Said the Spider...
the curtain closes
ST. PAUL SECONDARY SCHOOL’S
HEARTBEAT
HDTV
Studio30 Gets An HD Facelift
Athletic Banquet
This Years’ Top Athletes Picked
Grade 9 Orientation
Beginning High School On The
Right Foot
Computer Conundrum
What Your Child May Need As They
Head Off To College Or University
Soccer Success
Boys and Girls Do Well At OFSAA
Farewells
Retirements, Transfers & Memorials
Bits & Bites
Important dates to remember
St. Paul Secondary School
SUMMER ISSUE, 2010
815 Atwater Avenue, Mississauga, Ontario L5E 1L8
Phone: 905-278-3994
Web: stpaulss.org
Fax: 905-278-1163
Trustees
B. Iannicca, Mississauga Ward 7 - 905-270-0536, bruno.iannicca@dpcdsb.org
M. Pascucci, Mississauga Wards 1 & 3 - 905-302-3096, mario.pascucci@dpcdsb.org
Superintendent
Ms. L. McGuire
Principal
Mr. P. Schmidt
Vice-Principal
Mr. J. Galea
Chaplain
Mr. B. Finamore
Student Services/ARD
Ms. M. McHenry
Guidance Counsellor A - K, ELL
Ms. E. Wasiuk
Guidance Counsellor L - Z, SHSM
Mr. K. Grenier
Youth Care Worker
Ms. V. Lothian
St. Domenic Parish Pastor
Fr. Philip Jones
Heartbeat Editor
Ms. M. Piperni
Magazine Layout & Design
Mr. T. Brugmans
Cover Photo
Anielika Sykes
Principal’s
Message
Final Thoughts...
As another academic year comes to a close, I want to draw our community’s attention to some more changes that occurred at the last Board wide
posting that appeared in late May.
The community learned that our Religion Department Head, Ms. Hastings
received a promotion to the position
of Vice Principal at St. Michaels SS
in Bolton and that Mr. Grenier was
promoted to the Guidance Department
Headship at St. Thomas Aquinas SS.
Ros will be retiring this year and we
wish her well in her retirement. Our
PIP and Dramatic arts program will
see a significant gap next year with
Ms. Gardash’s leave of absence. As a
veteran ERW, Ms. Gardash has been a
mainstay in the PIP program.
Our student success teacher will join
the staff of Archbishop Romero and
our hard working Vice Principal, Mr.
Dmytrasz will join the Admin team at
Gonzaga CSS.
As one door closes at St. Paul’s another opens and our community would
like to welcome Ms. Claudia Lehecka,
in Alternative Education from RF Hall
SS in Caledon and Ms. Carla Rizatto
to Science from St. Joan of Arc SS.
The new acting Department Head of
Religion will be Ms. Linda Primier
and Mr. Bryan Bonnah will assume the
Headship duties in Guidance/ARD.
In an ordinary year these transfers
would be notable but coupled with our
retirements and other teacher moves
announced last March, they represent
a sea of change in our staffing at St.
Paul SS.
I would like to thank Caroline Hastings for her multitude of achievements, while leading a very dynamic
Religion department over the last
decade. Mr. Ken Grenier, a Counsellor
in our Guidance/ARD department has
combined a stellar set of counseling
skills with an ability to grow some of
our most popular High skills majors
programs. Ms. Sarah Sturino has proven to be an articulate spokesperson for
our students at risk while establishing
an Alternative education program. Mr.
John Dmytrasz, our Vice Principal for
the last five years has brought an immense set of organizational and human
skills to the very difficult role of Vice
Principal. John will be the senior VP at
Gonzaga SS.
Over the last four years, Ms. Rosalind Peters has been our school social
worker and has served the families
of Lakeview with exceptional care.
This has been the busiest end of year
shift in my four years at St. Paul and
this shouldn’t overshadow the tremendous achievements of our students
throughout the year.
On these pages we have regularly
chronicled how engaged so many of
our students have become in their academic, athletic and cultural pursuits.
I have hesitated from drawing up a
top ten list because there are so many
more than that to point to this year.
With a Parent Council that has demonstrated leadership in advocating for
our school, we continue to build the
foundations for programs that aren’t
available in other schools in the Board.
We can look forward to our future
with a realistic optimism based on the
solid achievements of this year.
As you are aware, Student Transportation of Peel Region (STOPR) has
made a tremendous amount of changes
over the past year. This memo is
designed to inform you of the changes
we have made and any future updates
in STOPR.
