25 Mountainberry Rd, Brampton, ON L6R IJ3
Phone: (905) 789-1741 Fax: (905) 789-1958
“Achieving, Believing & Caring”
Principal: K. Dolan
Vice Principal: S. Chambers
Secretary: P. Tomei
http://www.dpcdsb.org/FCTIP
Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
(905) 890-1221
Trustee: S. McLauchlan
Superintendent: L. Storey
http://www.dpcdsb.org/
St. Marguerite D’Youville Parish
(905) 792-7497
Pastor: Fr. P. O’Dea
Associates: Fr. J. Tobin, Fr. R. Tolentino
http://dyouvilleparish.ca/contact/
MAY – CELEBRATION OF MARY
MAY VIRTUE - ACCEPTANCE
Our Dear Mother Mary
Mary, Virgin Mother of Jesus,
our dear Mother, too.
We give ourselves to you,
that you may protect us
and guide us to Jesus, your Son.
Keep us from all sin
that we may love Jesus
with a pure love
as you always did.
May we always enjoy
the help of your prayers,
for you bring us life and salvation
through Jesus Christ your Son.
Amen!
The virtue of acceptance describes our ability to
look at the attitudes and actions of those around
us and then just stop and consider without
judging them. The virtue of acceptance means
that we look beyond what we see—a person’s
skin colour, ethnic background, religion, age,
gender, sexual orientation, and see a person
created and loved by God.
An accepting person…
 Is friendly and open to all God’s people,
regardless of age, beliefs, gender, culture or ability
 Sees the positive traits in all people even if s/he
disagrees with them
 Avoids judging or stereotyping others
 Understands that there may be more than one way
to do things
Mother’s Day
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Each year on Mother’s Day we celebrate mothers who have
brought us into life and have loved and cared for us.
There are so many mothers to honour – grandmothers,
godmothers, adoptive mothers, stepmothers, foster mothers and
friends’ mothers. There is Mary, the Mother of God. She is the
mother of all people.
Inside this Edition
Catholic Education Week & Pasta Night!
Class List Formation for 2014-15
FCT Dance Team
Summer Literacy Camp/Summer School
Calendar Events
We extend our best wishes to all Mothers.
There will be no school on the following date:
Monday, May 19, 2014 – Victoria Day
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CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK EVENTS AT FATHER
CLAIR TIPPING
Upcoming Liturgical Dates:
Monday, May 5th - Theme: Serving with Faithfulness
Congratulations go out to our
Grade 8 Students who will be
receiving the Sacrament of
Confirmation during the week
of May 5-9th. This will be a truly
wonderful moment for our
students with their families and
sponsors. We would also like to
acknowledge the support of their
teachers, Mrs. Eaton, Mrs. Skrak
and Ms. Farias as well as our
Parish Team – Father O’Dea and
Eliza Albano.
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Opening Liturgy for all in Gym (9:00 – 9:30 a.m.)
Rosary Making for Intermediates in Gym and Meeting Room
(12:30 – 1:30 p.m.)
Rooftop Photo for all at back of school (1:00 p.m.)
Begin Food Drive for the Knights of Columbus (May 5th - May 16th)
Tuesday, May 6th – Theme: Serve with Humility
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Intermediate Ballroom Dancing Presentation (10:15 – 11:15 a.m.)
Junior Chair Building Competition in Gym (12:30 – 1:00 p.m.) –
Each junior class will be asked to make a chair(s) using water
bottles, tape and newspapers. This chair must hold Mr. Dolan for 10
seconds! Each class may create 3-4 chairs!
Wednesday, May 7th – Theme: Serve with Compassion
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Primary Bracelet and Flower Making in Gym and Meeting Room
(9:00 – 10:00 p.m.)
“Girls Night In” – An evening of activities for girls in Grades 5 and
6 to promote friendship and self-esteem in the Gym (5:00 – 7:00
p.m.)
Thursday, May 8th – Theme: Serve with Justice
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End of Year Mass - Thursday, June 5
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Grade 8 Graduation Mass – Thursday, June 26th,
2014 @ 7:00 pm @ St. Marguerite d’Youville Parish
Junior Kindergarten Orientation Evening
A Kindergarten Orientation Evening is planned for
Wednesday, May 21st @ 6:30 pm. Parent/guardians of
child(ren) who will be entering Junior Kindergarten in
September 2014 will be invited to attend this session and
learn about the Junior Kindergarten Program and how best
to prepare your child for school. For further information,
please contact the school office.
