Mr. R. Di Domizio, School Principal, Mrs. M. Fowler, School Secretary (416) 393-5347
Jim Saraco, Superintendent (416) 222-8282 ext 5371 Jo Ann Davis Trustee (416) 512-3409
PLEASE CALL THE SCHOOL BEFORE 8:30 AM IF YOUR CHILD WILL BE LATE OR ABSENT.
NOTIFY US IMMEDIATELY IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES TO YOUR PHONE NUMBER, ADDRESS, ETC.
Welcome Back and
Happy New Year!
earth through our prayers and liturgical
celebrations. We are reminded that the
idea of Lent is the increase of one’s spirituMay 2013 bring all of us Peace, Light and ality. It is a time that we must reflect not
Hope.
only upon ourselves, but others as well.
Holy Father, God of our yesterdays, our During Lent, we will remind and encourage
today, and our tomorrows.We praise You our students to live as Children of the
for Your unequalled greatness.Thank You Light; performing actions which are good,
for the year behind us and for the year
just and true. For your convenience, in this
ahead.Help us in Your new year, Father, to package is a Children of Lent activity sheet
fret less and laugh more.To teach our chil- that families can complete together and
dren to laugh by laughing with them.To
make the Lenten season especially meanteach others to love by loving
ingful. As well, you may enjoy reading a
them.Knowing, when Love came to the
Letter to the Editor of the Toronto Sun
stable in Bethlehem, He came for us.So (Feb.2009) “Wear Your Ashes Proudly.”
that Love could be with us, and we could also included in the newsletter package.
know You.That we could share Love with
others.Help us, Father, to hear Your love “Clothe yourself with compassion, kindness,
song in every sunrise,in the chirping of
humility, meekness and patience. Bear with
sparrows in our backyards,
one another, forgive each other...Above all,
in the stories of our old folks, and the fantasies of our children.Help us to stop and clothe yourself with love, which binds everylisten to Your love songs,so that we may thing together in perfect harmony.”
know You better. We rejoice in the world (Colossians 3: 12-14)
You loved into being.Thank You for another new year and for new chances every Kindergarten Registration
day.We pray for peace, for light, and for Let our publicly funded
hope, that we might spread them to oth- Catholic schools coners.Forgive us for falling short this past
tinue your child’s eduyear.We leave the irreparable past in your cational and spiritual
hands, and step out into the unknown new journey. Kindergarten
year knowing You will go with us.
Registration has
We accept Your gift of a new year and we begun at St. Luke
rejoice in what's ahead, depending on You School. Children born
to help us do exactly what You want. I say in 2009 are eligible to begin Junior Kinderit again, we rejoice in Jesus name, Amen. garten in September 2013. St. Luke
School focuses on the development of
Literacy and Numeracy in a caring and
They Will Know We are
nurturing environment. For more informaChristians by Our Love
tion or to book an appointment, call the
Thanks to the generosity and compassion school at 416-393-5347. Call, Visit or
of the entire school community, we were
Join Us Today! St. Luke School offers full
able to once again make Christmas 2012 a day kindergarten.
very special one for 3 needy families in our
school. Several boxes of groceries (per
Student Safety
family), along with toys and gift cards
were delivered on December 20th to these A) St. Luke is an allergen aware school.
There are children in attendance who sufvery special families. Thank
fer from a severe and life threatening food
you!
allergy to: peanuts (and products that contain them), tree nuts (i.e. almonds, pecans,
Lent
hazel nuts, etc.) EXPOSURE TO THE
As we approach the season
SMALLEST QUANTITIES CAN CAUSE
of Lent, we learn more about Jesus’ life on SEVERE AND LIFE THREATENING RE-
ACTIONS. We would appreciate the cooperation of the entire school community in
NOT sending any lunches or snacks that
contain peanuts or nuts, which could potentially harm a child.
B) Much appreciation to those parents
and caregivers who have been respecting
our Safe School Policy. Thank you for
checking in at the office upon your visit
and dropping off and picking up your children outside the doors they normally use.
Remember to always begin your visit at
the main office. Thank you for your cooperation. Safety before convenience.
C) There still are quite a number of students who are consistently late for school.
The expectation is that students will be in
the yard between 8:15 am and 8:30 am. A
student who is late (on average) 10
mins. a day, 3 times a week, is being
denied 1200 minutes of instructional
time a year. This equates to approximately 4 total school days of instructional time. As well, students who are late
are missing out on morning routines, important announcements and disrupt programming. Students who miss a great deal
of instructional time are certain to encounter difficulty in keeping up with their school
work. We hope that you will work with us to
help your child(ren) learn the value of
punctuality.
