St. Joseph's Morrow Park Lease Extended Through June 2015

The following article appears in the current e-newsletter from the TCDSB (note that registration for the newsletter is found under the "Information Links" section of our blog):

TCDSB and Tyndale Sign Lease Extension for St. Joseph’s Morrow Park

In the spirit of continuing cooperation, the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) and Tyndale University College & Seminary are pleased to announce the extension of the lease of St. Joseph’s Morrow Park Catholic Secondary School until June 30, 2015.

The TCDSB has also received permission from the Ministry of Education to purchase the site at 500 Cummer Avenue to accommodate construction of the new St. Joseph Morrow Park Catholic Secondary School. Planning for the new school has started and construction will commence once City of Toronto approvals are received. The scheduled completion date for the newly built $24.75 million secondary school is September, 2015.

To read more:

http://www.tcdsb.org/News/NewsReleases/Documents/TCDSBTyndaleLease2012.pdf

Calendar Updates

Our online CSAC & School events calendar has been updated for the month of November 2012. It's routinely updated for you, so check-in often!

The virtue for the month of November is peacemaking.

RSVP Reminder: Oct 30 Social Networking Safety Seminar

This is just a reminder to RSVP (to the school office), ASAP, for the Social Networking Safety seminar arranged by your CSAC.

The seminar is on Tuesday, October, 30, from 7 - 9 pm in the school's gymnasium.

The seminar's material is geared towards adults (child care will be available onsite). An age appropriate version of the material will be delivered to the Grade 4 - 8 students by the speaker (Paul Davis, of Online Social Networking Safety) during that day and a few student representatives will be asked to attend the evening session to relay what they've learned.

This seminar was fantastically well received by all those who attended last year and your CSAC highly recommends that you make every effort to attend this year's free seminar (sponsored by the Ministry of Education).

Please spread the word and be there on October 30th!

New Resources Posted

Your CSAC is pleased to advise that important new resources are now available on our blog.

Now added are the following resources:

• Current (2011/2012) EQAO results for St. Agnes
• EQAO Guide for Parents
• TCDSB Learning Improvement Plan for St. Agnes (with an introduction provided by Mr. Shea)

While visiting our site, take note of the existing resources:

• Ministry of Education multi-lingual tip sheets for parents
• People for Education multi-lingual tip sheets for parents
• TCDSB homework guidelines & tips
• TCDSB homework help (math, Gr. 7 - 10)

You'll find all of these resources, and more (including the St. Agnes Klean Kanteen promotional video) under the Information Links section of the blog (bottom left corner of the home page).

October 23 CSAC Meeting

Reminder: The October CSAC Meeting is tonight, October 23, 6:30 - 8:30 PM, in the school library.

A copy of the Meeting's Agenda is posted on our blog, under the Key CSAC Documents area (top right corner of the home page).

All parents or guardians of St. Agnes students are welcome and encouraged to attend this and any CSAC meeting. 

Free Seminar: Safe Social Networking

Where: St. Agnes School Gymnasium.

When: Tuesday, October 30, 7 - 9 PM

Speaker: Paul Davis (from Online Social Networking / socialnetworkingsafety.net)

 

Those that attended last year know this is a seminar not to be missed.

 

Online Social Networking. Everyone seems to be doing it in one form or another. Tweeting, Facebooking, BBMing, Blogging, Youtube or LinkedIn… someone you know may have sent you a link to view a "status update" or look at a new posting they updated. It may have been done using an IPhone, Blackberry, Android, Smartphone, Tablet PC or simply a home computer. Welcome to the Social Networking world of today - Online. Arguably one of the most powerful and most popular online activities.

Back by popular demand, and through the Parents Reaching Out Grant offered through the Ministry of Education, we have invited Paul Davis of Online Social Networking Safety to come back to St. Agnes to peak to our students and parents on the overall safety of our children on-line.  Paul Davis was at St. Agnes in February 2012 and his presentation received rave reviews by all those that attended and participated!    

 

 

This is a FREE seminar, targeted for parents (information may not be suitable for children - childcare will be available onsite during the seminar). Please pass it on!

 

Topics:  Facebook, CyberBullying, HandHeld Devices, Texting, Legal Matters, and a Common Sense Approach to dealing with the technology your children have, or are asking you for!

Please RSVP by contacting the school office on/before October 26th: 416-393-5345.