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Erin Mills News

erinmills.net Friday June 1st, 2018

Important Reminders

Date Event Time Location

Hot Lunch Program by School Council

For February, 2018

Monday Wednesday

11:50 – 12:10

Gym Pizza (Cheese, Pep,

Gluten) All orders using School

Cash Online

Pizza (Cheese, Pep, Gluten)

All orders using School Cash Online

June 2018 Monday Wednesday

3 – 4:30

Rm 116 Rm 117

COY COY

June 1 Pride Flags Raised --- ---

June 1 Boys Soccer Tournament All Day Churchill Meadows

June 5 Boys Slo-Pitch Tournament All Day Tom Cater Memorial

Park

June 6 – 8 Grade 6: Camp Wanakita Overnight Excursion

Trip ---

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June 7 Provincial Elections All day Gym

June 11 Report Card Writing and Assessment Day –

No School for Students ---

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June 13 Girls Slo-Pitch Tournament All Day Birchmount Park

June 14 Grade 8 Band Trip to Wonderland All Day ---

June 19 Track and Field Meet All Day Chinguaousy Park

June 25 Grade 8 Graduation 12 noon – 5 pm Gym

June 25 Grade 8 Report Cards to go home --- ---

June 27 Grade 6 and 7 Awards Ceremony Grade 6 9:30 – 10:30am

Grade 7 10:45 – 11:45am Gym

June 27 Grade 6 and 7 Report Cards to go home --- ---

June 28 Last Day of School --- ---

Dear Erin Mills MS Families,

As the school year ends, it is helpful to reflect upon the school year and our accomplishments. Together parents and staff have created a positive environment for middle school children to grow, learn and flourish. We are very proud of our classroom, physical education and arts programmes, all of which have led many exciting events and experiences for our students. Our Black History and Asian Heritage showcases, Education Week activities, COY programs, the unbelievable concert and performances are evidence that students are learning by being actively involved in school life. Our athletic banners and outstanding intramural program illustrates our dynamic and varied physical education opportunities offered at Mustangs. Well done students, families and staff! And on June 1st EMMS raised the Pride Flag with honour and joy. June 1st marks the beginning of Pride Month in Canada and in countries around the world. Pride Month represents a positive stance against

Principal: Maria Kalantzakos VP: Mason Vandermeersch Office Manager: Jasminka Pavlovic

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discrimination and violence towards the 2SLGTBQ+ community. This month provides a positive platform for members of the community to promote their self-affirmation, equality rights, increase their visibility as a social group, build community, and celebrate sexual diversity and gender variance.

Erin Mills Middle School will raise the pride flag for the month of June to support our 2SLGBTQ+ community.

Happy Pride Month!

We wish the school community a safe and wonderful summer. To our grade 8s, best wishes in secondary school. To our grade 6s and 7s, we look forward to seeing you in September. Time change is happening at EMMS for September 2018. The start time will be 8:10am and the end time 2:10pm. As well, next year a small change to lockers is happening … the school will be providing all locks for the lockers. The idea is to help with security and ensuring that all students have a place to put valuables and their belongings at school. More information to come in the coming weeks. Projected Enrolment for September Next year our projected enrolment at EMMS is 422 students in grade 6, 7, and 8. Our school will be staffed based on this enrolment. By the end of the first week of September 24

th, we must submit our student enrolment numbers to the

Superintendent. Any changes in student enrolment of 422, higher or lower, can result in a change in the number of teachers and homeroom classes. The week of the 26th is set aside to reorganize homeroom classes, should enrolment warrant it. Early in the year, students may change homerooms to reflect the increase or decrease in student enrolment. Re-organization is going to happen, so we encourage you to talk and prepare your child(ren) that this might not be the homeroom teacher for the year.

Please let us know if you have any questions and/or concerns. Sincerely, Maria Kalantzakos Principal June Awards Assembly Grade 6: Wednesday June 27 at 9:15 am Grade 7: Wednesday June 27 at 10:30 am Grade 8 awards will be given out at graduation on June 25. Photographs will be taken after the assembly.

