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Important Numbers

Principal: Mr. F. Termine

Superintendent: Mr. A. Della Mora

Trustee: Mr. J. Martino 416-512-3401 Parish: Transfiguration of Our Lord 45 Ludstone Dr. Toronto, ON M9R 2J2 Telephone: 416-247-0513

CPIC (Parent Engagement--TCDSB) www.tcdsb.org/cpic

JUNE NEWSLETTER June Virtue

Dear Parents/Guardians:

It has been an action packed and exciting school year at St. Maurice! During the spring months, we enjoyed a number of class trips, Junior Volleyball and Basketball, Interme-diate Soccer, W5H, Track and Field, Junior Achievement, Scientists in the School,

Spring Concert, and many more special events.

As the year draws to an end, I would like to take this opportunity to again extend our appreciation to our family of volunteers. Their support in the classrooms, and their help with our Nutrition Program, Kiss and Ride, and CSPC is greatly appreciated; we would be lost without them. I also thank Father Sujan, Father George and the entire team at Transfiguration Parish for their spiritual leadership, guidance and support to our stu-dents, staff and families. The conferring of the sacraments and our monthly masses have helped to move all of us closer to Jesus and grow in our faith. Father Sujan will be leaving us for a different parish and we wish him well and our prayers are with him. On behalf of the St. Maurice community, I thank the entire staff for their diligence and dedication to the children in their care. They continue to rise to any challenge, model excellence, share in their faith story and show an enthusiasm, and professional commit-ment that is second to none. I also wish to acknowledge our wonderful families at St. Maurice for the support and commitment to our school. I am moved daily by the generous spirit you show towards your children and the entire St. Maurice community. We are very fortunate for the op-portunity to work in such a warm and welcoming school. As my time comes to an end at St. Maurice, I want to thank all of the families and staff for giving me the great privilege and honour to be with you in this journey of learning and nurturing. I am amazed by the many talents and gifts of our students, their kind-ness for one another and the generosity of our families. The future is bright , indeed! St. Maurice will always be in my heart. I will not say good-bye, but so long, and end with the words I stated last year at our 40th anniversary:

“And together let us thank God for St. Maurice School, for bringing us together,

for our children, for each other, these many years and many more to come!”

May God bless you and your family and keep you in the palm of his hand! Have a wonderful summer! Mr. F. Termine Principal

St. Maurice Catholic School

45 Kingsview Blvd Ave. Toronto, Ontario M9R 1T Telephone: 416-393-5379 Fax: 416-393-5085

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL Thursday, June 29, 2017 Dismissal @ 3:30pm

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL— Tuesday, September 5, 2017

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NEW REGISTRANTS WELCOME: Call 416-393-5379 or the TCDSB Admis-sions Department at 416-222-8282, ext. 2383. For general information about the Toronto Catholic District School Board, please visit the website at www.tcdsb.org. Stay in touch with the latest news through-out the school year: Follow @TCDSB on

Twitter.

Parent Information and What’s New!

St. Maurice Parent Distribution List

Please become part of our Parent Distribution List. It is a great way to receive information, newsletters and other communication. All communication is BCC and sent by the princi-pal. Please forward your email address in a note or email StMaurice.Info@tcdsb.org and the pr incipal will add you to the list. We are hoping to go paperless with our school correspondence.

The St. Maurice Catholic School Parent Council

The Catholic School Parent Council is a group made up of parents, teachers, the Principal and others who care about their school and want to be part of their child’s education. It is a way for parents or guardians to learn about what is going on at St. Maurice Catholic School. The Council talks about issues and then gives some advice to the school Principal on things that affect all of our children. We also try to raise money through different fundraisers like the chocolate almond sales. This money is then given back to the school to help with things like buying equipment for the school or helping students in financial need to pay for school trips, uniforms, etc. For example, the Parent Council is providing funding so that all students will receive agendas at no cost. We believe agendas are an invaluable organization and communication tool and that is why we are paying for them. Parents and guardians are invited to come to the meetings and/or volunteer their time at our different events and fundraisers. Cur-riculum Night will occur in September and our Annual General Meeting is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday September 29th. If you are interested in getting the agenda and minutes of our meetings via email, please send your email address to StMaurice.Info@tcdsb.org . If you don’t have an email address, you can call the school office 416-393-5379 or come to one of our meetings to learn more. All minutes are posted on the school website. We would like to thank the following parents and staff for their generous support on the Parent Council: Natalia Marriott, Al Foster, Debbie Boyes, Johnny Forte, Sandra Rebelo, Dennis Caron, Angelo Casarella, Franka Anic-Matic, Tracy Ludlow, Antonella D’An-drea, Tanina Casarella, Lylah Bonneville, Tracy Hart, Karen Rios, Christy Davidson, and Sara DeDominicis.

