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Octobre/October 2015
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DU DIRECTEUR
FROM THE
Volume XVIII No. 3
Director
General’s
Report to
Council
by Michael Chechile
New Appointment
I would like to begin my report
by congratulating our chair of our
Council of Commissioners, Suanne Stein Day, who, along with
her duties as Chair of this Council, will also be taking on the responsibilities of Vice-President
of the Quebec English School
Boards Association.
School Visits and Convocations
Again this month, I was very
pleased to have the opportunity
to visit various schools within
our system and again it went a
long way towards fulfilling my
need to be out there and to see
where creative thinking becomes
shared learning. I took a selfie
with St. Anthony students, participated in a fire drill at Westpark, saw an election simulation
at Beechwood and learnt about
hurricanes at Terry Fox school. It
is always such a pleasure to have
a chance to communicate directly with teachers and students. I
had the privilege of attending the
Macdonald High School graduation. These young people inspire
a great deal of confidence, and
are very bright, motivated and
engaged. I also participated in
the first convocation held by the
Lester B. Pearson Vocational College on Saturday, which saw 225
Computing Support students and
40 Accounting Studies students
graduate. Congratulations to the
graduates, as well as to College
faculty and staff on this important first.
Digital Citizenship Book
Dr. Mike Ribble, the pioneering Digital Citizenship guru, has
published his new book, entitled
“Digital Citizenship in Schools:
Nine Elements All Students
Should Know”. The Lester B.
Pearson Digital Citizenship Program is featured prominently in
the chapter entitled “Creating a
Digital Citizenship Program,” and
the sample lesson plan included
in the book’s second appendix
also originates with our board.
Dr. Ribble sent us a signed copy
of the book by way of thanks for
our contribution to the book.
Google Leadership Symposium
It was a privilege to host the
Montreal Google Leadership
Symposium on October 21st. A
Google Leadership Symposium
is a one-day event that brings
leaders in education together to
explore transformational change
and showcase technology as a
tool to help increase student engagement and prepare students
for the careers of the future. It
was very successful, very well attended and the feedback has been
See CHECHILE page A2
GÉNÉRAL ET DE LA PRÉSIDENTE
DIRECTOR GENERAL & CHAIRMAN
DU CONSEIL
OF THE BOARD
FSSTT Awarded YMCA Peace Medal
On September 21, 2015, the
International Day of Peace, the
YMCAs of Québec awarded Peace
Medals to seven individuals and
organizations who endeavour to
make Quebec society more peaceful, inclusive, and respectful. Lester B. Pearson School Board was
an active participant in the gala
ceremony held the evening of the
21st at the Marché Bonsecours in
the Old Port. In the local peacemaker category, the Family and
School Support and Treatment
Team (FSSTT) was honoured for
its work supporting students with
behavioural and social challenges
and creating therapeutic learning
environments for all.
“We are grateful for the recognition from the YMCA in helping
move forward their mission toward peace in our community,”
says Rita McDonough, Coordinator of FSSTT. “Promoting
empathy, building respect, and
involving the school community
in intervention plans for students
and their families has always been
the goal of FSSTT.”
A service housed within the Student Services Department, the
FSSTT provides assistance to
students experiencing social and
behavioural difficulties and promotes social-emotional learning
in schools. Through inclusive
practices, the team works to create an enriching and positive
learning environment and to assist schools in preventing con-
flicts and bullying.
Launched in 1995 as a pilot project, the team has since evolved
into a critical service that benefits
the entire Lester B. Pearson School
Board community. The team formally operates in 13 elementary
schools and 5 high schools, but
is available to support all LBPSB
schools that request the services
of the team.
In each of the FSSTT schools, a
behaviour technician provides
interventions in support of students who may be experiencing
Dr. Cindy Finn, Director of Student Sevices, receives the
YMCA Peace Medal on behalf of the FSSTT
behavioral and academic difficulties. These interventions may
involve working directly with the
student or supporting the classroom and resource teachers. As
well, non-teaching professionals
assist by supporting the educators involved with students and
families. These professionals have
experience working in school settings and have advanced training in such areas as youth mental health, creative arts therapies,
and child development.
The philosophy underlying the
team’s approach is to consider all
who are involved in a student’s
life to be a contributing member
and part of the intervention plan.
