3270 Tomken Road
Mississauga, ON., L4Y 2Y7
(905) 279-6472
Fax: (905) 279-3205
Website: http://www.dpcdsb.org/TMORE
Welcome One Another As Christ Has Welcomed You, Romans 15:7
St. Thomas More Catholic School
St. Thomas More
Catholic School
Principal
M. Nicoletti
Vice Principal
R. Furtado
Secretarial Staff
M. DiPede
(Acting Head Secretary)
D. Bozzelli
Superintendent
T. Lariviere
(905) 890-1221
Trustee
Mario Pascucci, Chair
Mississauga Wards 1 & 3
(905) 302-3096
(905) 890-0708 x20161
mario.pascucci@dpcdsb.org
School Council Chair
S. Olmedo
Pastor
Rev. John Facey
St. Patrick’s Church
(905) 270-2301
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Easter Prayer
Lord, the resurrection of Your Son
has given us new life and renewed hope.
Help us to live as new people
in pursuit of the Christian ideal.
Grant us wisdom to know what we must do,
the will to want to do it,
the courage to undertake it,
the perseverance to continue to do it,
and the strength to complete it.
Amen
Newsletter Inserts:
Math @ Home, CCCSC Market Place, Math Night @ Our Lady
of Fatima School, Talk With Our Kids About Money, STOPR
Rider Orientation Day.
STUDENT VOICE & ACTIVITIES AROUND STM
INTERMEDIATE BASKETBALL:
The Intermediate Basketball season
is under way!
After two intense months of practice, our
intermediate boys basketball season has
finally begun. This month we will be
playing 7 games as part of our regular season. The competition will be stiff
but we hope that our preparations, courage, and talent will help lead us to a
successful season and hopefully a spot in the playoffs on May 4th. We
would like to end off by thanking the St. Thomas More community for all
of their support and encouragement. Go Grey Wolves! (written by Isiah,
Joshua, and Leandre, Int. Boys Basketball Team)
The 2016 intermediate girls basketball team has just started their season.
We have already played one game and are learning a lot. We are very
excited for the rest of our season and are looking forward to being the best
players we can be. (written by Gianna and Kiana, Int. Girls Basketball
Team)
Thank you to Mr. Di Franco, Miss Sequeira and Mrs. Venditti
for coaching our boys, and girls, intermediate basketball teams.
Good luck to both teams!
Tournament Dates:
The Family Tournament (pending qualification) will take place
May 4th at Father Michael Goetz S.S. Girls will play in the
morning and the boys will play in the afternoon.
CHARITY BALL HOCKEY GAME:
“Opening the Doors of Mercy”
Peel Regional Police
vs.
STM Staff
Friday April
8th
2016 @ 1:15pm (STM School Yard)
OTHER UPCOMING SHARELIFE ACTIVITIES:
Starting in the Month of April, students and staff will be participating in the following “Spirit Day” activities.
April 22nd
Celebrity Day
May 3rd
Crazy Hair Day
May 12th
Primary Toy Sale
June 10th
Hat Day
We encourage each student to make a $2.00 donation for each
Spirit Day.
STM CHESS CLUB:
STM’s Chess Club has been meeting twice a week since early February.
From our in-house friendly competition, Junior and Intermediate teams
were chosen to represent the school at the Family Chess Tournament,
which was held on Friday, April 1. Both teams played very well. The
Junior Team made it to the quarter-final stage, while the Intermediates,
despite their winning record, just missed out on a place in the knock-out
round. Congratulations to all members of the Chess Club. We are very
proud of you! Check and Mate. (written by Olenka and Julia STM
Chess Team).
Thank you to Mr. Grogan for running the Chess Club during
his lunch and coaching the STM Chess Team.
STM Eco School Team News:
The Eco team at STM will be busy organizing school events this month of April. For
the month of March, we participated in
Earth Hour on Friday, March 11th from 1011am where all classes had the lights off and
used “natural” light. With Earth Day approaching, on April 22nd the school will
participate in a variety of activities to celebrate the importance
of being an Earth friendly school and community. To commemorate Earth Day, students will be encouraged to walk to
school during the week of April 18th.
We have been doing many activities in our school to conserve energy and
waste. We have been improving our environment with Lightless Fridays
(written by Alexandra, Adjon, Veronica, Shawna, Dileesha and Theresa, STM Eco Team).
Thank you to Mrs. Santoro, and Mrs. Fera for leading our
school Eco Team.
Staff and students are asked to make a voluntary Lonnie donation to ShareLife and/or bring in a non-perishable food donation for the less fortunate members of our community.
