The monthly news bulletin of the EMSB
Vol. 7 No. 7
May 27, 2005
EDITOR: MICHAEL J. COHEN
PRINTING SERVICES: L. SHAW, D. D’ORNELLAS
PROOFREADING/TRANSLATION: ALINE ZEROUNIAN
Major Funding For EMSB Schools
On behalf of the Minister of Education, Leisure and Sports,
Mr. Jean-Marc Fournier, the Member of the Quebec National
Assembly, significant announcements have been made over the
last two weeks with respect to funding for the English
Montreal School Board (EMSB) .
•Administrative
Appointments
•Board of Trade Winners
•Westmount
High
Advanced Placement
on
•Elite Soccer Added to
Program
•The government will
spend more than $2
million to construct a
much needed new double
gymnasium at Royal
West
Academy
in
Montreal West.
•Teen Freedom Exhibition
Phillippe Couilliard and Dominic Spiridigliozzi atDunrae
•Willingdon’s Toyota
•A total of $925,000 has been allocated for the expansion of
Dunrae Gardens Elementary School in T.M.R..
•Trip To Italy
Of
•At East Hill Elementary School in Rivieres des Prairies, $3.5
million has been set aside to allow the EMSB to finally
purchase the building from the Bank of Montreal and to add
new classrooms.
•Les Sciences À Dunrae
Gardens
“These all represent longstanding requests,” stated EMSB
Chairman Dominic Spiridigliozzi. “We are thrilled that they
have finally been resolved since they address what have now
become urgent situations pertaining to each project.”
•JFK Takes
Business
Care
•Foires des Carrieres
•Voyage En Italie
Mr. Spiridigliozzi said that the tendering process will get
underway immediately, with the objective of having the
projects realized by September 2006.
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THE LAST DAY OF CLASSES IS JUNE
23, 2005
ROYAL WEST GYM: NDG MNA Russell
Copeman formally announced that $2
million in funding has been approved for the
construction of a new gymnasium at Royal
West Academy in Montreal West.
The EMSB has been making representations
for this specific project for many years.
Royal West’s 800 plus students are housed
in a 70 year facility. Neither of its two
gymnasiums meet the minimum standard for
competition. More importantly, they do not
conform to the Ministry code when it comes
to safety and security. Complicating matters
even further is the fact the school auditorium
does not meet the basic needs either. As a
result, gym classes often have to be disrupted
to accommodate special events, assemblies,
concerts, presentations and theatrical
productions.
This will be a stand alone gymnasium,
constructed on existing Royal West property.
Mr. Spiridigliozzi expressed his gratitude to
Mr. Copeman, the EMSB administrators,
Montreal West Commissioner Dr. John
Simms and members of the Royal West
Academy family who worked so hard to
make this project become a reality,
particularly Margaret Wada and Karen
Thomson of the Royal West Academy
Foundation. The school band played in the
background as cake was served and Mr.
Copeman, Mr. Spiridigliozzi and Dr. Simms
shot some hoops.
DUNRAE GARDENS: Mount Royal MNA
and Minister of Health and Social Services
Phillippe Couillard formally announced that
$925,000 in funding has been approved for
the construction of at least four new
classrooms at Dunrae Gardens Elementary
School in Town of Mount Royal. Dunrae
Gardens has 420 students in a building with
the capacity for only 385. Its enrolment, in
fact, is expected to go up by 15 next August.
It has a very successful French immersion
program which annually results in a great
demand for student places. The facility was
originally constructed in 1929 and expanded
once, in 1951. There are presently 18
classrooms and two others which have been
converted into science and music rooms. Two
years ago one beautifully sized classroom
had to be divided into two. Mr. Spiridigliozzi
expressed his gratitude to Mr. Couillard and,
in particular,
his constituency assistant
Constant Digirolamo.
who has worked
hard on this dossier for many years.
EAST HILL: The Member of the Quebec
National Assembly for LaFontaine, Tony
Tomassi, formally announced that funding
has been approved for the EMSB to obtain
ownership of the East Hill Elementary
School facility in RDP. Furthermore, the
government will finance the construction of
two badly needed new classrooms. A total of
$3.5 million has been allocated for these
expenditures.
The EMSB has received the necessary
funding to purchase the building from the
Bank of Montreal and proceed with plans for
the construction of the new classrooms. East
Hill presently has an enrolment of 563
students in a facility designed to house 510.
In order to deal with the shortage in space,
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one satellite kindergarten class is now based
at nearby Michelangelo School.
East Hill was originally built by a private
contractor in 1997 when the former
Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal
(PSGBM) needed to address the English
population growth in Rivière-des-Prairies.
East Hill replaced a school then known as the
Nesbitt Annex and quickly filled to capacity.
The PSBGM signed a longterm lease with the
contractor, which was inherited by the
EMSB upon its formation on July 1, 1998.
Efforts began at that point to persuade the
Ministry of Education to purchase the
building for the EMSB in order to recognize
the legitimate needs for student places.
However, the situation became more
complicated when the contractor ran into
financial difficulties and ownership shifted to
the Bank of Montreal. By gaining ownership
of the building, the EMSB will save
$400,000 in annual rental fees. Mr.
Spiridigliozzi expressed his gratitude to Mr.
Tomassi, the EMSB administration and the
entire East Hill community for their tireless
efforts on this file.
The East Hill staff and parents held a
beautiful reception. In a matter of days they
were able to secure support from the
following sponsors: East Hill Home &
School, Fleuriste Monte Carlo, Il Colosseo,
GP Renovations L’Agora Inter-Marché, Le
groupe Merveilles, JAC Designs, Prisma
Construction,Mr. & Mrs. E Argento, Mrs. G.
Barassi, Mrs. M. Bertone, Mr. & Mrs. E.
Carosielli, Mr
.R.
Chiementi,
and
Mr. & Mrs. J.R. Occhiuto
PAUL VI RELOCATION: The EMSB has
voted in favor of relocating Paul VI High
School from the Lester B. Pearson High
School building in Montreal North to the St.
Pius X facility in Ahuntsic. In Montreal
North, this special needs program currently
occupies a specific area with a capacity for
160 special education student places or, if
converted, for 350 regular student places.
When Sir Wilfrid Junior Laurier High
School was closed on July 1, 2003, its
enrolment was consolidated at Lester B
Pearson Comprehensive High School. Since
that time, the numbers have been increasing
steadily.
Recent data shows that the
September 30, 2004 enrolment was 1,391
students and the principal’s forecast for the
2005-2006 academic year is projected at
1,450 students. However, the capacity for
the Lester B. Pearson sector is 1,375 student
places. That would have meant smaller
quarters for Paul VI, which will now have
excellent space at St. Pius. Its high school
will close in June, with students diverted to
John F. Kennedy High.
ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
A number of appointments to positions in the
Education Division have been made, to take
effect for 2005-2006. Listed in brackets
(where applicable) is the school/centre they
presently work at. In the category of
principals: Antonio Colannino (John F.
Kennedy), moves to central head office on
special assignment; Dominic Furfaro (St.
Dorothy), John F. Kennedy; Frank Di Paolo
(St. Pius X), St. Dorothy; Jacklin Webb
(Nesbitt), Parkdale; Mary Theophilopoulos
(Parkdale), Nesbitt; Michael Cristofaro
(Wagar) will retain John Grant High School
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and add Paul VI High School; Donna Manos
(Laurier
Macdonald
vice-principal),
promoted to principal of Gerald McShane;
Pina Benvenuto-Rizzi becomes a 100
percent principal at McLearon, no longer
responsible for Paul VI ; and Felix Gelbart,
principal of the social affairs schools adds the
Montreal Children’s Hospital to his list. In
terms of vice-principals and assistant centre
directors the following changes will occur:
Agostino Porchetta (Laurier Macdonald
Career Centre), Rosemount Technology
Centre; Cynthia Koomas (vice-principal at
Coronation), assumes Porchetta’s role at
Laurier Macdonald Career Centre; Sylvia
Serchuk (Westmount Park School), Galileo
Adult Centre; Liboria Amato (Galileo Adult
Centre), Lester B. Pearson High School;
Maria Palmieri (St. Pius X High School),
Lester B. Pearson High School; Demetra
Droutsas (Wagar High School), Marymount
Academy.
ENHANCED LEARNING: The EMSB will
establish an implementation committee to
further develop a plan for one-to-one
deployment of computers (also referred to as
ubiquitous computing) at the Secondary I
level during the 2005-2006 academic year.
The integration of technology is considered
to be an integral component of the Quebec
Education Program. It has been shown that
increase access to computers in the classroom
results in improved engagement of students.
Furthermore, the one-to-one deployment of
computers has been shown to improve
student success in several jurisdictions. Plans
call for the program to be initially piloted
next year. Ubiquitous computing is a
relatively recent educational innovation in
North America. Implementation has been
accompanied by evaluations or research on
impacts and outcomes. Survey results from
students, parents and teachers show that
attendance and enrolment from some
programs report sharply increased attendance
and decreased dropout rates. Others have
acted as “magnets” and increased enrolment.
Apple Canada officials say that is the case at
the Eastern Townships School Board.
BOARD OF TRADE: Three students from
the EMSB captured medals at the 23rd annual
Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal
Outstanding Student Awards Program May 17
at the Hilton Bonaventure Hotel. Rocco
Portaro of Vincent Massey Collegiate in
Rosemount won a gold medal in the category
of
Sciences/Math. Zachary Masoud of
Laurier Macdonald High School in St.
Leonard won silver in Social Sciences and
Ryan Kochen of St. Pius X Culinary Institute
in Ahuntsic picked up a bronze in the
Vocational category. They received plaques
and cash prizes of $1,000, $700 and $300
respectively.
Rocco Portaro, Zachary Masoud, Isabel Hudon and
Ryna Kochen.
