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Principal’s Greeting Let me begin by wishing everyone a joyful Easter! Our students worked hard

to prepare for the various services during Holy Week and sang beautifully at

each one. As we know, Easter is not just one day but rather a season, one in

which we renew our everyday lives in light of the Resurrection.

Despite having the fewest school days, March was busy enough with academic

work, extra choral rehearsals, a recording, instrumental recitals, debating,

Science Fair, Reach, volleyball, basketball and Concept Lounge. We hope our

students were able to recharge their batteries over the March break to pre-

pare for what lies ahead.

At the time that this newsletter appears, tour will be under way. In addition to the concerts and

sites we’ll see, this is a special event in the history of our school as we reconnect with the Pontifical

Institute of Sacred Music and sing at St Peter’s Basilica as Cardinal Collins celebrates mass. This is

also an exciting time in the life of the Church as our cardinal and his colleagues have been inspired

to elect Pope Francis to shepherd the universal Church.

While in Italy, I’ll remain in communication by e-mail. Our vice-principal, Mr Kovacs, will be at

school, available to field any questions or concerns you may have during this time. We bring the

prayers and special intentions of the entire Choir School community with us to Rome and we ask

for your prayers for a safe and successful trip. You can follow the latest news about the trip on our

newly rejuvenated web-site, www.smcs.on.ca , and then by clicking on the Italy ‘13 link.

Buona Paqua!

Welcome!

We welcome two new members onto our su-

pervision team:

Lunchtime Supervisor, Ms S. Gomez Vila and

Student Supervisor, Ms M. Ionno.

TCDSB

SMCS Newsletter A Newsletter for the Families of

St Michael’s Choir School

Our Mission:

S t . M i c h a e l ’ s

C h o i r S c h o o l i s a

C a t h o l i c

C o m m u n i t y

w h o s e p r i m a r y

m i s s i o n i s t h e

e d u c a t i o n o f

y o u n g C h r i s t i a n

g e n t l e m e n . A t

t h e c e n t r e o f t h e

c o m m u n i t y ’ s

a c a d e m i c e f f o r t

t o m a k e t h e

u n i v e r s e

i n t e l l i g i b l e t o

g r o w i n g m i n d s i s

a n e x p e r i e n c e o f

m u s i c f o r t h e

p r a i s e o f G o d i n

J e s u s C h r i s t

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St. Michael’s Choir School

67 Bond Street

Toronto, On M5B 1X2

Telephone: (416) 393-5518

Fax: (416) 393-5880

[email protected]

TCDSB

TCDSB

CHOIR SCHOOL NEWS April, 2013

WELCOME TO

THE CHOIR

SCHOOL

ANDREW PEA-

COCK

DEPT HEAD OF SOCIAL SCI-

http://www.smcs.on.ca

APRIL 1ST TO APRIL 5TH 2013—

FIRST WEEK—FLORENCE, ITALY

CHORAL NEWS


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CONCEPT LOUNGE—FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2013


CHOIR SCHOOL NEWS April , 2013

STUDENT VOICE





Putting our Faith in Action

St. Michael’s Choir School and Crescent School

Working together for the good of others.

On Wednesday March 27th, grade our grade 11 religion students teamed up with a World Religions class from

Crescent School to run a street patrol. Street patrols provide our students with the opportunity to put their

faith into action by offering food and fellowship to disadvantaged members of our community. Led by Anders

Marshall, our boys planned a route, organized the purchase of food, packed over 70 lunches, and distributed

the food in the streets of downtown Toronto.

The lunches were complemented with the care packages assembled by the students from Crescent School.

These packages included a variety of essential items such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, soap, socks,

toques and gloves.

A special thanks goes out to Ms. Pina Povolo and Mr. Patrick Parro for their help with coordinating the food.

We would like to thank Mr. Michael Fellin and all the boys from Crescent School for their meaningful contribu-

tion to, and participation in, this initiative.

Mr. Peacock and Mr. Kovacs



St. Paul summarizes quite nicely the importance of this Liturgical time of the year

when he writes in 1 Corinthians, “If Christ has not been raised, your faith is fu-

tile, (and) you are still in your sins.” (1 Corinthians 15:17). There is an incredible humility in this statement.

