1370 Williams Parkway Brampton, ON L6S 1V3

Phone: 905-791-2400

Fax: 905-791-1290

www.chinguacousyss.com

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Principal Sao-kham Mork-Gerra Vice Principals Loi Lam (A-L) Shanae O’Connor (M-Z) Office Manager Sanja Donnelly

Superintendent Liz Cook Trustee Carrie Andrews

Belong with Purpose ~ Succeed with Support ~ Excel with Character

August 2019

Dear students, parents and guardians,

I hope this newsletter finds you well and that you’re enjoying the summer. On behalf of all the staff and admin, we look forward to your return! To our incoming Grade 9s and new students, we are delighted to have you join our Chinguacousy family!

“New” high school parents, I know you’re getting ready for what could be the most exciting and important years your teen spends in school. For the first time, they will have to make choices about what they study along with the career path they want to pursue. Whatever the decisions, we want to make sure your entire family is ready to meet the challenges and embrace the many opportunities that await your teen upon graduation. The Parent’s Guide to High school will provide you with a snapshot of what you need to know to help them be successful. Please visit www.peelschools.org/parents/helpyourchild/parentguide

Tuesday, September 3rd is the first day of school for Grade 9 students ONLY. Orientation activities led by our Link Crew leaders will begin at 8:00 am in the gym. These Link leaders will continue to support your Grade 9 student throughout the year with academic goal setting and student engagement in co-curricular activities. ALL students will begin classes on Wednesday,

September 4th

, 2019.

For everyone’s safety, I ask that you’re all extra diligent during morning drop off and after school pick up. To avoid accidents, you are NOT to turn left from the front of the school to the traffic lights at posted times. Please read the signs carefully. A safe practice is to drive as far to the west end of the school as possible before you drop off your child – a little walking is good for their physical fitness even during bad weather. This will keep the congestion away from the traffic lights. Again, this is for everyone’s safety. If you really want to beat the last minute rush, dropping them off at least 20 minutes before school starts is best. Please see map on reverse.

To stay up to date on school news and events, follow us on twitter @chinguacousyss or visit www.chinguacousyss.com. Should you have questions or concerns regarding your child’s academic progress and career planning, guidance counsellors are on hand to provide assistance. Ms. Fletcher (ext. 409) will be happy to direct your call as appropriate. Of course, your child’s subject teacher is another source of support.

I look forward to yet another year where together, we Belong with purpose, Succeed with support, Excel with character.

Wishing you all a wonderful August. See you in September.

Sincerely,

Ms. Mork-Gerra, Principal

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Parent drop off For the safety of all and to ensure smooth traffic flow through our parking lot parents must follow

posted signs during drop off and pick up.

SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION *NEW* Bus Cards will be issued to all students who ride the school bus. Students must keep

their bus passes on them at all times and have them available to show the bus driver upon

boarding the bus.

If your home address changed or is changing, please notify the school office immediately.

Chinguacousy’s office is open during the summer months from Monday to Thursday from 7:30 am to

3:30 pm.

The distance criteria for transportation eligibility is: 3.8 kilometers for Grades 9 - 12. Eligibility status for

transportation can be accessed at the website below.

Please be aware that during September and early October, STOPR priorities are eligible students

requiring transportation service, bus overloads, and route timing adjustments. Courtesy transportation,

assignment of ineligible students to available seats on buses will not be initiated prior to October 1st.

No exceptions.

All transportation operations issues must be directed to STOPR. Contact information is below.

www.stopr.ca provides up to date delay and inclement weather cancellation information in addition to

policy, procedures and frequently asked questions. Your child’s OEN (Ontario Education Number)

can be found on any of your children’s report cards.

Phone: 905-890-6000 Toll free: 1-800-668-1140

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REGISTRATION 2019-2020 Parents and students are reminded that all currently enrolled Chinguacousy students are required to register for the 2019-2020 school year. These back to school procedures will occur on the following date:

Tuesday, August 27, 2019:

Grade 9 & 10 8:00 am - 11:30 am Grade 11 & 12 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Students must return all outstanding materials (text and library books) or pay the cost of the materials still owing, prior to registering.

