Dear Parent/Guardian:

The virtue for the Month of December is CHARITY. We are delighted to in-

form you that the “Night the Light” walk (held in October to raise funds for

the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada) raised $521.60. Many thanks

to all who contributed to this worthy cause.

There are many other things happening at our school. Last month we began

the monthly Rosary program. We have also revived our Twitter account.

(Please follow us: @p_dsavio). We are also looking to reduce the amount of

paper sent home by posting more items on our St. Dominic Savio home page:

https://www.tcdsb.org/schools/stdominicsavio. More details will be

forthcoming in the new year.

Grade 3 and 6 EQAO results were released to the general public last month.

The St. Dominic Savio School scores in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics

were once again very good. However, Grade 3 scores in math were below

Board and Provincial averages. For more information and to view our school

report, please visit www.eqao.com. Our school improvement team has deter-

mined that solving multi step mathematical problems is our “urgent critical

need”. Thus, our school Professional Learning Plan is focused on improving

our Math scores school wide.

The season of Advent marks the beginning of the new Liturgical Year. Advent

is the season in which we prepare for the coming of Baby Jesus, at Christ-

mas. It is a period of simple living and extra prayer. We will celebrate Ad-

vent in many ways at St. Dominic Savio. We hope to see you at our Annual

CSPC Christmas Luncheon, at our Christmas Sing– a-Long (Primary classes,

Choir and Instrumental Band), and at our Advent Mass. Please refer to the

Calendar for more details.

Finally, on behalf of the St. Dominic Savio School staff, let me take this op-

portunity to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas full of Peace and

Love and the best of Health, Happiness and Success in 2016.

Warm Regards,

F. Clotildes

UPCOMING DATES

January 4th School resumes

January 11th School Mass at 1:00PM

January 13th Kindergarten Registration begins for children

born in the 2012

January 13th School open from 5-8pm for Kindergarten Registration

January 18th Rosary

January 22th PA DAY—Assessment & Evaluation

January 27th CSPC Meeting @ 6PM

St. Dominic Savio Catholic School

December 2015 Newsletter

St. Dominic Savio

Catholic School

50 Tideswell Blvd

Scarborough, ON

M1B 5X3

416-393-5467

FAX: 416 397-6597

Principal

F. Clotildes

Secretary

N. DiPietro

Head Caretaker E. Salinas

Superintendent:

G. Grant 416-222-8282

Trustee:

G. Tanuan 416-222-8282

CSAC Chair: L. Desroches

Parish:

St. Joseph’s Church 200 Morrish Road Toronto, Ontario

416-282-0370 Fr. Oliver Iwuchukwu (Pastor) Fr. Anthony Adusel (Associate

Pastor)

Catholic Parent Involvement Committee (CPIC)

Www.tcdsb.org/cpic

School Hours: 8:30 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.

Lunch: 11:15a.m.—12:15 p.m.

CSPC NEWS-December 2015

Dance-a-thon prizes were

awarded to 3 Savio students:

Grand prize winner of a Samsung

Tablet was Brendan Paek in Ms

Lozynska’s class.

2nd prize winner of a $75 Best

Buy gift card was Mayven

Farinha in Mr Stoeckl’s class.

3rd prize winner of a $50

Cineplex gift card was Michael

Glyn-Williams in Mr Olszweski’s

class.

Thanks again to everyone who

participated in the dance-a-thon.

Your generous pledges have

allowed us to fund the upcoming

play by The Little Red Barn Thea-

tre on December 15th for all the

students to enjoy organized by

Mme Coady.

Also, we at the parent council

will be hosting other FREE activi-

ties like Pancake Tuesday and

the Valentine’s Dance in Febru-

ary 2016 ......more to come!

On Thursday, Dec 3rd, we will be

hosting a Family Movie Night

from 6:00-8:00 pm. The cost will

be $5.00 per child or $15.00 for

a Family of 4. Each person will

receive popcorn and a drink.

Additional items will be available

for sale. Please check out our

flyer.

On Friday, Dec 11th, we will be

sitting down for our annual Savio

Christmas Luncheon, if you

would like to volunteer to help

during this event please email

me at lucy.des28@gmail.com

or call me at 647 220 9303.

At our last meeting on Wed.

Nov 25th, we discussed re-

introducing the Milk Program

at school, and the Lunch Lady

Program... more details to

come in the New Year!

Our next meeting is scheduled

on Wednesday, January 27th,

2016.

I would like to wish you and

your families a very Merry

Christmas and a Happy New

Year!!

