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435 Rutherford Rd North
Brampton, ON L6V 3V9
Telephone: 905.453.4472
Principal:
A. Alonzi-Peever
Vice-Principal
K. Barton
Head Secretary:
November Prayer
D. Brunetti
Secretary:
Y. McCutcheon
Superintendent:
Prayer for
Brother Andre
A. Tucciarone
Trustee:
T. Da Silva
Pastor:
Fr. Damien
Associate Pastor:
Fr. Kim
God our Father,
You gave Brother Andre of
Montreal, your humble
servant, a great devotion to
St. Joseph and a special
commitment to the sick
and the needy.
May the example of his life
and ministry inspire us to
ever-greater works of charity, in generous service to
our brothers and sisters in
need.
Give us the strength to surrender ourselves to your
will, and to be instruments
of your living mercy.
Help us to follow Brother
Andre’s example of prayer
and love, so that we too
may come into your glory.
Through the intercession
of Brother Andre, grant the
favour I now present
through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
“Through A
Celebration Of
Our Faith All Who
Virtue of the Month: Conscience
Enter Our School
May Grow
Together As A
Christian
Community”
God has given us the ability to know the right and decent
way to act and then to act that way. We trust that the
common Spirit we share inspires us and guides us to
make good decisions if we allow our conscience to be
well-informed.
A Person of Conscience:
 Chooses to do the right thing and feels good about it
 Can see how his/her actions may hurt others
 Says “sorry” and tries to make up for mistakes
The Youth Faith Ambassadors will be collecting the
gift certificates from each
classroom daily. Some suggested gift certificates include No Frills, Food Basics, Price Chopper,
Walmart, Zellers, Giant Tiger, Toys R Us, and
Bramalea City Center (which can be used for
any store in the mall). Thank you to the St.
REMEMBRANCE DAY
Joachim Faith Ambassadors , Mrs. Brownlee,
LITURGY
On Tuesday Nov 11th at 1:15pm our students and Mr. Redman for helping to collect and orwill be led in a wonderful liturgy of thanks and ganize this worthy cause for our school.
prayer in memory of all those who have died
for the peace and freedom we enjoy today. EXTREME WEATHER
Please join us at the school to
CONDITIONS PROCEDURES
In order to protect the health and
share in a prayer of rememsafety of school aged children in
brance.
Peel, the Peel Health Department
has developed guidelines for periods of extreme weather conditions.
At rest, an unprotected person is able to main.
tain their core body temperature until the temperature falls to or below minus 28 degrees
FIRST TERM PROGRESS REPORTS
Progress Reports for Grades 1-8 students will Celsius. The main risks of exposure to exgo home on Tuesday, Nov 2nd. This will give tremely cold weather for relatively short periyou an indication of your child’s progress so ods (recess or lunch periods) is that of frostfar this term. Teacher conferences by request bite. Someone who is protected by clothing or
only will be held on the evening of Thursday, is physically active may be able to withstand
Nov 4th. As always, you may request an inter- exposure to colder temperatures.
view with your child’s teacher whenever there Students should come dressed appropriately
for winter weather (hats, mitts, etc.) For health
is a concern.
reasons and to help keep the school clean, we
A CHRISTIAN CHRISTMAS—A TIME would request that the students have a pair of
indoor shoes. Please ensure that they are propFOR GIVING
This year, as always, we would appreciate your erly labeled and have non-skid marking soles.
help in supporting the less fortunate in our Students will be asked to leave their outdoor
community. Continuing this year, St. Anne’s boots/shoes outside their classrooms. Please
Church has asked us to collect gift certificates note that in the event of an emergency evacuaONLY for our Christmas Drive. No gifts will tion, students will not have the opportunity to
be collected. Parents and students are asked to put boots on. This is another reason for stubuy a gift certificate in any denomination and dents to have indoor shoes. Thank you for
bring it to the school by December 10th, so your help and cooperation.
that St. Anne’s Church has time to distribute
them within their needy Parish community.
SCHOOL COUNCIL
Our next School Advisory Council Meetings
will take place on the following dates:
Nov 24th, Feb 23rd, April 6th, May 25th. The
meetings will be held in the library from
7:00pm to 8:00 pm. All parents are encouraged to attend.
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BUS CANCELLATIONS AND/OR SCHOOL
CLOSURES
A decision to cancel school transportation and/
or to close schools due to inclement weather
conditions is usually made by 6:30 am. Please
listen to one of the following radio or TV stations for updates on cancellations:
Chum 1050
CFNY 102.1
Talk 640
Foxy 88.5
CFTO
CBC 740
Channel 24
City TV
It is very important that all grade 3 and
grade 6 students are in attendance for these
assessments. When students are absent, it
negatively affects our school achievement results.
