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 News and Publications:
Upcoming Event:
TCDSB
Secondary Schools
Attawapiskat Youth Forum
November 26th 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Information: David Hogan, Neil McNeil H.S.
416-393-5502
Recent Highlights:
Outstanding Student Award Winners
TCDSB Chair Catherine Le Blanc-Miller was the keynote speaker at the 4th
2008 Outstanding Student Awards Ceremony held at the Filipino Centre
Toronto on November 2, 2008. The annual competition is open to elementary
school and high school graduating students of Filipino heritage with
academic average of 85%, based on the last two years of schooling.
Majority of the award recipients come from the Toronto Catholic District
School Board.
This year's winners are
Christian Rollan, a graduate of St. Malachy Elementary School, and Nathan
Eusebio, a graduate of Jean Vanier
Catholic Secondary School. Each
winner received a trophy and a cash award. Each of the other honorees
received a plaque and also a cash award.
At the same event,
volunteer tutors from University of
Toronto and Ryerson
University were acknowledged for tutoring in the FCT's Homework Club every
Saturday. The Homework Club is an annual FCT project aimed to help
elementary and high school students who have difficulty with math and
English.
Winners of the Ontario
Business Education Association Awards
Congratulations to Natalie Perez, Msgr. Percy
Johnson, 3rd place in International Business; Jennifer Lee and Ishara
Wijesingne from St. Joseph's Morrow Park, 1st and 2nd place respectively in
the poster contest; Lester Lumang from Michael Power/St. Joseph, 1st place
in grade 12 accounting; Katrina Basco and Karmina Basco from Michael
Power/St. Joseph, 2nd place in web development and Natalie Hong and Ivana
Barbaran from St. Joseph's Morrow Park, 3rd place in web development.
Beach Volleyball Champ
Victoria Altomare, a grade 12
student at Cardinal Newman Catholic School, has had a successful beach
volleyball season with her partner Melissa Humana-Paredes. The victories began
in July when the duo captured the under 18 U.S. Beach Nationals crown in
California. Altomare and Humana-Paredes became the first international team to
win a women’s division in that event. Back on home soil, the girls, who have
been partners for three years, took home the under-18 provincial title in early
August. They ended the summer with a Canadian national championship late last
month at Ashbridges Bay.
Youthvision Scholarship Winner
Emily Ball from Notre Dame is among the 30
students selected for the 2008 CIBC Youthvision(TM) Scholarship. Thirty
high school students from coast to coast, who applied for the
scholarship while in Grade 10, are the winners of the awards valued at
up to $34,000 each. The program, delivered through a partnership with
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada and YMCA Canada, helps young
Canadians fulfill their academic aspirations and reach their full
potential.
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Tanzania 2008
During the month of July a group of students
from the Toronto Catholic District School Board travelled to Tanzania to
work with the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. While in Tanzania the
students helped to construct a windmill to bring clean drinking water to the
village of Ndachi in the central part of the country. Prior to going to
Tanzania the students raised over $30,000 to purchase the windmill and other
related supplies. Some elementary and secondary school students and staff
signed their names on stickers that were placed on the windmill. The
following schools participated in the signing: Blessed Sacrament, St.
Alphonsus, St. Anselm, St. Bonaventure and St. Charles Catholic Schools,
Brebeuf College School, Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts, Marshall
McLuhan Catholic Secondary School and staff at the Catholic Education
Centre, In addition to constructing the windmill, the students visited AIDS
orphanages, local elementary schools, with the Canadian High Commissioner
and the Regional Commissioner of Dodoma. Many of the students expressed an
interest to return to Tanzania in the future as teachers, healthcare /
development workers. The students who traveled to Tanzania attend the
following schools: Brebeuf College School, Cardinal Carter Academy for the
Arts, Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School and St. Basil-the-Great
College School. Students were accompanied by TCDSB teachers Jill Eason
(Literacy Team) and Steve Carey (Catholic Teachers’ Centre)
L to R:
Clare Nelligan (Cardinal Carter) Fr Tim
(Missionaries of the Precious Blood) and Elaine MacPherson (Marshall McLuhan
CSS)
Windmill nearing completion
Gold Medal Winner
Thomas Juha, grade 10 student at Michael Power/St. Joseph Catholic Secondary
School, won a gold medal in the 200-metres at the Canadian Youth
Track and Field Championships. He also won a silver in the medley relay
and bronze in the 100-metre dash.
