Classification Vikram Pudi [email protected] IIIT Hyderabad.
Message from the Principal - Peel District School Board · Vikram S.C. Farzaan A. Nicole D. Steve...
Transcript of Message from the Principal - Peel District School Board · Vikram S.C. Farzaan A. Nicole D. Steve...
December 2012
Volume 2, Issue 4
MPVPS News
Message from the Principal:
FROM PARENT COUNCIL . . .
The food orders for October through
December have now been processed. If
you returned a completed form by the
due date, your child’s Monday Munchies
for December and January are on:
December 3—Pizza Day
December 10—Pizza Day
December 17—Pizza Day
January 7—Pizza Day
January 14—Pizza Day
January 28- Pizza Day
**Unfortunately, we are unable to
process any late orders. If you missed
the deadline, please ensure that your
child brings a lunch on food days.**
Parent Council is looking for help
with lunch days. They need help with
order forms, collection and counting
of money and dividing up the food
and delivering it to classrooms. It
involves one hour or less a week.
Please leave a message with your
name and contact number if you
would be able to help out at:
905-495-8778
Dear Mount Pleasant Village Public School Community:
Who can believe that we are heading into 2013! This school year is
passing so very quickly. We have had the opportunity to witness
some amazing talent at our school. Our student artists keep the
hallways cheerful with their wonderful artwork, and happy smiles!
Wishing all of you a safe and happy holiday season...
Denise Ingoldsby
Principal
Appreciation
The character trait that Mount Pleasant Village students have been learning about in November is appreciation. The students have learned that in a Tribes community appreciation means more than just saying thank-you to people. It involves appreciating ourselves and our own accomplishments as well. We are allowed to brag sometimes and make an “I’m proud” statement when we have been successful at something. Another important part of appreciation is “No put-downs”. Putting somebody down has the opposite effect of making some-one feel appreciated. The students have been encouraged to reflect on this value and then send their ideas to the office where Mr. Gibson has been using them for the “Character Education Thought of the Day”. Many of our students have provided keen insight on how important it is to make sure that the people around us feel appreciated, as well as the damaging effects that put downs can have. Please take a moment to ask your child what they have learned
about appreciation this month.
Steve Gibson
Vice Principal
December 5—Grade 7/8 trip to Fort York
December 20—To the Movies Grades 1-8 (a separate information sheet will be sent home)
December 21—Winter Concert
(for details see page 9 of this newsletter)
Winter Break—No school for students
December 24—January 4 (inclusive)
Parent Council Meetings: Please keep these dates for
reference and plan to attend, as everyone’s feedback
and suggestions are valued.
January 10/13 6:30pm– 7:30pm
Thursday, April 4/13 6:30pm—7:30pm
We Scare Hunger- Food Drive We just wanted to say a special thank you from the "Me to We" committee for all the students and families who donated food to the "We Scare Hunger" Food Drive at Halloween. We collected two shopping carts full of food and Longo’s Grocery Store will be matching our donation. All food is going to the Salvation Army Food Bank. Thanks for supporting student community involvement.
Mr. Kiernander and Mrs. Burgoyne
Dates to remember:
ATTENDANCE INFORMATION! 905-495-8778, (press 1 for the attendance line, available 24 hours per day, 7 days a week)
Parents/Guardians PLEASE CALL IN to let us know if your child is going to be absent or late. It lets us know
immediately that your child is safe with you, and that we do not need to follow up with a call home. When leaving a
message please say and spell your child’s first and last name, the teacher’s name or classroom number and the
reason for absence (sick, appointment, etc. ) Please remember to keep your contact numbers updated so that if we
need to reach you about your child, we can! We believe in “SAFETY FIRST”!
VACATIONS: If your child will be on vacation please provide the office with a written note. If you are booking a
vacation that will be longer than 10 days, please come to the office and ask for an extended vacation form prior to your
vacation. We have an important letter to share outlining details on how your child can keep up to date on their grade
level work.
Library News for December 2012
Exciting Upcoming Events at Brampton Public Library!
