November, 2014
Principal
P. Nichols
Vice Principal
D. Linardic
Secretaries
A. Charette
S. De Carli
Superintendent
Mississauga Brampton Central
L. Papaloni
Trustee
P.Ferreira
Peter.Ferreira@dpcdsb.org
Parish
St. Joseph Church
5440 Durie Road
905-826-2766
Pastor
Fr. Marc Andre
School Hours
Start: 8:45 a.m.
Lunch: 11:45 to 12:45
Dismissal: 3:15 p.m.
Attendance Verification Line
905-795-2706 press 1
6770 Historic Trail, Mississauga, Ontario L5W 1J3
905-795-2706 or fax: 905-795-9096
November 13- Interview Evening
November 14- PA Day– no school for students
November 19- Gr. 4 Reconciliation
November 28-Movie Night
November 11th-Remembrance Day Ceremony
Progress Reports go home
November 12– Picture Re-take day
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LUNCH SUPERVISORS REQUIRED
Saint Julia School is in constant need of Lunch
Monitors to assist with student supervision over the lunch hour. This is a wonderful way to become more involved with the school and to contribute to student life. If you are interested, please contact
Mrs. Linardic at St Julia (905) 7952706.
PA DAY REMINDER
Friday, November 14th is a PA Day.
There are NO classes for students.
Saturday:
Sunday:
Weekend Mass Schedule St. Joseph’s Parish
5440 Durie Road (905) 826-2766
0ffice@stjosephsstreetsville.com
5:30 p.m.
8:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m.12:30 p.m., and 6:00 p.m.

POPCORN SALES
Student Council will be selling popcorn for $1.25 on
Fridays. Students can purchase white cheddar, dill pickle, kettle corn and light butter salt. Proceeds from the sales will go towards graduation and our
Eco Classroom. We also hope to put monies towards new team jerseys.
ALLERGY ALERT
Please be aware that there are several pupils in school with a severe lifethreatening food allergy (anaphylaxis) .This is a medical condition that causes a severe reaction to certain allergens and can result in death within minutes.
Please do not send any peanut product in your child’s lunch. Please do not send any food products to school for sharing. If you wish to celebrate your child’s birthday, you may want to consider sending pencils, erasers or stickers as an alternative. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
LIBRARY NEWS
It has been a busy start to the school year in the library!
Library book exchange is in full service for all our students at St. Julia including all our new students in Full Day Kindergarten. Please be aware that if your child is in Kindergarten -
Grade 3, students visit the library on a weekly basis to borrow one book. Students in grade 4 - 8 visit the library every other week, borrowing two books at a time (or in case of the grade 8's, three books at a time). Please remind your child to return their books on their library days in order that they may take out a new book. In October, we hosted a very successful Scholastic Book Fair! We sold $6526.65 worth of books! What a record! Wow! That equates to $2937.00 worth of books to support our school literacy program. Thank you to all students, parents, and teachers that came out to support our Book Fair! Your support is most appreciated!
CURRICULUM CORNER
Parent tip for supporting your child at home: Speak Using
Your First Language .
Parents who continue to speak with their children in their first language at home do not slow down their children’s learning of English. On the contrary, children need to be able to relax into a language they are comfortable speaking when they get home. Parents are being most helpful when they encourage their children to talk with them in that language about the world around them and about what they are learning in school.” Supporting English Language
Learners in Kindergarten – A practical Guide for Ontario
Educators, 2008, pg 26.
Getting Students Hooked on Reading:
Tapping into student interests is a great way to encourage your child to read. Good reading habits become established when students want to read. Notice what interests your child. If a child likes a book, it is highly likely they will enjoy other books by the same author. Graphic novels and non-fiction books are a preferred by many children. If your child is a resistant reader consider trying different text forms such as these.
CANADIAN FOOD FOR CHILDREN
Thank you to everyone who has been donating hard candies for the
Dr. Simone candy drive. Your candies will bring smiles to the faces of many children world wide.
CASUAL FRIDAYS
You may observe that the staff dresses in a casual manner on Fridays. Through donations made on these Fridays, we are supporting Share Life and/or the United
Way of Peel .
BOOGIE-A-THON SUCCESS
Thanks to all the families who sent in pledges for our annual Boogie-athon. Our net profit after paying for the DJ and for the prizes that were purchased is $7213.
