Principal:

Susan Bartlett

Vice-Principal:

Jason Ieraci

Office Manager:

Janet Baker

Superintendent: Ina Fournier (905) 366-8800 Trustees: Sue Lawton, Ward 3 & 4 (905) 625-8084 Rick Williams, Ward 5 (905) 814-6180 Jeff White, Ward 6 & 11 905-267-0764

Fairwind Senior Public School 5235 Fairwind Drive

Mississauga, ON L5R 3L2

This newsletter is also available on our

website: http://schools.peelschools.org/1159

NOVEMBER 2013 2013-14

e are now well into our final term. It has been a busy spring, our school teams and houseleagues have been in full operation.

REMEMBRANCE DAY

CEREMONY

Fairwind students will participate in a Remembrance Day Ceremony on Tuesday, November 11, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.

Lest we forget...

REPORTING

and INTERVIEWING

Progress Reports will be sent home on Friday, November 1, 2013. Inter-views to discuss the report will be scheduled for the evening of Thurs-day, November 7 and on Friday, No-vember 8.

FOOD ALLERGIES

Due to food allergies, please be re-minded that NO FOOD is to be brought to school by parents or stu-dents for sharing with the class. Thank you for your cooperation.

SCHOLASTIC

BOOK FAIR

The Scholastic Book Fair, which was held in October, was a huge success! Thanks to all the hard work of our many library helpers and the enthusiasm of our students, we were able to raise funds in order to purchase new books for the li-brary and support the English pro-gram. Thanks to all parents, stu-dents and teachers for your sup-port. See you back again at the Spring Scholastic Book Fair in April!

HOUSE SPIRIT DAYS

ARE BACK

As in previous years, our school population is divided into groups called “Houses”. Each House is assigned a colour (Blue, Red or Yellow) and is comprised of prime time classes from grades 6, 7, and 8. Colour Houses participate in a variety of spirit events throughout the year, earning points for their Colour House for participation. Our first Colour House Spirit Day was held on October 31, Black and Orange Day. This year, students were canvassed for Spirit Day ideas, and we received many great suggestions. Stay tuned!

TEAMS AND CLUBS

AT FAIRWIND

It is early in the year and already many teams and clubs have begun at Fairwind:

Intramural floor hockey

Intramural dodge ball

Running Club

Scratch Club

Art Club

Me to We Club

Dance Club

Dance Committee

Choir

Band

Boys and Girls Flag Football

teams

Boys and Girls Volleyball teams

Clubs and teams are a great way for students to get involved, learn new skills and make new friends. Great participation Fairwind!

RUNNING CLUB

Fall Running Club has ended. It was so great to have so many dedicated runners out for the past 6 weeks! Thank you for coming out and im-proving your fitness! Your hard work was noticed by all. Thank you also to the teachers that helped make the Fall Running Club such a success.

Information regarding the Spring Running Club will come out in Janu-ary.

Page 2

TERRY FOX EVENT

The Terry Fox Event on September 26, 2013 was a success again this year. All of the students participated and many contributed to the Terry Fox Foundation for Cancer Re-search. Over the years that Fairwind has participated in this event, we have raised $9,301.52 for Cancer research. Thanks to all those stu-dents who contributed what they could. This year we raised $656.45 for the Terry Fox Foundation. Con-gratulations to everyone in the Fair-wind Community for your help.

APPLEWOOD HEIGHTS S.S. REGIONAL SPORTS PROGRAM

Grade 8 students interested in apply-ing for the Applewood Heights S.S. New Regional Sports Program: The online applications will be avail-able in November, on the Applewood Heights website at::

http://schools.peelschools.org/sec/

applewoodheights/

AUTOMATED

ATTENDANCE

This month we will resume using our automated attendance system for reporting student absences and late arrivals to parents. If you receive a telephone call from this system stat-ing your child is absent from school, please call the school to confirm his or her absence. You may also re-ceive a notification call to advise you that your child arrived late to school. You do not need to call the school in this case, as this is for your informa-tion. With your help, our aim is to greatly reduce late arrivals. As al-ways, please continue to call the school to advise us if your child will be absent from school or arriv-ing late. For your convenience, you may leave a message on our atten-dance line outside of school hours.