STM YOUTH FAITH AMBASSADORS:
Our YFAs continue to work under the direction of Mrs. Delfin
to assist with our monthly Virtues Assemblies, School Masses
and other ongoing social justice initiatives. On April 15th a
select group of YFAs will be attending the annual Mississauga
East Diversity Conference. Our YFAs will have an opportunity
to participate in a gallery walk with their peers from other ME
schools. Our YFAs will present how STM students and staff
are “Opening the Doors of Mercy” by living out
Gospel values through ongoing social justice initiatives.
FINANCIAL LITERACY:
“Talk With Our Kids About Money!”
This years’ Talk With Our Kids About Money
day in the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District
School Board is Wednesday April 20th
2016. This year the focus is to encourage discussion between parents, students and teachers to promote
financial literacy. More information and resources is available
at the following website. www.talkwithourkidsaboutmoney.com
FLASH MOB DANCE:
On April 13, Dufferin-Peel is inviting all
schools to take part in a board-wide flash
mob dance to commemorate the Day of
Pink the international day against bullying.
VIRTUE OF LOVE
CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK
'We encourage parents to discuss the monthly
Virtue of Love with their children.
‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your
heart, and with all your soul, and with all your
mind, and with all your strength.' The second
is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these.
(Mark 12:30-31)
God wants us to serve and to see the goodness in everyone we
meet. Love involves a deliberate choice to give and to serve others even though the service may go unnoticed and unappreciated.
From the perspective of the Catholic Graduate Expectations, an
accepting person...
 Relates to family intimacy and sexuality as God-given gifts,
to be used as the creator intended
 Relates to family members in a loving, compassionate and
respectful manner especially when the other seems
'unlovable'
 Respects the rights, responsibilities and contributions of self
and others
Please join us at our Virtue Assembly celebrating Love on:
Friday, April 29, 2016.
9:30 am
FDK1, 1A, 2A, 2/3A, 3B, 4/5A, 4A, 5B, 6C, 7B, 7C, 8B
10:10 am
FDK2, FDK3, 1/2A, 1/2B, 3A, 3/4A, 5C, 6A, 6B, 7A, 8A, 8C
EASTER MASS
Please join us at our Easter Mass on Thursday,
April 21st at 9:30am.
The Mass will take place at St. Patrick’s Church
and singing will be lead by our STM Choir. Thank
you to Mme Di Ilio and Mrs. Kolenko for leading
our choir.
Catholic Education Week (May 1-6, 2016)
In celebration of Pope Francis’ Jubilee Year, the theme for 2016
is “Opening Doors of Mercy.” Catholic Education Week begins
on Sunday May 1st to highlight the parish-home-school partnership that remains the foundation of Catholic Education. There
are five sub-themes for each day of Catholic Education Week.
Monday “Mercy that Welcomes”
Tuesday “Mercy that Loves”
Wednesday “Mercy that Forgives”
Thursday “ Mercy that Lives the Gospel”
Friday “ Mercy that Rejoices”
A schedule of classroom and school events will be sent out late
April. Please consider visiting your child during this celebration
of Catholic Education.
LIBRARY NEWS
Since January, St. Thomas More students have
had an opportunity to read the books in the
Forest of Reading program. Books in the Blue
VIRTUES IN ACTION:
Spruce, Silver Birch and Red Maple fiction cateCongratulations to our final three Virtue in Action Winners:
gories have been made available to students.
Mell (FDK), Celine (Gr. 7), and Dileesha (Gr. 8).
Many of the FDK and primary classes have
been reading the Blue Spruce books with Mr. Schatz during their
This initiative promotes inclusivity and safety, as well as faith
exchange period. Now it is time to vote. Over the next few
formation, while providing all diverse learners with the opportu- weeks students that have read at least five of the ten books in any
nities to be better global citizens, by prompting peace, justice and category are eligible to vote. Voting in all categories closes on
the sacredness of human life through our Virtues. Thank you to April 30 at midnight. Eligible voters are asked to listen for the
announcement for the official St. Thomas More Forest of Readthe Mississauga Steelheads and their corporate sponsor Village
ing voting day, which will be coming soon. Parents/guardians
Orthodontics for donating hockey tickets for our St. Thomas
are invited to check out the great works in the contest this year
More School.
by going to the Ontario School Library Association website at
http://www.accessola.org or by contacting Mr. Schatz in the
library.
CATHOLIC SCHOOL COUNCIL NEWS
IMPORTANT DATES
Please join us at our next Catholic School Council Meeting on Monday, April 18th, 2016 at
7:00 pm in the Library.
We have invited the trustee, superintendent and
MPP Dipika Damerla, to join us.
