TERRY FOX WALK & CURRICULUM NIGHT

Thursday, September 26th will be a busy day. In the morning (9a.m.) all grades 1 - 8 students will be walking for Terry Fox. They will bring in a toonie, which will be donated to cancer research. We hope to keep the memory of Terry's courage alive!

Thursday is also Curriculum Night. Please come to the gym at 7:00 p.m. to begin our evening. We will then adjourn to your children's classroom to get an overview of the curriculum and some expectations for the year.

PLAYDAY! PLAYDAY!

 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

We will be having a school Playday and BBQ for the students on Friday, June 21st. This will require many volunteers to serve bags of chips, water and hotdogs. If you are interested in helping, please see Mr. Miotto, or sign up on the volunteer sheet on the community bulletin board at the front door.

NEIGHBOURHOOD COMMUNITY POLICE LIAISON MEETING

St. Simon will be hosting a community meeting, in the gym, on Monday, May 27th at 7:00 p.m.
Police officers from 31 Division will be present to address local policing concerns. This will give community members an opportunity to engage in an open dialogue with their community police. If you have any specific concerns, please contact Vivian Broersma, Co-Chair, CPLC, 31 Division 416-743-4814 vivian.broersma@yahoo.ca

OUR VOW OF SILENCE

On Friday, May 17th, our school will be participating in the world-wide day called Vow of Silence. Below is an explanation of the even which is being led by our Me to We student leaders.

- Purpose: we're being silent for children around the world whose voices have been silenced.
- no talking, texting, or emailing...yes - staff included!
- The silence begins after morning announcements and will end at 3:00pm (you will have time to do agendas, etc...we will break the silence over the P.A.)
- If someone speaks, they have to put a coin in the jar.  Use any container you have in your class to collect coins.  Students can bring in pennies, nickels, dimes, etc.
- You can be creative if you want: teach them a few words in sign language or have a special hand signals for "washroom", "take a drink", etc.
- We are challenging students and staff to keep the silence during recess too.
- Primaries: use your discretion, but we think the kids will find it fun to stay quiet the whole day - especially if their teachers can't talk.



A MESSAGE FROM OUR PASTOR

Dear students, parents/guardians, and teaching staff:

Eastertime is a time to celebrate life and the blessings we have received from God but celebrating life is often difficult for those who struggle to even make ends meet. The kindness shown by the St Simon school community thru your unconditional generosity to the Easter Food Drive has helped those in need celebrate Easter with a little more joy and helped to nourish our faith by showing that we can best serve God by assisting those in need. Thank you.
“It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” ― Mother Theresa

I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate our Confirmandi!  May the Holy Spirit enliven your faith and preserve you in the truth as you live for Christ. Congratulations!

As we enter into the month of May dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God,  let us turn to Mary our Advocate  as we seek the Christ in her arms and offer up our daily prayers for her intercession in helping us do the will of God.
In Christ,   
Fr. Efren

SCHOOL BUS STRIKE INFORMATION

Below is an email we received from our student transportation group.



Dear Principal:

I am pleased to advise you that your school will not  be affected by the potential strike by bus drivers for Stock Transportation.

Generally, the strike will only disrupt transportation for students in the North and East sections of the Board travelling on small buses, mini-vans and wheelchair access vehicles.

Regular bus service will operate normally for your students. You are encouraged to communicate this to your parent community.

Regards,

Kevin Hodgkinson

General Manager

Toronto Student Transportation Group

THIS IS GOOD NEWS!!!

 

May Read-A-Thon

Our May Read-A-Thon is almost here! Permission forms have been sent home, with information about the book recycling program, and a request for parent volunteers. The Read-A-Thon is an event used to promote literacy among young students and their families. Each Friday, we will have the reading buddies program which pairs up older and younger students to read together for 20 minutes. While there is a fund raising aspect to the Read-A-Thon, it is certainly not mandatory. All money raised is used to benefit our students and school in various ways. For further information, visit the St. Simon Read-A-Thon blog at
http://stsimonreadathon.blogspot.ca/

 

"So please, oh PLEASE, we beg, we pray, Go throw your TV set away, And in its place you can install, A lovely bookshelf on the wall."

— Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory