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Achieving, Believing & Caring
25 Mountainberry Rd, Brampton, ON L6R IJ3 Phone: (905) 789-1741 Fax: (905) 789-1958
“Achieving, Believing & Caring”
Principal: K. Dolan Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board St. Marguerite D’Youville Parish
Secretary: P. Tomei (905) 890-1221 (905) 792-7497
(905) 789-1741 Trustee: S. Xaviour Pastor: R. Mignella
Superintendent: Tammy-Lynne Peel Associates: Fr. B. Alphonsus/Fr. R. Tolentino
http://www.dpcdsb.org/FCTIP http://www.dpcdsb.org/ http://dyouvilleparish.ca/contact/
Inside this Edition
Black History Month & Catholic School
Council Fundraiser for 2017
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Winter Weather Reminders Page 3
Important Events & School Cash On-Line Page 4
School Dates for February & March Page 5
PREPARING FOR LENT
Lent is a season of turning to God in simplicity
and sincerity as we prepare to celebrate the joy of
Easter. Our hearts feel heavy as we remember our
sins, but we are also confident in God’s mercy and
forgiveness.
The three great Lenten practices are prayer,
fasting and alms-giving (giving money or other
help to the needy). Doing these three things will
help us to keep Lent as a holy season. In our
prayers this Lenten season, let us be open to
God’s kindness as we promise to pray with more
love, avoid treats and make a contribution to a
charitable organization, such as Share Life.
LENTEN PRAYER Lord God,
in this Lenten season of growth
teach us humility
and help our love to grow.
May our faith grow stronger
and our selfishness weaker.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
FEBRUARY VIRTUE - RESPECT
Respect is an attitude about how we treat ourselves
and how we care for others. We all deserve to be
shown courtesy, consideration, sensitivity and
thoughtfulness, which are different ways of saying
respect. Speaking and acting respectfully gives
people the dignity they deserve. When you treat
yourself with respect, others respect you. When we
treat others with respect, we are being Christ-like,
which helps people feel valued in our homes, school
and community.
I am respectful when…
…I show courtesy to everyone
…I avoid put downs, name-calling and
inappropriate gestures.
…I treat others and myself with respect
…I learn from the wisdom of my elders
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH – P.A. DAY – Parent/Teacher Interviews (No school for students)
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20th – FAMILY DAY (Provincial Holiday – No school)
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
February is Black History Month. This is a
time to celebrate the many achievements and
contributions of Black Canadians, who
throughout history have done so much to make
Canada the culturally diverse, compassionate
and prosperous nation we know today. It is an
opportunity for us to learn about the
experience of Black Canadians in our society
and the vital role this community has played
throughout our shared history. During
this month, Father Clair Tipping School is
recognizing and celebrating the many
contributions of Black Canadians and famous
black people from around the world. Various
activities and Black history facts will be
shared throughout the month. On Thursday,
February 23rd from 9:10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Mr. Toledo’s
Grade 6 class will be hosting the sixth annual
Black History Wax Museum, in the school
gym.
In this spectacular museum you will see
many African Canadian and American figures.
You will hear their speeches, learn about their
struggles, their hardships, inequalities and
challenges that they have faced in their
lifetime. This museum is a contribution to all
of the women and men that have changed our
society but are often forgotten in the history
books. Their names and legacies will forever
be remembered at Father Clair Tipping
Catholic School.
SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL
FUNDRAISING GOAL
Our School Dance-A-Thon goal is to
raise $4,000 to support: Guest speakers to present to our students!
Sacramental & Graduation Grades!
Students are not to go door to door. Ask only
family & friends to sponsor you!
IMPORTANT DATES
FEB 9th 2 Early Bird Draw Winners Lunch with a Parent, Friend, & Mr. Dolan
Principal for a day with Mr. Dolan
FEB 6th- 9th: Daily Prizes Winners
FEB 14th - Valentines Dance for All Classes!
FEB 14th - Hand in all Sponsor Forms by 9:00 a.m.
