The monthly news bulletin of the EMSB

The monthly news bulletin of the EMSB
Vol. 10. No. 3
EDITOR: MICHAEL J. COHEN
PRINTING SERVICES: L. SHAW, D. D’ORNELLAS
October 26, 2007
PROOFREADING/TRANSLATION: ALINE ZEROUNIAN
∆ Career Fair 2007
∆ A Royal Visit
∆ East Hill Celebrates
∆ Dante Steps Up
∆ Elections
∆ Walk to School Day
Officials, including Liberal MNA Tony Tomassi. preside over
the ribbon cutting for East Hill School’s new classrooms. See
inside for more details.
∆ Roslyn Anniversary
UNICEF: Win a Visit From Ben Mulroney
∆ Global Planet
∆ Surgeons Speak
∆ Living Montreal
UNICEF has kicked off its renowned annual fundraising and
education campaign by announcing the three ways that Canadians
can Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF this year.
To get involved, school children can fundraise in their schools and
communities, groups and corporations can take the Dare-to-Wear
Costume Challenge, and individuals can go to the UNICEF Canada
Web site (www.trickortreatforunicef.ca) to turn their traditional coin
donations into on-line gifts to help children in Rwanda and Malawi
receive an education. The English Montreal School Board is
involved via the participation of the following schools: Pierre Elliott
Trudeau, St.Raphaël, LaurenHill Academy, Westmount Park, Pierre
de Coubertin, John Paul I, Nesbitt and Mackay Centre. The school
that makes the strongest effort will get a personal visit from CTV’s
Ben Mulroney, the national UNICEF Ambassador, on November
27. Last year Mulroney went to Nesbitt School, accompanied by a
camera from his show etalk.
It is not too late for other schools to sign up by calling 514-2885134. For more details, see the UNICEF section at www.emsb.qc.ca.
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Professionals in Education Week
November 19-23, 2007
MARKETING YOUR SCHOOLS: The
Communications and Marketing Division of
the EMSB will facilitate a workshop on
“marketing your schools” on Tuesday,
November 6 (7 p.m.) at Carlyle Elementary
School in T.M.R. This will be an opportunity
for staff and governing board representatives
to share strategies in advance of winter
registration.
ROCKLAND KIOSK: For the very first
time, the EMSB will have an information
kiosk at a popular shopping mall. On the
weekend of January 11-13, 2008, Carlyle,
Dunrae Gardens, John Caboto, Coronation,
John F. Kennedy High School and Business
Centre will showcase their programs.
CAREER FAIR: The eighth annual EMSB
Career Fair took place October 23 to 25 at St.
Pius X Adult Centre in Ahuntsic. More than
3,000 Secondary IV and V students were in
attendance. The theme was “Dare to Dream.”
MusiquePlus veejay and noted motivational
speaker Malik
Shaheed, a graduate of
Westmount High School, served as the emcee
while Montreal Fire Chief Serge Tremblay
was the opening ceremony keynote speaker.
This year’s event was dedicated to the
memory of John Szuber, who died last June
after battling a brain tumour for two years.
John, a former guidance counselor and viceprincipal, was the founding chairman of the
Career Fair.
Susan Freed, the guidance counsellor at John
Grant High School, was the event
chairperson. The Student Services and Adult
Education
and
Vocational
Services
Departments of the EMSB coordinate this
program. Ms. Freed notes that the main
objective of the Career Fair is to provide
Secondary IV and V and senior adult
education students with an in-depth exposure
to the various educational opportunities
available to them.
Each participating
student took part in a brief general session in
the St. Pius X auditorium, during which time
presentations
included information with
respect to CEGEP and vocational educational
programs, as well as admission requirements.
It was all done in a slick powerpoint
presentation narrated by retired guidance
counsellor Hugh Adams. Students then had
the
chance
to
visit
the
various
exhibition/information booths staffed by
representatives from English vocational
centres, CEGEPS, universities and some
private colleges.