Thus, administrators, classroom
teachers, resource teachers and
non-teaching professionals from
within the school milieu (e.g.,
psychologists) and community
(e.g., psychiatrists, social workers) engage in a collaborative
problem-solving process to better
understand the child’s difficulties
and create an intervention plan.
The team also works on a broader level to support schools by
offering ongoing professional
development through its newsletter, lending library, mental
health evening lecture series,
and specific workshops to school
staff on a variety of topics. In
this way, the FSSTT contributes
to LBPSB’s overall strategic plan
objectives to increase student
achievement and contribute to
safe and caring learning environments.
Pearson Education Foundation Newsletter: October
What an action-packed month
it has been!
October 1st dawned bright and
and a very brisk 6º for the Golf
Tournament. The forecast promised mid-teens by 3pm, but loand-behold, at 11:00am the wind
died right down and we hit 16º.
A happy bunch of golfers and
volunteers enjoyed a glorious day
and raised $40,000.
October 18th was not quite as
warm…it actually snowed on the
field. But that did not stop 1000
LBPSB students and staff and
their families from enjoying the
Alouettes/Ti-Cats game at Molson
Stadium, raising another $2000
for PEF!
In between, PEF processed all
the payments for the annual Concordia-LBPSB Leadership Workshop on October 18-19 for all
interested members of the LBPSB
community, just one more way
PEF works to enhance educational life for our stakeholders.
The Grants Committee met and
distributed $37,000 to schools
and classroom for projects for
the 2015/16 school year, and
hopes to distribute more, pend-
ing anticipated funding. Requests
are coming in steadily from our
schools for new snowsuits and
boots, supplied through PEF’s
Rona Cupak Winter Wear Fund.
Once again Mr. Edward Binet,
president of Ested Industries has
provided top quality snowsuits at
cost price. There are many angels.
And now for our latest newest
Fund Raising Venture: Purple
Hockey Tape
PEF has received a generous
donation of 60 cases, each containing 45 rolls of professional
quality purple hockey tape which
Below is a list of Commissioners along with their school board locals.
Ward Communities Commissioner
(514) 422-3000
Local
Chairman
All
Suanne Stein Day
30101
1
Lasalle/Verdun
Mary Ann Davis
30121
2
Lasalle/Lachine
Frank Di Bello
30122
3
Lachine/Dorval
Joshua Arless
30123
4
Pointe-Claire
Noel Burke
30102
5
Pierrefonds-Roxboro
Nan Beaton
30125
6
Dollard-des-Ormeaux
Craig Berger
30126
7
Kirkland/Dollard
Laura Derry
30127
8
Beaconsfield
Martin Sherman
30128
9 Pointe-Claire/Beaconsfield/Baie d’Urfé/Ste. Anne Eric Bender
30129
10
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue/Île-Perrot
Domenic Pavone
30130
11
Off-Island North
Daniel Olivenstein
30131
12
Off Island South
Wayne Clifford
30132
Parent
Sharad Bhargava
30161
Parent
Sandra Buckingham
30162
Parent
Frank Clarke
30162
Parent
Michael Nalecz
30163
Cierra Leitman
Student
Tyler Nacke
Student
Executive Committee
Council of Commissioners
Monday, October 20
Monday, October 26
5:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m. Board Room
Board Room
normally retails for $4.00/roll.
We are selling them for $45.00
per case (i.e. $1/roll) to any interested teams, organizations,
schools or individuals.
Thank you, Don Riopel and
Cantech. Save big money and
look sharp on the ice.
Order your hockey tape at pef@
lbpsb.qc.ca today.
Reminder: A donation of
$10.00 or more in 2014/15 fiscal
year: you are a member of PEF
and most welcome to attend and
vote at the AGM on October 28,
2015 at 1925 Brookdale.
Chairman’s
Report
to Council
by Suanne Stein Day
Tonight we welcome our two
new Student Commissioners for
2015-2016. Cierra Leitman and
Tyler Nacke are both secondary
4 students, Cierra from Lindsay
Place High School and Tyler from
John Rennie High School. Our
Student Commissioners have, for
4 years now, added so much to
our Council table. Their perspective is unique and their willingness to participate is wonderful.
I know that both Cierra and Tyler
have already been busy with the
rest of the Central Students’ Committee, getting organized and
working on important initiatives
like their response to the Major
School Change consultation.
Speaking of which, this week
marks the deadline to submit
briefs for Major School Change.