TUESDAY, FEB 14th - MAJOR PRIZES - Draw in p.m.
1. Classroom Prize Winners! Top selling Primary, Junior and Intermediate Classes
(highest average student total per class) Wins Pizza and a
Cookie Treat!)
2. Student with Top Pledges Overall – $50
Cineplex Movie Pass and a $50 Ultimate
Dining Card
3. Grand Prize Draw (for all students with
tickets entered) – a Samsung Galaxy Tablet!
OUR D.J. IS BACK TO SPIN THE TUNES AT
FCT!
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Upcoming Liturgical Dates – Lenten Mass
Thursday, March 9 th – Lenten Mass with Father Robert
@ approximately 10:00 a.m.
Our Lenten Mass with our celebrant
Father Robert will take place at
approximately 10:00 a.m. on Thursday,
March 9th in our gym. As always
parents, family and friends are invited to
join us.
Saint Valentine
In the month of February, we
celebrate Saint Valentine’s Day.
Saint Valentine was a bishop who
bravely died for his faith. The name
Valentine means “Valiant” or
“Strong”. This day is connected with love because of the
legend that birds pick their mates on February 14th. A
common practice that has developed through time is to send
notes of love and friendship on this day.
Valentine’s Cookies for Share Life Valentine’s Day is fast approaching! Cookies are being sold
at the school in support of Share Life. Order forms have
been sent home with the students. The cost is $1.00 per
cookie to help support ShareLife! Order forms are due back
on Tuesday, February 7th. Don’t miss the chance to show
your friends that you care Thank you to Mrs. Petrozza for
organizing this great event!
ESL Programs for Adults
DPCDSB offers a variety of ESL, Citizenship and CO-OP
Programs for Adults throughout Mississauga and
Brampton. Registration is ongoing for many of our
programs. Please see our Winter Flyer posted on the board
website at http://dpcdsb.org or call us at 905-891-9263.
General Interest Courses for Adults Discover a new talent, explore a new interest, put a hop in
your dance step, come and join us. Various General
interest courses are available…visit the board website at
http://dpcdsb.org and click on the “Adult and Continuing
Education” Link for Winter Program.
HEARING AND VISION SCREEING @ FCT
A Hearing and Vision Screening clinic will be held for
all students at Father Clair Tipping on Wednesday,
February 22, 2017. Results of the clinic will be sent
home with children following testing.
WINTER WEATHER REMINDERS Appropriate Dress
A reminder that students need
to be dressed appropriately for the winter
weather. Students should be wearing
winter coats, boots, hats, gloves and
scarves. Students are also expected to wear
shoes in the school building at all times.
Once students are at their classrooms, they
are expected to remove their winter boots and replace
them with indoor shoes. Please ensure that your child has
indoor footwear to be worn in the school. Wet floors and
hallways can result in possible slippery conditions, which
may result in injuries.
Our school policy is that recess is a part of the school day.
If a student is too ill to go outside, they should probably
not be at school on that day. If there are specific medical
reasons which should exclude a child from going outside,
please submit a doctor’s note to the office. This note
should indicate the reason and the time period that
permission to not go outside should be granted. We
follow the guidelines provided by the Board and Peel
Health when making decisions as to whether it is too cold
for the students to go outdoors.
SAFE PLAY WITH SNOW AND ICE
Father Clair Tipping has a strict rule
forbidding the throwing of
snowballs or ice. We are asking the
students to keep the snow on the ground. The students
have been made aware of the importance of this rule in
the preventing of injury to others. We encourage our
students to use the snow that winter brings to us
constructively by building snow people, sculptures, etc.
Please assist us by reviewing with your child the dangers
of throwing snowballs and the importance of preventing
injury to other children. This will help to make our school
yard a safe place for all our students during the winter
months.
REPORT CARDS Reports for Term 1 will be sent home on Tuesday,
February 7nd, 2017. Report card interviews will take place
the evening of Thursday, February 9th and also during the
day on Friday, February 10th. Also, a reminder that
Friday, February 10th is a PA Day for students (no
school).
