St. Joachim
435 Rutherford Rd North Brampton, ON L6V 3V9
Telephone: 905.453.4472
Fax: 905-453-8615
Principal:
A. Alonzi-Peever
Vice-Principal:
M. Di Nunzio
Head Secretary:
D. Brunetti
Secretary:
Y. McCutcheon
Superintendent:
A. Tucciarone
Trustee:
A. Da Silva
Pastor:
Fr. Edward Murphy
Associate Pastor:
Fr. Kim D’Souza
Volume 1, Issue 9
A Prayer for the End of the School Year
Heavenly Father,
We thank you for all your gifts to us:
For making us in Christ,
For calling us to be your people.
As we come to the end of the school year,
We give you thanks
For all the good things you have done in us.
We thank you for all who have shared
In the work of our school this year,
And ask you to bless us all in you love.
Mrs. Brunetti is Retiring
After working at St. Joachim School for over 20
years, Mrs. Brunetti will be retiring at the end of
June 2012. We thank her for her years of dedication, caring and hard work for our school community. She will be missed and we wish her
many happy travels in her retirement.
“Through A
Celebration Of Our
Faith All Who
Enter Our School
May Grow Together As A
Christian
Community”
Inside this issue:
-Moving
-Health Alert-Anaphylaxis
Policy Reminder
-Summer Dress Code
-Kiss & Ride
2
-Textbooks
-End of the Year Parties
-Courtesy (Empty) Seats on
bus
-One World, One Life
-Pizza Days
3
-Collecting All Books
-Charlotte’s Web
-Graduation
-Chess Team
4
-Elementary Grade 7&8 Summer School
-Permission to Leave School
-Use of School Phones
-Summer Literacy Camp
-Volunteer Social
5
-Think Recycle Program
-Notre Dame Used Uniform
Sale
-St. Joachim Website
-Breakfast Club
6
Zumba Performances
Our students under Miguel Martinez have been learning Zumba. We will have 2 performances on Monday June 18th: 10:00 a.m. Morning Kinder + Grades 1-4 and 1:15 p.m.
Afternoon Kinder + Grades 5-8 followed by a group Zumba session (weather permitting). Please join us!
Virtue of the Month: FAIRNESS
This month we celebrate the virtue of fairness.
Let us pray for the virtue of fairness, the desire
to live by the rules of God’s kingdom everyday
of our lives.
A FAIR person:
 Listens to all sides before forming opinions
 Knows that the same rules apply to everyone
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Shows good sportsmanship at all times
Refuses to twist rules to avoid consequences
Works to bring about peaceful solutions to
problems
Cheers on the successes of others
Can balance their own rights and responsibilities with those of others.
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JUNE 2012
HEALTH ALERT-ANAPHYLAXIS POLICY REMINDER
MOVING?
We are beginning
the process of
planning classes
and staffing for
September. If
you are planning
to move between
now and
September, we
would appreciate
that you inform
the office as soon
as possible.
Just a reminder to parents who
have students who have medication in the office (epi-pen, puffers
etc.) that the medication will be
going home with your son/
daughter on the last day of
school, along with board policy
permission forms which must be
filled out by a doctor over the summer and returned the first day back
in September in order for us to continue administering and storing the
medication. No medication can be
stored or administered without the
appropriate board forms signed by
your doctor. If you know your son
or daughter will not be attending
school on the last day due to vacations, appointments etc., please let
the office know and we can send the
forms and medication home with
them on their last day of attendance
at school.
SUMMER DRESS CODE
KISS & RIDE
Just a reminder to
parents
not
to
PARK in the Kiss
and Ride lanes as
it is a designated
fire lane, and you
could get ticketed
by the City of
Brampton Parking
Control. Thank you
to everyone for
their patience and
understanding.
As the warmer weather is approaching, it is important to review our
warm weather dress code. Students are expected to dress in a manner suitable for the occasion and appropriate to the school environment. In keeping with the Board’s Mission and Catholic School teachings, each school is committed to standards of neatness, cleanliness,
modesty and good taste. Clothing that is acceptable for a six year
old, may not be appropriate for a thirteen year old student. Failure to
comply with this expectation will result in parents being called to come
in and provide suitable attire and possible disciplinary action.
The following clothing is NOT suitable for school:
Tank and halter tops, muscle shirts, mesh shirts, short shorts,
cut off shorts (shorts should be walking length), inappropriate
tight fitting clothing, strapless tops, or tops that bare the midriff,
any ripped clothing, or clothing with holes, any clothing with inappropriate sayings that may be offensive to others, headbands
or bandannas
Please also note radio and TV reports regarding the harmful effects of
UV rays from the sun. Students should be wearing sunglasses and
hats when outside for recess or gym, both however, should not
be worn inside the school. Students should also be wearing sunblock applied in the morning before school
VALUABLES
Spring is here; just a reminder that students should NOT be bringing
valuables to school, including expensive games, iPods, cell phones,
game boys etc. Only soft sports balls are allowed to be used at recesses. NO softballs or hard balls are allowed.