Registration fee is

$35.00

Grade 10 - 12 SciTech

fee is $200.00

ALL FEES MUST BE PAID ON

SCHOOL CASH ONLINE

AND YOUR RECEIPT BROUGHT IN AT THE TIME OF

REGISTRATION

$15.00 Support for School Clubs, Intramurals,

Competitive School Teams and Sporting

Events

$10.00 Student Awards and Ceremonies, School-

wide Guest Speakers and Presentations

$10.00 Print Credits

School cash online

SIGN UP FOR SCHOOL CASH ONLINE!

School Cash Online is an online parent portal that provides users a safe, fast and convenient way to pay for school activity fees including field trips, spirit wear and more! Pay for your child’s school fees online, anytime, anywhere...

HOW TO REGISTER:

Step 1: Register

a) To register please go to www.peelschools.schoolcashonline.com and select the “Get Started Today option”.

b) Complete the 3 step user registration information (Student information will be required at a later stage).

Step 2: Confirmation Email

a) A registration confirmation email will be

forwarded to you. Click on the link provided

inside the email to confirm your email and

School Cash Online account.

b) The confirmation link will open the School

Cash Online site prompting you to sign into

your account. Use your email address and

password just created with your account.

Step 3: Find Student

This step will connect your children to your

account.

a) Select Chinguacousy Secondary School

b) Enter Your Child’s Name & Birth Date

c) Select Continue

*School Cash Online email address must be

added to your email contact list in order to get

notifications.

NOTE: If you require assistance, select the

SUPPORT option in the top right hand corner of

the screen.

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TIMETABLES

Guidance dept. (ext 409):: It is the student’s responsibility to check his/her

timetable for accuracy.

Please make sure you have successfully completed the correct pre-requisites for all your scheduled courses.

Check the sequences of your courses. The prerequisite course must be in the first semester followed by the next course in semester 2.

If you attended summer school you may need your timetable adjusted.

Make sure you have the courses you need for graduation and/or post-secondary plans.

Counsellors will only make changes due to summer school, missing courses, incorrect sequencing or graduation requirements. PLEASE NOTE THAT NO OTHER TIMETABLE CHANGES WILL BE CONSIDERED

To book an appointment with a guidance counsellor please contact Mrs. Fletcher at extension 409. All Students are expected to register in google drive (studentnumber@pdsb.net) using the following codes to access your google classroom: 2019/2020 Grade 9 - 6ji4qap 2019/2020 Grade 10 - 1nli29u 2019/2020 Grade 11 - a99ju4 2019/2020 Grade 12 - myhk2h This will ONLY be used to send out important information from the guidance department/school. It will not be used as a medium of communication with your guidance counselor. Students are still required to make an appointment to meet with a counselor as needed. Please check your google classroom at the end of August for night school information/registration.

CHINGUACOUSY SCHOOL COUNCIL: Parents and guardians are invited to apply for an executive position on our School Council for the 2019-2020 school year. Parent nomination forms are under the School Council tab on the school website. Completed nomination forms are due to the main office by Tuesday, September 17, 2019. All parents and guardians are invited to attend our first meeting on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 The meeting dates and topics for this school year are:

Sept. 24, 2019 - Welcome and Council elections,

Academic Planning and Course

Selection Workshop

Oct. 29, 2019 - To be determined

Nov. 26, 2019 - To be determined

Feb. 25, 2020 - To be determined

Apr. 28, 2020 - Planning for 2020-2021

ATTENDANCE & parent CONNECT :(ext 408) Regular attendance at school is essential for student

success. If your son or daughter is going to be absent

from school, please call to report it at 905-791-2400,

ext 408 or press 3 for attendance or provide a note to

the main office.

Please consider signing up for Parent Connect

which is found on the Chinguacousy school website

listed under the Parent tab. This is particularly helpful

for parents as it tracks attendance, credit history and

displays diploma status and marks.

PHOTO I.D.

