St. Julia Catholic Elementary School
December 2014 Newsletter
December 2014
Issue 4
Principal
P. Nichols
Vice Principal
D. Linardic
Christmas Blessing
O God, as light comes from the candles of our Advent wreath,
may the blessing of Jesus Christ come to us, warming our
hearts and brightening our way. May Christ our Savior
bring life into the darkness of this world, and to us, as we
wait for His coming.
Amen
Secretaries
A. Charette
S. De Carli
Superintendent
Mississauga Brampton Central
L. Papaloni
Trustee
Luz Del Rosario
Luz.delrosario@dpcdsb.org
Parish
St. Joseph Church
5440 Durie Road
905-826-2766
Pastor
Fr. Marc-Andre Campbell
School Hours
Start: 8:45 a.m.
Lunch: 11:45 to 12:45
Dismissal: 3:15 p.m.
JK-SK AM 8:45-11:15
JK-SK PM 12:45—3:15
Attendance Verification Line
(905) 795-2706 press 1
Welcome & Goodbye
Please join me in welcoming Luz Del Rosario, our new school trustee. We look forward
to working with her for the benefit of all the students at St. Julia School.
We wish Mrs. Hewgill and Mrs. Fazzolari well as they begin their maternity leaves.
What an exciting time this is for them and their families! Please join me in welcoming
Ms. Child who will be teaching grade 8 and Ms. Lima who will be in the grade 1
classroom.
Dates to Remember:
December 5-Roasy Apostolates visit classrooms
December 8-Santa visits Gr. JK to Gr. 3
December 9-Immunization clinic-HPV dose #2, Meningococcal & HEP B Gr. 8 catch up
December 11-FDK Christmas concert @ 2:15 pm
December 12-Adevent Mass @ 10 am in school gym & Virtue assembly
December 18-Mrs. Cardoso’s class @ Silvercreek
December 19-Mrs. Laratta’s class @ Silvercreek
Christmas Break: December 22, 2014-January 2, 2015
First day back to school: Monday, January 5, 2015
PA Day reminder: Monday, January 19, 2015. No classes for students.
Please refer to our Program of Events for Advent and
Christmas 2014 flyer, which was sent out earlier this month.
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LOST AND FOUND
Our lost and found is overflowing! Be sure to take a look. All unclaimed items will be
sent to those in need on Thursday, December 18, 2014.
SCHOOL COUNCIL UPDATE
Our Frozen Movie Night was a great success. We raised about $400 to
be used to enrich the classroom experience. The money we raise during
fundraisers like Boogie-a-thon, pizza lunches and movie nights goes
towards paying for things like school trips ($3150), the Raz Kids license
($800), the stained glass projects ($1500), busing for school masses
($2800), and bringing in outside dramatic artists and dancers to perform
for teach and engage the students ($5500). Because this year’s Boogie-athon raised approximately $2,500 less than last year, we will have to raise
the price of pizza to $1.75 a slice instead of $1.50 a slice starting in
February. This will cover the cost of the commitments we have made to
the students this year. Thank you in advance for your support.
STUDENT COUNCIL UPDATE
The new Mr. Sub order forms are included with this newsletter. Funds
raised through the sub orders and popcorn sales support Student Council
initiatives such as adding to our Eco-classroom, purchasing new school
jerseys and supplementing classroom activities.
CURRICULUM CORNER-MENTAL MATH
“One of the reasons these [mental math and estimation] are highlighted
is that solving questions mentally helps to force a student to focus on the
relationships between numbers and the effect of number operations as
opposed to simply memorizing rules for performing particular types of
computations. Mental math and estimation strategies are also useful in
everyday life.” Dr. Marion Small
Offering children opportunities to explain their thinking in a nonthreatening way can help develop flexible thinkers and build confidence
in mathematics. There are multiple ways to solve a problem and children
need to discover what works best for them. Here is an example of how
you can support your child at home: Ask your child to figure out what 36
+ 19 is without using pencil and paper. Solve it in their head then ask
them to explain to you how they solved that problem. Look for them using
friendly numbers such as rounding to 10, skip counting on a number line,
or using place value. If more than one do the question you can discuss and
highlight how each person may have arrived at the answer using a
different thinking strategy.
Dufferin-Peel hosts Parent Evening to Support the Transition of
Students with Differing Abilities into Kindergarten
On Thursday, January 8, the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School
Board’s Special Education and Support Services Department will host a
Kindergarten entry planning information session. This meeting is for
parents and guardians of children with differing abilities which affect their
learning, such as vision, hearing, speech, autism, physical/medical and/or
developmental delays in the cognitive and/or motor areas, who are entering
Kindergarten in September 2015. The meeting will be held at the Catholic
Education Centre from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. For more information about
this session, call 905-890-0708 ext. 24011.
WHAT: Parent Evening to Support the Transition of Students with
Differing Abilities into Kindergarten
WHEN: Thursday, January 8, 2015, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
*Snow Date: January 13, 2015
WHERE: Catholic Education Centre – Room 301 (Third Floor), 40
Matheson Boulevard West, Mississauga (Hurontario & Matheson)
Kindergarten registration for the 2015-16 school year, will be held at all
Dufferin-Peel Catholic elementary schools on January 26* from 7:00 p.m.
