St. Timothy Times April 2019

25 Rochelle Cres.

Willowdale, Ontario

M2J 1Y3

Tel: (416) 393-5298

Fax: (416) 393-6313

Twitter:

@ StTimothyTCDSB

St. Timothy School

Website

www.tcdsb.org/schools/

sttimothy

Principal

Maria Meehan

Vice-Principal

Mario Addesa

Superintendent

Peter Aguiar

Director of Education

Rory McGuckin

Trustee

Angela Kennedy

Parish

St. Timothy Catholic

Church

(416) 494-6526

School Hours:

8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Lunch Hour:

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

April—Virtue of the Month is JUSTICE

The Virtue of the Month for April is JUSTICE.

Although most of us enjoy a standard of living that is comfortable and se-

cure, there are many among us, who for a variety of reasons live in poverty.

And there are many more whose lives are in the balance between

fulfillment and indignity. We often question where is the justice in this in our

world?

St. Mother Teresa reminds us that;

“Hunger is not only for a piece of bread but for love.

Homelessness is not only not having a home, but also about being rejected

and unwanted. Loneliness is a greater burden than hunger.”

Whenever and wherever you can try to be kind, inclusive, loving and helpful

to those around you. You can be the change by finding ways for simple acts

of kindness.

HERE ARE SOME THINGS TO TRY TO DO IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE:

treat others in a just, equitable and unbiased manner.

I will play by the rules, take turns and share.

I will be respectful of others in my family, school and parish communi-

ties.

I will seek peaceful solutions to problems.

I will be a peacemaker in my school, in my workplace

I am forgiving

I follow rules and do my share.

I will stand up for what is right.

I respect and protect the world and all that is in it.

Prayer for Justice,

Oh God, help us to always see those around us with loving and compassion-

ate eyes. If they need us, help us to reach out to them. May we always work

towards breaking down the barriers that make people feel alone. In show-

ing kindness and care to each other we will make a

difference; we will be demonstrating our love for you.

We will work at making our world a more just place to

live. We make this prayer in your name, Jesus. Amen.

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CATHOLIC SCHOOL

PARENT COUNCIL

Please join us for the next parent council

meeting on May 2nd. We encourage

you to come and be part of our school

community.

All are welcome to attend!

DATES TO REMEMBER FOR

UPCOMING EVENTS

April 25- Ice Cream

Sandwich Day

April 23– School Easter

Mass 9am

April 25– Spring Fling

Dance-a-thon

May 8– Spring Concert

Sign Up for School Messenger

One of our greatest priorities is ensuring that all our

students arrive safely to school each and every day.

To enhance our existing absence-checking procedure TCDSB has introduced a new, more

efficient student absence reporting system called

SafeArrival. This new system will reduce the time it

takes to verify student attendance, making it easy for

you to report your child’s absence and easy for staff

to respond to

unreported student absences. With SafeArrival, you

are asked to report your child’s absence in advance

using any of these 3 convenient methods:

Using your mobile device, download and install

the SchoolMessenger app from the Apple App

Store or the Google Play Store (or from the links

at https://go.schoolmessenger.com). The first

time you use the app, select Sign Up to create

your account. Select Attendance then Report

an Absence.

Use the SafeArrival website,

https://go.schoolmessenger.com. The first time

you use the website, select Sign Up to create

your account. Select Attendance then Report

an Absence.

Call the toll-free number 1 (833) 251-3286 to report

an absence using the automated phone

system.

These options are available 24 hours/day, 7 days a

week. Future absences can be reported at any time

up to a maximum of 10 consecutive days. It is

important to note that when setting up your account,

you must register using the email address and phone

number associated with your child’s Trillium account.

In addition, schools will use the SchoolMessenger

Communicate automated notification system to

contact parents whose child is absent when the

absence was not reported in advance. The

automated notification system will attempt to contact

parents at multiple contact points until a reason is

submitted for the absence. If our system is unable to

reach the designated contacts, office staff will

follow up.

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ST. TIMOTHY FRENCH PUBLIC SPEAKING

Concours d”art Oratoire de St. Timothy

PARTICIPANTS

Gr. 6– Joanella F. (Extended French division)

Gr.8– Tamia V. (Extended French division)

Gr. 8– Anna I. ( Francophone division)

Gr. 8 Mariam I. (Core French division)

Teachers who supported the students:

Mme Lastoria, Mme. Tavella, Mme Georgiou

Le concours d’oratoire is a fabulous celebration

of excellence in French language education.