The EMSB had another eight nominees:
Melissa Cerone, Lester B. Pearson High
School in Montreal North and Annelise
Miller of Royal West Academy in Montreal
West (Sciences/Math); Hangi Chon of
Westmount High, Anita Sacco of Vincent
Massey and Jenna Wilson of Royal West
Academy in Arts;
Anne Bergeron of
LaurenHill Academy in St. Laurent and Claire
Lefebvre of Royal West Academy in Social
Sciences; and Victor Gee of Rosemount
Technology Centre in Vocational. This
prestigious event recognizes noteworthy
personal creative projects completed by
Secondary V and vocational education
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students attending Montreal area schools. All
of the finalists were interviewed by jury
members in their respective categories. They
had to maintain an average of at least 80
percent to qualify.
ELITE SOCCER: The EMSB has
announced the addition of elite soccer to the
Student Athlete Program at Holy Cross
Elementary School in St. Laurent for the
2005-2006 academic year. This program was
launched successfully this year with elite
hockey, which will also return. Applications
are now being accepted for the soccer
component of the program, which will be
overseen by P.R.O Performance and under
the tutelage of Pat Raimondo, current men’s
head coach at the Université de Montréal. He
is a former Lac St.Louis Soccer Association
technical director and a graduate from the
National Coaching Institute in Montreal.
Coach Raimondo has been involved with
youth development for over 10 years at all
levels, from club and provincial team players
to the National Team Training Center. He
currently holds a NCCP level 4 and Canadian
Soccer Association National B license along
with several European licenses. Evaluation
sessions with be held on Saturday June 11
and Sunday June 12 from 10 a.m. to Noon
at the LaurenHill Academy Soccer Field
(2505 Cote Vertu). All applicants must
attend one of the two sessions. Please visit
www.emsb.qc.ca for more information on
the program and call or visit the school (950
Fraser) to obtain academic registration forms.
Meanwhile, applications are also being
accepted for the hockey component of the
program, which will once again be run by
Shawn
Anderson
Hockey
Specific
Training. Anderson, a former National
Hockey League (NHL) defenseman, has
already begun the process of screening
applicants to determine whether they will be
accepted.
Please
log
on
to
www.hockeyspecifictraining.com
or call
the school.
JAMES LYNG ALUMNI: A dedication
ceremony took place on May 19 for a new
James Lyng High School Alumni Association
Computer Lab. A fundraiser held in the
winter by the Alumni provided funding to
generate 24 computer stations and one master
monitor for the “Smart Board” Computer
Room. Their efforts culminated in an
extremely successful fundraiser on February
19 which was attended by 900 alumni and
spouses. “The collaboration with HewlettPackard enabled the dream of a totally
interactive computer lab to materialize,” said
Principal Wayne Commeford. “This has
provided our school community with the
strategic technology for our students which
best addresses their learning needs.” Among
the grads on hand were CFCF TV News
Director Mike Piperni and Concordia
Stingers men’s hockey team head coach
Kevin Figsby. The Alumni Association has
agreed to work regularly now to maintain a
connection to the school and raise funds.
Others on hand at the ceremony were Mary
Sposato, Vincent Cavaliere, Deborah
Cross. Tony Licursi, Adriano Patone,
Camille Baccanale, Christina Nittolo,
Theresa Di Palma, Tony Fera and Gaby
Paliotti. Vice-Principal Antoinetta Sassi
was teaching at the school when some of
these individuals were students.
The Alumni group in the computer room.
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ROSEMOUNT ALUMNI: One room of
Rosemount High School Class of 1961
graduates raised $1,200 for scholarships
last fall for students going on to CEGEP. In
the past three weeks, another $1,400 has
been raised for this year’s Secondary V
group. “This means that in one academic
year, one class has contributed $2,600 to
assist students with their CEGEP expenses,”
says coordinator Ron Macfarlane, a former
EMSB principal. “ I truly believe that this
concept is one which can spread to other
classes or other years in both Rosemount and
other schools. We all know that the
bursaries given out in most schools could do
with same added cash.” Mr. Mcfarlane says
he would be glad to assist anyone who wants
to know how to get started on such a project.
He can be reached via e-mail at
ronaldmacfarlane@videotron.ca or (450)
691-2358.
LONG SERVICE: Nearly 70 people
attended the annual Long Service Reception,
which took place on Tuesday, May 17 at Le
Challenger Reception Hall in St. Laurent.
The EMSB honored 19 employees – ranging
Dominic Spiridigliozzi congratulates Shirley Taylor
of Transportation Services.
from teachers, administrators and support
staff -- for their 25 years of service with the
Board, which began in 1980. EMSB Director
General Antonio Lacroce, Chairman
Dominic Spiridigliozzi, along with several
commissioners, the regional directors and the
directors from Adult Education and
Vocational Services, Financial Services,
Community Services and Building &
Grounds, presented the honoured employees
with special EMSB watches as a token of
appreciation.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT: This month
Westmount High School became the first
public secondary institution in Quebec to
offer Advanced Placement Examinations.
Until this spring the only schools within
Quebec to offer this elite program were
within the private sector such as Lower
Canada College, Stanstead, and Bishop
College School. Internationally recognized,
the Advanced Placement Program or “AP”
offers students an opportunity to earn credit
or advanced placement in colleges and
universities in over 29 countries.
The
inspiration to introduce this challenging
enriched program to Westmount High School
stemmed from an article in Newsweek (May
2003) which featured America’s best high
schools (“100 top public schools and what we
can learn from them”). Bellevue School
District in Seattle, Washington had five
schools in the top 100 and three in the top 20.
Mike Riley, school district superintendent,
credits their success to their educational
mission, which is to make college level
Advanced Placement (AP) mandatory for
nearly all graduates. The challenging course
curriculum and rigorous examinations help
students to be more prepared for the
increased academic demands of postsecondary education.
Funded by the Teacher Administrator
Scholarship Program, a team of educators
(Gil Abisidris, Karen Allen, Jean-Guy
Desjardins, and Paul Kettner) from
Westmount High School was sent by
Principal Claude Dansereau to Seattle to visit
schools offering AP exams and meet with
Bellevue educators, and Mr. Riley.
Upon their return, a task force was set up
within the school to assess the feasibility and
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requirements needed to set up the Advanced
Placement Program at Westmount High
School. The teachers jumped on board, and in
the fall of 2004 began a pilot project and
students in Secondary IV and V were offered
the opportunity to take AP examinations in
French Language, English Literature,
Calculus and Studio Art. Seventeen students
responded to the challenge and with the
tutelage of some of the school’s French, Art
and Math teachers, the students wrote exams
in the week of May 2. “The aim at
Westmount High School is to build on our
success and offer guided preparation to our
junior students pre- AP and offer more course
options,” says guidance counselor Karen
Allen and more course options in the
upcoming years. In 2005-2006, Westmount
High School will introduce AP Psychology
as an elective for Secondary V students as
well as pre-AP math and English in Grade 9.
“It has truly been exciting for the staff at
Westmount High School to join high schools
around the world offering AP,” adds Allen.
For more information log on to
www.emsb.qc.ca/westmount or
www.collegeboard.com.
be the title sponsor. Mr. Dym, a successful
Montreal businessman and philanthropist, is
a product of the public system. RBC Royal
Bank
and
Tony
Ruccolo
(tony.ruccolo@agc.inalco.com) of Industrial
Alliance Insurance are also sponsors.
DUNRAE SCIENCE: Once again, Dunrae
Gardens Elementary School in TMR has
proven that science is not only good for the
mind, but a cool endeavour for all ages. This
year's 2005 Science Fair, under the watchful
eye of Dunrae's science specialist Luce
Demers, witnessed the evolution of scientific
understanding in Grades 3 to 6 with such
fascinating presentations on robotics to
ancient Egyptian mythology to the
colonization and proliferation of the modern
pest, the fruit fly. According to the parents,
students, teachers and community members
that had the opportunity to meet tomorrow's
potential geniuses, the May 6 Science Fair
was a scientific breakthrough!!!
MUSIC MONDAY: The children and staff
of John Caboto Elementary School in
Ahuntsic took part in the Canada-wide Music
Monday sponsored by the Coalition for
CAREER FAIR: The 2005 Career Fair will
take place at St. Pius X Oct. 25-27, 2005.
Jack Dym of Pipe and Pilings Supplies will
KIDS FESTIVAL: The first annual Kids
Fun Festival will be held on Tues. June 14 on
the grounds of the Douglas Hospital in
Verdun. Six different schools from the
EMSB and Lester B. Pearson School Board
will be participating for a total of
approximately 1,200 students. It will run
from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. In the event of rain,
it will be moved to June 15. The Kids Fun
Festival will feature at least 25 inflatable
games such as jumper games and slides,
entertainment, and a full BBQ lunch with
hotdogs, hamburgers, salads, drinks and
dessert. Food will also be available for
volunteers and teachers.
The event's
completely free. Westmount Park School,
Coronation and Carlyle are participating.
Lisa Dutton and Caroline Phaneuf of “In
Style Events” are the organizers. Lisa can be
reached at (514) 412-4400 x23991.
Music Education in Canada. This is expected
to become an annual event celebrating school
music programs across Canada. At 1 p.m.
Eastern Time the students and staff of John
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Caboto assembled in the school yard under
the direction of music teacher Stephan
Gaines to sing the song “A Little Music.” At
the same time schools from Newfoundland
(2:30 pm) to B.C. (10 a.m.) were singing or
playing the same piece of music. The purpose
of the event was to demonstrate how music
unites us across the country and the
importance of music programs in our schools.
highlights include another CBC/McGill
series concert performance, the annual
Holiday Concert at the Salvation Army
Citadel and the Spring Gala on May 6, 2006
at Oscar Peterson Hall. Several guest
appearances will also be on the program.
For more information on the choir or to
audition, please call Pat Abbott at (514) 4837200, ext. 7234.
