Our Lady of Lourdes
Catholic Elementary School
April 2013
Sun
Mon
1
Easter Sunday
Tue
Wed
2
Easter Monday
Thu
3
4
5
Pizza lunch
Take back the
trash
Treat day
No School for
Students
7
8
Gr. 2 School
Communion Retreat
9
Lunch Lady
15
16
Lunch Lady
Sat
6
Lockdown Drill
11
12
13
Pizza lunch
Take back the
trash
Treat day
First Communion at
St. Patrick’s
Church
Pink Day—Wear
pink in support of
anti-bullying
17
18
19
Chess Tournament
at Lester B.
Pearson
Take back the
trash
Treat day
22
23
Earth Day
Volunteer
Junior Basketball
Appreciation Event Tournament at
Holy Spirit
Lunch Lady
Archeological Dig—
Rennick
24
Pizza lunch
20
29
30
Lunch Lady
Take back the
trash
Principal
Easter is the gift of HOPE
Sonia Rotino
Easter is the gift of LOVE
Let us rejoice in Him,
Who gives them all.
May God bless you at Easter,
And keep you all year through.
May God give you all the faith it takes,
May God’s love and wisdom always help,
to guide you on your way.
now, to bless your Easter Day.
25
26
Take back the
trash
Treat day
27
Specialty Lunch
Archeological Dig—
Sette
The Virtue for April is
Virtues Assembly,
11:15am
May
1
Dance Event, School Council Meeting, 7pm
13
P.A. day– Provincial Priorities and Faith Development
2
See, Hear Screening
14
5-10
Catholic Education Week
National Denim Day in support of breast cancer
research
6-9
Book Fair
17
Crowning of Mary Mass, 1:30 pm
6
French Café in the Gymnasium
20
Victoria Day, no school for students
7
DrumFIT Fitness Activity
23
Hepatitis B clinic for grades 7&8
8
Book Fair 3:15-7:00pm, School Council Bake sale,
Macgregor’s Meat pick-up (6:30-7:00pm)
27
EQAO period begins (continues to June 14)
29
Grade 8 Confirmation at St. Patrick’s Church, 7pm
9
GLEE Evening Performance, 7:00pm
30
Welcome to Kindergarten Parent Information Night
10
Grade 7&8 Youth Crime Police Presentation, GLEE
daytime performances
31
May Virtues Assembly, 2:30pm
FAX (905) 913-2918
Easter is the gift...
—Author Unknown
Archeological Dig—
Trentin
Phone (905) 913-1703
April 2013
May God’s light shine down upon you
Volunteer Appreciation Week
28
Brampton, Ont. L6P 1W3
To make your dreams come true.
Pizza lunch
21
25 Mount Royal Circle
Easter is the gift of PEACE
10
Easter Mass,
9:30am
14
Fri
God has given us many guidelines and
examples of how to live our lives. He sent
his Son Jesus to make sure that we could
see what life could be like.
Jesus made one lesson clear above all
other lessons – the lesson to love. Love is
not about us – it is about forgetting
ourselves and looking out for the good of
others. That’s what Jesus did – he
intentionally forgot about himself. He chose
to give up his life for the good of others –
us!
CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK: GROWING TOGETHER IN FAITH
May 5 to May 10, 2013
Catholic schools are Catholic communities. Catholic schools are faith communities. We –
parents, students, teachers, administrative and support staff – walk and grow together in
the faith which we received at our Baptism. And it is together that we grow. And as we
learn from nature, growth relies on sun and water and nutrition. Otherwise, it may fade
away and even die. Our growth is primarily a relationship with God, who at our Baptism,
called us by name. We grow in our faith in the nurturing atmosphere of our Catholic
community be that of our local parish, our home, or our Catholic school community.
Our school community will celebrate Catholic Education Week 2013 in ways that are
appropriate to our students’ age. Please see the schedule on page 7. We invite you to
participate in one or other of these activities as your personal time and work schedule may
permit. There are five sub-themes for each day of Catholic Education Week: Monday –
Faith that is Rooted, Tuesday – Faith that is Nurtured, Wednesday – Faith that is Discerned,
Thursday – Faith that is Witnessed and Friday – Faith that is Celebrated. We hope to see
many of you during our school celebrations.
SACRAMENTAL DATES
Sacrament of First Holy Communion
First Holy Communion will be celebrated on Saturday, April 13, 2013. Mrs. Champsi and
Mrs. DeBerardinis’ students will celebrate at the 11:30 a.m. mass and Mrs. Deputat’s
students will celebrate at the 2:30 p.m. mass at St. Patrick’s Church, for those families that
have registered their child.
Sacrament of Confirmation
The grade eight students will be receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation on May 29,
2013 at St. Patrick’s Church at 7:00 p.m.
Secretary
Mary Doria
~
Superintendent
Max Vecchiarino
Trustee
Scott McLauchlan
Parish Priest
Father Papais
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April 2013
Our Lady of Lourdes
LUNCH AND TREAT DAYS
Pizza days are on Wednesday April 3, 10, 17 and 24.
All pizza lunches have been pre-ordered at the beginning of this term.
Treat Days will be offered on Fridays and we will be selling
popcorn and Terra Cotta cookies for $1.00 each.
Lunch Lady days are Monday, April 8, 15, 22 and 29.
RESULTS FROM THE EVALUATION OF THE SCHOOL FOOD AND
BEVERAGE POLICY
In spring 2012, Peel Public Health, in collaboration with the University of
Waterloo, initiated an evaluation of the Ontario School Food and Beverage
Policy, P/PM 150. The study aims to better understand the eating behaviours
of students and to assess the impact of the Food and Beverage policy in Region
of Peel Schools. Our grade 6 and 8 students were surveyed on their eating
habits. We have received our school’s results from the survey. Some of the
key findings were:

Most participants did not meet minimum Food Guide recommendations for
Vegetables & Fruit or Milk & Alternatives

33% of participants reported eating salty snacks or pizza 2-4 times
weekly

Only 49% of the study participants reported drinking milk at least once
daily
71% of participants reported eating breakfast every day
Based on these findings, we have some areas where we can improve. We will
continue to promote healthy eating through our healthy eating school team.
We encourage parents to promote milk and or dairy alternatives with your

Catholic Education Week Activities
EASTER FOOD DRIVE
We started collecting food items on
March 18 for our Easter Food Drive, in
support of the Knights’ Table. This
organization assists those in need in
our community. The Knight’s Table
was grateful for the
volume of food that they
picked up on March 28.
Thank you for your
continued generosity.
WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS
World
Autism
Awareness Day is April
2nd, part of April’s
A utis m A war enes s
Month—an official
declaration by the
United Nations in 2007. This day
encourages individuals across the
globe to take measures to raise
awareness about the prevalence and
rate of autism in our society as well as
encourages early diagnosis and early
intervention.
World Autism Awareness Day shines a
bright light on autism as a growing
global health crisis. WAAD celebrates
the unique talents and skills of persons
with autism and is a day when
individuals with autism are warmly
welcomed and embraced in community
events around the globe.
PARENT ENGAGEMENT EVENING WITH DR. KENNETH HANDELMAN
Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School’s Parent Council (Sponsored by Pro Grant) Presents Dr. Kenneth Handelman,
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, who will discuss Living with ADD/ADHD
Is Your Child: restless, having difficulty following directions, easily distracted, unable to complete tasks, disorganized,
displaying poor work habits, having trouble listening?
Please feel free to attend a FREE seminar on Tuesday April 16th, 2013.
Grade/Teacher
To reserve a seat, email NDSC@perfectmail.com
WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN NIGHT
On Thursday, May 30 at 6:30 p.m. we will be hosting a Welcome to Kindergarten evening
for those students and their parents who will be starting school for the first time in
September. Children and their parents will be involved in activities that promote student
school readiness. At the end of the evening, each child will take home a bag of materials to
promote readiness activities at home. These bags are provided in conjunction with The Learning Partnership.
Time
Location
Monday, May 6 – FAITH that is Rooted
Whole School
Café Francais
As per class schedule
Gymnasium
Whole School
Book Fair
Students are able to browse at the Book
Fair and make Wish Lists, as per schedule
Room 111
Tuesday, May 7 - FAITH that is Nurtured
Whole School
DrumFIT Fitness Program
As per class schedule
Gymnasium
Whole School
Book Fair
Students are able to browse at the Book
Fair and make Wish Lists, as per schedule
Room 111
Grade 4 - Zanella
Growing Our Faith
9:00-9:30
Room 201
Grade 4/5 - Rennick
Presenting Media Projects
9:45-10:55
Room 203
Grade 2 - Deputat
Poetry Recital and Mother’s Day Song
11:10-11:55
Room 109
Grade 7 - Soragnese
Reading the book “Seed by Seed” followed by an art
activity
12:55-1:45
Room 213
Grade 8 - Boland
Presentation of Art History Projects
12:30-1:15
Room 215
Wednesday, May 8 - FAITH that is Discerned
Grade 1 - Drepaul
Reading and Sharing of Stories
9:05–9:30
Room 107
Grade 5 & 6 – Trentin and
Sette
Reading the book “A Quiet Place” followed by
guided meditation and a co-operative game
1:35-2:15
Room 210 &
211
School and Community
Bake Sale
6:30 to 7:00
Foyer
Whole School
Book Fair
Students are able to purchase at the
Book Fair during the school day and from
3:15 to 7:00 pm
Room 111
Thursday, May 9 - FAITH that is Witnessed
Whole School
Book Fair (Fair ends at 3:15pm)
Students are able to purchase at the
Book Fair during the school day
Room 111
Grade 3 - Malfara