Our sins—that which oppresses us— is not overcome by OUR actions or efforts, but by Christ. In other

words, correcting sin requires surrendering our whole self to Christ.

One defining aspect of the 21st century is its focus on individualism. The life that many seek is one where

they are financially independent, stable, secure, and not in need of others support. The message of Easter is

radical because it challenges that notion of self-sufficiency and independence. On our own, we cannot save

ourselves. We must turn to Christ, trust in Christ, and rely on his sacrifice and resurrection.

It takes humility to recognize our need for others. It can be hard to admit one doesn’t understand some-

thing, is financially struggling, one is sick or weak, or one is afraid. For most, appearing powerful and confi-

dent is much easier. Yet, humility is so vital because it counters pride, one of the deadly sins. It was pride

that caused Adam and Eve to disobey God (a belief that they knew better than God when told not to eat

the fruit). It was also pride that caused Lucifer to turn against God. Pride can lead to the belief that one

doesn’t need to listen to God, that one knows better than God, or that one is just fine making his or her

own way in life. These are alluring feelings, but ones that lead us short of salvation promised to us at Easter.

The Easter message of salvation can only be accepted if we have humility. Ultimately, it is Christ, and not

me, who can fulfil my every need and desire.

In Christ,

Andrew Hume

Chaplain

CHAPLAINCY AND STUDENT LEADERSHIP

VOICE THAT CHALLENGE CONFERENCE

FRIDAY, MARHC 22, 2013


April, 2013 CHOIR SCHOOL NEWS

This month a group of students from our grade 11 religion class attended the TCDSB

Voices That Challenge Conference at St. Michael’s College School. This group of aspiring

Catholic leaders was given the opportunity to experience a variety of speakers and work-

shops designed to help equip them with the tools that they need to make a difference in

their schools and the larger community.

All the young men are to be commended for their exemplary comportment and participa-

tion throughout this event!


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Back Row (left to right): Joey Jang, Christian Glab, Zackary Crichton, Aaron Espiritu, Adam Groh

Front Row (left to right): Phat Le, Philip Ocampo

In the high school, our virtue assembly for the month of March featured the launch of our House Flags.

Philip Ocampo and Phat Le worked tirelessly to conceptualize, design, and finalize these impressive flags.

Each of them captures the unique qualities of the house that it represents. During the assembly, the boys

provided an overview of their designs and presented them, on behalf of the school, to our House Captains

and Chairmen.

Mann House

Founder: Ms. Kathleen Mann

Colour: Red

Virtue: Wisdom

Ronan House

Founder: Msgr. John Edward Ronan

Colour: Blue

Virtue: Fortitude

Hopperton House

Founder: Ms. Joan Hopperton

Colour: Yellow

Virtue: Temperance

Armstrong House

Founder: Msgr. Thomas Barrett Armstrong

Colour: Green

Virtue: Justice

House Flag Launch


On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 Amit Nehru repre-

sented St. Michael’s Choir well at an awards ceremony spon-

sored by the Human Rights and Race Re-

lations Centre. He was presented certifi-

cates and a cash prize for his essay on

how his culture prevents racism. Amit’s parents and Ms Dingman attended the

event which concluded with a very nice

dinner and opportunity to meet with the

other winners of our school board.

Congratulations Amit!


ACTIVITIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS

Congratulations to our grade 4 students who attended the French public speaking competition at the

CEC on Tuesday, April 2nd. Julian Addesa and Xavier Hollott-Lo placed 3rd and Noah Beaudry placed

2nd!

Many thanks to all the parents for their help with the preparation of the speeches (Julian’s idea) and a

special “shout out” (Noah’s term) to Ms. Armstrong for accompanying the boys.

Et enfin, merci à SMCS de nous avoir fourni l'occasion de participer à cet événement excitant (inspired

by Xavier)!

