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Best wishes for a safe andhappy holiday seasonfilled with kindness,laughter and peace.Best wishes for a safe and

happy holiday seasonfilled with kindness,laughter and peace.

December

1 School Vandermere Orders Due

2 Gr 6 - St Donat Last Payment Due

3 Santa Claus Parade

7 Pizza Count

16 Gr 7-8 Cyber Bullying 12:00 - 2:25 pm

19 Winter Concert

20 Primary Concert (7 pm)

21 Primary Concert (7pm)

23 Intermediate Talent Show

12 Pizza Day

14 BackPacks Fundraiser Due

EARLY DISMISSAL 1:35 pm (one hour)

Julie Payette P.S. Julie Payette P.S.Please visit us on the web at http://juliepayette.ddsbschools.ca/Telephone: 905.668.2225 Fax: 905.668.7555Please visit us on the web at http://juliepayette.ddsbschools.ca/Telephone: 905.668.2225 Fax: 905.668.7555

Rver. Viser. Devenir. ~ Dream. Aspire. Become.Rver. Viser. Devenir. ~ Dream. Aspire. Become.

Dates to Remember...

Dec 23 - Early Dismissal - 1:35

Principals Message...Principal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M. de VillersVice-Principal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. RousellAdministrative Assistants . . . . . . . . . M. Symons

Superintendent of Whitby/Safe Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. BowyerAdministrative Office . . . . . . . . . . . . A. TaylorWhitby Trustees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K. Zeppieri

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C. Copithorne

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C. Winters

Julie Payette P.S. December 2011 Page 1

Classes ResumeJanuary 9, 2012Classes ResumeJanuary 9, 2012Classes ResumeJanuary 9, 2012Classes ResumeJanuary 9, 2012

School Closed - VacationDecember 26 - January 6School Closed - VacationDecember 26 - January 6School Closed - VacationDecember 26 - January 6School Closed - VacationDecember 26 - January 6

November is almost behind us and we can alagree that we have been very fortunate toexperience such mild weather in the last fewweeks. The nice weather makes it very difficulto believe that December is just around thecorner and yes before long, the winteholidays will be here! We have entered thisspecial season, the season of appreciating whawe have and especially sharing and kindness

There is happiness associated with giving toothers and our community has certainly shownits generosity earlier in the month by donatingover 2000 food items and toys to the DurhamRegional Police Service Food and Toy DriveThis was impressive! To all of our Julie Payettefamilies and staff, I want to say MERCI for youbig heart and support to our community at largeYou brought joy to families and children aroundus.

Our November student progress conferenceswere very well attended, merci for your supportYour participation in these meetings is a veryimportant component to the assessmentevaluation and reporting process. Please do nothesitate to contact the teachers at any timeduring the school year, if you have any questionsor concerns regarding your child/childrenCommunication is key to creating a successfulearning environment. We look forward tocontinued academic and social success for oustudents as we continue our adventure together

in 2012.

Joyeuses Ftes!Joyeuses Ftes!oyeuses Ftes!Joyeuses Ftes!

Best wishes for a safe andhappy holiday seasonfilled with kindness,laughter and peace.Best wishes for a safe and

happy holiday seasonfilled with kindness,laughter and peace.

Joyeuses Ftes!Happy Holidays!


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Julie Payette P.S. Julie Payette P.S.Inclement Weather

When buses are cancelled in themorning,noon andafternoon transportationwillnotoperate.

If your child will not be attending school due to a bus cancellation, please contact the school andleavea messageonour SafeArrival Line: 905.668.2225extention 1.

With winter right around the corner, parents are reminded to listen to the following radio stations foup-to-date information on school closures due to inclement weather.

Students who are dropped off by parents in the morning will have to be picked up again by parents a

dismissal time(2:35 p.m.)

Incasesofextremeweather, please listentooneof the local radio/TVstationsbelow fornoticesof transportationcancellation:

Junior Kindergarten/New to Kindergarten Pre-Registration

Pre-registration begins on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 9:30 amPhone-in registration onlyThere are ONLY 20 Kindergarten spots availableFirst come first serve with priority given to current Julie Payette familiesChildren currently registered in JK will automatically be registered for SK

All other children need to register

Websites:

Durham StudentTransportation Services(DSTS): www.dsts.on.caurham StudentTransportation Services(DSTS):

To attend Senior Kindergarten,children must be five years old

by December 31, 2012(born in 2007).

To attend Junior Kindergarten,children must be four years old

by December 31, 2012(born in 2007).44 JunioruniorJunior SenioreniorSenior55



Julie Payette P.S. Julie Payette P.S.

