T
homas Street Middle School
April 2015
VOLUME 15, ISSUE 8
2640 Thomas Street, Mississauga, ON L5M 5G8
Phone: 905-812-3725 Fax: 905-812-3716
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Excellence in French!
Festival d'Art Oratoire
On behalf of Mme Rocchetti and Mme Saint-Onge, and all of us here at Thomas Street Middle School, a
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Shivani B. (603), Isabella J. (612) and Anthony W (804), who
represented us so well at March 26th French speech contest at the Peel District School Board, for the
"Festival d'Art Oratoire.". Competing with the 76 best French speakers from schools all over the Peel
Board, our students spoke to an audience of over 200 parents, teachers and other students in a huge
amphitheatre, in front of four judges and other senior administrators—and our three students were
amazing! Shivani (Grade 6 Core French) and Isabella (Grade 6 French Immersion) were both poised and
eloquent, and they answered the judge's questions with confidence, demonstrating their fabulous French!
Our biggest congratulations of all needs to go to Anthony who WON THE Grade 7-8 Core French
Competition! Anthony will now move on to the regional finals at York University, where he will represent
the Peel Board in his category! Way to go Anthony! His speech was powerful and superbly delivered, and
he tackled the judge's questions like a native speaker of French! Special congratulations to the incredible
team of Core French teachers at TSMS who helped Anthony along his journey of becoming SO bilingual!
Three thumbs up for TSMS!
RAPTORS TRIP WAS AMAZING!!
What an amazing Raptor Trip last week. We must thank Mr. Grdisa for organizing this trip and all the staff
who supervised on the trip. It was a great day and the 4 mini trips went really well. Staff and students
thoroughly enjoyed themselves and the trip back went quickly and efficiently with parents waiting patiently
for their children. Two girls actually got to meet Leo Rautins!!
TSMS Earth Week- April 20th-24th, 2015
Meatless Monday – try not to eat meat on Monday to improve your health and the health of the planet.
Meat production uses fossil fuel and consumes a lot of land and water resources. It also creates a lot of
greenhouse gasses. So try going without meat one day to make a difference in your health and the health of
the planet. Check out the websites- www.meatlessmonday.ca and www. meatfreemondays.com. Also bring and environmentally friendly lunch every day.
Turn off Tuesday- Turn off lights and monitors to reduce energy need and waste at home and school.
Check out the website www.sustainablelivingproject.net
Or watch the video to give Earth a hand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ep9MFiWXR8M
WALK ON WEDNESDAYS – try to walk to
school every day, and especially on Wednesdays.
You could ride your bike, use a scooter or even
rollerblade. It is good for your heart and good for
the environment. It will also reduce the number of
cars going through the Kiss and Ride traffic.
Go to www.walkandrollpeel.ca for all the safe
trails and pathways in Mississauga. Create a
walking school bus and pick up your friends along
the way as you walk.
Thinking Thursday - Think about how much garbage you produce and try to be thoughtful about your
waste. Try to trim your waste a little every day. Check out the video “10 Things you can do” to help the
environment. Go to the Community recycling center and deliver your household hazardous wastes and see
the Biodiesel furnace on site at Battleford and buy some great compost for your garden or deliver unwanted
clothes for recycling there at the Goodwill drop off. Next year the region of Peel starts its new carts check out the website to find out where your garbage goes www.wheredoesitgo.ca
Eco-Friendly Friday- Be environmentally friendly, by putting garbage in its place, recycling properly
and reducing your environmental impact. Go outside, plant a tree, go to the park, pick up garbage, and do
the right thing. Every day is Earth day.
Thursday, April 2nd was WORLD AUTISM DAY!
Autism is becoming more and more prevalent. Studies now show that 1 in 68 children (1 in 42 boys and 1
in 189 girls) have some form of an autism spectrum disorder. The symbol for autism is the puzzle piece.
As in a puzzle, every piece is unique. We work together to make those pieces fit into a unified whole.
Class 813 will be selling cookies and handmade necklaces, with all funds raised going to AUTISM
ONTARIO. Please help to surpass last year's incredible donation - they will be selling on April 7-10
outside room 105. Items are $2 each. There is also a raffle for two handmade toys.
2015 Science Fair Winners
Congratulations to the following students:
Grade 8
1st: S. Ganjoo and V. Bhamidi (Turning Milk to Plastic)
2nd: W. Zhang and K. Balsara (The Human Eye)
Grade 7
1st: A. Ambardekar and A. Trehan (Iron Infusion)
2nd: K. Karia (Cold Pack)
3rd (TIE): A. Imana and J. Tang (The Ciine Project)
3rd (TIE): M. Khawaja (Cataracts)
Grade 6
1st: S. Singh (Restless and Dynamic Earth)
2nd: D. Li and J. Cai (Time Travel)
3rd: B. Lavery, A. Chen, and F. Jin (Mag-inder)
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
Thomas Street is now on Twitter! Please follow us @thunderwolves98 for up to the minute news
and updates at TSMS.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------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