Principal’s Message Well, another awesome year is coming to a close

at St. Ursula. They say, “Time flies when you are

having fun”, so I guess that explains it.

Our school continues to be an exemplary place to

work and to learn. We are blessed to have an

incredible, hard-working staff of educators who

genuinely care about your children.

I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to

all of our parents, incredible volunteers and Parent

Council for their support, encouragement, and

assistance during my time here at St. Ursula. We

would like to celebrate and recognize all of your

wonderful work at our Volunteer Appreciation

Tea on Friday, June 12th at 11:30 a.m. in the

Library.

I would also like to thank our students for their

enthusiasm and positive attitudes. The students

have embraced a growth mindset and a belief that

anything is possible with dedication, effort and

perseverance. Just keep swimming!

On behalf of the staff, please accept our best

wishes for a safe, happy and relaxing summer! To

those families who have ‘graduated’ or will not be

with us next year, ‘Good Luck and Best Wishes!’

God bless,

Ingrid McEachen

St. Ursula Newsletter JUNE, 2015

St. Ursula Catholic School

215 Livingston Rd. Scarborough, ON

M1E 1L8 (416) 393-5306

Fax (416) 397-6550

Administrative Assistant

Angela Bouchard / S-M D’Astou

Head Custodian

Michael Donnelly

Superintendent

Geoff Grant (416)222-8282

Trustee

Nancy Crawford

Parish

St. Martin de Porres 4179 Lawrence Ave. E..

Scarborough, ON M1E 2S3

Enrolment

230

Hours of Operation

8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Lunch Hour

11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Principal

I. McEachen

THE GOLDEN RULE

“TREAT OTHERS THE WAY YOU

WOULD LIKE TO BE TREATED.”

As we send our students off for a summer of fun and

relaxation and our graduates off into the wider world,

we have faith that they will return to us safely to begin

another year. The quote from John’s gospel reminds

us, “Happy are those who have not seen, yet still

believe.” John 20:29. We will encourage our students

to continue to put their faith into action by bringing

the Gospel spirit into every aspect of their lives.

Grade 8 Graduation!

Our Grade 8 Graduation Ceremony will take place on

Wed., June 24th at 6:00 pm at Q-SSIS Banquet Hall.

The students will celebrate afterwards with a dinner

and dance until 10:45 pm. A cost of $35.00 per

graduate will cover the cost of the evening, as our

CSAC is generously subsidizing the ceremony.

Important Info In preparation for the last week of the school year,

please contact the school if you are planning an

extended vacation. Report cards will be coming home

on Wednesday, June 24, 2015. The last day of school

is Thursday, June 25, 2015. Please send your child

with 2 plastic bags to carry home all their belongings

found in their desk and within the classroom!

TCDSB’s Three-Year Pastoral

Plan Focuses on Family, School,

Parish Together with One Voice Year one, starting September 2015, the focus is on

Family. Watch for news and information:

https://www.tcdsb.org/Board/

NurturingOurCatholicCommunity/Pages/Default.aspx

Update on Labour Negotiations Any new information will be posted to the board’s website

https://www.tcdsb.org/news/othernews/2015/pages/

labour-negotiations-update.aspx

Guildwood Day Parade

Saturday, June 6

St. Ursula School will participate in the Guildwood

Day Parade again this year. St. Ursula community

members are encouraged to join our PALs leaders,

Eco-Heroes and Student Council as we march

together behind our banner representing our school.

The parade is the kick-off to the annual Guildwood

Day. Participation involves community groups,

businesses, local leaders, politicians and of course,

the creative individuals who decorate their bikes,

scooters, vehicles and themselves to celebrate our

wonderful community here in Guildwood Village!

Join in the fun as we cheer and celebrate the theme of

the Pan Am Games! We will meet at 10 a.m. at

Laurier Collegiate.

Lego/Math Night

Canada Day Celebrations

Students across the TCDSB will celebrate Canada

Day on the last day of the school year, Thursday,

June 25th, 2015. As our students did last year, they are

asked to dress in red and white on this day. We will

gather in the front of the school with the provided

Canadian flags, to join with students and staff from

across the Toronto Catholic District School Board in

the singing of the National Anthem at 9:30 a.m.