Thank you to the many who have
already done so. I’ve read many
“out of the box” suggestions for
improving Lester B. Pearson
schools. Thank you for the passion that is so obvious from your
briefs. Together, I’m certain that
we can come up with models that
will help us move forward to continue to prepare our students for
their futures in this ever-changing environment. Next week, we
will make the briefs public and
that will be followed by our public hearings in mid-November.
We kicked October off with
another successful golf tournament hosted by the Pearson Educational Foundation. A beautiful autumn day resulted in some
questionable golf – at least in
my foursome – and wonderful
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Stein Day,
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Light A Dream
extremely positive.
Discover the Stars event at John
Abbott College
The West Island Chamber of
Commerce’s annual Discover the
Stars event is always an enjoyable
way to familiarize myself with
some of the West Island’s up-andcoming young people, and this
year’s event was no exception.
This program disburses funds in
the form of grants to exceptional
young people, not strictly based
on academic performance but on
personality, community interest,
motivation and desire to advance
particularly in sciences and humanities.
ERDI conference
I recently had the pleasure of
attending the Education, Resources, Development and Innovation Fall Conference. This
group brings together senior
school board leaders from across
the country with senior executive personnel from major suppliers of services in North America, providing an opportunity for
educators to explain their service
needs and for the educators to respond. This was an exciting and
thought-provoking session.
Octobre/October 2015
présente / presents
Soirée Casino et Vente aux Enchères
Casino & Auction Night
13 Novembre 2015 19h00
Location:
Beaconsfield Golf Club
49 Ave. Golf, Pointe-Claire (via Avenue Golf)
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contributions to the Foundation
that will be used to fund innovative projects in our classrooms.
Thank you to all the volunteer
organizers and to all the golfers
and sponsors who made the day
possible, with special mention to
our Platinum sponsor Edu-Edge.
Thank you also to the Foundation for a fun day at the Alouettes
game. Over 1000 LBPSB representatives came out to cheer.
While the Als didn’t win that one,
it was a wonderful day with a lot
of spirit in the stands.
Discover the Stars is an annual
event that I always look forward
to. Hosted by the West Island
Chamber of Commerce, many
West Island businesses present
bursaries to students going on
to continue their education in
the sciences. Congratulations to
Amilya Di Iorio-Decker & Tasmia
Islam, Lakeside Academy, Sheena Connolly, John Rennie High
School, Jamie Halperin, Lindsay
Place High School, Hannah Drinkell, Yanni Stavrakis, Caterina
Giannini & Kathy Nodzynski,
St. Thomas High School, Michael
Sedlezky, Riverdale High School
and Choe Pereira-Kelton, Beaconsfield High School on winning bursaries. Kathy Nodzynski,
former Student Commissioner
and CSC Chair also won the prestigious Aileen Proudfoot Memorial Award.
I’m sure the elections are still
on everyone’s mind – at least if
social media is any indication.
Congratulations to Prime Minister Designate, Justin Trudeau and
all the successful candidates. Did
you know that 13 LBPSB schools
actively participated thanks to the
CIVIX organization? This group
provided the same signage, ballot boxes and voting booths that
were used at the Federal voting
stations and ballots with local
candidates’ names on them. The
votes have been tallied, and, as
has been the case for the last few
elections, the students’ choices
have very closely mirrored Canada’s choice. Thank you to CIVIX
for this incredible learning opportunity.
Fall grads are now taking place
with two more this week. As always, it is an honour to be there
to witness the success of our high
school and continuing education
graduates. Your pride is well
earned. Go with confidence. We
all look forward to hearing about
your future successes.
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Le 16 octobre 2015
October 16, 2015
GRÈVE DES ENSEIGNANTS et DU PERSONNEL DES SERVICES D’ENTRETIENS:
FERMETURE DES ÉTABLISSEMENTS DE LA CSLBP LE 29 OCTOBRE
TEACHER AND CARETAKER STRIKE: CLOSING OF ESTABLISHMENTS AT THE LBPSB
OCTOBER 29, 2015
Chers parents,
En raison de la tenue d’une grève du personnel enseignant et du personnel des services
d’entretiens, tous les établissements et les services de garde de la Commission scolaire Lester
B. Person seront fermés le jeudi 29 octobre 2015.
Puisqu’il y a 4 syndicats qui sont en négociation avec le gouvernement provincial, il est donc
probable que les syndicats qui ne sont pas en grève le 29 octobre refusent de traverser la ligne
de piquetage. La Commission scolaire ne peut pas assurer la sécurité des élèves et que les
services ne seront pas perturbés lors de cette journée. En conséquence, il n’y aura pas de cours
et les services de garde le 29 octobre 2015 sont annulés. Les élèves doivent donc
demeurer à la maison.
