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:
J. Sequeira
Secretary:
Y. McCutcheon
Superintendent:
M. Vecchiarino
Trustee:
Anna Podesta-da Silva
Pastor:
Fr. James Cherickal
Associate Pastor:
Fr. Paul Magyar
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“Through A
Celebration Of Our
Faith All Who
Enter Our School
May Grow Together As A
Christian
Community”
June 2013
When God Created Fathers
God took the strength of a mountain,
The majesty of a tree,
The warmth of a summer sun,
The calm of a quite sea,
The generous soul of nature,
The comforting arm of night,
The wisdom of the ages,
The power of the eagle’s flight,
The joy of the morning in spring,
The faith of the mustard seed,
The patience of eternity,
The depth of a family need.
Then God combined these qualities.
When there was nothing more to add,
He knew His masterpiece was complete,
And so, He called it……..Dad.
Happy Father’s Day!
BREAKFAST CLUB
Our last day will be Thursday June 20th, 2013. Thank
you to the following staff who help run the program:
M. Brownlee, J. Cicchino A. De Francesco,
P. Di Filippo, V. Geraghty, C. Harmer, T. Hogg,
H. Kearney, H. Langley, L. Leon, E. Napoli, L. Pollard,
J. Russo, M. Scarcello and M. Thompson.
Inside this issue:
-Moving
-Health Alert-Anaphylaxis
Policy Reminder
-Summer Dress Code
-Kiss & Ride
-QSP
-St. Joachim Website
2
-Textbooks
-End of the Year Parties
-Courtesy Seats on bus
-Valuables
-Valuables
-Lost and Found
3
-Collecting All Books
-Graduation
-St. Anne’s Feast Day —
Personal Electronic Devices
4
-Environment Club Update
-Use of School Phones
-Summer Literacy Camp
-Volunteer Social
5
Forming our Catholic Vision
for Learning in the 21st
Century—An overview for
parents, guardians and
students
6
-Dance Team
-Student Monitor
-Dates to Remember
8
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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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
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.
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.
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
QSP
You may continue to order magazine subscriptions until the end of
this school year by visiting the website: www.qsp.ca our GROUP ID #
8361
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.
June 2013
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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 to share with classmates. Students may bring
their own treats to enjoy (nut free). We encourage parents to bring in non-edible treats such as
stickers, erasers, pencils, and dollar store items. 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.
CONGRATULATIONS
VALUABLES
We are pleased to extend congratulations to all
our students in Grade 2 who have received in
sacrament of First Communion in April and our
Grade 8 students who received the sacrament of
Confirmation in May at St. Anne Church. Thank
you to Father James, Father Paul, Katusha Letts
and teachers for preparing our students to receive the sacraments. We trust these students will experience God’s love in a new and special way.
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.
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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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. The final due date
to return books is June 14th, 2013.
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!
GRADUATION
A reminder to parents that the Grade 8 Graduation will take place
on Tuesday June 25th 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.
ST. ANNE’S FEAST DAY WEEKEND – July 26-28
July 26 - Mass of Anointing at 7:00 p.m.
July 27 - Mass of Remembrance followed by pancakes and sausages at 9:15 a.m. and
Cultural Night, entertainment, BBQ & Dancing under the stars with DJ Roger at 6:00
p.m.
July 28 - Solemn Feast Mass with Bishop John A. Boissoneau at 11:00 a.m., followed
by an outdoor procession, BBQ & entertainment. Location: St. Anne Church, 115 Vodden St. East, Brampton. For more information, call 905-453-1303.
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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June 2013
ENVIRONMENT CLUB UPDATE
St. Joachim would like to thank all members of
the Environment Club for all their hard work during this year-long commitment. The Environment
Club has been:
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ensuring lights & monitors are turned off
when not needed every Tuesday;
checking for proper recycling habits every
Wednesday;
observing the amount of garbage thrown by
all classes during our Boomerang days;
cleaning our neighbourhood park
(Weybridge);
planting bulbs in our garden;
participating in Brampton Clean City recycling, litterless lunch & planting workshops.
Next year, our goals include maintaining Boomerang lunches on a daily basis and to begin working on a green space outside for classes to use.
More details to follow in September.
For our application to become an “Eco-School”,
an Eco-Schools assessor came to visit our school
on May 14th to review our initiatives and practices.