Go to: http://www.bramlib.on.ca/ for more details.
Breakfast with Santa, December 8 and 15, 9:00-11:00 am Lego Mania - December 27
Reading Buddies - Wednesday and Saturdays Family Story Time - Tuesdays, 7:00 pm
Pre-school Programs begin in January.
For the Brampton Library Homework Help: http://www.bramlib.on.ca/index.php/home-work-help
For Children, check out: http://www.bramlib.on.ca/index.php/children
Peel District School Board
In addition to the great website the Brampton Library has access to, we at the Peel Board and
Mount Pleasant Village Public School also have great e-Library Resources:
http://www.peelschools.org/students/library/Pages/default.aspx
Internally, you can access these as soon as you launch the Internet Explorer. Look at the middle of your screen at the Digital Library and click on Accessing eResources from school.
JUICE AND COOKIES FUNDRAISER
Juice and cookies are available for students
to purchase every day at
first nutrition break only.
Juice box $1.00 each
Cookies $1.00 each
The juice is 100% pure unsweetened and comes in three flavours —
apple, wildberry, and seven fruit tropical.
The cookies are peanut and nut free and are 100% compliant with the
Ministry’s nutrition requirements.
The juice and cookies will be sold by Mrs. Odd in the Office.
We are raising money to fund Dragon Murals for our front foyer.
Grade 3: Grade 6:
Naina B. Esther M.
Dylan B. Allana L.R.
Kindergarten: Aditya K.
(Junior and Senior) Celina S. Grade 1:
Ashank C. Shaista S.
Nidhi P. Grade 4: Grade 7: Avreet P.
Matthew T. Sophia K. Anthony M. Ansh S.
Danushan U. Joshveer B. Raza Z.
Aadi R.M. Rishi B. Pallav G.
Daniella P. Tanya G. Grade 2:
Danial Z. Harleen M. Ahmed K.
Shreya S. Lucho S.
Aarash A. Grade 5:
Felix K. Matthew Z. Grade 8:
Dorothy S. Shuba T.
Vikram S.C. Farzaan A.
Nicole D. Steve G.
Spirit Days and Assemblies
Mount Pleasant Village will hold assemblies the last Friday of every month, which coincides with our Spirit Days.
We will send home information every month for our Spirit Days.
At each assembly, Recognition Certificates will be given out to students that have demonstrated a
particular skill taught and practiced by all in the learning community (TRIBES). The focus of
November’s was Appreciation. As December is a short month, we will resume our Recognition Certificates in January.
January’s will be Responsibility.
November’s Recognition Certificate recipients are:
The students and staff of
Mount Pleasant Village Public School held a variety
of fundraisers including Change for Change and Hat
Day to support the United Way of Peel Region.
Thank you to the following community businesses for sponsoring this
charity initiative:
Reinvent and Restore Day Spa (289) 752-9132
70 Commuter Drive, Brampton www.reinventandrestore.com
R & R Cafe (289) 752-9132
70 Commuter Drive, Brampton www.rrcafe.ca
On The Go Bistro (905) 497-2525
72 Commuter Drive, Brampton www.onthegobistro.ca
Baskin Robbins (905) 495-5091
20 Brisdale Drive, Unit B5, Brampton www.baskinrobbins.ca
First Choice HairCutters (905) 495-4516
20 Brisdale Drive, Unit B2, Brampton www.firstchoice.com
Make the most of the winter break
Be active
If there's snow, go tobogganing, build a snow fort, cross-country ski or snow shoe.
Go skating at a local arena or outdoor rink.
Take a walk around your neighbourhood to enjoy the holiday decorations.
Go swimming or play basketball at a local community centre.
Get organized
As holiday greeting cards arrive, ask your child to record the names and addresses of the senders.
String cards together to display above doors, windows in your home.
Ask your child to organize photographs in an album by date or activity. Save newspaper or magazine photographs of favourite athletes or
role models to create a scrapbook.
Suggest your child swap paperbacks, comics or magazines with family and friends.
Develop a sense of responsibility
Involve your child with holiday decorating and clean-up.