Canadian Olympic water polo team member Sandra
Lizé (third from the right) represented Career Fair
sponsor RBC Royal Bank at their kiosk and spoke
to students.
The Career Fair is supported almost entirely
by corporate sponsorship, principally Jack
Dym of Pipe and Piling Supplies and RBC
Royal Bank and a host of others. Mr. Dym, a
successful Montreal businessman and
philanthropist, is a product of the public
system.
Report
Collection
(www.reportcollection.co) once again served
as the official supplier of t-shirts for the
student ushers. Videos from previous Career
Fair Events can be viewed in the Press Room
section of the EMSB website at
www.emsb.qc.ca.
SCHOOL CONFLICT: Administrators from
the EMSB and the Commission Scolaire de la
Pointe-de-l'Île (CSPI) called for calm in the
wake of an isolated incident involving some
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students from
École Secondaire Henri
Bourassa and Lester B. Pearson High School
in Montreal North. Representatives from both
Boards met October 22, along with officials
from Montreal Police Station 40, to put a plan
of rapprochement in place involving the two
schools. The principals of École Secondaire
Henri Bourassa and Lester B. Pearson High
School were in constant touch as have EMSB
Director General Antonio Lacroce and his
CSPI counterpart Antonio Bernardelli.
On Wednesday October 17, an altercation
arose between some students from the two
schools at a local fast food restaurant.
Unfortunately, a Lester B Pearson student
uttered a regrettable racial remark leading to
her being assaulted in a nearby park. She was
later taken to hospital and promptly released.
In the aftermath, on Thursday, some students
from École Secondaire Henri Bourassa
created a disturbance by breaking some
windows at Lester B. Pearson High School.
Students were dismissed at the regular time
with increased supervision. However, many
parents had taken their children out of school
for the afternoon. The school was open on
Friday, but many parents chose to keep their
children at home. Having been informed of
the situation, the École Secondaire Henri
Bourassa
administration
immediately
cooperated with the Lester B. Pearson High
School administration and the students
responsible for the assault and the vandalism
were apprehended.
Monday, October 22 was a pre-scheduled
pedagogical day for both schools. All the
appropriate security measures are being taken
by the two schools to avoid a repeat of any
violence. On Tuesday, with the resumption of
classes, the police will have a strong presence
in front of both schools and in the immediate
vicinity.
The two schools have met with leaders from
their respective Student Councils. The
objective was to arrange a future meeting
between the two councils in order for them to
begin planning joint programming aimed at
bringing the schools closer together.
FACE students and staff meet Prince Edward.
A ROYAL VISIT: Some students and staff
from the EMSB had the opportunity to meet
the Earl of Wessex (Prince Edward), the
third son and youngest child of Queen
Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip the Duke of
Edinburgh) recently at the Queen Elizabeth
Hotel. Among the 10 schools represented at
this event for the charitable organization Free
the Children, two were from the EMSB:
FACE downtown and Royal West Academy
in Montreal West. The Earl of Wessex chose
Free the Children among the 2007 Canadian
charitable organizations he supports.
The
Earl of Wessex spent about an hour at the
hotel to publicly support Free the Children and
met with the staff of National Bank Financial,
the sponsor of the program. Students involved
in Free the Children set up some “show and
tell’ stations featuring projects advancing the
cause of Free the Children and exposing
notable deeds of youth.
Craig Kielburger,
the founder of Free The Children accompanied
the Earl as they spoke to students from each
school and posed for photos. Free The
Children established a permanent Quebec
office a year ago.For more information on
how to become involved with this cause, log
on to www.freethechildren.com.