April 1
ShareLife Spirit Day-Favourite Jersey
3:30pm Girl’s Government Meeting with Dipika
Damerla (MPP for Mississauga East-Cooksville)
April 3
2:00pm Mississauga Steelheads vs. Barrie Colts
April 5
RAID Police Presentations (Gr. 6)
3:30-5:00pm EQAO Tutoring (Gr. 3 & 6)
April 6
Dental Screening
3:30-5:00pm EQAO Tutoring (Gr. 3 & 6)
April 7
RAID Police Presentations (Gr. 6)
4:00pm Int. Basketball: STM @ St. Pio
April 8
1:15pm Charity Ball Hockey Game
April 9
CCCSC Market Pace (see attachment)
April 11
PD Day (No School for Students)
April 12
Gr. 1 Trip to Living Arts Centre
RAID Police Presentations (Gr. 6)
3:30-5:00pm EQAO Tutoring (Gr. 3 & 6)
4:00pm Int. Basketball: STM @ St. Sofia
April 13
Loblaws Cooking Trip (Gr. 6 EF)
Scientists in the School (Gr. 8)
Flash Mob Pink Day
3:30-5:00pm EQAO Tutoring (Gr. 3 & 6)
April 14
RAID Police Presentations (Gr. 6)
4:00pm Int. Basketball: St. Alfred @ STM
April 15
Mississauga East Diversity Conference @ Philip
Pocock S.S.
April 18
Walk to School Week
4:00pm Int. Basketball: STM @ St. Martha &
Mary
7:00pm Catholic School Council Meeting
April 19
Gr. 7 and 8 Confirmation Retreat @ St. Patrick’s
Parish
RAID Police Presentations (Gr. 6)
3:30-5:00pm EQAO Tutoring (Gr. 3 & 6)
April 20
Talk to Our Kids About Money Day
3:30-5:00pm EQAO Tutoring (Gr. 3 & 6)
April 21
9:30am Easter Mass @ St. Patrick’s Parish
4:00pm Int. Basketball: St. Basil @ STM
6:30pm CSC “Healthy Minds and Healthy
Bodies” Presentation
April 22
Earth Day
ShareLife Spirit Day-Dress Like Favourite
Celebrity
3:30pm Girl’s Government Meeting with Dipika
Damerla (MPP for Mississauga East-Cooksville)
Do not cut in front of other vehicles, advance in line
April 23 & 24
First Communion
If you need to get out of your vehicle to assist your child, please
advance forward towards stop sign
April 26
Trip to Science Centre (Gr.8)
Amazing Rainforest Presentation (Mrs. Dropulic
& Miss Istaifan’s classes)
3:30-5:00pm EQAO Tutoring (Gr. 3 & 6)
April 27
3:30-5:00pm EQAO Tutoring (Gr. 3 & 6)
April 29
Virtues Assembly
All are welcome to attend. If you require babysitting, older students
will be available to supervise your child in the computer lab adjacent to the library. Please note that we are able to supervise children
of school age. Please join us at the following upcoming CSC
events:
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April 9
CCCSC Market Pace (see attachment)
April 21
6:30pm “Healthy Minds and Healthy Bodies”
Presentation
2016-2017 CLASS PLACEMENTS
In
May of each year, teachers and administrators work together to
discuss the academic and social/emotional needs of your child, and
determine the class placement that will best meet these needs.
Please be aware that there may be a need to develop combined classes – a reality in all schools in the province. Until we finalize our
enrolment in September all class arrangements – and teacher assignments – are tentative. The goal of the extensive process we
employ is to ensure we create the best possible educational environment for all our students. If you wish to have input that will assist
us regarding placement of your child for September 2016, please
submit the educational needs of your child in writing to Mrs. Nicoletti no later than Friday, May 13, 2016.
EQAO PROVINCIAL ASSESSMENT
During April and May all grade 3 and 6 students will begin preparing for the EQAO provincial assessment. This year the provincial
assessment will take place from May 25th to June 8th, 2016. We
encourage parents/guardians to visit the following link below for
additional information on the assessment and parent resources to
support your child at home. http://www.eqao.com/Parents
Parents/guardians are asked to consider avoiding making school
day appointments during the assessment period. A more detailed
assessment schedule will be sent home as we approach the assessment dates.
IMPORTANT KISS & RIDE REMINDERS
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Watch for children/pedestrians and follow traffic signs
Advance vehicles forward to stop sign
Do not leave your vehicle unattended in fire routes
Do not let children out on the drive through lane
Do not pick-up or drop-off at driveway entrances
 DO NOT WALK BETWEEN BUSES
 Only Cross at the designated “Cross
Walk”