Principal: Ms. G. Lew

Vice-Principal: Mr. J. Messersi

School Council: Ms. D. Tomlinson

Ms. B. Cohen

Superintendent: Ms. L. Curtis

Trustee, Ward 12: Mr. A. Brown

Cummer Valley M.S. Newsletter

June 2016 edition

Principal’s Message

June Dates/Events

Papillon Trip

Chess Club

Student Council

Emu News

Soccer Champions!

Math & Scholastic Champions

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In This Issue Principal’s Message

As we come to the end of the 2015-2016 school year, I’d like to congratulate our Grade 8 students for completing a successful year and wish them well as they move on to high school. Also, I’d like to welcome our incoming Grade 5 students as they look forward to starting their grade 6 year in middle school for September 2016. Please refer to our Opening Day Letter regarding staggered start times for our new and returning students.

Thank you for the continued support of our parents and School Advisory Council. The Co-chairs Ms. Tomlinson and Ms. Cohen have given much of their time to lead and advocate on your behalf. Also, Ms. Hikida-Kwan and Mr. McRae along with the Co-chairs and members of the School Council Executive have supported fundraising through the pizza lunches. The parents also organized the staff appreciation breakfast and coordinated the barbecue at our annual Open House. We look forward to continuing the partnership with the School Adviso-ry Council in the new school year.

This year our school achieved Gold status thanks to the support of the Eco team and staff support. Our students achieved recognition in many academic achievements, which gar-nered regional, provincial and national recognition in mathematics. Congratulations to our many student-led clubs and committees that have been supported by our staff.

All of these achievements would not be possible without the dedication and commitment of our wonderful staff. I have such admiration for the extra effort the staff put into the many extra-curricular activities to support students.

There are a few staff changes: Mrs. Lew is retiring Mr. Messersi is retiring Ms. Goldenberg is retiring Madame McRae is moving to Knob Hill P.S. Ms. Farag has ended her term Ms. Patel, Mr. Ilic, Ms. Toledo and Ms. Moon have ended their terms.

A final word of thanks: I am proud and humbled to have served as the Principal of Cummer Valley Middle School for four years. The prominence of our school’s student achievements go well beyond our local community. We are well known regionally, provincially and nationally. Each and every one of the school staff are to be celebrated for their dedication in supporting student success.

As well, a heartfelt thank you to the students and parents for their end of the year gifts to Mr. Messersi and myself.

I will look back at the memories of Cummer Valley with fondness. It has been a pleasure serving the Cummer Valley community. We welcome Ms. Mayers and Mr. D’Andrade as the new administrative team in September. Have a safe and relaxing summer! Enjoy the rest of our newsletter.

Respectfully yours,

Gaye Lew, Principal

June ’ s

characte r trait

perseverance

June Events

June 10—PA Day

June 24—Track and Field Day

June 27—Report Cards Go Home

June 28—Grade 8 Graduation

June 29—Last Day of School

June 30—P.A. Day No School

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Grade 6 Papillon Trip Another academic year is over and once again the Grade 6 French classes have experienced

a memorable trip including some French culture, French language usage and French taste.

The following are quotes taken from retells written by some students:

Cherry (6B) I enjoyed the time that we had this trip. I hope that I can have a trip like this next year. I

love FRANÇAIS.

Sophia (6A) J’ai aussi aimé cette excursion Mr. H. Merci beaucoup pour prendre le temp pour faire cette

excursion possible.

Hannah (6A) It’s been a great and amazing trip. I hope I go there again with my family! Also this

wouldn’t have happened without Mr. H., thank you for letting us experience so many different things!

Aaron (6G) C’était un bon matin en mai, il y avait du soleil, c’était chaud, le jour était parfait. Elle était

la meilleure excursion.

Serena (6E) We went to the restaurant “Le Papillon” to eat notre lunch. I ordered la salade maison comme

l’entrée, le boeuf bourguignon sur riz pour le plat principal, pouding chomeur dessert et gingembre pour le

breuvage. They were délicieux. Après le repas délicieux we headed to the Distillery District.

Natalie (6G) Le service est excellent au Papillon. Les serveurs sont très polis. très attentifs, très patients

et très rapides. Les plats sont délicieux aussi. Ce restaurant est magnifique. I would definitely recom-

mend Le Papillon to ma famille et mes amis. J’espère que je peux aller au Papillon encore avec ma famille

en été. It was definitely la meilleure excursion de l’école I have ever had and I will never forget this expe-

rience.

Maggie (6C) Le Papillon excursion était amusante parce que nous avons visité des endroits français diffé-

rents. J’ai eu une grande expérience parce que mes amis sont allés avec moi, et j’ai gouté la cuisine fran-

çaise.

Angelina (6F) Overall, le voyage est très amusant. I would go back if I could. Merci Mr. H!

Evan (6E) This has been a thrilling experience and une grande memoire pour moi! Merci Mr. H !!!