Ask your child to take charge of family recycling (get containers, wash the jars, stack the papers, etc.)
Have your child plan all aspects of a party. Your child can help decide on the guests, phone or send invitations, plan the food, get the house
ready, greet and introduce the guests and clean up.
Bolster core learning skills
Recommend that your child keep a diary or journal of the family's activities.
Make time every day to read as a family or on your own—even 10 or 15 minutes is fine.
Take your child to the local library.
Have your child follow a favourite newspaper comic strip all week.
Encourage your child to write holiday greetings or thank-you cards to cousins, grandparents and friends.
Review cash register receipts. Ask your child to check them for accuracy when you’re unloading groceries.
Have a family discussion about goals for 2012. Talk to your child about ways he or she can achieve them.
Teach citizenship
Check the newspaper for volunteer opportunities. For example, you and your child could help at a food bank, visit an elderly person living
alone or volunteer at a community event.
Visit the animal shelter, the fire station or a hospital to show your child what happens at these places.
Understand history & explore different cultures
If possible, collect photographs of grandparents and great-grandparents. Have your child write their names and birth dates on the back of
the photos. Discuss the family's history.
Talk about the meaning of holidays. Ask your child to research the holidays celebrated by different cultures in your community. If friends
are celebrating these holidays, ask them to tell you about their traditions.
Get close to nature
Give your child the responsibility of watering the plants.
Read the daily newspaper’s weather map. Let your child figure out what the weather is where friends and relatives live.
Take a walk in the snow and watch for animal tracks. Identify what animal made the tracks.
Find more Parent Tip Sheets at www.peelschools.org.
Computer Safety
Internet Safety
“IT HAPPENED TO ME!”
“I am one of those parents that was under the mistaken
impression that I had this issue well under control at my
house – until I found a file of a conversation my youngest
daughter was having with someone she met on the internet.”
Surfing the net has become a common and routine activity,
providing opportunity for communication and fun. Good
parenting practices are essential and no different on the
internet than supervising children in any other activity. In
order to protect children from harm on the internet, follow
these simple rules:
• Get involved and communicate with your child.
• Become more computer literate and internet savvy
yourself.
• Check out parental controls available on your online
service.
• Keep the computer in a “public” area in your home.
• Monitor the amount of time your child spends on the
internet, and at what times of day.
• Tell your children to never give out personal information,
including name, address, school they attend or teachers’
names, parents’ names, etc.
• Do not allow your child to use a web cam, digital camera,
or video camera without your very close supervision.
• Regularly search the internet “history” on every computer
with internet access in your home, and don’t be hesitant
to question the parents of other children your child may
visit.
• Very closely monitor chat rooms your child may visit.
• Letting children use the internet unattended, particularly
talking in chat rooms, is the equivalent of dropping them
off downtown at 10:00 p.m. and saying, “go make some
new friends.”
For more information on
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS SUBJECT,
PLEASE CONTACT:
Peel Regional Police
Crime Prevention Services
7750 Hurontario Street
Brampton, Ontario
L6V 3W6
Tel. 905-453-2121 ext. 4021
Fax 905-456-6106
You may also want to examine our
Internet site at:
www.peelpolice.ca
Register for French immersion, extended French by Jan. 25 Are you thinking of registering your child for French immersion (FI) or extended French (EF)? Attend an information
session to learn more about the programs.
If you were not able to attend the parent night in the fall about the programs, you are invited to an information session at
the HJA Brown Education Centre, 5650 Hurontario St. (at Matheson Blvd.) in Mississauga:
French immersion - 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013
Extended French - 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013
Registration
If your child will start grade 1 or grade 7 in September 2013, the registration deadline for FI and EF is 4 p.m. on
Friday, Jan. 25, 2013.
Effective September 2013, a grade 1 FI enrolment cap will be in place. This means that a specific number of spots are
available for students entering grade 1 FI. There is no enrolment cap for EF. All students who register for EF before the
registration deadline will be guaranteed a spot.
