June 13, 2012 - TMS Community

June 13, 2012
HEADLINES
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the Head of School
Toddler Graduation and Transition
Ceremonies June 15th
Parents of all Toddler students and
transitioning students in the Children’s
House, Elementary and College are invited
to join us on Friday, June 15 at the Bayview
Campus as follows:
All Toddler students will be celebrated in the
Toddler Playroom at the following times:
ƒ 8:45 am for students in class 215
ƒ 10:30 am for students in class 213
ƒ 11:00 am for students in class 218
Children’s House students transitioning to grade 1 will begin their
celebration at 9:30 am in the gymnasium. Parents of transitioning
Children’s House students are invited to join us at this time.
Grade 3, 6 and 10 students transitioning to the next level will begin
their celebration at 1:30 pm. Parents of these students are invited to
join us at this time in the Bayview Campus gymnasium.
ƒ Grade 3 (Lower Elementary) into grade 4 (Upper Elementary)
ƒ Grade 6 (Upper Elementary ) into grade 7(IB Middle Years
Programme)
ƒ Grade 10 (IB Middle Years Programme) into grade 11 (IB
Diploma Programme)
The following details apply for all:
ƒ Parking onsite will be very limited. Parents should expect to
park across the street in the Loblaw’s parking lot
ƒ This is a formal uniform day for all students who normally wear
formal uniform
ƒ College students are to report to the Bayview Campus Studio
at 12:45
ƒ There are no classes at the Elgin Mills Campus on June 15
ƒ Report cards will be issued at the end of the student’s day for
all TMS students
ƒ All students are to be picked up from the Bayview Campus
We have planned the day to ensure that
parents can attend all ceremonies in which
they have children. If you have questions,
please contact us so that we may assist you.
We look forward to our parents joining us on
this special day.
DATES TO
REMEMBER
June 14
College Year End
Celebration Dinner &
Dance (Parents, Students
& Staff Tickets on Sale at
Elgin Mills Main Office)
June 15
Last Day of School
Report Cards Go Home
Toddler Graduation
Ceremony
Year End Transition
Ceremonies: Children’s
House at 9:30 am & Grade
3, 6 and 10 from
1:00 to 3:30 pm
June 19
College Used Book Sale
9:00 am to noon
June 20
Camp Open House
6:00 – 8:00 pm
June 25
Toddler Summer Program
& Summer Camp Begin
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REMINDER: Emergency Information & Pizza Forms are Due Friday June 15 th
Please remember to hand in your Emergency Information and Health History form and Pizza Lunches
form by Friday June 15th. All students re-enrolled for September 2012 received packages with an
Emergency Information and Health History form and Pizza Lunches form last week.
ƒ Bayview Campus students received the package in the Thursday (June 7) circulation envelope
ƒ Elgin Mills Campus students were mailed the forms last week
Are You Interested in Assisting With Fundraising at TMS?
TMS School is a not-for-profit independent school which relies on the support and leadership of our
families to help with fundraising initiatives that support the growth of the School. Families have recently
supported us with the Annual Giving Program that has enabled the School to purchase items such as
new picnic tables for the Toddler Program; digital cameras for each Children’s House classroom; new
athletic uniforms for our sports teams from the Elementary level and above; and microscopes and
digital weighing scales at the College Program. Our families have also supported the Capital Campaign
allowing us to perform needed enhancements at the Bayview Campus as well as the construction of
the Elgin Mills Campus.
As part of our commitment to ongoing improvement, TMS is planning to continue the process of
renewal at the Bayview Campus over the coming years. In addition, as a result of ongoing growth at
the College we are also planning for the construction of a second phase at the Elgin Mills Campus. We
are currently looking for members of the TMS community to share their expertise and efforts as we
continue our fundraising efforts. If you are interested in serving as a member of an Ad hoc Volunteer
Fundraising Committee please contact me, Glenn Zederayko, at 905-889-6882 or at
[email protected] . I would be pleased to talk to you more about your interest in assisting
TMS in this manner.
Upper
Elementary
Students
participated in
the Concours
Oratoire
On June 6, 2012,
students showcased
their written and verbal
attributes and abilities
through speeches on
topics of interest in
French.
