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St. Mary of the Angels
Catholic School
St. Mary of the Angels Catholic School 1477 Dufferin St.
Toronto, ON Tel: 416-393-5228
Principal M. Colleen Pontello
416-393-5228
Superintendent John Wujek
416-222-8282 Ext. 5371
Trustee/Vice Chair Frank D’Amico
416-512-3406
Parish St. Mary of the Angels
Father L. Garcia 416-532-4779
Mass Times Saturday 6:00 p.m. Portuguese
Sunday 8:00 a.m. English 9:15 a.m. Italian
10:30 a.m. English 12:00 p.m. Portuguese
CSPC Chair Paul Matos
Phone: 416-222-8282 x 88228 Email: [email protected]
Enrolment 220
School Hours 8:30 a.m.– 3:30 p.m.
Lunch Hour 11:15 a.m.—12:15 p.m.
Next CSPC Meeting Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017
6:15 p.m.
All Parents Welcome
We are an International Language School
Portuguese
December
Newsletter
The Virtue of the Month
of December is
Charity
Thank you parents
for helping us live
out this virtue!
Christmas Concert Information
What: St. Mary of the Angels Christmas Concert
When: Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Time: Concert begins at 6:30 p.m., drop off at 6:10 p.m in the gym. Use the Rosemount Ave. entrance
Parking: Limited parking at Loretto College, if possible, please park at St. Mary of the Angels’ yard and walk to Loretto
Duration: The Concert is one hour and 10 minutes in length, students will not be released until the end of the concert
Student Pick Up: You MUST speak to the teacher before leaving with your child. No pick up until the end of the concert.
Dress Code: The classroom teacher will be sending out information for each class
Goal: Have fun and enjoy watching your child and the other children in the school perform
Thank you for your ongoing support of our student events.
Pictures with Santa
Thursday, December 8 from 9-11 a.m.
Money paid in advance ($5), pictures to be sent home the following week. Sibling pictures are
encouraged. All students to receive a nut free candy cane.
All proceeds will go to a new sound system for the gymnasium.
Remembrance Day
We celebrated November 11th, Remembrance Day as a school to celebrate the contributions
of Canadians for our Freedom. Thank you to Ms. Tamburro who led us in a thoughtful Cere-
mony where our students respectively participated and recognized the importance of our
freedom and way of life. The singing was absolutely beautiful thanks to our students their
teachers and the contribution of our school folk choir led by Dr. Bianchi.
Rule Reminders
Nut Free School
We are a peanut and nut free school, please make sure that the nutritious food that you are sending in for
your child for lunch or snack time does not contain any nuts. We need to keep all of our students safe.
Cold Weather, Warm Clothes
Please make sure that your child comes to school dressed appropriately for the weather. Whenever possi-
ble we will be out enjoying the fresh air and sunshine. Students are to come with mittens, hats, boots and
coats for the cold weather. That fresh air break from the classroom does a great deal to help the students
stay focused and on track with their learning.
Worry Free Wednesdays
Worry Free Wednesdays will continue in the New Year. We will be sending out new order forms in the middle of January as the
last Wednesday covered in the form sent out in September takes place on January 25th. We would like to continue with both the
Pita Pit and Pizza Nova. If you have other ideas for healthy, affordable lunches, please either contact the school or a member of
our Parent Council so that you can share your view.
Drop Off in the Morning
* Please remember to drop off your child and then move your car out of the area so that other parents may park and drop off
their children. Thank you for being respectful of our neighbours and the safety of our students
Pick Up in the Afternoon
* Please stand back from the doorways when picking up your child (and please let all caregivers know). When you have picked up
your child, if you could exit from the play and pick up area, it would be greatly appreciated to lessen the confusion of pick up.
The Virtue of the Month for December is Charity
As of this moment in time the Student, Parent and Staff Community of St. Mary of the Angels has been extremely generous with
their time and generous in their donations. Thanking you for supporting the school and thank you for thinking of others. The fol-
lowing are the contribution made by members of our school community for this school year.
Terry Fox Run Cancer Donations $624.
Dress Down for Haiti $315
Halloween Dress Down for ShareLife $292
Canadian Legion Poppy Donation $457.40
CSPC Bake Sale $680
Jersey and Wacky Tacky Dress Down for Me to We $305
Bake Sale CSPC would like to thank all the parents/families who participated in the bake sale by making a purchase, providing a monetary or baked good donation. Special thank you to the Parent council members for volunteering their time, baking or providing baked goods for the sale. We are happy to announce that with everyone’s support, we raised $680 to go towards cur-riculum enhancements. Thank you!
PARENTS OF ST. MARY OF THE ANGELS TORONTO FACEBOOK GROUP This is a group created for the parents of St. Mary of the Angels school Toronto.
