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Acknowledgements Staffing news! North Toronto is pleased to welcome Sarangan Wijayanathan to the Science department. Sarangan will be replacing Ms. Simone who is currently on maternity leave. Upcoming Events February 13: Course selection sign-off sheets DUE Course selection sign-off sheets DUE to home form teachers at 9 am. February 15: PA Day No classes. February 18: Family Day No classes. School Council news! School Council contact address: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Next School Council meeting: Monday February 25, 2019 at 7:30 pm in room 215 Our guest speaker will be Sue Hutton BSW, MSW on "Mindfulness Everyday". Sue studied Mindfulness meditation with teachers in Canada, the US and India since 1985. Sue received her professional training in the US in delivery of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) with Jon Kabat-Zinn in 2007. As a MSW, Sue has devoted over 20 years to working in social work settings with people living in marginalized communities. She has delivered mindfulness programs in schools in Toronto with the Mindfulness Everyday program "Mindful Edge", as well as leading Mindfulness groups for youth with mental health issues through a pilot project called ON Track partnered through Stella's Place and the Jewish Community Centre in Toronto. Sue has been delivering Mindfulness workshops and groups at CAMH for parents of someone with a disability, for social workers, women's centres, for parents in clinical and community settings, Sick Kids Hospital, in cancer care and also guest lectures on Mindfulness at Ryerson University and York University. Research and practice tells us that Mindfulness helps develop: social/emotional learning, resilience, self-regulation, concentration, self-awareness, kindness and compassion. All in all, mindfulness is an evidence-based practice that increases quality of life for both parents and children alike. Our January meeting with Trustee Shelly Laskin, cancelled due to weather, has been rescheduled to Monday, April 1st at 7:30 pm. Please join us for these upcoming meetings! We are expanding our methods of communicating with parents. If you use either Facebook or Twitter, please consider following the Parent Council on Facebook and / or Twitter: NTCI School Parent Council Facebook Group Please follow the link https://www.facebook.com/groups/1336801883128478/ to request to join the group. This group is for communications from and with the council and the parent group. No confidential information should be shared in this group. @NTCI_parents on Twitter >From Twitter, search for and follow @NTCI_parents. This new account provides >notice of upcoming council meetings and limited retweeting of news from the >school, the board, our trustee, city, and the neighbourhood. Toronto Public Health: Immunization Information Toronto Public Health (TPH) began sending letters in early January to parents/guardians requesting their child's outstanding immunization information. TPH is issuing Suspension Orders for students with outstanding vaccination information. Students may return to school immediately once TPH receives the requested information. Please update your child's health records directly with TPH. Families without health cards can make an appointment at free vaccination clinics. Language interpreter services are available on the TDSB phone line at 416-392-1250. To update records or for further information, please contact TPH's immunization line (416-392-1250) or email TPH at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. If you received vaccines in another province or country, it may look different. Please report the vaccines to www.toronto.ca/studentvaccines<http://www.toronto.ca/studentvaccines>. Notice to Parents It has come to our attention that tickets are being sold for a "North Toronto After-Party" to take place on February 22 from 10 pm-1:30 am at the Warehouse Venue (35 Carl Hall Rd. #2, North York, ON). Please be advised that this is NOT a school sanctioned event; there will be NO North Toronto staff supervision on site and the school takes NO responsibility for the behaviour and comportment of guests in attendance. Director of Education's tweet/video about North Toronto! "Student engagement is enhanced when the right conditions are created and I got to see that first hand at North Toronto." Cut and paste the link below into your browser to see Dr. Malloy's video! https://twitter.com/i/status/1093540583585579009 The Communications coordinator has also created a page for our school community featuring the video and photos. https://www.tdsb.on.ca/About-Us/Director-of-Education/School-Visits/North-Toronto-CI 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 _______________________________________________