During the past several months,
STOPR has implemented and trained
all schools on our website, called Geoquery. This website, http://businfo.
stopr.ca, allows schools to view and
print off all changes that STOPR has
made to the school runs. This website
also allows parents to login and find
their child’s transportation information
by following these instructions:
· type in the website address: businfo.
stopr.ca
· click “student login”
· enter your child’s OEN number,
street/house number, school and grade
· click “login”
This will automatically display the
child’s transportation information, if
they are eligible.
This capability for “student login”
will be available for parents starting
the second last week of August until
the end of June each year. This feature
will be locked down during the summer for route planning purposes.
Additional features of this website are,
School Information, Which School Do
I Attend and Transportation Eligibility. Starting September 2010, STOPR
will be adding “Delays and Cancellations” to this site. This feature allows
students, parents and schools to view
all late buses in Peel Region by clicking “Delays and Cancellations” on the
Geoquery home page.
Have a restful and enjoyable summer.
›››Chaplaincy
Our
Living
Faith
The month of June is a wonderful time. It is filled with joy and eager anticipation for the summer holidays. There is also
some sadness saying goodbye to friends who are graduating and moving on in their lives. We give thanks to God for the
many blessings that we have received this year. St. Paul Secondary School is a Catholic School. We give thanks to God
for the gift of our faith.
Our Catholic Faith shapes the way we learn and play. Many of the
experiences we share together such as our retreats, our work at Dr.
Simone’s, our community service, our care for God’s Creation,
our prayer times and our liturgies are a direct result of our
Catholic Faith. We thank Fr. Phil, Fr. Noel, Fr. Rudy and
the St. Dominic Church Community for their hospitality
throughout this year.
We have shared many memories this year. We shared the
anticipation of Advent and the Joy of Christmas. We walked
together through the Season of Lent and celebrated the Joy
of Easter and Pentecost. We shared the sadness of the deadly
earthquake in Haiti and the horrible oil spill in the Gulf of
Mexico. We have worked together to help our sisters and brothers in need. We shared many great memories in athletics. We
watched our Olympic Athletes compete this past February in the
Winter Olympics.
The World Cup of Soccer (or football) has helped to
generate a lot of excitement and national pride in the
St. Paul Community. Things really got quiet around the
school when Italy was sent packing in the early stages of
round robin play!
The rules of football are actually quite simple. Players
are normally expected to advance and pass the ball on
the “pitch” with their feet. Players are not allowed to
use their hands during play unless there is a throw in.
There is another part of the body that is often used when
playing soccer. A player’s head can be used to advance or
redirect the ball on the field or into the goal.
Many exciting goals are scored by players who literally use
their head. In life I think that Jesus would like us to use our
“heads” a little more often. We have been given the great
faculties of thought and reason by God. Let’s commit
ourselves to use our heads this summer. Let’s use
this precious vacation time to clear our minds
and focus on the real meaning of our
lives.
Let’s keep our eyes on the
ball and always try to
use our head in life!
St. Paul Students
Help CBC Kick off
FIFA World Cup
Tournament
This summer, South
Africa is hosting the
FIFA World Cup
soccer tournament.
The winner of
the games will
boast soccer
superiority for
the next four
years and will
have their name
engraved on the
18 karat gold
work of art.
On Wednesday April 23,
the CBC sponsored the
FIFA Cup Kick Off
to commemorate
this event, which
will be viewed by
more spectators
than any other
sports competition in the world.
To help in the celebration,
the St. Paul Senior boys and girls’
soccer teams, as well as their coaches,
Mr. John Tsilfidis and Mr. Connor
O’Reilly were invited to the CBC studios by senior producer, Ms. Bridget
O’Toole.
Our athletes were interviewed by CBC
and other TV and radio stations and
were allowed to pose with the world’s
most famous sports cup.
The St. Paul students felt honoured to
be so close to soccer’s most treasured
icon.
As soccer players, the experience is
something they will treasure all their
lives.
›››PIP Program
Planning For Independence
PIP Program:
Helping Reduce Our
Carbon Footprint
For the past few years the
students of our Planning
for Independence Program have been helping
keep our school green.
Every Friday morning
they collect the recycling
from every classroom.
As part of their life-skills
courses, they learn how
to wash, dry and fold the
uniforms used by our various sports teams, with
the washer/dryer unit
located directly in their
classroom. Each student
has their own re-fillable
water bottle and they
bring snacks and lunches
packed in re-usable containers. This year they
even made their own
Mother’s Day gifts, it was
an angel made from a
tea towel, dish cloth and
hot pad. It was definitely
a gift that each Mom will
be able to use and re-use.
Our Planning for Independence Program
with their beautiful Mother’s Day angels.