BOYS

FLAG FOOTBALL

On October 23rd

, Fairwind hosted the Boys Flag Football Tournament. Our boy’s team had worked hard for many weeks during our practices in preparation for the tournament competition. Despite our 5

th place

finish, the boys played with their best efforts and were in every game to the final seconds. They won their first game convincingly, lost the 2

nd

game and in the playoffs, they were within a few yards of tying the game before the clock ran out. The team coaches, Mr. Klos and Ms. War-nock awarded Venusan V. as the team’s tournament MVP. Strong efforts by our quarterback Wayne S. and defensive back Harris V. were acknowledged as well. A big thank you to all those students who helped set up our fields and who took on vital jobs to assist us in run-ning a successful tournament. We look forward to next year’s season.

GIRLS

FLAG FOOTBALL

On October 24th, the Fairwind Girls’

Flag Football team attended its tour-nament at the Valleys Community Centre. It was a cold and windy day, but that didn’t stop our peppy and dedicated girls from trying their hard-est. The girls lost their first game to the Valleys who ended up finishing in second. Leah W. had some long runs, Mudra P. made some key catches, and Sakshi K. played a strong defense. We won our second game in a nail biter against Falling-brook. Danielle K. was key to Fair-wind with multiple crucial intercep-tions and the game winning touch-down with 20 seconds to go. Our last game was a close call against a tough Hazel McCallion, with Amal K. scoring an exciting touchdown and Areej K. with some spectacular catches. Reeya K. had quick hands and was a huge asset on de-fense. Loveleen G., Leslie H., and Aman G. had some tough calls as the quarterbacks but played amazingly well under pressure. All in all, we had a fantastic day. Our girls were extremely sportsmanlike and repre-sented Fairwind in the best way pos-sible. Big thanks go to Miss Warnock for all the time and effort she put into coaching the team.

CREATING PATHWAYS

TO SUCCESS

Career Exploration is a new subject for Grade 7 and 8 students this year. Starting in Grade 7, students will track the growth of their career devel-opment and plan for their future in an Individual Pathway Plan (IPP), using MyBlueprint.ca/peel, a web-based career and life planning tool. My-Blueprint allows students to develop their IPP by building customized high school course plans and post-secondary plans, and to ensure they develop the knowledge and skills they need to make informed educa-tion and career/life choices. MyBlue-print.ca/peel is licensed to all Peel school students in parents.

Need help in math?

Free tutoring now

available online

Math students in grades 7 to 10 can access live, interactive online math h e l p b y v i s i t i n g www.homeworkhelp.ilc.org. Home-work Help is free, real-time math tu-toring by certified Ontario teachers.

Students can log in from Sunday to Thursday, between 5:30 and 9:30 p.m. for individualized confidential math tutoring. There are discussion rooms for each grade where students can join and see what questions other students are asking, watch the tutors draw on the whiteboard – and ask their own question for on-the-spot help.

Students will also find 24/7 discussion rooms, video lessons and commonly asked questions. Other online math resources include math games and a virtual locker, where students can save their work.

Homework Help is a project funded by the Ministry of Education.

Page 3

Register for Extended

French by Jan. 31,

2014

Are you thinking of registering your child for Extended French (EF)? For the 2014-15 school year, parents must register children for entry into grade 7 Extended French by 4 p.m. on Friday, January 31, 2014.

The registration date will help deter-mine the number of grade 7 Ex-tended French classes at each school for the following September. The board can then hire the appropri-ate number of qualified staff. As well, because the registration date hap-pens earlier, the intention is that no new EF classes will be created at reorganization time in September, so the level of student disruption will be reduced.

Registration

Registration for EF will be done through an online registration form that will be available on Nov. 22 at www.pee lschoo ls .org /pa ren ts /programs/French/registration.

What is the EF program like? What are the advantages and disadvan-tages of the program? How can you tell if it is the right choice for your child?

One way to help answer these ques-tions is to attend the information meeting at the EF school your child would attend. Meet the principal and some of the teachers from the school. Hear about the program and have an opportunity to ask questions. Talk with some parents whose chil-dren are now in the program. A par-ent information night will be held at each EF school in Peel on Nov. 21 at 7 p.m.

How to get more information

Visit the Peel board website—www.peelschools.org/parents/programs/French/registration.

Call Tomken Road Middle School at 905-277-0321.

Visit the Canadian Parents for F r e n c h w e b s i t e a t www.cpfont.on.ca.

More options for Peel board stu-dents

co-operative education pro-grams provide workplace ex-perience

extended French starts in grade 7

dual credit programs allow stu-dent to earn college credits at the same time as secondary school credits

alternative programs are avail-able for students who need flexible school hours, are deal-ing with unique situations, or require more support

Our guidance counsellors can help students determine which courses will best meet their needs, interests and abilities—contact the school to make an appointment.

