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NEWSLETTER
NOVEMBER, 2014
Prayer for November
Prayer for November
Loving Father,
Have mercy AMEN.
on your people,
And open our hearts to peace and love.
Reward all who have died for their country,
And grant that Canada and all Nations
may continue to work
For Peace and Justice.
Bless us in your service
And help us to follow Jesus Christ
Who is our savior and Lord
For ever and ever
Admin’s Message
November is a busy time at St.
Joseph School. In October, we
took part in Bus Driver Appreciation Day where we handed
Principal’s
Message
out “Timmy”
coupons for all
our drivers.
was “spook-tacular.”
spectacular job of putting on
uted.
AMEN.
RESCUE” Come and join us Friday,
November 7.
Progress Reports go home November 11 - so be on the look out! If
you have a chance, come look at our
school wide Math Problem solving
We had our first Mass back at St. Joseph board outside of Room 10 - very
November
is a busy time at
our “Haunted House” Thanks to all
Our annual Chocolate Fundrais- Church on September 30. Thanks to our creative Math problem solving and
St.erAnthony
School.
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Octoour
for helping
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out
back
at St.ever
Anthony
Church SANTA
on Octo- to remember those who fought and
CLAUS
is being
built - if continue to fight for our freedom in
“Timmy” coupons.
ber
14, PARADE
thanks toFLOAT
our Adult
Faith
Congratulations to our Terry
you
are able to
lendplanned
a hand please
let us Canada - especially with the recent
Committee
who
the mass
Fox
Organizers,
Mrs.
Leko
and
know
in
the
office
and
we
will
pass
along death of our 2 soldiers on Canadian
Our Hallowe’en Dance-Aand to Fr. John for celebrating with
Mrs. Gaskin who raised OVER
your name to the School Advisory Coun- soil. A reminder that our RememThon was a huge success. We us.
brance Day Liturgy will take place
$3,000 for such a worthy
cil - desperately seeking carpenters or
raised
over
Thanks to anyone with any construction or handy- Tuesday, November 11at 10:30 a.m.
cause!!
Way$2000.
to go team!
all of our hardworking volun- At
St. Anthony
the spirit of giving is Please join us in the gym if you are
man/woman
experience.
teers
their efforts.
alive and well. We were able to do- able. God Bless!
Our for
Hallowe’en
DanceMr.
was
Marchand,
Mrs.
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foodtoto
the local
Our Movie
Nite isof
going
feature
a “boy C. Bacci
fantastic and
ourWhitney
Haunted and
Man- nate
flick”
for
once
“PLANES
FIRE
AND
Mr.
Humniski
did
their
usual
food
bank.
Thanks
to
all
who
contribsion put on by Mrs. Leko’s class
Our Pumpkin Decorating Display was
fantastic! What a creative bunch of kids
we have. (See inside for pictures!)
Cross Country
SPORTS AT ST. JOSEPH
St. Joseph Board Cross Country Meet was held October 30 at
Centennial Park in Mississauga. We had 2 girls competing: Isadora
and Mia.
Isadora came 64th for Girls Grade 6 (120 girls!!) And Mia came in
73rd out of 120 girls too for Grade 8 Girls!!
Great weather - great day!! Congratulations girls. St. Joe’s is very
proud of you!
Boys’ and Girls’ Intermediate
Volleyball
Tryouts are underway for the team selection for
Boys’ and Girls’ Intermediate Volleyball Team.
Coaches are busy making their selections.
St. Joe’s is AWESOME at Cross
Country!
Flag Football
Mr. Sawa and Mr. Abbas are currently coaching our
Intermediate, Co-Ed Flag Football Team.
We will participate in the MN tournament on
Thursday, November 6th! Best of Luck team!
Our Decorated Pumpkin
Patch!
Virtue of the Month: Conscience
This month we will focus on the virtue of conscience.
God gave 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-formed.
A person of conscience:

Chooses the “right thing” and feels good about it

Can see how his/her actions may hurt others

Admits her/his wrong-doing and feels badly

Keeps promises
Come out and join us at our next School Advisory Council
Meeting:
Tuesday, November 18 at 6:30 p.m. in the Literacy Room at our
school. We will be discussing School Learning Initiatives in Mathematics, Christmas
School Events and our Float for the Streetsville Santa Claus Parade. All
parents/
guardians are encouraged to attend.
Come one come all!!! We are building our
first EVER Streetsville Santa Claus Parade
Float!!
The parade takes place November 30th at 1!
Why line up at the Mall?
SANTA PICTURES ARE HERE AT
ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL!!!
Monday morning; NOVEMBER 17TH!!!
Look for our Letter coming home soon
to sign up!!!
All proceeds to go to ShareLife and the
United Way.
Save the Date!!! Grade 8 Graduation will take
place Wednesday, June 24 at 10 a.m. at the
Portuguese Cultural Center at 53 Queen Street,
Streetsville.
Fundraising Efforts at St. Joseph
We do appreciate all that our parents/guardians and especially our School Advisory Council do in our fundraising
efforts. Many of you may be asking - What do they spend all the money on?
Here is a comprehensive list of all of the items the money will go to buy:
Team Jerseys, school beautification, float in our Streetsville Santa Claus Parade, participation in the Bread and Honey
Festival, Graduation (SK and Grade 8), awards for students, prizes for competitions and fundraising, assemblies, visitors and presentations for our school, props for plays and presentations. outdoor playground equipment, school trip
augmentation, Sacraments, Playground updates, Equipment for Kindergarten, Peace Garden, garden for our new Kindergarten classroom, busses for events and trips, taxi’s for extra curriucular participation.
Our goal at St. Joseph is that all the money from fundraising activities goes directly back to our students in some form
or another. St. Joseph is a very special place and we offer a tremendous amount of extra curricular programs for students. These programs do require outside revenues to support them.
We do appreciate the support of all of our fundraising efforts. Please know that the fundraising we do in some form
or another directly enhances your child(ren)’s experience at our school.
ITS MOVIE TIME!!!!
This time we have a movie for
the BOYS!! Planes “Fire and
RESCUE” that just came on
video this week!!!
Please join us for Pizza and
Pop and fun!! In the gym, this Friday, November 7th. Pizza
sales start at 5:45 and the movie starts at 6:30!!
EXTENDED FRENCH INFORMATION MEETING
Grade 4 parent(s)/guardian(s), who wish to enroll their child in a Grade 5 Extended French class for September, 2015 are invited to attend an information meeting
at:
School:
St. Rose of Lima
Address: 4590 The Gallops
Date: January 15, 2015
Time:
7 p.m.
A sad goodbye...to our Trustee Peter Ferreira. We have loved having you as our
Trustee and wish you well Peter in all your future endevours!! Best Wishes!
Thanks for your wonderful representation for St. Joseph Elementary,
Streetsville for the past years.
We will miss you.
Hallowe’en Fun
St. Joseph’s celebrated Hallowe’en in style with help from school team. Everyone had a great day dancing to our DJ’s music.
Thanks to all of our volunteers for providing us with a fun day—and a great dance.
Goodbye and Welcome!
This month we say a very warm welcome to A.
DiBernardo who will be taking over for Mrs. Sajda in Grade 5/6. We wish Mrs. Sajda well in her maternity leave. Mrs. Lumb will also be leaving
us soon to welcome her little one into the world!! R. Pinelli comes highly recommended and will be replacing Mrs. Lumb as an Educational Re-
Join Us for Remembrance Day/ Conscience Liturgy
On Tuesday, November 11 please join us at 10:30 for our Remembrance Day and Virtue assembly taking place in the gym. This year, given
recent events, is probably one of the most poingent our students will experience, having recently lost 2 soldiers on Canadian Soil. Poppies are
on sale in the front office of the school.
St. Aloysius Gonzaga Parent Info Nite will be held
Thursday, November 20 at 7 p.m. If your child is in
Grade 8 and planning to attend - you should be
there.
Welcome to Luz del Rosario our new Trustee for Wards 6 and
11. We wish Luz well in her new position as Trustee for our
Board.
Where’s my
phone booth?
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Sun
30Streetsville
Santa Claus
Parade
3
Tue
Wed
Thu
Flag Football Tournament
Lunch Mom’s
6
Wrap Day
13Lunch Mom’s
26
Jr (10am) & Int (12:45 pm) Speech
7
Fri
Chip and Koolaid
for Sale
MOVIE NITE!
No
“Planes:Fire and Rescue”
14 PA DAY
school for students
Pm - Gonzaga Concert
21
Lunch Mom’s
28
Competition
Family Speech
27Lunch Mom’s
7 - Gonzaga Information Nite for Grade 8’s
Contest
20
view Evening
Report Card Inter-
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5
November 2014
Mon
4
10:30 Remembrance Day Assembly
Picture ReTake
Day!
Pizza Day
11
19
Wrap Day
18 10-11:30
10
Report Cards Go Home
Pizza Day
17 Santa
Reconciliation Grade
4’s
Rosary Apostolate
Pictures!!!
25
Wrap Day
Pizza Day
Wrap Day
24
Pizza Day
Sat
1 All Saint’s Day!
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