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Upcoming Events Mon. May 15: Music Department at Nationals in Niagara Falls Tues. May 16: 7:45 a.m. Caring and Safe Schools Committee Meeting Lunch on the Roof (Mental Health Week Fundraiser) Wed. May 17 Music Council Elections International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia Thurs. May 18; Prom! Mon. May 22 Victoria Day Holiday (no school) Wed. May 24 EcoSchool Audit OAPT Physics Contest Thurs. May Extended HF for distribution of Grafitti 6:00 p.m. Welcome Night for New Grade 9’s and Parents Fri. May 26 Last Day for Field Trips Last day for University acceptance The 71st Maytime Melodies took place last Thursday and Friday evening and, once more, was a smash hit! It was an incredible evening of student performance - choir, orchestra and stage band. Thank you and congratulations to the incredible teachers for their hard work, dedication and professionalism: Deb Pady, Keith Reid, Liz Monteith, and Leo Varahidis. We are blessed to have such a strong music program at NT. Vanessa Kam, Cara De Belle and Victor Lu represented NT well at OFSAA. Congrats to Cara and Victor for being Gold Medal winners in Mixed Doubles The Archery Team is headed off to Ontario Championships this week. We wish them good luck! Congratulations to Abby Waldman whose entry into the Telus Safe Media Contest resulted in $2000 being donated to technology at North Toronto. Thank you for your initiative! Art at North Toronto was in the news! Check out the article about Midnight Madness at https://northtoronto.snapped.com/events/view/1039473https://northtoronto.snapped.com/events/view/1039473 Kehkashan, an NT student, spoke last week at the New York Public Library Schools Summit about how she has been mobilising youth through her organization Green Hope Foundation. As well, a speaker from the United Nations Human Rights Commission quoted Kehkashan in his speech at the Climate Change Conference in Bonn. Well done Kehkashan!! Student Council Elections took place last week. Please congratulate the 2017-2018 representatives: JVP: Samantha Barton; Environmental: Joshua Chong, Music: Henry Kelsey; Secretary: Regina Ledesma; Social Convenor: Olivia O’Brien de la Torre; NTAA Female: Ella Crockett; NTAA male: Tanner Woods;Treasurer: Jacob Crawford Ritchie; SVP: Julia Yacoub; President: David Chu. Thank you to Jenny Hayden and Jessica Bulgutch for the great job they did in promoting student leadership. PROM!!! will take place this week on Thursday, May 18. If your child is attending Prom, please have a discussion with them about responsible behaviour, especially with regards to alcohol. This includes not "pre-drinking" at parties prior to the start of Prom. Any students at the prom either under the influence of alcohol or with alcohol, will not be allowed to enter/stay at the prom. Parents will be notified and a suspension will result. We would much rather that everyone have fun and be safe - please reinforce this message. Thank you for your support!! _______________________________________________ Please do not reply to this e-mail. If you do not wish to receive e-mail from North Toronto, please unsubscribe at http://ntci.on.ca/ntparents-unsub/ To contact the school, 393-9180 or e-mail: northtoro...@tdsb.on.ca ________________________________________________ North Toronto Collegiate Institute 17 Broadway Avenue Toronto, Ontario, M4P 1T7 ________________________________________________ NTparents mailing list: NTparents@ntci.on.ca http://ntci.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/ntparents_ntci.on.ca _______________________________________________