- 9:00 p.m. and January 28, 29, 30 from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. *A snow
date has been designated on January 27 from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
For more information, parents/guardians should contact their local Catholic school,
visit the board website at www.dpcdsb.org, or call the Dufferin-Peel Catholic
District School Board at 905-890-1221. See more at:
http://www.dpcdsb.org/CEC/News/News+Archives/Kindergarten+Infor
mation+Session+for+Parents+of+Students+with+Differing+Abilities.htm
#sthash.Nq6b1YKm.dpuf
STUDENT TRANSPORTATION OF PEEL REGION
(STOPR) BUS CANCELLATIONS/SCHOOL CLOSING
DUE TO BAD WEATHER
2014-2015 SCHOOL YEAR
During the winter months inclement weather may cause
disruption of bus transportation and regular school operations.
A decision to cancel school transportation and/or to close
schools is usually made by 6:00 am and will be announced on
the following radio and television stations:
VIRGIN RADIO FM 99.9
CFNY FM102.1/AM640
CFRB AM1010
FM Z103.5
CHIN FM100.7/AM1540
GLOBAL NEWS
CHUM AM1050
CJCL AM590
EZ ROCK FM97.3
FM 93.1
CBC 99.1
CTV
CFTR AM680
CHFI FM98.1
CJBC (FR) AM860
FM Q107
CITYPULSE
CANADA AM
We will be communicating one of six standard messages to the
radio stations. The six announcement’s and their effect on the
transportation system are as follows: (Please note that the
highlighted text only will be communicated by the radio
stations).
1. THE DUFFERIN PEEL CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL
BOARD BUSES SERVING ST. ANDREW, ST. BENEDICT AND
ST. PETER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND R.F. HALL
SECONADRY SCHOOL ARE CANCELLED TODAY.
2. THE DUFFERIN PEEL CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL
BOARD BUSES AND PEEL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD
BUSES IN HE TOWN OF CALEDON ARE CANCELLED FOR
TODAY.
This means that all buses which operate into, out of, and within the
Town of Caledon are cancelled he entire day.
3. THE DUFFERIN PEEL CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL
BOARD BUSES AND THE PEEL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD
BUSES IN THE TOWN OF CALEDON AND THE COUNTY OF
DUFERIN ARE CANCELLED FOR TODAY.
This means that all runs listed under announcements 1 and 2 are
cancelled. Individual school will be notified if this cancellation affects
their school.
4. THE DUFFERIN PEEL CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL
BOARD AND THE PEEL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD BUSES
IN THE CITY OF MISSISSAUGA ARE CANCELLED FOR
TODAY.
This means that ALL buses which operate into, out of, and within the
City of Mississauga are cancelled for the entire day.
5. ALL DUFFERIN PEEL CATHOLIC DISTRICT
SCHOL BOARD AND EEL DISTRICT SCHOOL
BOARD BUSES ARE CANCELLED.
This means that ALL transportation services provided by the
Dufferin Peel Catholic District School Board and the Peel
District School Board, including buses, vans and taxis have
been cancelled for the entire day.
6. ALL BUSES ARE CANCELLED AND THE SCHOOL
AND OFFICES OF BOTH THE DUFFERIN PEEL
CATHOLIC DISTRIC SCHOOL BOARD AND THE
PEEL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD ARE CLOSED.
This means that ALL Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School
Board and the Peel District School board schools and offices
are closed to all students and staff.
ST. JOSEPH’S CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR’S
MASS SCHEDULE
Christmas Eve
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
4:00 pm, 6:00 pm, 8:00 pm, 10:00 pm, and
12:00 am Midnight
Christmas Day
Thursday, December 25, 2014
8:00 am, 9:30 am, 11:00 am, and 12:30 pm
New Years Day
Thursday, January 1, 2015
9:30 am, 11:00 am, and 12:30 pm
Advent Reconciliation
December 10, 2014
10:00 am-12:30 pm
KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION
Dufferin-Peel offers the Kindergarten program in all Catholic elementary
schools in Mississauga, Brampton, Caledon, Bolton and Orangeville.
Parents/guardians are to register their child in person at their designated
Catholic school.
2015-16 Kindergarten Registration
Registration for Kindergarten for the 2015-16 school year, will take
place on:
Monday, January 26, 2015
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.*
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 29, 2015
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Friday, January 30, 2015
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
* Snow Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
- See more at:
http://www.dpcdsb.org/CEC/Schools/Register+for+School/Kindergarten
+Registration.htm#sthash.jDxdd6jf.dpuf
And
December 16, 2014
7:00 pm-9:00 pm
The Parish office will be closed Dec. 24-Jan. 2, 2015
P. Nichols
D. Linardic
A. Charette, S. DeCarli
P. Reale, A. Nikolau, L. Gallego
D. Cardoso, L. Galasso, R. Coscarelli, K. Hewgill
A. Coccimighlio, M. Laing, M. Quintana, A. Rago
I. Cicak, C. Chai, M. Pace, S. O’Donohue, M. Kerrigan
L. Fernandez, E. Wendel, R. Burns, A. Fazzolari, L. Di Iorio
E.A. Hatcher, A. Starnino ,C. Bitti, J. Morrice, D. Pritchard
A. Lawrence, S. Giansante, C. Monahan, L.Buczek A. Hewitt
J. Bonello, G. Jose, C. Gasparini, N. Marcanio, E. Pimental
K. Piekarz A. Sikora, C. Turner, K. Lalonde, S. Zivkovic
T. Corrente, S. Centrone, J. Freitas, S. Beaty, J. Beaty
N. Cheong
Wishing You and Your Family a Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year