Tomas Langill helping with the laundry
Daniel Platcha leads the recycling pick-up
›››Athletics
Discipline, Dedication, Determination
gift of a healthy lifestyle will be one of
Special
thanks
the most valuable gifts you will give
Stay Active,
Stay Fit!
Wow! What an amazing season it has been
for St. Paul athletics!
St. Paul is becoming
a soccer powerhouse,
as 3 of the 4 soccer
teams, brought home
medals. Senior boys
won the ROPSSAA
“AA” championships
and won silver at the
OFSAA finals. Senior
girls soccer won the
ROPSSAA “AA” championships and the Tier
2 championship. They
went on to represent
St. Paul at OFSAA and
brought home bronze!
The junior girls lost in
a closely played tier 2
ROPSSAA championship game, winning
silver.
To all of our coaches, who continue to
go above and beyond the call of duty
to develop our young athletes, thank
you. Congrats to our athlete extraordinaire, Lauren Jansa, who made it
to OFSAA for track and field and
performed consistently throughout the
season.
your child!
June 10th, the cafetorium buzzed in
excitement, as the St. Paul community
acknowledged all of the athletes and
coaches at our annual Athletic Banquet. Congratulations to our athletes
of the year, Kristy Mlakar and Michael
Kryszajtys and Heart winners, Stefania
Viscardi and Cristian Cavallini- 4
extraordinary athletes, deserving
these awards! Special thanks to SPAC
for their hard work this year and for
organizing a beautiful banquet. Thanks
to Kim Naval for spearheading this
year’s SPAC with
her strong leadership and direction.
Thanks also go out
to Blair Dezan of
the Fitness Institute
and T.Litzen Sports,
for their generous
contribution to our
athletic banquet and
support throughout
the year.
SPAC
On behalf of the Department of PHE and
Athletics, we would
like to thank the St.
Paul community for
their support throughout the year and
wish you all a fit, safe and wonderful summer! Encourage your children
to get off their computers and cell
phones and get active by joining their
local community centers and gyms, or
getting on their bikes, rollerblades etc
to make a commitment to fitness. The
Best Wishes and Goodbye to the
following coaches Carla DeMarco,
Amanda Laxton, Conor O’Reilly and
Ken Grenier...Thank you for giving
so much of yourselves to making a
difference!
Ms. Schlarp would like to thank the
following girls for their dedication
in promoting health and athletics at
St.Paul:
Jessica Oblak, Alex Zubilewich, Camilla Oblak, Susana Sousa, Michelle
Raposo, Cassie Garner, Sarah DeSousa, Adrienne Naval, Megan Curran,
Kelsey Forestell, Jessica Cipparrone,
Kim Naval. Kim, Michelle, Susie,
Cassie, Michelle and Jessica will be
graduating and we wish them all the
best in their future endeavours.
SPAC worked closely with Peel Health
to run a successful Health Fair for the
St. Paul student community, as well as
organizing the annual athletic ban-
›››Athletics
quet, which takes months of planning
and preparation. You have all made
an incredible difference to St. Paul!
Everything with heart!!
Flag Football
June Jamboree
The Lady Wolverine’s Flag Football
team hosted their 2nd annual June
Jamboree tournament on Tuesday
June 1st. The tournament is designed
to develop new players by giving
them a taste of the game, as well, as
to provide the senior players another
opportunity to play and mentor the
new recruits prior to graduation. There
was a live D.J providing music during
the day as well as a team skills competition during the lunch period. The
tournament provided some ‘Fun in the
Sun’ and some outstanding football
entertainment for the St. Paul community. The Lady Wolverines ended
up as the tournament champions and
have set the stage for the actual season
which begins in September.
The goal for the upcoming season is a
ROPSSAA Championship. The team
would like to thank the administration,
teachers, custodians, support staff, and
especially the parent council members
for their help and support.
Let’s Go!! Lady Wolverines.
Girls Slo-Pitch
Play ball!
The St. Paul Girls’ varsity softball
team finished their season this year
with a record of 3-3.
Congratulations to all members for
showing tremendous heart and spirit
– coaches Baglione, Caldarelli and
Laxton are very proud of you! Team
members are Brianne Awrey, Andrea
Dobson, Jessica Ferkul, Martina
Ferraro, Cassie Garner, Michelle
Marques, Jennifer McDougall, Keri
Merrimen, Emily Porfido, Kathy Romasz, Leslie Skakun, Kaitlyn Straub,
Elizabeth Talmassons, and Gabriella
Wysocki.
