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Congratulations to the Highcastle Curling Team!!! !! Daniel Verkerk, Mathias Alfred, Brianna Firth and Suvetha Tharmarajah travelled to Gananoque, Ontario along with parents and their coach, Mrs. McMulkin, to compete in the Timbits Elementary Provincial Curling Bonspiel. While Daniel and Mathias have been curling for a few years, it was Brianna and Suvetha’s first year curling. !! There were 64 teams competing from across the province. Highcastle P.S. was the only team from the Toronto District School Board!  After 4 days of competition, our team won the H division trophy!  I am very proud of how the team represented themselves and our school. Well done team! !! ! ! ! ! ! - Mrs. McMulkin

!!On Thursday, May 28th at 1pm we will be holding the “Highcastles’ Got Talent Show”. !Ms.Wey, (music teacher) held auditions in her room on the second week of May. Auditions were five minutes l o n g a n d w e h a d a n overwhelming response from Highcastle students. !Due to time restraints we were only able to choose the top few acts. Students are encouraged to come and try out every year. !So students and parents get ready for the “Highcastles' Got Talent Show”!!! We have a wide variety of performers with amazing talent - can’t wait for the show!

Sweating  in  the  Square!  !Earlier   this  month,  many   of   Highcastle's   finest   dancers   performed   in  TDSB's  annual  Folk  Dance  Jamboree  at  Albert  Campbell  Square.  As  you  can   see,  our   students  danced  up  a   storm!    Coaches  Moss,  Smith  and  Wey  wish  to  express  many  thanks  to  families  for  joining  in  the  fun  and  festivities,  and  to  all  of  our  enthusiastic  and  dedicated  students   -­‐  you  are  all  inspiring!

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Safety Patrollers The Safety Patrollers will be having a fun day in June courtesy of Toronto Police Services. In the meantime, our diligent Safety Patrollers will be enjoying a pizza lunch on May 22nd. We truly have had a successful year for our Safety Patrol program, with over 40 students actively involved in grades 6, 7, and 8. Great job students and keep up the great work!

Highcasltes’ Track & Field!!Great work Highcastle family on making our Track & Field Day such a success! Special thanks to Mr. Luchford for organizing and ensuring that we all had an enjoyable day. The Birchmount Track & Field Day for those students in Grades 2 - 8 who qualified will be on Thursday, May 21st. Permission forms have been sent home for those students. Good luck at Birchmount!

Forest of Reading @ Highcastle On Wednesday May 13th, 29 students from Highcastle went to the Harbourfront Centre to witness the Silver Birch Award Ceremony. This is the award that is given by the Ontario Library Association on behalf of students in the province of Ontario who voted on their favourite nominated book. The award was given out to Jonathan Auxier for his book, The Night Gardener. The students also took part in a number of activities that were set up by the Ontario Library Association that celebrated books, reading and writing. This was a reward for the students who participated in the Highcastle book club and read a number of books over the winter months. It was a great day and great way to finish off our reading club this year. Well done students!

Soccer Team Update!!Congratulations to the Junior / Intermediate girls soccer team. The g i r l s p l a y e d i n a

tournament on Tuesday, May 12th, 2015 at John

G. Diefenbaker. They were one of four teams. The girls played a very difficult first game and were victorious with a score of 3 - 0. The final two games did not go as successfully as the first. The girls lost both remaining games and finished 3rd in the tournament. Mr. Pollastrone wanted to state that he enjoyed coaching all the girls. The girls represented themselves and the school with great effort, co-operation and respect for themselves and the other schools. A special thank you to Mrs. McMulkin, Miss. Croucher, Mr.Allen, Mr. Miles, and Elizabeth's grandmother for helping to drive the girls.!      - Maggi Dhew and Bethany Brock

Humber Jazz Band Visits Highcastle !The energy was high during a recent visit from the Humber College Jazz Program.  We grooved and swayed to familiar tunes and popular jazz classics, and learned more about the impact of jazz history towards the evolution of popular music today.  Here are some thoughts from the Highcastle community:   !!Thileepan - "The band showed teamwork, cooperation, and courage to perform."!Nate - "The music was inspirational for young musicians like us."!Shirnelda - "My favourite part was the song RESPECT because everyone was dancing to the music and singing their hearts out!"!Conrad - "I really enjoyed the classical music and the instrumentation."!Jalen -  "I really liked when the girl was singing Muddy Water because of the beats and rhythms."!Dimpy - "Uptown Funk was so much fun - the singers were passionate and dedicated."!!A huge Highcastle thank you to the Humber Jazz Program!

Events Calendar!!May 21 - Birchmount Track & Field!May 22 - Castle Awards!May 25 - Gr. 3 Trip to Hillside!June 9 - Gr. 3-7 Trip to Robin Hood!June 10 - Safety Patrol Picnic!June 19 - Gr. 8 Trip to Robin Hood!June 22 - Gr. 8 Graduation!June 25 - Last day of School!

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