All participants were
recognized by
Dr. Zederayko and the
French department for
their efforts.
Have a safe and fun
summer!
Bonnes vacances!
ACADEMICS
Children’s House Open
House
Children’s House full-day students have
invited their parents to the classrooms
on various days in June to show them
the Montessori materials they are
working with, listen to songs and enjoy
a light refreshment. The students in
their final year of Children’s House have
also been practising a short “musical”,
The Three Little Pigs, for their parents to
enjoy under the direction of our music
specialist, Erin Hill.
Photo: The parents of students in Class
107 enjoyed this experience last week.
The 12th Chinese Arts and Literary Contest
for Youth - An interview with Kitty Yu
David Gu: What is your name?
Kitty: Kitty Yu
David: What was the contest that you were involved in called?
Kitty: It was an art contest put on by the Association of Chinese Arts and Literary
Contest for Youth
David: What did you have to do?
Kitty: I had to practice painting many times and then on the day of the contest I had
to paint it. They gave me a topic which was “Something Beautiful”.
David: When was this contest?
Kitty: I competed in this contest in March and recently received my results.
David: What did you end up painting?
Kitty: I had to paint “Something Beautiful” so I chose sailboats on the water.
David: What were your results?
Kitty: I received second place and an award for excellence.
Kitty Yu and David Gu, Grade 6 Students
Planning Ahead
We have already begun some planning for our Children’s House In-House Visits and Field Trips for the
2012/13 academic year. If you have any suggestions for venues or classroom visitors that are
appropriate for 3-6 year old students, please e-mail me directly at [email protected].
We have currently booked an in-house visit with a nutritionist in October and a field trip on the morning
of Friday November 23rd to the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts. The children will be
delighted with a musical production by Theatreworks USA. The show, entitled If You Give a Mouse a
Cookie, will entertain the children with a series of mini-musicals based on a number of popular
children’s books; for example, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Amazing Grace, Borreguita and The
Coyote and Imogene’s Antlers to name a few.
Carolyn Reid, Head of Children’s House
Bringing Food to
Our Table
The students in class 303 enjoyed
learning about all the steps involved in
bringing food from the farm to our
table. The halls were filled with the
wonderful smell of freshly-baked
bread. The students all enjoyed the
yummy experience.
Used College Text
Book Sale
at the Elgin Mills
Campus
on
June 19
9:00 am to noon
TMS Leads the Way to Ottawa!
The last few weeks spent at TMS were filled with a nervous energy. The grade 7 and 8 students were
jittery with excitement through all of their classes, often resulting in annoyed and frustrated teachers.
But no one could blame us for our excitement. We were finally going off on our highly-anticipated road
trip to Ottawa! The bags were packed, the teary ‘goodbye’ kisses over with (finally!) and the seventyfive of us, plus nine teachers, loaded our two coach buses and were on our way. We stopped at
Kingston, where we took a tour of Fort Henry, a military base used during the War of 1812, as well a
boat tour of the 1000 Islands, which was a thrilling experience, especially for the few of us who had
never been on a boat before!
Finally we arrived in Ottawa. We were exhausted from our tours of Kingston’s finest, and stopped at
the “Aboriginal Experience” on Victoria Island for dinner. There, we learned about the different
aboriginal peoples. Our guide, Jason, told us all about the varied culture and traditions of our First
Nations people. After munching on surprisingly tasty strawberry juice and buffalo burgers, we finally
arrived at our hotel.
The next days were spent touring Ottawa, seeing the embassies and the Governor General’s comfy
home. We zip-lined our way over the forests of Quebec and crawled through caverns and tunnels
deep inside the earth, which was a gripping experience for all of us. We toured the Parliament
Buildings and were honoured to meet MP Deepak Obhrai, the Parliamentary Secretary for the Minister
of Defence. We visited the ByWard Market, the War Museum, and the Museum of Civilization,
uncovering little bits and pieces of Canada’s history along the way. We spent evening at San Marco
with other students from all over Canada and the United States. We even got our teachers to dance
with us!
And finally, it was time for us to go home. As much as we loved Ottawa, I could see we were all a little
homesick, so I guess our leave was perfectly timed. After saying goodbye to our lovely tour guides,
Megan and Laurent, we packed our bags and boarded our coach.
