Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School

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Get ready for the 2011-12 Jean Vanier Arts department musical production, and the Spring Sight and Sound Show!

All the info is on the posters below. We look forward to seeing you all at both shows, and to seeing many of our elementary friends at the matinee. Be sure to come on out and support the good work of the students and staff behind these two productions.

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Jeff Stevenson

Musical

 

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Director

Sacha El-Semine

Set Design

 

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John Zachar

Show times: Ticket Price:

May 23, 25, & 26 at 7p.m. $8

At Jean Vanier C.S.S., 959 Midland Ave., Scarborough

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Easter Blessings to you and your family.

Throughout the last 40 days, the staff and students of Jean Vanier have made the journey from Ash Wednesday, through reconciliation, through the humanity and humility of the last supper, to the eve of the Easter Triduum. On behalf of the staff and students of Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School, may you have a blessed Easter season,  and rejoice in the risen Christ.

Vanier student recognized for community work

We are always pleased to recognize community involvement and especially when it involves a Jean Vanier student. As such, I am pleased to share with you a recent item in the Scarborough Mirror, which has generously allowed us to publish it on our website. Kudos Stephen!

Walmart supports Breakfast Clubs of Canada.

At Jean Vanier, as at many schools, we run a breakfast program for students, 5 days per week. It is delivered each morning by Onecia Edwards, our local worker. Part of the funding for our program comes from Breakfast Clubs of Canada, and Walmart, a local business, is a supporter of that organization.

From Feb. 16 to March 11, every participating Walmart will ask each customer to contribute $1 in addition to their bill to support breakfast programs.  The program is called “Help Them Shine”. 

We owe our thanks to the staff at our local Walmart store, at 1600 Eglinton East, and especially to the manager, John Arlia, for their support.

Thank you all!

Spelling Bee a Great Success!

Congrats to all the folks who helped to organize what we hope was the first Jean Vanier Spelling Bee. The event was watched by a lively, inter-active audience and was contested by 15 teams made up of students, staff, or a mix of the two.  

Funds were raised to support the staging of the Putnam County Spelling Bee, our spring musical production, which will be produced in May. As well, the spirit that was evident in the cafeteria that evening was also exciting. The audience was populated with staff, students, and parents. All concerned had a great time. After several attempts to determine the winning team, it was decided that a tie would be declared for the two top teams, both of which were comprised of staff.

The teams are pictured below.

Thanks for all the hard work, and enthusiasm.

 

Please come out and support our fundraiser for this year's Musical Production

 

This year all segments of the ARTS department are working hard to stage The Putnam County Spelling Bee, a musical based on, you guessed it, a spelling bee. In an effort to raise funds for the production, to support literacy, and to raise awareness of what a spelling bee is, actually, the arts department is staging Jean Vanier's first annual spelling bee,

Do you know what a spelling bee is?

If you don't, you can show up at the school this Wednesday, March 7, at 7 PM to experience a spelling bee close up, as teams from within the school (staff and students) compete to see who is the best speller.

Admission is only $2 and it goes toward a very worthy cause. So come on out, have some fun, and support your school.

The poster above was designed by our Comm Tech department.

One of the biggest spelling bees in the world is the Scripps National Special Bee. Click here to go to the website.

A wonderful documentary called Spellbound, was made about this contest. Click below to check out the trailer for the documentary.

 

Hope to see you on Wednesday Evening!

Lacrosse Rocks!

 

 

 

On Friday February 24, in cooperation with the Toronto Police, over thirty students from Jean Vanier made their way down to the ACC, for an evening of lacrosse.  

The students met with players from the Toronto Rock, our professional lacrosse team, and were given pizza and drinks plus concession vouchers.  It was a fun night and to top it off, the Rock won 16-12 over Rochester.

Special thanks to officers Campbell and Graham, and to our own staff who accompanied the students: Ms. Ozorio, Ms. Mirabelli, and vice-principal Mr. Schultz. Partnerships such as this allow students and police to build positive relationships and improve understanding. We are also most grateful to the Toronto Rock organization and players for their kind generosity and cooperation.

Math Contest Takes over the Library

On Thursday, February 23, a large group of students from grades 9 to 11 gathered in the library to write the Pascal, Cayley and Fermat math contests sponsored by the University of Waterloo. The students prepped by meeting with their teachers and writing past contests. For some, writing the contest is a mandatory entrance requirement for university; for others, it is a test of their own mathematical knowledge and ability to think creatively. Good luck!

 

 

Lunch at the Canadian Club!

This past week a group of our students, accompanied by Ms. Harmandayan,  made the journey downtown to the Canadian Club where they enjoyed lunch and heard from The Honourable Diane Finley - Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development. The students found the afternoon enjoyable and insightful, and had time to pose for a few pictures. We hope to add more events like this to the school calendar. Thanks must go to the Canadian Club and Glaxo Smith Klein for making this possible.

 

 

Week of February 13

Happy Valentine's Day!

 

Congratulations to our Junior Boys Basketball aTeam who travelled to Windsor for the Windsor Jr Boys Basketball Tournament. Through some very stiff competition the team performed well, losing the final by a single point. Congrats on the silver medal, and special thank yous to Mr Correia, Mr Lam, and Mr Meehan for giving their time as coaches and drivers.

Please refer to the previous week's blog re: registration. Registrations for ALL returning students are due this week, including the activity fee.

CSAC will be meeting this Wednesday evening, and we will be discussing in part, the school SMART GOALS, the new TCDSB Draft Acceptable Use Policy, and some news about recent acquisitions and plans for the future. We will also spend some time on a short "visioning" exercise as we look to the future of Jean Vanier. 6:30 in the Library. Hope to see you there!

PA DAY on Friday February 17 - No classes

Family Day Holiday Monday February 20 - No classes