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Karen Rocca, Principal
Heather Thomas, Vice Principal
Liz Cook, Superintendent
Carrie Andrews, Trustee
Kathy McDonald, Trustee
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Aloma Crescent January Newsletter
From the Principal’s Pen... Dates and Reminders
January 14 –18
Kindergarten Registration
A reminder to families with children born in 2015 that
kindergarten registration will be held at Aloma throughout the week, with evening hours
available on January 17th from 5-8pm. Details can be found within this newsletter
January 21
Professional Activity Day
A reminder to all of our Aloma
families that there is no
school for students
on this day.
January 25
Character Assembly
Please join us at 9:30 am to
celebrate the attribute of
honesty and recognize some
deserving award recipients
January 25
Grade One French
Immersion Applications
Due
A reminder that French
Immersion applications for
Grade One students in the
2019-2020 school year are
due today at 4:00pm. Details
regarding the application
process can be found within
this newsletter
Hello Aloma families,
Happy New Year! Welcome back. I hope
you had a wonderful winter break and
spent quality time with family and
friends. I’m trusting that the remaining
six months of this school year will be
filled with exciting opportunities to
learn and engage as a community.
Thank you to all families that were able
to donate to our food drive and/or our
hat and mitten tree. Your generosity
will go a long way to helping families
during these cold winter months.
A few reminders for the new year…in
the cold weather students will continue
to be outside for nutri-breaks and need
to be dressed appropriately. A hat,
warm gloves or mittens, a scarf, a winter
jacket and snow pants, and lined, water
resistant footwear will help children to
stay warm and comfortable as they
enjoy active outdoor time. If your child
is not well enough to be playing outdoors,
then they are not well enough to come to
school. Please be sure to report any
absences, late arrivals, or early
departures through the Absence
Reporting System.
Just a reminder when sending food to
school with your child that snacks and
meals should be nut free.
For families of year 2 kindergarten
students and grade 5 students, please
take note of dates in this newsletter
outlining regional programs. The
application deadlines come up quickly, so
please be sure to check the board’s
website or our newsletter for dates.
Feel free to reach out to homeroom
teachers if more information is required.
Please remember that teachers will be
engaged in report card preparation on
January 21st which means that there is
no school for students. Please enjoy this
time as a family.
Just a reminder that there is NO PIZZA
lunch for the month of January. These
will resume in February. Please check
the cash online system later this month
for deadlines.
Once again, wishing everyone all the best
for a happy, prosperous 2019...I look
forward to connecting with you all soon.
Mrs. Rocca
Supply Lunchroom Supervisors Needed
If you are interested in applying for the paid position of a supply Lunch Room Supervisor, please submit your cover letter and re-
sume to Mrs. Thomas.
Your Character is Showing…
At our December student recognition assembly, the following students received
awards for their outstanding demonstration of the character trait of Care:
Hunter Marwa Abeeha Fajer Leah Kavaiia Corey
Neha Ayaan Pavan Hasan Gurleen Hailey Asil
Sandip Brooke Ragavy Kolton Laila Soniya Dhyana
Simran Taylor Evelyn Kritika Keira Emily Lydia
Virat Jeremy Riya Sonal Mark Aksh
CONGRATULATIONS to everyone on this achievement!
In January, we demonstrate the attribute of Honesty by:
Demonstrating integrity in my words and actions Acknowledging responsibility for my actions and words Telling the truth and admitting to my mistakes Playing by the rules Doing what is right, even when no one is watching
Help us refresh our board and school websites
In January, all students, staff, families and community members are invited to fill out an online survey to help the Peel District School Board update and redesign its board website (www.peelschools.org) and school websites.
Share your thoughts, suggestions and experiences of our school and board websites by filling out a brief, five-minute survey on http://www.peelschools.org/websiterefresh.
The survey will be available online until Jan. 31, 2019.
Train More. Rehearse More. Learn More.
