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Acknowledgements Upcoming Events Staffing announcements! North Toronto welcomes Thanasi Stamatos to the Special Education department. Mr. Stamatos will be replacing Mr. Leishman in his GLE classes until the end of May 2019. North Toronto welcomes Miranda Cimera, North Toronto's new Child and Youth worker. North Toronto welcomes Mitchell McCaughtry to the Special Education department as our new Special Needs Assistant. >From Trustee Laskin! Next ward forum: Tuesday January 22, 2019 Locations: Library, Forest Hill Jr/Sr Public School - 78 Dunloe Road, Toronto (South of Eglinton, just off Spadina Rd - #33 Forest Hill Bus from St Clair W Station - Parking on-site) Time: 7-8:30 pm School Council news! School Council contact address: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Next School Council meeting: Monday January 28, 2019 at 7:30 pm in room 215 Our guest will be newly re-elected Trustee Shelley Laskin who has served our school for years but who is now also responsible for schools in the area to our north (former Wards 8 and 11 were joined into a single new Ward 8). The much smaller 22-member board, over half newly-elected, faces challenges in maintaining effective connections with the parent community, working with a new Ontario government, and dealing with an uncertain future operating North America's largest school board. Shelley will provide us with an update on where the Board is going generally, and will speak to issues of specific interest to the NTCI community. Mr. Mack will provide us with highlights and "feelings from the building" from the NTCI specific results of the TDSB's 2017 student and parent census. More than 220,000 students and parents across Toronto completed the census, providing a comprehensive picture of students, their school experiences, relationships at school, physical health, and emotional well-being. A summary of the results was released by the board in November 2018 and can be accessed at the link below: https://www.tdsb.on.ca/portals/0/research/docs/2017_Census.pdf We are hoping to have a good discussion with parents on these topics and the special attributes and challenges of our school. Your input will be used to formulate future plans for the school. Please join us! >From the organizers of North Toronto's Charity Week! NT's Charity Week is January 21st to 25th! This year we are supporting Forests Ontario, an environmental not-for-profit that has a mission to make Ontario's forests greener and healthier (https://www.forestsontario.ca/ ). How can you help us fundraise for Forests Ontario? 1. Purchase Charity Week Bucks for your child to spend at Home Form booths & special events! And encourage your son or daughter to participate in these events & booths for Forests Ontario. Steps: 1. Find the item called "Charity Week Bucks" under the North Toronto CI section on SchoolCashOnline. 2. Use your credit card to spend $10, $20, $30 or $40 to buy Charity Week Bucks that your son or daughter can spend at our special events and Home Form booths in Charity Week. 3. If you pay on SchoolCashOnline by Wednesday, January 16, your child's Charity Week Bucks will be delivered to their Home Form. 4. If you pay after next Wednesday, your child can simply pick up their Charity Week Bucks outside the Main Office from Thursday January 17 to Friday January 25. 2. Donate a prize to our raffle by Friday, January 25! Raffle tickets go on sale in early February. WE ARE IN GREAT NEED OF PRIZES!! If you have a donation of NEW goods, game/concert tickets or gift certificates for services, dining or entertainment that you would like to donate to Charity Week, please: *email the raffle staff advisor, Jenny Hayden at [email protected] OR *drop off the prize directly to the Guidance Office to the attention of Jenny Hayden by Jan 25 Special Events for Charity Campaign for Forests Ontario 1. School-wide Gotcha Game - starts next Tuesday, Jan. 22 2. iNTerlicious - Friday, January 25 at lunch - international cuisine by NT Classics, Moderns, ESL students/staff 3. NTs Got Talent -Thursday, Jan. 31 & Friday, Feb. 1 at lunch 4. NT Raffle Ticket Sales - starting Feb. 5 (buy tickets online or from any Charity team member or Class Rep) 5. On Stage Tonight - presented by the Drama department -7pm, Feb. 14 6. NTAA Volleyball Guys vs Girls Competition -late February, date TBA 7. Eco-Fashion Show/ 5-4 Concert - Wednesday, April 24th at lunch (during Earth Week!) PLUS 35 Home Form booths selling food items, goods, services, -o-grams, draws and much, much, more through the week of January 21st! >From the Guidance department! Course Selection Information night for Parents: Wednesday January 30 at 6:30 pm. Please join members of our Student Services department for an information session focusing on the upcoming submission of course selection sheets for the next academic year. >From the TDSB Communications Department! Using Social Media Responsibly The always-evolving online world offers new forms of communication and social networking every day, and has become an ingrained part of contemporary student life. While there are many benefits to these technologies, misuse can also have far-reaching and long-lasting impact. Part of our goal as a school is to help students become responsible members of our community. That's why it's important to remind students from time to time about good digital citizenship by highlighting safe and positive use of technology, our school's code of conduct, TDSB policies, and potential implications of misuse. Cyber bullying, sharing and saving inappropriate pictures and videos, and other types of misuse can result in serious school consequences, and even police involvement. Social media applications are powerful tools that contribute to a digital footprint that can affect post-secondary opportunities, employment, and relationships, for better or worse. We encourage students to use these resources in ways that are constructive, responsible, and respectful. For information about how parents can help reinforce school messages, please access the following link/website developed by the Government of Canada: https://www.getcybersafe.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/cmpgns/cmpgn-02/index-en.aspx William Mack Principal North Toronto Collegiate Institute _______________________________________________ Please do not reply to this e-mail. If you do not wish to receive e-mail from North Toronto, please unsubscribe at https://ntci.on.ca/ntparents-unsub/ To contact the school, 393-9180 or e-mail: [email protected] ________________________________________________ North Toronto Collegiate Institute 17 Broadway Avenue Toronto, Ontario, M4P 1T7 ________________________________________________ NTparents mailing list: [email protected] http://ntci.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/ntparents_ntci.on.ca _______________________________________________
