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Peace Begins With a Smile Mother Teresa
We are all very excited about the great learning that continues to happen here at Monsignor Doyle School. Our Provincial Achievement test results were consistent with last year with 92% our grade 6 students achieving acceptable standard in L.A., Math and Science and 88% achieving acceptable standard in Social Studies. We congratulate all the students who wrote last year’s Provincial Achievement Tests, as they worked very hard to achieve these results.
Our grade 3 teachers have been gathering both language arts and math assessment information to be shared with parents during the first Parent/Teacher Interviews scheduled for the end of November. This will serve to guide instruction for those teachers as the students learn through the year.
Mr. Calvelo’s grade 4 students and Mrs. Vigna’s grade 4 class hosted a wonderful Thanksgiving celebration liturgy with beautiful songs and an engaging liturgical representation of the Thanksgiving spirit. Here is the link to the video that Mr. Calvelo put together https://t.co/0lBdBz86zf. This month we look forward to our Remembrance Day Celebration with Mr. Lee’s and Mrs. Miller’s grade 5 students on Tuesday, November 10 at 9:30am. We will celebrate with both St. Vincent de Paul School and Monsignor Doyle students together.
We are very happy to welcome two student teachers from St. Mary’s University to our school staff. Mr. Stephan DeFritas will be working with Mr. Lee and his grade 5 class.
MONSIGNOR DOYLE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 8887 Scurfield Drive, NW Calgary, Alberta T3L 1H6 Phone: 403‐500‐2098 / fax: 403‐500‐2298 http://www.cssd.ab.ca/msgrdoyle/
NOVEMBER 2015
Miss Alisha Lemay will be working with Ms. Koop and her grade 1 students. Thank you to Ms. Koop and Mr. Lee for offering mentorship to these new teachers. They will be with us from November 9th to December 18th. We had a wonderful guest leading a week long “Artist in Residency” program for our last week in October. A residency provides an in depth opportunity for an artist to work with students and teachers. Gail Bartel, The Artist Lady, provided amazing inspiration, materials and instruction to bring out fantastic results in our students from Kindergarten to Grade 6. Check out our school Twitter pictures found on our Twitter feed https://twitter.com/MsgrDoyle_CCSD or look on the school website on the left side of the home page. We are grateful to our School Council who fund-raised to pay for this residency. Thank you to all parents for supporting their fund raising initiatives to enrich the learning here at Monsignor Doyle School.
Monsignor Doyle also recently welcomed Alien In-Line Skating who provided instruction to our Kindergarten to grade 3 students from October 23rd-30th. Your Activity Fees provided the funding for Alien In-Line Skating.
Please take a few minutes to read the newsletter each month and place the calendar on your fridge. This way you will keep informed about what is happening in the school.
Mrs. L. Foo, Principal Mrs. T. Bartram, Assistant Principal
KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION 2016-2017 ONGOING! All Calgary Catholic School District elementary schools offer a kindergarten program. Depending on total kindergarten enrolment, schools may offer a choice of morning or
afternoon classes on a first-come, first-served basis. A child who turns four years old on or before March 1 is eligible to attend kindergarten the following fall. To register for Kindergarten for September 2016, a child must therefore turn four years old on or before March 1, 2016. Your child’s birth certificate is required at the time of registration. Contact the office if you have any questions.
RECYCLING To raise funds for our new Learning Commons, we have reopened our school account at the Crowfoot Bottle Depot. We are sending our refundable containers
collected at school to the bottle depot with the help of parent volunteers. If you would
like to either take your recyclables directly to the depot and donate your refund to the Monsignor Doyle account or bring them to the school on the last Friday of every month (Bottle Recycle Fridays), we will realize our goals even sooner. Thanks for your support.
SPIRIT DAYS
The grade 6 students meet together with Administration to set up Spirit Days every month. This month they have chosen to have Moustache Day in support of ‘Movember’ and Men’s Cancers. Moustache Day will be on Friday, November 20th. We will collect loonie donations that day to support
finding a cure for cancer.
TECHNOLOGY NIGHT FOR PARENTS Tuesday, November 17th 6:30-7:30pm We invite parents to join us for an instruction opportunity to look at and try some of the technology we have available for our students. Google Docs, Read/Write and good websites for younger students will be presented by staff members. Please
join us to help your child get the best out of these resources.