CHORALE ROUNDUP: The EMSB
Chorale completed its 25th anniversary
musical celebrations with a spring gala
concert before a sold-out audience on May 1
at the Oscar Peterson Concert Hall. The
Senior and Junior Chorales (80 choristers),
under the direction of Patricia Abbott, were
joined by a number of special musical guests
on stage including former conductors of the
chorale Jean Sult (1984-1990) and Erica
Phare (Junior Chorale conductor from 1988
to 1999), former accompanist Daniella
Bernstein (1988 to 1990) and more than 20
alumni members of the choir. The choir was
accompanied by pianist Anne-Marie
Denoncourt and a chamber orchestra of
strings, flute, clarinet and percussion. For the
occasion, the choir commissioned some
orchestrations from Christopher Smith for
some of its most beloved repertoire. Another
highlight was the Canadian premiere
performance by the Senior Chorale of Turn
on the Open Sea, a song cycle for choir,
piano and strings by Australian composer
Paul Jarman. This was Ms. Abbott's 15th
season as conductor of the choir.
SUN YOUTH: Between May 2 and 26,
crime prevention officers from the Sun Youth
Organization visited McLearon, East Hill,
Gerald McShane elementary Schools and
John Paul I Junior High School. Spiritual
Community Animator Rocco Sperenzo
invited them to visit the schools so they could
address the issues of strangers, bullying and
taxing to the students. “It is important to
keep reminding them about these issues and
how to stay safe,” said Sperenzo. The
speakers help remind the students about the
do's and don'ts of strangers, staying alert and
safe from bullying and taxing (mainly for
Grade 6 and high school students). The very
interactive presentation lasted about one
hour, which included a 24-minute video,
entitled Mimi Let's Save Duncan. This video
is an excellent tool that provides a review of
the Safety Tips. “It is our role as educators to
help empower the students to stop and
prevent abductions, bullying, and taxing in
our schools and classrooms,” adds Sperenzo.
“It is important that we work together and
provide the students with the necessary tools
to do so.
We must continue to teach the
students to respect themselves and others.”
Two days later, on May 3, the Senior Chorale
performed as part of the new festival,
l'International des Choeurs du Monde de
Montréal, at the exquisite St-Pierre-Apôtre
Church near the Radio-Canada building.
The choir season officially closes on June 10
with the annual Awards Banquet. Students
may audition for the 2005-2006 season as of
the first rehearsal on Saturday, September 10
at Westmount Park School. Next season's
RETURN TO BANCROFT: As the senior
officer responsible for political/economic and
public affairs at the Canadian Consulate
General in Los Angeles, Rosalind Wolfe
does her best to maintain high visibility for
our country in tinsletown. But she has never
forgotten her roots, nor the fact she attended
Bancroft Elementary School in the Plateau.
Wolfe returned to Bancroft for the first time
in 40 years on May 2 to talk to students at
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her old school. Principal Artemis Maravei
greeted her at the front door with a bouquet
of flowers and some of her homemade
amaretto and pear cake. Students had no
shortage of questions. They were particularly
intrigued by her connections to Hollywood
and the world of film and television. She was
even asked about Mad Cow Disease and
SARS, two issues she admitted to doing a lot
of work on for Canada in LA. Wolfe has
worked at the Consulate for 24 years now.
people have a fresh, honest, and powerful
way of depicting their experiences and
reactions to the world. Their artwork is raw
and moving. The images on display at the
exhibition will express the artists’ ideas,
concerns, emotions as well as hope for the
future. Mediums include painting, drawing,
graphic art, collage, mixed media, and
sculpture. The exhibition sets off a series of
relationships between the person as a viewer
and the object of art, between vision and the
other senses. Art therapist Deborah Walsh
coordinated the program. Art teacher Alain
Turgeon and Principal Felix Gelbart also
provided support,
Rosalind Wolfe, Artie Maravei and students.
TEENS FREEDOM: Mountainview School
and Batshaw Youth and Family Centres
concludes its Teens Freedom from Violence
exhibition: New Images, an exhibition of
artwork on June 1 at the Batshaw Youth and
Family Services Cafeteria (6 Weredale) in
Westmount. Created by participants of the
Teens Freedom from Violence program, it is
funded by the CIBC’s Miracle Children’s
Foundation. The artists represented in the
show include students from Mountainview
School, as well as teens from the
Bourbonnière unit. Admission is free to the
public. An opening reception for the artists
and their families took place May 18.
Mountainview is part of the EMSB social
affairs network and operated in conjunction
with Batshaw. Art expresses an individual’s
perception of the world. How does the young
artist react to violence in the world? Teens
Freedom from Violence exhibition: New
Images, an exhibit at Batshaw Youth and
Family Centres, offers some answers. Young
Students and staff from Mountainview.
DAYCARE WEEK: EMSB Daycare Week
will be celebrated May 30 to June 3. The
theme is "Ohé! Bonheurs droit devant!
HAPPINESS is..." Some of the wonderful
Arts and Crafts exhibitions from various
daycares will be on display at EMSB Central
Head Office on Fielding until June 10.
CHESS CLUB: Twelve members of the
Sinclair Laird Elementary School Chess Club
travelled to Quebec City recently. Eight of
the 12 players won medals and awards for
their efforts. The participants were divided
into six-player sections. First place medals
were captured by Anusan Anandan (Grade
6), Samin Bhuiyan (Grade 6) and Takrim
Bhuiyan (Grade 4). Asifur Rahman,
Emmanuel Oppong, Kalpesh Patel,
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Warren Shaha and Yaganesh Daruwala
were second and third place winners. This
event was one of the highlights of a very
successful year. A Sinclair Laird team also
finished fifth in the Quebec Provincial K-6
Team Chess Championships in a field of 85.
The club held tournaments almost every
week, including a number of inter-school
team matches and had a 4-0 record. During
the academic year, three girls performed well
enough to appear on Top Twenty Canadawide lists for their grades: Lunki Begum
(Grade 6), Jeeveni Navajeevanantha (Grade
5) and Anika Govindaraja (Grade 2). So far
this year, a total of 70 players participated in
officially-rated chess events. Several
tournaments,
including
the
school
championship, will be held soon. Charles
Aronowitz is the chess instructor.
STUDYING JAPAN: Angela Houghting’s
Cycle III French class at St-Gabriel
Elementary School in Point St. Charles did a
unit on Japan. Students learned about their
population and what their lives are like. In
some of their own words they explan: “We
also did a lot of fun things. We tried sushi
and rice and got chop sticks as souvenirs.
ELECTRIC CAR: The Vincent Massey
Collegiate Engineering Club, founded during
the 2002-2003 academic year by a group of
enthusiastic Secondary III students and their
teachers, formally unveiled their electric car
(V-Mach) on May 26. Their primary
objective was to design and build an electric
car, complying with the specifications and
rules set forth by the Electric Vehicle Council
of Ottawa (EVCO). The VMC Engineering
projected intended to promote “hands on”
activity, creativity, ethusiasmm, team spirit,
state-of-the-art technology, responsibility,
budgeting, safety rules, anti-pollution
consciousness, mathematics and science
knowledge in the framework where the
school can compete across North America on
an even footing. The design and construction
began in October 2002, with assembly
completed in March 2004 and the body
finished and painted by March 2005, It
weighs 500 pounds, is capable of achieving a
top speed of 100 km/h and is powered by a
specialty general electric motor which drives
a modified five speed transmission. Tony
Petrillo is the teacher moderator and Rocco
Portaro the student leader.
We even communicated with a class from
Japan. We worked hard and we sent them a
quilt of stuff that we do here. They sent us a
collage with pictures about their lives. It was
really cool. We learned about them and how
they live and found out a little bit about what
their life is like. We learned the differences
and similarities that Japan and Canada have.
From the unit we learned a lot. We learned
about Samurais, their schools, their lives,
their work, their land and their problems.
This unit has been really fun and exciting and
all the work we did and are still doing has
been amazing. We even learned how to write
and speak a little bit of Japanese. It’s fun to
see what kids do in other countries.”
MATH CHAMPS: Gardenview Elementary
School in St. Laurent tied with Terry Fox
School and came in first in the Quebec
Association of Mathematics Teachers
Competition. Coordinator Pat Ryan came to
the school to make award presentations to
Gardenview students on May 20. As well,
Gardenview ranked third in the Canadian
National Mathematics League Competition
(for Quebec results) but came in first place as
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a public school. The top student, George
Kefalas scored an amazing score of 38 out of
40. A total of 467 schools participated across
Canada and Gardenview School ranked 17th
In more winning news: students also
participated in the soccer tournament as
organized by Katimavik/Hébert School, on
May 14 Gardenview came in first place
against eight other schools and won the gold
medal and trophy.
CULTURAL EXCHANGE: Grade 5 and 6
students from Coronation Elementary School
in Côte des Neiges were invited to the nearby
Jewish People’s and Peretz Schools (JPPS) to
experience
the
latter’s
annual
multiculturalism day on May 16. In January,
JPPS students were the guests of Coronation
as part of a cultural exchange. JPPS
pioneered this multiculturalism program
many years ago and it has grown in scope.
The English and French studies teachers,
along with arts specialist Kelly Shackman,
provide the students with the opportunity to
research and study a community of their
choice. The aim of the program is to
introduce students to cultures and ways of
life other than their own. This year the Grade
5 students at JPPS have been studying the
communities of Japan, India, China and Italy.
The JPPS students will visit Coronation again
on June 17.
GARAGE SALE: Coronation Elementary
School (4810 Van Horne) will hold a Garage
Sale to raise money to send students to
defend their Robotics championship in Japan,
Sat. June 4, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
CURRICULUM FAIR: Carlyle Elementary
School in T.M.R. held its annual Curriculum
Fair May 11 and 12. Each year, Carlyle’s
staff of dedicated teachers and support
personnel, and students in all cycles from
Pre-K to Grade 6, plan and organize a
spectacular display of their work based on a
theme integrated into each strand of the
curriculum. What began over 15 years ago as
a small-scale science fair has over the years
metamorphosed into a grand event.
