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Faith in Action!

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255Alton Towers Circle Scarborough, Ontario

M1V 4E7 Tel. 416-393-5416 Fax 416-397-6005

Principal: S. DaCosta

Admin. Assistant:

N. DiPietro

Superintendent: Mr. K. Malcom 416-222-8282

Trustee:

Mr. G. Tanuan 416-512-3408

CSAC Chair:

D. Smith

Parish: Prince of Peace Church 265 Alton Towers Circle

416-291– 9422

Enrolment: 302

School Hours:

9:00 to 3:30

Prince of Peace Catholic School Catholic School News

Principal’s Message

Dear Prince of Peace Families, Once again, we have another busy month here at school. We thank all of our directors and performers in advance for taking time to prac-tice and entertain the school community on April 12th. Junior girls and boys will participate in a volleyball tournament mid month. Our chess team ended last month at a tournament. We will host Intermediate W5H on the 16th, 23rd, and 30th. Our grade 2 students will receive their First Holy Communion on the 15th /22nd and the grade 7’s will be confirmed on the 16th. We thank our dedicated staff for creating all the different learning opportunities for our children.

Although it’s nice to see that Spring is slowly arriving, we note that the temperature often changes minute by minute and we want the children to be prepared for the outdoors. Please remind your children to dress in lay-ers and to bring a jacket to school so that they will be ready for warmer or cooler weather. Younger children may wish to have a second set of socks or slacks to mitigate the effects of those enticing puddles. On behalf of our staff, I’d like to wish you and your family a glorious Easter season. May God continue to bless your home with much love and happiness. Wishing you a fabulous month! Sincerely, S. DaCosta

EASTER Let us put ourselves into the hands of the Lord, and pray that God will bless us and our families during the coming holy days. May each of us help to make our homes places of joy, love, peace and safety. May we be generous and considerate, helping others keep the celebration of the dying and rising of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.

April 2018

School News Secretary’s Day Secretary's Day is on Wednesday, April 25th. We thank Mrs. Di Pietro for all that she does to keep us organized, informed and well fed on Friday afternoons!!

Musicville On April 12th, our school will be hosting an evening performance entitled, “Musicville”. Volunteer per-formers have been rehearsing for several months dur-ing lunch recesses and after school. We also thank our parent council for supporting portions of this activity financially. Special thanks to the teachers who worked tirelessly building and preparing both props and chil-dren. Girls and Boys Chess Congratulations to our girls’ team who placed second at the tournament on March 26th. Many of the girls will move on to the City Finals on April 6/18. Our boys team was also very successful and moving on to the City Finals! We thank both our coaches! Nutrition Program In order to ensure that we are aware of any food aller-gies, we request that all health forms be returned. We thank all families for their generous donations each month. We ask for parents to contribute if they have not done so this term. We could not sustain this ser -vice without your contributions!! Thank you! Reminders: Please make sure that clothing items are labeled

with children’s names. We have a surplus of items in our Lost and Found box.

Please do not stop and get out of your car within our bus loading zones (front loop). Thank you!

Self Regulation

*Help the child become self-aware. This can be achieved by helping a child to “become aware of what it feels like to be calmly focused and alert and what it feels like to be hypo- or hyper-aroused.” You can have a discussion with children about how their body feels when they are calm and how their body feels when they are hypo/hyper alert. *Teach children what they need to do to return to a feel-ing of calm and alert. Brainstorm about what children can do to feel calm e.g. read a book, take a nap, get a drink of water, colour, talk to a friend etc. This may require some reminders e.g. “remember we had a conversation about the kinds of things you can do to help yourself calm down. Can you think of any of those things now?” You can also discuss what situations children may need to avoid or limit in order to reduce their level of stress. *Develop a positive relationship with your child or stu-dent. “Parents and Teachers have a powerful role to play in helping to regulate the arousal and recovery of students. It’s important that teachers remain calm, keep a warm sense of humour, and stay connected with each student.”

*Teach strategies to self-regulate. Teaching and

practicing self regulation strategies during the day would be very helpful. Introduce and practice mind-fulness, deep breathing and prayer on a regular ba-sis.

TORONTO CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD 2017 – 2018

TRUSTEES Wards

1. Joseph Martino 5. Maria Rizzo 9. Jo-Ann Davis 2. Ann Andrachuk 6. Frank D’Amico 10.Barbara Poplawski 3. Sal Piccininni 7. Michael Del Grande, Ch air 11.Angela Kennedy

4. Patrizia Bottoni 8. Garry Tanuan 12. Nancy Crawford, Vice-Chair

80 Sheppard Ave. E., Toronto, ON ∙ Website: www.tcdsb.org

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Girls

volleyball

5

Chess City

Finals

6

Girls Chess City

Finals

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JK/SK Library

1pm

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SK/1 Library

Dress Re-

hearsal 1pm

11 12

Lockdown

2:10

Musicville

7pm

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First Holy Communion 1p.m.