E) With the colder weather here, please
keep the following items in mind:
*In the event of a snowstorm, please do
not call the school to see if it is open. It is
very rare for schools to close. Listen to
your local radio station (i.e. AM 680) or
watch Channel 24 to see if schools are
closed or if school buses have been cancelled.
*It is very important for students to dress
appropriately for the winter season. Students should come to school with coats,
hats, mittens, scarves and boots. If a student is healthy enough to be at school,
they are healthy enough to be outside
for recess. (Indoor shoes are highly recommended)
*Upon the principal’s discretion, children
will remain outdoors at recess time unless
the temperature, or the temperature in
conjunction with the wind speed, creates a
wind chill factor that could possibly lead to
frostbite. For complete information on the
Board’s guidelines for weather conditions,
please visit www.tcdsb.org and click on
Policies.
Virtue of the Month/Pride
Award Winners
Each month, we gather as a school community to celebrate student success. Congratulations to the students who consistently displayed the virtue of Charity in
December and Courage in January.
Congratulations also to the students who
Homework
received pride awards for Organization in
Our first term Report Cards will be coming December and Independent Work in
home to families in mid February. A large January. Recipients will have their names
component of a student’s success is the
posted on the bulletin boards in the main
Lego Day
regular and daily completion of homework. floor hallway. Parents/Caregivers are alWhen children complete homework, they
ways welcome to join us at this assembly. In late November the students from rooms
consolidate and reinforce the learning
203 and 206 participated in a fun filled
Check our monthly calendars for dates
from in-school experiences in a practical
Lego activity session. They were able to
and times.
and meaningful way. Homework is a
apply their creative thinking and problem
planned and purposeful activity that is
solving skills to construct patterns and
School Eventslinked to the The Ontario Curriculum
graphs using Lego blocks. The students
Learning Expectations, Learning Skills,
worked collaboratively to create and exKudos to our Kids
and Ministry of Education Reporting
tend patterns and transfer surveyed data
Guidelines, and the Ministry of Education Principal for a Day
into three dimensional models. Students
Being principal for the day was amazing. I were able to use a traditional toy in a
Curriculum Guidelines. Below you will
find Time Guidelines for homework. For a helped Mr. D with his paper work and an- novel way.
swered grade 8 requests for longer recomplete detailed Homework Guideline,
cesses. I helped out on yard duty, used
link on to our TCDSB website at
the computer and read report cards (just
www.tcdsb.org. You will find the guidekidding). It was an amazing day for me.
lines under the “Student Link.”
(Edgardo Rivera, gr.6) Edgardo earned
this privilege for selling the most chocoGrade Amounts of Time
1–8 5 to 10 min. per grade most nights lates for our fundraiser.
Grade One
5 to 10 min.
Grade Two
10 to 20 min.
Grade Three
15 to 20 min.
Grade Four
20 to 40 min.
Grade Five
25 to 50 min.
Grade Six
30 to 60 min.
Young Publishers
Grade Seven
35 to 70 min.
This fall St. Luke students became pubGrade Eight
40 to 80 min.
lished authors. Students in Kindergarten
(plus Read Aloud or Independent Readto Grade 3 worked together to create a
ing)
one-of-a-kind classroom book. Students
in Grades 4 to 8 each wrote and illustrated
Boys Volleyball
Numeracy and Literacy
their own original book. 6 classroom
The intermediate boys volleyball team
books and 151 individual books were creparticipated in the divisional tournament
at Home
ated. Many parents bought extra copies of
on
Tuesday
November
20th,
2012.
The
January 27th is Family Literacy Day. Story
their child’s book and in total, 350 pubtelling is a fun activity that the whole family team played well, sweeping most of
lished books were delivered to our school.
their
matches
and
making
it
to
the
fican enjoy and help improve their child’s
Thank you to all the teachers who helped
nals. After two exciting games, the team
language base which makes learning to
read easier. Story telling can include folk- had to play a tie breaking match to deter- their students become published authors.
tales, fairy tales, myths or traditions. Chil- mine the champion, which unfortunately
dren love to hear about stories when they we did not win. We are proud of their efforts and would like to recognize the team
and their parents were younger. Story
telling can be done at anytime there is an and the coaches who dedicated their time
and energy to coach the boys. Team
opportunity: bedtime, mealtime, long
members were captains Mario Ostojc
drives, walks to the park.
and Lucas Alpoim, Romar Chavez, Carlos
Ferreira, Miguel Viana, David Johannes,
School Spirit Week
Teshawn Wilson, Eduardo Silva, Nicholas
The week of February 19 to 22 is set
Vieira, Jacob Ferreira, Tyler Gomes, Tyler
aside for School Spirit Week. Several
Cordeiro, Nicholas Oliveira, and Johnny
theme days have been planned for stuDa Silva. Coaches Ms. Di Ciocco and Mrs.
dents. Refer to our February calendar.