E.Q.A.O. Testing -- Grades Three and Six
EQAO assessment for Grade 3 and Grade 6 will
run from May 26th to June 6th. We ask that
parents please avoid medical and dental
appointments for grade 3 and grade 6
children during the assessment period.
More specific communication and information
will be forthcoming just prior to the start of the
assessments.
Orders for our School Yearbook
Order forms will be sent out soon for the
2013-2014 School Yearbook. Order
forms will also be available at the school
office.
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Mother’s Day Tea for FDK moms: Mrs. Giancola’s/Mrs Fantetti’s
and Ms. Lima’s/Ms. Sgambelluri’s classes: 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. &
Mrs. Pompilii’s/Mrs. Menezes’ class: 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Act of Kindness Day – Students are encouraged to demonstrate an
act of kindness towards someone who they feel has made a
difference in their life. Students will be encouraged to wear red this
day.
Pasta Night @ FCT – Catholic School Council Community
Building Event in Gym (6:00 – 8:00 p.m.) Parents and students are
invited to Father Clair Tipping Catholic School for an evening of
salad, pasta and ice cream! There will be great prizes and a
presentation to parents from our students! Hope to see you at FCT!
Friday, May 9th – Theme: Serve with Joy
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French Café in Gym (all day event)
Classes will close Catholic Education Week with prayers at the
Statue of Mary as determined by their teacher.
Looking forward to seeing you at our school events!
Join Us for our 4th Annual Community Pasta
Night – Thursday May 8h (6 p.m. - 8 p.m.)
You are welcome to join us for a
delicious pasta dinner including
salad, refreshments and ice-cream!
Enjoy a ballroom dancing presentation
from our intermediate students. You can purchase tickets at
the school office or send in the ticket request sent out earlier
and through our school email.
We will also be drawing the winners for our Spring Door
Prizes - Tickets are available at the office ($3 for one
ticket, $5 for two tickets, and $10 for five tickets) The
draw will be held at our Pasta Dinner!
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Safe Schools Procedures for Lunch
As part of our safe schools procedures in September we
established with parent/guardians where their child is
expected to eat lunch during the school week. If your child
normally stays at school for lunch, we require parental
permission in the form of a letter allowing your child to
leave the school premises to eat lunch outside of school
property. Letters of permission from parents must be
handed to the classroom teacher in the morning so this
information can also be communicated to office staff.
Students are not allowed to call home to ask permission to
leave school property during lunch time. If a student
forgets their lunch, we contact parents to make
arrangements to have lunch provided or sent to the school.
We have also been noticing a large amount of students
waiting in the front foyer between the entrance doors for
their parents to drop off their lunch. This has been a safety
concern as students are running out the door to vehicles
stopped in our bus loading zone and they are also opening
the door to visitors which defeats the purpose of our
security entrance system. Please review these rules with
your children. Thank you for your cooperation in this
matter.
Class List Formation for 2014-2015
In preparation for the new school year, we will soon
begin to look at class placements. Although class
placements will not be final until mid-September at the
earliest, it is necessary to start our class organization
with sufficient time for determining staffing, materials and
equipment needs. We consider a number of criteria when
determining our class lists, e.g. academic strengths, needs
and overall achievement, individual work habits and
study skills, maturity, and placement history. We do our
best to ensure that classes provide a balanced learning
environment for our students. However, for a number of
reasons, we are at times limited in our placement options
We ask that you do not make requests for specific
teachers as teacher placements may change if we are
required to re-organize. However, we do appreciate your
input concerning your child’s unique needs. If you have
specific concerns about you’re his/her placement in
September 2014, we ask that you put these concerns in
writing to the Principal – Mr. Dolan. Please include the
following information about your child:
his or her strengths and/or needs
a description of his/her learning style
the type of learning environment in which your child
has experienced the most success
Please keep in mind that it is not always possible to
respond to your requests regarding placement in general,
and more specifically in combined (split) classes. We
therefore ask for your understanding and flexibility in this
area.
Rest assured that our decisions are made only after
careful consideration of all available information are
based on the individual good of each child, balanced with
the common good of the entire school community.
Are You Moving?
Please let us know as soon as possible if you are planning
on moving to a new location and your children will not be
returning to Father Clair Tipping for the 2014-2015 school
year. This information will help us with our planning for
next year. Thank you.
FCT Celebrates Diversity!
Several of our Grade 7 students will be participating in our
annual Family of Schools Diversity Conference on
Thursday, May 8th at St. Marguerite d’Youville S.S. This
conference celebrates our diversity and promotes inclusion
and peace. Our students will have the opportunity to see
presentations from other schools and guest presenters.