Toronto Catholic District
School Board’s 2007-2008 Top Graduating Students
Peter
Cmorej from Bishop Allen Academy in Etobicoke has achieved 99.33 per cent, the
highest average of all Grade 12 graduating students within the Toronto Catholic
District School Board (TCDSB) for the 2007-2008 academic year.--Details
Vice-Principal recognized by Math Association
Congratulations to Anthony Azzopardi, vice-principal of the North
York campus of Msgr. Fraser College. He was recognized with the OMCA
2008 Innovation and Excellence Award for contributions to mathematics
education in Ontario. The Ontario Mathematics Coordinators Association (OMCA)
is a provincial organization representing math coordinators, resource
teachers and consultants.
Angel Foundation
Award Winners
Congratulations to Jenna Hijazi from Marshall McLuhan, winner of the
Carmela Murdocca Literacy Bursary; Manuel Cardama from St. Mary's and
Teresa Waihenya from James Cardinal McGuigan, winners of the TCDSB
Employee Credit Union Student Bursary; Ray Alba from Cardinal Leger,
winner of the Keith Tavares Spirit of Inclusion Bursary; Nicole D'Amario
from Cardinal Carter and Christina Kosar from Michael Power/St. Joseph,
winners of the Mario Gasparotto Visual Arts Bursary; Tom Sinclair from
Neil McNeil, first ever winner of the Mary Jane McKeen Skilled Trades
Bursary; Antonio Giuliano from St. Mary's, winner of the Sandra
Montgomery Student Bursary and St. Paul Catholic School, winner of the
George Ermellini Literacy Award.--Details
Tom Leon Student Bursary Recipients
The
Angel Foundation for Learning and TCDSB extend sincere congratulations
to Antun Pavelic of Michel Power/St. Joseph, Devin Dzelme of Brebeuf
College, Patrice Mitchell of Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts, and
Misakura Tsukimoto of St. Joseph's Morrow Park.--Details
Miller Thomson Foundation Awards
Among
the recipients of this year's national scholarship program are: Anna Kinio from St. Joseph's College, Jennifer Lee from St. Joseph's Morrow
Park and Andrea Wadsworth from Marshall McLuhan.
Millennium Scholarship Foundation
Excellence Award Winners
Elisa Cheng and Jennifer Lee from St.
Joseph's Morrow Park are among the recipients.
Winning Proposal
Loretto Abbey is
one of two winners of the $10,000 School Proposal Contest by Certified
Management Accountants of Ontario School Proposal Contest for their
proposal to create a photo lab at the school.
Rugby Winners
Marshall McLuhan
Rebels have won their second straight TDCAA senior boys rugby title.
Tennis Champ
Sergiu Laza from
Marshall McLuhan emerged victorious at the OFSAA Tennis Festival held at
the Rexall Centre June 2nd and 3rd.
Soccer Silver
The boys' soccer team
from St. Basil-the-Great finished in second place at the quad-A
provincial championships held in Windsor on June 11th.
City Track and Field Winners
St.
John's Catholic School finished in the top spot with 101 points in this
year's elementary city meet. James Culnan (71 points) and Our Lady of
Sorrows (68 points) were the finalists.--Detailed
Results
OFSAA Champs
Track and Field
Winners: Richard West, Francis Libermann, gold medal in senior boys'
800m and silver medal in the 400m; senior girls' gold medal team in the
4x100 relay for Chantee Dardaine, Sheereen Harris, Melannie Lui and
Claudine Palmer of Mary Ward; senior girls' bronze medal team in the
4x400 relay for Kim Brown, Leanne Fernandes, Ginhette Reyes and Jennifer
Volcy of Pope John Paul II; Sheereen Harris from Mary Ward, silver
medallist in the 100m, 200m and 80m hurdles for midget girls; Dushane Farrier, Neil McNeil, bronze medallist in senior boys' 100m;
Amelie de Fenoyl, Michael Power/St. Joseph, bronze medal in the midget
girls' 3000m; Cynthia Appaiah from Don Bosco, bronze medal in the senior
girls' shot put; Thomas Juta from Michael Power/St. Joseph for silver
medal in midget boys 100m and gold in the 200m; Philip Zablocki from
Michael Power/St. Joseph, bronze medal in midget boys' 300m hurdles;
Daniel Drozdowsky from Michael Power/St. Joseph, bronze medal in junior
boys' 400m and Mathieu Marcoccia from Michael Power/St. Joseph, silver
medal in senior boys' discus.
