299 Landsbridge Street
Bolton, Ontario
L7E 2K4
Phone (905) 951-8788
Fax (905) 951-8798
January 2015
Principal: K. Barton
Vice Principal: F. Troiani
Secretaries: L. Grant and
G. Odoardi
Time for New Beginnings. . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Addison
SERVING OUR
"This is a time for reflection as well as celebration.
COMMUNITY
As you look back on the past year and all that has taken place in your life,
SUPERINTENDENT OF
SCHOOLS
L. Storey
905-890-1221
Remember each experience for the good that has come of it
and for the knowledge you have gained.
Remember the efforts you have made and the goals you have reached.
Remember the love you have shared and the happiness you have brought.
Remember the laughter, the joy, the hard work, and the tears.
TRUSTEE
And as you reflect on the past year, also be thinking of the new one to come.
F. DiCosola
Because most importantly, this is a time of new beginnings
and the celebration of life."
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HOLY FAMILY CHURCH
Rev. L. Leger and Fr. D.
Gikonyo
VIRTUE OF THE MONTH: Self-Control
905-857-1938
ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Chair: M. Cardinale
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website at:
www.dpcdsb.org/JBAPT
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In January we will celebrate the virtue of self-control. God has given us the ability
to choose. We are able to control how we react to what happens around us. We
may sometimes feel pressure from inside or from outside ourselves to react inappropriately to a situation. Through prayer and concentration, we can get better at
controlling our reactions. We can get better at showing self-control. Self-control
helps us to resist temptation to do something that we will regret. It helps us to resist the temptation to do something that will harm ourselves or others and is one of
the marks of a spiritually mature person. When we all use self-control, we can be
sure that our school will be a safe, caring and inclusive place to live and to learn.
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, fighting etc.)
 Can think things through and do what is best for everyone
Our next Virtues assembly is scheduled for Jan. 30 at 1:35 p.m.
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SOCKS, BOOTS AND EXTRA CLOTHES
We are asking that all students have an extra pair of socks and track pants at school at all times, just in case they get wet during
recess. Waterproof boots are also a necessity. Students need to have indoor shoes. Students must wear shoes at all times.
The halls get wet and it becomes a safety issue when children have their outdoor boots on inside. We do not have the capacity
to call home for students who gets wet below the knees, and we will not be calling home.
LOST AND FOUND
Our lost and found boxes continue to be full. Please ensure that you label your child’s clothing/shoes and that your child
checks the box periodically.
Full-Day Kindergarten Registration
Dates
Operation Christmas Child
The St. John the Baptist School community once
again gave generously so that children around the
world can know the joy of Christ! Our grade 8 students delivered 211 shoeboxes to the Processing
Registration for Full-Day Kindergarten for the 2015—2016
centre in Waterloo. These boxes will be distributschool year will take place as follows:
ed in Uruguay, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Ivory Coast,
 Monday, January 26, 2015 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Guinea Bissau, Haiti and the Philippines. May God
 Snow Date Only—Tuesday, January 27, 2015 from
take your gifts and multiply them greatly!
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

January 28, 29, & 30, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
To register your child, you will need:
1. Proof of age (birth certificate or passport)
2. Original Catholic Baptismal Certificate of the Roman,
Greek, or Ukrainian Rite, for child (if the child has not
been baptized, a letter of counseling with the parish
priest, to complete the process will be accepted).
3. Updated immunization records.
4. Proof of Canadian citizenship or Landed Immigrant status.
5. Proof of address (two of the following: property tax
bill, utility bill, real estate document or Gov. of Canada
APPROPRIATE DRESS - COLD
issued forms).
WEATHER
6. For schools in Caledon and Dufferin County, emergency rural address numbers for identifying your property. As our cold winter weather continues, we ask that students dress appropriately; i.e. coats, gloves, mitts,
boots etc.. If they are dressed warmly, they are better
prepared to participate in outdoor activities during recess and noon hour.
Please be advised that students are kept indoors at
recess during the winter only when the weather conditions are extremely cold. (When the wind chill equivalent temperature is minus 25 degrees Celsius or lower,
as per school Board policy.)
January 2015
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Safety Procedures at St. John the Baptist
Catholic School
1. Parents of Grade 1-8 students should ONLY enter the school through the front door. All other
doors in the school are locked during the school day other than at recess.
2. Parents of Kindergarten students drop off and pick up at the kindergarten doors only.
3. Parents are not allowed to go to their child’s classroom or be in the school during the school
day.