Toy Convention
1:30-2:30
Room 202
Grade 2/3 - Champsi
Mother’s Day Tea Celebration
1:00-2:00
Room 110
JK/SK – Visentin & Colalillo
Salute to Moms
2:00-3:15
Room 102
JK/SK – Furtado & Loreno
Mother’s Day Tea Party
2:00-3:15
Room 101
JK/SK-Grimbly, Edger and
McParland
In Celebration of Mothers
2:00-3:15
Room 103
Grade 1 – DeBerardinis
Reading the book “No One But You” and follow up
activities
2:15-2:55
Room 108
Community
GLEE Presentation
7:00 pm
Gymnasium
Refreshments are at 6:30 pm and the presentation begins at 7 pm.
Location: Notre Dame Secondary School, 2 Notre Dame Avenue, Brampton
Activity
Friday, May 10 - FAITH that is Celebrated
Whole School
GLEE Presentation
9:30 am and 12:30 pm
Gymnasium
Grades 7 & 8
Youth Crime Police Presentation
1:00pm
Room 204
April 2013
Our Lady of Lourdes
In the fall, our students participated in the Terry Fox Walk. We have recently received a thank you note from the
Terry Fox Foundation. An exerpt is printed below.
HOMEWORK TIP OF THE
MONTH
Maintain a healthy balance.
It is important to help balance the
many activities in your child’s life school, homework, family commitments,
religious celebrations, time with
friends, part-time employment, and
extra-curricular activities. Although it
may be challenging, at times, to maintain this balance, it is essential to the
health and well-being of the family.
BULLYING PREVENTION & WELLNESS SYMPOSIUM
All Dufferin Peel parents and guardians are invited on June 1st, 2013 to hear
from experts in the field on ways to assist their children with bullying
challenges. ―Let it begin with me......Empowering Community, Raising
Awareness and Building Partnerships‖ will be the focus for the day. The
keynote speaker will be Dr. Debra Pepler – leading expert in the field of
Bullying. There will be breakout sessions for parents through the partnership of
our community partners: Peel Regional Police, Peel Health, AYSP, Social Work
Dept., Psychology Dept., and Rising Stars Organization.
The event will take place at St. Francis Xavier S.S. beginning at 9:00 a.m.
(Liturgy and Keynote address), workshops to follow and the event will be
ending at approximately 12:15 p.m. More information to follow.
FROM THE LIBRARY
EQAO
SPORTS NEWS
CLASS LISTS FOR SEPTEMBER 2013
CHESS TEAM
The Junior boys and girls
basketball teams are practicing
and will compete in the mini pod
tournament on Wednesday,
April 24 at Holy Spirit School.
Good luck! Thank you to Mr.
Boland, Mr. Sette, Mrs. Malfara
and Ms. Stewart for coaching
the teams.
We will begin working on next year’s class lists
in May. If your family will be moving from our
school area, please let the office know as soon
as possible. If your child(ren) will be returning
to Our Lady of Lourdes School and there are
particular learning needs that you feel we
should consider while we work on class lists,
please put this in writing, addressed to the
Principal by April 26. Educational reasons will
only be considered in this process. Please do
not make requests for specific teachers. We
cannot guarantee your request but we will
consider your concerns along with other factors.
Class placements will be tentative until the
second week of September when our staffing
is confirmed.
Congratulations to our Chess
Team who competed in the
family level tournament at Lester
B. Pearson Elementary School on
Wednesday, April 17. Good
luck to all players.
CAFÉ FRANCAIS
Our Lady of Lourdes will be organizing our
second annual Café Francais on Monday,
May 6, in our gymnasium. Students will have
the opportunity to order plain or chocolate
croissants, nut free treats or white or
chocolate milk. Snacks will be pre-ordered,
using the forms that will be sent home from
each class. Orders for croissants and milk will be due by
April 9. Order forms will follow shortly. Thank you to Mme.
Mastrangelo and her committee for organizing this exciting
event.
DRAPCE PARENT ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY
All Dufferin Peel parents are invited to a
workshop entitled Parents Engaging Parents,
presented by DRAPCE (Dufferin Peel Regional
