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Health and Safety

Road Safety

Staff has noticed that there have been a few close calls on the roads in front of and near the school recently. Students have crossed without looking both ways; sometimes cars have pulled out to pass other cars which stop illegally in front of the school to drop off children; as a result, there have been near-accidents. Staff have been reminding students about the rules of the road and we would appreciate if parents would also go over these rules with their children.

A reminder for parents – please use the drop-off and pick-up zone in the school parking lot rather than the front of the school. It is much safer for all.

Dental Screening

Public Health workers will be at the school from Tuesday, June 8th to Thursday, June 10th to conduct dental screening of grade 7 and 8 students.

Assistive Technology Training

Click here for more information about free training for parents offered by the Toronto District School Board Special Education Department. There are a variety of dates available in August and September.

Sports News

Tennis

Congratulations to Louise K. for her tremendous achievements in tennis during the past couple of weeks. Louise moved forward through several levels of OFSAA tennis singles tournaments; at the Provincial level this week at York University’s Rexdale Centre, she took the silver medal in the Girls Open for students in grades 9 to 12. It was a great accomplishment to make it to this level of competition at OFSAA against much older students most of whom are nationally ranked.

Thanks to Ms. Chou for her support!

Soccer

Congratulations to our grade 7 and 8 Girls Soccer team! Last week, they won the North Region Championship. Good luck to the team members as they head off to the City Finals next.

Thank you to Coach Lau.

Ultimate Frisbee

St. Andrew’s Ultimate Frisbee Co-ed team scored a big win at the North Region Championships last week also. Great job to all team members and to Coach Seal!

Track and Field

This week and weekend, two of our athletically gifted students, Gary R. and Jennifer L., are competing at the Provincial OFSAA Track and Field Championships in London, Ontario. Hot off the press – Jennifer L. took bronze in Midget High Jump yesterday. Congratulations to Jennifer! Today, Gary is running the 1500 m. event and tomorrow he runs in the 3000 m. event. Good luck to Gary!

Thanks to Coach Baluyot.

Arts News

Anti-racism Poster Contest

Sabrina T., a grade 8 student at St. Andrew’s Junior High School, placed second in the Community Police Liaison Committee’s anti-racism poster contest, presented Tuesday at the North York Civic Centre.

“Second-place winner Sabrina T. said her poster shows the richness of bringing together people of different ethnicities.
“I kind of wanted to say not everything is black and white. If we were born to see things only in black and white, we would only see black and white,” she said.
(From InsideToronto.com, May 26, 2010)
Congratulations to Sabrina and thank you to Mr. McDowell.

Manga Contest

George R. won the Manga Art Contest this week at St. Andrew’s. Congratulations to George, and thank you to Mr. McCarthy.

Music Night

On Thursday, May 27, many students, parents and staff had the pleasure of attending Music Night concerts at St. Andrew’s. The music was wonderful! Student musicians showed a lot of growth in their musicality. Thank you to Mr. Corbett and Ms. Wong for all of their support and enthusiasm. Thank you to Ms. Greenspoon, Ms. Monteiro, Ms. Stella and Ms. Lau for assisting at the concert.

Staff decided to try a new format for Music Night and offered two short concerts instead of one longer one. This seemed to be a hit with those who attended. If you have any feedback you would like to share about this format, please forward it to the blog or call or send a note to the office.

Choir

St. Andrew’s Choir performed in the Peace Tree Day celebration at Mel Lastman Square on June 1st. Peace Tree Day is a celebration promoting peace, and it is cross-cultural and open to all religious beliefs regarding peace. Congratulations to choir members for a most enjoyable performance. Thanks to Ms. Wong.

Live from St. Andrew’s: O Canada

Students and staff have been treated to solo live renditions of our National Anthem by our own student musicians everyday during morning announcements. Knowing that the anthem is played each morning by one of OUR students and on a different instrument from time to time is a wonderful treat. A big nod and a round of applause to participating student musicians and to Mr. Corbett for organizing and overseeing this.

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