Picking up your Child at School If you are going to be picking up your child early from
school we require a note addressed to the classroom
teacher informing him/her of the early pick-up. Also, if
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your child is not picked up at the end of the day they will
be directed to the office to wait for you to sign them out.
Students Arriving Late to School We continue to have an increase in the number of students
who arrive late to school in the mornings and after lunch.
Especially as more wintry weather approaches, it is very
important that students arrive to school on time and ready
to work, as late arrivals disrupt instructional activities and
classroom routines.
School starts at 8:30 a.m. and at 12:25 p.m. Students
should be at school with enough time to line up with their
classes. Please note that if they do not arrive on time to
make it to their line as the bell rings, they need to enter
through the front doors to pick up a late slip before going
to class.
Late Pick-ups after School A reminder to parents/guardians that school ends at 3:00
p.m. It is our expectation that arrangements have been
made for students to arrive home by bus, pick-up by a
parent/guardian at the school or by walking home. Lately
we have had a number of students who have not been
picked up on time. In some cases we have had students in
the school office until 4:30 p.m. This becomes a safety
issue at the school as supervision cannot be guaranteed
when late pick-ups occur.
Also another reminder that all Kindergarten-Grade 1
students must be met by a parent/guardian when the bus
arrives at the stop after school. Please make sure you
arrive at least 5-10 minutes before the drop-off time.
When students are not met at the bus stop they are
returned to the school by the bus driver. In many cases it
is very difficult to reach parents by phone. Please follow
these simple steps to ensure the safety of your child.
Intermediate Public Speaking Contest On Monday, February 13th our Intermediate students in
Grades 7 and 8 will be participating in our annual Public
Speaking Contest which will be held in our school gym.
Each student will be presenting a speech on a topic of
their choice for 3-5 minutes and they will also be
provided with an impromptu speech topic. Some of the
topics addressed last year were: Anxiety, Emotions,
Feminism and Racism, Coffee, Famous Failures and How
to avoid getting into trouble with your parents.
Virtues at FCT – Respect for February Our monthly Virtues Assembly for February will take
place on Tuesday, February 21st at 1:15 p.m. Students
from Mrs. Williamson’s and Mrs. Bastasin’s classes will
be presenting on the virtue of Respect. Each student who
received this month’s virtue will receive a certificate from
their teacher and also a virtue’s medallion to
commemorate their achievement!
Kiss N’ Ride & Bus Zone Just a reminder to parents/guardians that when dropping
off your child in the Kiss N’ Ride to please pull your car
up to the top of the lane and have your child exit your
vehicle on the passenger’s side NOT the driver’s side for
their safety. Parents are also reminded that the lane in
front of the school is for School Buses only. Students
are NOT to be dropped off in this lane. Lately we have
had issues with vehicles blocking this lane and the bus
drivers are unable to enter or exit when dropping off the
children. It is imperative that these rules be followed by
all parents/guardians in our community to ensure the
proper safety of our students.
Safe Schools A reminder to parents to please report to the main office
once we have authorized your access to the school
through the buzzer entry system. Parents are not permitted
to walk down the halls to their child’s classroom. Also
parents are asked to enter and exit through the main doors
at the front of the school – not the side or back doors.
These rules are put in place to ensure the safety of all
students at Father Clair Tipping Catholic School. Thank
you, Mr. Dolan – Principal.
Pediculosis Capitis – “HEAD LICE” We would like to be proactive in advising you that lice
can often occur at this time of year. It is important at this
time to check your children regularly for lice, in order to
help stop the spread within the classroom and school.
Individual classroom letters are sent out with the students
when an occurrence of lice is found. Names of students
are never given. If your child has “head lice” please report
this to Mrs. Tomei our school administrative assistant
immediately and please keep your child at home until all
of the lice and nits (eggs) have disappeared. Lotions and
shampoos containing 1% permethrin often work well.