HealthNotes:

Influenza:

Head Lice:

TicksandLymedisease:

At this time of year, we encourage families to be aware of some possible health risks. Please visit the Durham Healthwebsite formore information on thefollowing:

Ticks are part of our natural environment and are all around us. They climb on tall grass and bush. There is some indication that one oour students may have picked up a tick on our yard. Theboard was notifiedand the long grass surrounding our back field has been cutstudents have been reminded where to play, and teachers have received information from the health department and are monitoringtheir students. As some ticks may carry the bacteria which causes Lyme disease (at the moment Durham doesn't have an establishedtick population carrying LymeDisease),we areencouraging ourcommunity tocheck theHealthdptwebsite to learn more about ticks.

http://www.durham.ca/health.asp?nr=/departments/health/facts_about/influenza.htm

http://www.durham.ca/health.asp?nr=/departments/health/facts_about/pediculosis.htm

http://www.durham.ca/print.asp?nr=/departments/health/lymeDisease.htm

http://www.durham.ca/health.asp?nr=/departments/health/bedbugs/index.htmBedBugs:

905.668.2225 ext. 105.668.2225 ext. 1905.668.2225 ext. 1

Check-in

at the

OFFICE

SafeSchools

.and SafeArrival

LastDayfor Lostand Found

Dress fortheWeather

Early Dismissalat 1:35pmonFriday, December23

In accordance with Julie Payettes Safe School Policy, we remind parents to use the frontentranceand to report to the office immediately when visiting the school. If you have todropoff items for your child, please deliver them directly to the office and we will call your childdown toprevent interruptionsduringclassroominstruction time.

If you are volunteering in the school, please sign in at the office and use the Visitor or

Volunteer tags to identify yourself while in theschool. Safety iseveryone'sresponsibility.

Thank youforyour support in this importantmatter.

Thank you for your diligence in calling the school when your child is absent. Your help with this process allowsthe office staff to finish this very important safety procedure quickly and efficiently. Together we make adifference!

If you havent alreadydone so, please check the lost and found because its days are limited...Wewillbedonatingall items ofclothingonDecember9th.

Please make sure your child is dressed for the weather. The children should plan on goingoutdoors for recesses except in extreme conditions. In these cases, indoor recesses andlunch hours will be necessary. Please remember to have all clothing labeled with your child'sname.

Buses will pick up the students one hour early (1:35 PM). School will start again after the winter break onMonday, January9th, 2012.

Yearbook Committee

The Julie Payette yearbook committee needs your photos. We are looking to parents and students to helpmake this the best first yearbook ever! If you have any photos of Julie Payette students on class trips, atspecial events, on sports teams or club activities please send them into the school on a cd or memory stick tothe attention of the yearbook. If you put your students name on it and we will return it to you. Or you can emaiyour photos to . We look forward to seeing all the [email protected]




Holiday Backpacks!Over the holidayseason,staff and students at J.P. look for ways togive back to others in ourcommunity who may be less fortunate. This year, our school has forged a partnership withtheRefuge CommunityYouth Outreach Program, a charitable organization in Durham. TheRefuge supports youth in our community through practical and compassionate means ofprevention and intervention. During the holiday season, the Refuge distributes giftbackpacks filled with fun treats, personal hygiene products, and items to help keephomeless youth warm and more comfortable. The Julie Payette Philanthropy Club has

decided tosupport thisBackpack initiative, and are counting onyourhelp! Over the next fewweeks, students will be asked to contribute small items to help fill a backpack. We have avery generous community, and with your support, we hope to make the holiday season ahappier one for someone inneed.

Primary ConcertsWith the arrival of December, the primary division is beginning to prepare for our Primary Holiday Concerts onDecember 20th and December 21st. In order to ensure that all primary classes have the opportunity to participatewhile also maintaining a reasonable program length, each primary class will perform on one of the two nights asoutlined below:

The performances each evening will begin at 7 p.m. Homeroom teachers will inform parents of specific details foeach classas theconcert approaches.

December Pizza CountVolunteers Needed!December Pizza CountVolunteers Needed!Wednesday, December 7th at 8:00 amWednesday, December 7th at 8:00 am

December Pizza LunchVolunteers Needed!December Pizza LunchVolunteers Needed!Monday, December 12thMonday, December 12th

Julie PayetteAthletic Fundraiser!!!

The s ta ff f rom J ul iePayette will be serving upyour favourite meal on

Wednesday, January 18thbetween 4 pm and 8 pm at

McDonald's at Garden and Taunton in order toraise funds for our athletic department. Thismoney will be used for new physical educationequipment, school jerseys as well as teamfees. Come and join us with your family for adelicious meal at McDonald's to support yourschool.