Renata Popov, Grade 8 Student
“I flew through the air hearing the buzz of the pulley against the zip-line. My heart was racing as
the wind blew past me, and for a moment I felt like I was flying...It was one of the best
experiences of my life.” Divya Vaghela, Grade 8 Student
CITIZENSHIP
Books with
Wings
Members of the Friends of the
Community collected over 300
books with the help of the TMS
community for the Books with
Wings project that provides books
for First Nation children who live in
isolated Canadian communities.
Well done TMS!
Helping Hands
Last week, the Lower
Elementary students readied
the garden beds for the Upper
Elementary students.
TMS & TMI SYNERGY
TMS Children’s House students in Class
107 participate in a felting lesson with
TMI Senior Trainer, Maureen Pesner, as
they create a beautiful keepsake.
ATHLETICS
Athletic Awards Ceremony
MVPs
Athletic Awards Assembly
TMS celebrated our School Athletics Awards Assembly at the Elgin Mills Campus on Monday.
The event was emceed by College students, Justin Herman (grade 9), Drake Drieberg (grade 11)
and TMS Class of 2012 graduate, Paul Vaitkus.
The Tiger and Titan Award for Athletics is awarded to the player who best represents what
TMS Athletics is all about. Tigers are known to be fiercely determined and tenacious. The
definition of Titan is “a person of exceptional importance and reputation”. This year, we gave out
one Tiger or Titan award per athletic team.
Award
Recipient
Award
Recipient
U14 Ultimate Frisbee
Titan
U20 Ultimate Frisbee
Titan
Julia Helal
Adriene DonkinVerschuren
U10 Co-ed Outdoor
Soccer Tiger
U10 Co-ed Outdoor
Soccer Tiger
U10 Cross-Country Tiger
Daniel Baldassarra
U12 Indoor Soccer Tiger
Julia Zamparo
U12 Cross-Country Tiger
Kathleen Fitzpatrick
Michael Silva-Ayala
U14 Cross-Country Titan
Seth Kerbel
U12 Co-ed Outdoor
Soccer Tiger
U14 Cross-Country Titan
Janessa Ayala Angumba
U14 Boys Soccer Titan
Ario Sarafraz
U20 Cross-Country Titan
Chris Ayala Angumba
U14 Girls Soccer Titan
Olivia DiFiore
U20 Cross-Country Titan
Akshina Taploo
U10 Co-Ed Basketball
Tiger
U10 Co-Ed Basketball
Tiger
U12 Co-Ed Basketball
Tiger
Joshua Martins
Ryan Thomas
Mikael Killian
Jr. Boys Ball Hockey
Tiger
U14 Girls Ball Hockey
Titan
U14 Boys Ball Hockey
Titan
Matthew Zamparo
Alvin Poon
Christian Melatti
Anika Khemani
Teddy Nikolaou
U20 Ball Hockey Titan
Justin Herman
U12 Badminton Tiger
Talia Ng
U14 Badminton Titan
Sasha Blay
U20 Badminton Titan
Briana Wong
U12 Track and Field Tiger
Nikhil Samant
Adriene DonkinVerschuren
U14 Track and Field Titan
Marylin Rowswell
U14 Boys Volleyball Titan
Ryan Chu
U14 Track and Field Titan
Ryan Chu
U20 Boys Volleyball Titan
Dominic Humphrey
U20 Track and Field Titan
Amish Taploo
U20 Ice Hockey Titan
Justin Herman
U14 Swimming Titan
Evans Lai
U20 Track and Field Titan
Carolina Mesrop
U14 Swimming Titan
Melissa Hayalioglu
U14 Softball Titan
Jacob Martins
Elementary Bowling Tiger
Kathleen Fitzpatrick
U20 Softball Titan
Amish Taploo
U20 Bowling Titan
Aurash Navabi
U14 Golf Titan
U16 Golf Titan
Karson Kowalchuk
Melissa Ramnauth
U14 Curling Titan
Marylin Rowswell
U20 Curling Titan
Hanaa Begum Jadavji
U14 Girls Basketball Titan
Janessa Ayala Angumba
U20 Girls Basketball Titan
Akshina Taploo
U14 Boys Basketball Titan
Jacob Martins
U16 Boys Basketball Titan
Arman Olfat
U20 Boys Basketball
Titan
Paul Vaitkus
U14 Girls Volleyball Titan
Janessa Ayala Angumba
U20 Girls Volleyball Titan
Specific mention should go to our male and female athletes of the year. We
awarded three awards at each age level – Most Improved Athlete, Most
Sportsmanlike Athlete and Athlete of the Year.
