Message from the school: Community Update Oct. 30 – Nov. 3

St. Anthony Catholic School Community Update
October 30th – November 3rd

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Progress Reports for students in Grades 1 to 6 will be sent home this Wednesday. You will be hearing soon from your child’s teachers regarding Parent Teacher Interviews, which will take place on the evening of Thursday, November 9th.


Tuesday, October 31st is Halloween - Orange & Black Day - Students in Grades 1 to 6.will wear orange and black and are asked not to wear costumes to school that day. Only our kindergarten students will wear their costumes on that day.

Thursday is Mathletes at St. Anthony - a full day of math activities in our gym for Grades 2 to 6. Some of our former students, currently at Notre Dame HS, will join us that day as math leaders! We are looking forward to a great day of learning!

Please see the list below of upcoming events in our school.

Have a great week!
Ms AB
Principal
St. Anthony Catholic School

Upcoming Events

Tuesday, October 31st - Halloween

 Kindergarten students wear costumes at school
 Grades 1 to 6 will wear Orange and Black at school
 Intramural Soccer at lunch hour in gym
 Knitting & Crochet Club at lunch hour


Wednesday, November 1st

 Progress Reports (Grades 1 to 6) will be sent home
 Rosary visits to classes
 Pingpong/Badminton Club in gym@3:00 pm – Grades 4,5,6


Thursday, November 2nd

 Mathletes – a special full day of math activities in our gym
for students – former St. Anthony students will be our math leaders!
 Thursday Recycle Day
 Piano Lessons at lunch hour in book room
 Intramural Soccer at lunch hour in gym
 French choir practice last recess


Tuesday, November 7th

 Grade 5/6 class to Museum of Nature
 Soccer Intramurals in gym
 Knitting & Crochet club


Wednesday, November 8th

 School Council Meeting – 6:00 pm in Learning Commons
 Pingpong/Badminton Club in gym@3:00 pm – Grades 4,5,6


Thursday, November 9th

 Parent Teacher Interview Evening
 English choir practice last recess

Message from the school: Water testing

Dear Parent/Guardian,                                                               October 20th, 2017

Over the course of this summer, all 1,173 of our designated water fixtures (89 schools) were sampled and tested and only 27 (2.3%) exceeded the Provincial Standards on the flushed sample. All of the designated fixtures at our school passed.

Since 2007, the Ontario government has been requiring child care centres and schools to flush the plumbing in their facilities and test drinking water for lead. New amendments to Ontario regulation 243/07 took effect July 1, 2017 that require lead testing within these facilities for all designated fixtures used to provide drinking water and/or prepare food or drink for children under 18.

The Ontario drinking water quality standard for lead is 10 micrograms per litre. This standard is based on a national guideline set by Health Canada. School Boards and Child Care Centres have three years in which to phase in the new sampling and testing procedures.

At OCSB we elected to complete sampling and testing of designated fixtures across the entire district this summer. In consultation with the School Principal, the Planning and Facilities Department is responsible for sampling, testing and implementing remedial action if and where required. Any water fixture that is available to persons under the age 18 that is not designated for drinking, or the making of food or drink will be posted with a sign illustrating that it is not to be used for those purposes. Principals, teachers, support staff and Child Care Supervisors and staff are aware of these protocols and are expected to communicate them to students.

If a child care centre or school gets a drinking water test result that is above the Provincial Standards for lead, the local Medical Officer of Health will issue a water advisory notice and consult with Planning and Facilities on corrective actions to be taken. When the Planning and Facilities receives an advisory the fixture in question is no longer accessible to students. After corrective action (flushing, removal/replacement of the fixture) and additional sampling and testing shows that the fixture is within Provincial Standards the local Medical Officer of Health lifts the advisory and the fixture is made available. These local processes have been in place since 2007 and are working well.

Again, we are pleased to inform you that all designated fixtures for drinking water, making of food and drink tested satisfactory at our school. The results will soon be available to the public at our school.

Please contact me if you have any questions regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

Cindy Aldrich-Braddon

Principal

Message from the school: Update Oct 16-20

St. Anthony Catholic School Community Update

October 16th– 20th

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Thank you to all of our parents who attended our School Council Meeting last week after school. We spent most of our time planning the first event of the year, our Family Halloween Party, which will take place on Thursday, October 26th at 4:00 – 6:00 pm in the gym. We’ll have various stations that students and their parents can visit, including a pumpkin craft table, a Halloween Cake Raffle, and face painting too. All students are encouraged to wear their Halloween costumes that evening. If you wish to volunteer for this event, we would be happy to accept your help. Simply respond to this email and we will get back to you. 

