GEORGES VANIER SCHOOL
Weekly Update
Attendance line:
905-792-2251 *PLEASE call if your child will be absent
from school. Attendance line is available 24hrs. per day.
A Prayer To The Holy Mother
O Blessed Virgin,
pray to God for us always,
that He may pardon us and give us grace,
pray to God for us always,
that He may grant us peace in this life
pray to God for us always,
that He may reward us with paradise at our death.
Amen.
VIRTUE OF THE
MONTH:
Dufferin-Peel CDSB
May 25 ISSUE #34
Principal
Tony Maiolo
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Secretary
Cathy Fay
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Superintendent
Max Vecchiarino
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Trustee
Scott McLauchlan
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Parish Priest
ACCEPTANCE
THE NEXT VIRTUE ASSEMBLY WILL BE
New date
and time
May 29 at 2:45 p.m. iN OUR
Father Grima
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Visit our School Website:
GYMNASIUM
www.dpcdsb.org/GVANI
This month we will celebrate the virtue of
acceptance. The virtue of ACCEPTANCE
means we accept ourselves and others just the way we are. God created
all of us in His image, and God does not make mistakes. Being a part of
God’s family means that we love and welcome everyone just the way Jesus did. Sometimes we find ourselves in situations where it is easier to
follow the crowd than to stand up for what we know is right. However,
Jesus wants us to accept everyone even when it is difficult.
Welcome to your Catholic
School Council Corner!
Our next School Council
meeting will be on:
Monday, May 26 @ 7pm
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device and it will link you directly to our school website
FOOD DRIVE….now on for the KNIGHT’S TABLE BRAMPTON
Non-perishable Food Donations being accepted until June 5th.
Class with the highest percentage of food items donated wins a class
SUNDAE PARTY!
BRING YOUR FOOD ITEMS IN TODAY!
This month in sports and extracurricular
activities:
Soccer and Beach Volleyball
School Council Presents:
FATHER’s DAY RAFFLE
Coming soon...stay tuned……
Go Vikings!
EQAO
CLASS LISTS FOR SEPTEMBER 2014
We will begin work on next year’s class lists in
May. If your child(ren) will be returning to
Georges Vanier School and there are particular
learning needs that you feel we should
consider when making up classes, please put
this in writing to the principal by April 30th. Only
educational reasons will be considered in this
process. Please do not make requests for
specific teachers.
If your family will be moving from our
school area, please let the office know
We thank the ROSARY APOSTOLATE
for all their work in our school
throughout this school year. All the
work was highlighted with a beautiful
liturgy, reflection, play and Crowning
of Mary this past Wednesday.
We
are
an
allergy
aware
school!
ALLERGIES
FOR CELEBRATIONS AND BIRTHDAYS, PLEASE BE REMINDED NOT
TO SEND IN FOOD FOR OTHER
CHILDREN.
ALL STUDENTS
SHOULD BRING IN THEIR OWN
SNACKS.
NUT FREE ZONE
EQAO for all grade three and grade
six students will take place during
the period starting May 26th to June
6th. We kindly ask that par ents
refrain from booking appointments
or holidays during this time.
Parents may visit the EQAO
website at www.eqao.com for many
resources and useful information
regarding EQAO, including sample
tests from last year.
TICKED?
Make Sure Your School Support Designation is English Separate (Catholic)
It’s a powerful message in support of Catholic education
On October 27, you will cast your vote for Catholic school trustee in the Municipal
elections. Make your vote count, by ensuring you are registered as an English Separate
school supporter. When you designate yourself as an English Separate school
supporter, you help foster a strong political voice, through your elected representative
(Trustee), in ensuring your rights to a Catholic education for the young people in our
province.
To verify that you are registered as an English Separate school supporter:
Check the assessment section of your Tax Bill or Property Assessment Notice
Check your Voter Information Card received by mail during the month of May
We can help you register or change your direction of school support. Contact the Admissions Department at 905-890-0708 ext.
24512. For more information, visit www.dpcdsb.org
St John Fisher Parish Information: 300 Balmoral Dr. 905-793-6610
Office hours: Monday 9 am to 3 pm Tuesday to Friday 9 am to 4 pm
After School Program
PLASP Child Care Services operates an After School
Program for children up to 12 years of age at this school.
The After School Program begins once school is
dismissed and goes until 6:00 p.m. Children participate in
recreational activities, are served a nutritious snack daily
and have time for homework.
After School Programs for 4 and 5 Year Olds
PLASP also operates an After School Program for 4 and 5
year old children attending full day Kindergarten at this
school. Snacks and age appropriate activities are provided
daily.
Register Today!
Fee assistance is available.
To register your child, visit the PLASP Program Director,
After School. For further information, call 905.890.1711 or
visit the website at www.plasp.com.
*PLEASE CALL the number above if
you would like to have a before
school program offered at
Georges Vanier School.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Breakfast Club will end on Friday, June 13.
As we begin to plan for the next school year,
we are looking at making a change with the
breakfast program. We will no longer be
offering a breakfast program. Instead, we
will be offering a healthy snack program for
students before 1st recess each morning.