Floorball
Thanks to Coach O’Reilly who
showed great initiative in starting up
a floorball team this semester! On
May 21st, the St. Paul floorball team
competed at the 2010 Canada Cup at
York University. Despite this being the
first competition for the team they won
their first game 10-0 against North Albion, tied Moira High School of Belleville 5-5, and in the most anticipated
game of the day tied the Jonskoping
Cobras from Sweden 4-4. An amazing result against a team from Sweden
who has been playing floorball their
entire lives! The boys advanced to the
quarter-finals but lost a heartbreaker to
5-4 to St. James School from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The team and the coaches had a wonderful day and are looking forward to
OFSAA in the fall.
Junior Girls’ Soccer
Congratulations to the Junior Girls
Soccer Team who won the Silver
Medal in their championship game
against St. Augustine. Patricia Guiszak
scored for the team, but in spite of the
5-1 loss, the team kept their spirits up
and played with heart.
Thanks to all members of the team
who, for the first time in years, had
an undefeated season and made it to
the championship. Thanks also goes
out to the coaching staff: Ms. Bueno,
Mr. McTiernan, Mr. Sanabria, and Mr.
Fernandes. Great job to all!
Outdoor Education
The St. Paul Outdoor Club, enjoyed
their 10 km hike to Crawford Lake
on Saturday June 5th, 2010. Sixteen
hikers joined Ms. Schlarp on a glorious hike.
All of the PHE students, from grades
9-12, had opportunities to experience
the glorious outdoors this year. The
Grades 9 and 10’s, continue to hike the
Bruce Trail, under the expert guidance
of Greg, Vincent, former President of
the Bruce Trail. All Grades 11 and
12’s visited the Silvercreek Outdoor
Education Center. It was amazing to
see just how much they enjoyed this
opportunity to bond with nature and
their peers. It is a shame that many
of our students are truly deprived of
experiencing the outdoors. Next Fall,
we hope to encourage more students to
join the Outdoor Club and hike, snowshoe, and cross-country ski throughout
the year.
›››Athletics
Athletic Banquet
Congratulations to the following Athletic Banquet Award Winners:
Flag Football......................................... Offensive MVP Kristy Mlakar.............................. Defensive MVP Katherine Curriti
Junior boys Volleyball........................... MVP Robert Prelich.................................................... Sportsmanship Simon Tavares
Senior Boys Volleyball ........................ MVP Dillon Ljubicic & Daniel Ljubicic
Varsity Girls Basketball........................ MVP Jenna Veglia.................................................................... MIP Stefania Viscardi
X-Country............................................. MVP Lauren Jansen................................................... Sportsmanship Tanner Bloome
Junior Boys Hockey.............................. MVP Kane Elliott....................................................... Sportsmanship Tanner Bloome
Senior Girls Volleyball.......................... MVP Tanya Piitz........................................................................... MIP Kristy Mlakar
Senior boys Basketball.......................... MVP Brandon Palmer..............................................................MIP Kristian Velkoski
Junior Badminton.................................. MVP Kelsey Forestell..............................................................MIP Kristian Velkoski
Senior Badminton................................. MVP Leslie Skakun........................................................................MIP Niamh Burke
Track & Field........................................ MVP, Female Lauren Jansa.......................................MVP, Male Michael Kryszajtys
Senior Boys Soccer............................... MVP Joshua Portillo................................................... Sportsmanship Philip DeSousa
Varsity Girls Soccer.............................. MVP Stefania Viscardi/Luba Sulypka......................Sportsmanship Katherine Curitti
Varsity Girls Slo-Pitch.......................... MVP Cassie Garner...................................................... Sportsmanship Jessica Ferkul
Junior Boys Soccer............................... MVP Zachary Rushe..................................................................MIP David Shadrach
Boys Baseball........................................ MVP Patrick Litvinskas.................................................. Sportsmanship Jesse Moser
Female Athlete of the
year Kristy Mlakar
Male Athlete of the Year
Michael Kryszajtys
Male Heart Award
Cristian Cavallini
Female Heart Award
Stefania Viscardi
›››Tech Talk
All Things Digital
As a Comm-Tech
teacher, one of the
questions I’m most
often asked at ParentTeacher night is what
computer they should
get their son or daughter when they head off
to college or university
in the fall.
If you’ve ever toured
the Graphics Lab or TV
Studio you’ll see that
my bias would simply
lean toward me saying
“get a Mac”, however
the answer really isn’t
that simple in most
cases.
There are several questions you need to ask
yourself before you
get started down the
path to making this
purchase:
1) What’s your budget? Clearly, you’ve
got an idea of what you may want (or
need) to spend. Any recommendation would have to be to have budget
factored into the equation. A basic
desktop PC starts at around $500 and
you can expect to pay up to $4000 for
the highest end Apple Pro Desktop and
monitor.
