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ST. JUDE CATHOLIC SCHOOL Principal: Nick Biagini Trustee: Sal Piccininni Vice Principal: Caroline D’Souza Superintendent: Loretta Notten
Phone : 416-393-5279 Fax: 416 –393-5122
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February 1,2013
February’s Virtue: LOVE
“For God so loved the world , He
gave it His only Son…”John 3:16
Shrove Tuesday February 12, 2013 Ash Wednesday February 13, 2013
Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. During the 40 days of Lent, we prepare for Easter by taking time to be quiet in our hearts, by praying, by doing good deeds, by being forgiving and asking
for forgiveness. We will receive ashes on our foreheads to remind us that we need to try to
be more like Jesus.
PARISH NEWS
St. Jude Church
3265 Weston Road
Toronto Ontario
M9M 2T9
Telephone: 416-742-
9072
Fax: 416-742-9327l
Fr. Efren Alvarez-Pelayo, Pastor
Mass Schedule:Weekday
Mass Schedule: Tue-Thu-Fri: 8:00am
Wed. 8:00am & 7:00 pm
Weekend Mass Schedule: Saturday: 5:00pm English
Sunday: 8:00am Italian 9:30am English 11:00am English 12:30pm Spanish
OFFICE HOURS
Monday to Friday: 8:30am to 4:30pm
(Office closes between 1pm-2pm for lunch Mon-Fri) Mon-Wed-Fri: 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Tuesday, Thursday: 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Saturday: 10:00am to 4:00pm
Sunday: 8:00am to 2:00pm
♥Have fun with your children and plan family activities like cycling, walking, swimming and ice-skating ♥ Buy, prepare and enjoy healthy foods Our Health Action Team mandate is to keep your children healthy. At St.Jude’s we do that by providing healthy snacks, daily physical activi-ty;a highly successful, a house league and many team sports.
You can contact the local Parks and recreation for healthy active living programs offered at your local com-munity centers. For more information about local programs contact 416-392-1111. Soccer and Basketball leagues run programs out of St.Jude’s. Inquire about these programs as well. For basketball contact the NRBA at 416 409 3378 providing Skills development, house league and rep level programs for the aspiring basketball star!
February is Heart Month. Three things that will keep your heart strong and healthy are healthy eat-ing, physical activity and not smok-ing or being around smoke. As par-ents you can start teaching your children these three messages at a young age to help them become healthy adults. How can you do this? ♥ If you smoke, think about quitting and make your home smoke-free
Pope John Paul II said: ―I look to all of you, brothers and sisters of every state of life, to you, Christian families, to you, the sick and elderly, and to you, young people: confidently take up the Rosary once again. Rediscover the Rosary in the light of Scripture, in harmony with the Liturgy, and in the context of your daily lives. May this appeal of mine not go unheard!‖ R.V.M. n.43. We pray the Rosary at St.Jude’s once a month, thank you to the Rosary Apostolate. The Rosary is prayed at St.Jude’s the first Tuesday of every month.
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Keep Your Family Heart Healthy!
Important Reminder
S T. JU DE CA THOLI C SC HOOL
―The Family that Prays Together, Stays Together‖
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CHILD COMES TO SCHOOL
DRESSED APPROPRIATELY.
SCHOOL DRESS CODE IS MANDATORY AT ST. JUDE’S!
RED SHIRT and BLACK BOTTOMS
Dear Parents,
It‟s hard to believe that we are
already in February. We have
been quite busy at St.Jude‟s with
curriculum and extra-curricular
programs going at full force.
We are also quite busy preparing
for our 4th Annual Feb.8 Celebra-
tion of Life Concert that will be
held from 9am to 12pm.This
event will be a great opportunity
for our grades 3 to 8 students to
listen to musical and dance per-
formances of some of our
Board‟s finest and upcoming mu-
sicians and dancers. Music is a
passion for all students and so is
dancing.. What better way to cele-
brate the accomplishments of our
staff and students than to create
a celebration during the bitterly
cold month of February. This will
be a great opportunity to assess
whether we have all, been striving
for “Excellence in all that we do.”
