Queen of Heaven Catholic Elementary School April 2015 Newsletter
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Queen of Heaven Catholic Elementary School April 2015 Newsletter
Queen of Heaven Catholic Elementary School April 2015 Newsletter Visit our school Website http://schools.hcdsb.org/quen for general announcements, reminders, copies of the letters and forms that we send home; School Council information, Agenda and Minutes; School Calendar; and General Information about our school. Follow us on Twitter @QHMilton for updates, photos, reminders and notices of special school related events and activities. Our Catholic School Queen of Heaven Official Blessing and Dedication On Tuesday, April 21 from 10:00-11:00 a.m. in our school gym, we will celebrate our school’s official blessing and dedication by His Excellency Bishop Crosby. As part of the proceedings we will have our special invited dignitaries addressing the student audience and all guests. They include Bishop Crosby, our MPP Indira Nadoo-Harris, Mayor Krantz, Halton Regional Chair Gary Carr, HCDSB Chair of the Board Jane Michael, HCDSB Director of Education Paula Dawson, Superintendent of Education Toni Pinelli. Our MC is Milton Trustee Diane Rabenda. Father Peter and Father Allen from Holy Rosary Parish, and members of the Knights of Columbus are also part of the proceedings. We will also have a representative from the School Architect Company Svedas Inc. and our Builder Everstrong Construction Limited who will present the official school key! All FDK-Grade 8 students will be in attendance and will sing our new “Queen of Heaven School Anthem”. All students are creating special pieces of artwork that will be on display decorating the gym. Many of our students have special roles during the proceedings including readings, petitions, MC, bearers of the classroom crucifixes that will be blessed by Bishop Crosby, welcoming Ambassadors in the foyer, and musical entertainment in the front foyer as our guests proceed in. All parents have been sent an official invitation to join us for this celebration. Please rsvp to our secretary Mrs. Channer asap as seating is limited in our gym and we may need to limit the number of parent guests. Please understand that due to seating capacity, these invitations are for parent adults only as we will, unfortunately, not have space in the gym for any preschoolers. For your reference, below is a sample itinerary of our celebration on April 21st. Activity MC introduces and welcomes platform party who enters led by the Knights of Columbus Opening Song for procession National Anthem People Involved Diane Rabenda and Student MC Choir Choir and everyone (Miss Bell’s gr. 6 class leads this in sign language) Blessing of the Water Rite Song while Bishop sprinkles water on the assembly Opening Prayer Gospel Acclamation Gospel Reading Homily a)Blessing of Crucifixes b)Blessing of Queen of Heaven Statue And Praying of Hail Mary Prayers of the Faithful Prayer of Blessing Song and Dance Greetings from various dignitaries introduced by MC’s Presentation of Key Appreciation to Bishop Crosby Concluding Prayer a)Words of Thanks and introduction of the Queen of Heaven Anthem b)All students sing Recession – platform party led out by the Knights to a song MC invites all adult guests to leave before the students Reception in Computer Lab Luncheon with Bishop Crosby Bishop Crosby assisted by Father Allen Choir Bishop Crosby Choir Father Peter Bishop Crosby a)Bishop – crucifixes already on display -Two students read prayer before the blessing (Gr. 2 and gr. 7 - sacramental years) b) Bishop Crosby Students and staff Bishop Crosby Glee Club -Chair of the Board – Jane Michael -MPP – Indira Nadoo-Harris -Mayor Krantz -Chair of the Region of Halton – Gary Carr -Director of Education – Paula Dawson Architect and Contractor present this to one JK and one Gr. 8 student along with our Chair of School Council (Mr. JeanGuy Caissie) Toni Pinelli Bishop Crosby John Susi All students sing led by Mr. Dunn, Mrs. Oram and choir Choir Mrs. Varano to hand one student from each gr.1-8 class with a crucifix to process out behind platform party MC Invited dignitaries Bishop Crosby, Director Paula Dawson and Mr. Susi will have a special luncheon in the library with a selection of students in grades 1-8. Catholic Education Week – May 4-8, 2015 A calendar outlining the events planned during Catholic Education Week ~ “Following Paths of Joy” ~ will be sent home next week. Parents, you are more than welcome to join us and we hope to see many of you during our school celebrations. Student Award of Excellence Congratulations to Isaiah Ordonez a Grade 8 student who is Queen of Heaven’s first recipient of the HCDSB “Student Award of Excellence” for 2014-2015. This important award will be presented to Isaiah at a very