Peel District School Board program offers flexible school options for student ath-letes, artists
Does your child/teen have an intense sports or arts training and competition schedule that makes it difficult to attend school regularly? The Peel Dis-trict School Board’s Peel Region High Performers Program will offer flexible timetabling to accom-modate student athletes and artists with demand-ing practice, competition, rehearsal and/or perfor-mance schedules.
The Peel Region High Performers Program is avail-able to students in grades 4 to 12 at Britannia Public School, Dolphin Senior Public School and Mississauga Secondary School.
Applications are open
For more information and applications, visit www.peelschools.org/HighPerformers.
Peel board trustees accountable to the community
The Peel District School Board, like every public school board in Ontario, is governed by a board of trustees. They are elected by public school taxpayers every four years during municipal elections and are directly ac-countable to the community. The current 12 trustees have been elected to serve from Dec. 3, 2018, to Nov. 30, 2022:
What do trustees do?
advocate for the needs of the community
help members of the community address concerns about the school system
govern and set policies for the board
explain the policies and decisions of the board to the community
evaluate and review the board’s achievement of its goals, objectives and strategic plan
participate in budget development, approve budget decisions and monitor its progress
protect the future of the board by always considering the long-term effects of decisions
Visit www.peelschools.org and check out the ‘Meet Your Trustee’ section to subscribe to board meeting agendas and minutes and read highlights from board meeting.
Trustee Ward(s) City Email Phone #
Carrie Andrews
7 and 8 Brampton [email protected] 647-473-1858
Susan Benjamin 5 Mississauga [email protected] 647-268-1435
Stan Cameron
(Chair)
Caledon [email protected] 905-880-1162
Robert Crocker
6 and 11 Mississauga [email protected] 416-528-1312
Nokha Dakroub
9 and 10 Mississauga [email protected] 289-914-0214
Will Davies 2 and 6 Brampton [email protected] 647-218-0295
David Green
1 and 5 Brampton [email protected] 905-495-4579
Sue Lawton
(Vice-Chair)
3 and 4 Mississauga [email protected] 905-625-8084
Brad MacDonald
2 and 8 Mississauga [email protected] 905-593-3547
John Marchant 1 and 7 Mississauga [email protected] 905-599-5646
Kathy McDonald
3 and 4 Brampton [email protected] 905-796-8163
Balbir Sohi 9 and 10 Brampton [email protected] 416-828-4330
It's time to register children born in 2015 for kindergarten We inspire success, confidence and hope in each student…and it all starts in kindergarten! If your child was born in 2015, he or she can start kindergarten in September 2019. You can register your child at any time during regular school hours—just visit the school he/she will be attending to register. Peel board elementary schools will hold Kindergarten Registration Week from Jan. 14 to 18, 2019, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and in the evening on Jan. 17 from 5 to 8 p.m. Families will have the opportunity to meet school staff, register their child and learn more about the Start with a Smile kindergarten program. Peel board elementary schools will also hold a Kindergarten Registration Week with special registration activities during Jan. 14 to 18, 2019. Visit Aloma Crescent from:
Jan. 14 to 18 – from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 17 – from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. or 5 to 8 p.m.