Parents thank you for always visit-
ing the office before entering the
classroom areas of our school.
This ensures that SAFETY is main-
tained. We continue to regard our
Parent Volunteers as valued mem-
bers of our school community and
encourage more parents to get
involved,. After all, it does, „take
the whole village to raise a child.‟
Our Daily physical activity program
continues to thrive. Thank you to
all classroom teachers and
Mr.DeCaria for the preparation of
our student leaders . This initia-
tive is certainly assisting with our
continued goal of helping your
children to stay healthy and ac-
tive.
.
N.P.Biagini Principal
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KINDERGARTEN REGISTRA TION FEB. 1 6—7 :00 -8: 30 PM
From the Principal’s Desk
KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION CONTINUES... REGISTRATION FOR JK BEGAN THE EVENING OF JANUARY 16 To register your child you will need to bring the following documents:
Baptismal Certificate Birth Certificate Immunization Record Health Card Doctor’s Name and Telephone Number Proof of Local residence (tax bill or Utility bill) showing Separate school support.
Please note that next year we will be continuing with our ELP (Early Learning Program) clas-ses i.e. Full Day Kindergarten for our JK and SK students. Classes will be created based on:
Special Needs-preschool/daycare experience Male/Female Ratios Birth dates Balanced Class Sizes
Non-Metro residents will be put on a waiting list and will be approved subject to
space availability. Those outside our catchment area will also be placed on a Priority 2 Waiting List. Call the school for more information.
Our annual CARNAVAL will take place the week of February 4th to the 8th. The students have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Bonhomme Carnaval! The week will include theme days, indoor competitions, winter art activities, Bingo and an Intermediate dance. Our CSAC will once again provide hot chocolate and cookies for our students. The week will culminate with the Celebration of Life Concert and Awards Presentations on Friday February 8th. The week promises to be fun-filled with prizes to be won! VIVE LE CARNAVAL!
Education is not the
filling of a pail, but
the lighting of a fire.
WM Yeats
STUDENT OF THE MONTH FOR JANUARY VIRTUE—COURAGE
Courage
Ike Anthony
Christopher Arias
Stacy Ibizugbe
Ethan Ramirez
Marline Adekumle
Elyssia Desmond
Alexander Loja
Chibusis Anovue
Guido Geraldino-Rodriguez
Adesuwa Amadasu
Tonia Anthony
Mhyah Godoy
Yinka Olatounbosum
Jose Morales
Margarita Vitales Juaristi
Gabriella Moreira
Jose Echeverri
Margarita Flores
Eric Pincay
Erin Keating
Samantha Flynn
Ashley Guzman
Alessandra Marrello
Adrian Zambrano
Andres Vargas
Christian Altobelli
Jesse Assigbey
SergioVelasquez-Arana
Alondra Gonzalez
Physical Fitness
Math Homework Help for Students in Grade 7 - 10
For students needing help with math homework, online
support is available after school. Certified teachers are
available to respond to specific questions or broad con-
cepts in mathematics. Visit the Homework Help website
for more information: https://homeworkhelp.ilc.org/
Samuel Assigbey
Ethan Pacheco Allister Johnson-Christie
Carmelo Desmon
Brian Gorgis Idalia Montejos Dos- Santos
Jacob Hazaire
Emma Rubia
Raechris Leonardo
Letymer Taveras
Ryan Ramdial
Mark Perone
Taaniya Thavaratnam
Kwame Frimpong Jr
Matheo Torres
Emilio Samuel
Anthony Cascante
Jerome Felix
Jean Carlos Cascante
Camilo Samaniego
Nana Yelana
Leonel Quintanilla
Elmer Gonzalez
Rohan Reid
Jamal Mora Gamazo
Tylor Jesuorobo
Ryan Dunn
Joel Defeo
Gia Caringi
Taylor McLennan
Mikayla Salas
Jessica Imhangbe
RosemaryKhano
Sicily DeLuca
Zayna Fray-Samuel
Kate Pelayo Michelle Arango Gomez
Krystasia Carter
Jennifer Geraldino-
Rodriguez
Samanatha Flynn
Michell Arcila
Kiara Glynn
Pizza is sold at St.Jude’s on Mondays, Wednes-
days and Fridays. Parents please mark off these
days on your calendar. The cost of a slice is
$2.50. Tuesdays and Thursdays we sell pasta
for $3.The pizza and pasta are truly of gourmet
quality compliments of Panino Cappuccino.