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MEDIA AWARENESS WEEK: Media
Awareness Network (MNet) and the Canadian
Teachers' Federation (CTF) are partnering for
the second consecutive year to present
National Media Education Week, November
5-9, 2007. The purpose of the week is to
promote media literacy as a key component in
the education of young people, and to
encourage the integration of media education
into Canadian schools, homes, and
communities.
classrooms. A total of $3.5 million was
allocated for these expenditures. In order to
deal with the shortage in space, satellite
kindergarten classes had to be based at nearby
Michelangelo School. There are now 553
students and with the expansion, capacity has
been increased to 580.
East Hill Elementary School in RDP will play
a leading role, with a media panel session
scheduled for Wed. Nov. 7. Confirmed as
guest speakers are Cindy Sherwin of CTV
Montreal, Margoe Edwards of 940 Montreal
Radio and Suburban Newspaper editor Beryl
Wajsman.
At the pre-book launch students, staff and special
guests display the new book cover.
For more information on how you can take
part in National Media Education Week 2007,
visit
the
Web
site
at:
www.mediaeducationweek.ca
or
contact
Media Awareness Network at: [email protected]. Media Awareness Network is
a Canadian not-for-profit centre of expertise
and excellence in media education. Its vision
is to ensure children and youth possess the
necessary critical thinking skills and tools to
understand and actively engage with media.
EAST HILL CELEBRATION: There was
a double celebration at East Hill Elementary
School in Rivière-des-Prairies on October
26, marking the long awaited expansion of
their facility and the pre-launch of a book
being translated into Italian by students.
EMSB officials joined by the Member of the
Quebec National Assembly for LaFontaine,
Tony Tomassi, formally cut the ribbon for
the new classrooms that have been built. On
May 24, 2005 Mr. Tomassi announced that
funding had been approved for the English
Montreal School Board (EMSB) to obtain
ownership of the East Hill
facility.
Furthermore, the government financed the
construction of two badly needed new
East Hill was originally built by a private
contractor in 1997 when the former Protestant
School Board of Greater Montreal (PSBGM)
needed to address the English population
growth in Rivière-des-Prairies. East Hill
replaced a school then known as the Nesbitt
Annex and quickly filled to capacity. The
PSBGM signed a longterm lease with the
contractor, which was inherited by the EMSB
upon its formation on July 1, 1998. Efforts
began at that point to persuade the Ministry of
Education to purchase the building for the
EMSB in order to recognize the legitimate
needs for student places. However, the
situation became more complicated when the
contractor ran into financial difficulties and
ownership shifted to the Bank of Montreal. By
gaining ownership of the building, the EMSB
saves $400,000 in annual rental fees.
Immediately following the ceremony to mark
the building expansion, the EMSB, the Brain
Tumour Foundation of Canada and the Italian
Consulate honoured Cycle 3 students at East
Hill for their work in the Italian translation of
a book called A Friend in Hope. The book
itself will be formally launched in May at
which time 2,500 copies will be printed and
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distributed to schools in the EMSB that teach
Italian as a third language. Copies will also be
sent to schools across Canada, the United
States and Italy.
The Brain Tumour
Foundation of Canada will be involved as an
additional distributor.
Some of the invited guests for the October 26
pre-launch included Italy’s Consul General to
Montreal,
Paolo
Francesco
Venier,
Consulate Director of Education Luisa
Fagian, Professor Giovanni Pilonca from the
Instituto di Cultura,
Dr. Rolando Del
Maestro
of the Montreal Neurological
Institute, Mr. Tomassi and PICAI President
Maria Pia Gaudio. PICAI is an educational
program subsidized in part by the
Italian government as a service to
families of Italian origin who live
outside the peninsula.
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS: School
board elections will take place on Sunday,
November 4, 2007. Voters in the territory of
the EMSB will elect commissioners in 23
wards. The makeup of the electoral divisions
appear on the EMSB website.
CANDIDATES: There will be voting in 19 of
23 wards of the English Montreal School
Board when elections are held on Sunday
November 4. Advance polls will take place a
week earlier. There are bios on all candidates
on the EMSB website Elections section. Four
MSB commissioners were acclaimed when
nominations closed on September 30: Frank
Verrillo,
Electoral Division 17
(St.