Students will be expected to

have their student I.D. cards

with them at all times. If requested, students will show

their I.D. card/timetable to any staff who ask. The

student I.D. card is required for entry to the library, the

cafeteria servery and after school events.

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CLUBS, TEAMS AND SPORTS 2019-2020

CLUBS

ATHLETIC COUNCIL ........ MS. FOURNIER, MS. VOLKES

AUDIO VISUAL ....................... MS. ANDERSON-REEVES

BEYOND THE HURT ................................... MS. COATES

BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS .................. MS. GORDON

BRAIN BEE .................................................. MR. WALTON

CHESS .................................................. MR. MOHANLALL

CHING MOTOR CLUB ............................MR. MCFADGEN

COMPUTER SCIENCE ..................................... MR. BOZZ

DANCE ............................................................. MS. PATEL

DECA BUSINESS CLUB ......................... MS. MAGARELLI

DRAMA ............................ MS. RUNHART, MS. BRADLEY

EV CHALLENGE—WATERLOO U ..........MR. MCFADGEN

ECO CLUB ..................................................... MS. VOLKES

FIRST ROBOTICS ................................... MR. MCGITCHIE

GSA/PRIDE ..................................................... MS. FROST

LINK CREW .... MS. FOURNIER, MS. NAVEA, MS. RICH-MOND

MATH CLUB .............................................. MR. CHAUHAN

MOCK TRIAL ...................................................... MR. GILL

MODEL UNITED NATIONS ....................... MR. WILLIAMS

PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB ................................ MS. WILSON

SAC (SCHOOL COUNCIL) ...... MS. ANDERSON-REEVES

SCIENTISTS IN THE KITCHEN ................... MS. BARNES

SEWING CLUB ............................................ MS. BARNES

TALENT SHOW ....................................... MS. NAZARETH

WEIGHT ROOM ............................................. MR. TOBON

WHITEPINES READING CLUB ................. MR. WILLIAMS

YO!TC .............................................................. MS. PATEL

ZONTA ..................................................... MS. NAZARETH

TEAMS AND INTRAMURALS

ATHLETIC DIRECTORS ......... MS. FOURNIER, MS. ASH

BASKETBALL .............................................................. TBD

BASKETBALL –SPECIAL EVENTS ...................MR. HELM

BADMINTON JR. ............................................ MR. BROWN

BADMINTON SR. ............................................ MS. PATEL

BALL HOCKEY ................ MR. CHAHAL, MR. AVRAMIDIS

BASEBALL ........................................................MR. HELM

BASKETBALL JR. BOYS ............................................. TBD

BASKETBALL SR. BOYS ............................. MR. WHELAN

CRICKET SR. BOYS & GIRLS ................ MS. NAZARETH

CROSS COUNTRY ....................MR. TOBON & MS. REID

FLAG FOOTBALL BOYS & GIRLS .......... MR. AVRAMIDIS

FLAG FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT ........... MR. AVRAMDIS

SOCCER—GIRLS .............................................. MS. REID

SOCCER—BOYS ........................................... MR. TOBON

TABLE TENNIS ................ MR. BROWN, MR. AVRAMIDIS

TENNIS .......................................................... MR. BROWN

TRACK & FIELD ....................................... MS. FOURNIER

ULTIMATE FRISBEE CO-ED .. MS. RICHMOND, MS. ASH

VOLLEYBALL JR. BOYS ...... MS. NAVEA, MS. MCKENNA

VOLLEYBALL JR. GIRLS .......................... MS. FOURNIER

office index cards

These student information sheets will be sent home within the first few weeks of school. Please make sure you review and up-date the address, contact numbers and medical information for your child(ren).