Thank you very much to Mrs. Capone and Mrs. Skrak who
helped organize this very special event for our students.
Keeping It Green & Clean!
Under the direction of Mrs. McKnight, Mrs.
Capone, Mrs. Skrak, Mrs. Giancola, Mrs.
Grabowski, Mrs. Lukavecki, Mrs. Connor
and Our Green Goblins we continue to lead
the way in helping our school become a
Green School! This month, our school
participated in the Brampton Spring Clean
Up. Classes went throughout our school
yard to pick up litter in an effort to help
keep our school green and clean.
Congratulations to our Chess Teams!
Our junior and intermediate chess
teams participated in our Family of
Schools Chess Meet at Good
Shepherd Catholic School on
Friday, April 11th. Each of our
teams represented our school with
distinction and enjoyed the
friendly competition. Both our
junior and intermediate teams
placed 2nd and will be headed to the Board competition on
Wednesday, May 14th at Fr. Michael Goetz. Thank you to
their coaches, Ms. Cibulka and Mrs. Naccarato who
coached our teams to victory! Good luck at the Boards!
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Congratulations to our Dance Team
Our FCT Dance Team participated in a
friendly dance competition at the
Rose Theatre on Wednesday, April
30th. Our teams consist of talented
and dedicated students who have
practiced regularly throughout the
year with Mrs. Capone and Mrs.
Rulli. Their dance routines are both
creative and skillful and show their enthusiasm.
Congratulations go out to all of the members of our Dance
Team who achieved a Bronze at the competition!
May Calendar Dates
May 2
Pizza Friday
May 4-9
Catholic Education Week
May 7
Primary bracelet and flower making
May 7
Girls Night In – Grade 5 & 6 girls
May 8
Diversity Conference @ d’Youville
Pasta Night 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
May 9
Pizza Friday
French Café
May 12
Hot Lunch Monday
May 14
Catholic School Council Meeting
May 16
Pizza Friday
May 19
Victoria Day Holiday (No school)
May 21
Welcome to Kindergarten – 7:00 p.m.
Application forms for the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District
Summer School Programs for 2014 will soon be
available. Please note that these programs are intended for
students achieving Level 1 or 2 in Reading and Writing.
Please contact your child’s teacher if you are interested in
having your child participate in either the Gr. 7 and 8
Summer School program or the Gr. SK-6 Summer
Literacy Camp. Please contact your classroom teacher for
more information.
May 23
Pizza Friday
Grade 8 Orientation – d’Youville S.S.
May 26
Hot Lunch Monday
May 26-Jun 6
EQAO assessments for Grade 3 & 6
May 30
Summer School Applications due
Pizza Friday
Summer Literacy Camp - Grades SK to 6
July 7 to July 25, 2014
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. daily
Fee for Service Program - $300 for full 3-week session
No transportation provided
Deadline for applications: June 6, 2014
Location: Venerable Michael J. McGivney
June Calendar Dates
June 2
Hot Lunch Monday
Elementary Summer School - Grade 7 and 8
Remedial Literacy & Mathematics
Students recommended by the Principal
July 2 to July 18, 2014
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Busing provided at home school pick up points
Deadline for applications: May 30, 2014
Location: Good Shepherd
Bus is provided: Pick up point and drop off is
Father Clair Tipping - Time schedule will be provided
in June.
Congratulations to our Intermediate
Basketball Teams
Our intermediate girls and boys basketball teams
participated in our Family of Schools competition at Holy
Cross on Friday, April 11th. The girls and boys
represented our school with great pride. They showed
superior teamwork, sportsmanship, and respect for all
players! Way to go Titans! A special thank you to our
dedicated coaches Mrs. Farias and Mrs. Skrak!
Elementary Summer School
June 5
End of year school mass
June 9
P.A. Day – No School for Students
June 10
Soccer Tournament
June 11
Catholic School Council Meeting
Dental Screening – J.K., S.K., Gr.2
June 12
Family Track and Field Meet
June 16
Hot Lunch Monday
June 23
Hot Lunch Monday
June 24
Grade 8 Graduation Luncheon/Dance
June 26
Grade 8 Graduation Mass/Ceremony
June 27
Last day of school for students
SCHOOL WEBSITE
Check out our awesome school web site! We always
have the most up to date information about our school.
Access the site through the School Board’s website at:
Calendar
Dates
http://www.dpcdsb.org/FCTIP
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