FIRST DAY PROCEDURES

On Tuesday, September 5th, 2017, the student in grades one to eight will assemble in the school yard. Signs will be posted along with a class list indicating your child’s teacher for 2017-2018 school year. Kindergarten students will gather in the Kindergarten Yard.

CLASS ORGANIZATION & COMBINED GRADES When the children come to school on Tuesday, September 5th a class and grade organization will be already in place. The decision as to which class a child has been placed in is completed with discussion between the teachers and the principal. The various abilities, needs and strengths of the students are considered in their class placement. It is im-portant to understand that due to a possible increase or de-crease in enrolment, changes may need to be made in grade organization, teacher assignments and the placement of children, during the month of September or early October.

Interested in Parent Involvement? Want to Help Others Become More Engaged in Catholic Education? The Toronto Catholic Parent Involvement Committee is a provincially mandated and funded committee, which supports student achievement through increased parent involvement. Members of CPIC work locally within their own wards, and also provide information and advice on parent engagement to the school board. The committee strategizes and plans initiatives and events that promote and facilitate parent engagement, and helps parents to support their children’s learning at home and/or at school. Toronto CPIC members are volunteer parents/guardians, who bring forward information and ideas from their own wards, and relay important decisions and important information from the central table back to the parents in their area. If this sounds of interest, consider running for election in the fall of 2017. Don’t have the time to serve on a committee? Consider nominating someone for the committee, and remember to come out and vote for your CPIC representa-tive. Visit www.tcdsb.org soon for detailed election information.

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CRAM A CRUISER—Pinball Clemons Foundation

Thank you to all families for supporting Cram-A-Cruiser. We filled up the Police Mini Van with many boxes of food. All pro- ceeds will go to local food banks.

TCDSB School Calendar for 2017-2018

Dear Parent/Guardian,

After consultation with stakeholders and our coterminous board, the TCDSB modified school year calendar for 2016-2017 was approved by the Board. We are required to align our holidays and Professional Activity Days with our coterminous Board, the Toron-to District School Board, in order to offset transportation costs. The majority of Boards in the Greater Toronto Area have also submitted a modified school year calendar for 2017-2018. A modified school year calendar must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the Education Act and O. Regulation 304, School Year Calendar, Professional Activity Days, to the Ministry of Education, on or be-fore March 1st of each school year. The school year calendar is defined as the period between September 1 and June 30 and must include a mini-mum of 194 school days, seven (7) of which must be Professional Activity Days.

Number of school days 194 Number of Professional Activity Days 7 Labour Day September 4, 2017 First Instructional Day September 5, 2017 Thanksgiving Day October 9, 2017 Christmas Break December 25, 2017–January 5, 2018 Start of second semester for secondary schools February 5, 2018 Family Day February 19, 2018 Mid-Winter Break March 12–16, 2018 Good Friday March 30, 2018 Easter Monday April 2, 2018 Victoria Day May 21, 2018 Last day of classes for elementary students June 28, 2018 Seven (7) Professional Activity (PA) Days for ELEMENTARY schools:

October 6, 2017 Provincial Education Priorities November 17, 2017 Parent-Teacher Conferences December 1, 2017 Provincial Education Priorities/Faith Development January 19, 2018 Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting February 16, 2018 Parent-Teacher Conferences June 8, 2018 Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting June 29, 2018 Provincial Education Priorities

Calendar information is posted on the board’s website at www.tcdsb.org.