Association of Parents in Catholic Education)
on Saturday, May 4, 2013. The keynote
speaker will be Mr. Michael Reist who will
present Raising Children with Character in
the 21st Century. The keynote address will
be followed by workshops. For further information, please
see the Our Lady of Lourdes webs ite:
www.dpcdsb.org/lourd. You can register for the event by
contacting drapce@hotmail.com.
The Administration of
Grade 3 & 6 Assessment
of Reading, Writing and
Mathematics 2012-2013
will be held May 27 – June 7, 2013.
Specific dates will be forthcoming.
Please try to avoid booking
appointments or vacations for your
grade 3 or 6 child during this
assessment period.
EQAO WEBSITE
If parents would like to have their
children practice EQAO questions
prior to the test at home, they may go
to www.eqao.com and click English,
then click Parent Resources. There are
assessments available from previous
years as well as the exemplars for
marking. You will see level 1 (code
10) to level 4 (code 40) answers
provided for many of the short
answer questions in the exemplars
which refer to the assessments
provided.
We will be having a
Spring Book Fair
during
Ed u c at i o n
Week from May 6 to
9. Students may view
the Book Fair on Monday and
Tuesday and are welcome to make
purchases on Wednesday or
Thursday during scheduled times. The
Book Fair will also be open for
purchases on Wednesday, May 8
from 3:15 pm to 7:00 pm. Preview
flyers will go home with students the
week before. Thank you for your
continued support.
Students in the Primary, Junior and
Intermediate Divisions will be voting
for their favourite Forest of Reading
selections at the end of this month.
The program celebrates Canadian
books and authors. The results of our
school vote will be sent to the
Ontario Library Association (OLA)
where they will be added to the
provincial votes. Winners will be
announced after the voting day in
late April.
PARENT ENGAGEMENT WITH DICK O’BRIEN
St. John Fisher Catholic Elementary School Council Presents
Raising Resilient Children on Monday, April 15, 7:00pm
Are you a parent committed to promoting a solid foundation of
healthy living for your family? Dick O’Brien will help you provide
your children with a strong base like understanding and support as
well as encouraging exploration and growth to learn from the struggles they
will face in their futures. He will present various principals of living that will
help to encourage a healthy, resilient and meaningful life!
Please R.S.V.P. to St. John Fisher School @ 905-793-8900
ARE YOU PLANNING TO MOVE?
We are in the process of planning
staffing and organizing classes for the
2013-2014 school year. If you are
planning to move out of the Our Lady
of Lourdes School area, or are simply
changing addr es s within our
boundaries, please let the office know
as soon as possible.
Also, it is imperative that you keep us
informed about changes in your place
of work, phone numbers and in
daycare arrangements. In the event
of an emergency our records need to
be up-to-date so that we are able to
contact you. Thank you for your
cooperation.
HEALTHY TIPS FROM YOUR
LUNCH LADY
4 Simple Tips for Feeling GOOD
Eat More good stuff. Instead of
worrying about what you are eating
now make fruits and vegetables more
available going forward. Baby
carrots and apple slices make good
snacks for mindless nibbling and are
available year round. You’ll feel
good because your body is getting
what it needs to keep you nourished.
Sleep More. The body heals and is
revitalized when you sleep. If you
cannot do 8 hours, just do your best.
Exercise More. You don’t need
expensive exercise equipment, just
turn on some music and dance.
Giggle More. Laughter is the best
medicine – Nothing beats a funny
movie or a good joke when life is
getting you down.
April 2013
Our Lady of Lourdes
April
2013
Earth Month Activities
April is Earth Month and the Our Lady of Lourdes Eco-Team has many eco-friendly activities happening during the month
of April. Please refer to the Eco-calendar for the dates of all the activities happening during the month.
Monday
Tuesday
Use a reusable lunch bag