The kindergarten registration form can be completed online before new families attend. The following docu-ments must accompany the registration form: What you will need to bring to registration: Proof of child's age (one of the following)
Canadian birth certificate Canadian passport citizenship card/certificate Permanent Resident Card confirmation of permanent residence work permit refugee permit
Proof of address (one of the following)
Ontario driver's license utility bill bank statement/client slip (directly from financial institution) credit card statement federal government forms (e.g. Social Insurance Number, Service Canada documents) purchase agreement
Proof of custody – children must live with their parent(s) unless provided documentation supports an alter-nate living arrangement Proof of immunization – proof that your child has been immunized/vaccinated You can register your child for kindergarten at any time—complete the registration forms one at www.peelschools.org/kindergarten and visit the school your child will be attending next school year during regular school hours to complete your registration. For more information, visit www.peelschools.org/kindergarten
Bus cancellation and closing schools due
to bad weather
During the winter months, we may need to cancel buses or close
schools because of inclement weather. Information regarding
details of cancellations or closures will be available on Twitter
@Peelschools, Facebook at www.facebook.com/peelschools,
www.peelschools.org and www.stopr.ca or by calling
905-890-1010 or 1-800-668-1146. It is usually also announced on
the radio and television stations listed below:
VIRGIN RADIOFM99.9 BREAKFAST TELEVISION
NEWS AM680 CFNY FM102.1/AM640
CJCL AM590 CHFI FM98.1
NEWSTALK1010AM EZ ROCK FM97.3
CJBC(FR) AM860 FM Z103.5
FM 93.1 FM Q107
CHIN FM100.7/AM1540 CBC99.1
CITYPULSE GLOBAL NEWS
CITY NEWS CTV
CFRB—(BELL MEDIA)
One of the following messages will be announced:
Peel District School Board buses are cancelled
This means that schools remain open for students and staff, but
buses are cancelled. Bus cancellations could occur in all or parts of
municipalities. Buses will remain cancelled all day. All activities
that require busing will also be cancelled. Permits, night school
classes, child care and other activities in schools will operate as
usual.
All Peel District School Board schools and board offices are closed
This means that all schools and Peel board offices are closed to
students and staff. All activities in schools and board offices are
also cancelled, including child care, night school and permits.
All evening programs and permits at the Peel District School
Board are cancelled
This means that all activities in schools and Peel board offices are
cancelled, including continuing education courses and events. The
buildings will be closed.
All weekend programs and permits at the Peel District School
Board are cancelled
This means that all activities in schools and Peel board offices are
cancelled, including continuing education courses and events. The
buildings will be closed.
Apply for French Immersion by Jan. 25, 2019
If your child will be starting grade 1 in September 2019, one of the important choices you will make is whether you want to consider grade 1 French Immersion (FI). The application form for grade 1 FI for the 2019-20 school year will be available online at www.peelschools.org/French as of Friday, Nov. 23, 2018 at 1 p.m. The deadline to apply is Friday, Jan. 25, 2019 at 4 p.m. Applications received after the deadline will not be included in the random selection process and will be placed on the school’s waitlist. The FI school for our area is Dorset Drive Public School. The phone number is 905-793-5210 Enrolment cap and random selection process The Peel board has a limited number of spaces available for stu-dents interested in grade 1 French Immersion. At this time, the grade 1 FI enrolment cap is set at 25 per cent of all Peel students enrolling in grade 1. A random selection process is used to deter-mine which students will be offered spaces in the grade 1 FI pro-gram. It is important to note that applicants are not offered space in grade 1 FI on a first come, first serve basis. A computerized ran-dom selection process will randomly assign a rank to each appli-cation that is received by the deadline. Once students have been assigned to all available spaces, re-maining students will be placed, again in rank order, on the school's waitlist. Each school has its own waitlist. How to get more information
Visit the Peel board website—www.peelschools.org/French.
Call Dorset Drive Public School at 905-793-5210
Visit the Canadian Parents for French website at http://on.cpf.ca/.
Middle School Regional Learning Choices Programs
Regional Learning Choices Programs (RLCP) empower students by providing an opportunity to develop and explore skills in a particular area of interest. The Peel board provides elementary students from across Brampton, Mississauga and Caledon with six different Regional Learning Choices Programs. The programs are open to all eligible students. The entry point is grade 6 for all programs, except for the Arts program South of Highway 401, which is held at Queen Elizabeth P.S and has a grade 7 entry point.
All regional programs include a non-refundable application fee and an annual program fee. Annual fees are specific to the program.
ELEMENTARY RLCP DATES
Upcoming Information Nights Students and their families are encouraged to attend the information night for the program of their choice to receive more information about the program and application details. If you are unable to attend the infor-mation night, program details and information about the application process are available through the school.
SECONDARY REGIONAL LEARNING CHOICES PROGRAMS OFFERED
For more information about program information nights, busing, fees and the application process, visit www.peelschools.org/RegionalPrograms
The application window for our secondary regional programs has closed.
