Virtue of the month: Forgiveness

March 2011

St. Anthony Catholic School News

Administrator’s Message

How timely that the virtue for this month is FORGIVENESS, not only

because we are in the season of Lent but also because it is an important

cornerstone of our faith and one that Jesus modeled for us in his life and

death. We are reminded that forgiveness is a gift to ourselves as we let go

of the burden of resentment when we forgive another person and it’s a

gift to our children when we teach and model it to them. Please keep our

Grade Two students in your prayers as they will formally celebrate the

virtue of forgiveness as they receive their first Reconciliation later in the

month.

May we never risk the life of our souls by being resentful or by bearing

grudges.

St.Gregory of Nyssa

On behalf of the staff of St. Anthony we wish everyone a very safe and enjoyable

March Break.

Catholic School Advisory Council

Thank you to all who supported our Valentine’s Day Dance-A-Thon, it was a great success and a good time was had by all. Proceeds will go towards various events and resources required to enhance our student’s educational experiences. The council is excited to announce their spring fundraising event which will be a chocolate sale to begin in time for the Easter season. Further details will be sent home as they are made available. Attendance at monthly CSAC meetings is an excellent way of becoming

more involved in your child’s education. Please join us for our next

CSAC meeting on April 5, 2011 @ 7:00.

Outdoor Conditions

There is still a lot of wet and cold weather ahead of us….Parents, please remember to have your children bring/wear boots and have a change of clothing. We want to keep your child/children warm and healthy until the nice weather makes its long awaited appearance.

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St. Anthony Catholic

School

130 Shanly Street Toronto Ontario

M6H 1L9 Telephone 416-393-5210

Fax 416-393-5793

Principal:

Beverly Pavan

Superintendent: Dr. Jim Saraco

Trustee:

Barbara Poplawski

Parish: St. Anthony Catholic Church

1041 Bloor Street West Toronto, Ontario

M6H 1M4 Phone 416-536-3333

Enrollment:

366 Hours of Operation: 9:00 am – 3:45 pm

Lunch Hour: 12:00-12:45

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Ottawa Trip Fundraising Thank you to everyone for supporting our Valentine Chocolate fundraiser, it was very successful. The students will be hosting a Hotdog Lunch on Friday, March 4, 2011. They are getting closer to their goal with every event.

Senior Kindergarten Graduation Please mark your calendars for this exciting event to be held on the afternoon of June 24. In preparation for this event, we will be having a SK Graduation Photo Day on April 14. Watch for more details as we get closer to the event.

Learning Literacy

Reading our loud or along with your child each day has tremendous benefits. It exposes your child to good models of reading

and allows them the opportunity to develop fluency (the ability to read smoothly).

Reading out loud exposes children to topics beyond their range of experiences (e.g. travelling to the moon).

Reading our loud provides parents and children the opportunity to discover and review parts of a story.

Just five minutes talking about the story once it has been read will do the trick.

Look at all the pictures in the story and talk about the things your child notices. Then, together decide where the story took place (setting), who the main characters were and what their problem was.

If your child can identify the problem then together go on a story hung. Look in the story to find ways the main character tried to solve the problem.

Talk about and together agree on what the solution to the problem was.

Reading our loud or along with your child is one of the most successful ways to help children become proficient

readers. It’s lots of fun too!

Allergy Awareness

It is critically important to make the school aware of any serious allergies a student may have. Also, food products which can cause allergic reactions (especially peanuts and peanut products) should not be sent to school.

St. Anthony Green Committee

Time outdoors in a natural setting is a vital and essential

element for healthy childhood development. St. Anthony’s

Green Committee has taken on the challenge in helping to

make St. Anthony an EcoSchool. Our goal is to make caring

for the environment a genuine part of school life

We encourage energy conservation, waste minimization,

ecological literacy, introducing eco themes in the curriculum

and the greening of our school grounds. Make a Difference.

Help build a better school by joining the Green Committee.

The Committee would like to recruit teachers, caretakers,

parents, students and caregivers to join us in our pursuit to

become an EcoSchool. By volunteering you get to know the

community while making a difference to the environment.

Also it will give you a unique opportunity to provide input

and help shape St. Anthony’s outdoor design and

environmental literacy. The Green Committee would like to

empower the St. Anthony community to care for the planet

with environmental knowledge and hands-on activities,

presented in fun, exciting ways that increase awareness and

encourage active community involvement. Please contact

the office if you are interested in joining this committee.

We hope to launch a St Anthony Eco Ambassadors program.

The program will be targeted to students who will be doing

outreach in their own classrooms and on school grounds to

educate their classmates about the 3RS– Reduce, Reuse,

Recycle

The City of Toronto’s Earth Day is Friday April 22, 2011.

Although it is Good Friday, the city will have activities

throughout the Month of April. Clean up day for the city is

April 15 and 16. St. Anthony will be having student focused

events the week of April 18. We will keep you posted.

Let’s make being Green a priority and put

Environmental Awareness on the front page of the school

program.

Safety Tips 1. Student safety is our top priority at St. Anthony’s. If you know that your child will be absent or late, please call and advise us at 416-393-5210. An answering machine is also on 24 hours a day to take your message. Your phone call to the school will save valuable time in the event of an emergency. 2. When dropping off your child in the morning, especially on Barlett Avenue, please pull over to the curb and allow your child to disembark safely. Students should never be dropped off from the middle of the street. Yard supervision does not commence until 8:45. Please do not leave your child unattended in the yard before this time. 3. Please notify the office of any changes in your personal contact information.