Food Share is pleased to
announce that Holy Cross School will be
participating in “The Big Crunch”. The Great
Big Crunch is a special day of good food
education, ending with a massive,
synchronized bite into a crunchy apple to
celebrate.
Holy Cross School will be collectively
crunching on Thursday, March 10 at 2:30pm.
This event celebrates Nutrition Month,
promotes and celebrates healthy snacking,
highlights availability of local produce all year
round and uses fruits as the centrepiece for
activities on tasting, nutrition and more!
A big Thank You to FreshCo. (at Westwood
Mall) and the Knights of Columbus for
providing Holy Cross School with crunchy
apples.
JUNIOR BASKETBALL
On February 23rd our junior boys and girls
basketball teams competed in the annual
BEACON tournament at St. Marguerite
d’Youville Secondary School. Both teams
easily cruised to victory in their first games, by
playing excellent zone team defence and
moving the ball on offence. Both teams proved
that willpower and determination are more
valuable than winning. Congratulations for a
wonderful season: Adowa, Emily, Madelene,
Christeen, Audrey, Riley, Anquelique, Mikayla,
Natalie, Charlotte, Latavia, Kahleo, Dylanno,
Cai, Kadin, Tyler, Darren, Lawrenzo, Dylan,
Marus and Tevin. Thank you to the coaches,
Mrs. D’Urzo, Mrs. Craveiro, Mr. Sartell and Mr.
Florio for all your time and commitment to our
Holy Cross Junior Basketball teams.
Go Crusaders Go!!!!
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SAFE SCHOOLS ACTION TEAM
The Safe Schools Team is excited to be
hosting Boys Night In on Wednesday March 9th
and Girls Night In on Wednesday March 30th.
These nights will be filled with interactive
activities that will promote positive self-esteem
and a healthy and balanced lifestyle. The
intermediate students will be participating in
smoothie making, interactive workshops and
inspirational presentations.
We can’t wait to see you there!
Primary and Junior students are encouraged to
continue to look for the PALS Leaders during
recess, they have some great games to share
with you.
April 6, 2016
SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING
A reminder to all of our School Council
members of our next meeting scheduled for
Wednesday April 6, 2016 @ 6:30 pm in the
library. All parents are welcome to attend!
FREE THROW COMPETITION
Congratulations to Kaiden, Charlotte, Tevin,
Latavia, Isabella, Tyronne and Darren who
competing in the Knights of Columbus District
Basketball Free Throw Competition on
February 20, 2016. Charlotte will advance to
the Regional Level on March 5, 2016. Good
Luck.
Together we can STAND UP TO BULLYING.
BREAKFAST CLUB
The Holy Cross Breakfast
Program continues to be
well received by many
students. Thank you to the
many Knights of Columbus
members and Our Lady of
the Airways parishioners for volunteering their
time to make the Breakfast Program a huge
success.
Please be reminded that the breakfast program
runs 5 days a week commencing at 8:00 AM.
Please make sure students are dropped off for
the breakfast program no later than 8:15 AM to
ensure that they have enough time to eat and
make their way to class. Please do not drop
off students prior to 8:00AM. Please
continue to use back doors to access
Breakfast Club.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
MARCH BREAK 2016
March Break officially begins the week
of March 14-18. School will resume on
Monday, March 21st.
DATES TO REMEMBER
March 8 – Boys Night In
Thurs. March 10 – The Big Crunch 2:30 pm
March 14-18 – March Break – School Closed
March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day
March 19 – Earth Hour
March 25 – Good Friday – School Closed
March 28 – Easter Monday – School Closed
March 30 – Girls Night In
April 6 – Mass @9:00 OLAirways
April 9 – School Council Mtg. 6:30pm
April 10 – First Holy Communion 2:00pm
April 11 – PA Day – School Closed
April 13 – International Day of Pink
April 13 – Grade 8 Graduation Pictures
April 24 – Confirmation 7:00 pm
April 28 – OCSGE Liturgy 9:00am
Attachments: Summer Literacy Camp
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