Your Parent Council Chair

Lucy Desroches

Guidance Corner – December

During the season of Advent, encourage your child to be charitable towards one another. Forgiving past hurts, extending the hand of friendship and including those who are marginalized, is a wonderful way to put our virtue of Charity into action.

A few excellent websites to help your child develop self regulation skills are: http://www.gonoodle.com,

https://www.edu.gov.on.ca/childcare/Shanker.pdf, http://www.todaysparent.com/family/education/self-regulation-techniques-for-children/

Grade 8 students have been working with the AFTER8 guide to gather information about different aspects of high school such as: The Credit System, Course Types, Timetables and Special Programs. The more information students have before going to high school, the easier the transition becomes. Talk to your Gr. 8 child about their fears and anxieties that they are having about going to high school, and help them gather as much infor-mation as possible. Your Parent Transition Guide is filled with helpful information to answer many of your questions.

G. Vincent

Elementary Guidance Counsellor - Area 7 & 8

Feel free to visit the ARE-

NA’S website or call for

family skate times at 416-

306-4035.

The arena is located at 292

Manse Road. Skating is a

wonderful winter family

activity that everyone can

enjoy.

At this time, please take

the opportunity to make

sure your child’s skates

are sharpened and that

their helmet still fits.

We will accept skates or

helmets if you have any

that you would like to do-

nate to the school.

PRIMARY SKATING

Students from Grade 1 to 3

will go skating at HERON

PARK ARENA every Friday

From January 9th to Feb-

ruary 6th (4 sessions)

starting at 12:30pm. Stu-

dents are required to wear

a helmet on the ice. You

are welcome to join us!

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Through the guidance of the Holy

Family, the model of all Christian

families, and the intercession of

all the Saints, may our Families,

Parishes and Schools remain

places where the Gospel is

shared with joy, courage and

love. We pray through Christ our

Lord,

Amen.

Harmonizing our Faith through

Family, Parish and School

The virtue of the Month for

December is Charity.

During the month of De-

cember we will be focus-

sing on the virtue of Charity

at St. Dominic Savio Cath-

olic School. The scripture

passage that guides us this

month is “Where charity

and love are, God is there”.

As we enter the season of

Advent to prepare our

hearts for the birth of Je-

sus, it is rather suitable that

this month’s virtue is

CHARITY. Many of us are

already engaging in the

mad rush to purchase gifts

to put under the tree, but

let us be mindful of the fact

that charity in not always

about giving material

things. As St. Thomas

Aquinas described it

“Charity is friendship first

with God and secondly with

all who belong to

God.” (2a2ae, 24,4).

Let us always practice

charity and generosity in

our community.

Student Council:

On November 11th, 2015, stu-dents dressed down in red and black to raise money for Project Hope. The Canadian govern-ment is hoping to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees in Cana-da before the Christmas season. We raised $220.80. Student council challenges us with the goal of $500.00 so that means $279.20 to go! We will have another dress down day in red, green and white on Friday, De-cember 18th, 2015. Students are asked to donate $1.00 or more. Let us show our charity towards those Syrian families this Christmas season!

Me to We:

On November 20th, 2015 staff and stu-dents took a vow of silence. $125.60 was raised and will go towards our country India and our pillar Health Care. Me to We ambassadors wish to thank staff and students for their support. Looking ahead to December, we will be selling Christmas candy grams and rafiki brace-lets. Further information about candy grams to follow. Please see the insert on how to pre-order your rafiki bracelets.

WINTER RECESS PROCEDURES

All students are expected to be out-

doors for recess. A child who is too

sick to go out at recess is too sick to

benefit from attending school. We do

not have indoor supervision for stu-

dents at recess time.

On very cold days we will limit out-

door activity (any temperature with

the wind chill around -20 degrees Cel-

sius is the general guideline).

Please insure that your children are

dressed appropriately for the cold and

wet conditions. Boots are for outdoor

use. A pair of indoor shoes must be

worn inside the school at all times. (If

students need to evacuate the school,

they will have to exit as they are, and

will not have time to put on shoes).

of these green bins will need a plastic

bag to line the bin with, so we ask any

families that can spare plastic bags to

send them in with your child so that

they can be put to good use in our

green bins. We would also like to

thank all of the families who have been

sending in milk bags. We have quite a

collection, which is good since we need

400 milk bags to make just one mat.

Please continue to send in your milk

We have great news!! We fi-

nally have our green bins for

the school. This means that

every classroom will have its

very own green bin to collect

all compostable materials,

including things like fruit

peelings and bread crusts.

We are asking for your sup-

port with this initiative by

sending in plastic bags. Each

bags and help someone in a country less

fortunate than ours.