2) What do you need it to do? Simple
word processing, internet browsing
and email will require a less robust
machine that someone needing to do
serious desktop publishing, graphic
design, video editing or animation.
3) Does your program require specific
software? You may need to explore
the possibility of needing a Mac or a
Windows machine based on criteria
listed by the college or university for
your child’s major.
or may have fewer ports, due to space
limitations. Laptops also have much less
expadibility for upgrades and accessories.
If you decide that a laptop is the way to
go, the debate continues with laptop vs
netbook. Though the netbook computers
are significantly cheaper you need to really do some comparison shopping to see
what its shipped with (or without, as the
case may be). You should be prepared to
settle for smaller screens, slower processors, less RAM and a stripped down
number of ports. New to the scene this
summer is Apple’s iPad, and though it’s a
marvelous piece of technology, it may not
be the most suitable choice as a portable
computing device for college. It does have
internet capabilities, plays movies, music
and games, it can word process, do email
and has thousands of productivity apps
available but if you’re looking for a work
horse, this is probably not for you.
4) How important is mobility? Laptops
cost more than desktops. Are you
looking for a portable computing
device or one that will sit on a desk at
home or in a dorm room?
Start off by doing a little bit of research
about the college/university program
and find out what they’re recommending or requiring. You’ll find that most
post-secondary institutions have a great
cache of computers available for student
use in libraries or in the commons and
almost all have free Wifi access available
for students with their own laptops. Some
programs require students to have their
own computers with very specific guidelines about the make, computer specifications and software – so be sure to know
in advance of any purchase whether your
hardware will be compatible.
The desktop vs laptop debate is one you’ll
no doubt encounter. Laptops are great but
you pay a premium for portability. Smaller
components are more expensive than the
larger counterparts found in desktop units.
Almost all computers come with USB
ports, Wifi, Ethernet ports, SD card slots,
etc. but a laptop may not have all of this,
The PC vs Mac debate will always be
around. For the most part, the two systems
are interchangeable and files can be
transferred from one platform to the other
with ease. Again, some program majors
may require your purchase to be one or the
other but if platform isn’t a factor, go with
what makes the most sense to you. Some
prefer the experience of one platform over
the other and I suppose we all have our
own bias in this regard. For me the choice
is simple, I use Apple computers not just
because I need to but because I like to.
My best advice: listen to their wants and
needs and work on the best compromise
for both parties. At the end of the day, it’s
your decision to make but one that your
son or daughter will have to live for the
next 3 to 4 years.
In Memory of Ms. Payette
(Excerpt from the eulogy from the funeral mass, written by former student
Deidre Pereira)
In speaking with former alumni and students of
St. Paul S.S., the very mention of the name “Miss Payette”, conjures up an image of our well-kept, intelligent,
precise, professional, gentle, soft-spoken teacher, who had
an endless amount of patience with each and every one of
us. She had an incredibly gentle presence, paid attention
to us as if we were the only ones around and at the same
time, had great expectations of us. She somehow managed
to make us all want to do our best, and be our best.
Ms. Payette embodied the St. Paul’s school motto:
“Everything With Heart – Omnia Cum Corde.”
Her faith was embedded in who she was, how she
taught, the beauty of her family and the life she
led. Her strength and perseverance through the
time of illness was incredible, she never wavered.
Anne Marie Payette, has left her legacy in her
two sons, Matthew and Michael – who share their
mom’s very being; her legacy remains in the covenant of love she made with her husband, Mr. Agostini (also a former math teacher of ours); in the cherished
memories and stories of family and friends; and in the
hundreds of St. Paul’s students who have had her as their
teacher and mentor over the past 25 years.
All of us here at St. Paul; students, alumni, colleagues
and friends will miss our beloved Ms. Payette. We know
she has been rewarded with the gift of a new and suffering
free life in Christ and with a peaceful death – free of pain
in her last few hours. We will always love her and remember her as a woman of compassion, grace and love. God
bless you Ms. Payette, may you rest in the peace of Christ.
›››Guidance Files
Student Services • ARD • Counseling
Happy Summer Holidays Everyone! Here are just a few reminders:
Summer School Dates and Times:
Full course credit July5-July 30
Two week credit: July 5-16 and July 19-30
St. Paul Grade 9 Orientation Morning:
Wednesday, September 1st
10:00-12:00 Place: St Paul Cafetorium.
New Registrations: Please call the Student
Services secretary, Mrs. Pozniak to book an
appointment. (905) 278-3994 Ext# 77301
Course changes for St Paul students will be made in September within the first two weeks of classes. Counsellor’s priorities will begin
with Grade 12,11, 10, 9. Your co-operation is always appreciated!