D’autres journées de grève sont prévues selon l'évolution des négociations. Les médias ont
déjà annoncés quelques dates. Par contre, nous n’avons pas reçu officiellement les documents
pour confirmer ces dates. Nous vous informerons lorsqu’elles seront officiellement déterminées.
Les syndicats doivent respecter une notification de sept jours ouvrable.
Dear parents,
Due to a strike including teachers and caretakers, all of our schools and daycare services will be
closed on Thursday October 29th, 2015.
Since all of our 4 unions are negotiating with the provincial government, we cannot guarantee
that non-striking unions on October 29th will cross the picket lines. Our school board cannot
guarantee the safety of the students and that services will not be affected on that day.
Consequently, all daycare services on October 29th, 2015 are cancelled. Therefore, there will
be no school or daycare for students.
Other strikes days are being planned depending on the evolution of the negotiations. The media
has publicized other dates which have yet to be confirmed by any official document. We will
update you as soon as the dates are confirmed. The unions must give the board at least 7
working days’ notice.
We are aware of the inconvenience this causes and thank you for your understanding.
Nous sommes conscients que cette situation occasionne des inconvénients et nous vous
remercions de votre compréhension.
Michael Chechile
Directeur général
Commission scolaire Lester B. Pearson
Michael Chechile
Director General
Lester B. Pearson School Board
Le 23 octobre 2015
October 23, 2015
GRÈVE DES EMPLOYÉS DE SOUTIEN : FERMETURE DES ÉTABLISSEMENTS DE LA
CSLBP LE 4 NOVEMBRE
Support staff: CLOSING OF ESTABLISHMENTS AT THE LBPSB NOVEMBER 4th, 2015
Chers parents,
En raison de la tenue d’une grève du personnel des emplois de soutien qui inclus en autres les
secrétaires, les aides à l’intégration, le personnel de garderie, les techniciennes en informatique,
etc., tous les établissements et les services de garde de la Commission scolaire Lester B. Person
seront fermés le mercredi 4 novembre.
Dear parents,
Puisqu’il y a 4 syndicats qui sont en négociation avec le gouvernement provincial, il est donc
probable que les syndicats qui ne sont pas en grève, par solidarité, le 4 novembre refusent de
traverser la ligne de piquetage. La Commission scolaire ne peut pas assurer la sécurité des
élèves et que les services ne seront pas perturbés lors de cette journée. En conséquence, il n’y
aura pas de cours et les services de garde le 4 novembre sont annulés. Les élèves doivent
donc demeurer à la maison.
Since all of our 4 unions are negotiating with the provincial government, we cannot guarantee
that non-striking unions on November 4th by solidarity will cross the picket lines. Our school
board cannot guarantee the safety of the students and that services will not be affected on that
day. Consequently, daycare services are cancelled. Therefore, there will be no school or
daycare for students.
D’autres journées de grève sont prévues en mi-novembre selon l'évolution des négociations.
Les médias ont déjà annoncés quelques dates. Par contre, nous n’avons pas reçu officiellement
les documents pour confirmer ces dates. Nous vous informerons lorsqu’elles seront
officiellement déterminées. Les syndicats doivent respecter une notification de sept jours
ouvrable.
Due to a strike of our support staff which includes school secretaries, integration aides, daycare
staff, library technicians, data processing operators, etc., all of our schools and daycare services
will be closed on Wednesday November 4th, 2015.
Other strikes days are being planned mid-November depending on the evolution of the
negotiations. The media has publicized other dates which have yet to be confirmed by any official
document. We will update you as soon as the dates are confirmed. The unions must give the
board at least 7 working days’ notice.
We are sorry for the inconvenience this causes and thank you for your understanding.
Nous sommes conscients que cette situation occasionne des inconvénients et nous vous
remercions de votre compréhension.
Michael Chechile
Directeur général
Commission scolaire Lester B. Pearson
Michael Chechile
Director General
Lester B. Pearson School Board