The French Immersion grade 3 students will
be completing the EQAO test in English for
reading and writing, and Math will be completed in French.
This year our school is focusing on Junior Literacy as well as a focus on positive school climate.
ST. JOACHIM WEBSITE
Don’t forget to visit our school website at
www.dpcdsb.org/JOACH. We have listed upcoming events, school information, school
Information is also available on the board web- hours, newsletters and links to other helpful
site.
websites. Check us out!
EQAO
MEDICATIONS
The individual Grade 3 and 6 EQAO results
Just a reminder to parents, that in order for stuhave been sent home.
dents to have access to medicine on a daily ba% of students achieving at level 3&4
sis or for us to store medication in the school
there MUST be a consent form filled out by a
Grade 3
Reading
Writing
Math
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office as you will need to take them with you
to the doctor to be signed. All medication is
Grade 6
Reading
Writing
Math
stored and distributed through the office. If
your child has a medical condition requiring
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specialized supervision, please notify the
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school office.
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COLD AND FLU SEASON
Information about the overall school results are
also available at www.eqao.com. This year’s
grade 3 and 6 EQAO testing will take place
Monday May 30th to Friday June 10th. Parents are asked to keep this time period in mind
when scheduling family trips or making appointments.
Please use discretion in keeping your child at
home if they are ill. A child who is coughing,
wheezing, etc, is not in a state to learn and will
only infect others.
At times we receive requests to allow students
to stay indoors for recess when they have a
cold, flu, etc.
Please note that we are unable to comply
since we do not have the staff or facilities to
supervise these students. As long as students
are dressed warmly, Health officials indicate
that fresh air is not harmful for children. If
your child is too ill to go outside for recess we
kindly request that they remain home until they
are healthy enough to join in the regular activities of the school.
On extremely cold days, as indicated by the
high wind chill factor, we will be limiting the
time spent outside by students. Except for
these rare occasions, we expect all students to
go outside for recess and lunch break.
WORLD TEACHERS DAY
On Tuesday Oct 5th we celebrated World
Teacher’s Day at St. Joachim. We want to recognize and celebrate our great teachers for
their commitment and dedication to Catholic
Education. They help our students to prepare
for life and teach them the many skills needed
to be better people. Thank you to our outstanding team of teachers here at St. Joachim,
who are the reason we have such a great
school. You make a difference in the lives of
our students every day!
CUSTODY OF CHILDREN
On rare occasions, we are faced with difficult
situations in which non-custodial parents arrive
at our school asking to visit with their child or
take their child home after school. We are best
able to serve and protect the child when we are
made aware of legal custody arrangements,
visitation rights, and any other special instructions. If legal custody matters affect your family, please ensure that our office and classroom
teachers are aware of custodial arrangements
between parents that may affect your child during school hours. We require custodial parents
to provide legal documentation for our files in
order to ensure appropriate procedures are followed.
REGION OF PEEL
FAMILY LITERACY WORKSHOPS
Free family literacy workshops are available at
St. Joachim this year. Sessions will be on
every Thursday from Oct 7th to Dec 2nd
(excuding Nov 4th, interview night). Post your
newsletter calendar in your household to remind you of upcoming dates. The program
includes activities for children, focused on preschool aged children, but there is fun for older
ones too. The program runs from 6:308:00pm.
HOMEWORK
The Homework Help Initiative has been once
again been launched for grade 7 to 10 students
in our board. This Ministry initiative is a great
help for our grade 7 and 8 students. If you are
unsure how your child can access this on line
help, please contact your child’s teacher.
Homework is an important part of the learning
process for it:
reinforces skills/concepts
learned in class, allows time for research skills
to be developed, builds good study habits, promotes self-discipline and gives parents an informal report on how well their child is coping
More information about this initiative can be
found on the board website at
www.dpcdsb.org/cec under “Homework Help
Initiative.”
Parents can assist their child with homework
by: providing a consistent quiet place to work,
offer to be the audience for oral reading, editing their child’s written work, and assisting
their children in finding appropriate research
material for a project. Homework done well
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provides the link to the next day’s lessons. It
is like building a tower; each block has to fit to
the one previous in order to gain a solid structure.
PARKING
Thank you to all our parents who have been
obeying all the parking signage on and around
our school property. Your patience is appreciated. Please remember not to park in our staff
parking lot. There is a lot of student traffic in
this lot and the addition of cars going in and
out of the lot as well as students going under
the fence to walk to cars is dangerous. Some
people have been parking in the fire routes and
in front of our school bus. This is extremely
dangerous. Our number one concern is our students. Please be patient and follow the parking
signs.
BUS DRIVER
MONTH
APPRECIATION
St Joachim would like to thank all our bus
drivers who go out of their way everyday to
ensure our students are kept safe! We appreciate you!