There will be some new faces in the Student Services Department, beginning in September. St Paul welcomes the new Department
Head, Mr. Bonnah, and Mr. Multari, Guidance Counsellor. Good Luck in your new positions!
The Student Services Team would like to wish Mr. Grenier much success in his new position as Department Head of Guidance at St
Thomas Aquinas Secondary. We applaud your energy, expertise with “ Trillium” and your passionate approach with coaching and
counselling. You will be greatly missed!
Ms. Sturino, our Student Success Teacher, has accepted a new position within the Alternative Education program. We wish you a successful year and thank you for your commitment and initiation of our St Paul Alternative program.
Our St. Paul Social Worker, Ms.Peters is retiring. We wish her happiness, good health and many more new beginnings!
Finally, I would like to say “Farewell” to the students and parents that I have served over the past 19 years at St Paul. As I begin my
own new retirement journey, I pray that my students will continue to work to their potential and earn their diploma. You can do it!
Thank you to the teachers and ERW’s within the Special Education, Alternative Education, Co-operative Education and Guidance
Departments. I appreciated your respect, service, collaboration, generosity, sense of humour, and dedication to the students and parents
within the St Paul community. My heartfelt appreciation for our Student Services secretary, Mrs.Pozniak, who always “had my back”
with unsurpassed efficiency and professionalism.
And.......“May the road rise to meet you,
The wind be always at your back,
The sun shine warm upon your face,
The wind blow gently across your fields ,
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of His hand”
Sincerely,
Ms Mavourneen McHenry/Student Services Department Head
›››Coop Education
Experience
Your
Credits
Co-op classes. School
does not get much better
than this!
After years of classroom
lessons, students can
earn up to four creditsactually experiencing
what it is like to be out
there in the world of
work. They can practice
their future profession
under the guidance of
true professionals. They
can decide if the career
of their choice really is
for them before spending thousands of dollars
on a college or university
education. They can learn
what it feels like to be
treated with respect as an
adult co-worker.
Apart from letting you
experience a skill co op
teaches maturity, dependability and commitment.
Photo collage by J. Phillips
Said The Spider to the Spy
This year the St. Paul Players presented Said the Spider to the Spy; a very
successful venture, in matinee form on May 25th and on the evenings of
May 26 and 27. Directed by Mr. J.P. Guilherme and Stage Managed by Ms.
M. Gardash, the play involved a fantastic cast of ten. The cast composed of
Amanda Forest (Gussie), Amanda Dobson (Ida), Cole Rundle (Man) Jibar
Mahamoud (Byron), Nelson Converso (Manny), Emily Deluca (Julia), Charlene Wolf (Ruth), Connor Navia (Dexter) and Natalia Macko (Adele) started
rehearsing three times a week at the beginning of February. The hard work
of these students came to fruition in May with a performance that made the
students proud. Said the Spider to the Fly was blessed with a crew that was
very supportive and very committed to delivering a great on-stage product.
St. Paul’s Administration, led by Mr. P. Schmidt and Vice Principals Mr. J.
Dymtrasz and Mr. J. Galea was extremely supportive throughout the process of the staging of this play. Coordinated by Ms. M. McHenry, our feeder
schools were able to see this play on the morning of May 25, and then the
students of St. Paul viewed a matinee preview later that day (organized by
Ms. A. Kelly and Ms. M. Bueno).
With the Dinner Theatre set by Ms. M. Multari and her Food and Nutrition
students, a wonderful evening at the theatre was provided for opening night.
The cast and crew were given a strong audience on the night of the French
Café, an evening organized by Ms J. Bontempo and Mr. Guilherme. Many
students returned to school the next day reporting that this was a hilarious
play. It was.
The two matinee performances had a combined audience of approximately
440 and the two evening performances had an estimated audience of 160.
This means that at least 600 people were entertained by the comings and goings in the confused household that was Said the Spider to the Spy.
The dedication of Mr. T. Brugmans and his creative Comm-Tech students
was superb. Responsible for designing tickets and posters and for producing
a video promo, they delivered a great product. They also filmed the final performance for the school archives.
We had many other dedicated staff volunteers who should be recognized.
Mr. K. Connelly was a tireless worker making sure that the set painting,
doors, hardware all were in perfect accord with the vision of the Director;
Mr. J. Mondelli was once again the person who successfully constructed and
installed the stage set; he (and his construction crew) made the design of the
stage a reality. Although the credit on the programme merely says ‘properties’, the unflappable and ever-supportive and always optimistic Ms. L.
Primier was really our Artistic Director; she was a visionary.