Results of their assessment will be shared with
the community later in the school year.
Remember ... St. Joachim still participates in the
Think Recycle Program. The program is simple! Simply collect unwanted cell phones, printer
and toner cartridges, digital cameras, laptops and
MP3 players and return them to the school. 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!
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 three weeks July 8th to 26th, 9:00
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. daily. The cost is $300 No transportation is provided. Deadline for applications: June 3, 2013. Location is St. Anne. Please contact Mrs. Heslop at St. Joachim if you
have any questions.
http://www.dpcdsb.org/CEC/CNE/Summer+Programs/Summer+Literacy+Camp.htm for more
information
VOLUNTEER SOCIAL
We will be thanking all our wonderful volunteers at a Volunteer social on
Friday June 14th 2013 at 2:15 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.
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Forming our Catholic Vision for Learning in the 21st Century An overview for parents, guardians and students June 2013 Our vision of education in Dufferin‐Peel Catholic schools is rooted in the gospel values of faith, hope and love. Guided by this vision, which is deliberately infused into all aspects of our strategic planning and operations, Dufferin‐Peel schools strive to embrace the new realities of our rapidly changing world, while upholding our Catholic faith traditions. Within these complex new 21st century realities, with variables such as globalization, the economy, environmental challenges, technological advances and increasing cultural diversity, we face the chal‐
lenge of preparing our students to live, to lead, to prosper, and to fulfill their potential as Catholic school graduates, who are responsible and thriving global and digital citizens. These are exciting times in which to both teach and to learn! We recognize and understand that students have different skills, knowledge and experiences and quite simply, they learn in different ways. Over the past year, senior Dufferin‐Peel staff had the op‐
portunity to explore, more deeply, the concept of learning in the 21st century. This included a de‐
tailed discussion on the ‘Why’, the ‘What’, and the ‘How’ of learning in the 21st century in the context of our Catholic faith. Based on these discussions a number of common concepts were identified as key learning skills, competencies and dispositions: that will be part of our Catholic context and con‐
nection to the Ontario Catholic School Graduate Expectations. From our analysis and discussion we must now strive to ensure that our Dufferin‐Peel Catholic educa‐
tion system focuses on student achievement and well being for all through what we believe in and how we demonstrate our beliefs. Caritas in Veritate: Charity in Truth – Love, discerning believers and caring community members. Citizenship: Called to action in solidarity and stewardship. Communication: Listening and responding critically and compassionately within gospel values. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving: Creating, inquiring, and responsible decision making. Collaboration: Building relationships in communion with all human beings. Creativity and Innovation: Demonstrating resiliency, flexibility and adaptability in finding the path to vocation and lifelong learning. June 2013
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Although we have already explored some possibilities for what we Based on the feedback from our consultations with need our schools to do, the possibilities really are endless, both from various stakeholder groups, several broad themes teaching and learning perspectives. Our 21st century learning and and understandings have been identified. These will teaching journey is a dynamic and ever‐expanding process. It is a guide our planning and practice going forward: process that will unfold in many phases and in many forms over the  Faith nurturing and development coming months and years. We will be exploring multiple technolo‐
 Global/local issues and stewardship within a gies, including digital, internet, use of tablets and other devices, as Catholic view well as the wireless technology (Wi‐Fi) necessary to facilitate the use  Infusion of faith in our learning spaces of these devices. Technology not only allows us to link to the global  Sacred spaces that promote active reflection and community, but also provides greater accessibility and use for stu‐
prayer  Student‐led learning , higher order thinking and dents for whom these tools are essential for learning. collaborative inquiry st
 Relevant real world contexts and/or experiential In fact, one of the next phases on our 21 century journey will be learning related to technology; specifically, the introduction of wireless tech‐
 Varied evidence‐based strategies for instruction nology into our schools. Wireless technology is already literally all and assessments around us. It is prevalent in our homes, automobiles, workplaces,  Creative design of flexible learning spaces re‐