This will begin the third week in September.
At this time we will be informing PLASP of this
change and they may look at offering a before
school program for parent(s)/ guardians
who may be interested. We will be forwarding more information about this change this
coming week.
The NED Program will be coming to our school this coming Friday, May 23.
School-wide character education program centers around a 45 minute assembly called The NED Show.
NED is a loveable cartoon character whose name is an acronym for Never give up, Encourage others,
and Do your best. VISIT the NED website for more great information about this amazing program.
More info. Will be coming home this week!
http://www.thenedshow.com
VANIER VIKINGS OUTREACH!
We will be starting a FOOD DRIVE this WED. May 21 for the next ten days to help the KNIGHTS TABLE in
Brampton. The class with the highest percentage of food items brought in will win a
CLASS SUNDAE PARTY!
SECOND TERM REPORTING:
The final term Report Card will be sent home on Wednesday, June 25, 2014. If you still wish to meet
with your child’s teacher, please phone to make an appointment for an interview!
The final school day is Friday, June 27, 2014.
SUMMER LITERACY / NUMERACY PROGRAMME FOR GR. 7&8 STUDENTS:
The Dufferin-Peel Board and Ministry, offers Elementary Summer School for Gr. 7 & 8 students who would benefit
from additional review and consolidation of skills. Students must take both Literacy & Numeracy classes! With
teacher and Principal recommendations, your child may register for these programmes. Summer School will take
place from July 2-18, 2014 from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm each day. Transportation is provided. The deadline for applications is June 6, 2014.
Please refer to the attached Information!
SUMMER SCHOOL LITERACY CAMP:
A literacy reinforcement program for students in SK- Gr.6 is available at various sites in the Board.
Teachers deliver a balanced literacy curriculum to help students build literacy skills. There is a fee for
these programs. Your child’s teacher will need to recommend your child for this camp. Please contact
your child’s teacher for more information.
SAFETY – BICYCLES, SKATEBOARDS, ROLLER BLADES, SCOOTERS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY:
Bicycle season has arrived. We remind students of the importance of following traffic safety rules. Students are
reminded that bicycles, scooters, skateboards or rollerblades must be walked on to the school grounds. All
bicycles and scooters should be chained and locked. Unfortunately, even chained bicycles can be quickly removed
by determined thieves. It is suggested that expensive or hard to replace bicycles remain at home as the school
cannot be responsible for stolen or damaged bicycles. Also a reminder to all students that the law requires that all
children wear proper bicycle helmets. Skateboards and roller blades are safely stored in the classroom and are
not to be used at recess or lunch time in the school yard.
RAZ KIDS is up and running for grade JK to 5 students From all accounts it seems to be a ’smashing’ success.
Students are becoming engaged with the online reading program and parents are having a blast watching their
children read...read...read... Keep up the great work students! Parents may register to send messages as well as
monitor their child’s reading progress. Just click on the parent register box. It can be found on the page your child
opens when they first log into the program. WELL DONE VIKINGS!
REMEMBER YOU CAN CONTINUE USING RAZ KIDS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER MONTHS
A REMINDER: The school day begins at 9:00 a.m. Please be mindful that your child should be at school prior to the
bell so that she/he can follow the class routines for entry into the school. When your child is late for school, he/she
will be missing teacher instruction and morning routines that can disrupt their learning.
The school day ends at 3:30. We would ask that you refrain from picking up or signing out your child prior to the bell,
unless it is for an appointment. JK/SK students will be dismissed from the kindergarten yard. Please, do not enter the
school to pick up your JK/Sk child. Teachers will be busy dismissing children from the JK/Sk school yard exit. This is the
area where your child should be picked up after the school day. All other students are dismissed at the back of the
school.
Thank you for your assistance.
Issue #4
May 25, 2014
Hello once again! I've returned for your Vanier Voice column. This column features a
heads up for the students vs. teachers volleyball game that is coming up next week. Keep
reading to hear all about it!
Next week, there will be a student's against teachers volleyball game. It has been held
annually for quite a few years. It's always been so exciting to watch, and see the tension
building up as the ball bounces from side to side! The teachers are more experienced,
but the students are younger and have more energy! Both teams have a chance of
winning. But who will you cheer for? And more importantly, who will win? Most schools
have friendly student games of volleyball, soccer, basketball, or other sports as a school
team. But this, a game where the teachers have to prove that they've got just as much
coolness, as much agility, as much team spirit as the students in a game of volleyball- I've
never seen anything even close to that in any of the other schools! We are so lucky to
have such a grueling. I mean friendly..... competition like this! Who will win: the
experienced teachers, or the energetic students? The older teachers or the younger
students? The power-having teachers or the power-wanting students? It will all come full
circle at the match next week! I can't wait... and, I bet, neither can you!
Thanks for reading this column of Vanier Voice, and make sure to watch out for the
column in next week's newsletter, as I write about who ended up winning this tensed,
exciting game. Talk to you then!!!
-Naomi Benedict Minister of Communication