For more information about regional programs, Specialist High Skills Major programs and other pro-grams of choice available to Peel b o a r d s t u d e n t s , v i s i t www.makingmyway.ca.

Peel board students

have choice Explore program options

at makingmyway.ca

Students have different needs, inter-ests and abilities—our schools offer great educational opportunities to help all students achieve. For stu-dents looking for a more focused, specialized program, here are some options:

Regional programs start in grades 6, 7 and 9

Students in regional programs still complete all of the requirements of the Ontario curriculum, but there is an increased focus on an area of in-terest. Information nights for students applying to start programs in Septem-ber 2014 begin this November. Pro-grams include:

Actively in Motion (AIM)

Advanced Placement

Arts

Arts and Technology

Graphic Design Management: Flexography

International Baccalaureate

International Business and Tech-nology

International and Executive Lead-ership Academy

SciTech

Sports

Strings

Truck and Coach Technology

Specialist High Skills Major pro-grams start in grade 11

Specialist High Skills Major programs allow students to focus their learning on a specific economic sector, while meeting the requirements to graduate from secondary school. Students gain sector-recognized certification and career-relevant training. The pro-grams support the transition after

graduation to apprenticeship train-ing, college, university or the work-place. Peel board schools offer Specialist High Skills Major pro-grams in the following areas:

Arts & Culture

Business and Entrepreneurial Studies

Construction

Environment

Health and Wellness

Hospitality and Tourism

Information and Communica-tions Technology

Justice, Community Safety and Emergency Services

Manufacturing

Not-for-profit

Sports

Transportation

CLOSING SCHOOLS

BECAUSE OF BAD

WEATHER

During the winter months, we may need to cancel buses or close schools because of bad weather.

The board decides by 6:45 a.m. whether to cancel buses or close schools. To find out if busing is cancelled or schools closed, visit www.peelschools.org or call 905-890-1010 or 1-800-668-1146. You will receive one of the following mes-sages:

Peel District School Board buses are cancelled. Schools remain open for students and staff, but buses are cancelled. Buses will remain can-celled all day. All activities that re-quire busing will also be cancelled. Permits, night school classes, day-care and other activities in schools will operate as usual.

All Peel District School Board schools and board offices are closed. Due to weather conditions, schools and board offices are closed to students and staff. All activities in schools and board offices are also cancelled, including daycare, night school and permits.

All evening programs and permits at the Peel District School Board are cancelled. Due to weather condi-tions, all activities in schools and board offices are cancelled, including continuing education courses and events. The buildings will be closed.

All weekend programs and permits at the Peel District School Board are cancelled. Due to weather condi-tions, all activities in schools and board offices are cancelled, including continuing education courses and events. The buildings will be closed.

IMPORTANT

IMMUNIZATION

MESSAGE FROM PEEL

PUBLIC HEALTH

Peel Public Health has been re-viewing immunization records of all students at our school from Sep-tember, 2013.

Peel Public Health must have proof that your child has been fully vacci-nated (immunized) according to the Ontario immunization schedule.

If you receive a letter, please en-sure that your child has received the required vaccine(s), then give the date(s) your child received these vaccine doses(s) to Peel Public Health immediately to update your child’s record.

For more information, please call Peel Public Health at 905-799-7700 (in Caledon, call 905-584-2216) or visit www.ImmunizePeel.ca. Trans-lation services are available.

Page 4

UPCOMING

IMMUNIZATION

CLINICS

The following is the timing of Peel Health’s immunization clinics being held at Fairwind this year:

Round 1: October 29/13:

Hepatitis #1 for Grade 7 boys and girls

HPV #1 for grade 8 girls

Round 2: December-March:

Meningococcal for grade 7 boys and girls

HPV #2 for grade 8 girls

Round 3: March-June

Hepatitis #2 for grade 7 boys and girls

HPV #3 for grade 8 girls

Watch our calendars for clinic dates once they have been set.

Choose Action on

Bullying Awareness and

Prevention Week

The Peel District School Board will recognize Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week during the week of November 18 to 22.

Across the Peel board, schools use many programs and initiatives to pre-vent bullying and to intervene when bullying happens. Though the pro-grams vary, their messages are con-sistent. Students are taught to:

define bullying

identify forms of bullying

identify roles in bullying relation-ships, for example the person who bullies, the target, the by-stander or the trusted advocate

determine how to safely “choose action” to prevent and intervene in bullying & harassment

demonstrate character attributes and be a leader to help maintain positive and safe school commu-nities

Every school has a Climate for Learning and Working Team which is required to develop a Bullying Pre-vention and Intervention Plan as part of the School Success Plan. Also, every employee who is involved in the care and service of students is obligated to report in writing to the school administration any action for which the principal must consider suspension or expulsion. Bullying is an offence that must be considered for suspension.

Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week is one of the key items con-tained in Bill 13: The Accepting Schools Act, that came into effect on September 1, 2012. For more infor-mation, visit: www.peelschools.org/aboutus/safeschools/bullying/ or www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/safeschools/prevention.html

Fairwind Senior Public School 5235 Fairwind Drive Telephone: (905) 507-3877 Mississauga, ON L5R 3L2 Fax: (905) 507-3881

Do you have a student in Grade 8?

Are you confused about Grade 9?

Time: 6:30 p.m. Place: Fairwind Sr. P.S. (in the Gymnasium)

Come join us and put your mind at ease. Topics covered will include such things as:

Boundaries

Regional Programs

Option Sheet

Applied vs Academic

Future Plans

Thursday, November 14, 2013

FA

IRW

IND

SE

NIO

R P

.S.

Information Nights (held at the schools listed below)

November 5 7:00 or 8:00 p.m. Cawthra Park S.S. — Regional Arts Program

November 19 7:00 p.m. Applewood Heights S.S.—Regular & Regional Sports Programs

November 20 6:00 or 7:30 p.m. Gordon Graydon S.S. — International Business & Technology Prog.

November 21 5:30 or 7:00 p.m. Glenforest S.S. — Pre International Baccalaureate Programs

November 26 6:30 p.m. Port Credit S.S.—Sci Tech Information Evening

January 9 7:00 p.m. Glenforest S.S. — Regional Enhanced

January 16 6:30 p.m. Rick Hansen S.S.

January 15 7:00 p.m. West Credit Regional Vocational Program

HIGH SCHOOL

INFO NIGHTS

Representatives from Rick Hansen & Applewood Heights will be joining us to speak about their high school programs.

Page 6

DATE

CELEBRATION FAITH AND CULTURE

November Gwilatkw Aboriginal Spirituality

November 1 All Saints' Day Christianity

November 1 Samhain Wicca

November 2 or 3 Diwali Hinduism

November 3 Diwali/Lord Mahavir Nirvan Jainism

November 3 or 4 New Year’s Day/Day of Enlightenment Hinduism and Jainism

November 3 Bandi Chhor Divas Sikhism

November 4 or 5 New Year (Hijra) and Muharram Islam

November 4-22 The month of Qudrat Bahá'í

November 7 Gnan Panchami Jainism

November 11 Remembrance Day Canada

November 12 Birth of Baha’ul’lláh Bahá'í

November 13 Ashura Islam

November 16 Louis Riel Day Aboriginal Spirituality

November 17 Dev Diwali Jainism

November 17 Birth of Guru Nanak Sikhism

November 23—December 11 The month of Qawl Bahá'í

November 24 Martyrdom of Guru Teg Bahadur Sikhism

November 26 Day of Covenant Bahá'í

Sunset November 27 to December 5

Chanukah Judaism

November 28 First of Advent (Christmas fast) Christianity

November 28 Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Bahá'í

Celebrating Faith and Culture

November 2013

RECEIVE OUR NEWSLETTER ONLINE

The impact of technology on our day-to-day experience is undeniable. From information gathering to entertainment to education, technology and its ease of access have opened the world to us. In a small way Fairwind is becoming a part of that. We are posting our monthly school newsletter online and reducing the number of newsletters that we photocopy for distribution. With enhancements that have recently been made to our school’s website, you can now receive a full colour version of the newsletter on your home computer. You can also access a range of official forms, information on our Code of Conduct, our Homework Expectations, school hours and monthly calendar. How can you access this information? Please go to our school’s website. You’ll find it at

http://schools.peelschools.org/1159

Our newsletters and calendar information are posted at the beginning of every month.

Follow us on Twitter

@fairwindps

Fairwind Senior P.S. School Council

Invites you…

Who: Fairwind Snr. P.S. Parents

What: School Council Meeting

Where: Fairwind Snr. P.S.

When: Tues., Nov. 19 at 6:30 pm

Why: See how teachers are using

technology (Edmodo, My Class,

Twitter, etc.) to promote

home/school communication!

Please R.S.V.P. to:

fairwindsnr.ps@peelsb.com

by Thursday, Nov. 14

to confirm your attendance.