Our next School Council Meeting will take place on Wednesday, November 8th at 6:00 pm. Pizza and babysitting will be provided. 

On that note, on Tuesday, October 31st, the actual day of Halloween, kindergarten students are asked to wear their Halloween costumes to school. We ask that students in Grades 1 to 6 not wear their costumes to school and instead, wear orange and black on that day. 

Take note that Photo Retake Day takes place next Monday, October 23rd. 

Also, please reserve the evening of Thursday, November 9th as it our Parent Teacher Interview Night. More information will follow on that. 

See below for important upcoming events in our school.

Have a great week!

Ms AB

Principal

St. Anthony Catholic School

Upcoming Events

Monday, October 16th

 Students learn how to play Gaelic Football – Coach Angie

Tuesday, October 17th

 IEP’s go home 

Wednesday, October 18th

 Girls and Boys Gaelic Football

Monday, October 23rd

 Photo Retake Day

Thursday, October 26th

 Family Halloween Party in gym, 4:00 – 6:00 pm

 Recycling Thursdays

Wednesday, November 1st

 Progress Reports (Grades 1 to 6) will be sent home

Thursday, November 2nd

 Mathletes – a special full day math activity in gym for students – former St. Anthony students will be our math leaders!

Wednesday, November 8th

 School Council Meeting – 6:00 pm in Learning Commons

Thursday, November 9th

 Parent Teacher Interview evening

Event: Advocating for Your Child with Special Needs

Advocating for Your Child with Special Needs

Would you like to learn how to advocate more effectively for your child with special needs?

Louise McGoey, former chair of the Ottawa Catholic SEAC (Special Education Advisory Committee), will provide participants with strategies for effective advocacy.  Learn about the importance of knowing what your goals are for your child, how to communicate effectively with school and board staff and how to prepare for productive meetings.  Presented by SEAC and CSPA.

Register Now: bit.ly/CSPAadvocacy17

Thursday, November 30, 2017

7:00 - 8:45 PM

Thomas D’Arcy McGee Catholic School

Event: Workshops for Parents of Children with Special Needs

Special Education and Your Child - Workshops for Parents of Children with Special Needs

Workshop session descriptions: you may choose 2 options from sessions 1 - 4 (each is 1-hour in length) or choose only #5 (2-hour session)

1. Social Emotional Learning (SEL) strategies & SEL language​ in the classrooms

2. Deep Learning: learning environments for students with special needs

3. Individualized Education Plans (IEP’s) - Unlocking the Curriculum

4. Literacy and Numeracy for Students with ADHD

5. Assistive Technology (2-hour session)

Register Now: bit.ly/CSPA_SpecEd17

Monday, November 6, 2017

6:30 - 9:00 PM

Notre Dame High School

Message from School: Gr. 5/6 Bake Sale Fundraiser Tuesday, Oct 13th

Dear Parents/Guardians:

The Grade 5/6 class is having a Bake Sale fundraiser tomorrow, on Tuesday, October 13th. All proceeds will go to earthquake and hurricane victims in Mexico and Puerto Rico. We appreciate your support on this!

Sincerely,
Ms AB
Principal
St Anthony Catholic School

Message from the school - Oct 10, 2017

St. Anthony Catholic School Community Update

October 10th– October 13th

Please see our upcoming events listed below!

We hope you can make it!

Ms AB

Principal

St. Anthony Catholic School

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Upcoming Events

Wednesday, October 11th

 Swim to Survive – Grade 3 – 1pm

Thursday, October 12th

 Cross Country Running Meet at Terry Fox

 First Day of Poppa Jack Popcorn sales!

 School Council Meeting @3:10 – 4:10 pm in Learning Commons – All welcome- Free Babysitting & Snacks provided

Friday, October 13th

 First Pizza Day

Tuesday, October 17th

 Bake Sale by our Grade 5/6 class- proceeds go to Red Cross Relief for earthquake and hurricane victims

School Council Meeting - 12 oct 2017

St Anthony School Council Meeting - October 12, 201

Thank you all for attending the school council meeting. Note that the next meeting will be on November 8, 2017 at 6pm. Find below a summary of what was discussed on the October meeting.

Principal’s Report

1. Piano Lessons are being offered at St Anthony. Rebecca Dunk of Little Green Studios spoke at the meeting about the benefits of music education.  She has a BAchelor of Music and is offering piano lessons at St Anthony School during the lunch hour. Contact rebdunkmusic@gmail.com, or inquire at the office.
   
   
2. The school’s new anti bullying program, WITS, was discussed. The program is aimed at helping students to gain conflict resolution skills, and to learn what to do if they are being bothered or bullied.

Items of discussion

1. NAC - Hack Lab has been booked for the 4,5, and 6 students. Vivaldi is in the works tentatively for grades 1, 2, and 3. We’re looking at an onsite program for the kinders. All programming includes an onsite visit from the NAC ahead of the show to give the students a greater appreciation for the production.
   
   
2. Parents were reminded to sign up for School Cash Online if they haven’t already.
   
   
3. Discussion on tardiness and absents. Tardiness and absenteeism is a problem at this school. How do we motivate families to get their kids to school on time? Ideas?
   
   

Halloween Party

Date set for October 26 between 4 pm to 6 pm. The success of the Halloween Party hinges on whether we get enough volunteers. The more help we get the better the party! Please volunteer to help.

Volunteer opportunities

1. Decorating/Setup. (Students, Ally, Sophie, Sarah)
2. Cleanup. (Volunteers needed)
3. Cash/Entry (Natacha, Lucie)
4. Costco/Dollarama(Sarah)

Party Activity Stations

Feedback from students after last year’s party was that there weren’t enough activities. This year we’ll set up stations that the students can visit with a different activity at each. If anyone has an idea for a budget friendly, not very messy station send us your ideas. Currently planned stations below still need some volunteers.

1. Mystery Box (Sarah)
2. Candy Guess (M. Chartrand)
3. Bite the Apple (Shea)
4. Fish Pond (Mrs. AB)
5. Cake Bake Off (Mrs. AB, Ally, Shea, Sarah)
6. Teacher/Parent costume contest (Everyone!)
7. Pumpkin decorating (Sophie)
8. Face paint (Paula, Shea)
9. Green Screen Costume Photo ( M. Manchiesi)

Mrs AB has arranged for a student DJ. She’ll bring her own equipment.

Council will provide chips and juice boxes.

Admission $2 - same as last year

Parents must accompany their children and are responsible for their behaviour.

Everyone is invited to wear a costume, but no masks nor weapons please.

Thank you all fo attending the meeting. See you at the next meeting on November 8, 2017 at 6pm.

Have a great week,

Sarah and Natacha
Co-Chairs, St. Anthony School Councilemail: stanthonyschoolcouncil@gmail.comblog: https://stanthonyschoolcouncil.blogspot.ca/

Message from the school: 1-oct-2017

St. Anthony Catholic School

Community Update 

October 2nd- 6th

Dear Parents/Guardians,

We started off the week off on Monday with Photo Day. Tuesday was our Annual Toonies for Terry Fox Walk. All students from JK to 6 walked together for the cause! We exceeded our fundraising goal, and as promised, Ms AB received a face paint makeover from our Grade 6 students! On Wednesday, Ms McCord, our math partner, visited some of our math classes and worked with both teachers and students on mathematics. And on the same day our Boys Soccer Team headed to St. Gemma for their tournament. Way to go boys! We ended the week with our Terry Fox Assembly. Many thanks to Ms Coliaicovo and Ms Troccoli as well as the rest of the staff for all their
hard work on this initiative!

We are greatly relieved to move into this week with cooler temperatures. Parents are welcome to join us for our WITS assembly on Tuesday morning in the gym and for our Thanksgiving Mass on Thursday morning at St. Anthony Church. Please take note that this coming Friday is a PD Day and that Monday is Thanksgiving. There will be no school on both Friday and Monday.

Coming up the following week, all parents are invited to our School Council Meeting (oct. 12) at 3:10 – 4:10 pm in the Learning Commons. Babysitting and snacks will be provided throughout the meeting.

Have a wonderful week!

Ms AB
Principal
St. Anthony Catholic School

Upcoming Events

Tuesday, October 3rd @8:45 am in gym

 WITS kickoff Assembly
 See www.witsprogram.ca for more details
 Our Green Team and our Soccer teams will also be recognized at this assembly – as well as all of our students who have arrived on time so far this year!
 Parents welcome!


Wednesday, October 2nd

 Swim to Survive – Grade 3 at Plant Bath Pool – 1:00 pm
 Parent volunteers would be appreciated


Thursday, October 5th

 Thanksgiving Mass–St. Anthony Catholic Church@9:00 am
 Parents welcome!
 Recycle Thursday!


Friday, October 6th

 PD Day – no school on this day


Monday, October 9th

 Thanksgiving Day – no school on this day


Wednesday, October 11th

 Swim to Survive – Grade 3 – 1pm


Thursday, October 12th

 Cross Country Running Meet at Terry Fox
 Poppa Jack Popcorn
 School Council Meeting @3:10 – 4:10 pm in Learning Commons – All welcome- Free Babysitting
& Snacks provided