Léonard), Dominic Spiridigliozzi, Electoral
Division 16 (St. Léonard), Frank DiCesare,
Electoral Division 20
(St. Léonard) and
Agostino Cannavino, Electoral Division 18
(Rosemount). In the 2003-2004 elections, 14
candidates
were
acclaimed.
Five
commissioners have decided not to seek reelection: Michele Ciampini, Ron Paterson,
Dr. John Simms, Zev Neuwirth and Mario
Caggiano. Dr. Simms served for 43
consecutive years. Mr. Paterson was a teacher,
principal and school board administrator for
33 years and then served as a commissioner
for the last 10.
The 43 candidates for the 19 other wards are:
Electoral Division 1, (Côte Saint-Luc) Neil
Chazin and Syd Wise; Electoral Division 2,
(Montreal West) Susan Gottman and Joseph
Lalla; Electoral Division 3, (N.D.G.)
Elizabeth Fokoefs and Albert Perez;
Electoral Division 4, (Hampstead - Còte SaintLuc) Marvin Helfenbaum and Gideon
Rosenberg; Electoral Division 5, (N.D.G. St.
Henri-Ville Émard), Leslie Alleyne and Anne
Williams; Electoral Division 6, (St. Henri,
Pointe St. Charles, Westmount Downtown)
Daniel Andrelli and Richard Lalonde;
Electoral Division 7, (Westmount, N.D.G.),
Ginette Sauvé-Frankel and Nick Primiano;
Electoral Division 8, (Côte-des- Neiges Snowdon - Outremont) Ellie Israel, Kurtis
Law and Donald A. Reid; Electoral Division
9, (Mount Royal - Saint-Laurent) Bryce
Durafourt, Elizabeth Leaman and Mario
Pasteris; Electoral Division 10,
(SaintLaurent) Bernie Praw and Costa Saisanas;
Electoral Division 11, (Saint-Laurent Cartierville), Stratis
Kossiva, James
Kromida
and Darrell Seal; Electoral
Division 12, (Ahuntsic), Joseph Petraglia
and Riccardo Pizetta; Electoral Division 13,
(Park Extension - The Plateau) Adam Beach,
Julien Feldman, Ilias Hondronikolas and
George Vogas; Electoral Division 14, (StMichel) Rocco Barbieri and Antoinette
Corrado, Electoral Division 15 (Montreal
North), Michel Benigno
and Sylvia
LoBianco;
Electoral
Division
19,
(Rosemount - Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Downtown - The Plateau) Angela Mancini
and Sylvie Vogels; Electoral Division 21,
(Anjou - Pointe-aux-Trembles - Montreal
East), Elena Celsi and Ted Donnini; Electoral
Division 22, (Rivière-des-Prairies), Stephen
Bertone and Rosa Cerrelli, Electoral Division
23, (Rivière-des-Prairies) Angie Bertone and
Patricia Lattanzio.
For complete details about the election go to
the EMSB website at www.emsb.qc.ca or call
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the election Office at 514-483-7200, ext.
8800.
BROCHURE: A four page glossy brochure,
including a large EMSB map in the centre,
will soon be sent to all schools and centres
with important voting information inside. It
contains Frequently Asked Questions and the
locations for advance and election day polling
stations. The brochure can be accessed in the
Election section on the EMSB website.
DANTE FIGHTS A-T: On Tuesday, October 30
ultra-runner and endurance coach Tim Borland
will run his 58th of 63 full marathons (42 km each
day) in 63 consecutive days to bring attention to
ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T), a rare genetic disease
that has no cure. A-T causes the relentless loss of
muscle control due to brain cell death; like four
diseases in one, A-T combines symptoms of
cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis
and cancer. Children with A-T have vibrant minds
trapped inside of deteriorating bodies.
Borland will begin (9:30 a.m.) the day at Dante
Elementary School (6090 Lachenaie) in St.