4. If you wish to speak with your child’s teacher, please call the school office to make an appointment.
5. If you are volunteering at our school you must first identify yourself to the secretary. Please sign in at
the office and obtain and wear a visitor’s badge so our students and staff can identify you as an authorized visitor.
6. Students are only to picked up from the school by an authorized adult. If we do not know who you
are you will be asked to produce identification and the custodial parent will need to be contacted to
verify the request.
7. If your regular routine of picking up your child has changed, you must indicate this in a note to your
son/daughter’s classroom teacher.
8. Staff have been reminded to be observant and aware of their surroundings at all times. If parents are
aware of any safety concern please bring them to the attention of the school principal.
Parents please be assured that we do have the proper Lockdown and Safety Procedures at our school.
Please note that all safety policy and procedures are reviewed annually. As always, the safety of your child
is our top priority. Creating a caring school environment in which staff and students respect and trust
each other and where all students feel connected, understand expectations, and receive behavioral and
mental health support is essential. The work we do through our virtues program to build empathy within
our students is a proactive step we engage in daily to help them develop strong Catholic values. We appreciate your compliance with our school rules.
Kiss ’N Ride—End of the School Day
Please note that the Town of Caledon can and will ticket your vehicle if you are parked in the Kiss ’N
Ride lane at the school. Please do not enter this lane before the bell at 3:15 p.m. This lane is considered a
fire route and you can be ticketed for being stationary within it. When the students begin to exit the
school you can drive up in this lane to pick up your child. Also, please do not leave your car in the
Kiss ‘N Ride lanes at the end of the day. This disrupts the whole process of the traffic movement
and causes an inconvenience for many parents. Thank you for your consideration.
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REMEMBER…
THERE WILL BE NO SCHOOL ON;
JANUARY 19, 2015
P.A. Day for Report Card Writing
ARE YOU MOVING???
A reminder that if you are moving during the
school year, please notify the office of your new
address and contact information.
Also, parents are reminded to check off their support of the Separate School Board on their taxation forms.
Thank you for your continued support towards
Catholic Education!
TERM ONE STUDENT REPORT
CARDS
Please be reminded that a Term 1 Report Card, will
be sent home on Tuesday, February 3rd and a
Term 2 Report Card will go home at the end of
June. Parent / student / teacher interviews will be
scheduled for the evening of Thursday, February 5th and the day of Friday, February 6th. Parents will receive interview scheduling forms. There
will not be report cards for junior and senior kindergarten students at this time of year, however
interviews will be available for the parents of our
kindergarten students.
LATE STUDENTS IN THE MORNING
Please be reminded that students should be
dropped off at 8:30 in the morning to avoid long
lines in the Kiss ‘N Ride lane. 650 cars cannot efficiently enter the school at 8:45. Many students are
late in the morning which causes a disruption to the
classes. Please ensure your child is dropped off
closer to 8:30 in the morning. Thank you in advance for supporting the school in teaching children
the importance of punctuality.
WATER WELLS in BRAZIL
A sincere THANK YOU to Mrs. Covre the entire
school community for supporting the Water
Wells in Brazil initiative. Through bracelet sales
the school raised $1755.00!!!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
SNOWBALLS/ SNOW FORTS
With the accumulation of snow, it is of importance to remind
students that St. John the Baptist has a strict rule of forbidding
the throwing of snowballs. Every student has been made
aware of the importance of this rule in the preventing of injury
to others. A snowball that hits another student and causes
injury can be seen as a weapon. Students have been informed
about the consequences for throwing snowballs and that ignoring this rule will result in serious consequences. We have
also had issues with students building snow forts in the past.
Many students have gotten into various arguments and fights
over who owns which snow fort and who is allowed into it
once recess is over. Students can NOT come back to “claim”
their fort during the next recess. Teachers cannot monitor
forts. Students are expected to share the field and work cooperatively with each other.
STUDENT ILLNESS-STAYING IN FOR
RECESS
Students who are ill should be kept home where they are
most comfortable and can get better, sooner. A child who is
too ill to go out for recess is too ill to be at school. Your co‐
operation to keep your child home when he/she is ill is appreciated as we do not have facilities at the school to keep sick
children. As we go through the flu season when everyone is
anxious about the spread of germs please note that Peel
Health repeatedly recommends that the best practice to prevent the spread of viruses is;

Wash hands with soap and water thoroughly and often

To cough or sneeze into a sleeve or tissue

Stay home if you are sick
Thank you for your cooperation.