If you indicate that your child(ren) has any of the following, a separate plan of care form will be sent home to gather more information so that we can be appropriately pre-pared to respond as needed:

Asthma

Epilepsy/Seizure

Type 1 Diabetes

Anaphylaxis

Other (e.g. heart condition)

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Change of address or Phone number

Please ensure that you contact the Guidance Office at Extension 409 if you have a change of address or phone number. —————————————————————

40 hours volunteer

Did you know—students must complete 40 hours of volunteer work to graduate? Get started today! Check out www.chinguacousyss.com under the tab “Student Services” for more information and to find out what service is eligible. Download the Parent’s Guide. —————————————————————

LOCKER SIGN-UP & INFORMATION: Please bring a lock with you the first day of school. You can sign up for your locker at: https://form.jotform.com/91073675217257

The link will also be provided in your Google Classroom. —————————————————————

Peel board email for students: Students can log into their Peel Google email at: byod.peelschools.org and click on Google Apps4Edu Username: _ _ _ _ _ _@pdsb.net Student #: 1 2 3 4 5 6 (eg.) Password: St_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Your birthday:y e a r m m d d

School hours and classes

Office Hours……………………. 7:30 am—3:30 pm Regular Day:

DEPARTMENT EXTENSIONS:

MAIN OFFICE ................................................................ 400

GUIDANCE OFFICE ...................................................... 409

ARTS ............................................................................ 429

BUSINESS .................................................................... 455

CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION ...................................... 420

ENGLISH ..................................................................... 431

FAMILY STUDIES ......................................................... 455

GLOBAL STUDIES ....................................................... 457

LANGUAGES ................................................................ 429

MATHEMATICS ............................................................ 458

PHYSICAL EDUCATION FEMALE ................................ 437

PHYSICAL EDUCATION MALE ..................................... 439

SCIENCE ...................................................................... 470

SCI TECH ..................................................................... 412

SPECIAL EDUCATION ................................................. 418

TECHNOLOGY ............................................................. 434

8:00 am—9:18 am Period 1—Homeform

9:23 am—10:37 am Period 2

10:42 am—11:56 am Lunch

12:01 pm—1:15 pm Period 3

1:20 pm—2:34 pm Period 4

8:00 am—8:40 am Period 1—Homeform

8:43 am—9:23 am Period 2

9:26 am—10:06 am Period 3

10:09 am—10:49 am Period 4

Early Release Day:

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Dear Families:

Each school year, we advise parents/guardians about our use of student information for school-based activities. Examples of those activities are listed below.

Post your teen's schoolwork in the school's front foyer and/or hallways. Please note that your teen’s name may appear next to the piece.

Include your teen's full name on awards/trophies that will be kept in the school's front foyer and/or hallways.

Include your teen’s full name and/or photograph in school programs or student awards (e.g. commencement or graduation programs, school plays and musical productions, school brochures, and honour roll), and school yearbook.

Use photos and/or videos of your teen in the school’s newsletter, website and/or social media accounts, as well as the board’s website, social media accounts and internal publications, in relation to school activities, school work, or special achievements. Your teen’s name and grade may also be mentioned.

Have your teen recorded or photographed by a teacher, volunteer or student teacher as part of the learning program. These photos and videotapes may be used within the school or board, and may appear on school/board websites and/or social media accounts, including but not limited to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

Have your teen recorded, photographed and/or interviewed for media stories throughout the school year. This does not include photographs taken for political purposes (e.g. for politician’s newsletters). The images and/or audio may be used in local, national or international news stories about school programs, initiatives, awards and/or events. Your teen's full name and image may accompany the story.

In providing this consent, I acknowledge that any photos/videos posted on the board’s website or social media accounts may be widely circulated to the public, and may be viewed by anyone with access to the Internet. If I provide consent, and then later revoke my consent, I acknowledge that although the photos/videos will be removed from the board’s websites and social media accounts, it may not be possible to remove all traces of personal information from the Internet.

If you do not wish for your teen to be included in these activities, please complete the form below. This notification will be effective during the current school year.

If you have any questions, please contact me at the school at insert number.

Sincerely,

Ms. Mork-Gerra, Principal

___________________________________________________________________________________

I do not consent to the initiatives described in the letter above.

Date:________________________________________

I am the parent or guardian of _________________________________Student # ______________

Parent/Guardian signature __________________________________________________

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explore your child's options after high school. There are five main pathways: apprenticeship,

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