As We Wait. In Anticipation of Our Saviour

Transcription

1 DECEMBER 2017 As We Wait In Anticipation of Our Saviour God of Love, Your son, Jesus, is your greatest gift to us. He is the ultimate sign of your love. Help us walk in that love during the weeks of Advent, As we wait and prepare for his coming. We pray in the name of Jesus, our Savior. Amen +

2 Primary Christmas Concerts Our Primary Christmas Concerts will take place on Thursday, December 14th at 10:00 am and 7:00 pm. For the evening concert, the doors will be unlocked at 6:30 pm. The parents from Catholic School Council will be setting up refreshments and treats for sale. Letters regarding the Christmas Concerts were sent home on November 30 th. Please ensure that they are returned to the school with your response by December 6 th. Youth Faith Ambassador Christmas Initiative Our Youth Faith Ambassadors will be organizing a Peel Police Toys for Tots drive. If you would like to donate for Christmas, please bring a new and unwrapped toy to the school and place it in the designated container in the front foyer. Thank you for your support. Our Student Response Officers will be coming to the school to Cram the Cruiser on December 15 th. Advent Mass On behalf of the Guardian Angels Community, we wish Father Jan and the Pastoral Team a joyful and blessed Christmas! Father Jan will be celebrating Advent Mass on December 20 1:15 pm in the school gym. Our Confirmandi will be enrolled at this mass. We hope that you can join us. Christmas Carols and PJ Day FDK Gr 4. Christmas Caroling Friday, Dec 22 1:15 Please join us.

3 Student Led Initiative - Guardian Angels Keeps On Giving! Did you know that at least 150,000 Canadians use a homeless shelter each year and an additional 30,000 Canadians are homeless outside of shelters? We decided to try to help. We will be running a sock drive because everybody deserves to be warm especially during the holidays! Our goal for our 2017 sock drive is to collect one hundred pairs of socks. All socks collected will be taken to our local fire department for donation. We know that we can do it because we are such a caring school! Let s go GA! Please drop off NEW SOCKS in the front lobby of the school adult and children s sizes welcome. Thank you: Alyssa and Julia A key aspect of the Board s strategic direction is the continued development of safe, caring, inclusive Catholic school communities. As a Catholic Community, we are called to learn, grow and become more like Jesus. Catholic education provides us the opportunity to live our faith every day. We are very fortunate. The Living Our Faith Virtue Gatherings are a celebration of our commitment to the Holy Trinity and to the Catholic Church. Our next Living Our Faith Virtue Gathering will take place on: Thursday, December 21 st at 9:30 am We will recognize students who have demonstrated the virtue of Hope and introduce the virtue of Self-Control. December Virtue: HOPE September:... Faith November:... Conscience January:... Self-control March:... Kindness May:... Acceptance October:... Empathy December:... Hope February:... Respect April:... Love June:... Fairness

4 Mr. and Mrs. Claus Visit Guardian Angels A Message from your Catholic School Trustee During this Advent Season, as we prepare for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, we would like to take this opportunity to thank parents and guardians for choosing a Catholic education for your children. The first three months of the school year have been very successful on many fronts and we have much for which to be thankful. On November 16 th Santa and Mrs. Claus visited Guardian Angels. Thank you to our parent volunteers: Mrs. Andrade, Mrs. Arcilla, Mrs. Estevao, Mrs. Harriott-Gregory, Mrs. Konda, Mrs. Pacheco, Mrs. Rizun-Glynn and Mrs. Rositano for making this day such a huge success! Catholic School Council Please join us for our next meeting on Wednesday, January 17, :30 pm All are welcome! Our schools enjoy strong relationships with our families, local parishes and the community at large, and continue to build more diverse, more welcoming, more humane and more inclusive places to learn and to work. We continue to see strong performances by our students across the board in most areas of the most recent EQAO assessment and our graduation rates are among the highest in the province. Your Board of Trustees continues to work hard on your behalf and on behalf of all students and their families. In the words of our Holy Father, As we contemplate the Crib, let us gaze on the open arms of Jesus, which show us the merciful embrace of God, as we hear the cries of the Child who whispers to us: for my brethren and companions sake, I will say: Peace be within you (Ps 121[122]:8). Thank you, again, for supporting Catholic education, and we wish you all a Blessed Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. Darryl D Souza Brampton Wards 2,5,6

5 Ice-Cream Inquiry The Best Kind!!! Thank you to Baskin Robbins for welcoming Mrs. Navarro- Pe Benito and Mrs. Sivasankaran s FDK class. In order to further their inquiry, the children were given a tour of the store. The next day, the class made their own ice cream. This was a truly hands-on, student initiated educational experience. To Our Volunteers. Guardian Angels is truly blessed with the generosity of parents and caregivers who dedicate so much of their time to make our school a warm, safe, organized and fun place to be. Your commitment is truly appreciated and resonates throughout the school having more impact than you will ever know. Your actions bring the Gospel to life. FDK Registration Electronic registration begins on January 8, Evening Registration: Monday, January 15, :00 9:00 pm Snow date: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 Welcome to Year 1 FDK Evening Tuesday, May 8, 2018

6 Dates for Your Calendar: Dec 3: Dec 3: Dec 4: Dec 6: Dec 6: First Sunday of Advent First Communion Parent Meeting following 12:00 pm. mass Pizza order forms go home Sub order forms due RSVP for Primary Christmas Concert due back to the school Dec 10: Confirmation Parent Meeting following 12:00 pm. mass Dec 12: January Pizza orders due Dec 12: Tickets go home for evening Primary Christmas Concert Dec 12: Sub Day Dec 14: Rosary Apostolate (Gr. 4 8) Dec 14: Primary Christmas Concerts 10:00 am and 7:00 pm Dec 20: Advent Mass and Confirmandi 1:15 (please join us) Dec 20: Cookie-Gram delivery Dec 21: LOF Virtue 9:30 am (please join us) Dec 22: Christmas Carols and PJ Day for FDK Gr. 1:15 in the gym (please join us) Dec 22: Last Day of School for 2017 Jan 8: First Day of School 2018 Jan 15: Year 1 Kindergarten Registration Night Jan 16: Sub Day Jan 17: Extended French meeting at St. Anne School 7:00 pm (interested Gr. 4 parents) Jan 17: CSC 6:30 pm Jan 18: Rosary Apostolate Jan 22: PA Day (no school for students) Jan 26: Year 2 Kindergarten/Gr. 8 Graduation Photos Jan 30: Gr. 7 Immunization Jan 31: Virtue 11:00 am Attachments to this Newsletter School Cancellations Kindergarten Registration Parent Newsletter e-portfolio You can read this newsletter and view attachments at:

7 A Christmas Prayer Father God, When your precious Son became a tiny baby in a stable in Bethlehem, in poverty and simplicity, you changed our world. As we imagine those surroundings, we join with the shepherds and the wise men in wonder and praise. We thank you for our material lives, praise you for our spiritual lives, and trust in you for our eternal life. Amen. To the children, parents, family members and friends of the Guardian Angels School Community, We wish you a joyful and holy Christmas Season. The staff of Guardian Angels Catholic Elementary School.