This will go a long way in enriching the educational experience of our St. Julia students.
Thank you to Lucy Varas who photocopied all the pledge forms, split them into piles of 25, and put them into the teacher mail boxes.
Thank you to Jennifer Fabrizi who spearheaded counting and to the parents who helped her count including Wendy Aceto, Nina Lee, Agnes Horska,
Cathy Runstedler, Suzette Luis, Ruby Cortez and Lina Attieh.
Thank you to Diane Akam for spearheading decorating and to all the parents who came out on Thursday night to decorate the gym and on Friday to tear down. The parents who helped Diane were Karina Gigante, Anita Menezes,
Christi Chiera, Lori Lee, Susie Nunes and her sister Diana. And thanks to
Nigel Akam for donating the lights used to decorate the gym.
Thank you to Lori Lee for buying all the prizes, as well as creating a master list and prize tickets. Thank you to the Student Council for presenting the prizes at the pep rally. Thank you to Ruby Cortez for setting up the prizes in the display case in the lobby.
Thanks to Suzette Luis, Jen Fabrizi, Susan Laughton, Cathy Runstedler and
Siobhan Kukolic for running all the Grand Prize draws at the end of the Boogie-a-thon.
Thanks to Siobhan Kukolic for organizing the DJ and updating the Boogie-athon Pledge Form.
A special thanks to the Curic Family for donating the Grand Prize Raptors
Tickets.
And thanks to the corporations who donated prizes through a request by
Siobhan Kukolic...
· Mastermind Educational Toys games and puzzles
· Two Jack Astor’s gift cards from SIRCORP (a $50 card and a $25 card)
MOVIE NIGHT
Mark your calendars for Friday, November 28 th to enjoy the movie Frozen for Movie Night. Doors open and ticket sales start at 6:30 PM. Movie will run from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM in the school gym. All students must be accompanied by an adult. Admission price is $5 per person for admission, popcorn and a drink. Snack bar will be open with many items at $1 each. Come in your PJs and don’t forget your blanket and pillow. All proceeds go to School Council funding to help enrich the educational experience.

EXTENDED FRENCH INFORMATION MEETING
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. Therese of the Child Jesus
Address: 6930 Forest Park Drive
Date: January 15, 2015
Time: 7:00 pm
At the present time, the above mentioned school is the designated centre for our area. Applications will be accepted at that centre until 3:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 17 th , 2015.
FULL DAY KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION
Registration for the 2014-2015 school year will be at all Dufferin-Peel
Catholic Elementary Schools on the following dates:
Monday, January 26, 2015 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Snow date : Tuesday, J anuary 27, 2015 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 to
3:00 p.m.
REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY
We will gather as a school community in our gymnasium on
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 beginning at 10:00.a.m. The
Remembrance Day Ceremony will consist of a dramatization, slide presentation, prayer and a moment of silence to honour our fallen heroes Special thank you to our grade 8 students and teachers who organized this ceremony.
BUS COURTESY SEAT REMINDER
If you have received a courtesy seat, please sign the STOPR form
TFL004 to acknowledge understanding of this process and return it to the school
PARISH NEWS
GRADE 4 RECONCILIATION
Grade 4 Reconciliation is on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at
St. Julia Elementary school.
GRADE 6 RECONCILIATION
Grade 6 Reconciliation in on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at St. Julia
Elementary school.
ADVENT MASS
Please note that the St. Julia Advent mass will be held on
Friday, December 12, 2014 @ 10:00 a.m. in the gym. All are welcome to attend.
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SANTA VISITS
Santa will be visiting the boys and girls from JK-Gr. 3 on
Monday, December 8th, 2014. Ho Ho Ho!
INDOOR SHOES
With the wet and snowy weather on the horizon it is important that students have indoor shoes. When students enter school at the beginning of the day we ask that they remove their boots and put on dry indoor shoes. Students must also have appropriate shoes to participate in physical education classes.
SCHOOL SECURITY
Please note that the school office hours are 8:00 am-4:00 pm. It is important that students gather all of their materials prior to leaving school at the end of the day. For security reasons, classrooms are locked at the end of the day and our custodians are busy cleaning our school and will not open doors to parents or students .
