CADARACKQUE P.S. NEWSLETTER
15 Miles Drive, Ajax, ON, L1Z 1C7 (905) 428-2347
Visit our website at http://cadarackque.ddsbschools.ca/
February 2017
Mission Statement
The Cadarackque
Community is
committed to continuous
improvement of student
achievement, providing
an environment in which
all students can learn
the knowledge, skills,
and attitudes that are
essential to becoming
respectful and productive
citizens in an everchanging, culturally
diverse, global society
Principal
Cristina Cox
Dave Hogg
Vice Principal
Andrea Wanninkhof
Administrative Assistants
Linda Buxton
Erika Rogers
Superintendent
Martine Robinson
Welcome to ...
Principal Cristina Cox who will be
joining the Cadarackque
community permanently on March
6 until the end of June and/or Mr.
Hogg's return. Mrs. Cox is an
experienced administrator who is
thrilled to be joining our school
team- we look forward to her
sharing her leadership expertise
and enthusiasm for learning.
Pink Shirt Day
Stand Up.
This fantastic Canada-wide
anti-bully campaign began
Stand Strong.
when two Nova Scotia high
Stand Together.
school students stood up for
a classmate. After a vulneraMake a difference!
ble grade nine student was
Be a Buddy Not a Bully!
bullied for wearing a pink
Imani T.
shirt, fellow students David
Shepherd and Travis Price
went out and bought 50 pink shirts at a discount store. The teenagers
handed out the pink shirts at school as a symbol of protest and support. Canada now has an anti-bullying Pink Shirt Day every year.
We will be wearing new pink shirts this year designed by the winners of
our Pink Shirt Campaign. Congratulations to Imani and Zoe for creating
powerful messages that we will be proud to wear. We all must work together to create a safe community based on mutual acceptance, caring,
kindness and respect.
I may not be perfect but I’m unique.
I may not be the smartest but I am smart.
Administrative Officer
I may not be the same but I’m different..
Eleanor McIntosh
I may not be gorgeous but I am beautiful
I can’t change who I am but you can accept me
Trustee
Donna Edwards
FOR WHO I AM!
Zoe D.
CADARACKQUE P.S.
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On Time Every Day
A “Mind: Rehearsal”
Arriving at school on time allows your child
to settle in and take full advantage of every
learning activity. Let him/her take the lead
on this important responsibility by teaching
him/her to set an alarm.
Have your youngster ‘practice” challenging
situations in his/her mind to boost their
confidence. Before a basketball game, for
example, he/she could picture themselves
scoring baskets. Before a big test, he/she
might imagine staying calm and answering
questions to the best of their ability.
Tip: Suggest that they place the clock
across the room so that they have to get
out of bed to switch it off.
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KISS “N RIDE and PARKING LOT SAFETY
Traffic flow at Cadarackque continues to create a huge safety
concern for our students and staff. Students who live within the
school boundaries should be walking to school. Students in the French Immersion
program should be travelling by buses which will load and drop in the front parking
lot. In the event that parents must drive students to school, please observe and
respect the following procedures:
1. No cars should be parking or stopping in the driveways and parking lots. The
front parking is to be used for the buses only.
2. When using the Kiss “N Ride, parents are to use the right lane to stop and drop
kids off. Parents should not park and get out of their cars.
3. If you want to get out of your car, park in the parking lot available or on the
street.
4. The left lane is for cars to pull out and keeping traffic moving
through and should be kept open to ease flow at all times. No
cars should park in the left lane.
5. Students should be arriving between 7:45 and 7:55 so they are
ready to enter the building at their division doors promptly at
8:00am.
6. Convenience should not outweigh our need to follow proper procedures and
maintain safety for everyone. Please help us to keep all of our children safe
every day.
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Dates to Remember:
FEBRUARY
23 Pita Lunch
2 Pita Lunch
24 Pizza Day
3 Pizza Lunch
24 DIAC—Durham Integrated Arts Camp
forms due
Lunar New Year (Chinese, Confucianism,
Daoism, Buddhism)
9
Shrove Tuesday (Christian)
27 Special Education Community
Information Session at AG Bell at 6:30pm
9
Pita Lunch
27— March 3 Dance Sessions
10 Ash Wednesday—Lent Begins (Christian) 28 Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Tuesday)
10 Pizza Lunch
14 Valentine’s Day
15 Report Cards Go Home
MARCH
15 International Flag Day
2 Parents as Partners Conference at Notre
Dame at 6 to 9pm
16 Pita Lunch
9
17 Pizza Lunch
10 March Break Begins
17 Intermediate Dance
13—17 March Break
19 Louis Riel Day (Canada)
20 Return to School
20 SCC Dance-a-thon Fundraising
23 SCC Meeting at 6:30pm
Begins
20 Family Day—No School
20 World Day of Social Justice
21 Boys Basketball Regionals
21 International Mother Language Day
21 SCC Popcorn Day
22 Ski/Snowboard Club
22 Pink Shirt Day
22 Boys Basketball Regionals
23 Girls Basketball Regionals
Dance-a-thon
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Black History Month was first launched in 1926
in the United States. It has evolved over time.
In December 1995, the Parliament of Canada
officially recognized February as Black History
Month. The significant achievements and contributions in the areas of medicine, human
rights, art, culture, politics, and public service
made by people of African and Caribbean descent throughout history as well as their struggles to overcome colonialism and racism, are
officially recognized and celebrated.
“We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn
the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.” Martin Luther King