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STUDENT TRANSPORTATION OF PEEL REGION (STOPR)
BUS CANCELLATIONS/SCHOOL CLOSING DUE TO BAD WEATHER
2014-2015
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 RADIO FM99.9
CHUM AM1050
CFTR AM680
CFNY FM102.1/AM640
CJCL AM590
CHFI FM98.1
CFRB AM1010
EZ ROCK FM97.3
CJBC (FR) AM860
FM Z103.5
FM93.1
FM Q107
CHIN FM100.7/AM1540
CBC99.1
CITYPULSE
GLOBAL NEWS
CTV
We will be communicating one of four standard messages to the radio stations. The four announcements and their effect on the transportation system are as follows: (Please note that the highlighted
text only will be communicated by the radio stations).
1.
“DUFFERIN-PEEL CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD BUSES SERVING
ST. ANDREW, ST. BENEDICT AND ST. PETER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND
R.F. HALL SECONDARY SCHOOL ARE CANCELLED FOR TODAY.”
2. “THE DUFFERIN-PEEL CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD BUSES AND THE
PEEL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD BUSES IN THE TOWN OF CALEDON AND THE
COUNTY OF DUFFERIN ARE CANCELLED”. This means that all runs listed under announcement #l PLUS the following are cancelled.
All schools in the Town of Caledon and all school runs that begin in the Town of Caledon.
Individual schools will be notified if this cancellation affects their school.
3. “THE DUFFERIN-PEEL CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD AND THE PEEL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD BUSES ARE CANCELLED.” This means that:
ALL Tr anspor tation ser vices pr ovided by the Duffer in -Peel Catholic District School Board and The
Peel District School Board, including buses, vans and taxis have been cancelled for the entire day.
DANCE MAT TYPING
Welcome to Dance Mat Typing, a great FREE website which introduces typing for children aged 7-11.
Each of the 4 levels is divided in to 3 stages. Begin at level 1 and build up your skills gradually through to
level 4.
Why learn to touch type? When you can do it well, touch typing is the fastest way to write. Many
people can soon learn to touch type faster than they can write with a pen. The important things to remember are: (1) use the correct fingers, (2) do not rush, (3) always rest your wrists on the desk, (4) you
should take a rest, and shake your hands and arms to relax your muscles if you get tired. CHECK IT
OUT!!
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
January 2015
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NEW CONCUSSION PROTOCOL
The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board has developed guidelines for supporting return to activity
following a concussion diagnosed by a medical doctor. If your child sustained a suspected concussion, either
at school, home, or other extra curricular event (a check in hockey, falling at a jungle gym, car crash, etc),
your child must be seen by a medical doctor. The parent/guardian must inform the school of the results of
the medical examination. If no concussion has been diagnosed, the student may resume full participation
in learning and physical activity with no restrictions. If a concussion has been diagnosed, the student
must begin an individualized and gradual Return to Learn/Return to Physical Activity process. Each process
includes 5-phases. With parental consent, school administration will work collaboratively with school psychology staff to monitor your child’s progress through the 10 phases. If a concussion has been diagnosed, but
the parents/guardians choose not to proceed with the Return to Learn/Return to Physical Activity process, a written letter signed by the parent/guardian must be sent to the office indicating their decision
to not partake in the process.
An email will be sent out shortly, outlining the new concussion protocol. Please feel free to contact the
school for more information.
January 2015
Sun
4
Mon
5
Tue
6
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
8 Gr. 8 course selection at 9am
9 Extra Pizza
Day to support
Ottawa Trip
10
14 Pizza Day
15
16 Extra Pizza
Day
17
22
23 Extra Pizza
Day
24
29 NET retreat for
Gr. 7s
30 Virtues Assembly at 1:35
31
7 Hot Lunch
Parent Council
meeting at 7pm
11
12
18
19 NO SCHOOL 20 Term 2 Begins
FOR STUDENTS
21 Hot Lunch
26 Kinder Regis27 Kinder Registratration Night from tion Snow Day
7-9pm
Intermediate Speech
Competition 1-2:30
28 Pizza Day
25
13
Immunizations
for gr. 7 and 8s
Kinder Registration 9-3
Kinder Registration Extra Pizza Day
9-3
Kinder Registration 9-3
February 2015 - Black History Month
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3 Report Cards
Come Home
4 Hot Lunch
5
Parent/Teacher
Interview
6 P.A Day
7
Parent/teacher
Interview
Sweater Day
8
9
10 Seeing/Hearing
Screening
15
16 FAMILY DAY - 17
NO SCHOOL
11 Pizza Day
12
13
14
18 Ash Wednesday
Liturgy at 1:00
19
20
21
26 Virtues Assembly at 1:35
27
28
Hot Lunch
22
23
24
25 Pizza Day