KISS AND RIDE
A reminder to all parents that parking is NOT
permitted in the Kiss and Ride Lane. Please
do not leave your car as it backs up traffic in
the lane. Teachers are on duty in the morning
and at the end of the day to direct the students.
Your cooperation for the good of all our stu- CCAT TESTING
dent population is appreciated.
During the early part of October our grade 4
students were administered the CCAT
LOCKDOWN
(Canadian Cognitive Abilities Test). The reAll students participated in a lockdown drill in sults from this test are used to help identify
the month of October. Schools are required to students who may be eligible for enhanced/
practice proper procedures two times during gifted programming in the future. Feedback
the year. Student will participate in another will be provided when results are returned to
practice in the Spring.
the school.
Church.
These pivotal events help remind us as a
Catholic school system of the importance of
the celebration of our faith, and helps prepare
us for the end of the liturgical year and the
celebration of Advent, the beginning of our
new liturgical year.
ALL SAINTS DAY AND ALL SOULS DAY
HALLOWEEN TREATS
Due to the large number of food allergies in
the school, we suggest that parents do not
send food treats in for Halloween but rather
send in themed pencils, stickers etc. Thank
you for helping to keep our school safe.
CELEBRATING ALL SAINTS DAY
AND ALL SOULS DAY
God of our ancestors, today we gather to our
hearts all those who have influenced our lives
with their love and goodness. Although they have
passed on to the other side of this life, their lives
continue to affect who we are and what we do.
Like the sound of a bell resounding in the welcoming air, so has the goodness of these holy ones
resonated in our lives. Thank you for these ancestors and the bond we have with them.
Amen
ADVENT
While the secular world moves towards the Advent begins on Sunday November 28th.
celebration of the Christmas season at this
Advent Prayer
time of year, we are reminded as Catholics of Come, long-expected Jesus. Excite in me a
the importance of the feast days of All Saints wonder at the wisdom and power of Your FaDay and All Souls Day celebrated in the Ro- ther and ours. Receive my prayer as part of
man Rite.
my service of the Lord who enlists me in
God's own work for justice.
All Saints Day, celebrated on November 1,
reminds our community of those men and
women who have lived faithful lives in the Come, long-expected Jesus. Excite in me a
Church. This day is a part of the liturgical hunger for peace: peace in the world, peace in
my home, peace in myself.
calendar of events, and we remember our
saints in our prayers. The historical roots of
this celebration have to do with those martyrs Come, long-expected Jesus. Excite in me a
who died in the early Church. Later, Pope joy responsive to the Father's joy. I seek His
Gregory VII declared this day to be the date will so I can serve with gladness, singing and
love.
we remember all that lived and died for their
faith.
Come, long-expected Jesus. Excite in me the
On All Souls Day, November 2, our faith re- joy and love and peace it is right to bring to
members all who died and we remember the manger of my Lord. Raise in me, too, sothose with liturgies, celebrations or prayers. ber reverence for the God who acted there,
Both dates remind students of the depth of our hearty gratitude for the life begun there, and
faith and our participation in the Catholic
spirited resolution to serve the Father and
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PEACEMAKERS
Starting recently, we have had a new initiative
called “peacemakers” starting at St. Joachim
School. Volunteer students in grades 6 to 8
were trained on October 13th to help in conflict resolution with grades 1 to 5 students in
the yard during recess times. A peacemaker
is someone who:
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Cares about and accepts others
Is Patient
Helps and affirms others
Is creative and comes up with solutions to
problems
Is flexible and can see more than one side
of a problem
Makes positive choices
Tries to work out conflicts peacefully
Believes everyone deserves to have their
side of the story heard
Is committed to try and work out problems
even when discouraged
Is Forgiving
This does not replace teachers who are monitoring outside on duty, but allows students to
engage in positive problem solving outside
with their peers.
NOVEMBER 2010
Sun
Mon
1
Tue
Wed
2 Progress Reports
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Sent Home
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9 Father meeting
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Fri
Sat
4 Interview night
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6
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26 PA day—
no school
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(request only)
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11 Rememberance Day Liturgy
1:15
with Parish Reps
7:30 at church
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Thu
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17
18 Vouchers
Christmas collection for
Church Begins
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29 Virtues As-
30 Officer Mohan
in for presentations
sembly 1:15
24 Parent Council Meeting 7:00
pm
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December 2010
2Sun
5
Mon
6
Tue
7
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1Officer Mohan
2Officer Mohan in
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4
10 Christmas
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in for presentations
for presentations
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9
Vouchers due to
the Church
1:30 Advent
Mass
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16 Virtues Assem- 17
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bly 9:15
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20 Christmas
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Vacation Begins
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