Léonard in the school yard where he will run three
laps on the school’s track with students chosen
from grades 4, 5, and 6. All the students will be
wearing their red A-T T shirts to signify that they
have raised at least $25.00 each in pledges.
Borland will then leave the school yard and run his
grueling 42 km marathon on a route through
Montreal. Dante was chosen as the sight for the
only Canadian stop for this marathon because the
school has raised a large amount of money for this
cause. One of their Grade 4 students is afflicted
with this terrible disease. The whole school has
rallied behind the Manuele family,
Borland
should be returning back by
approximately 1:45 to 2 pm where he will be
joined by another group of Dante School junior
runners to run the last three laps in the yard. A
cheque representing all the funds collected from
Dante School students and the community will be
presented to the Manuele family by officials of the
EMSB at the tailgate party of the marathon. His
“A-T CureTour” – a partnership with the nonprofit A-T Children’s Project – will take him
across the country, ending on Nov. 4 with the New
York City marathon. Borland’s goal is to raise
awareness and money for research that will benefit
children with Borland says he was inspired to do
the A-T CureTour by the children he’s met with
A-T living with a debilitating and incurable
disease each day.
“Having a child with A-T affects the entire
family,” said Mario Manuele, father of a 9-yearold boy with A-T, in Montreal. “It changes the
family dynamics, our interpersonal relationships
and our family activities in such profound ways.
Faced with the brutal reality of A-T, our focus is to
make every day for our son as fun and happy as
possible. I am sure I speak for all A-T families in
that we are so thankful for what Tim and the A-T
Children’s Project are doing to raise awareness
and money for research to fight this terrible
disease. We must hold out hope that one day there
will be a treatment or a cure for A-T. The A-T
Cure Tour helps us maintain that sense of hope.”
Scott Day (top right), chair of Region 3, organized
the event. He is seen here (left to right) with Cindy
Day, EMSB Communications Consultant Janice
Lacroix and guest speaker Carolyn Melmed.
STUDY SKILLS: The EMSB Region 3
Parents’ Committee held a highly successful
workshop entitled Helping your Child with
Organizational and Study Skills facilitated by
Carolyn Melmed on October 23 at the
Administration Building, 6000 Fielding
Avenue.
More than 100 people were in
attendance. Mammad Abedi of Double Pizza
served as a sponsor of the evening and
provided free pizza to all of the participants.
For those people who missed this session the
McGill Centre for Educational Leadership will
feature Ms. Melmed in a two part event on
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November 6 and 13 for parents of elementary
and high school students. There is a fee of
$60, which covers both sessions and parents
have the choice of attending the day or
evening time slots. Meanwhile, the Centre is
also organizing its Distinguished Educator
Seminar Series with three workshops onsite at
the Quebec Provincial Teachers Association
convention at Palais des Congrès on
November 29: Autism: Language Goals and
How to Reach Them
presented
by Lisa Reisinger; Taking a Closer Look at
Nelson Mathematics, presented by Helen
Osana; and Opération Respect – Ne Ris Pas
De Moi ,
presented by
Benoit Savard. For information and or/to
download a registration form on the above or
their entire series, go to www.mcgill.ca/eduintegrated/cel/profdev/seminars
or
email
[email protected].
HOLOCAUST EDUCATION: Laurier
Macdonald High School in St. Léonard is
continuing to educate students about the
Holocaust. Through the efforts of Spiritual
Community Animator Vince Lacroce,
students at Laurier Macdonald have visited
the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre,
met with survivors and engaged in
intercultural exchanges with students from
Bialik High School in Côte Saint-Luc.
The goal of this year’s Holocaust
Sensitization Program with Bialik is to
bridge the gap between cultures. It will
entail dialogue on the topic of promoting
tolerance and respect around the world and a
visit to the Montreal Holocaust Museum
whereby students will have an opportunity
to appreciate and learn about the tragedies of
World War II. On Friday October 19, 40
students
from
Laurier
Macdonald’s
Multicultural Society, accompanied by Mr.