Ms. A. Laxton our Costume Designer extraordinaire managed to make the
students look the part with a budget that was miniscule. Mr. S. Isabella and
his crew managed the House on both evenings with grace and élan. Mr. A.
Tremblay took some great cast head shots, mounted and displayed them in
the front display case. Our Assistant Stage Managers Mr. H. Scozzzaro and
Ms. S. Baglione did great work as effective communicators backstage. Ticket
sales were handled efficiently by Ms. S. Bentivoglio and Ms. A. Romao. The
actual printing and delivery of tickets and posters was kindly arranged by
Ms. E. Vono.
Thank you again to all who participated in this year’s amazing production by
the St. Paul Players. It was a tremendous effort, made worthwhile by the stellar performances on stage. If you missed this year’s production, you missed a
great event. Make plans to attend next year.
›››ACT NOW
Social
Justice
For
All
On Behalf Of The Act Now Committee I Would Like To Thank The 70 Students
Who Participated In This Year’s Thinkfast. With Your Help And Generosity We
Were Able To Raise $2000 For Development And Peace.
This year’s theme was “In Unity there is Strength”, which is the motto on the Haitian Flag. We fasted in solidarity with
our brothers and sisters who live in hunger and poverty everyday. Our guest speaker for the event was Dr. Andrew Simone, who came out to speak to our students and our Mississauga East elementary faith ambassadors, even though he was
leaving for Zambia the next day. He was truly a role model to us about what it means to live like Christ. His kindness,
gentleness and ever important message of “feed the hungry, clothe the naked...” made a huge impact on both students and
teachers alike. Thank you to Mr. Finamore and all the teachers who volunteered to help make this event a huge success.
On a personal note, I wanted to say thank you to the community of St. Paul for all the wonderful memories. Next year as
I move on to a new school, I will take with me all the happy moments I have experienced in my 18 years here at St. Paul.
Students learning about and living their faith is
one of our main goals of Catholic education
and I have been blessed to have met, taught and
worked with amazing students in my classes
and through ACT NOW who have taught me
through the example of their lives what true
faith is. I pray that God will continue to be an
important part of all their lives.Thank you especially to Brian Finamore and Elena Vono who
work tirelessly to support the ACT NOW program and will continue to do so in the future.
Ms. Caroline Hastings
›››Bits & Bites
Omnia Cum Corde
Drama Showcase
Looking Ahead
On June 16th, Mr. Guilherme’s Drama
Classes ended their semester with their
traditional, and highly anticipated, presentation showcase.
Grade 9 Orientation............................................................ Wednesday, September 1, 2010
First Day of Classes................................................................Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Thanksgiving Holiday............................................................... Monday, October 11, 2010
Christmas Break............................ December 20, 2010 to December 31, 2010 (inclusive)
Mid Winter Break...................................... March 14, 2011 to March 18, 2011 (inclusive)
The audience was treated to four one act
plays. The plays were intermingled between the junior and senior level classes.
Our audience numbered about seventy
parents and friends for the shows. This
Culminating Task Activity represented a
practical, fun and hands-on approach to
theatre.
The students began the showcase with The
Empty Chair (Joelle Skaff, Rachel Maclure, Amanda Forest, Jibar Mahamoud,
Kristina Pantarotto, Teresa Nguyen and
Charlene Wolf). This is a short play about
an encounter room in a counseling center
for teenagers recovering from substance
abuse. Sherwood Forest Revisited (Nick
Dinis, Shaun Maiato, Robert Semko,
Elizabeth Talmassons, Laura Freeman and
Juliano Kacaj). The Frog Princess ( Omar
Abbas, Sarah Alves, Nicholas Bialowas,
Brian Borges, Michelle Guerrero, Jessica
Kumah, Maciej Leja, Michael Martins,
Monique Morgan, Chantel Pereira, Amanda Romain, Derek Scarselletta, Andrzej
Zielinski). Roles are revesed in this colouful adaptation of the Russian folk tale.
Queen Natasha is tired and wants to turn
over the throne to one of her three sons.
But which one? Boris, her oldest son, is
mighty and strong, while Casimir, the middle son, is clever with words and young
Sasha is kind, but rather inept. The audience will be charmed with this delightful
and funny tale. Without overly preaching,
this very clever story also teaches that it
pays to be kind to everyone... Not My Cup
of Tea (Victoria Bettencourt, Samantha De
Melo and Joanna Lewandowska). What
happens when two sisters over stay their
welcome at their mother’s house for over
fifteen years? Find out in this hilarious
tale, about how two spinsters try to come
to an agreement with their mother on how
to solve this situation.
