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May, 2015

Blessed Trinity Catholic School Newsletter

VIRTUE OF THE MONTH: Compassion Quote of the month: Dalai Lama -Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. Albert Einstein -Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

For the month of May we will be focus on the virtue of COMPASSION. Our quote is from John’s Gospel, “Jesus saw her weeping...his heart was touched, and he was deeply moved.” John 11:33 True compassion is not always easy to practice as in the words of Jean Vanier “Compassion asks us to go where it hurts, to enter into places of pain, to share in brokenness, fear, confusion, and anguish.” Who wants to go there when spring has finally arrived and the sun is shining down on us. This is all the more reason to show our compassion for those who cannot share in the light.

Blessed Trinity Catholic School

3205 Bayview Avenue Toronto, ON M2K 1G3

416-393-5289

Principal: Ms. B. Lawrence

Secretary:

Mrs. C. Pulcini

Superintendent: Mr. J. Shain

416-222-8282

Trustee: Mr. M. Del Grande

416-512-3407

Parish: Blessed Trinity 3220 Bayview Avenue

416-226-0262

Enrollment: 172

Hours of Operation: 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Lunch Hour:

11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

CSAC: Chairperson: Mrs. J. Corvetti

Treasurer: Ms. G. van Dijk

TRUSTEES 2014 -2015 Wards

1. Joseph Martino 6. Frank D’Amico 11. Angela Kennedy 2. Ann Andrachuk 7. Michael Del Grande, Chair 12. Nancy Crawford, Vice-Chair 3. Sal Piccininni 8. Garry Tanuan Christopher MacDonald, Student Trustee 4 . Patrizia Bottoni 9. Jo-Ann Davis Hannah McGroarty, Student Trustee 5. Maria Rizzo 10. Barbara Poplawski

Angela Gauthier, Director of Education, 80 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto, ON Website: www.tcdsb.org

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Gr. 8 Overnight Trip

This month the Grade 8’s went on their graduation trip to Niagara Falls. They went for two days and a night. It was filled with many fun activities like the arcade, the Ferris wheel, and the trip behind the Falls. They went to a hotel which had a great view of the Ferris wheel and other attractions of Niagara Falls. There was good food from the Rock Café.

Upcoming Dates to Remember June 2 Boys Soccer June 3 Girls Soccer June 3 DrumFIT June 5 P.A. Day June 8 Assembly June 9 Mary Poppins Play June16 Volleyball Tournament June17 Grade 8 Graduation June 19 SK Graduation June 23 Mass June 25 Last Day of School June 26 P.A. Day

The Crowning of Mary

In May we had the members of the Rosary Apostolate come to our school to teach us about Saint Bernadette Soubirous and how the Virgin Mary appeared to her. We also had five of our Grade 8 students lead us in praying each decade of the rosary. We also had a visual presentation of how Saint Bernadette saw Mother Mary and how Mother Mary told her to build a chapel.

Track and Field

On May 11th many of our students competed in the divisional meet for track and field. The students represented our school with determination, spirit, and school pride. On May 26th only one of our students Ohene O went to the Cities for high jump. He competed with the best students from across the city and came in 7th place. Congratulations to Ohene, and thank you to Mr. Volpe and all the other teachers that helped coach.

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Cricket Tournament On May 28th the cricket tournament for the area was held at Blessed Trinity School. The two schools that competed in this tournament were Our Lady of Assumption and Blessed Trinity. Both schools had two teams each. After a hard fought series of games, Team A from Blessed Trinity won. Congratulations to all the cricketers! We look forward to next year’s tournament. Thank you to our coaches Mr. Mac Sweeney and Mr. Steriovski.

Special Olympics For the second time BT competed in the Track and Field Special Olympics. Five athletes competed in the 60 m sprint and they all did amazing! Jake L, Garo T and David R each won gold for their age group and Anthony P won bronze for his age group. Andrew M and Adam B competed for the first time and each gave it their all. Congratulations to all of the runners for all of their hard work!

Students Of The Month

The following students were nominated by their teacher for demonstrating the Virtue of Justice: Beatrice D, Alexa D, Joe B, Emily Y, Desiree S, Anthony B, Anthony P, Abercious I, Christian L, John N, Shantese H, Juan M, Nathaniel B and Justine B.

Congratulations to Anthony B and Kaitlyn S who were the recipients of the medals for Justice. Both students continually demonstrate the Virtue of Justice throughout the school.

Art Summer Camp Ms. Milan will be conducting an art summer camp that will be held at Blessed Trinity School. If you are interested in having your child attend please contact Orfe Millan at 647-625-5459. This camp is a fundraiser for the school.

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