They can be bought at the store without a prescription, see
a pharmacist. If these do not work, a doctor may give you
a prescription for a stronger medicine. Thank you for your
cooperation.
School Sportswear Our sincere apologies for the delay in receiving your
school sportswear. Please be assured that we have
contacted GameTime our clothing provider and have been
assured that your orders will arrive soon. Parents can
contact GameTime directly at (905)533-4263.
Delivering Lunches to the School When delivering your child’s lunch to school, please
advise your child in advance and write his/her name and
teacher’s name on the bag. Your child can pick up their
lunch from the lunch table at 11:25 a.m. The lunch table
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in located in the front hallway just outside the main
office. For safety reasons, students are not allowed to go
outside and meet their parents at their vehicle to pick up
their lunch. We greatly appreciate your cooperation.
Please visit our school website at: www.dpcdsb.org/FCTIP for the most up to date
information on what’s happening in our school.
Some of the information found on our website:
Events Calendar
Just Catering for Kids lunch forms
Attendance Information
School Hours
School Calendar Year Calendar
Monthly Newsletters
Bus Cancellations
Transportation
Jump2Math Evening at FCT! On Wednesday, March 8th our Catholic School Council is
sponsoring through a Ministry grant an evening of
Mathematics Fun for all! Parents and students are invited
to attend our Jump2Math event. Jump2Math is a
kinesthetic, multi-sensory approach to teaching math that
incorporated physical exercises, stretching, cross-body
movements, cooperative learning, and visually pleasing
floor mats. This program will allow parents, students and
teachers to enjoy active learning together while traveling
to each interactive math station. Life size board games,
giant manipulatives and colourful activity math mats will
be placed in our school gym. More information will be
sent to our parents closer to the date of the event. Please
feel free to visit the website at:
http://schoolshows.ca/listing/jump-2-math/
Please Visit our School Twitter
Account! Our goal is to tweet regularly about the wonderful and
amazing things that our school community is doing.
For the latest good news at Father Clair Tipping, please
follow us: @FCT_DPCDSB.
(https://twitter.com/FCT_DPCDSB)
To sign up for a twitter account go to:
https://twitter.com/signup
Email Notifications We continue to send email notifications to inform parents
about upcoming events, newsletters, food days, etc. If you
are not receiving information through email, and you have
requested it, please inform the office.
Lost & Found Our school Lost and Found containers are filling up with
various items of student clothing. If your child is missing
any items, especially clothing, please have them check
our Lost and Found container. Any Lost and Found items
remaining at school at the end of June will be donated to a
local charity. Lost and Found items will be on display in
the front foyer during Thursday evening and Friday –
Parent/Teacher Interviews.
Calendar Dates to
Remember
February 2017
Feb 1 Begin Black History Month
Valentine’s Cookies for Share Life
Feb 7 Report Cards for Grades 1-8 sent home
Feb 8 Catholic School Council Meeting
@ 6:30 p.m.
Feb 9 Report Card Interviews for Term 1
(3:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.)
Early Bird Draw for Fundraiser!
Feb 10 PA Day for Students (No school)
Report Card Interviews for Term 1
Feb 14 Valentine Fundraiser Dance-A-Thon
Draw for Prizes!
Feb 20 Family Day – Provincial Holiday
Feb 21 Virtues Assembly – Respect @ 1:15 p.m.
Feb 22 Grade 7 Immunizations
See/Hear Clinic @ FCT
Feb 23 Grade 6 – Black History Wax Museum
Feb 27 Duane Gibson Presentation Black History
Feb 28 Mr. Lego to visit Grades 1-6
March 2017
March 8 Jump2Math Evening @ FCT!
March 9 Lenten Mass at 10:00 a.m.
March 10 Great Gulp @ FCT!
March 13-17 March Break (No School)
Need information on delayed
or cancelled buses?
Do you have a question
regarding bussing?
Please visit the Board
Transportation Website
at:
www.stopr.ca
You can also contact the transportation
department directly from this website or call 905-
890-6000 (Brampton East).