Support our local business partners while also alleviating
having to make a lunch.
Remember our pizza and pasta do meet the requirements
specified in the Food and Beverage Policy. Inquire about this
at the office.
February is Psychology month PSYCHOLOGY IS FOR EVERYONE! The goal of national Psychology Month is to generate awareness of, and interest in the diverse roles psychology plays. The Psychological Services Department of the Toronto Catholic District School Board would like to invite every member of our community to explore and discover the many dif-ferent ways psychology can help improve our everyday life and overall well-being, and balance the many roles and responsibilities we have. Psychology is for everyone! A TCDSB-Integra joint presentation for parents, students and educators . LESSONS LEARNED: STORIES OF LEARNING DISABILITIES, RESILIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH
February 21, 2013, 4:30-6:00pm Catholic Education Centre, 3rd Floor, 80
Sheppard Avenue East For Registration: http://www.tcdsb.org/ProgramsServices/BoardServices/psychologicalservices/Pages/default.aspx
February is African Canadian Heritage Month TCDSB celebrates African Canadian Heritage Month during the month of February.
A number of special events are planned, including a Mass and Cultural Expose
scheduled for Tuesday, February 26th 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Blessed Mother Teresa
Catholic Secondary School in Scarborough. For more events and information,
please refer to our website at www.tcdsb.org.
Other dates and Events to mark in your Calendar
Carnaval Week — This year's CARNAVAL will take place the week of February 4. Fun activities have been planned and of course Bonhomme will visit once again! VIVE LE CARNAVAL!"
Celebration of Life Concert : 9am to 12pm-Gym-Friday,February 8, 2013
Mr.Bellissimo' s and Mrs.Mazzeo's Grade 6 students are going to Albion Hills Conserva-tion Area. Febuary 11th to the 13th. They will be involved in an Outdoor Education pro-gram.
Ash Wednesday :Wednesday, February 13, 2012
Parent Teacher Interviews: Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:00—9:00pm
Friday, February 15, 2013 9:00 am —12:00 noon
St. Jude Ski Day— Thursday, February 28 for Grades 4 to 8 students—Thanx Ms.Giancola for
organizing.
Family Day—Monday, Feb.18, 2013 (NO SCHOOL)-Enjoy your family!!!!
Stay connected:
Visit our school website @ http://www.tcdsb.org/schools/stjude/Pages/default.aspx
To get regular updates from the Toronto Catholic District School Board, including
information about cancellations or closures, please consider subscribing to E-News,
a free electronic news service delivering news and information to your email.
Sign up at https://web1.tcdsb.org/InterestSubscription/subscription.aspx.
Or follow the board on Twitter @TCDSB.
Importance of being in school from 8:30 am to 3:30pm Parents are reminded of the importance of keeping our students in the classroom everyday. This means
being on time and leaving school at 3:30pm. When students are pulled out early they miss important learn-
ing time. Learning gaps are hindrances to a student’s success. Please try and make all doctor’s appoint-
ments outside to school hours. If your child does have an appointment send a note in the agenda to the
teacher, so that your child will have the day’s work and agenda completed to leave and meet you at the of-
fice. Buzzing the class without prior notice to the teacher disrupts the lesson and takes away class learning
time. Your co-operation is appreciated.
School Learning Improvement Plan On Monday, February 4th our SO Loretta Notten will be visiting our school for her second School
Learning Improvement Plan meeting with our School Improvement Team. During her visit, Ms. Notten
will be visiting the classrooms. The primary focus of the visit is to see our students in action as they use
success criteria to achieve the learning goal established by the classroom teacher but guided by the On-
tario Curriculum. Student work will be reviewed because that is where the true evidence of best practic-
es is actually found. The teachers have been asked to track students who are on the cusp of achieving
Level 3 and 4 work. This target group becomes a focal group and the teachers have been asked to ana-
lyze those best practices that they feel have truly assisted these students to in achieving a strong under-
standing of the learning goal they are responsible for. This precision will help us to review and ultimate-
ly create a compendium of best practices which all staff can use in order to assist all of their students to
achieve high quality work that demonstrates that learning has taken place.