Lacroce and World History Teacher Steven
Manstavich, went to Bialik for a program
on "The Wartime Memoirs of Pope John
XXIII." On Friday November 2, 150 World
and Canadian History students from Laurier
Macdonald will meet with Holocaust
survivors Mr. and Mrs. Meir Schondorf and
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ehraman who will
share heartbreaking memories of their lives
in a concentration camp. On Friday
November 9 (9:40 a.m.) at the school,
three presentations will take place to
coincide with Remembrance Day. Attendees
will include Blackwatch Canadian Army
Veteran James Whitehall, former British
Naval Officer Alec Hall, Grown Force
Canadian Officer George Mann, Canadian
Merchant Navy Officer John Byers,
Canadian peacekeepers Sgt. Randy Balkaran
and Master Corporal Steve Leroux, Mr.
and Mrs. Schondorf and Mr. and Mrs.
Ehraman.
ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIO: For many
years the use of print-based portfolios has
figured prominently in the
Elizabeth
Ballantyne School curriculum, but starting this
year all students will be introduced to a webbased electronic portfolio software entitled
Electronic Portfolio Encouraging Active
Reflective Learning (ePEARL). The software
has been developed by the Centre for the
Study of Learning and Performance, a
research centre at Concordia University, and
LEARN a non-profit educational foundation
that supports and promotes pedagogical
collaboration and innovation through the use
of information technology. ePEARL will be
used in the new state-of-the-art technology
lab, which was funded by
a MELS
technology grant and the generous support of
the school’s Home and School. The lab will
serve as the perfect facility to implement this
exciting school-wide project which is being
led by the technology resource teacher, Gaye
McConnell. Parents are also encouraged to
review their children’s password-protected
portfolios from home and provide written
feedback within the software. ePEARL is
currently being used in a variety of elementary
schools within the EMSB, including Leonardo
Da Vinci, Coronation, and Roslyn.
WALK TO SCHOOL DAY: In an effort to
encourage students to pursue healthy and
physically active lifestyles,
Royal Vale
School Physical Education teacher Norman
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Katz initiated a simple but exciting activity,
a Walk to School Day onctober 3 It began
at 7:30 a.m., with one walk starting from
N.D.G. Park at the corner of Marcil and Côte
St. Antoine and another commencing from
Confederation Park at the corner of
Kensington and Fielding. Participants in the
International Walk to School Day were the
students and parents from the EMSB’s Royal
Vale , St. Monica and Willingdon schools and
two private schools (Lower Canada College
and Centennial Academy).
Norman Katz leads the way as students walk to
school.
Both the NDG YMCA and Montreal Police
Station 11 joined the event as community
partners. The Police in fact planned the
walking routes. There was animated activities
and supervision both in the parks and
throughout the walk. N.D.G. Liberal MNA
Russell Copeman, N.D.G. Côte-des-Neiges
Borough Mayor Michael Applebaum and
EMSB officials also participated.
SHAVE TO SAVE: Zachary Denbow, a
sixth grade student in Angie Christou’s class
at Gardenview Elementary School in St.
Laurent, along with the help of his family
and especially his dad, Mitchell Denbow , a
nurse in the ER at the Jewish General
Hospital, has raised a total of $6,000 for “
Save to Shave.” Not only did he solicit
donations from family and friends, he also
initiated the sale of pink and white socks in
his classroom on Oct. 12th and earned $1,200
as a result.
Zachary was deeply affected by the passing of
his uncle from stomach cancer and wanted to
do something towards helping to find a cure.
He decided to grow his hair for the past year
and to shave his head (along with his father) in
order to support finding a cure for breast
cancer, one of the most common forms of
cancer that he has read about. The shave will
be broadcast live by Mix 96 from the Jewish
General Hospital’s ER conference room on
Tuesday morning Oct. 30 at 9 a.m. He
challenges other students in the EMSB to do
the same in the hope that one day they, too,
can truly make a difference.