School Council Thank you for joining the School Council this year. Important election dates were discussed and are below and mark your calendars:

Ballots go home September 7th

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Nominations to be announced on September 14th

Elections are September 25th at the first school council meeting Please enjoy your summer with family and friends and see you back in the new year. Peggy Bell & Kim Moennick Hot Lunch at EMMS : Orders using SCHOOL CASH ONLINE only Our lunch program at EMMS is now going strong, and we continue to encourage our families to look at the new option available, GLUTEN FREE pizza. Please remember to send drinks and other food items with your child. Payment must be made on SCHOOL CASH ONLINE. Also, there will be NO CREDITS OR REFUNDS if students are absent on lunch days. The goal is to provide a "Lunch Program" that allows a student to buy a hot and healthy lunch at school. Our lunch program meets the Ministry Food & Beverage Policy guidelines.

In School Clubs and Programs

Students at EMMS decorate Director Peter Joshua’s Office:

Super proud of all the hard work displayed in the director’s wall.

Go Mustangs GO!!!!

Cross Country Mustangs Ran on May 10th:

The amazing team that did so well. Congrats to all that represented EMMS that day.

Grade 6 Girls

Maya K – 605 Mariam S – 603 Alyssa W – 603 Emma C – 601 Allison G – 601

Grade 6 Boys

Ilyas R – 808 Vaso M – 604

Grade 7 Girls

Hawon K – 701 Claire S – 703 Julia P – 703

Grade 7 Boys

Lincoln K – 702

Grade 8 Girls Lauren M– 804 Natalie M – 804

Grade 8 Boys Samuel – 801

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Mississauaga Marathon – May 5th

On Saturday, May 5th, members from The Running Club ran in the

10km Student Relay at the Mississauga Marathon. It started off

nice and sunny. But then...it poured off and on , it hailed, the gnats

were out. Despite it all, all of the runners were in great spirits and

excited to run. Coaches Spizzirri and Freeman would like to

congratulate and thank the following teams for an amazing run:

Team The Bad Ducks

- Lauren, Natalie, Brooke & Abigail

Team Same

- Ashlyn, Mallory, Emily & Shannon

Team Erin Mills Cheetahs

- Alyssa, Allison, Maya & Emma Croft

Team Super 7ERS

- Julia, Claire, Mariam (and in spirit, Hawon)

We would like to recognize and congratulate 2 of our teams who placed in the top 5 for the grades 6-8 girls divison:

Team Erin Mills Cheetahs consisting of Alyssa, Allison, Maya & Emma Croft who placed 5th and Team The Bad Ducks

consisting of Lauren, Natalie, Brooke & Abigail who placed 3rd!!

We would also like to recognize and congratulate one of our grade 7 students, Zoha, who competed in the 5km run.

Thank you to all of the runners for an amazing day!!

Grade 7s went to Erindale for Carnival Day on May 15th :

Grade 7s going to Erindale SS were invited for a fun filled day. The students enjoyed all the activities planned and are super excited for Highschool!

Erindale SS Drama club came to us on June 1:

On Friday, June 1st, the Erindale Secondary School Drama club presented to our grade 7 students. The piece "Gossip" explored the idea of gossip infecting the population of a school. After the performance, Erin Mills students participated in a critique of the piece, which is a work in progress for Erindale's Drama Club.

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COY and the amazing learning this year:

This year the staff and lead teacher Mr Louise tried something a little different to ignite some passions among our Grade 6-8s. This afterschool program was well received and the options and choices given to the students shows in their enthusiastic faces. Thank you to Mr Louise, Mrs Newton, Mr Morgan, Mr Hines and Ms Lewis.

Breakfast Program: Do you wake up and go without breakfast???? Most important meal of the day. So at EMMS we got you covered, come on in at 8:40 am with 25 cents. You get a choice of cereral, yogurt, granola bars and list goes on and on. Where: Contact When: EVERYDAY Time: 8:40am

Music Department The Grade 8 Band is off to Wonderland. They will make us all proud at the annual Festival! It is essential that students attend rehearsals.

