Dear Parents/Guardians,

This year, we celebrate Catholic Education Week from May 5th –10th. During

this time, the Catholic community celebrates the unique and distinctive con-

tribution that Catholic schools make to our students, our community, and

our province. Catholic Education Week is a welcome opportunity to celebrate the Mission of our Catholic schools as they strive to integrate the Gospel val-

ues of Jesus Christ in every aspect of the school‟s life and curriculum. The

theme for Catholic Education Week this year is “Growing Together in Faith”.

There are five sub-themes for each day of Catholic Education Week:

Monday Faith is rooted

Tuesday Faith that is nurtured

Wednesday Faith that is Discerned

Thursday Faith that is Witnessed

Friday Faith that is Celebrated

Catholic schools are Catholic communities. Catholic schools are faith com-

munities. We - parents, teachers, administrative and support staff – walk

and grow together in the faith which we received at our Baptism. And it is in

the „together‟ that we grow. And as we learn from nature, growth relies on

sun and water and nutrition. Our growth is primarily a relationship with

God, who at our Baptism, called us by name. We grow in our faith in the

nurturing atmosphere of our Catholic community.

Please plan to join us for our Parent Presentation on Mental Health Issues on

Thursday, May 9th. We look forward to celebrating Catholic Education Week

with you.

F. Clotildes, Principal

Principal

UPCOMING DATES

June 7 PA Day

June 10 Intermediate History Fair

June 12 Grade 4 Medieval Festival

June 16 Father‟s Day

June 18 End of the year school mass

June 20 BBQ / Talent Show in the evening

June 25 Grade 8 graduation

June 27 Last day of classes

June 28 PA day

St. Dominic Savio Catholic School

May 2013 Newsletter

St. Dominic Savio

Catholic School

50 Tideswell Blvd

Scarborough, ON

M1B 5X3

416-393-5467

FAX: 416 397-6597

Principal

F. Clotildes

Secretary

B. Beard

Head Caretaker E. Salinas

Superintendent:

G. Grant 416-222-8282

Trustee:

G. Tanuan 416-222-8282

CSAC Chair: B. Accaputo

Parish:

St. Joseph’s Church 200 Morrish Road Toronto, Ontario

416-282-0370 Fr. Michal

School Hours: 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Lunch: 11:35-12:35

INTERMEDIATE W5H

On Friday, April 12th

the Intermediate W5H

team competed in the tour-

nament at Prince of Peace

school. Ms. Kuenzle, their

coach was pleased to an-

nounce that they placed

first! The Team qualified

for the Divisional Competi-

tion and placed first ad-

vancing to the Regional

competition placing 3rd in

the Regional competition!!!

Congratulations on your

wealth of knowledge, team

members: Elaine Colum-

bano, Santhos Englebert,

Philip Hardeen, John Kattu-

kudiyil, Matthew Melchior,

Alex Saurer, Joseph Saurer

and Jestan Thevarajah!

BOY’S JR. VOLLEYBALL

The boys played a fabulous

game at their tournament,

at St. Dominic Savio,

thanks to the coaching

efforts of Mr. Andrews.

Congratulations team

members: Nathan Alvares,

Javier Blanco Gomez,

Mitchell Francis, Jamaree

Franklyn Mejia, Piolo Ga-

bito, Sydney Martins, Em-

manuel Pierre, Stefan Re-

gault and Ethan Thomas!

GIRL’S JR. VOLLEYBALL

The girls played with great

enthusiasm and showed

St. Dominic Savio sports-

manship at their tourna-

ment held at St. Brendan‟s

on Thursday, April 18.

Thank you Ms. Leblanc

and Ms. Vocino for coach-

ing the girls! Congratula-

tions team members, El-

isha Alon, Briana Durant,

Madison Hardie, Emily

Kim, Destiny Mushikori,

Cheyanne Ramsay and

Ashlee Thomas!

in front of an audience.