Nutrition Program We have an excellent Nutrition Program thanks to the hard work of our coordinator Ms. Rebelo and her team! As a way to say thank you for the support the program has received, there will be a treat at the end of the year. The Nutrition Program con-tinues next year!

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Mathematics at Home

We wish to work closely with families to develop literacy and numeracy skills . We ask parents/guardians to encourage students to use math every-day to solve real world problems. Help children improve their mental math by having them work with numbers and solve equations without pencil and paper. Staff are teaching mental math skills—please ask your children what they have learned and have them solve math questions. Here are a few websites you students can go to de-velop math skills: http://www.tcdsb.org/ProgramsServices/

SchoolProgramsK12/Numeracy/thinkMATH@home/Pages/default.aspx;

http://oame.on.ca/mathies/

www.prodigygame.com Have fun with math!

Monthly Update from the Board June 2017

Summer School Registration Continues Course options and registration info for secondary school students: https://www.tcdsb.org/ProgramsServices/ContinuingEducation/SecondaryCreditCourses/SummerSchool/Pages/Default.aspx Information about Reach Ahead Credits and Summer Enrichment Camps for elementary students: https://www.tcdsb.org/ProgramsServices/ContinuingEducation/SecondaryCreditCourses/SummerSchool/elementaryss/Pages/default.aspx School Cashless Online Payment Coming to all TCDSB Schools The Board of Trustees have approved the implementation of new system for cashless online payment of school-related activities, goods and services across the TCDSB. Once the program is fully implemented by February 2018, all parents, staff and students will have the option to make secure payments online by credit card and receive a receipt. The new online payment system provides the following benefits: • A convenient fee payment option that saves time • Reduces paper • Student safety - no more need to send cash or cheques to school • A quick and easy to register. (It takes less than 5 minutes) Year of the Parish Capping off the Year of the Parish, and Catholic Education Week, the Toronto Catholic District School celebrated Parish Family Day on Friday, May 5th. This culminating celebration featured a Mass of celebration, and a showcase of stu-dent artwork, written work (poetry and stories), original music and video trib-utes that spoke to the special bonds that have developed between our school communities and their parishes, pastors, sisters and others in their parish com-munity. To see all the wonderful submissions from our schools, see https://www.tcdsb.org/Board/NurturingOurCatholicCommunity/YearoftheParish/PFDShowcaseSubmissions/Pages/default.aspx

To see photos from the celebration, click here: https://www.tcdsb.org/Board/NurturingOurCatholicCommunity/YearoftheParish/Pages/Parish-Family-Day-Celebration.aspx. The Board now looks forward to bringing together the Family, Parish and School as we launch the Year of the School starting September 2017, and we continue to build on the solid foundation that we have succeeded in creating together. http://archive.isiglobal.ca/vod/tcdsb/Board/NOCC/archive_TRAILER_Year-of-School-Animation.mp4.html

Secondary School Admissions Policy Changes Thank you to everyone who participated in the consultation regarding the pro-posed changes to the high school admissions policy. The online survey has now closed. A report will go before the Board in June 2017.

link: http://www.tcdsb.org/Careers/Pages/Jobs.aspx

Other Important Dates: June 30th is a PA day for all elementary schools. Last day of classes is June

29th. June 28th to 30th are PA days for most secondary schools. When in doubt, check with your local school for details. July 1st—Canada Day—Happy 150th Canada! July 4th—Summer School Begins July 28-30—Steubenville Toronto

Get all the latest news and information:

Visit the Board’s website www.tcdsb.org Subscribe to ENews to receive updates via email every week

https://web1.tcdsb.org/InterestSubscription/subscription.aspx Or Follow @TCDSB on twitter to get updates throughout the day

Ontario Ecoschools GOLD MEDAL ST. MAURICE!

Congratulations St. Maurice! We are a Certified Ontario Ecoschool—Gold Medal. Thank you to families, staff and volunteers for your help. A special thank you to Mr. and Ms. Casarella for their help with recycling and Terracy-cle. We are fourth in Canada for the Terracycle Recy-cling Challenge thanks to the hard work and dedication of Ms. Casarella.

There is more work to be done. We need your help. Please try to pack litterless lunches and use reusable containers. We thank Rexdale Community Centre for their donation of St. Maurice reusable water bottles. We need to continue to improve recycling, reduce waste and conserve energy. We are also looking into ways to green our school yard. We will, of course, continue to learn about being responsible stewards of the Earth. Trash for Cash and Terracycle programs will continue. Thank you to Ms. Craig, Ms. Wiseman, Ms. Ryan and the entire Ecoteam for their hard work this year! Congratulations St. Maurice!

Ecoteam celebrates Gold Status at St. Maurice!

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TORONTO CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD

TRUSTEES 2017– 2018 Wards

1. Joseph Martino 5. Maria Rizzo 9. Jo-Ann Davis 2. Ann Andrachuk 6. Frank D’Amico, Vice Chair 10. Barbara Poplawski 3. Sal Piccininni 7. Michael Del Grande 11. Angela Kennedy, Chair 4. Patrizia Bottoni 8. Garry Tanuan 12. Nancy Crawford

Joel Ndongmi , Student Trustee Director: of Education Rory McGuckin Rhea Carlisle , Student Trustee

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

SENIOR KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION

On Friday, June 23, 2017, the Senior Kinder-garten students celebrated their Graduation with a ceremony in the school gym. All the graduates donned their mortarboards and presented fabulous speeches. A fine job was done by all! Congratulations!

GRADE EIGHT GRADUATION!

Our Grade Eights Graduated on Thursday, June 22, 2017. They were cheered and clapped out on Friday and gathered at Trans-figuration Church Monday evening. The ceremony was filled with warm wishes and a wonderful video presentation prepared by Mr. Caron. Our student returned on Monday for their luncheon in the gym-nasium. Best wishes to our Graduates!

ME TO WE TEAM—WAY TO GO! The Me to We team is proud to announce that our school has raised $250.00 through the Easter campaign of egg painting and other fun activities. The Primary students were an extremely eager bunch and enjoyed the various activities. The money raised will be donated to the Me to We foundation to purchase five goats for needy African communities. The goats provide nutrition and income for families. The steady income from the sale of extra goat milk allows children to attend school as well as provide money for much needed clothing and medicine. This invaluable donation empowers people to help themselves and their communities in the long term. The Me to We team at St. Maurice School, is proud to be able to support efforts that pro-vide resources to individual families and their communities in our global village. Thank you parents and students for your contribu-tions to this worthwhile cause. Thank you to Ms. Iozzo, Ms. Zeppieri, Ms Wachulka, Ms. Raimon-do, and all who helped with this very important cause.

Me to We Team

TRACK AND FIELD

FIRST IN THE DIVISIONAL MEET SECOND IN THE REGIONAL MEET FIRST IN THE WEST CITY MEET

SIXTH IN THE CITY

Outstanding accomplishment by our track team! Thank you to all of the athletes and all of the coaches who worked diligently to train the students! And there were many outstand-ing results at the City Meet! This event brings together athletes from over 175 schools and over 150,00 students.

Here are the fantastic results:

Gbemiro 6th in 400m 6th in 100m Joshua E 3rd in 200m Stephen 6th in 100m Divine 1st in 100m Donald 1st in 100m Stephen 1st in High Jump Winnie Third in high jump Nicholas 8th in Shot Put Grade 3 Boys Relay—3rd Kymoni, Jordan, Alvin, Donald

Our Grade 4 Boys Relay Team placed First in the City and Broke the City Record! Ashton, Adrian, Isaiah, Divine

Way to Go Wildcats!!!

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SUMMER BLESSING

May our loving God watch over you

and keep alive in your heart all that you have learned this year.

Keep your mind on God. Remember to pray often

and to celebrate your faith, at home with your family,

and at Mass with your faith family.

Keep your faith in God. Let all the joys of summer

remind you of God’s goodness. Never forget that God

is always with you, no matter what.

May the God of all creation, who comes to us in Jesus,

and lives among us in the Holy Spirit, keep you safe, happy, and holy

this summer and always. Amen.

Indigenous Speakers visited our School