Keeping our families informed of events happening at our school. Join today; https://www.facebook.com/groups/SMAschool/
CSPC Meetings CSPC meeting dates and minutes of our meetings will be accessible to you online, please feel free to view them through the schools web por-tal: https://www.tcdsb.org/schools/stmaryoftheangels/ForParents/CSPC/
Christmas Greetings from your CSPC May the winds of love and joy visit your
homes this Christmas and live with you and your family for today and forever.
Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
CSPC Chair: Paul Matos Phone: 416-222-8282 x 88228 Email: [email protected]
CSPC NEWS
Fostering The Family:
The TCDSB Pastoral Plan 2015-18 “ Together With one Voice: Harmonizing Our Faith Through Family, Parish, and School” 2016 focuses on the PARISH
As the Christmas season approaches let us take the time to focus our attention on the birth of Christ within our parish family
Pray together as a family Attend mass as a family and consider participating i.e., offer to take up the gifts Participate in parish activities
Candy Cane Sales for Tanzania
The leadership club will be selling candy canes on December 19 & 20 during morning and afternoon recess. We will also be selling candy canes at the Christmas concert. Candy canes are $0.50 each. The proceeds will help sup-port health care in Tanzania.
Virtue of the Month Winners for November the Month of Peace and Peace Making ELP 1 Kiera Do Rego Tomas Dos Santos ELP 2 Alessandra Da Silva Matthew Martins Gr. 1/2 Micael Machado Da Silva Gia Silvaggio-Dean Gr. 2 Leonor Esteves Carah Patino De-Jong Gr. 3 Ashley Carvalho Lucas Pereira Gr. 3/4 Brianna Charles Jacob Azeredo Gr. 4/5 Dennise Lorenzini Matthew Workman Gr. 5/6 Francesca Pullano Nathan Martins Gr. 6/7 Alexandra Lopes Mathew Esteves Gr. 7/8 Salina Costa French Milena Da Costa Laura Fonseca
Kindergarten Registration for September 2017 The Toronto Catholic District School Board invites families with children born in 2013 to register for Kindergarten begin-ning Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at 10 a.m. EST. Registration options:
Online: Parents will be able to complete their application online at: https://soar.tcdsb.org/Login.aspx. A follow up with visit to the school to present the required documents will be scheduled by the school following the online application.
In Person: Parents can register at their local school with the required documents. Information: 416-222-8282 ext. 5320 or 5314, www.tcdsb.org/kindergartenregistration
Monthly Update from the Board
December 2016
Kindergarten Registration for September 2017 The Toronto Catholic District School Board invites families with children born in 2013 to register for Kindergarten beginning Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at 10 a.m. EST. Registration options:
Online: Parents will be able to complete their application online at: https://soar.tcdsb.org/Login.aspx. A follow up with visit to the school to present the required documents will be scheduled by the school following the online application.
In Person: Parents can register at their local school with the required documents. Information: 416-222-8282 ext. 5320 or 5314, www.tcdsb.org/kindergartenregistration
Year of Parish—Promote Your Parish Project As we continue to celebrate our Year of the Parish we want to know what makes your pastor and/or your parish unique. Students are invited to create a short video, or piece of original artwork, write a short story, poem or letter, or express themselves in any way ar-tistically to highlight the relationship that the students have with the local parish and/or the priest/pastor at their church. “Promote Your Parish” and let’s celebrate the many ways that our parishes and our parish priests contribute to our schools and communities. Submit the completed projects via email to [email protected]. We will be sharing the submissions via the board’s website as well as Twitter. In addition, plans are underway for a showcase of student submissions—videos, art and written pieces—during Catholic Education Week. Watch for more details about that event soon. Deadline for submissions: April 7, 2017 Visit the website for criteria and other details. https://www.tcdsb.org/Board/NurturingOurCatholicCommunity/YearoftheParish/Pages/Parish-Family-Day-Celebration.aspx
Toronto Police Service Seeks Crossing Guards Interested individuals should drop in to their local police division to inquire about application.
Advent Has Begun For prayers, liturgies & other resources: https://www.tcdsb.org/Pages/Season-of-Advent.aspx
Get Ready for High School Everything you need to know can be found in the Transition Guides for parents and students: https://www.tcdsb.org/ProgramsServices/SchoolProgramsK12/GuidanceCoopEd/Transition%20to%20High%20School/Pages/default.aspx https://www.tcdsb.org/ProgramsServices/SchoolProgramsK12/GuidanceCoopEd/Transition%20to%20High%20School/TransitionGuidesOct282016/TCDSB_STUDENT_GUIDE.pdf
Dates/Events to Note: System-wide PA Day December 2nd International Day of Persons with Disabilities, December 3rd International Human Rights Day, December 10th
Christmas Break A reminder that schools are open through to December 23, 2016. Christmas holidays begin Saturday, December 24 th and continue through to Sunday, January 8th. Classes resume, Monday, January 9th. Our Eastern rite families will celebrate Christmas on January 7th. We wish everyone a safe, happy and blessed Christmas.