National Skills Canada Gold Medallist
Kathleen Gatti from Cardinal Newman, gold
medal winner at the national level in the prepared speech category.--Details
81% of
TCDSB Students Succeed in Most Recent Literacy Test
Eighty-one per cent of first-time eligible Toronto Catholic
District School Board students were successful on the 2008 Ontario Secondary
School Literacy Test.--Details
Poetry winner
St. Bonaventure
Catholic School won second prize in the 2007-2008 Canadian
National Poetry Contest for young poets aged 7-12. The school was
selected from among 500 across the country and received a cash prize of
$100 prize and a certificate. The submissions are published in the
anthology of verse entitled "Puppy Dogs and Roses".
New CD
Released
St. Michael's Choir School has released a new music CD,
"From
Courts on High"--Details
Ontario Chess Champion--Grade 11
student Ashley Lu Russo of Loretto College School received the Bronze
Medal at the May 17, 2008 Ontario Girls' Chess Championships.
2008 ESP Showcase Winners
Congratulations to the many students
and staff who were recognized for their achievements--Details
OECTA Young Authors Award Winner
Congratulations to Michelle
Lo, from St. Henry Catholic School, winner in the grades 7-8 poem category; Kimberly Tam, Our
Lady of Peace, winner in the JK-SK non-fiction French category; Stefania
Lista, Cardinal Carter Academy, winner of the grades 9-10 non-fiction
French category; Regine Wan, Loretto Abbey, winner in the grades 11-12
non-fiction French category.
CUPE Local 1328 Award of Merit
Recipients
Congratulations to Jane Renzetti, Library Technician from St. Gabriel
Lalemant and St. Jean de Brebeuf; Helen Arduni, Head Secretary at James
Cardinal McGuigan; Lily Weston, Education Assistant, St. Raymond; Ingrid
Salt, Child and Youth Worker at St. Francis de Sales; Mary Jane Nice,
ESL Instructor at Mary Ward; Agata Malik, ESL Nursery Worker at St.
William; Lena Morra, Student Supervisor at Michael Power/St. Joseph for
being recognized by CUPE Local 1328. Amanda Leo and Antonio Lombardi were
the student bursary winners.
Cross-Country City Champions
Congratulations to St. John's Catholic School
for once again winning the city
championships in elementary cross-country. The team from St. Clement
finished in second place, while St. Gregory came in third.--Results
Chess Champ
Artiom
Samsonkin from St. Patrick Catholic Secondary School has won the 37th
Canadian Junior Chess Championships for the top chess players under 20
years old and will represent Canada in the 2008 World Junior Chess
Championship to be held in Ankara, Turkey in August--Details
Provincial Concours d'art oratoire
winners--First Place: Stefania Lista,
grade 9, Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts; Second Place: Luiza Jaroszek,
grade 10, Michael Power/St. Joseph Catholic Secondary School; Third
Place: Joe McGrade, grade 11, Bishop Allen Academy.
Destination
ImagiNation Team from Transfiguration Of Our Lord Catholic School
who have made it to the Global Finals--Details
Newly-Certified Eco-Schools--Details
W5H Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the regionals in the intermediate W5H
tournaments:
- Toronto North St. Fidelis Catholic School
- Toronto South St. Denis Catholic School
- Toronto West Father Serra Catholic School
- Toronto East St. Agatha Catholic School
For results from the City championships,
click here.
Principal of the Year
Congratulations to Margaret Gardonio, Principal of James Cardinal
McGuigan Catholic Secondary School. She has been recognized by the Catholic
Principals' Council of Ontario as a Principal of the Year.
Voices That Challenge--Student Leadership
Conference 2008
Keynote Speaker Stephen Lewis
TCDSB Chair Catherine LeBlanc-Miller, Stephen Lewis and Deputy
Director Les Nemes
Basketball Championships
Congratulations to the girls' basketball champions, Nativity of Our Lord
who, this year beat St. Malachy 49 - 39 in the final game. These two schools
have met for the finals the past three years. The boys' final was between
St. Dominic Savio and St. Wilfrid. This game had a wild finish, as the lead
changed many times in the last few minutes. Congratulations go to the St.
Dominic Savio team who pulled off a 56 - 55 win in the dying seconds!
Congratulations to all the athletes and their coaches who worked hard all
season and provided the fans with exciting basketball in downtown Toronto on
a snowy Friday night!
A special thank you to the South Athletic Region and master convenor John
Albert for his organization. We look forward to more basketball highlights
next year!
Nativity of Our Lord, girls' champs
St. Dominic Savio, boys' champs
Media contact:
Mary Jo Deighan, Coordinator of Communications
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