U10 Most Improved Male Athlete
U10 Most Improved Female Athlete
Cristian Nunno
Sharon Liu
U12 Most Improved Female Athlete
U12 Most Improved Male Athlete
U14 Most Improved Male Athlete
U14 Most Improved Female Athlete
U16 Most Improved Male Athlete
U16 Most Improved Female Athlete
U20 Most Improved Male Athlete
U20 Most Improved Female Athlete
U10 Most Sportsmanlike Male Athlete
U10 Most Sportsmanlike Female Athlete
U12 Most Sportsmanlike Female Athlete
U12 Most Sportsmanlike Male Athlete
U14 Most Sportsmanlike Male Athlete
U14 Most Sportsmanlike Female Athlete
U16 Most Sportsmanlike Male Athlete
U16 Most Sportsmanlike Female Athlete
U20 Most Sportsmanlike Male Athlete
U20 Most Sportsmanlike Female Athlete
U10 Male Athlete of the Year
U10 Female Athlete of the Year
U12 Male Athlete of the Year
U12 Female Athlete of the Year
U14 Male Athlete of the Year
U14 Female Athlete of the Year
U16 Male Athlete of the Year
U16 Female Athlete of the Year
U20 Male Athlete of the Year
U20 Female Athlete of the Year
Madison Muzzo
Michael Silva-Ayala
Carlo Baldassarra
Anika Khemani
Mackenzie Reid
Melissa Ramnauth
Aki Erenberg
Sabina Strashun
Gauthaman Ramesh
Alexis Mah
Julia Zamparo
Vipul Gupta
Karson Kowalchuk
Sasha Blay
Amish Taploo
Avery Donkin-Verschuren
Drake Drieberg
Akshina Taploo
Daniel Baldassarra
Jasmine Lo
Chase Drieberg
Kathleen Fitzpatrick
Ario Sarafraz
Janessa Ayala Angumba
Christopher Ayala Angumba
Muriam Fancy
Paul Vaitkus
Adriene Donkin-Verschuren
TMS School would also like to acknowledge the tireless effort and
commitment of our coaches. Without their help, teams would not be possible.
We would like to specially acknowledge two parent coaches who shared their
expertise and time to run teams at the College – Mr. Michael Maskery and
Mr. Rui Martins.
On behalf of the Athletics Departments at both campuses, congratulations to
all our athletes for a fantastic athletic year.
Congratulations to all the award winners for their personal achievements. We
wish you a great summer. PLAY HARD.
Annual Giving Update
Student athletes premiered the new Athletic Uniforms for both campuses at the recent Athletic
Awards Assembly held at the Elgin Mills Campus. All uniforms were purchased through the generous
donations made by families supporting this year’s TMS Annual Giving Program.
Thank you TMS Community!
TMS Soccer Challenge
Parents, TMS Alumni, members of this year’s graduating class, and staff played an extremely
enjoyable and competitive game of soccer at this year’s TMS Soccer Challenge. Thanks to all of
the players for making it so much fun!
The Importance of Play
The beautiful weather has arrived and I hope it is here to stay! With a desire to be outside in the
sunshine and warm temperatures, I am reminded of the joys of childhood play. It is interesting that
most of us do not remember the details of how we learned to read or write, but we remember all of
the games we played with our families and during recess at school.
With today’s hectic lives we are finding it challenging to establish healthy lifestyle patterns for our
children (and ourselves). The Family Guide to Physical Activity provided by Health Canada states that
“one half of Canadian children are not active enough for healthy growth and development.” We need
to value the importance of play by changing our lifestyles to incorporate fun and physical activity. The
results will be people enjoying greater overall physical and emotional health, a balanced life and the
establishment of family traditions. Organized sports are wonderful; however, it is also important to
provide young children with unstructured time for imagination and exploration. This can be
accomplished with simple measures like taking a family walk after dinner to the local park and playing
I Spy during the journey. Sharing favourite games from our childhood is another way to excite children
(and ourselves) about play; for example, skipping, double dutch, hopscotch, What Time is it Mr. Wolf?
and increasing their repertoire of songs, riddles and incantations, that were previously passed on to us
by oral tradition.