Our numeracy focus still remains firm– to help our students to become better at problem solving. To
that effect, our teachers have been using the three part math lesson to achieve this goal. Teachers have
been involved in using technology, co –teaching and sharing their best practices with their colleagues in
order to achieve this SMART goal. We realize that over time all of our students will become quite famil-
iar with this methodology. Ask them questions about what they have learned in math and have them
articulate how they are solving math related problems at school. Talking about their math studies is a
great way for them to internalize the concepts they are being taught.
In literacy making connections and helping our students to better infer remain goals tied directly with
our main goal of helping our students to become strong critical thinkers. Our teachers are becoming
more aware of the importance of creating meaningful activities that allow the students to ask questions
and articulate their thinking both orally and in written form. Once again lessons are structured around
a learning goal and then a criteria for achieving Level 3 and 4 work is established with much student
input. Then it’s all about feedback, feedback and more feedback so that the students are better able to
gage whether they are on track or not.
Talk to your children about the kind of feedback they are receiving at school so that you become part of
the process of learning.
Drumming Workshop Update
Mrs. Orsini’s grade 8 class has been working diligently for many weeks now on making African Djembe
Drums. They have just completed the final stage of this process by assembling the drums. They assembled
the drums by learning how attach the intricate roping, putting on animal skins, and finally tuning the
drums. This experience has been extremely rewarding for all the students and teachers involved and the
end results are extraordinary! It has been a wonderful leaning experience as well.
The students from Mrs. Orsini’s class, as well as three other classes in the school will now begin the next
part of this very unique learning experience, learning to play this cultural instrument. Each of the classes
will be provided several lessons, which will be led by an experience Djembe musician. We look forward to
this awesome opportunity and cannot wait to show what we’ve learned!!
See Hear Screening @ St. Jude
We are happy to announce that SeeHear will be running a hearing and vision screening clinic at on
Feb 12 & 13, 2013. This is an excellent opportunity for your child to have his/her hearing and
vision in a convenient and cost effective manner.
Some points to remember
Your child’s hearing and vision should be screened every year.
Growing children are very susceptible to middle ear problems and one of the best ways to
prevent hearing loss is early detection of middle ear function issues.
A visit to an audiologist in a private clinic costs upwards of $50.00 and is not covered by
O.H.I.P. If your child is referred to a hospital clinic by your family doctor, the cost is covered
by O.H.I.P.
Your child’s hearing is not being monitored unless they are seeing an audiologist or an E.N.T.
The permission forms will come home approximately two weeks before the clinic. Please fill them
out and return to the school with the $15.00 screening fee prior to the clinic date.
This screening is not intended to replace a regular visit to an audiologist or optometrist
Good grades start with good hearing and good vision
Calling All Kids—Mascot Design Challenge
The challenge to create a mascot for the TORONTO
2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games is on!
It’s a ONCE -IN -A-LIFE TIME opportunity! The To-
ronto 2015 Mascot Creation Challenge invites kids 16
and under from across Canada to design a mascot for
the Toronto 2015 games. Deadline for submissions is
March 8th.
Help tell the unique story of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games by creating the
mascot and its story that will now and forever be associated with the “People’s Games.” The Games
where everyone is welcome. Where everyone is part of the energy, from the world’s best athletes to
the kids and families cheering them on.
United We Play—joy, competition and fun. That’s the the Pan Am 2015 spirit. The mascot will be
an important personality both leading up to and during the Games, and will be used by TO2015 (the
TORONTO 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games Organizing Committee) to welcome
visitors and spectators, visit schools and community events, and appear on signage, advertising and
merchandise. The mascot will represent the best of us all, our Games and our nation.
For inspiration, visit the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games website
at www.toronto2015.org.