16

Confirmation

7pm @ POP

church

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Junior Achieve-

ment

Gr. 8

Boys Volley-

ball

18

Hep B/HPV

shots

19

Band Festival

Girls volley-

ball

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RSVP

Clean up Day/

Wear Earth

Colours

21

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First Holy Communion 1p.m.

23 24 25

Swim to

Survive 10:15

Secretary's

Day

26 27

Eco Logical

Performance

1pm

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Family

Mass

7pm

April 2018

Guidance Corner Happy Easter to you and your family! I encourage you to help your children to live out their faith by finding ways to serve others. It is in recognizing the needs of others that we build empathy and strong relationships with those around us.

Intermediate students will be starting Career Explorations to help build understanding and awareness of varie-ty of occupations from each of the Pathways: Apprenticeship, College, Community Living, University and Workplace. Skills Ontario will be finishing up classroom presentations by mid-April, sharing opportunities that can be found in the Skilled Trades and Technologies. We will planning research projects on a career of choice in the coming weeks. TCDSB high schools continue to offer programs that honour each Pathway and provide many experiential opportunities that allow students to be successful, regardless of the Pathway they choose. Junior students have access to an electronic portfolio on http://www.myblueprint.ca called All About Me, and can record and reflect on aspects of self-awareness, goal-setting, experiential learning and classroom learning. Introducing students early in their school career to the process of developing a personal portfolio helps them reflect on their strengths and interests as learners as they prepare for transitions from grade to grade. I have included a link to the MOE policy document: Creating Pathways to Success: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/policy/cps/CreatingPathwaysSuccess.pdf for your interest.

Monthly Update from the Board

April 2018

OAPCE Toronto & TCDSB Parent Engagement Department Annual Parent Reaching Out (PRO) Grant Workshop Apply for a Grant of $1000 for Parent Engagement at your school! Parent Councils, Administrators & all Parents are welcome Guest speakers from the Ministry of Education, OAPCE and TCDSB. Interactive workshop to kick start the application process. Sharing of resources to run PRO Grant events. Monday, April 30, 2018, 6:00 Light Refreshments and Networking; 7:00 Workshop Location: Toronto Catholic District School Board (CEC) 80 Sheppard Avenue East, 2nd Floor Atrium (CEC: Free Parking Available Underground/Yonge & Sheppard Subway Station)

Elementary International Languages After-Hours Program Online Registration Starts May 12, 2018 https://www.tcdsb.org/ProgramsServices/SchoolProgramsK12/InternationalLanguages/Pages/Saturday-School-Registration.aspx

April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day Special Event for Students, Families and Staff 8th Annual Autism Awareness Evening Featuring Aspie Comedian Michael McCreary Monday, April 9, 6:30 PM - 9:00PM Catholic Education Centre, 80 Sheppard Avenue East, 2nd floor

Earth Day April 22, 2018 https://www.tcdsb.org/News/othernews/2018/Pages/earthday.aspx

Administrative Assistants’ (Secretary/Clerical Staff) Appreciation Day Wednesday, April 25, 2018

11th annual Kids' World of Energy Festival Relay Education is recruiting volunteers for the 11th annual Kids' World of Energy Festival. I want to volunteer! From April 28 – May 3, 2018, 1,600 students (ages 9-13) will participate in our children's education festival that focuses on energy and the environment. https://www.tcdsb.org/FORSTUDENTS/OpportunitiesForStudents/Pages/Kids-World-of-Energy-Festival.aspx

Kids: Help name up to 12 RCMP Foals! The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has a contest just for kids! The RCMP needs names for up to 12 foals born this spring at the RCMP breeding farm in Pakenham, Ontario. Individual winners and one school class will be selected from across Canada. Online entries must be received no later than April 30, 2018; Mail-in entries must be postmarked no later than April 26 2018. https://www.tcdsb.org/FORSTUDENTS/OpportunitiesForStudents/Pages/Help-name-RCMP-Foals.aspx

Student Trustee Elections April 24, 2018 https://www.tcdsb.org/FORSTUDENTS/NewsAndEvents/2017-2018/Pages/electionofstudenttrustees.aspx

Student Job Fair May 2, 2018 Ontario Science Centre 770 Don Mills Road, North York https://www.tcdsb.org/FORSTUDENTS/OpportunitiesForStudents/Pages/Job-Fair.aspx