Applications open Jan. 28, 2019 at 12:01 a.m.
Applications close Feb. 11, 2019 at 3 p.m.
Programs Starts in grade: 6 7
Actively in Motion (AIM) – Royal Orchard MS
Arts – Earnscliffe Sr. PS (starts in grade 6), Queen Elizabeth Sr. PS (starts in grade 7),
Arts and Technology – Morning Star MS
International Baccalaureate – Bristol Road. MS, W.G. Davis Sr. PS
International Business and Technology – Allan A. Martin Sr. PS, Lisgar MS, Williams Park-way. Sr. PS
SciTech – Centennial Sr. PS, Macville PS, Tomken Road. MS
School Doors Remain Locked During the School Day
We wanted to share a reminder with our school community. The front doors of our school will be locked during the
school day. This is part of the Safe Welcome program, originally announced by the Ontario Government in Decem-
ber 2012, for all elementary schools in Ontario. As part of this program, portable doors will also be locked during
the school day.
A camera and buzzer unit is located by the front door and will be linked to a monitor in the main office of the school. Anyone who
wishes access to the school once the school day has begun—parents, Peel board staff and visitors—will request entry by pressing
the buzzer. Staff in the main office will be able to see and speak to the person, and release the door lock to provide access.
We have had the practice for Peel schools that outside doors, with the exception of the front door, would be locked during the
school day. While we acknowledge that locking doors will not in itself prevent all risks to the safety of students and staff, it is an
important step in providing an additional level of security.
Thank you for your continued support for the safety and well-being of all students and staff in our schools.
Nutritious lunches help children learn Please keep in mind that Aloma is a nut free environment.
All lunches and snacks sent to school should be nut free.
Use Canada’s Food Guide to help your child get nutrients and energy needed to have a successful school day.
Try to give your child some choice about what to take for lunch. If possible, get your child involved in preparing meals.
Give your child a variety of healthy choices. Keeping your child interested in lunch is the first step to making sure it is eaten.
Make the food easy to eat. If it will take your child a few minutes to unwrap a sandwich, it may be skipped.
Resist the temptation to routinely send sweets, pop, chips and cookies in your child's lunch. Save treats for special occasions.
Try to avoid fast food or pre-packaged, convenience lunches, which are often high in salt and fat.
Do your best to role model healthy eating behaviours for your family.
To speak to a registered dietitian about healthy food choices, call EatRight Ontario at 1-877-510-5102. For more information about
the policy, visit http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/healthyschools.
Follow us on Social Media
Social media is the easiest and fastest way to stay connected to the amazing things happening in the Peel District School Board.
Follow @Peelschools on Twitter to:
learn about our schools and programs
find out if buses are cancelled during bad weather
share the Peel smile Follow @Peelschools on Instagram where we share motivational and inspirational #PeelProud moments. Follow Peel Schools on Facebook at www.facebook.com/peelschools
Time for school - A parent’s guide
to reporting school absences
All parents/guardians of elementary students need to
report their children's absences or late arrivals from
school via our automated School Messenger SafeArrival
system.
Use one of the following methods to set-up your new
SafeArrival account. Please ensure the number and email
address that you are using to report your child’s absenc-
es are those that we have on file at the school.
SchoolMessenger app (free from Apple or Google
Play) Download the SchoolMessenger app.
Tap Sign Up to create your account
Web and Mobile Web: go.schoolmessenger.ca
Go to the above website
Click Sign Up to create your account
Interactive Toll-free Phone
Call the toll-free number: 1-855-209-6155
Listen to and follow the instructions to report an
absence
As always, please report your child’s absences before the
start of the school day. Late arrivals and/or early
departures should be reported as soon as possible. If your
child’s absence is not reported in advance, the automated
notification system will contact you and will provide an
opportunity to verify the absence. By reporting your child
absent in advance on the SafeArrival toll-free number,
website or SchoolMessenger mobile app, you will not
receive a call.