This year’s theme explored the school
community’s roots and cultures and was
aptly titled “BRIDGING CULTURES.” The
school’s student body is a multicultural
mosaic – each class took advantage of the
extraordinary contributions our cultures bring
to the school; the students researched,
discussed, wrote about and worked on
projects that explored languages, customs,
celebrations and crafts from countries our
families come from. Students “virtually”
visited and learned about Canada, China,
Bangladesh, Chile, France, Greece, India,
Pakistan, Russia, Spain, and our First
Nations. The school gym was transformed
into a showroom where, among other things,
one could “visit” a mini outdoor market, read
about and follow Corduroy Bear on his hotair balloon travels, learn about kite making,
kite festivals, rangoli art and pottery, find out
about Picasso and Cubism, read illustrated
tales from other countries, check out the
Chinese New Year horoscope, see displays of
hand made crafts, and even stop and visit a
‘cabane à sucre.’
MY DREAM HOME: Grade 5 and 6
students at Our Lady of Pompei Elementary
School in Ahuntsic, under the supervision of
Anita Triestino, completed an interesting
program called My Dream Home in which
they acted as general contractors. This crosscurricular project integrated math concepts
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such as area, perimeter and volume as well as
media awareness since they designed their
own business cards. Many skills were taught
throughout the unit. As they designed their
home, they learned how to put the
dimensions of every room to scale. Using the
metric system as a tool, they walked around
the classroom to determine if the
measurements they estimated were realistic.
prize
for
Flush
It
Out!
Earlier in May, the school presented a
Variety Show entitled That's Entertainment.
Over 1,200 parents and grandparents
enjoyed the show.
WILLINGDON TOYOTA HARVEST:
Students, teachers and parents at Willingdon
Elementary School in N.D.G, teamed up
with Evergreen, the schoolyard greening
group and with the help of an Evergreen
Toyota Learning Grounds grant, constructed
two additional garden boxes on the front
lawn of the school this spring. Two students
pitched in and donated part of their weekend
to aid in the construction “It could have been
warmer but we toughed it out and now we
have two beautiful cedar planting boxes to
show for it” said Emilie Usher and Mathieu
Poitevin. Soon students will get their hands
dirty and enjoy some valuable lessons about
nurturing a garden.
The students also had to know the area of the
floors and walls to determine the need for
tiles and paint. It was a hands-on experience
to better understand measurement. Issues that
led to discussions were income and for whom
these homes would be affordable, and in
which geographic area their home would be
best suited. The children soon realized that
these factors do affect contractors decisions.
The
entire
process
made
math
meaningful.The result was a village filled
with varying styles and dimensions of homes
suited for a variety of families.
COUBERTIN SCIENCE: Five projects
from Pierre de Coubertin Elementary School
in St. Léonard were entered in this year's
Montreal Regional Elementary Science Fair
which took place at Étienne-Desmarteau
Arena May 12-14. Cynthia Lamarca won a
gold medal for her project entitled
Mummification Process.
In addition,
Vanessa Signoracci received a prize for The
Miracle of Prosthetics and Michael Del
Vecchio and David Forlini also received a
This fall the students look forward to
harvesting these Food Security Gardens to
donate the vegetables to the N.D.G. Food
Depot. Carole Venafro, a Grade 1 teacher
and longtime school greening activist at the
school and Kathleen Usher, the coordinator
of Evergreen Quebec, spearheaded the
project by applying for the GreenStreet grant
and designing the garden. GreenStreet is a
national non-profit organization funded by
the McConnell Foundation. The program
offers free access to several innovative
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environmental programs to schools across
Canada. This GreenStreet project was an
Evergreen Toyota Learning Grounds Project.
“Environmental stewardship projects like this
one that bring together schools, NGOs
parents and the larger community are
important tools toward building a more
sustainable future,’ said Ms. Usher. “These
projects also offer great project based
learning opportunities, which are major
tenets in the Quebec Education program.”
Pierre Spinelli of Spinelli Toyota Lexus in
Lachine generously contributed the soil for
the garden boxes and was pleased to see the
beautiful native plants and shrubs flourishing
in front of the school when he came to the
school to present the $2,000 cheque on
behalf of Toyota Canada. .
The project will involve four classes each
year on a rotating basis. “Teachers are very
keen about the project and we will have no
problem finding classes to sign up!” said Ms.
Venafro. Students will keep journals to log
the happenings in the garden until the end of
the school year and will culminate their
project with a final entry about the autumn
harvest and the importance of reaching out to
those most in need.
CROSS GENERATIONAL DINNER:
Spiritual Community Animators Vince
Lacroce and Rocco Speranza, along with
students from John Paul I Junior High School
and Laurier MacDonald High School in St.
Léonard hosted a cross generational dinner
and social evening. Over 30 seniors from
Centre Almage attended.
ROSEMOUNT HIGH: Earth Week at
Rosemount High School was held later than
other schools. The faculty wanted to
dedicate an entire week to this cause in an
effort to effectively sensitize students. Earth
Week included a short introductory assembly
to the week’s events, daily clean-ups both
inside and outside the school, daily
questionnaires,
recycling
competitions
(making sculptures from recyclable material),
filling a map of Canada with recyclable
materials produced in each province and
territory, and finally a closing assembly,
which included drummers (on new recycling
bins), skits, the presentation of awards,
singers and a fashion show, which modelled
designs made from recyclable materials. The
school raised over $2,600 in order to assist:
the Haitian relief effort, the Canadian Red
Cross’ response to the Tsunami in South-East
Asia, Dans La Rue’s winter sock collection,
and the Montreal Neurological Institute. In
addition to these contributions, senior
students recently participated in a Business
Creation and Management Project. The
objective was to organize business groups of
various sizes, develop a product or service to
sell to the student body and finally promote
and sell it. The profit gained from this
assignment would then be directed to various
causes within and outside the school. As a
result, students were able to raise
approximately $1,500 aimed at various
charities such as: Centraide, UNICEF, Kids
with a Cause, The Montreal Children’s
Hospital, Make a Wish Canada, The Multiple
Sclerosis Society and several in-school
projects (e.g. Prom, Gym Equipment, the
school’s Games Room and Student Council.
ENTREPRENEURS: Rosemount High
School Vice-Principal Anthony Scozzari
and two students, Resi Raes and Alicia Di
Stefano, represented both the school and the
EMSB at the seventh annual Concours
Québécois en entrepreneuriat (Quebec
Entrepreneurship Contest) Awards Gala.
Held at Montreal’s City Hall on May 6, the
Gala honoured the winners from the 1,179
Student Entrepreneurship projects submitted
in the Montreal region. Rosemount High
School received first prize in the category
Secondaire général individuel et petit groupe
for its project entitled Business Creation &
Management: “The Apprentice” initiated by
Mr. Scozzari and teachers Paul Paterno and
Eugene Brotto. The school received a $500
cash prize and the opportunity to compete at
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the provincial level. Provincial winners will
be honoured at a gala in Quebec on June 21.
MACKAY SWIMMING: Mackay Center
School in NDG hosted the Swim Cup
Challenge on May 20. Students competed in
swim races against members of CJAD, Mix
96, and CHOM. The idea for this event was
created by student Jabbaar Charles and
Rick Moffat from CJAD. Moffat brought
with him CJAD technical director Andrew
Lord, CJAD producer Kim Sullivan and
sales executive Rick Lozoff. “This
swimming event is an opportunity for our
students, many of whom have physical
disabilities to demonstrate their success in
swimming in a friendly competitive
environment,” said Phys Ed teacher Bob
Simpson.
CJAD producer Kim Sullivan, CJAD technical
producer Andrew Lord, program director Rick
Moffat and Mix 96 sales executive Rick Lozoff. The
boys are Jabbarr Charles and to the right of him,
Mathieu Nadeau.
Added Moffat: “Jabbarr and I met by chance
during our CJAD Caring for Kids Radiothon
at the Montreal Children's Hospital in March.
Jabbarr was in battling meningitis, and ended
up requiring six hours of brain surgery. His
Mom saw our banners there, and he asked her
if he could go on the radio, so I put him on
each of three days we were there. This kid
was so full of spirit, the donation pledge lines
went nuts everytime he can on the radio. He
was sitting on my knee when we announced
our record-setting total of $1.7 million raised.
During one of his interviews with me he
challenged me to a swimming race. From
there, we had such great response from the
kids at Mackay, that we required a team to
fill out all the heats. It seems the kids enjoyed
our clowning and flopping about, and I dare
say we'll have to make this an annual visit.”
LAURENHILL
JAZZ:
LaurenHill
Academy is proud to announce that at the
recent Le JazzFest du Quebec its three bands
in competition excelled. The Grade 9 Band
won silver while both the Grade 10 and 11
bands received gold awards. Furthermore,
the Grade 11 band has been selected to
perform at the Montreal International Jazz
Festival. They will be on stage July 8 (3
p.m). This is the second appearance for a
LaurenHill band at this prestigious event.
Meanwhile, all five LaurenHill bands
performed in two concerts at the school May
12 and 13. Still on the performance scene,
LaurenHill’s annual dance show took place
May 20 and 21 at Théåtre Pauline Julien on
Boul. Gouin West.
PARENT PICNIC: The students and
teachers
of
Pre-Kindergarten
and
Kindergarten at Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Elementary School in Rosemount welcomed
parents and grandparents to a Parent Picnic
and Activity Day. The children and their
guests sang songs, decorated surprise bags,
potted baby plants, painted on large posters
attached to the fence, and ate together. A
surprise visit by an artisan provided face
painting. Meanwhile, for the first time, the
Cycle 3, Year 1 students at Pierre Elliott
Trudeau School will be participating in a “
Cooperative Activity Day” on June 2 at
École Secondaire Père Marquette. (CSDM)
The local police station, various sponsors,
and a gathering of schools organize this event
to promote physical activity and interaction
among the children in the Rosemount
community. Students will be playing many
different games and cooperative activities.