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Student Council had a very successful year. This year, they planned over 10 spirit days, a can

drive that raised over 3,000 cans for Salvation Army, organized and implemented eco initia-

tives that won the school a gold status, organized and sold lolligrams, and planned and ran the

Open House Carnival. The last two events raised over $2,250 that was donated to FTC. Con-

gratulations to 7B for obtaining the highest Spirit Points this year. They will be making their

class banner which will be hung in the café along with the other banners from winning classes.

We are looking forward to a very successful year in 2016-17! Parents, as always, we thank

you for all your support!

On May 8, 2016, the Junior and Intermediate chess teams from Cummer Valley participated in

the TDSB Final Chess Championship tournament. Our Intermediate and Junior teams won sil-

ver medals in the TDSB championship! Congratulations to Daniel Y., Elia H., Calvin X., Ja-

son K., Heath C., Kyle Q., Yi D., Andrew X., Sina K., Raymond H., Rohit K., and Ethan

T. for a great season! Many thanks to our volunteer coach and mentor Mr. Cancelliere. This

win would not have been possible without his help!

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EMU News Our Successes This Year

This is the way our tree nursery looked when we first began it years ago. And this is the way it looks now!

Help wanted (rewards involved)!!

Stop by sometime this summer and check out the amazing garden we have now. Please, bring some water and water the plants and baby trees. Feel free to pick some vegetables and take them home to eat – this garden is for everyone. We are only asking that you stay out of the tree nursery area as the baby trees are quite small and may be easily stepped on.

An enormous thank-you to the grade eight stu-

dents and Mr. Maleganovski who mulched the new trees in the back of the school. We are watering our young trees regularly and hope to soon see a shady

grove, that will shade the hot west side of the school. Around the base of some of the trees, you can see milkweed coming up – this is the plant that the monarch butterfly needs to support its larvae. Please be very careful around it – it is just coming into flower now.

We are delighted to announce that we will be having a water bottle refill station installed in September. This is a result of all the hard work of the few dedicated members of the EMU Refill Application team with special thanks to the top four workers: Catherine H., Sophie L., Caroline M., and Amy Y.

You may also notice some stickers on our light switches and some labels on our classroom garbage and recycling containers. This is the hard work of our grade six EMU Reduction team with special thanks to: Ilsa R., Ryan L., Hannah S., Parmin N.S., Shadi A., Kameela A., and Vania C.

This year, Cummer was awarded with GOLD status. As we continue to face the economic and environ-

mental consequences of humanity’s lack of concern for the environment, we hope that we will find more hands, heads, and hearts to share the load for next year.

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Math and Scholastic Champions!

Cummer Valley students in grades 6, 7 and 8 participated in a number of contests this year and have continued to excel.

All students are to be commended on their participation.

The CNML is a challenging math contest sponsored by the University of Windsor. In the grade 6 contest, our school

placed 2nd in Canada. Our top scores were from Daniel Y., Shairahavan S., Edward X., Kai S., and Matthew Y.. The

grade 7 students placed 10th in Canada with strong scores from George P., Jason L., Hanbi K., Kayley K., and Max L.

and in the grade 8 tournament, we placed 4th overall. Top scores were obtained by Rayton L. , Yi D., Julia C., Cheng-

cheng L., Madeline C., Catherine H., and Maggie L.

In the Pythagoras Math Contest held in April, Shairahavan S. scored a perfect paper and the combined grade 6 scores

placed us 4th in Canada out of 934 schools. Other top scores were obtained by Daniel Y., Felix L., Edward X., Henry R.,

and Ryan Z.. The grade 7 students participated in the Euler Contest and placed 7th of 363 schools. Top scores: Andy C.,

George P., Max L., Jae P., and Jason L.. In the La Grange Contest, the grade 8 students demonstrated their sharp skills

and placed 4th of 347 schools. Top scores went to Yi D., Chengcheng L., Rayton L., Edward L.

The grade 6 and 8 students participated in the Scholastic Challenge, an online contest that tested their knowledge in a

variety of subject areas: Literature, Math, History, Geography, Science, Current Events, Logic and General Knowledge.

This year, grade 6 students won the Gold Medal Team award and the grade 8’s were awarded with the Silver Medal

Team. Congratulations to the grade 6 team of Daniel Y., Shairahavan S., Gabriel, C., and Kai S. and the grade 8 team of

Atharva B., Kiril M., Christian W., and Michael S.

Congratulations Cummer Valley for your outstanding achievements!

Cummer Valley Grade 7/8 Boy's Soccer Team Wins City Championship!!

Cummer Valley would like to congratulate the Grade 7/8 boy's soccer team on beating King Edward in the city finals 5-1. This is the first city championship that Cummer Valley has won in soccer. The stu-dents trained hard all Spring and are to be commended on their out-standing effort. Mr. Sangster and Mr. Ilic would like to thank all the members of the boy's soccer team: Ren S., David J., Ivan B., Farzad

M., Timothy L., Anton P., Shahriar P., Pranv P., Amin H., Domenico O., Victor J., Danny J., Daniel L., Sahand D., Paul K., Arman D., Andrew Y. and Kento K.