Congratulations: Cory Ac-

caputo, Alyssa Adato, Tai-

Asia Arthur, Jayvee

Briones, Aaron Britto, Jose

Buan, Tristan De Vera, Jay-

son Dimaano, Hailey Don-

nelly-Dow, Jaren Foronda-

Bae, D’Yania Harding,

Charles Joaquin, John

Katukudiyil, Mikaela Kor-

osec, Rachel Maglalang,

On Monday, April 15th,

Mr. Rossi, Intermediate

Instrumental Music

teacher and Mr. Wright,

Behaviour teacher, accom-

panied our Grade 7 stu-

dents to John Bosco High

School to compete in the

annual festival. The stu-

dents enjoyed the experi-

ence and the opportunity

to play their instruments

Helena Manalac, Matthew

Melchoir, Onnah Miranda,

Andrew Nankoo, Noel Lac-

quon, Lauren Olszewski,

Mariah Paul, Payton Rich-

ard Appleton, Akhila Roy,

Bianca Rozal, Trevonn

Sharpe, Jestan Thevarajah,

Kaliyah Thompson, Mikaela

Torres, Errol Vega and Jo-

seph Vu!

TCDSB Intermediate Instrumental Music Festival

Radam-Verzola, Piolo Ga-

bito and Joshua Colum-

bano!

Me to We

Our “We Are Silent” day on Thursday, April 18th was a huge success. To date, we have raised $1450.00. Our goal was to raise $450.00 so that we would reach our goal of $2000.00. After counting “We Are Silent” donations to date, we have raised.$475.44! Thank you Savio for your generosity

and help in reaching our goal. Remember that all proceeds go to Kenya and that for every $25.00, one person receives fresh drinking water for LIFE. This means that with $2000.00, 80 people in Kenya will receive fresh drinking water for LIFE! Go SAVIO!!! If you would still like to contribute to “We Are Silent”, please con-tinue to bring in donations

until May 3rd.

Boy’s Jr. Basketball

On Friday, April 26th the

boys played with great

Savio spirit during their

tournament! Mr. Wright

was very proud of team

members: Jermaine

Estrella, Michael

Evbagharu, Jozen Adato,

Ethan Thomas, Carter Web-

ster, Stefan Regault, Nicho-

las Ciliberti-Tavares, Ale-

jandro Lartiga Fernandes,

Jayden Roberts, Cameron

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Loving God,

May we be people of FAITH,

Always willing to follow the

example of Jesus in all that we

do. Together, may we be a

community of faith, anchored in

hope, with heart and charity.

Amen

Nurturing our Catholic Community

through FAITH, Hope and Charity

The virtue of the Month

for May is Compassion.

For the month of May we

will be focussing on the

virtue of COMPASSION.

Our quote is from John’s

Gospel, ”Jesus saw her

weeping...his heart was

touched, and he was deeply

moved.” John 11:33 True

compassion is not always

easy to practice as in the

words of Jean Vanier

“Compassion asks us to go

where it hurts, to enter into

places of pain, to share in

brokenness, fear, confu-

sion, and anguish.”

Who wants to go there

when spring has finally

arrived and the sun is shin-

ing down on us? This is all

the more reason to show

our compassion for those

who cannot share in the

light.

Dress Code Reminder

All Catholic Schools in To-

ronto share the same appro-

priate dress code. Here are

some guidelines to assist you

in purchasing articles of

clothing:

Tops:

White or Navy collared polo/

golf shirts

White Collared dress shirt/

blouse

White or navy sweater or vest

Bottoms:

Navy dress pants

Navy walking short

Navy skirts or Capri pants for girls

Please remember that all tops and

pants are to be plain, with no visible

logos, stripes or wording.

ECO team

Thank you for your support in our

effort to reduce waste by sending your

child‟s lunch in a litterless container!

Student are getting the idea by using

re-usable water bottles, sandwich

container and snack containers that

we are indeed reducing waste!

For the month of May we will be hold-

ing a litterless lunch contest. We are

looking for the class with the most

participation and the student who had

the most litterless lunches (lunch and

snacks and drinks are counted).

Good luck everyone!

Where:

In the school library

Why:

To raise money for new library

books

The book fair will also be open

during the presentation on Mental Health on May 9th, between

6:00and 8:30.

LIBRARY CORNER

Attention all avid read-

ers!!! It's that time again,

the Scholastic Book Fair

will be coming to our

school.

When:

During Catholic Education

Week, May 6 - 10th

Parent volunteers are always wel-

come.

Please contact Mrs. Pallotta,

Library Technician

See you there!!

in Faith”.

This is an opportunity for us to re-

new our commitment to the core

pillars of multi-year strategic plan,

our Catholic Graduate Expecta-

tions, our virtues of the month and

social justice teachings, which are

here to inspire and guide us on our

spiritual journey. Each of us has an

important role to play in ensuring

that we continue to demonstrate

our Catholic values in all that we

do, and that we focus our efforts on

student achievement and wellbeing.