PROGRESS REPORTS Progress reports will be sent home on Friday, November 20th. Parent/Teacher Interviews will be booked online with instructions coming home in the progress report card envelope. Our Interviews will be 15 minutes in length.
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Mark your calendars for the Monsignor Doyle Christmas Concert on Tuesday, December 15th. We will have an afternoon performance at 1:00pm for grandparents and relatives and an evening performance at 6:30pm for parents. Our School Council will
host a Bake Sale following the evening performance. Please join us in ushering in the festive season with our students and ease your Christmas baking by supporting our School Council!
SOME IMPORTANT DATES
November 6th Fun Lunch – Soft Pretzels November 10th Remembrance Day Liturgy – 9:30am November 11th Remembrance Day – No Classes November 13th School Picture Re-Take Day and Class Pictures Fun Lunch – Hot Dogs November 20th Spirit Day – Moustache Day Fun Lunch – Panago Pizza Progress Reports Home November 23 – 27 BOOK FAIR! November 25th School Council Meeting – 6:30pm November 26th Hep B – Gr. 5 - am
Parent/Teacher Interviews (4:00 – 7:00pm) November 27th Parent/Teacher Interviews – No Classes (9-12 and 1-3) November 30th Professional Development Day December 1st Advent Liturgy – 1:30pm December 4th Fun Lunch – Wok Box December 7-11 Artist in Residency – Gail Bartel – K-6 December 11th Fun Lunch – Kernals Popcorn December 15th Monsignor Doyle CHRISTMAS CONCERT! – 1:00pm & 6:30pm December 17th Spirit Day – PJ Day! Fun Lunch – Panago Pizza December 18th Last Day of School – EARLY DISMISSAL – 11:05am December 19th – January 3rd Christmas Holidays – No Classes January 22nd Professional Development Day – No Classes February 11th-12th Teachers Convention – No Classes February 15th Family Day – No Classes February 16th Professional Development Day – No Classes March 18th Parent/Teacher Interviews – No Classes March 25th - April 3rd Easter Break – No Classes April 25th Professional Development Day – No Classes
May 20th Professional Development Day – No Classes May 23rd Victoria Day – No Classes
June 28th Last Day of Classes Early Dismissals: Christmas Vacation Half Day - December 18, 2015 Easter Vacation Half Day – March 24, 2016
SCHOOL PICTURES Retakes and Class pictures: Friday, November 13th
CELEBRATING STUDENTS If your child has been involved in some special achievement in the community and you would like us to recognize his/her accomplishment, please send us a note by the last Friday of every month.
STUDENT DROP OFF PROCEDURES
Thank you to all our families for their continued support of our Drop-Off and Pick-Up procedures. Just a reminder as we go forward to keep the process moving smoothly we ask our families to keep the following points in mind: - Please pull your vehicle as far forward as possible when entering into the drop-off loop so that a maximum amount of vehicles can be accommodated in the drive-through area at one
time. - Please do not leave your vehicle unattended, this is a drop-off and pick-up only zone. No parking please. - We are a Catholic School District and as always our expectations are that we treat each other with dignity and respect at all times. - Please keep in mind that we have children moving in and around the vehicles as they are being dropped off so extreme caution and attention is required by all.
Please consider all of the children as if they were your own when you drive by our school and please refrain from entering the Staff Parking Lot. Unfortunately we have only so many parking stalls available to our staff members and when you park in these stalls to even “briefly pop in” or to “just drop something off” it may actually prevent a staff member from parking and therefore not being available to your child.
WE DAY Students at Monsignor Doyle School will be carrying the message of We Day forward through our commitment to social justice and by demonstrating our Catholic Community of Caring values. Our children are our future and are called to lead in an effort of global change. We Day is an educational event and has been coined as the movement of our time where young
people are being called to lead in an effort of global change. Me to We’s co-founders, Craig and Marc Kielburger, were inspired by a Village Chief who brought a community of people together to help a group of student volunteers build a school. That moment inspired them to create an organization where people come together for the greater good. A world that is a little less about the ‘me’ and a lot more about the ‘we’. What great models of Walking Humbly with God, our district theme for this year!
