T
homas Street Middle School
March 2015
VOLUME 15, ISSUE 6
2640 Thomas Street, Mississauga, ON L5M 5G8
Phone: 905-812-3725 Fax: 905-812-3716
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http://schools.peelschools.org/1654
Cheerleading News
On Saturday, February 14th, the Cheerleading Team competed in Jamfest Canada at the PowerAde Centre. Our girls put
on another winning performance and brought home a first place trophy to add to our collection. Thank you to all the
parents, TSMS students, and Mrs. Lord who came out to support us on such a cold day. Next, the team will be travelling
to Niagara Falls to compete in the Canadian Nationals.
Let's go Thunderwolves!
Gold at 8:00 a.m.
At 6:20 a.m. on Wednesday February 17th in the dark of the early morning, three buses left Thomas Street
Middle School with members of the Grade 8 Festival Concert Band, bound for an early performance time of 8:00 a.m. at
Redeemer College in Ancaster, as part of the 2015 local MUSICFEST Band Competition.
After a customary 5 minute warm-up on stage, we performed our 3 concert selections in front of two
adjudicators, University of Toronto professor, Cam Walters and Mr. John Phillips, and then our students proceeded to
work with Professor Walters in an excellent post-performance clinic.
Professor Walters went over the “higher” aspects of playing in an ensemble, stressing that all players had a
responsibility to listen to the hierarchical balance of a band and to adjust whilst playing; all of his comments were “right
on the money” and delivered in a very encouraging tone.
At this point, in the interests of “full disclosure”, I will confide that I had originally requested of MusicFest just
a clinic after our performance and not a rank standing and clinic. However, as the students were leaving the room,
Professor Walters approached me and said “… your performance was a “total Gold” standing, are you sure you don’t
want the recognition of the Gold and, therefore, an invitation to the Nationals in May?” We took the Gold.
My heartfelt gratitude goes out to all of my Grade 8 Band students for their determination and for beginning
this music making journey with me. Your deportment, behaviour and performance does you, and all of us, a great
honour here at Thomas Street. We will accept the invitation to the Nationals and perhaps, just perhaps, this year will be
the year, and the first year, for Thomas Street to ever capture a National Gold award from MusicFest Canada. A final
deep thanks goes to Mrs. McNabb and Mrs. Lord for helping us on that brutally early morning.
With thanks, Charles Brown
SOUND OF MUSIC
Congratulations to all the students who participated in our T.S.M.S. Winter Concert. Your performances in both the
bands and the choirs were truly outstanding. You are to be commended for your hard work, your exceptional musicmaking and for your commitment to the Music program.
Success in Music. Success in Life. It's no coincidence.
ATTENTION GRADE 8 PARENTS
Be sure to check your mail for a letter regarding your graduating student!!
WASTELESS LUNCH CHALLENGE
We made our goal of 1,000 wasteless lunches!!! Thank you to all the supporters.
Top Classes for the week: Gr. 6
Eberley,
Gr. 7
Sebecic/Smith,
Gr. 8
Hodder
TSMSGPS
Are you going away for March Break? Why not take your TSMS t-shirt with you. Take a picture
of yourself on vacation wearing your thunderwear and your picture will be in the yearbook. Be
sure to stand in front of something that identifies where you are. Email your picture to:
tsmspride@gmail.com. If you do not have a yearbook you can pre-order one in room 205 for
$22.
Community Around
Settlement Clinic:
Date: Every Wednesday & Thursday
Time: 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Place: Thomas Street Middle School
SWIS worker: Wendy Ge, Polycultural Immigrant and Community Services
Call Wendy at 647.283.7586 for settlement services ！
The Settlement Workers in Schools （SWIS）is part of multilingual team that can connect families to services in
many languages; provides information & referral for all registered students and welcome families to our new
community; organizes workshops for parents and youth about school and community resources; helps teacher and
school administration communicate with families about any school related concerns.
We can provide support with:
 Learning English
 Finding a job
 Housing
 Schools and education
 Health care
 Law
 Immigration
 Other issues
Thomas Street is now on Twitter!
updates at TSMS.
Please follow us @thunderwolves98 for up to the minute news and
All Peel District School Board newsletter attachments, usually included in the monthly newsletter, are available through
our school website at: http://schools.peelschools.org/1654
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Principal: Mrs. C. Lord
Trustees: Robert Crocker
Brad MacDonald
Nikha Dakroub
905-890-1010
905-828-6929
905-890-1010
Vice Principal: Mrs. T. Tymkiv
Vice Principal: Ms. L. Rosatone
Superintendent: Dr. Pertia Bent
905-366-8800