Studies reveal that children who are more physically active are also more intellectually fit. “Being active
feeds the brain, giving active children an academic advantage over their peers who are more
sedentary.” (Dr. Mark Tremblay, Active Healthy Kids Canada). By providing our children with an
enriched education at TMS and coupling this with wonderful play time at home we are providing our
children with a clear advantage and setting them up for success in all areas of their lives!
Carolyn Reid, Head of Children’s House
Toddler Pool Day
Elementary Field Day
College House Games
TMS Extracurricular Programs Fall Session 2012 - 2013
NEW exciting Extracurricular Programs as well as old favourites will begin the week of
September 24. Please note that the Full Year Programs will start and end on the
same days as the term programs. For planning purposes, please review the
programs listed below. Further details will be outlined in our Brochure which will be
available in early September and the programs will run based on sufficient numbers.
Please submit your enrolment form on or before the Deadline Date. This will assist us
to determine if sufficient numbers have been reached to conduct the program.
Sylvia Lombardo, Coordinator, Extracurricular Programs [email protected]
FULL YEAR PROGRAMS
Mandarin
Italian
4:00 - 5:30 pm
4:00 - 5:30 pm
Mondays and Wednesdays Beginner
Tuesdays - Level 1 & 2
Thursdays - Level 3 & 3 advanced
Wednesdays Grades 1- 6
Friends of the Community
Chess
Day and time depends on Chess
Level
Full-Year or 10 Week Option
available at recess and after-school
lessons
See brochure for details.
Greek
4:00 – 5:30 pm
Tuesdays –
Thursdays
Grades 1 - 3
Twice Monthly. First meeting on
Wednesday September 26
Grades 3 & 4
10 WEEK PROGRAMS
Monday
Table Tennis
Age/Grade
Grades 2 – 6
Time
4:00 - 5:30 pm
Grades 1 - 6
Ages 3 - 5
Children’s House
Ages 4 - 6
12:15 - 1:00 pm
4:00 - 5:00 pm
4:00 - 5:00 pm
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Grades 1-3
Ages 4 & 5
4:00 - 5:00 pm
11:30 –12:15 pm
Tuesday
Karate
Ballet
ESL/ELD
Stretch’n’Grow
Wednesday
ESL/ELD
Sportball
Thursday
Stand Up and Speak
Grades 3 - 6
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Yoga Kids
Grades 1 - 4
12:15 - 1:00 pm
Cartooning
Grades 3 - 6
4:00 – 5:00 pm
Floor Hockey
Grades 1 - 6
12:15 – 1:00 pm
Groove Motion Dancing
3rd Yr Children’s House
4:00 – 5:00 pm
Piano – Ages 4 -1/2 and up (contact Lori Cotton, [email protected])
Violin – Ages 4 years and up (contact Stewart Lai, [email protected])
Climbing with the
Head of School
Dr. Zederayko hosted the
winner of the Climbing with the
Head auction prize at the TMS
Annual Parent Luncheon in the
Bayview Campus Gym. After
an intense climbing session the
winner and her guests enjoyed
pizza and refreshments.
BAYVIEW CAMPUS
ELGIN MILLS CAMPUS
HEAD OF SCHOOL: Dr. Glenn Zederayko
TMS BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Michael N. Durisin (Chairman), Elaine Flett (Secretary),
Latif Fazel (Treasurer), Kevin Talbot, Phil Campione, Charles Lee,
Greg Kanargelidis, To Anh Tran, Alison Williams.
EDITOR: Ann Bianco – Harvey
Send Your Comments, Questions & Address Updates to: [email protected]
EDITORIAL REVIEW COMMITTEE
A. Bianco-Harvey, D. Boreham, S. Ferrie, M. Kahnert,
S. Lombardo, J. Parody, C. Reid, E. ten Hagen, S. Thomas, R. Tripathi,
and TMS student N. Voycheva
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