STORYTELLING: The EMSB is one of the
sponsors of the ninth edition of the Quebec
Intercultural Storytelling Festival, which
continues until Oct. 28 in concert venues,
libraries, and theatres around Montreal. Some
140 events are being presented, in French and
in English, by more than 100 storytellers from
Quebec, Canada and the world. This year the
English side of the festival is featuring
performers from Wales, Scotland, England,
New York, Sicily and Canada. The EMSB is
hosting an event on October 26 (7 p.m.) at
Royal Vale School in N.D.G. (5851
Somerled). “We are hoping to showcase the
talents of the students and underscore the
important contribution the EMSB makes to
storytelling by putting it in the curriculum and
hosting a storytelling festival every year,”
says
Stephanie Bénéteau, artistic director for
English events of the Québec Intercultural
Storytelling Festival. For more details log on
to www.festival-conte.qc.ca.
ROSLYN
ANNIVERSARY:
Roslyn
Elementary School in Westmount officially
launched festivities for its 100th anniversary
celebrations with events on October 11 and 15.
On October 12, 1907, the cornerstone of
Roslyn School was laid. One hundred years
later, on October 11, stones of a different
nature were laid. As part of a fundraising
campaign to improve the playground and build
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a new play structure, donations made by
parents and friends of Roslyn School to the
Playground Improvement Fund have been
recognized by stepping stone engraved with
their family names. These stepping stones will
form a path winding through in the newly
rebuilt area. Karin Marks, Mayor of
Westmount and a Roslyn School alumnus, was
on hand for the unveiling ceremony.
“Since we project the total cost to be
$100,000, we still have about another $23,000
to go!” notes Jasmin Uhthoff, chair of the
Roslyn School Foundation. “But we are very
confident that with this event, we will hit our
target and have a new playground in time for
Roslyn’s Centennial year.”
On October 15 all students of Roslyn were
joined by special guests for the re-enactment
of the laying of the cornerstone as it took place
exactly 100 years earlier to the day. Mr.
McMorran arranged for a horse drawn cart to
deliver the stone to the front of the school.
Roslyn students transport the cornerstone.
“It is very fitting that we commemorate the
100th anniversary of the laying of the
cornerstone with this event. Roslyn’s mission,
to have all our students reach their full
potential in a multicultural, diverse and
inclusive community, is just as important
today as it was on the day the school first
opened,” said James McMorran, principal at
Roslyn School.
The unveiling of the stepping stone path was
followed by a silent auction and a drawing of
two Air Canada tickets to anywhere in North
America, including Hawaii, the Caribbean and
Mexico. Only 2, 000 tickets were sold at a cost
of $10 each or three for $25. The silent auction
and the raffle are all part of the major
fundraising campaign organized by the parents
to build a new playground. The EMSB and the
Ministry of Education, Sports and Leisure
have each pledged $25,000 towards the project
on the condition that Roslyn raise a matching
$25,000. To date, $27,000 has been raised.
Venture students have fun at their apple picking
excursion.
APPLE PICKING: Venture High School in
Ville Émard went apple picking on
Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at Le Viger de
la Tentation. Although we have gone on
many field trips in the past, this was our first
time apple picking. Many of our students
didn’t want to participate in this activity, but
went anyway and later said what a fun time it
was. We each picked five pounds of delicious
apples to bring home. There were organized
games for the students and a tractor ride
touring the grounds. They provided lovely hot
soup (it was chilly, so the soup was lovely),
apple muffins and juice for all. It is nice to
see these students in a different environment
and also to let them know that they can have
fun at school. You would think with all that
fresh air people would fall asleep on the bus,
but we all had very interesting conversations
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on the way home. Our plan for this year is to
arrange a field trip each month with the next
one being November. Many of our students
do not experience outings of this nature so it is
nice to see their reaction to these field trips.
