HEARD: APPROVED:

At the Board Meeting held on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 7 p.m., the Trustees:
HEARD:
• A presentation about Student Success initiatives by Student Achievement Consultant Jane Flynn-Sammut and
Superintendent of Schools Tim Moloney. The two spoke about the success of the School College Work Initiative,
which assists secondary students in the completion of their Ontario Secondary School Diploma and successful
transition to college, and the work being done at the Board’s four Centres for Success. St. Stephen Catholic Secondary
School Principal Mark Joly and Teacher Tanya Berezuk talked about how this initiative has made a major impact
on students involved at their school and St. Stephen student Katherine Armstrong made an impassioned speech,
outlining how the program helped her turn her academic career around.
• A presentation about New Pedagogies for Deep Learning (NPDL) by Mother Teresa Catholic Elementary School
Principal Frank Bradica. Mother Teresa is among six PVNC schools that are part of a three-year NPDL project.
Mr. Bradica said the initiative is leading to improved student engagement by fostering student voice through
collaborative inquiry, partnering with parents in learning, creating new learning environments and leveraging
technology.
• The election of new PVNCCDSB Student Trustee Gordon McLaughlin of St. Peter Catholic Secondary School,
who will take over from outgoing Student Trustee Courtney Armstrong of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary
School when her current term ends July 31.
APPROVED:
• The proposed Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School student trip to Algonquin Park, on May 25 to May 28,
2015, in principle.
• The proposed Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School student trip to Germany, Switzerland and Italy, on March
10 to March 19, 2016, in principle.
• The proposed Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School student trip to Kawartha Highlands Park, on June 5 to June
7, 2015, in principle.
#PVNClearns
Math Olympics
Schools in all four regions of
the
board
–
Peterborough,
Northumberland, Clarington, and
the City of Kawartha Lakes – sent
teams of four students (two male
and two female) to compete for the
championship.
Problem solving was the focus of
the day. Students needed to exercise
Students from our Catholic schools Catholic Education Centre.
creative thinking and exploration
put their problem solving skills The competition, which began using hands-on materials as they
to the test when more than 80 eight years ago, proved so popular competed in events that spanned all
students
participated
in for Grade 7 and 8 students that the five strands of Mathematics: Number
the
eighth
annual
Ontario board added a parallel competition Sense, Patterning and Algebra,
Mathematics
Olympics
on for Grade 5 and 6 students, now in Geometry, Data Management and
Friday, April 24, 2015 at the its third year.
Measurement.
“The Math Olympics gives students
the opportunity to showcase their
mathematical
thinking
while
spending the day engaged in
collaborative problem solving,”
said Sandra Connolly, Student
Achievement
Consultant
in
Learning Support Services.
Mathletes flex brain muscles
during 8th annual competition
Think Bowl 2015
Collaboration and creativity were
on display Thursday, April 23,
2015 as Peterborough Victoria
Northumberland and Clarington
Catholic District School Board
students participated in Think Bowl
2015 held at the Catholic Education
Centre.
Think Bowl is a problem solving
challenge that allows students
to collaboratively and creatively
address a problem and present a
solution through drama. Teams of
four students at each of the Junior
(grades 4–6) and Intermediate
(grades 7–8) levels call upon each
other’s thinking skills to creatively
solve a given problem.
Students exercised higher level
thinking skills in an atmosphere of
fun and creativity while presenting
their solution through drama to
their peers, teachers and parents.
“Think Bowl is an opportunity for
students to work with a big idea
and put their problem solving skills
to work,” says Jonathan Berlingeri,
Student Achievement Consultant in
Learning Support Services.
“Students get the chance to spend a
whole day tackling one problem, to
work in groups and come up with a
creative solution to a problem. This
type of learning stretches student
thinking, providing them with an
opportunity to address a real world
problem and consider the solutions
offered by their peers.”
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It was a special drum roll for St. Mary’s Elementary in Campbellford during a recent assembly to help celebrate a $10,000 MusiCounts grant that
will bolster the school’s music program. The grant helped the school purchase a Djembe drum, acoustic guitars, a bass guitar, congos, bongo drums,
recorders, saxophones, trumpets and more. Principal Virginia Marini credits music teacher Paula Kirkland for a lot of hard work in pursuing the
grant from MusiCounts, Canada’s music education charity.