Lottery system – grade 1 FI only
A lottery system will be used to identify students gaining entrance into the grade 1 FI program. Spots are not assigned
on a first come, first served basis.
All students who make the registration deadline will be assigned a rank using a computerized random selection proc-
ess. Students who currently (2012-13) have siblings in the elementary FI program (grades 1 to 7) will not be included in
the lottery. In order to be automatically accepted into the grade 1 FI program, however, these students must register by the
deadline.
It’s important to note that the grandparenting of siblings applies only to families who currently (2012-13) have children in
the elementary FI program (grades 1 to 7). This means that younger siblings of students who are accepted into grade 1 FI
for the 2013-14 school year and who don’t currently have siblings in the FI program (i.e. in grades 1 to 7 as of Sept. 2012)
will participate in the lottery system in future years.
Waitlist
Once students have been assigned to all available spots, remaining students will be placed, again in rank order, on the
school's waitlist.
Where to register
Register directly at the French immersion school your child will attend. Check the Peel board website at
www.peelschools.org/parents/programs/french or call the board’s Planning department at 905-890-1010/1-800-668-
1146 ext. 2212 to find out what FI school your child will attend.
If parents have not received written confirmation of their child's spot in the FI program or placement on the waitlist by the
end of February, they should contact the school.
How to get more information
Visit the Peel board website—www.peelschools.org/parents/programs/French.
Call the Peel board at 905-890-1010/1-800-668-1146.
Visit the Canadian Parents for French website—www.cpfont.on.ca.
WEATHER
The following information is provided to parents
regarding SCHOOL CANCELLATIONS/CLOSURES AND
BUS CANCELLATIONS DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER.
During the winter months inclement weather may cause disruption of bus transportation and regular school operations. A decision to cancel school transportation and/or to close schools is usually made by 6:00 a.m. and will be announced on the following radio and television stations:
VIRGIN RADIOFM99.9 CHUM AM1050 CFTR AM680
CFNY FM102.1/AM640 CJCL AM590 CHFI FM98.1
CFRB AM1010 EZ ROCK FM97.3 CJBC (FR) AM860
FM Z103.5 FM93.1 FM Q107
CHIN FM100.7/AM1540 CBC99.1 CITYPULSE
GLOBAL NEWS CTV
We will be communicating one of four standard messages to the radio stations. The four announcements and their effect on the transportation system are as follows: (Please note that the highlighted text only will be communicated by the radio
stations).
1. “DUFFERIN-PEEL CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD BUSES SERVING ST. ANDREW, ST. BENEDICT AND ST. PETER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND R.F. HALL SECONDARY SCHOOL ARE CANCELLED FOR TODAY.”
2. “THE DUFFERIN-PEEL CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD BUSES AND THE PEEL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD BUSES IN THE TOWN OF CALEDON AND THE COUNTY OF DUFFERIN ARE CANCELLED”.
This means that all runs listed under announcement #l PLUS the following are cancelled. All schools in the Town of Caledon and
all school runs that begin in the Town of Caledon. Individual schools will be notified if this cancellation affects their school.
3. “THE DUFFERIN-PEEL CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD AND THE PEEL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD BUSES ARE CANCELLED.”
This means that: ALL Transportation services provided by the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board and The
Peel District School Board, including buses, vans and taxis have been cancelled for the entire day.
4. “THE SCHOOLS AND OFFICES OF BOTH THE DUFFERIN-PEEL CATHOLIC DISTRICT
SCHOOL BOARD AND THE PEEL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD ARE CLOSED.” This means that: ALL Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board ad Peel District School Board schools and offices
are closed to all students and staff.
Note: For Secondary School students riding Public Transit, cancellation of service will be communicated by the respective transit
property over the radio. Please be advised that Public Transit rarely cancels and that the level of service on days with inclement
weather is unpredictable.
Mount pleasant village p.s. invites you all to:
A winter concert Presented In the gymnasium On
Friday, December 21, 2012
@ 10:30 A.M. Come and enjoy Winter themed
Music, sing-a-longs And skits,
performed by students and staff,
celebrating the many holiday
traditions for this time of year.