CROSS COUNTRY
Congratulations to all Cross Country team members for representing
St. Julia so well at the MBC Family Cross Country Meet. The team had several top finishers. Our grade 6 girls, grade 7 boys and grade 8 girls placed second as a team. The grade 7 girls team came in first bringing home a banner for St. Julia. A special congratulations goes to Simone C. in grade 6 who won a silver medal, Quinn L. and Maria P. from grade 7 who both won bronze medals. Once again well done runners.
Thank you to our coaches: Ms. Corrente, Ms. Quintana, Ms. Miceli and
Ms. Galasso for their hard work and dedication.

Over the month of October, the BLAST team has continued to share anti-bullying tips each morning over the announcements. The team has planned many exciting activities for Anti-Bullying
Awareness Week which will run from
November 17 – 21. We are looking forward to an eventful week!
ANTI-BULLYING TIP OF THE MONTH:
Change the School Community.
Work with others to stop bullying behavior; your whole school will benefit.
Remember: A lot of kids have to cope with bullying.
You are not alone. No one deserves to be bullied.
 Monday:
Kick-off assembly for Anti-bullying Awareness Week
 Tuesday:
Wear Teal and Pink to support anti-bullying
 Wednesday:
Helping Hands from the all students to be posted around the school
Wear your PJs to support anti-bullying
 Thursday:
Bring in a bear for "Bullying is Un-bearable'"
 Friday:
Wear someone else's right or left shoe for
"Putting Yourself in "Someone Else's Shoes" Day
We would like to remind parents of the need to have a network of support to care for children especially in case of midday illness. 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
When children become sick during the course of the school day, a plan needs to be in place to care for him/her. As with all medical issues, we continue to take direction from Peel
Health on how to best respond to community illness.
CYBER SAFETY
The following are some cyber safety tips from the Peel
Police Youth Education Officer. Please review with your children.
Cyber Safety Tips
Put a piece of tape over the webcam on your computer
Do not publish information that identifies you
Do not upload inappropriate pictures
Know your privacy settings
Be selective when adding friends
Use appropriate language
Stop and think before you click
Never meet an internet friend
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FRENCH IMMERSION INFORMATION MEETING
Year 2 Kindergarten parent(s)/guardian(s), who wish to enroll their child in a Grade 1 French Immersion class for September, 2015 are invited to attend an information meeting at:
French Immersion Centres Session Location Date and Time
Our Lady of Providence
St. Angela Merici
St. Joachim
St. Gertrude
St. Pio of Pietrelcina
Divine Mercy
St. Elizabeth Seton
St. Margaret of Scotland
Our Lady of Providence
St. Gertrude
St. Margaret of Scotland
Tuesday, November 25,
2014 @ 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 26,
2014 @ 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 27,
@ 7:00 p.m.

GUEST SPEAKER
Loyola is hosting a Mental Health Presentation on Nov. 10 at 7:00pm in the Loyola Lecture Hall. The presentation is free to all parents and no reservation is required. Our Guest speaker is Dan McGann.
Dan McGann, MSW, RSW, Adolescent Team Social Worker, Trillium Health Partners, Credit Valley Hospital,
Mississauga. Dan McGann is a social worker with over 30 years experience of working with children and adolescents. After graduating from the University of Toronto i n 1987 with his master’s degree he worked for several years at The Hospital for Sick Children primarily on the Burn and Plastics Unit where he developed an expertise in pain management using distraction techniques and hypnosis. Dan has been at T he Credit Valley Hospital for the last
25 years working in various areas but primarily in out-patient Child & Family Services on the adolescent team.
Dan has recently moved to his full time private office in Streetsville.
Dan began long distance running in his early 40’s as a coping strategy to deal with his own mental health issues including depression, anxiety and addiction. He completed his first full marathon in May of 2006 and has completed 5 more since then. Dan has successfully blended his professional career and his love of running to help teens and families struggling with depression and anxiety through his Run Group Therapy Program. This program has gained significant attention in the media including articles in Runner’s World Magazine, Canadian Run Magazine, and the
Toronto Star. His program has also been featured on various news programs including Global and City TV News. Dan received the Quality of Life Award from the Canadian College of Health leaders in June 2012 for his run program.
Dan has done numerous presentations in the community, at schools and other child mental health agencies interested in developing their own run programs.
Dan McGann, MSW, RSW