One of these is called Kinball, a game in
which they learn and practice during the
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physical education period at school. This is a
game which involves a lot of teamwork and
communication. The other activities include
Tae-bo, swimming and much more.
BURSARIES: Four EMSB students will
receive bursaries from the Montreal Hooked
on School Program, on Sun. May 29 at the
Bain Mathieu (2915 Ontario Street East): Ida
Foster, Royal West Academy; Shandelle
Gabbidon, Wagar High School; Andrea
Holden, Westmount High School; and
Genesther Munro, James Lyng Adult
Education Centre. About 300 young adults
are expected at the event. Hip-hop artists
Sans Pression and Catburglaz will give a live
performance, along with various deejees. A
video montage will also allow young
celebrities to testify of the role that school
played in their path to success. For ticket
information please call (514) 286-2346. They
must be purchased in advance at cost of $2.
The Carrefour de lutte au décrochage scolaire
(Montreal Hooked on School) is a service,
reference and information hub for young
school dropouts and concerned parents, as
well as for the interveners who help them get
back on track. This concerted effort stems
from a genuine desire to provide Montreal
with a solid base for focused actions aimed at
significantly reducing dropout rates.
FIRST NATIONS: Over the past several
months, Cycle 2 classes at Pierre Elliott
Trudeau Elementary School in Rosemount
have learned much about the First Nations.
Through music, art, cultural visits, literature
and related activites the children have
succeeded in becoming familiar with various
aspects and traditions of the First Nations. On
May 18, two guests from the Cree nation
visited the school and were greeted by the
children. They gave a brief talk followed by
a question period. On May 31,2005, a First
Nations Celebration will be held in the
schoolyard whereby all students may come to
appreciate the distinct nature of a traditional
celebration. Five Clan Animal Totem Poles
created by the Cycle 2 students will be on
display at the celebration which will contain
such elements as a native legend told by a
shaman, songs and rhymes performed by the
students, and a snake dance accompanied by
drummers.
TSUNAMI BOTTLE DRIVE: Grade 5
students at Pierre Elliott Trudeau Elementary
School in Rosemount continue to work on a
bottle recycling program to raise money for
tsunami victims. The students said they feel
good because they know they are saving
many lives. Principal Connie Forese,
Community Spiritual Animator Daniel Sup,
the teaching staff and the school caretaker
were thanked. Thus far, the school has
collected over 60 full bags of cans and
bottles.
VISIT FROM CHINA: A five person
delegation from China and a few staff
members from UIS (UNESCO Institute for
Statistics) visited Dante Elementary School
in St. Léonard recently. The delegation
visited the school and stepped into many
classrooms to gather data in order to improve
education in their country. They were served
coffee and dessert while they exchanged
pedagogical and cultural views with the
teachers. Their final stop was with the
administration where they took part in a
discussion
concerning
administrative
procedures as well as pedagogical strategies.
CHILD DEVELOPMENT ROOM: The
EMSB has added a third Child Development
Room to the system, this time at Edward
Murphy Elementary School in Hochelaga
Maisonneuve. Speech and Language
Therapist Andrea Rich initiated the project,
which is already in place at Westmount Park
and Nesbitt elementary schools. The Unicorn
Children's Foundation (UCF) has given
$1,000 towards the latest room. A nonprofit, charitable organization dedicated to
helping children with communication and
learning disorders, the UCF works towards
ensuring that every child with a
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communication or learning disorder is given
the greatest opportunity to reach his or her
fullest potential. UCF has provided $1,500 in
initial startup funding for Westmount Park.
Nesbitt like Edward Murphy got $1,000 each.
Unicorn has pledged an additional $2,000 for
two schools yet to be determined.
MISSING CHILDREN’S NETWORK:
The Missing Children’s Network of Canada
held a Missing Children’s Day May 25 at
Montreal City Hall. A children’s choir from
FACE School performed. Students from Our
Lady of Pompei Elementary School provided
decorations while students from John Paul I
Junior High School acted as event hosts.
Spiritual Community Animator Rocco
Speranza read a reflection during the
ceremony.
EXCHANGE : A team from
Dunrae
Gardens
Elementary School in TMR
(Ginette Clarke, Yann Deville, Natalie
Larochelle, Claire Caillé) visited l’École
Internationale de Genève in Switzerland
recently as part of an exchange program.
SCRAPBOOKING: Cycle 2 students at
Dunrae Gardens Elementary School in TMR
had a wonderful opportunity to work on
special projects this year with the financial
support by the Multicultural Department
from the EMSB. Students learned how to do
embossed cards which they made for winter
holidays and for Mother's Day. The major
project was on SCRAPBOOKING where
each student did a special page with their
own photos and journaling. Their works were
on display for the Salon du Livre, at Dunrae
Gardens on May 26 and at the end of the
school year they will be able to take their
Scrapbook page home. The teachers involved
with these projects are Litsa Pelonis, Brenda
Pinos and Sonia Vaillancourt. The Salon du
Livre featured authors and illustrators Roch
Carrier, May Cutler, Evelyne Daigle,
Louise-Michelle Sauriol, Bonnie Shemie,
Antonio de Thomasis and Gilles Tibo,
FREE DRESS DAY: Merton Elementary
School Grade 6 student Jeremy Kertzer
organized a free-dress day recently to raise
money for the Montreal Children’s Hospital
Foundation. In order to participate everyone
had to donate at least one dollar. Most of the
students in the school participated and some
even donated more than the required amount.
A total of $293.30 was raised.
GENERATIONS:
The
Generations
Foundation, which provides hot meals and
snacks to students at many EMSB schools,
will hold its annual Stanza Summer and Song
Buffet Breakfast
on Thurs. June 2 (6:30
a.m. to 10 a.m.). Tickets are $9 . It all takes
place at LaStanza Buffet and Grill (1132
Marcel Laurin Blvd) in St. Laurent. Call
933-8585 to reserve a group and tickets can
be purchased at the door.
WORKSHOP ON HOMOSEXUALITY:
EMSB in-school administrators and staff
from Student Services attended a two hour
presentation
outlining
the
principal
components of a safe learning environment
for gay and lesbian youth by highlighting the
research on their experiences in Canadian
schools, and proposing strategies for
supporting these adolescents at a most crucial
time in their personal development. The
session was sponsored by the International
Santé Publique, Quebec (INSPQ) and
facilitated by Bill Ryan, M.Ed., MSW., a
social worker and professor at McGill
University School of Social Work, and
Françoise Susset, M.A., a psychologist.
DR. PHIL IN MONTREAL: Dr. Phil
McGraw will speak in Montreal on Fri.
July 8 at the Power Within Conference at Le
Palais des Congrès. A special educational
discount rate has been established for EMSB
employees. The event features six remarkable
authors and guest speakers including Herb
Cohen (on Negotiation Skills), Loretta
LaRoche (on Stress Management), Mike
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Lipkin (on Effective Communication), and
W Mitchell (on Overcoming Challenges &
Personal Inspiration/Motivation).
community of St. Ignatius. The event was
very well attended by the students, teachers
and parents of both communities.
“The variety of guest speakers and topics
discussed throughout the full day conference
offers great value for professional educators,
business professionals and individuals that
recognize the importance of continuous
professional and personal development. The
information is topical, current, and can be
integrated into the work environment and at
home.” says Joseph Khoja, marketing and
sales manager for Power Within Inc.
WEBLINK: Dorothy Nixon is a VaudreuilDorion based freelance writer, native
Montrealer and mother of two teens (grade
11 and university) who has written on
education for major market venues like
Today's Parent Magazine and Canadian
Parents Online. She recently completed a
Children's Literacy Resource Guide for the
Quebec Federation of Home and School
Associations, to be launched in September.
This is a Literacy for the Information Age
project where she finds the parallels between
the early 1900's and today fascinating. Log
on to her website
(www.tighsolas.ca )
about a Canadian family turn of the last
century 1908-1913. It is totally
noncommercial, educational and studentfriendly. She says she had a wealth of
information on hand from ancestors (the kind
of information historians salivate over) and
felt she should share it with. One of the
women in the story,
her husband's
grandmother, went on to lead the Provincial
Association of Protestant Teachers in the
40's and represent Canadian Teachers at a
UNESCO conference in
Paris. Info:
dottynixon@videotron.ca.
“Early Bird” registration rates have been
established for the EMSB and a select
number of organizations that qualify. The
“Early Bird” Education rate is $189 for a
General ticket compared to $329.00 (plus
GST). With the purchase of five tickets the
sixthth is complimentary. “The registration
fee is very reasonable and the topics
discussed are of great value. As a result,
many school boards enable their staff to
access professional development funds to
attend the event. In addition, all the guest
speakers are live and in person which makes
this a once in a life time experience!” states
Mr. Khoja.
The Power Within event has sold out in every
city during the national tour including
Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton and
Vancouver. For additional details, contact
Joseph Khoja at Power Within Inc. Toll
Free 1-866-994-2555 Ext. 229 or visit
http://www.powerwithin.com.
WORKING TOGETHER: The governing
boards of St. Monica and St. Ignatius
elementary schools in N.D.G. continue to
work together to plan for the 2005-2006
academic year. St. Ignatius will close June
30, with students directed to St,. Monica. St.
Monica
recently hosted Celebrate Our
Learning!
– the first of a number of
ventures
to welcome the new school
DENIM DAY: Schools raised a lot of
money on National Denim Day May 10. To
support breast cancer education and research.
Since the event’s inception in October of
1996, the CURE foundation has raised in
excess of $8 million. At head office, $743
was raised. Frederick Banting School brought
in $376.76.