Play Day We are looking forward to our annual PLAY DAY!

This fun-filled event takes place on Tues. June 23rd.

A number of exciting activities are being organized

by our grade eight students as the students compete in

their TRIBES teams.

Volunteer Tea: June 12 Our CSAC has been very dedicated and diligent in

their efforts again this year to fundraise and spearhead

many wonderful initiatives. One of those experiences

involved substantially subsidizing a visit by the entire

student body to Ripley’s Aquarium. The journey

through the aquarium included an underwater tunnel

weaving through the gallery to see the home of many

different species of sharks, barracudas and moray

eels. It was an amazing opportunity! Thanks, CSAC!

We are thankful to our volunteers who assisted with

our morning meal program, Santa’s Goodies and

Gifts, pizza lunches, bricks, gardens, basketball and

driving to various sports events. Kudos to all of these

community and parent volunteers! We hope to see

you at our Volunteer Tea on June 12th at 11:30 am. Primary Soccer Every Thursday, beginning in January, the primary

students have been playing soccer in the gym. They

have been enjoying playing as team vs. team, each

team being a different country ranging from Canada

to the Philippines. The primary students had lots of

fun playing with their friends against other teams. A

special thanks to Ms. Baker, Ms. Causi and Ms.

Sanna for organizing it and a special thanks to Nanle,

Dylan, Erik and Aidan for refereeing.

School Calendar 2015-2016 Number of school days 194

Labour Day September 7, 2015

First Instructional Day September 8, 2015

Thanksgiving Day October 12, 2015

Christmas Break Dec 21, 2015–Jan 1, 2016

Family Day February 15, 2016

Mid-Winter Break March 14–18, 2016

Good Friday March 25, 2016

Easter Monday March 28, 2016

Victoria Day May 23, 2016

More details including PA Days here:

https://www.tcdsb.org/school/SchoolYearCalendar/

Pages/FutureSchoolYearCalendar.aspx

Jump Rope for

Heart

Our students enthusiastically enjoyed

this special event on Friday, May 29th.

Supporting children’s health for more than 30 years,

Heart and Stroke Jump Rope for Heart encourages

kids to get active by skipping rope while they collect

pledges for heart disease and stroke research. We

encourage the students to return the pledge forms as

soon as possible.

Our Leaders Attend Camp Olympia The grade 8 leaders from St. Ursula had the incredible experience of attending this year’s Camp Olympia

Leadership Camp held in Huntsville from May 3rd to May 5th. To prepare for this leadership camp, students

had to work collaboratively and rise to the challenge of creating a school banner, a lip sync mash up

performance, warm fuzzy containers, and a school cheer. Over the past few weeks, our dedicated grade 8

leaders worked hard to complete the leadership tasks and the results were amazing! The theme for this year’s

Camp Olympia was the Avengers. Similar to the superheroes of the Avengers, student leaders are called to

action, to stand up for positive change, encourage and help others and act as role models in our schools.

Through various leadership workshops, games and collaborative activities, students were able to develop old

and new skills in becoming better, more empowered leaders and networking with like-minded student leaders.

Our student leaders left Camp Olympia with a greater knowledge and self-confidence to make a difference at

St. Ursula, our community and the world! We are very proud of our St. Ursula grade 8 leaders for stepping up

to the challenge and demonstrating school spirit.

Track & Field Track and Field was an exciting event again this school year as we earned much success during our

participation in the divisional and regional meets. Congratulations to all of our athletes, in particular, Nanle,

Brandon and Nancin. These 3 students qualified and competed strongly in the City Final Meet at Varsity

Stadium. A very special thank you to Mr. Frost and Ms. Baker for their organization and to the many coaches

who assisted the students in their events!

Brandon sets a new

TCDSB record for

Gr. 3 boys 100 m!

An amazing 2nd place

finish for Nanle!