Use reusable containers for lunches, snacks, and drinks.

Send reusable cutlery

Send fabric napkins or have students bring paper napkins home to be put in compost bins

Peel/core any fruit in advance and place fruit in reusable containers and compost peels/cores at home

Do not send any throw away packages
Have students bring home any uneaten food in their reusable containers to either be saved for later or to be
composted.

Also, our school will be participating in a Passion for E-Waste (Electronic Waste) School Challenge for a chance to win a
Samsung Hope for Children Technology Grant up to $10 000. Our school will be collecting e-waste from Monday, April
8 to Friday, April 19, which will then be sent out to be weighed and properly recycled. The school in the GTA that
collects the most e-waste by school size category is the winner. E-waste is an increasing problem due to the rapid
production and usage of electronics. It poses a problem to our environment as it contains hazardous materials and adds to
our waste when it can actually be recycled. Please see the checklist on our website for eligible e-waste and send any
eligible items to your child’s teacher.
We will also be having a used clothing drive from April 22 to 26. Please send in any gently used clothes as part of our
re-use initiative.
8
E-Recycling Program
Begins
Eco-Trivia over
announcements
15
Energy Hog Week
22
Tupperware Tuesday
Eco-Trivia over
announcements
Walk to School
Wednesday
4
Take Back the Trash
Day
10
5
Flick-Off Friday
11
Walk to School
Wednesday
Take Back the Trash
Day
Eco-Trivia over
announcements
Eco-Trivia over
announcements
16
17
12
Flick-Off Friday
Eco-Trivia over
announcements
18
19
Energy Hog Week
Energy Hog Week
Energy Hog Week
Energy Hog Week
Tupperware Tuesday
Walk to School
Wednesday
Take Back the Trash
Day
E-Recycling Program
Ends
23
Earth Day
Tupperware Tuesday
In-Class Ec0 Olympics
presented by the EcoTeam
Wear Green to School
Day
24
Walk to School
Wednesday
Lillie Roberts Park
Clean Up
(Grades 5
to 8)
29
Friday
3
9
Clothing Drive Begins
On behalf of the Eco-Team we thank you for your continued efforts to be eco-friendly.
“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children”
(Native American proverb).
Thursday
2
Tupperware Tuesday
On March 19, Brampton Clean City and the Eco-Team completed a Waste Audit for our school and one
thing that the Eco-Team noticed is that our garbage has a large percentage of compostable items. We
have come up with ―Take Back the Trash Thursdays‖ which are essentially waste-free lunch days that not
only encourage students to bring their lunch in reusable containers, furthermore it encourages students to
bring home their compostable items rather than putting them in the trash. Please see the tips below for
how to pack a lunch for ―Take Back the Trash Thursdays.‖

Wednesday
1
We are continuing our Tupperware Tuesday, Walk to School Wednesday, and Flick of Friday initiatives during Earth
Month. Also, we are adding, ―Take Back the Trash Thursdays‖ for the month of April, as per our Waste Audit findings.
Our Lady of Lourdes
30
Tupperware Tuesday
25
Take Back the Trash
Day
26
Flick-Off Friday
School Grounds Clean
Up
In-Class Eco Olympics
presented by the EcoTeam
(Grades JK-4)
Clothing Drive Ends