I'm lovin it!!!

If you are available to help count, even if its only for a half hour,please e-mail Kirsten Frost at [email protected] you are available to help count, even if its only for a half hour,please e-mail Kirsten Frost at [email protected]

If you are available to help deliver to the classrooms for either lunch- 10:50 - Primary and Intermediate classes and/or- 11:20 for Junior classesplease contact Kirsten Frost at [email protected]

If you are available to help deliver to the classrooms for either lunch- 10:50 - Primary and Intermediate classes and/or- 11:20 for Junior classesplease contact Kirsten Frost at [email protected]

Classes performing on Tuesday, December 20th

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Kindergarten T/Th class

Grade 1 (Mme Gibb, Mme Leeman, Mme Allin)

Grade 2 (Mme Faucon-Murray,Mme Leonardis)

Grade 3 (Mme Fowler, Mme Fleet)

Mme Lafontaine,

Classes performing on Wednesday, December 21st

Kindergarten M/W class

Grade 1- (Mme Clark, Mlle Goss, Mme Jarvis)

Grade 2 (Mme Hogenbirk, Mme Beauclair,Mme D'Amours)

Grade 3 (Mme Maheux, Mme Beltrano)

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FirstAnnual IntermediateConcert - MondayDecember19th @ 7:00 pmFeaturing the Gr. 7 Band, the Gr. 8 Band and the Drumming club as well as a variety of performances by oustudents.

Donations willbeacceptedat the door tosupport our music dept.


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Au Revoir Mme Jarvis !u Revoir Mme Jarvis !Au Revoir Mme Jarvis !



Flicitation Mr. Turner!Makaela is now a big sister. Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs Turner on the birth of theirsecond daughter, Brooklyn. Here s to sleepless nights!

AurevoirMmeJarvis!

et BonjourMmeO'Connor!

When teachers leave a school it is always a bitter sweet time and in a few weeks we will have to say au

revoir toMme Jarvis. I would like to take thisopportunity to thank her for all ofher hardworkand efforts aour school. She made the transition between kindergarten and Grade 1 a smooth one! Her calm andcaring manner has helped her students adapt quickly to her teaching style. Mme Jarvis is an amazingGrade One teacher and wewishher bonnechance inher nextadventure! We are going tomissyou!

Weare happy to say Bienvenue to Mme O'Connor who is returning from her maternity leave in JanuaryMme O'Connor is thrilled to be part of the Grade One team and work with her JP colleagues. We knowthat she will create anamazing learningenvironmentforher littleones.

Lostand Found

Are you tired of having your kids misplace their clothing,shoes, lunch bagsandother belongings?

Purchase these Stuck on You labels and we will be able to

match lost items to their respective owners.

You can order using the order form sent to you untilDecember16th ororderon-lineuntilAugust2012.

The school will earn a commission, when you remember toenter our fundraiser name when completing your details on-line.https://www.stuckonyou.biz/canada/index1.asp?RegionID=9

HolidayPost Office-LiteracyIsAlive at Julie Payette!

address key posted on our website

This Holiday Season, the students at Julie Payette will have the opportunity todevelop and strengthen their writing skills by participating in our school'sHolidayPostOffice letter writing activity. Thisschool-wide initiative will providea framework designed to encourage and enhance writing skills learned in theclassroom. Students will have the opportunity to write and exchange letterswithin ourschoolcommunity.

Parents can also participate in this event by writing to their children at the schoobetween December 14th and December 22nd. To address a letter, please refe

to the . Letters can be written in English or French and can be

mailed in the boxes in the front foyer of the school.

Questionsorcomments? PleasecontactMmeJennifer Clarkat905.668.2225ext3.


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Dates of SignificanceDates of Significance


Julie Payette P.S. Julie Payette P.S.December 2 - International Day for the AbolitionofSlavery

December 3 - International Day of Disabled Persons (UnitedNations)

December5thAshura (Islam)*

December 10 - Anniv`ersary of the UDeclarationofHuman Rights

December21 - 28th - Hanukkah(Judaism)*

December24th- ChristmasEve (Christianity)

December25th- Christmas(Christianity)

December26th- Jan. 1st- Kwanzaa(AfricanAmerican)

The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery,December 2, recalls the date of the adoption, by theGeneral Assembly, of the United Nations

Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic inPersons andof theExploitation of theProstitution ofOthers ( of 2 December 1949). The UnitedNations' (UN) International Day for the Abolition of Slavery isannually observed on December 2 to remind people thatmodern slaveryworks againsthumanrights.The day also encourages people to put meaning to the words oftheUniversal Declarationof Human Rights that no oneshall beheld in slavery or servitude through theiractions.This holiday isnot to be confused with the UN's

.

