February 27 , 2015 Published Weekly / Issue - 23

Principal: Jeff Crane Vice-Principals: Shari Green-Brown; Margaret Wolf

Office Administrator: Raj Dhanota Secretaries: Wafa El Maseh; Cathy Giannopoulous, Dawn Hazel,

Jane Sauer

Superintendent: Kathleen Garner Trustee: Gerri Gershon SAC Chair: Ossama El Sarraff SAC Vice-Chair: Safeera Mulla

www.tdsb.on.ca CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT ATTRIBUTE March-Honesty

TPPS-ON-LINE

Please visit the Thorncliffe Park Public School Website at:

schools.tdsb.on.ca/thorncliffepark You will find resources for parents and students, teacher’s blogs and websites,

community links, Parent Council meeting agendas and minutes, weather reports

and lots more information!

The Safe Arrival Program is in place to help ensure the safety of Thorncliffe Park

students. This is a 24-hour call-in system where parents can leave a message to let the school know that

their child/children will be absent. Here is how it works:

Call 416-396-2460 Press 1 for Safe Arrival Press option 1, if your child is in grade 1

Press option 2, if your child is in grade 2 or 3 Press option 3, if your child is in grade 4 or 5

Date Time Details

Monday, March 2 Day 4

11:40a.m.-12:30p.m. 1:00p.m.-3:15p.m.

Primary Choir - LMA Grade 3 – Skating –Snetsinger 3G Room 145 & Karavidas 3H Room 155

Tuesday, March 3 Day 5

11:40a.m.-12:30p.m 12:45p.m.-1:15p.m.

Junior Choir - LMA Parent Lending Library

Wednesday, March 4 Day 6

7:45a.m.-10:00a.m. ALL DAY Lunch

UCC –Beretta 4D & Nicholls Grade 3 – Thinking Forward – Whitney, Ashburner, Trusca Folkfest – LMA

Thursday, March 5 Day 7

9:00a.m-11:00a.m. AM & PM ALL DAY Lunch

Grade 3 -Skating – Whitney 3I Room 136 & Selkirk 3J Room 143 Grade 5 – Engineers Without Borders – Library – Watters & Bordonaro Grade 4 – Toronto Botanical Gardens - Kelly Junior Choir- LMA

Friday, March 6 Day 8

9:00a.m.-10:00a.m. Parent Lending Library

Summer 2015 ESL Program for International Students

Invite your friends and family, who live in other countries, to

learn English and explore Canadian culture with the Toronto

District School Board this summer!

International students, aged 12-17, will enjoy intensive English

classes - taught by our qualified teachers - at the world's most

multicultural and multilingual school board.

In addition to classroom learning, students will have unique opportunities to practise their

English skills, explore Toronto and experience Canadian society and history through trips, tours

and social activities.

Students can also live with a homestay family, to experience Canadian life first-hand.

Visit www.ESLstudytoronto.ca

Summer Music Camps

Enrich your child’s summer vacation with music camp. Through

three unique programs – Summer Sounds, DownTown Strings and

Toronto Summer Music Camps – the TDSB offers band, strings and

orchestral experiences for students from grades 3-9. Registration

opens March 5.

For more information visit:

www.tdsbsummercamps.ca.@TDSB_ConEd

High Water Levels Brings Increased Risks

The Toronto and Region Conservation monitors hazardous ice

conditions as thaw begins and are reminding everyone to be

very careful around all bodies of water. The first hint of

warming weather and the promise of spring thaw can bring

extreme danger to the shores and surfaces of streams, rivers,

ponds and lakes, according to Toronto and Region

Conservation.

As warmer temperatures arrive, stream banks become increasingly slippery and unstable.

Lake and river ice weakens, becoming thinner or with higher flows breaking with little or no

warning. During this time, the potential for flooding and ice jamming is high.

Higher, faster-flowing water and extreme cold temperatures combine to create increased

dangers on or near rivers, streams and ponds for people wishing to enjoy the seasonal

changes. Parents and caregivers are being asked to keep children away from stream banks,

ponds and lakes.

Look What’s Happening in Our AMAZING School!!

The Girls Volleyball team had their Conference

Tournament last week at Cassandra P.S. The girls played

extremely well! They won both sets playing against

Ranchdale P.S. and fought hard but were defeated

against Cassandra P.S. They are now going to the

quarter finals, date to be determined! Way to go, girls. A

big thank you to the coaches Ms. Sharon Spencer and

Ms. Tina Zavarelli for all you hard work and dedication.

Ms. Tomcko’s grade 4 class has been working hard in Science!

The students built sedimentary rock layers for their Rocks and

Minerals unit. The grade 4 students have been learning about

what minerals are found in sedimentary rocks and common

uses for these rocks.

Dear Thorncliffe Park Parents,

We are working on teaching our students NEW and BETTER ways to say things! When we find a better way to describe or say a word we use every-day we call that new word a “Million Dollar Word”. Our students are then encouraged to use and find that word in other classes, at home, in books and when they speak and write. For example: A million dollar word for ‘nice’ would be ‘fantastic’. A million dollar word for ‘big’ would be ‘gigantic’. Mr. Crane is making million dollar words too! He is giving each grade a new million dollar word to define and use each week. Grade 1 & 2 – Revisit Grade 3, 4 & 5 - Identify Listen for your children to use them at home! Talk with your children about what the words mean and how you say them in your first language! Encourage your children to use them at home and you try to use them too! That way we can all develop million dollar vocabularies!

Events to Look Forward To:

March 16th

to March 20th

– Mid Winter Break

April 3rd

–Good Friday

April 6th

– Easter Monday

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