As always, if you have any questions or require any
assistance, please contact the school.
Help your family stay warm this winter
Canada Safety Council recommends the following tips for staying
comfortable and preventing hypothermia when working or play-
ing outdoors:
Wear a warm hat—most body heat is lost through the head.
Children should keep an extra hat at school.
Wear layered clothing. Layers allow warm air to stay trapped
around the body.
Protect your feet and hands. Wear loose waterproof boots. If
the boots have liners, carry an extra pair to replace damp ones
or take an extra pair of socks. Invest in thick socks to keep your
feet warm. Mittens are warmer than gloves. Carry an extra
pair of mittens to school, on outings, etc.
Prevent dehydration and exhaustion, which can lead to hypo-
thermia. Drink plenty of fluids and pace yourself when doing
vigorous activities.
Stay fit by exercising and eating well—people who are fit are
less susceptible to hypothermia.
If you stay indoors, avoid moving from a hot environment to a
cold one. Excessive sweating caused from an extreme change
in temperature increases the risk of developing hypothermia.
Eat high-energy food such as nuts and raisins. A balanced diet
will also help keep you warm and healthy in the winter.
If you are travelling (on the road or in the wilderness) carry
emergency supplies
School Council Every School has a school council, a group focused on helping students succeed. Councils provide a voice for parents and/or
guardians as well as the community, and offer advice to the school principal on a number of topics.
Our next council meeting of this school year will be on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019. We will hold two identical meetings in
the library: one during the day at 9:10 am and an evening meeting at 5:45 pm.
If you would like to know more about our council, please contact:
Our principal, Karen Rocca, or
Our school council co-chairs at [email protected]
Minding Your Mindset From the PDSB Mental Health Resource Team
With the beginning of a new year, you may be thinking about the resolutions and goals you want to set for both you and your family. Your mind is a powerful force that has the potential to help you exceed even your loftiest goals, but it also has the potential to
hinder you from reaching your goals. It’s all a matter of mindset.
What Do You Mean By Mindset?
“Mindset” refers to a series of beliefs that people hold about themselves and the world. It’s the reason peo-ple think and act the way they do and it influences their outlook on life. Your mindset has a big impact on your overall wellbeing and sense of achievement in life.
Types of Mindset
There are two different types of mindsets. People who possess more of a growth mindset are likely to stick with a task even when it proves difficult. They tend to believe that they can learn and develop through dedi-cation and hard work. They are also more likely to: Welcome challenges
Be open to new ways of learning
View mistakes as opportunities for learning
Recognize their weaknesses and work to improve them
People who possess more of a fixed mindset are likely to shy away from challenges. They tend to believe that traits like intelligence or talent are set at birth, and as a result, likely unchangeable. They are also likely to: Engage in negative self-talk (“I can’t”)
Avoid tasks where there is a risk of failing
Struggle to accept setbacks
Try to hide or justify their mistakes
Changing Your Mindset Is Possible
Feel like you could be stuck in a fixed mindset? Here are some tips for developing a growth mindset. Instead of “I can’t do it,” try “I can’t do it…yet.” If you believe that you can, you have a better chance at
succeeding, even if it doesn’t happen right away.
Challenge accepted! The next time you are faced with a tricky task, try to embrace it. You might struggle
along the way, but each new try will lead to more success.
Work hard. Many of the goals you set for yourself won’t come easily. They will require hard work. But,
when you work hard for something, the rewards feel really good.
Setbacks are opportunities for learning. Believe it or not! Making a mistake does not mean you have
failed, but you may need a different strategy. Achieving perfection on the first try is often unrealistic.
Be open to new ways of doing things. By tackling a challenge in a new way, you may be very surprised
(and happy) with the outcome.
For updates and to follow along with the work of the PDSB Mental Health Resource Team, find them on Twitter @MHRTPeel.
Adapted from Reach Out Australia (2018).
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Winter Break—Students return to school on January 7th, 2019.