SOCCER CAMPS: Promotions Soccer
M.J.M. in collaboration with the players
from the Montreal Impact, have been
organizing after school soccer camps in nine
EMSB schools (Nesbitt,Edward Murphy,
Dalkeith, Pierre de Coubertin, General
Vanier, Dante, Michelangelo, St Brendans,
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St-Dorothy ) since September. These camps
consisted of 10 one hour sessions. The
program was a success and the students
enjoyed themselves. Promotions Soccer
M.J.M. donated over $4,000$ to the schools
which participated. They are now taking
registrations for the September 2005 session
at a cost of $75 per child, of which $5 per
student registered goes to the school. Please
reserve early as places are limited.
Promotions Soccer M.J.M plans to expand
their program city wide as of September
2005. You can call (514) 873-1697 or email soccermjm@hotmail.com.
GOLF TOURNAMENT: The EMSB will
hold its second annual Scholarship Fund
Golf Tournament on Wednesday, June 29 at
the Lachute Golf Club (355 Bethany Road) in
Lachute. Proceeds from the tournament will
towards the EMSB Scholarship Program,
which benefits a number of current students
and EMSB graduates, so that they can pursue
their post secondary studies in vocational
education, CEGEP studies or undergraduate
studies. As well, some of the funds will go
towards the refurbishment and maintenance
of the special collection of artwork that
adorns the EMSB’s schools, centres and
administration building. The cost for
participating is $175 per person, which
includes 18 holes of golf (shotgun start,
Vegas style), brunch, cocktails and dinner,
plenty of fabulous door prizes, plus prizes for
longest drive and closest to pin. CFCF TV’s
Frank Cavallaro will golf and serve as the
master of ceremonies for the dinner. For
more information call Stuart Nulman at
(514) 483-7200, ext. 78249 or e-mail
snulman@emsb.qc.ca.
SHAKESPEARE: The Rooky Wood
Bardolators, Royal West Academy’s student
Shakespearean troupe, staged their second
and final play of the year on May 24 and 25
in the auditorium of the school, which is
located in Montreal West. The Bardolators
presented “The Taming of the Shrew”,
Shakespeare’s rollicking romantic comedy.
There will be a special dinner theatre
performance on May 27, with dinner at 6
p.m. and showtime at 7:30 p.m. The
Bardolators, under the direction of teacher
Doug Floen, not only perform in the play,
but have also designed and built the sets,
worked on the lighting and have also had a
hand in producing and directing the play.
Tickets are $25 each, and proceeds go
towards the troupe’s upcoming trip to
England this summer, in which one of the
stops on their tour will include Stratford and
the Globe Theatre, where many of
Shakespeare’s
plays
were
originally
performed nearly 500 years ago. For more
information or tickets, call 489-8888.
PEOPLE:
EMSB Commissioner Frank
Verrillo has been elected vice-president of
the Quebec English School Boards
Association (QESBA).
ADULT EDUCATION AND
VOCATIONAL SERVICES
MAY CONFERENCE: The Direction de la
formation générale des adultes of the
Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du
Sport (MELSQ) and English sector school
boards across the province had to cancel a
major conference planned for May 12 and 13
at the Sheraton Laval . This came as a result
of a policy adopted by the Quebec Provincial
Association of Teachers (QPAT) for its
members to boycott curriculum reformrelated activities between May 10 and June
30, 2005,
Some 600 adult education administrators,
professionals, and teachers were expected to
attend the 2005 Adult Education Conference,
“Learning is a Lifelong Journey… YOU
make the difference.” It was being
coordinated by the EMSB. Organizers hope
the conference can be rescheduled next fall.
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JAMES LYNG VOC. DAY: James Lyng
Adult Centre in St. Henri held a vocational
information day for its students on May 11.
There were representatives of different
vocational centres, providing them with
options they might follow upon graduation.
TRIP TO ITALY: At the last EMSB
Council of Commissioners meeting, EMSB
Commissioner Rocco Barbieri filed a
report on the trip to Italy he participated in
recently. He and EMSB Chairman Dominic
Spiridigliozzi joined students from the St.
Pius X Culinary Institute for a week to visit
and meet with administrators of the IPSSARCaterina de Medici School in Lake Garda,
Italy to get first-hand knowledge regarding
the Board’s current student exchange
program and to explore possible
future
exchanges/joint ventures. They also got to
meet and interact with the internationally
known chefs who are part of the “Institute for
the Advanced Culinary and Pastry Arts” who
are giving the courses to EMSB culinary
students. Meetings were arranged with local
politicians and other community leaders in
Brescia province (location of the IPSSAR
School) with a view to exploring exchanges
in other fields (e.g. auto mechanics,
hairdressing, hotel reception and tourism,
furniture-making). Valter Mesar, the director
of the IPSSAR School has expressed a keen
interest in accompanying a group of his
students
in a possible exchange at St.
Pius X in the fall of 2005 or spring of 2006.
“From our perspective this experience was
well worth it for our students,” said Mr.
Barbieri. “Not only are they getting top
notch instruction in their field of culinary
arts, but they have the added advantage of
experiencing the culture behind the foods
that they are preparing. This is a most
important part of the learning experience and
one that will sustain them in their future
learning. Discussions with our own teachers
on this trip revealed that they also benefited
from the exchange experience, allowing them
to compare and contrast and identify areas
where we can be more innovative as well as
areas where we are perhaps doing a better job
in delivering the instruction to the students.
JFK’s Keith Imhoff (third from the left) and his
team.
BUSINESS PARTNERS: JFK Business
Centre Director Keith Imhoff has received
numerous e-mails and letters thanking his
staff for hosting an evening that allowed
business partners the opportunity to meet
students, staff and other businesses with
whom the Centre is involved. In addition,
they felt JFK went the extra mile by hosting
an extensive art exhibition (91 paintings), and
presenting them with a gift (Inukshuk) of
appreciation that they will proudly display in
their offices. “Our hope of creating a ripple
that would have a long lasting effect has
taken hold and we will begin our 2005-2006
academic year with a Board of Directors,”
said Mr. Imhoff. “ The Board will have
representatives from all facets of industry Travel, Accounting, and Banking. They will
review our programs, our Centre’s
Philosophy, help us contact and secure
speakers who can motivate our students to be
the best that they can be. We know that
industry not only wants technical skills but
they also want their employees to have, what
are known as the soft skills. We need to
ensure that students develop the right attitude
and work ethic that will ensure their success
in their chosen profession. Throughout the
evening we discussed with our partners how
we can best provide them with qualified
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students who can walk into their company
and be productive within the shortest possible
delay. “
An added bonus, says Mr. Imhoff, was that
the different partners realized that JFK has
many different programs that they can draw
on for both their benefit and ours. For
example, the travel partners met accounting
and secretarial students and they were
impressed with the quality of work they were
able to accomplish. “As a professional
school, we need to develop a bond with the
business community so that when they are
looking to hire a new employee they first
think of u,” said Mr. Imhoff, who welcomes
calls at (514) 374-2888.
HIFI COLOUR:
Students
in the
hairdressing program at the Laurier
Macdonald Career Centre in St. Léonard
participated in the annual HiFi Color
Competition recently. This event, sponsored
by Cosbec Inc., allows students to apply
their newly acquired skills and demonstrate
their creative talents. Numerous prizes and
awards were presented to the twenty one
participating students .The chairman of the
EMSB, Dominic Spirdigliozzi, was present
to hand out the trophies to the winners.
IMPORTANT DATES
May 27, 28, 2005
RoboCup Junior Competition
Lester B. Pearson High School
Montreal North
May 31, 2005
De-tension: The Wizard of Oz
7 p.m.
Presented by EMSB Staff
Westmount High School
(4350 Ste. Catherine Street West)
June 2, 2005
Summer and Song Buffet Breakfast
6:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Tickets, $9
La Stanza Buffet and Grill (1132 Marcel
Laurin Blvd) in St. Laurent
Info: 933-8585
June 3 and 4, 2005
Willingdon 75th Anniversary
Info: 484-2881
June 22, 2005
EMSB Council Meeting
7:30 p.m.
June 28 and 29, 2005
Summer School Registration
John F. Kennedy High School
3030 Villeray
LaurenHill Academy
2505 Côte Vertu
9 a.m. to Noon and 1 pm. to 5 p.m.
(Classes begin July 4)
June 29, 2005
EMSB Golf Tournament
Lachute
August 31, 2005
EMSB Council Meeting
September 21, 2005
EMSB Town Hall
Pierre Elliott Trudeau School
Rosemount
PLEINS FEUX SUR FIELDING
TRANSFERT DE PAUL VI : La CSEM a
voté en faveur du transfert de l’école
secondaire Paul VI du bâtiment de l’école
secondaire
Lester
B.
Pearson
de
l’arrondissement de Montréal-Nord à celui de
l’école secondaire St. Pius X à Ahuntsic. À
Montréal-Nord, cette école qui reçoit des
élèves à besoins particuliers, occupe une
superficie dont la capacité est de 160 places
pour élèves de l’adaptation scolaire ou, si elle
est transférée, 350 places pour élèves du
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programme régulier. Lorsque l’école
secondaire du premier cycle Sir Wilfrid
Laurier a été fermée le 1er juillet 2003, son
effectif a été transféré à l’école secondaire
polyvalente Lester B. Pearson. Depuis cette
date, les inscriptions ont augmenté
constamment.
Des
données
récentes
indiquent que les inscriptions au 30
septembre 2004 s’élevaient à 1,391 élèves et
que les prévisions pour l’année scolaire
2005-2006 étaient de 1,450 élèves.
Cependant, la capacité de Lester B. Pearson
n’est que de 1,375 élèves ce qui donnerait
moins d’espace à Paul VI qui occupera
maintenant des locaux plus spacieux à St.
Pius X. Son école secondaire fermera en juin
prochain et les élèves seront transférés à
l’école secondaire John F. Kennedy.
APPRENTISSAGE ENRICHI : La CSEM
formera un comité de mise en œuvre chargé
d’élaborer un plan pour le déploiement
d’ordinateurs individuels (connu aussi sous le
nom d’informatique omniprésente) au
Secondaire I au cours de l’année scolaire
2005-2006. L’intégration de la technologie
est considérée comme partie intégrale du
programme de formation de l’école
québécoise. Il a été démontré qu’un meilleur
accès aux ordinateurs en classe donne lieu à
une amélioration de l’engagement des élèves.
En outre, le déploiement d’ordinateurs
individuels a démontré qu’il y avait eu une
amélioration du taux de réussite des élèves
dans plusieurs juridictions. Il est prévu que le
programme sera mis à l’essai l’an prochain.
L’informatique omniprésente est une
innovation relativement récente en Amérique
du Nord. Sa mise en œuvre a été
accompagnée d’évaluations et de recherches
sur ses impacts et ses résultats. Les résultats
de sondages menés auprès d’élèves, de
parents et d’enseignant(e)s démontrent que la
fréquentation et les inscriptions à certains
programmes ont augmenté drastiquement
tandis que les taux de décrochage ont
diminué. Les représentants d’Apple Canada
soulignent que ceci a été le cas à la
Commission scolaire des Cantons de l’Est.
ASSOCIATION DES ANCIENS ÉLÈVES
DE JAMES LYNG : L’Association des
ancien(ne)s
élèves
de
laboratoire
d’informatique de l’école secondaire James
Lyng a vu le jour le 19 mai. Une campagne
de levée de fonds, menée en hiver par les
ancien(ne)s élèves, a permis de financer 24
postes d’ordinateurs et un moniteur principal
pour la salle d’informatique. Leurs efforts ont
culminé lors d’une soirée de levée de fonds
couronnée de succès tenue le 19 février et à
laquelle ont assisté 900 ancien(ne)s élèves et
leurs conjoint(e)s. « La collaboration avec
Hewlett-Packard a permis la matérialisation
du rêve d’un laboratoire d’informatique
totalement interactif, » a déclaré le directeur
Wayne Commeford. « Elle a permis à notre
école d’acquérir la technologie stratégique
qui répond le mieux aux besoins
d’apprentissage de nos élèves. »
LES SCIENCES À DUNRAE GARDENS :
Une fois de plus, l’école primaire Dunrae
Gardens de Ville Mont-Royal a démontré que
les sciences n’étaient pas seulement des
exercices cérébraux mais une activité à la
page pour tous les âges. La Foire de sciences
2005, sous l’étroite supervision de Louise
Demers, spécialiste en sciences de Dunrae
Gardens, a permis l’évolution de la
compréhension des sciences par les élèves de
la 3e à la 6e année grâce à de fascinantes
présentations allant de la robotique à
l’ancienne mythologie égyptienne et de la
colonisation et la prolifération du parasite
moderne, le drosophile ou la mouche à fruits.
Selon les parents, les élèves, les
enseignant(e)s et les membres de la
communauté qui ont eu l’occasion de
rencontrer les génies potentiels de l’avenir, la
Foire de sciences du 6 mai a été une réussite
scientifique !!!
FOIRE DE CARRIÈRES : La Foire de
carrières 2005 aura lieu du 25 au 27 octobre
2005 à l’école secondaire St. Pius X. Jack
Dym de Pipe and Pilings Supplies en sera le
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commanditaire
principal.
M.
Dym,
philanthrope et homme d’affaires prospère de
Montréal a fréquenté le réseau d’écoles
publiques. La Banque Royale et Tony
Ruccolo
(tony.ruccolo@agc.inalco.com)
d’Alliance Industrielle en seront aussi les
commanditaires.
CHORALE : La Chorale de la CSEM a
clôturé les célébrations de ses 25 années par
un concert de gala du printemps qui a été
présenté, le 1er mai, devant une salle comble à
la salle de concerts Oscar Peterson. Les
Chorales senior et junior (80 choristes), sous
la direction de Patricia Abbott, étaient
accompagnés sur scène par plusieurs invités
spéciaux dont Jean Sult, ancienne directrice
de la Chorale (1984-1990), Erica Phare
(directrice de la Chorale junior de 1988 à
1999), l’ancienne accompagnatrice Daniella
Bernstein (1988 à 1990) et plus de 20
anciens membres de la chorale. La Chorale
était accompagnée par la pianiste AnneMarie Denoncourt et un orchestre de
chambre composé d’instruments à corde,
flûte, clarinette et percussion. À cette
occasion, la Chorale a commandé quelques
arrangements musicaux de Christopher
Smith. Un autre fait saillant a été la première
canadienne de la présentation par la Chorale
senior de Turn on the Open Sea une chanson
pour chorale, piano et instruments à corde du
compositeur australien Paul Jarman. Cette
saison a été la 15e saison de Mme Abbott à la
direction de la chorale.
Deux jours plus tard, le 3 mai, la Chorale
senior s’est produite dans le cadre du
nouveau festival, L’internationale des
Chœurs du monde de Montréal, à l’exquise
église Saint-Pierre Apôtre située près du
bâtiment de Radio Canada.
La saison de la chorale prend officiellement
fin le 10 juin avec le banquet annuel de
remise de prix. Les élèves peuvent passer des
auditions pour la saison de 2005-2006 à
compter de la première répétition qui aura
lieu le 10 septembre à l’école Westmount
Park. Les points saillants de la prochaine
saison incluent une autre séries de concerts
CBC/McGill, le concert annuel des Fêtes à la
Citadelle de l’Armée du Salut et le gala du
printemps le 6 mai 2006 à la salle Oscar
Peterson. Plusieurs invité(e)s figureront aussi
au programme. Pour plus de renseignements
au sujet de la chorale ou pour une audition,
veuillez appeler Pat Abbott au (514) 4837200, poste 7234.
RETOUR À BANCROFT : En tant
qu’agent principal responsable des affaires
politiques/économiques et publiques au
consulat général du Canada à Los Angeles,
Rosalind Wolfe déploie beaucoup d’efforts
pour maintenir la visibilité de notre pays dans
cette ville. Mais elle n’a jamais oublié ses
racines ni le fait qu’elle a fréquenté l’école
primaire Bancroft du Plateau. Mme Wolfe est
retournée à Bancroft pour la première fois en
40 ans pour s’entretenir avec les élèves de
son ancienne école. Elle a été reçue à la porte
par la directrice, Artemis Marevi, qui lui a
présenté un bouquet de fleurs ainsi que de la
liqueur amaretto maison et un gâteau aux
poires. Les élèves n’étaient pas à cours de
questions et ils étaient particulièrement
intrigués par ses contacts avec Hollywood et
le monde des films et de la télévision. Ils lui
ont même posé des questions sur la maladie
de la vache folle et le SARS, deux problèmes
qui lui ont donné beaucoup de travail à L.A.
La grande fierté de Mme Wolfe est le Bottin
de talents canadiens à Los Angeles
(www.canadiantalentla.com). Lancé en 2003,
il offre des informations sur les canadien(ne)s
qui travaillent dans l’industrie du spectacle à
Los Angeles. Plus de 2,200 acteurs, actrices,
comédien(ne)s, écrivain(e)s. producteurs,
productrices, metteurs en scène et personnel
de production figurent à cet annuaire. Il est
mis à jour mensuellement et totalement
accessible par Internet. Mme Wolfe a
déménagé à Los Angeles il y a 28 ans en
compagnie de son mari Michael Wolfe
(maintenant vice-président de la California
National Bank), elle a enseigné pour deux
ans à l’Université Pepperdine, consacré deux
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autres années comme analyste législative
pour le maire Tom Bradley avant de passer
au consulat canadien où elle œuvre depuis 24
ans.
SEMAINE DES SERVICES DE GARDE :
La Semaine des services de garde de la
CSEM sera célébrée du 30 mai au 3 juin. Le
thème de la semaine est « Ohé! Bonheurs
droit devant! HAPPINESS is… ». Quelques
merveilleuses oeuvres d’artisanat de divers
services de garde seront exposées au centre
administratif de la CSEM jusqu’au 10 juin.
VENTE DE GARAGE : L’école primaire
Coronation (4810 Van Horne) organise une
vente de garage le samedi 4 juin de 9 h à 16 h
dans le but de recueillir des fonds pour
envoyer des élèves concourir au championnat
de Robotique au Japon.
LA MAISON DE MES RÊVES : Les
élèves de 5e et de 6e années de l’école
primaire Our Lady of Pompei d’Ahuntsic,
sous la supervision d’Anita Triestino, ont
complété un intéressant programme intitulé
La Maison de mes Rêves pour lequel ils ont
tenu le rôle d’entrepreneurs généraux. Ce
projet à compétences transversales intègre les
concepts de mathématiques tels que l’aire, le
périmètre et le volume ainsi que la
sensibilisation aux médias étant donné que
les élèves ont conçu leurs propres cartes
d’affaires. Un grand nombre d’habilités ont
été enseignées au cours de ce projet. Pendant
qu’ils concevaient leur maison, les élèves ont
appris la façon de dresser l’échelle des
dimensions de chaque chambre. À l’aide du
système métrique, ils se sont déplacés en
classe pour déterminer si les dimensions
qu’ils avaient estimées étaient réalistes. Les
élèves ont aussi dû mesurer la superficie des
planchers et des murs pour déterminer la
quantité de peinture et de tuiles dont ils
avaient besoin. Ils ont ainsi acquis une
expérience de première main qui leur a
permis de mieux comprendre les mesures. Le
revenu et le type de personnes qui pouvaient
se permettre ces maisons ainsi que
l’emplacement
géographique
le
plus
approprié pour leur maison ont fait l’objet de
discussions. Les enfants ont vite réalisé que
ces facteurs affectent les décisions des
entrepreneurs. Tout ce processus a donné un
sens aux mathématiques et le projet a donné
naissance à un village de maisons, de styles
et dimensions variés, qui conviendraient à
diverses familles.
