EQAO Parent Night 

Wednesday, January 15th at 7 p.m.

Monsignor Percy Johnson High School Library

2170 Kipling Avenue Rexdale ON M9W 4K9

EQAO Assessments: The Power of Good Information Every year, Ontario students in Grades 3, 6, 9 and 10 write province-wide tests. These assessments provide an objective indication of how well students are developing the reading, writing and math skills defined in the Ontario Curriculum. Since results are available for every student, provincial test data have become a key ingredient in helping schools, school boards and the province identify students’ strengths and target areas where attention and resources are needed. Parents are given an indication of how well their child is learning in relation to the provincial standard. This presentation delivered by a principal from EQAO’s School Support and Outreach team will give parents an opportunity to gain an understanding of the EQAO assessments. The presentation includes lots of information about the assessments and what parents can do to support their children. It also dispels some of the myths about EQAO. One of the activities includes looking at previous years' assessment booklets, looking at how a writing item is scored, and doing a multiple choice question.

CHRISTMAS OUTREACH St. Simon Catholic School will once again be making Christmas Baskets to donate to families in need. The baskets will be picked up by St. Jude’s Church on Friday, December 13th, so they will be ready for the families on Christmas morning. We will be giving the children more information in the next week, and we thank you in advance for your support during this important time.

Community Police Liaison Committee Meeting December 2, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. 

 Please see attached invitation.

 Meeting Invitation

Halloween Dance-a-thon

ALERT!!! TO HAVE YOUR NAME ENTERED IN THE DRAW, YOUR PLEDGEFORM MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL NO LATER THAN MONDAY, OCTOBER 28TH BY 3:30 P.M. NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE. Our Halloween Dance-a-thon fundraiser is back! Please click on the link below for all the information and pledge forms. Students can be in costume on Thursday, October 31st, but, please, no toy weapons or masks of any kind - they frighten the younger children.

Halloween Dance-a-thon

HOT LUNCHES!!!

Our CSAC fundraising committee has worked hard to organize our hot lunch program. We thank them! Forms are no longer being accepted.

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.