St Mary’s choirs earn invitation to Carnegie Hall
Congratulations go out to both St. Mary Catholic Secondary School choirs. The Singers and the Treblemakers competed in the Toronto Heritage
Festival last weekend. The Treblemakers received the Adjudicators Award for Choral Excellence and another award for Top Mark/Outstanding
Choral Group. The Choirs also had an amazing experience singing at the Ed Mirvish Theatre to a hushed crowd and both have an invitation to
sing at Carnegie Hall in New York City next year. Earlier in April, the Treblemakers travelled to L.A. where the choir received a gold rating at the
Heritage Festival of Gold. They will participate through invitation only in Music Fest Canada in Toronto on May 13.
#PVNCserves
Light it up Blue: Holy Cross raises $2,350 for Autism services
In support of World Autism
Awareness Day, the CASA (Centre
for Autism Spectrum Assistance)
classes at Holy Cross Secondary
School in Peterborough hosted their
annual cake auction for Autism
Awareness.
Cakes were donated by staff and
parents and then auctioned off to
period 2 classes.
The class raised $2,350 for
Alternative Community Supports
to help make their programs more
affordable and accessible for Holy
Cross graduates from our CASA
and Learning for Life programs.
Students and staff across the board
also wore blue to support autism
awareness.
Good Shepherd CES celebrates Holy Week
During the month of April, Good
Shepherd Catholic Elementary
School in Courtice celebrated Holy
Week with several events including
a dramatic presentation of the
Stations of the Cross by Mr.
Moriarty’s Grade 8 drama class.
Mrs. McDaniel helped her students
explore the meaning of the last
supper and the washing of feet by
our Lord. Mrs. McDaniel washed
the feet of all her students. It
was a very powerful event in the
classroom.
FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS:
STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Regular Board Meeting
May 26, 2015
6:30 p.m.
Boardroom
Joint PVNCCDSB and KPRDSB
Board Meeting
Chairperson’s Committee
May 4, 2015
7:00 p.m.
May 19, 2015
4:15 p.m.
Clarington Central Secondary
School
Director’s Office
Governance Committee
Policy Development Committee
May 11, 2015
May 19, 2015
6:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
Boardroom
Boardroom
OTHER COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Accessibility for All Committee
May 12, 2015
1:00 p.m.
Boardroom
Audit Committee
TBC
4:00 p.m.
Large Boardroom
Catholic Parent Engagement
Committee
Equity and Inclusive Education
Advisory Committee
Family Life & Religious Education
Committee
First Nation, Métis, and Inuit
Advisory Committee
French as a Second Language
Advisory Committee
Special Education Advisory
Committee
STSCO Governance Meeting
Sept. 21, 2015
6:30 p.m.
Boardroom
Nov. 16, 2015
6:30 p.m.
Large Boardroom
May 25, 2015
6:30 p.m.
Large Boardroom
Sept. 15, 2015
6:30 p.m.
Boardroom
TBC
6:30 p.m.
Boardroom
May 14, 2015
6:30 p.m.
Boardroom
June 3, 2015
3:30 p.m.
STSCO Offices
Student Council Liaison Committee May 26, 2015
4:30 p.m.
Seminar Room
CONFERENCES AND EVENTS (chronological order)
Ontario Catholic School Trustees’
Association Annual General
Meeting and Conference
Catholic Education Week –
“Exploring Paths of Joy”
Catholic Student Leadership
Awards
Ontario Catholic Youth Day,
Province-Wide Mass
Student Leadership Symposium,
Theme: Effective Communicator
CSC Chairs and OAPCE Representatives Social and Recognition
Evening
Ontario Association for Parents in
Catholic Education Conference and
AGM,
April 30 – May 2, 2015
Toronto
May 3-8, 2015
May 6, 2015
7:00 p.m.
Holy Cross Catholic Secondary
School
6:00 p.m.
St. Stephen Catholic Secondary
School
May 7, 2015
May 8, 2015
May 20, 2015
May 29-30, 2015
Pembroke
Canadian Catholic School Trustees’
Association Annual General
Meeting
Centre for Success Completion
Ceremony
Centre for Success Completion
Ceremony
Board Retirement Celebration
June 11, 2015
St. John’s, Newfoundland
June 17, 2015
3:00 p.m.
Fleming College, Peterborough
June 18, 2015
1:00 p.m.
Durham College, Oshawa
November 6, 2015
6:00 p.m.
Peterborough Golf and Country
Club
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