Calendar Updates

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


The virtue for the month of May is Compassion.

Highlights of the February 23rd CSAC Meeting

What follows are edited excerpts from the Meeting's Minutes (posted once the Minutes are approved, at the next meeting). The February 23^rd Minutes were approved at the April 22^nd meeting. The full Minutes are available in the school library.

Mr. Shea provided news and updates on many items including word that many parents had provided negative opinions on the Director’s Cut program (which has been a part of the media component for the Grade 1 through 8 curriculum in recent years). Those in attendance echoed that dissatisfaction with the program, as is. CSAC will post an opinion poll on their site and seek input from the parent/guardian community on this subject for discussion at the next (April 22^nd, meeting).

Mr. Shea reviewed in detail the school's 2011/2012 school year budget funded by the TCDSB. In summary, to date (February 23, 2012), 73% of the school’s budget (of $6,000), has been allocated.

Mr. Shea presented the primary grades capital items wish list. John confirmed that he would include these items in the tax-deductible Capital Fund donation request letter, to be circulated in March.

St. Agnes Klean Kanteens. Got yours yet?

Just a quick reminder that the school's student Eco-Team is promoting Klean Kanteens, to reduced the waste from plastic bottle use with a high quality, affordable, re-usable canteen, embossed with our St. Agnes school logo . . . very nice indeed.

A member of the Eco-Team has produced a great promotional video for their Klean Kanteen program. Check it out. It's posted to our site's Information Links section (bottom left corner of the site's home page).

Watch for the Klean Kanteen order forms, coming home with next week's (April 30 - May 3) Scholastic Book Fair order forms.

As always . . . thank you very much for your continued support of our great school.


Regards,


John McAteer
Chair, St. Agnes CSAC

Spring Scholastic Book Fair: April 30 - May 3 (volunteers needed, please)

Dear Parents,

As you may have seen in the school's April Newsletter, there will be a Spring Scholastic Book Fair taking place in the Library the week of April 30th - May 3rd.  This is being organized by CSAC's Library Committee, therefore, we are looking for a group of volunteers to help facilitate this event. The Fall Book Fair was a huge success and we couldn't have done it without your help!

Monday and Tuesday of next week are just viewing days, so assistance will be needed to help students fill out their wish lists and give them a total dollar amount to take home to you. On these days, we require one volunteer for the morning, and another for the afternoon.  The hours are: 8:45am-  11:45am.

Wednesday and Thursday will be the busiest days as this will be when the classes come in to purchase their books.  We require three volunteers for the morning, and another three for the afternoon.  The hours for the afternoon are: 12:45pm  - 3:15pm.

We need as many volunteers as possible to make this book fair run as efficiently and successfully as possible. Please let me know you are available to help at all during the above mentioned times.  Feel free to contact me at: a.marie.odonnell@gmail.com.  Any time you could devote would be much appreciated. 

 

Best regards,

 

Anne-Marie O'Donnell 

Chair, Library Committee

New School Hours Next Year

In addition to the Catholic School Board's 2012/2013 school year calendar I posted to our site on April 15, at the CSAC meeting on April 18, our Principal, Mr. Shea, advised that the Board has also approved a change to school hours starting next year.

Effective the first day of next school year, September 4, 2012, the school day will start at 8:30 AM and end at 3:00 PM. Further, playground supervision will continue to be available, tentatively, 35 minutes before school and 15 minutes after school.

Mr. Shea advised that Northwood Academy has indicated that this schedule change does not present a challenge to their available services.

Please let me or the school know if you would like further discussion of this topic placed on the Agenda of our next (and possibly final, for this school year) CSAC meeting, on Tuesday, May 22nd.

You can always contact me, c/o your CSAC, via the email link at the bottom of our site's home page.


Regards,


John McAteer
Chair, St. Agnes CSAC