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TEXTBOOKS
Textbooks are school property and are loaned annually to students. Please remind your child to
search their room for missing texts and return to the school. Parents will be held responsible for
any lost or damaged materials. Thanks for your help with this.
END OF YEAR PARTIES
As end of year parties will soon be upon us, St. Joachim would appreciate the co-operation of
the entire school community in NOT sending food with nuts. Any food brought to school must be
NUT free, as well as free from specific allergies in your child’s classroom. An ingredient list
must be attached. We encourage parents to bring in non-edible treats such as stickers, erasers,
pencils, and dollar store items. Students with anaphylactic allergies are encouraged to bring in
their own treats for special occasions. We look forward to your understanding and co-operation
in making our school safe for all students.
COURTESY (EMPTY) SEATS
STOPR oversees busing for both the Dufferin-Peel Catholic and the Peel School Boards. Just
a reminder to parents that had children on the bus this year on a “courtesy seat” that they will
NOT automatically be eligible for the bus in October. Parents must reapply by filling out a
“courtesy seat” request form not available until End of September. STOPR will not allow us
to allocate these seats until mid October. Just because you were granted a courtesy seat
this year, does not mean you will be granted one for October 2012. Regardless, parents need
to make alternate transportation/walking/buddy/babysitter arrangements for their child
until mid October. Paperwork will be sent home only with students who have been granted
the courtesy seat. Priority is given to younger students, and usually spots are available only for
students up to grade 3 - empty seats are extremely limited. Should you have any questions regarding busing, please call STOPR at 905-890-0614.
ONE WORLD, ONE LIFE
PIZZA DAYS
On Monday, May 28, One World One
Life, the St. Joachim environmental
club helped made our school more
beautiful by planting wildflowers in our
front garden. This is not the first time
the club has done some planting. Daffodil bulbs were planted last fall and
have come up this spring. We hope to
see many native species of wildflowers
in our garden over the summer.
The dates for Toonie Pizza Days are listed
below for the remainder of the school year.
All of these dates are on Tuesdays:
June 12 and 19
Students may purchase as many slices as
they wish, but they must bring in their toonies
in the morning of the Monday before at the
latest (no late orders will be accepted).
THERE WILL BE NO MONEY COLLECTED
ON THE PIZZA DAY.
LOST AND FOUND
There are many items in our Lost and Found that are unclaimed. Unclaimed items will be donated to charity at the end of the month. Students will be given opportunities during the last
week of school to visit the Lost and Found.
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JUNE 2012
COLLECTING ALL BOOKS
June is the time we try and have all library books and materials returned to the
school. Most students are very cooperative and return items on time and in the
same condition which they received them. We will notify parents if their children
have missing books. Students are aware that they are responsible for paying for
any lost or damaged books. Please help us by spring cleaning and returning any
library books to the school.
CHARLOTTE’S WEB
We are very excited to present Charlotte’s Web. Day performances will
take place on June 5th at 10:00 am and 1:15 pm during the day.
Should you wish to attend the performances during the day, you may
purchase tickets at the door.
Evening performances will take place on June 6 and 7 at 7:00 p.m.
These tickets should be purchased ahead of time. All tickets are $3.00
each or two for $5.00.
GRADUATION
A reminder to parents that the Grade 8 Graduation will take place on Wednesday June 27th at
5:00 p.m. with the ceremony to follow. The Graduation is at Speranza Banquet Hall in Brampton. A student luncheon and dance will occur starting at 12:00 that afternoon. Please contact
your child’s teacher if you have any questions or concerns.
CHESS TEAM
Congratulations to our St. Joachim Chess Team. Six students from each division
competed at the Family Tournament on March 30th at Lester B. Pearson School. After
a long day of playing chess, our Primary and Junior teams finished second place and
advanced to the Board finals May 18th at Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The team
showed great determination at both tournaments. Thanks to all the team members
that attended lunch hour practices and special thanks to our intermediate team members who taught our younger members chess tricks and strategies. Thank you to
Mrs. Lugtu and Mrs. McCaffrey for coaching our team!
PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES
A reminder to students and parents of the board’s PED (personal electronic devices)
policy. The use of PED’s (which includes cell phones, pagers, iPod, walkman’s camera etc) is strictly prohibited in the school or during any school related activities. Failure to comply with this policy will result in the confiscation of the PED and disciplinary
action.
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ELEMENTARY GRADE 7 & 8 SUMMER SCHOOL
Elementary Summer School will take place from Tuesday, July 3rd to Friday July 20th (15 days).
It will occur from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The location for St. Joachim School students will be
at St. Angela Merici School. The program consists of 30 hours of literacy and 30 hours of numeracy. This program targets grade 7 and 8 students, identified by their principal, who would
benefit from remedial literacy and numeracy instruction, as well as ESL students. Registration
forms have already been given out. Please contact Mrs. Brownlee at St. Joachim School, if
you have any questions about summer school.