Corte-Real.
Primary Houseleagues
Thank you to everyone who helped us.
We had a wonderful time at house-
leagues.We played all types of games
like soccer, floor hockey and noodle
hockey.Thank you to the student referees, the teacher supervisors and Mr.
Olsthoorn. It was awesome.
(By: Tiago Rodrigues, gr:2)
Winter Walk Day
February 6th is Winter Walk Day across
Canada. Students are encouraged to
embrace winter and walk to school this
day.
TIPS FOR DRESSING FOR WINTER WALKING
Keep hands and head covered to
prevent heat loss
On really cold days wear a scarf
over your face and mouth
Wear warm, waterproof boots
Wear a warm coat that deflects the
wind
Woollen clothing helps to retain the
heat
Wear clothing or carry knapsacks
with reflective material – it’s important to
be seen
If possible, change wet clothes at
school – tuck an extra pair of socks and
mitts into knapsacks
your child or visit us at the office.
trips! Our 50/50 draw during the Christmas Concert was also a hit with a lucky
winner going home with $616! We are
From Fr. Jim
looking at putting together some upcomFebruary Meetings – at the Church
ing events to bring our Community toParents should accompany their children.
gether and celebrate our St Luke spirit,
First Reconciliation/First Communion
but it does require community volun(Gr 2)
teers. Please email us at
Unit 2 – Chapters 3 & 4
[email protected] if you can spare
Sun Feb 3 at 10:30 am OR
any time to help us during events. Our
Sat Feb 9 at 4 pm
next meeting will be held on February
Confirmation (Grade 8s)
20th.
Unit 3 – Chapter 3
th
Sun Feb 24 at 10:30
am OR
Sat March 2nd at 4 pm
Congratulations to Deacon Conrad! We
have learned that he will be ordained to
the priesthood in early April.
Lost and Found
Lost and Found items will be placed in
the main foyer (by the gym) in time for
parent teacher conferences (week of
February 11th). Please take the time to
peruse these items which may belong to
your child.
Appropriate Dress Code
This is the third year since the dress
code was implemented across the
TCDSB. Students should be in appropriate colours daily, unless otherwise specified. The dress code allows students to
wear plain white tops with plain blue bottoms. Students should not be wearing
items that have markings, logos or
stripes on them.
CATHOLIC SCHOOL
ADVISORY COUNCIL
(CSAC)
Our 2012/13 Executive
members are:
Council
Ms. M.J De Quintal (Co-Chair)
Ms. F. Gerretsen (Co- Chair)
Ms. D. Isabel (Treasurer)
Ms. S. Silveira (Secretary)
Feathers Against
Bullying
If you recall, on December
4th all students decorated
personal feathers with messages of hope as part of the
Black History Month:
Feathers Against Bullying Project. ParWho Invented That?
ents are asked to visit
www,feathersagainstbullying.com. The
Sarah Bone invented the ironing board.
John Love invented the pencil sharpener. Safe School Department advises us that
student feathers will be scanned in the
John Burr invented the lawnmower.
very near future and students will be able
G. Morgan invented the traffic light.
to view their messages soon.
Alice Parker invented the heat furnace.
Walter Sammons invented the comb.
Alexander Miles invented the elevator.
CSAC Corner:
Hon Standard invented the refrigerator.
Many thanks to our St Luke community
for their continued support. Our fall
chocolate fundraiser was another sucToques for Sale
cess. With your support, we raised
We still have some toques for sale. The
$11,187.36! We have already started to
toques are navy blue with the St. Luke
allocate some of the funds to support our
logo stitched onto the front. Toques sell
continued development of the Media
for $8.00 each. One size fits all. If you
rooms at St Luke, as well as allocate $20
wish to purchase one, send in $8.00 with
per student to be used toward field
Dates to Remember
Family Day (Holiday)
Mon. February 18th
Confirmation
Friday May 10th, 7:00pm
First Holy Communion
Saturday May 11th, 5:00pm
PA Day (P/T Conferences)
Fri. February 15th
March Break
March 11th to 15th