ÉCOLE SECONDAIRE ROSEMONT :
La Semaine de la Terre a eu lieu plus tard
que dans les autres écoles à l’école
secondaire
Rosemont.
Le
personnel
enseignant voulait dédier une semaine entière
à cette cause dans le but de sensibiliser plus
efficacement les élèves. La Semaine de la
Terre a inclut une courte assemblée
d’introduction aux évènements de la semaine,
des nettoyages journaliers à l’intérieur et à
l’extérieur de l’école, des questionnaires
journaliers, des concours de recyclage (faire
des sculptures à partie de matériel
recyclable), compléter une carte du Canada à
l’aide de matériel recyclable produit dans
chaque province et territoire et, finalement,
une assemblée de fermeture mettant en
vedette des tambours, des sketchs, la
présentation de prix, des chanteurs et un
défilé de modes qui a présenté des créations
faites à partie de matériel recyclable. L’école
a recueilli plus de 2 600 $ pour venir en aide
à Haïti, la Croix Rouge canadienne pour le
tsunami, la collection de chaussettes d’hiver
de Dans La Rue et l’Institut Neurologique de
Montréal. En sus de ces contributions, les
élèves seniors ont participé récemment à un
projet de création et de gestion d’entreprise.
L’objectif du projet était d’organiser des
groupes d’affaires de diverses grandeurs, de
développer un produit ou service à vendre
aux élèves et, finalement, d’en faire la
promotion et le vendre. Le profit réalisé par
ce projet serait ensuite versé à diverses
causes à l’intérieur et à l’extérieur de l’école.
Les élèves ont ainsi recueilli près de 1 500 $
qui ont été remis à : Centraide, UNICEF,
KIDS with a Cause, l’Hôpital de Montréal
pour enfants, Make a Wish Canada, la
Société canadienne de la sclérose en plaques
et divers projets de l’école (ex : bal des
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finissants, équipement de gymnase, la salle
de jeux de l'école et le conseil d’élèves).
PIQUE-NIQUE DE PARENTS : Les élèves
et les enseignant(e)s de prématernelle et de
maternelle de l’école primaire Pierre Elliott
Trudeau de Rosemont ont été les hôtes des
parents et des grands-parents lors de la
journée de pique-nique et d’activités. Les
enfants et leurs invités ont chanté des
chansons, décoré des sacs de surprises, mis
des plantes en pots, peint de grandes affiches
et ont mangé ensemble. Une visite-surprise
d’un artisan a permis d’offrir du maquillage
d’enfants. Entre temps, pour la première fois,
les élèves de 1re année du Cycle 3
participeront à une « Journée d’activités
coopératives » le 2 juin à l’école secondaire
Père Marquette (CSDM). Le poste de police
local, divers commanditaires et un groupe
d’écoles organisent cet évènement pour
promouvoir
l’activité
physique
et
l’interaction parmi les enfants de la
communauté de Rosemont. Les élèves
joueront à divers jeux et participeront à des
activités coopératives dont l’une est
dénommé, Kinball, un jeu qu’ils apprennent
et pratiquent durant la période d’éducation
physique à l’école et qui exige beaucoup de
travail d’équipe et de communication. Les
autres activités incluent le Tae-bo, la nage et
plusieurs autres.
VISITE DE CHINE : Une délégation de
cinq personnes de la Chine et quelques
membres du personnel de UIS (UNESCO
Institut des statistiques) ont visité récemment
l’école primaire Dante de l’arrondissement de
Saint-Léonard. La délégation a visité l’école
et elle est entrée dans plusieurs classes afin
de recueillir des données visant à améliorer
l’éducation dans son pays. Du café et des
desserts ont été servis alors qu’elle
échangeait des points de vues pédagogiques
et culturels avec les enseignant(e)s. Son
dernier arrêt a été au bureau de
l’administration où elle a pris part à une
discussion concernant les procédures
administratives ainsi que les stratégies
pédagogiques.
RÉSEAU
ENFANTS
RETOUR
CANADA : Le Réseau Enfants Retour
Canada a tenu une Journée Enfants Retour le
25 mai à l’Hôtel de ville de Montréal. Un
chœur d’enfants de l’école FACE s’est
produit et des élèves de l’école primaire Our
lady of Pompei ont offert des décorations
tandis que ceux de l’école secondaire du
premier cycle John Paul I tenaient le rôle
d’hôtes de l’évènement. L’animateur de vie
spirituelle Rocco Speranza a lu une réflexion
au cours de la cérémonie.
LE DR PHIL À MONTRÉAL : Le Dr Phil
McGraw s’adressera à la Power Within
Conference qui aura lieu au Palais des
congrès de Montréal le vendredi 8 juillet. Un
taux spécial réduit a été établi pour le
personnel de la CSEM. L’évènement met en
vedette six auteurs et conférenciers invités
remarquables
incluant
Herb
Cohen
(Habiletés de négociation) Loretta LaRoche
(Gestion du stress),
Mike Lipkin
(Communication efficace) et W. Mitchell
(Surmonter les défis et inspiration
personnelle/motivation).
« La diversité des conférenciers invités et des
sujets discutés tout au long du congrès d’un
jour est d’une grande valeur pour les
éducateurs professionnels, les hommes et
femmes d’affaires et les personnes qui
reconnaissent
l’importance
de
perfectionnement professionnel et personnel
continu. L’information est topique, courante
et elle peut être intégrée à l’environnement de
travail et à la maison» déclare Joseph Khoja,
directeur des ventes et du marketing de
Power Within Inc.
Des taux d’inscriptions anticipées ont été
établis pour la CSEM et un nombre choisi
d’organismes
admissibles.
Le
taux
d’inscription anticipée pour éducateur est de
189 $ pour un billet général comparé à 329 $
(plus TPS). Avec l’achat de cinq billets, le
sixième est offert gratuitement. « Le droit
d’inscription est très raisonnable et les sujets
discutés sont de grande valeur et un grand
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nombre de commissions scolaires permettent
à leur personnel d’avoir accès à des fonds de
perfectionnement professionnel pour assister
à l’évènement. En outre, tous les
conférenciers invités seront sur place et ceci
fait de cet évènement une expérience unique!
» déclare M. Khoja.
Cet évènement s’est déroulé à guichets
fermés dans chaque ville au cours de la
tournée nationale incluant Toronto, Ottawa,
Calgary, Edmonton et Vancouver. Pour des
détails supplémentaires, communiquez avec
Joseph Khoja à Power Within Inc sans frais
en composant le 1-866-994-2555, poste 229
ou au http://www.powerwithin.com
JOURNÉE DU DENIM : Les écoles ont
recueilli des sommes importantes lors de la
Journée Nationale du Denim qui a eu lieu le
10 mai pour appuyer la recherche et
l’éducation au sujet du cancer du sein.
Depuis le début de ces journées en octobre
1996, la Fondation CURE a recueilli plus de
8 millions de dollars.
SERVICES DE L’EDUCATION DES
ADULTES
ET
DE
LA
FORMATION
PROFESSIONNELLE
CONGRÈS DE MAI : La Direction
générale de la formation générale des adultes
du ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du
Sport (MELS) et les commissions scolaires
anglophones du Québec ont dû annuler un
congrès majeur qui était prévu pour les 12 et
13 mai au Sheraton de Laval. Cette
annulation découle d’une politique adoptée
par
l’Association
provinciale
des
enseignantes et enseignants du Québec
(APEEQ) demandant à ses membres de
boycotter les activités reliées à la réforme du
curriculum, entre le 10 mai et le 30 juin 2005.
Quelques 600 administrateurs de la formation
générale des adultes, des professionnels et
des enseignant(e)s étaient attendus à ce
congrès qui avait été coordonné par la
CSEM. Les organisateurs espèrent que le
congrès pourra être remis à l’automne
prochain.
JOURNÉE
DE
FORMATION
PROFESSIONNELLE À JAMES LYNG :
Le Centre d’adultes de James Lyng à SaintHenri a tenu le 11 mai une journée
d’information
sur
la
formation
professionnelle pour ses élèves. Plusieurs
représentants de divers centres de formation
professionnelle étaient sur place pour
présenter aux élèves les options qu’ils
pourraient adopter à la fin de leurs études.
VOYAGE EN ITALIE : Des membres de
l’Institut culinaire St Pius X de la CSEM sont
rentrés le 8 mai d’un voyage d’échange de
deux semaines en Italie. Le président de la
CSEM, Dominic Spiridigliozzi, et le
commissaire
Rocco
Barbieri,
ont
accompagné les élèves et le personnel pour
les premiers sept jours. Le voyage a permis
aux élèves et aux enseignant(e)s de
développer les compétences nécessaires pour
préparer avec succès une cuisine italienne
avancée. Il a aussi donné l’occasion d’établir
des liens avec d’autres institutions à
l’étranger.
DATES IMPORTANTES
27, 28 MAI 2005
Concours RoboCup junior
École secondaire Lester B. Pearson
Montréal-Nord
31 mai 2005
The Wizard of Oz
Présenté par le personnel de la CSEM
19 h
École secondaire Westmount
4350 rue Sainte Catherine Ouest
2 juin 2005
Petit-déjeuner buffet Summer and Song
26
6 h 30 à 10 h
Billets 9 $
Buffet et Grill La Stanza
1132 Marcel Laurin, Saint-Laurent
Info : 933-8585
3 et 4 juin 2005
75e anniversaire de Willingdon
Info: 484-2881
28 et 29 juin 2005
Inscriptions aux cours d’été
École secondaire John F. Kennedy
3030 Villeray
Académie LaurenHill
2505 Côte Vertu
9h à midi et 13h à 17h
(Les classes commencent le 14 juin)
29 juin 2005
Tournoi de golf de la CSEM
Lachute
Submissions for the Fielding Focus should be
made to Michael J. Cohen by e-mail
(mcohen@emsb.qc.ca), fax (483-7213) or drop
it by room 109.