where we shop, where we get our coffee.... you name it and chances sponsive to student needs are that wireless technology is there. Initially, one of the areas we  Student voice and engagement will focus on will be the use of wireless technology as one of the  Collaborative professional learning and instruc‐
teaching support tools we can use to benefit student learning. tional leadership  Technological and digital literacy Earlier this year, we initiated a pilot project utilizing wireless technol‐
 Community, parish and parent engagement ogy in four schools (two elementary and two secondary) and the  Evidence‐informed decision making board’s Catholic Education Centre. As part of the pilot, we engaged an environmental consultant to test radiowave frequencies in the pilot sites. Tests were conducted both with WiFi turned on and again, with WiFi turned off. In fact, the highest meas‐
ured location was only 3% of the Health Canada Code 6 standard (in other words, 97% better than the Code 6 stan‐
dard). The results with the WiFi turned off were only marginally lower than when it was turned on. We are looking to have wireless technology installed in all our schools by the fall. We are aware of, and respect the fact that some parents and guardians in other school districts have expressed res‐
ervations about health and safety in relation to the introduction of wireless technology in schools. The health and safety of our students and staff is paramount to us. As we do with all health‐related matters, we take direction from our local and national health authorities; in our case, Peel Health, Wellington‐Dufferin‐Guelph Health Unit and Health Canada. Each of these health authorities take the position that the available scientific evidence indicates that exposure to Wi‐Fi in schools is not harmful to the health of students and staff. Please be assured that we are ap‐
proaching this in a focused, planned and measured manner, in compliance with Health Canada standards and in con‐
junction with other components of 21st century learning. This is an exciting time for our students and staff, and we hope for you as parents/guardians as well. The concept of learning is grounded in knowledge; how we construct and acquire it, interact with it and how we share and create communities of practice with it. We need to collaborate, not just with peers, but with people all over the world. In doing so, we advance knowledge, share our talents and gifts and make changes that serve the greater common good. For more information on Dufferin‐Peel’s vision for 21st Century Learning, visit our website at www.dpcdsb.org and read the recent report to the board called Forming our Catholic Vision for Learning in the 21st Century.
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DANCE TEAM
This year St. Joachim had their first dance team!! This team consisted of a group of
10 intermediate students who worked very hard for 3 months to prepare a dance routine to present at the Dance Event 2013 for Brampton, Caledon and Bolton on May 1st, 2013 at the Rose
Theatre. Mrs. Brownlee, Mrs. McCaffrey and Mrs. Thompson were very proud of how well the students did at the event, finishing in the bronze category.
The members of the team are: Riley, Indira, Sharon, Michelle, Olivia, Matthew, Arel, Patrick, Shavar and Mario.
Well done team!!
Are you interested in working at our school beginning in September? We have openings for:
Student Monitor
Part-time: 1.2 hours per day
The rate of pay is $11.45 per hour plus 4% vacation pay
Position Summary
DUTIES OF THE STUDENT MONITOR
Under the supervision of the Principal or designate, the Student Monitor will:
Carry out supervision duties assigned by the Principal;
Ensure that all reasonable safety procedures are carried out in activities for which the Student Monitor is
responsible
Co-operate with the Principal and teachers to maintain consistent disciplinary practices in the school.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STUDENT MONITOR
Be aware of the school rules;
Be prompt in reporting for supervision assignments;
Become informed of specific medical/behavioural situations pertaining to students supervised
Be aware of the school emergency plans;
Notify the teacher on duty when a problem arises.
To be considered for these positions please contact the school Principal at the school location that you wish
work at for more information.
DATES TO REMEMBER
June
4-Pizza Day
5-a.m. Closing Mass @ St. Anne’s Church
Girls Soccer Tournament
18-Pizza Day
2:15 p.m. Pardal & Oliveira FDK Open House
19-10:30 a.m. Virtues Assembly
2:15 p.m. Sutton & Nascimento FDK Open House
6-Boys Soccer Tournament
20-2:15 p.m. Street & Gallant FDK Open House
7-PA Day: Term 2 Assessment and Evaluation (No School)
21-Last Day for Breakfast Club
Board Track & Field Meet
2:15 p.m. De Francesco & Scarcello FDK Open House
11-BNE Track & Field
12-Team Pictures
Pizza Day
13-10 a.m. School roof-top photo
6:00 p.m. FDK Out of boundary Lottery
7:00 p.m. School Council Meeting
14-2:15 p.m. Volunteer Social
17-2:15 p.m. Albanese & Palczewska FDK Open House
25- Grade 8 Graduation
26- Play Day
Reports go home
28 – Last day of school
Final June Newsletter will go home last week