2300 Ellesmere Road, Scarborough, Ontario, M1G 3M7

Dear Parent/Guardian, A warm welcome back from St. Thomas More Catholic School to those families returning and an especially warm welcome to any new members of our community. As we begin the new school year, the TCDSB will embark on its new three-year pastoral plan – Rooted in Christ: we Belong, we Believe, we Become. This year, we embrace and celebrate Belonging: including and acceptance of each and every student and their families within our Catholic community. Our com-mon belief brings us together as one family. Catholic schools are built on the relationships between our families, our parishes, our staff and our students. We cele-brated these communities in our previous pastoral plan, and will continue to nurture their close ties in this new pastoral plan. As I always say, September brings with it the opportunity for new beginnings and as I enter my fifth year with the St. Thomas More community, I recognise how far we have come and also what goals we have for the future. Our virtue of the month for September is ‘Hospitality’ and in this spirit we celebrate our ability to welcome others to our school in the same way that God welcomes us to His table. A big thank you to our teachers, secretary and custodians who have prepared the school so well. I look forward to another great year filled with learning and fun. All the best,

D. Mount Principal

Mr. D Mount Principal

From the Parish of St Thomas More Catholic Church (416) 439 1545 Superintendent: S. Campbell (416) 222 8282 Ext 2263 CSAC Chairperson: Ms. Milewski Secretary: D. Canham Trustee: N. Crawford

The virtue of the month for September is “Hospitality”...Whatsoever you do to the least of my people, that you do unto me. Matthew 25:40

Please be aware that when we drop off our children at school, the safety of everyone is paramount.

With this in mind, please remember that parents must not wait in the School Bus Loading Zone at any time.

The staff on duty are there to support student safety at drop off and dismissal time and I would ask that every-

one follows their direction respectfully.

Parents/Guardians, please drop off students in the big yard. Supervision begins at 8:10 and in order to ensure staff can identify each adult on the yard, we would ask that parents not remain there after 8:10.

Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the school @ (416) 393 5322.

Just a reminder...if it is raining in the morning then students should enter the school either by the front entrance or by the north doors (by the Church crosswalk). Sometimes,

when the rain eases off, the students remain inside. If you are dropping off your child at 8:10 or after and see no one on duty outside, it is safe to assume that an indoor recess has been called and you should direct your child inside.

As it is the beginning of the year, we need to begin as we mean to go on in terms of punctuality and general time keeping. We are now entering the third year of our new times and continue to ask that students to be in school on time. Please refer to the times listed below and I would ask that you reinforce this by ensuring your child is picked up and dropped off promptly.

Start 8:30am Recess 10:15-10:30am Lunch 11:15-12:15 Recess 1:40-1:55 End 3:00pm

Just a reminder that St Thomas More, like every other school in the TCDSB, is a uniformed school. Please refer to the guidelines on the Board website for specific instructions, but as a general rule the follow-ing applies:

Any combination of plain white and navy blue garments (e.g. plain white top, navy blue bottom or, navy blue top and bottom, no denim)

No visible logos other than the TCDSB or school crest

No Jeans

Breakfast club will begin once more at the St. Thomas More Church Hall on Monday the 10th September @ 8:05am. Students will be provided with a nutritious break-fast to start the day free of charge. EVERY child is wel-come. Donations can be given as part of the snack pro-gram funds which we will begin to collect next week. We do need those donations as it will become difficult to run the program if we do not have sufficient funding. Our snack program will begin on the 17th. Letters will go out to parents next week.