Please also continue to send in your old cell phones, expired batteries and mark-ers, pens and highlighters as well as ink cartridges and the Eco Avengers will en-

sure they are recycled appropriately.

Thank you for your contributions!

http://scld.yorku.ca/york-university-milk-bag-mattress-program/

ECO AVENGERS NEWS

In an effort to increase the con-sumption of fruits and vegetables on a weekly basis, each class will com-pete against each other to determine who has the most servings of fruits and vegetables in their lunch bags. Weekly prizes will be awarded to the winning class and the results will be compiled on a school wide fruit and

vegetable meter in the front foyer.

Ms. Vecchiarelli and her Tutti Frutti Squad (composed of Mr. McTernan’s Grade 5 students) will lead the project and visit classes on a weekly basis. Please check the calendar for “Fruity

Friday dates.

Our school is looking forward to adopt-ing healthy eating habits through this project. A big thank you to Metro for

their generous contribution.

METRO GROCERY

GRANT

Last month, Metro Grocery’s “Green Apple School Pro-gram” awarded St. Dominic Savio with a $1,000 nutrition programming grant. Starting in December, our school will

participate in an eight-week “Fruity Fridays” project where students will eat and learn

about the benefits of the fruit

of the week,.

December 2015 Page 3

Silver Certified for Three Consecutive Years!

2012—2013, 2013— 2014, and 2014—2015

The virtue for the month of November was Peacemaking. The following students were awarded a virtue certificate.

Toronto Catholic District School Board

Trustees – 2015-2016

Wards

1. Joseph Martino 416-512-3401

2. Ann Andrachuk 416-512-3402

3. Sal Piccininni 416-512-3403

4. Patrizia Bottoni 416-512-3404

5. Maria Rizzo 416-512-3405

6. Frank D’Amico

Vice Chair 416-512-3406

7. Michael Del Grande 416-512-3407

8. Garry Tanuan 416-512-3408

9. Jo-Ann Davis 416-512-3409

10. Barbara Poplawski 416-512-3410

11: Angela Kennedy, Chair 416-512-3411

12. Nancy Crawford 416-512-3412

Student Trustees

Karina Dubrovskaya 416-512-3417

Allison Gacad 416-512-3413

Kindergarten Registration Starts January 13, 2016

The Toronto Catholic District School Board invites families with children born in 2012 to register for Junior Kindergarten beginning Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 10 a.m. EST.

Registration options:

Online: Parents will be able to complete their application online beginning at 10 a.m. EST on January 13, 2016, at SOAR.tcdsb.org, and follow up with a visit to the school to present the required documents. The online application is available at: https://soar.tcdsb.org/Login.aspx

In Person: Parents can register at their local school with the required documents beginning January 13, 2016 at 10 a.m. EST. To accommodate the busy schedules of parents, all elementary schools will host an evening registration session during the month of January. At St. Dominic Savio, this will be on January 13, 2016 (from 5:00—8:00 PM)

Registration documents:

Child’s Birth Certificate or Passport/Immigration documents if child was not born in Canada

Child's Catholic baptismal certificate (or proof of Catholicity of parent)

Proof of residency in Toronto (some examples: a lease agreement, utility bill)

Immunization Record

Information is available by telephone at 416-222-8282 ext. 5314, or by visiting

https://www.tcdsb.org/ProgramsServices/EarlyYears/KindergartenRegistration/Pages/default.aspx

Ms. Lui—ELP/1

Kamryn Pasieka

Daeniel Menor

Ms. Mitchell—SK/Grade 1

Rhiana Dagohoy

Jalen Estrella

Ms. Vocino –Gr. 1/

Ines Ramos

Jordan Traballo

Ms. Leblanc —Gr. 2

Nicholas Chanderbhan

Siena Cotterell

Mr. Stoeckl—Gr. 3

Ouen Rambaud

Aminah Spencer

Ms. Lozynska—Gr. 3/4

Nathanael Wright

Tyler Doloroso

Ms. Schroeder—Gr 4/5

Jada Pantlitz-Williams

Vincent Hill

Luke Lakhan

Mr. McTernan—Gr 5/6

Ethan Alvares

Jahni Doloroso

Mr. Olszewski—Gr. 6/7

Julianne Nascimento

John Tun

Ms. Choe—Gr 7

Jozen Adato

Jason Wong

Janssen Rambaud

Ms. Kuenzle—Gr 8

Tannaya Bipat

Nathan Mackin

Reyanna Bridge

Serena Lakhan

Ms. Wright

Aijay Nellas

Mr. Wright

Zeon Daly-Bailey