Through participation in the concours, students

develop confindence in French as well as devel-

op their public speaking skills. These are the kind

of skills needed in today’s global society.

As effective communicators, they will become

the leaders of tomorrow.

Congratulations to all those who participated.

Félicitations et bravo à tous ceux qui ont

participé.

ST. TIMOTHY GIRLS’ CHESS TEAM

A great time was had by all involved. Members

showed great sportsmanship. We were thrilled to

represent St. Timothy and we would gladly do it

again. Special thanks to Angela, Thala, Gianne,

Ayomide., Kate, Charlyee, Abanarie. Also a

special thank you to our coach Mr. Mota.

ST. TIMOTHY W5H

Congratulations to our Intermediate W5H Team.

They represented St. Timothy proudly. We even

tied with the first place team.

Thanks to Tigran, Gianne, Jayden, Tamia, Sally,

Maya as they played their best and as they

showed great enthusiasm and sportsmanship. A

special thank you to our coach Mr. Mota.

DESTINATION IMAGINATION CONTINUED

Destination Imagination was a great experience for my

teammates and I. In this competition we learned

responsibility, cooperation, and we were able to express

our creativity. Our team had the pleasure in accepting

the Medical Mystery challenge. We created a play

where we used a fairy tale theme and tried to

incorporate the main part of the challenge into it. The

challenge for our group was to create a fake illness of

the human body and to try and solve the “Medical

Mystery”, with a technical component as well. This fairy

tale theme to our play was the inspiration for our team

name “Princess Tingz”, which helped showcase our

creativity at the competition. Our team had also created

many props with things like papier-mâché, circuit boards,

a fake x-ray and more. Though there were many other

teams with great props and plays put together as well,

the Princess Tingz stayed confident throughout most of

the competition. We watched others perform and

wished our classmates good luck. I found that our team

did the best we could and were very close to moving on!

Only off by 10 points!

Nonetheless, our team had a

great time at Destination

Imagination, and we hope

that one day you’ll do it too!

SILLY SHIRT DAY

St. Timothy School has been participating in the Enbridge

Energy School Challenge. Our school is in a race with

other schools throughout Ontario, competing to save the

most energy. Each action we take will earn our school

points and get us closer to winning up to $3000 but we

must complete activities by the end of this week.

On Wednesday, March 27 of the suggested activities is to

host a Silly Sweater Day. The Eco Team invited everyone

to wear our most unique or silliest sweater to school as a

reminder that we can conserve energy by dressing

warmly and turning down the temperature.

Great job St. Timothy! Thank you to staff and students for

their high participation on this!

TCDSB Earth Hour Challenge

Did you know that at St. Timothy School,

we have reduced our energy usage by

nearly 30% over the past 7 years?

To celebrate this achievement, we have

signed up to participate in Earth Hour

2019. On Friday, March 29th we turned

of all non-essential lights and devices between the hours

of 10 am and

11 am.

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WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY

AT ST. TIMOTHY

WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY PRAYER

God of justice, love and peace, thank you

For gathering us together this day.

In the midst of the excitement and challenges we all have in life,

You are always present to lead and to guide.

Thank you for giving us another day

To appreciate one another and one another’s gifts.

As we raise this flag on World Autism Awareness Day

Let it be a reminder of the dignity, respect, and love

That each person deserves.

Help all our young people to reach their full potential

And bless our families, our caregivers and our educators

In their ministry in Catholic education and life.

Bless always those with Autism and keep them in your care.

Amen

LIGHT IT UP BLUE!

On Tuesday, April 2, 2019 staff and students

represented St. Timothy school at the

Catholic Education Centre for World Autism

Awareness Day. Students, parents and staff were

present for the Flag Raising and the Prayer

Service. Also there were games and refreshments

to be shared by all.

Once back at St. Timothy for the afternoon the

whole school was able to participate in a

walk outside the school grounds while wearing

their Autism Awareness bracelets shown to the

right of this page. Up front and central was the

white flag seen on the right of this page. This flag

will be proudly displayed at our school to remind

us of our increased awareness of Autism. Thank

you to Mary Salemi and Jackie Sajanlal for

coordinating this special day.