Choir
English Excursions
On May 17, the
St. Paul student
choir had the opportunity to join
with over 300 students from schools across Dufferin-Peel in
the 3rd annual Vocal Festival at St. Roch
Catholic Secondary School.
There were many theatrical events that St.
Paul students were able to participate in
this year.
All members were able to participate in
powerful sectional workshops and a final
mass choir performance, directed by Dr.
Gerard Yun, from Wilfred Laurier University. It was an exciting and enriching day,
filled with music and laughter! Thank you
to all who participated.
The choir will be finishing the year by
preparing for the closing school mass,
graduation mass and graduation ceremony.
Thank you everyone for another year full
of beautiful music!
Websites and Information
Students and parents are reminded that St.
Paul has a great website with information
on school and community events as well
as connecting websites having to do with
Board-wide functions and policies and
Ministry websites.
There is also information on each Department. If you have found this newsletter,
there is a good chance you are at the St.
Paul website www.dpcdsb.org/PAULS.
As well, there are many teachers with a
personal website at TeacherWeb.com.
You are encouraged to visit the TeacherWeb site and to search for your teacher
http://teacherweb.com/ON/StPaulSSDPCDSB.
There are early plans for trips to Stratford
next year. At this time, there are plans by
Mrs. Bentivoglio and Mrs. Romao to take
students to see Kiss Me Kate (October 6)
and to see Evita (October 19). Stay tuned
for announcements in the early days of
Semester 1, next year.
Studio30 Goes HD
On Thursday, June 10, Studio30 unveiled
it’s newly updated studio and began broadcasting the morning news in HD.
Students in the Broadcasting High Skills
Major have already been shooting and
editing all of their ENG/EFP productions
in HD since last year, and putting this final
piece of the puzzle in place was a natural
part of the course’s evolution.
The upgrade, which was made possible in
a large part by the board’s Program Department, included 3 new studio cameras,
control units, switchers, monitors, to name
just a few of the items.
Thanks should
also be extended
to Hamilton
Audio Visual who
worked late into the
evening on June 9
to make sure we
were back up and
running after a
week of disassembly and
preparation.
›››Bits & Bites
Special Needs Carnival Day
On Tuesday June 22nd, the St. Paul’s Planning for Independence Program staff and students hosted a Carnival Day for the Special Needs
Programs from various schools in our area.
It was a fun-filled day full of authentic laughter and pure joy. A special thank you to the Parent
Council for providing the
incredible BBQ lunch and to
student, Kaitlyn Vetro for the
fabulous dj music.
Thank you to all our student, staff and community
volunteers that came to help
out with set-up/ clean-up,
facilitating activities... and
most importantly... racing
our students over and over
again on the obstacle course!
Senior Prom
The 2010 St. Paul C.S.S. prom was a tremendous success.The students danced the night
away at the beautiful, Mississauga Convention Centre. The prom featured a New York
City theme, which included a large back drop of Times Square, city scape props and an
elaborate balloon sculpture of a New York City taxi cab. Thank you to the following
individuals: Mrs. Bentivoglio for organizing the event, Mrs. Romao for assisting with
games and set up, Mrs. Hastings for assisting with ticket sales, Mr. Tremblay for taking
formal photos and Mr. Phillips for taking photos of the event. Thank you also goes to
Mr. Brugmans and Studio30, and Ms. Robbie.
Construction SHSM
I would like to thank those students who have been committed to the Construction
High Skills Major program. The students in the Secondary High Skills Majors not only
received valuable certification but participated in various field experiences such as the
three day seminar at the Kortright Center, competing in Skills Canada and other educational field trips.
A big thanks goes out to the students who have worked with me in the shop area through
their coop courses. Some of the projects that were completed was the roof and interior
systemization of the storage
container in the Construction courtyard, the design
and building of the Pop can
crusher and the design and
fabrication of the new tables
in the Manufacturing room.
These students have created
classroom infrastructure
to keep our construction
facility running smooth
especially with the increased
curriculum demands created
by the SHSM program.
As Ms. Piperni Retires...
I would like to welcome Mr. Guilherme to
the position of Teacher-Librarian, commencing this September.
As I retire from teaching, I would like
to send out heartfelt thanks to the staff
and students here at St. Paul. For the past
29 years here at the school, first in the
Moderns Department teaching Fench and
then as Teacher-Librarian, they have made
coming to work a true pleasure.
I would especially like to thank Ms. Redditt and Mrs. De Carli,my co-workers
in the library, who have always gone
above and beyond to keep things running
smoothly.
A big thank you also to Mr. Schmidt and
Mr. Dmytrasz for their support over the
years and for being true friends of the
Library. I would like to wish the entire St.
Paul community a wonderful summer and
all the best in their future endeavours!