Concours D’Art Oratoire


IMPORTANT NOTICE:

1. We are in need of your assistance with a buddy for a Grade 3 student. The student requires a buddy to ac-

company him to and from school. He can either go to the Kipling Subway Station or the Islington Subway

Station. Parents are willing to pay for a student for his assistance. If you can help us in this matter please

contact the Main Office as soon as possible. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

2. An electronic version of the St. Michael’s Choir School calendar is now available. This calendar is

one of the new features being offered as part of the updates being made to our school website

(www.smcs.on.ca). For the time being, the calendar is embedded in our board-generated web

site. To view the calendar, please follow the steps outlined below:

1) Access the school’s board-generated website at:

http://www.tcdsb.org/schools/stmichaelchoir/Pages/default.aspx

2) Click on the “School Calendar” section of the home page.

Please note that events listed on the calendar are subject to change, particularly those listed months in advance.


ACTIVITIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS

Matthew Snowdon and Isabelle Barnes finished off their season in juvenile

competitive ice dance with a fifth place finish in the province. They

achieved personal best scores and had a terrific showing at the Skate

Ontario Cup in Fort Erie on March 23rd. Congratulations Matthew and

Isabelle!

http://www.smcs.on.ca

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Special Up-Coming Choir School Events

APRIL 1st to APRIL 12nd, 2013 CONCERT TOUR TO ITALY

Monday, April 15, 2013 Semester II—Term 2 Begins

Saturday, April 20, 2013 Bambino—Academic Testing

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 Neophyte Mass—7:30 P.M.

Friday, April 26, 2013 CSAC Pot Luck

Friday, May 3rd to May 5th, 2013 Camp Olympia Leadership Weekend


DIRECTOR: MR. BRUCE RODRIGUES

SUPERINTENDENT:

Mr. J. Shanahan

(416) 222-8282 Ex. 5371

TRUSTEE 2011-2012

PARTNERS IN EDUCATION

WARDS 1. PETER JAKOVCIC 2. ANN ANDRACHUK - CHAIR 3. SAL PICCININNI - VICE-CHAIR 4. PATRIZIA BOTTONI 5. MARIA RIZZO 6. FRANK D’AMICO 7. JOHN DEL GRANDE

8. TOBIAS ENVERGA 9. JO-ANN DAVIS (416) 512-3409 10. BARBARA POPLAWSKI 11. ANGELA KENNEDY 12. NANCY CRAWFORD STUDENT TRUSTEE - ANDREW WALKER

TRUSTEE FOR ST MICHAEL’S CHOIR SCHOOL

[email protected] - www.jo-anndavis.ca

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St. Michael’s Choir School Advisory

Rev. Ivan Camilleri, Chancellor of Spiritual Affairs

Mr. Jim Milway, Chancellor of Temporal Affairs

Mr. William Dunlop, Comptroller, Archdiocese of Toronto

Rev. Michael Busch, Rector of St. Michael’s Cathedral

Rev. Brian Clough, SMCS alumnus, Chair, Judicial Vicar

Rev. Larry Leger, Chair Nominating Committee

Dr. Constance Price

Mr. Paul Harrs, SMCS alumnus, Chair Property & Maintenance Committee

Dr. Joseph Gasser, SMCS alumnus

Mr. Michael Bernsiewicz, SMCS Alumnus, Chair of Finance

Ms. Patricia Parisi, Chair Governance committee

Ms. Anne Bolger

Ms. Andrea Chisholm

Ms. Kathryn Lagroix, Parent

Dr. Paul Gauvreau, Parent

SMCS 2012-2013 CSAC REPRESENTATIVES

DAVID GATCHALIAN - CO-CHAIR

GEOFF RAWLINSON - CO-CHAIR

MANDE PUSKAS - SECRETARY

PINA POVOLO - TRESEAUER

ARCHDIOCESE OF TORONTO

Chancellor: Cardinal Thomas Collins

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.jo-anndavis.ca

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TCDSB TCDSB THE CHOIR A Newsletter for the Families of St ... · APRIL 1st to APRIL 12nd, 2013 CONCERT TOUR TO ITALY Semester II—Term 2 Begins Saturday, April 20, 2013 Bambino—Academic