Monday Tuesday

Wednesday

Lunch Recess 12:10

Choir and Grade 6 Band

Grade 8 Band Grade 7 Band

Reminder about Dress Code at EMMS

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The standards for school dress at Erin Mills are based on common sense and are intended to support the comfort, safety and modesty of all students. There is a strong relationship between neat, clean and appropriate clothing and a positive learning environment. Students should come to school dressed for the job of learning in a positive school environment that is safe for everyone. The following clothing and accessories will be excluded from Erin Mills Middle School:

Extraneous chains (i.e. wallet chains)

Weapons, parts or representations thereof

Clothing with racial, political, sexual statements, gender or religious slurs, or questionable captions/pictures

Symbols of hate or images which portray violence, death, abuse or alcohol/drug abuse

Any clothing which is, or risks being, revealing OR UNSAFE because it is too loose (E.G. SCARVES), tight, big, small, long, or short or bottoms that are ripped above the fingertip when arms are relaxed by your sides, cut or separated

No undergarments are to be VISIBLE; tank top straps should be three student fingers wide

Shorts, skirts or t-shirts should be as long as the length of your arms to your fingertips – this includes wearing shorts and/or skirts over tights

Pants or shorts are to be worn at the hips

Head covering (e.g. hats, visors, are to be left in lockers during class time and removed when entering the school building

Head covering for religious purposes is permissible

No backpacks during the school day (8:50 a.m. – 2:50 p.m.)

Students are to carry all school items throughout the day, for medical concerns, please consult an office staff member

Large bags INCLUDING PURSES, outdoor clothing, and backpacks are to be left in lockers

DRAWSTRING BAGS ARE ACCEPTABLE ONLY ON GYM DAYS

Any dress and/or behaviour that is or could be interpreted as involvement in a gang (graffiti, insignia, dress, hairstyle, head gear, bandannas, choice of colours, language or hand signals)

Students not following the dress code will be asked to change reverse their shirt or wear a t-shirt provided by the school. If need be, the office will call parents and ask them to bring clothing that meets the school policy before the student may re-enter the classroom.

Important changes coming to SafeArrival system in May 2018

Elementary parents are reminded to sign up for a Safe Arrival account in order to report a child's absence in a quick and easy manner. Set up your account by going to: go.schoolmessenger.ca and use the same email address the school has on file for you. You can also download the blue School Messenger App to your smartphone. If parents prefer not to set up an account, the toll-free number is always available for all families: 1-855-209-6155 A few things to note with our new system:

parents are encouraged to add the 1-855-209-6155 number to their Contacts (under PDSB or School Name) so the number can easily be identified when it calls

this new system will call once per child, therefore if you have three children absent at one time, you will receive three different phone calls

parents who set up an account can choose their preferences as to which numbers will be called

parents can report Late Arrivals by choosing the Report an Absence option first, then choosing Late Arrival in the sub-menu

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As always, parents are encouraged to report absences in advance to the Safe Arrival system.

Celebrating Faith and Culture

June 2018

DATE

CELEBRATION FAITH AND CULTURE

June Miso'o and Strawberry Moon Aboriginal Spirituality June Aboriginal History Month Aboriginal Spirituality June 3 All Saints Day Christianity (J) June 5 to 23 the month of Núr Bahá'í June 8 Jamatul Widha Islam Eve of June 7 or 9 to June 8 or 10

Lailat ul-Qadr Islam

June 15 Eid ul-Fitr Islam June 16 Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sikhism June 12 to 16 Aboriginal Week Aboriginal Spirituality June 21 National Aboriginal Day Aboriginal Spirituality June 22 Litha Wicca June 24 to July 12 the month of Rahmat Bahá'í June 24 St. Jean Baptiste Day Christianity and Canada June 27 Multiculturalism Day Canada June 29 Poson Buddhism June 29 to July 3 Ghambar Maidyoshem Zoroastrianism

LET'S WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR!

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