SUMMIT KIDS CHILD CARE CENTRE
We are very excited to continue to have Summit KIDS program again this year. This wonderful program has continued to grow over the past year. They are still accepting registrations and encourage parents to swing by the program at any time to see what they are all about. The program runs from 7:00am until
morning entry and afternoon dismissal until 6:00pm. We are very excited to let you know that they will continue to provide service at Monsignor Doyle next year as well. You can contact them at 403-477-0490 or simply pop by to talk with them.
FLU SEASON
In Canada, Flu season typically runs from November through until April. It is estimated that 10-25% of Canadians could have the flu each year. According to Health Canada these are the symptoms of influenza:
Almost Always Common Sometimes • Cough and fever • Fatigue
• Muscle Aches • Sore Throat • Headache • Decreased appetite
• Nausea • Vomiting • Diarrhea
As we enter into the flu season please keep these following points in mind: • We need to be reminded that this is typical flu season and annually we see increased absences at this time. • Our school has protocols in place for dealing with staff or students who become ill and our staff is trained and prepared for this. • We have daily cleaning protocols in place that eliminate bacteria on touch points and high traffic areas. • We are in regular communication with the health authorities regarding increased absences throughout the school as they occur.
BOOKFAIR
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING MADE EASY!!! We are excited to announce that our Scholastic Book Fair is coming soon. It will be held in the Monsignor Doyle Library from Monday, November 23rd to Friday, November 27th, 2015. The annual Book Fair raises funds specifically for the
library for new books and resources. Mrs. McLane is looking for Book Fair Volunteers to help students and shoppers select the right books and maintain the table displays. Even if you can only spare 30 minutes to help, your assistance would be quite welcome. If you cannot volunteer, you can still help us by simply spreading the word about our upcoming Fair and by joining your child in attending the Fair! If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Mrs. McLane at [email protected]. We thank you in advance for your support!
RUN CLUB NEWS Now that the cold weather is upon us here are a few hints for dressing for the cold. 1. Layer - up: Winter jackets are hard to run in and children over heat. A long sleeve shirt topped with a fleece and a wind layer are better choices for running outside to -10 degrees. Sweatpants or stretchy pants with or without a wind layer help to keep the legs toasty. 2. Keep your lid warm - a hat and or scarf are essential in keeping the head and neck warm. 3. Toasty toes - winter boots are impossible to run in -
running shoes with rubber (not plastic) soles are best with a thin wool sock; and 4. Fingers are friends - keep fingers warm with windproof fleece mitts, gloves work as well but mitts allow the fingers to stay together and keep each other warm. Run club's official cutoff temperature is -10 Celsius including wind chill. On those days we will do sprints, laps and drills in the gym to work on speed. Children who wish to run outside on days from -10 degrees to -18 degrees will be accompanied by two teachers.
ST. PETER’S CHURCH NEWS The snow is falling, and it’s time to re-tell that old, old story.
Christmas Pageant rehearsals begin with an Audition on Sunday, November 22nd at St. Peter’s Parish. Those present at the Audition will receive first consideration for all parts, and there are lots of parts to go around. This is open to all children ages 3 and up. Older youth and adults are needed to assist with costumes, props, and supervision. (A police check and “Called to Protect” are required for all adults.) The Christmas Pageant will be presented on Christmas Eve, just before the 4:30pm Mass.
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CALGARY CATHOLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT MONTHLY NEWS
ConnectionsNOVEMBER 2015
Calgary Catholic School District releases provincial test results
The 2014–2015 provincial test results released on October 8 show that Calgary Catholic School District:• Exceeded provincial results by 2.3 per cent at the acceptable standard, and 1.3 per cent at the
standard of excellence on Provincial Achievement Tests in the overall summary comparison to the province.
• Exceeded provincial results by 0.9 per cent at the acceptable standard, and 0.1 per cent at the stan-dard of excellence on Diploma Examinations in the overall summary comparison to the province.
Read our full release.
Funding confirmed for two new schools
Funding has been confirmed for new Calgary Catholic School District schools in Mahogany, planned for 22 Marine Drive SE, and in Sherwood, planned for 999 Sherwood Blvd NW. We are excited to be moving forward with these projects. Calgary Catholic currently has 10 new schools in various stages of development. Please visit the Future Schools section of our website for further details.