special presentation to be held on April 27, 2015 at Corpus Christi Catholic Secondary School. Isaiah is receiving this award as he demonstrates outstanding qualities in the following areas: Catholic Leadership; Catholic Faith and Catholic School Philosophy; Family Commitment; Positive Rapport with teachers and other students; Involvement with school activities; and Commitment to difficult tasks. We win another $750 with the Milton Energy Challenge! I’m pleased to announce that we have won ANOTHER $750 in the second part of Milton School Energy Challenge! Thank you for the support of the 82 families who have registered in our name! This money will be used to purchase a new school electronic score clock for our gym. There is still another $750 available for any Milton school to win at the end of this month. If you have not signed up yet all you need to do is go on line using your Milton Hydro Account Number and sponsor "Queen of Heaven School". This is totally confidential as no one ever sees your personal info! When you conserve energy at home, our school gets points! Here is the link to sign up http://www.MiltonCEC.com Please forward this information to any of your friends or family who are also part of Milton so they can sponsor us too! With everyone’s help, we can win this again! Parental Involvement School Council Meeting The next Queen of Heaven Catholic School Council Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. in the School Library. Please join us to share your ideas and learn more about your school community. You are able to view the minutes from previous meetings and the agenda for this upcoming meeting on our school website at http://schools.hcdsb.org/quen Are You Moving? Any Changes? We are in the process of preliminary planning of the school organization for next September and need to know enrolment estimates for the upcoming school year. Please advise Mrs. deBrum at the school office as soon as possible if your children WILL NOT be returning to Queen of Heaven Catholic School for the 2015-2016 school year. Whether you are moving or your children are changing schools, including French Immersion registrations, advance notification enables us to effectively plan for the upcoming school year. Please note: Even if you have notified your child’s classroom teacher of your plans, PLEASE follow-up with a call to the school office. Contact Information You can imagine our concern when a child becomes ill at school and there is no way of contacting the parents or guardians because email, telephone numbers (business, home & cell) are no longer valid. PLEASE make sure that we have CURRENT information when changes occur so that we are able to contact you should the need arise. Family Fun Night Mark your calendar…June 18th from 5-8pm for all Queen of Heaven families! More details to come… Special Events & Activities ECO Warriors Our Eco Warriors would like to have Litterless Lunches every Wednesday during the month of April. All students are encouraged to bring in litterless lunches and snacks to reduce the amount of garbage we produce. Earth Day is April 22 and our celebration at QH will include teachers taking their classes outside for a school yard and neighbourhood park clean-up. Students will be provided with gloves and garbage bags. What’s Happening in April??? 2 - Holy Thursday Liturgy (Dramatic Stations of the Cross performance at 1:00 p.m. in the gym) led by Gr. 8’s 3 – Good Friday 5 – Easter Sunday 6 – Easter Monday 7 - Gr. 5-6 trip to Living Arts Center 8 – Grade 7-8 trip to Jean Vanier for Science Convention; 9 – Gr. 2 Retreat to RBG 14 – Junior Girls Basketball tournament at 4p.m. at St. Benedict 15 – Gr. 2 trip to Safety Village; 21 – Official Opening and Blessing Ceremony at 10:00 in gym. Parents must rsvp their attendance to our office staff as seating is limited for adult guests only. 22 – Earth Day 23 – Gr. 7-8 trip to Toronto for Invention Convention; MOVIE NIGHT organized by our School Council at 6:30 p.m. in our gym 24 – PA Day 28 – School Council Meeting at 6:30 p.m. 29 – Talent Show in gym at 1:00 p.m. Parents welcome to join us! 30 – Gr. 6 Boys Leadership Convention at Jean Vanier School; Junior Boys basketball tournament at QH Student Extra Curricular Activities in April... (Students are made aware of these activities and their details during morning announcements) - Junior Boys and Girls Basketball teams Primary Prayer Club (grades 1-3) Grade 5 Girls Club “More to Me than What You See” theme ECO Team Choir Glee Club Talent Show Grade 7/8 Reading Club Ambassadors (Gr. 7/8 Leadership Team) Games Club at lunch time for grade 1-2 students led by our grade 5-6 PROPS leaders. Grade 7-8 “Go Girls” self-esteem group led by the Big Brothers/Sisters Organization Grade 5-8 Girls Running Group Grade 6 Boys Leadership Day activities begin