The abolition of the trans-Atlanticslave trade in the19th centurydid not eradicate the practice globally. Instead, it took on otherforms, which persist to this day: serfdom, debt bondage and

forced and bonded labor; trafficking in women and children,domestic slaveryincluding children, forced marriage and thesaleof wives; child labourandservitude

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moonMessage for the International Day for

the Abolition of SlaveryDecember 2, 2010

For more information:

Youth For Human Rights no slavery

First declared in 1992, this day reminds people of the specialconcerns, rights and needs of people with disabilities.December 3 is also the anniversary of the adoption of the WorldProgram of Action concerning Disabled Persons in 1992. Formoreinformationsee:

UN enable Development and Human Rights for all A goodresource for using the disability lens to learn more about theintersections (layers) of physical/intellectual ability anddimensionsof diversity. http://www.un.org/disabilities/

On this day, the martyrdom of Husain is commemorated. Shi'iteMuslims celebrate for tendays. This day is also associated withthelanding ofNoah's arkon MountArarat.December 6 - National Day of Remembrance and Action onViolence againstWomenThis day was established in Canada by parliamentaryconsensus in 1991 to recognize and oppose violence againstwomen. This national day commemorates the tragic deaths of14young women who werekilledonthisdate inMontreal in1989simply because they were women. For more information andresources:For more information: http://www.whiteribbon.ca/about_us/

On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly othe United Nations adopted and proclaimed thUniversal Declaration of Human Rights. To viewthe Universal Declaration of Human Rights pleas

goto:

Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights and the Feast of Dedicationcommemorates a victory that took place more than 2000 yearago. In 164 B.C., a band of Hebrews, led by Judah Maccabeerecaptured the temple in Jerusalem from the ruling SyriansTheirmission wasto cleanandpurify their templeas well as to relight the holy temple lamp, called the Menorah. Hannukameans "dedication" andby re-lighting theMenorah they were rededicating the temple to God. The story goes that they only haenough oil for the lamp for one day, but that, miraculously, thlamp burned for eight daysjust enough time to make andconsecrate newoil. This is why Hanukkah lasts foreight days. Aspecial candle holder called a "chanukkiyah" is often used i

Hanukkah celebrations. It has a place for nine candles (eight othem to represent each day of Hanukkah and the ninth is knowas the "shammus" or worker candle). Each day the shammus ilit before sundown and then used to light the correct number ocandles for the day of the festival. At Hannukah, some Jewischildren receive a present for each of the eight nights along witgifts of money. Oily foods areeaten at this time to commemorattheoil used to lightthe menorah.

In many Christian families, Christmas Eve is a night of greacelebration, which often includes big dinners, attending speciachurch services, and visiting friends and family. Christmas EvandChristmas Day tend to be given more importance in Wester

Christianitythan in EasternChristianity.

Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ over 2000 yearago. No oneknowsthe actualbirthdate of Christ, butin 336A.Dthe Catholic Church declared that it would commemorate Jesusbirth on this date. This date is celebrated in different wayaround the world, with traditions as diverse as the cultures fromwhich they come. Many of the customs associated witChristmas suchas lightingofcandlesandevergreendecorationwere adapted from customs associated with earlier solsticcelebrations.

Professor Maulana Karenga started Kwanzaa in 1966 t

encourage African Americans to celebrate the beauty of theAfrican heritage. The time is celebrated by decorating witAfrican artandfabrics,andwearingAfrican clothing. Each of the7 principles of Kwanzaa, called the Nguzo Saba (Swahili foseven principles) is thought about and celebrated on each othe 7 days of the festival. The Nguzo Saba are: Umoja (unityKuj ichagul ia (self-determination), Uj ima (col lect ivresponsibility), Ujamaa (cooperative economics), Nia (purposin building the community), Kuumba (creativity), and Iman(faith). A special seven-pronged candle holder, the kinara, iused for Kwanzaa. One candle is lit the first day, two the secondayandsoon.

resolution 317(IV)

International Day fortheRemembrance of theSlave Tradeand itsAbolition

http://www.un.org/en/events/slaveryabolitionday/

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=youth+for+human+rights+no+slavery&oq=youth+for+human+right&aq=8&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_sm=c&gs_upl=11893l14909l0l16707l21l18l0l8l8l0l438l2705l0.2.5.2.1l10l0

http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/disiddp.htm

http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/dates/dec6/index_e.html

http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

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