Catholic Education Sunday Reminder – Sunday, November 1
Sunday, November 1 is Catholic Education Sunday – an opportunity to support quality Catholic education in your community. There will be a special collection at mass on November 1. Share the spirit of generosity with the Calgary Catholic Education Foundation, a charitable organization dedi-cated to enhancing educational experiences and initiatives for over 53,000 students in the Calgary Catholic School District.
Faith Day – Monday, November 2
All schools and administrative offices will be closed on Monday, November 2 as Calgary Catholic celebrates our annual Faith Day. Faith Day is an opportunity for all district staff to come together as a community to reflect on our beliefs and values and to deepen our understanding of our shared mission in Catholic education. This year, Father Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries, will be the keynote speaker. Father Greg will be speaking on his ministry to the marginalized and how we are all called to work on the ‘peripheries’ as Pope Francis directs and models for us.
Remembrance Day – Wednesday, November 11
All schools and administrative offices will be closed on Wednesday, November 11 to observe Remem-brance Day. Our schools hold special ceremonies prior to Remembrance Day to commemorate those who sacrificed their lives in world conflicts. Remembrance Day is a time to pray for peace, and to con-sider what we are doing as individuals and as a community to bring God’s peace and love to the world.
National Child Day – Friday, November 20
On November 20, Canada and countries around the world celebrate National Child Day as a remind-er of our shared commitment to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The CRC is the most comprehensive treaty in support of children. Calgary Catholic is a partner in National Child Day Alberta. Wear blue on November 20 to show your support of National Child Day and visit the website to learn more about events happening in Calgary.
Did you know?
The district’s Sep-tember 30, 2015 total enrollment is 53,743 students, which is an increase of 1,363 students or 2.6% from September 2014.
Students at Blessed Mother Teresa School participate in Student Vote 2015!
MONSIGNOR DOYLE SCHOOL November 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2
FAITH DAY
NO SCHOOL
3 DAY 4 TEACH – 3P
4 DAY 5 5 DAY 6 6 DAY 1 EMILY CARR – Small Wonders Musical K-6
FUN LUNCH Soft Pretzels
7
8 9 DAY 2 10 DAY 3Remembrance Day
Liturgy – 9:30am TEACH – 3P
11 REMEMBRANCE
DAY
NO SCHOOL
12 DAY 4 13 DAY 5SCHOOL PICTURE
RETAKE DAY And class photos
FUN LUNCH
Hot Dogs
14
15 16 DAY 6
17 DAY 1 TEACH – 3P Technology Night 6:30-7:30pm
18 DAY 2 19 DAY 3 20 DAY 4SPIRIT DAY!
Moustache Day! FUN LUNCH Panago Pizza PROGRESS
REPORTS HOME
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22 23 DAY 5
BOOK FAIR
24 DAY 6
BOOK FAIR TEACH – 3P
25 DAY 1
BOOK FAIR School Council Mtg. 6:30 – 7:30pm
26 DAY 2HEP B – Gr. 5 - am
BOOK FAIR Parent Conferences
K-6 4 – 7pm
27 Parent
Conferences K-6 9-12 / 1-3
BOOK FAIR NO
SCHOOL
28
29 30 Professional Day
K-6
NO SCHOOL
MONSIGNOR DOYLE SCHOOL December 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 DAY 3
TEACH – 4C
Advent Liturgy 1:30pm
2 DAY 4 3 DAY 5 4 DAY 6
FUN LUNCH Wok Box
5
6 7 DAY 1 Artist in Residency – Gail Bartel
8 DAY 2 TEACH – 4V Artist in Residency – Gail Bartel
9 DAY 3 Artist in Residency – Gail Bartel
10 DAY 4 Artist in Residency – Gail Bartel
11 DAY 5FUN LUNCH
Kernals Popcorn Artist in Residency – Gail Bartel
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13 14 DAY 6 15 DAY 1
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
1:00pm &
6:30pm
16 DAY 2 17 DAY 3SPIRIT DAY!
PJ Day!
FUN LUNCH Panago Pizza
18 DAY 4
EARLY DISMISSAL
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20 21
CHRISTMAS VACATION
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25 Christmas Day
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