PERMISSION TO LEAVE SCHOOL
As always, the safety of our students, is our number one priority at St. Joachim. In order to ensure the whereabouts of students at all times, students who stay for lunch, are not permitted to
leave the property at any time without a dated and signed note from their parents informing the
office that the student is leaving the property for an appointment, or other specific reason. Students also need to sign in and out at the office. Students are NOT permitted at any time to
leave the property to go to Beckers, to go for a walk, or to go to another student’s house
for lunch. Thank you for helping to keep our children safe!
USE OF SCHOOL PHONES
Students will only be permitted to use the school phone in cases of emergency. An emergency is considered to be an illness or injury. Calling home
because you’ve forgotten gym clothes, homework, wanting to go to a friend’s
house, or out to lunch are not considered emergencies. Students are NOT
allowed to use their cell phones on school property.
SUMMER LITERACY CAMP
Summer Literacy Camp is a half day literacy intervention program for students functioning at
Levels 1 and 2 of the Provincial Expectations. It is offered for four weeks July (4-29th) at $380
or the first two weeks of July (4th to 15th) at $200 or the last two weeks of July (18th to 29th) at
$200. Teacher referral for admission to the program is required. Please contact your child’s
teacher for registration forms if interested. The form must be submitted to your child’s teacher
with payment by June 1st, 2012. Location is to be determined. Please contact Mrs.Heslop at
St. Joachim if you have any questions,
VOLUNTEER SOCIAL
We will be thanking all our wonderful volunteers at a Volunteer social on
Monday June 25th, 2012 at 2:30 p.m. All of our volunteers give of their
time to enrich the lives of our students. Please contact Mrs. Heslop at the
school if you would like to volunteer next year.
Please join us at our Virtues Assembly at 1:30 p.m. before the social.
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JUNE 2012
THINK RECYCLE PROGRAM
Did you know that printer cartridges take 1000 years to decompose? Or that cell phone battery, if
not disposed of properly, can be toxic to the air, water and soil?
St. Joachim’s Environment Club participates in the Think Recycle Program, an environmental program which helps to educate communities about recycling while raising some funds for the school.
The program is simple! Simply collect unwanted cell phones, printer and toner cartridges, digital
cameras and MP3 players and return them to the school. As a result, St. Joachim will earn money
for every qualifying item returned. Think Recycle will ensure that each item received will be refurbished, recycled or reused and they will also donate funds to have one tree planted for every 24
qualifying products we collect!
Your support of the program does not need to end at home. Your place of employment can also
support the Think Recycle program by donating printer cartridges and cell phones.
Thank you to those families who have already donated items! Spread the word! It’s a program
that’s good for the school and most importantly, good for the environment!
Notre Dame School Council Annual Used Uniform Sale
th
Thursday June 28 , 2012 - 6:00 p.m.
&
Thursday August. 30th, 2012 – 10:30 a.m.
Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School Cafeteria
NDSC supports the school community with the re-sale of gently used school
uniforms. All money raised will be used for various school requests.
If you have any questions or would like more information, please email
NDSC@perfectmail.com
ST. JOACHIM
WEBSITE
Please visit our school
website at www.dpcdsb.org/
JOACH
We have listed upcoming
events, school information,
school hours, newsletters
and links to other websites
you may find helpful.
BREAKFAST CLUB
Our last day for Breakfast Club will be on Friday June 22, 2012 for this school year. We are hoping to run the program again next year. Please read our September newsletter for more info.
Thank you to the parents who have donated food and supplies!
DATES TO REMEMBER
June
4- Di Tosto to Silvercreek,
Gr. 8 Presentation on High School
Dress Rehearsal Charlotte’s Web
5-10:00 a.m. Charlotte’s Web (Kinder, 2, 4, 6, 8)
1:15 p.m. Charlotte’s Web (Kinder 1, 3, 5, 7)
6- Hodzic Silvercreek
7 p.m. Charlotte’s Web
7- 7 p.m. Charlotte’s Web
8-Procaccini to Silvercreek
10:20 a.m. Virtues Assembly
11-PA Day – No School
12 –Pizza Day
Team Pictures
13- Closing Mass 10:30 a.m. @ St. Anne’s
18– Zumba Presentations 10:00 a.m. (a.m. Kinder, 1-4)
1:15 p.m. (p.m. Kinder, 5-8)
followed by school-wide Zumba
19-Pizza Day
20-BNE Track & Field Meet @ St. Marcellinus
21- 9:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. Grade 1 French Immersion Open
House (new students Sept. 2012)
22- Board Track & Field Meet @ St. Marcellinus
25-9:30 a.m. Virtues Assembly (Kinder 1, 3, 5, 7)
1:30 p.m. Virtues Assembly (Kinder, 2, 4, 6, 8)
2:30 p.m. Volunteer Social
26-Play Day
27- 9:30 a.m. Gr 1 French Immersion Plays for parents
Grade 8 Graduation
28- Play Day – raindate
29-Last Day of School
July
20-22 St. Anne’s Feast Day Celebration
September
4-First day of School
14-PA Day—no school