It is an appropriate time for us to

remember all those support Catholic

education: our parents, our parish

leaders, our staff, our students, our

volunteers and many community

partners. We are thankful for their

involvement in our communities and

their commitment to publicly funded

Catholic education.

We are grateful for the part you play in

helping us to fulfill our mission of

transforming the world through wit-

ness, faith, innovation and action and

we look forward to hearing about the

special events that you have planned in

celebration.

On behalf of the Senior Team and the

Trustees of the Toronto Catholic Dis-

trict School Board, we wish you a

happy and inspiring Catholic Educa-

tion Week.

Ann Andrachuk Bruce Rodrigues

Chair of the Board Director of Education

FROM THE TCDSB

Throughout the Toronto

Catholic District School

Board we are privileged to

celebrate Catholic education

each and every day. We see

countless examples of stu-

dents, staff and volunteers

putting their faith into action,

living our Catholic values,

and celebrating who we are

as a Catholic community.

Catholic Education Week pro-

vides us with an opportunity

to focus our attention in a

concentrated way on what

defines us as faith filled

learning and working com-

munities, as we are reminded

that we are always “Growing

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Ms. Lozynska—Gr 3/4

Jian Foronda-Bae

Michael Glyn-Williams

Prince Abdul

Ms. Schroeder—Gr 4

Cheyanne Ramsay

Mitchell Francis

Shannon Jones

Julian Spencer

Ms. Caruso—Gr 5/6

Tannaya Bipat

Joshua Chan

Cameron Radam-Verzola

Miguel Pasquin

Mr. Olszewski—Gr 6/7

Roger Alcantara-Tangonan

Melora Nimojan

Ms. Lui—ELP

Mayven Farinha

Marcel Cruz

Azee Dayason

Ms. Mtichell—ELP

Maurice Alfaro

Nolan Ayotte

Jehsiah Blake

Ms. Vocino—Gr 1

Alyssa Chan

Nisya Saneesh

Nesean Mushikori

Mr. Burry—Gr 2

Matthew Thomas

Ms. Leblanc—Gr 2/3

Alyssa Joaquin

Ryan Regault

Julianne Nascimento

Menola Nimojan

Jayvee Briones

Mr. Siciliano—Gr 7/8

Tai-Asia Arthur

Alex Saurer

Lauren Olszewski

Matthew Melchoir

D’Yania Harding

Ms. Kuenzle—Gr 8

Jade Daniel

Shaenne Andal

Nick De Vera

Ms. Cabral

Andy Ntwari

Mr. Wright

Nicholas Ciliberti-Tavares

The virtue for the month of April was Justice. The following students were awarded a virtue certificate.

Toronto Catholic District School Board

Trustees – 2012-2013

Wards

1. Peter Jakovic 416-512-3401

2. Ann Andrachuk, Chair 416-512-3402

3. Sal Piccinini, Vice Chair 416-512-3403

4. Patrizia Bottoni 416-512-3404

5. Maria Rizzo 416-512-3405

6. Frank D’Amico 416-512-3406

7. John Del Grande 416-512-3407

8. Gerry Tanuan 416-512-3408

9. Jo-Ann Davis 416-512-3409

10. Barbara Poplawski 416-512-3410

11: Angela Kennedy 416-512-3411

12. Nancy Crawford 416-512-3412

Andrew Walker –

Student Trustee 416-512-3413

Invitation to TCDSB Budget Consultation

Parents, students, staff, pastors and parishioners and all Catholic

school supporters are invited to participate in the consultation

process for the 2013-2014 budget.

Those wishing to make a presentation to the Board of Trustees to

highlight their budget priorities and concerns are invited to do so at

a Special Board meeting set for May 7th at 7:00-m at the Catholic

Education Centre.

Everyone is encouraged to complete an online survey regarding the

Board‟s budget. Please check out information about the budget and

the online survey at www.tcdsb.org.

The Board would like to hear from as many stakeholders in Catho-

lic education as possible as they move forward to deliberating and

establishing the board‟s budget or the coming year.

A letter of Invitation to the TCDSB Budget Consultation was sent home with stu-

dents on April 8th from Bruce Rodrigues, Director of Education and Ann Andrachuk,

Chair of the Board