Holy Cross Catholic School 299A Donlands Avenue

Toronto Ontario M4J 3R7

Telephone 416-393-5242 Fax 416-393-5030

Principal

Joseph Schnurr

Administrative Assistant Kim Paganelli

Superintendent John Shanahan

Trustee

Angela Kennedy

Parish Father Roselle R. Azares

Holy Cross Catholic Church 291 Cosburn Avenue

Toronto Ontario M4J 2M4

Telephone 416-421-5225

Hours of Operation 9:00 am—3:30 pm

Morning Recess

10:09 am—10:24 am

Lunch Hour 11:45 am—12:45 pm

Afternoon Recess 2:10 pm—2:25 pm

Holy Cross Catholic School News April 2017

Virtue: Justice

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.

Blessed Mother Teresa

Dear Holy Cross Families,

Spring is here and with it comes new life and new beginnings. This month we celebrate Easter which represents the fulfillment of God’s

promise to us, Jesus’ resurrection. You are welcome to join us as we celebrate mass as a school community on April 20th at 9:30am.

I feel very fortunate that my new beginning comprises of joining the Holy Cross School Community. Thank you for the warm welcome over these past couple of weeks. I al-ready feel part of the community and that is thanks to the wonderful students, staff and parents.

Please take a look at the calendar in order to see all the exciting things taking place at Holy Cross. As we look ahead to April we hope our grade eight students have a great learning experience and safe trip to Ottawa.

I am looking forward to continuing to meet Holy Cross School Community members with each passing day.

Ms. S. Gunter Principal

On May 4, 2017, CSPC presents our Family Wellness & Fun Night

6:00—8:30pm

Presenters and activities will include:

Zumba & Yoga

Make your own skincare products

Healthy nutrition

Information about Children's and Teen's mental health

Relaxing family art workshop

Karaoke

Drum Fitness

Massage Therapy

Young People’s Theatre Drama Workshop

Beadmaking craft

Strategies for stress reduction

Healthy Cafe plus many more activities to be announced

Sign up forms coming soon!

Used or new Books are welcomed for donation to Readphilipines.

Wednesday, May 10th, 2017

5:00—6:30pm We invite our new Kindergarten Families

to join us.

Recognition Awards for March

Congratulations to the following students who received an award for the month of

March for demonstrating the virtue of Forgiveness:

Michelle Olufemi, Sabrina Raffa, Seng Dan Lanem, Teddy Aziz, Ellyse Lithgow,

Leah George, Bessufekad Berhanu, Lulu Mai Labang, Nathan Mussie, Xavier

Sbrozzi, Theresa Min, Liv Magat-Santiago, Maxwell Perepeluk, Lily Osti, Lisa Pope, Michael Oril-

lanes, Julianna Navarro, Dennis Sayson, Gabriel Cabahug, Gabriel Walker Thompson, Jared Perez,

Melat Yohannes, Alexzander Madimanos, Nathaniel Delvecchio, Arlie Jean

Tilos, McKenzie Galloway, Isaiah Bombasi-Picones, Khaezha Bautista, James

Bacorro, Nathan Anton, Conor Lopez, Athena Gonzales, Bosco Mak

Past month’s recipients:

February for Love: Ingrid Monroy Morelos, Angeline Beltran, Cailean Cruzada

An Easter Reflection

Lord, the resurrection of Your Son

will give us new life and renewed hope.

Help us to live as new people in pursuit

of the Catholic teachings of Jesus

and of the example He set for us.

Grant us wisdom to know what we must do,

the will to want to do it,

the courage to undertake it,

the perseverance to continue to do it,

and the strength to complete it.

Wishing you and your family a blessed Easter.

Next CSPC Meeting Tuesday, April 25 at 6:30 pm in the Staffroom in Room 214

Future Meetings:

May 9, June 6

Pizza Day

Every

Wednesdays

April 14 & April 17

Friday, April 7th $2 Civvies Day in support of

Students are invited to wear civvies on this date and donate $2 towards ShareLife.

