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Good afternoon NT families: This week, you should have received communication from both the Minister of Education and the Director of the TDSB indicating that schools will remain closed until the end of June. The board is working on a protocol that will provide guidelines for how students/parents/guardians can retrieve their belongings and return items to school. While we are still waiting on approval and final details from Toronto Public Health as well as union groups to determine the role that various school staff will play, we plan to begin this process on Monday, June 8 and end on Friday, July 3. For any new families to the school (i.e. new Grade 9 students for September 2020), we had to postpone our welcome evening originally scheduled for this week. We are working on a "virtual welcome" for new students which will be available via a shared Google classroom in early June. More details to follow soon! >From the English department: Congratulations to the following "Toronto Council of Teachers of English Short Story Contest" Winners: Emily Sakaguchi (9th Place) for "The Children and Their Dolls" Sara Chiarotto-O'Brien (3rd Place) for "Black Holes and Other Mysteries" Hannah Argiloff (1st Place) for "Not Yours" All stories will be published in this year's TCTE Anthology. >From TDSB Psychological Services: On behalf of the Managers of Psychological Services at the TDSB, I'm happy to share the first issue of Hearts & Minds - a brand new newsletter from Psychological Services to the parents & caregivers in our community. It's full of information, tips, and ideas meant to make parenting a little bit easier, for you and your children. https://twitter.com/TDSB_Psych/status/1262811960569192448 >From TDSB e-Learning: Registration dates for Grade 11 and 12 e-Learning courses for 2020-2021 are currently on hold and are being reviewed to ensure they align with the TDSB back-to-school strategy that is being developed. We will update you with the revised registration dates once they have been determined. >From the City of Toronto: The City of Toronto announced that they will be re-opening park amenities, the TDSB has made a similar decision and will be re-opening its sports fields, basketball nets and tennis courts for individual/non-organized use beginning Thursday, May 21. >From NT Graduate Basile Montagnese (class of 2018): To the NTCI Community: As the Covid-19 situation continues to unfold, members of the North Toronto community and I feel it is necessary that we do our part while healthcare professionals across the country continue to risk their lives for our safety. A few of my friends from Dartmouth have created a campaign in the USA called Fuel Our Heroes to raise money for healthcare professionals on the frontline. This campaign has raised over $200,000 and that total is growing by the day. I, along with the help of fellow members of the NTCI Class of 2018, have decided to bring the campaign to Toronto. The Fuel Our Heroes Toronto campaign has partnered with Sunnybrook Hospital, to gather donations for their COVID-19 Research Response Fund. This fund will use the money we raise to buy protective equipment, groceries, and gas cards for the hard-working staff who are desperately in need of our assistance. We launched the campaign last week and have raised $3,500. With your help we hope that we can get closer to our goal of raising $10,000. Please visit our website, Fuel Our Heroes Toronto<https://fuelourheroestoronto.org/> , where you can find more information about our campaign as well as a page where you can donate, or you can follow this link directly to the donation page: Donate Now<https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/FundraisingPage.aspx?langPref=en-CA®istrationID=4701403#&panel1-1>. 1. We ask if you could please SHARE this email with the NTCI community in a newsletter or email platform; this is our opportunity to make a difference. 2. Your donations are essential to Fuel the Heroes of Toronto. *We are partnered with Sunnybrook Foundation, a registered charity, and donations over $10 will receive an automatic tax receipt. Charitable Registration No. 899209118R0001* Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Basile Montagnese Marco Pannozzo Matthew Grant Gadi Rydlewicz Blake Watson Olivia O'Brien de la Torre #TeamToronto #FuelOurHeroesToronto William Mack Principal North Toronto CI _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________