Parents/Guardians, please remember that you are to begin your visit to Holy Cross at the Office. It is important for everyone’s safety that we know who is in the building at all times.

Parents/Guardians are not to be dropping their children off at their classroom.

Catholic School Parent Council (CSPC)

Spring Chocolate Fundraiser

Parent Council will be organizing Holy Cross’ Spring Chocolate Fundraiser from May 2nd to 16th. Our kick-off assembly will be on May 1st.

Monies raised will assist with upgrading technology/purchasing new equipment for the students.

Prizes will be awarded to the top-selling students.

Parent Council invites you to

sign up for their “Remind” service to stay in touch with

what is happening at Holy Cross.

To receive messages via text, text @1c3294 to (613) 900 0158

To receive messages via email,

send an email to 1c3294@mail.remind.com

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TRUSTEES 2016 – 2017 Wards

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

Karina Dubrovskaya, Student Trustee Rhea Carlisle, Student Trustee

Holy Cross is Allergen Aware!

Please remember that all snacks and lunch-es for students must be nut free. We have several children in the school with life threatening allergies and we would like to ensure that they are not exposed to danger-ous food items.

Snacks should not contain any type of nut product such as peanuts, almonds, cashews, peanut butter, Nutella, etc.

Also, please remind your child to not share his/her snack or lunch.

Let’s all do our part to keep our students safe.

Bussing & Alternate After-School

Arrangements

Please ensure that you contact the

Secretary at the school office by 2:30

pm daily to advise of any change in

your child’s after school arrangements.

Please avoid calling during the AM/PM

recess and lunch periods as the Secre-

tary is unavailable.

If you are interested in signing up your child for the hot lunches from Healthy Kidz— it’s not too late! Forms are available in the main office.

Daily purchases from the Healthy Kidz Lunch Program are not permitted. Supply of the food is based on the pre-submitted orders.

March 27 to April 7

The Me to We Team invites our Holy Cross Family to help our Lenten Drive in support of the Mission of Hope for Haiti.

Items needed:

non-perishable food items toiletries school supplies

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

02 03 TCDSB Autism Awareness Day

04 Music Festival Epiphany of our Lord Gr. 8 10-11:30am

05 Pizza/Civvies Day

Autism Awareness

Evening at CEC 6:30pm

06 Music Festival

Epiphany of our Lord Gr. 7 10-11:30am

Ontario Science Center Gr. 8

07 $2 Civvies Day

In support of

01 08

09 10 11 Rosary

Apostolate

12 Pizza/Civvies Day 13

ME Class (AM)

14 NO SCHOOL

15

16

17 Easter Monday

18

YPT-Pre-Workshop Kindergarten Classes

(PM)

19 Pizza/Civvies Day

Graduation Photo RETAKES Gr. 8 & SK’s (AM)

20 School Mass 9:30am

Kindergarten Classes

21

Toronto

22

Toronto

23

Toronto

24

25 Swim to

Survive (PM) Gr. 4

CSPC Meeting 6:30pm

26 Pizza/Civvies Day

YPT

Kindergarten Classes (PM)

27 Grade 7 Girls

ME Class (AM)

28 YPT

Post-Workshop

Kindergarten Classes (AM)

29

30 MAY 01

Scientist In School ELP/3 (AM)

Chocolate Kick-off Assembly—2:45pm

02 Swim to Survive (PM) Gr. 4

03 Pizza/Civvies Day 04 Variety Village ME Class (AM)

Primary Classes

Event

6:30-9:00pm

05

Music Festival In celebration of

Catholic Education Week Woodbine Mall

06

April 2017 Virtue of the Month: Justice

Let Justice flow like a stream, and righteousness like a river that never goes dry.

Amos 5:24

Holy Week April 9 to 15

ShareLife Week April 2 to 8

National Volunteer Appreciation week April 23 to 29

Ottawa—Grade 8’s