Our Lady of Pompei runners stay in shape.
POMPEI RUNNERS: Congratulations to
Our Lady of Pompei Elementary School’s
cross-country running team who trained
intensively with
Mirella Ricci during the
month of September. On September 26, a
Greater Montreal Athletic Association
(GMAA) race was held at Parc Hirondelles.
The competition was great. The top three
runners for the boys were Jonathan Reda
(10th place out of 90 boys), Stefano Proietti
42nd and Kevin LeBlanc 35th. On the girls
side, Sara Pulice finished 8th out of 90 girls,
Isabella Martucci 28th and Julia Reda 32nd.
Practice will resume in May for the 2008
season! Principal Anna Pecora thanked several
parent volunteers who helped supervise the
practices and helped at the race and to retired
EMSB/GMAA personnel Olga Hrycak, Roy
Shetler and Mary Hughes.
GOLF SCHOLARSHIPS: The EMSB will
distribute 40 cash scholarships of $500 each
on Tuesday, October 30 (6:30 p.m.) to
students from the graduating class of 2007 at a
ceremony to be held at the St. Pius X Facility
(9955 Papineau) in Ahuntsic.
These scholarships are being funded from the
proceeds of the third EMSB Scholarship Golf
Tournament held in Lachute in June, 2006.
Beneficiaries from the tournament, which
took place this past June, will be chosen at the
end of the current academic year. Scholarships
have been awarded to high school students
who are continuing their studies in a postsecondary educational
program. The
scholarships are being divided into two
categories: Category I scholarships will be
presented to students who have demonstrated
a high academic achievement as well as
involvement in school life activities such as
leadership, volunteerism, student council,
school sports, representing the school in
different events. Category II scholarships are
being awarded to students who have
persevered in the face of overwhelming odds
and personal difficulties.
GLOBAL PLANET: Global Television is
celebrating its 10th anniversary on the air in
Quebec by launching a series called My
Planet, featuring contributions from 10 year
old Grade 5 students from the EMSB, Lester
B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB) and the
Riverside School Board (RSB) about the
environment. The series begins Oct. 26 with
the RSB’s St. Jude’s School reporting on an
anti-idling project.
Three EMSB schools
were selected to file reports: Willingdon in
N.D.G. will focus on the building of toys
from recycled materials when they air on Dec.
14. Honoré Mercier in St. Léonard and
Leonardo Da Vinci in RDP will get their
chance on the small screen in 2008. The
former will report on recycling printer
cartridges and the latter on encouraging
reusable water bottles and plastic bags. For
every school, anchor Jamie Orchard will
visit the class to help them organize their
research and prepare the story. Then a student
reporter will spend the day with our reporter
Kate Shingler collecting all the elements for
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the story -- interviews and pictures -- and
writing it.
CHORALE UPDATE: The EMSB Chorale
held its first performance of the season on
October 13 at Westmount Park School. This
annual mini-concert gives new choristers a
chance to gain some concert experience and is
always followed by a general meeting for
parents, to give them all the information about
the music program and logistics involved.
Both the Junior and Senior Chorales will be
going to their fall camps in November. These
intensive weekends allow the choristers to
prepare and polish their repertoire for the busy
concert season ahead. On December 2, the
EMSB Senior Chorale will be performing
with five other youth choirs at Pollack Hall in
the CBC/McGill series. This concert will
feature guest conductor Zimfira Poloz from
Toronto, who will conduct the massed choir
component of the event. The concert will be
broadcast later in December on CBC Radio
Two. For the occasion, CBC has
commissioned former EMSB Junior Chorale
conductor Erica Phare to write arrangements
of songs by Quebec’s very first recording star
Mary Travers, known as La Bolduc. On
December 9, the Junior and Senior Chorales
will present their annual holiday concert in a
new venue, the Loyola Chapel. This concert
will mark the International Day of Choral
Singing, which has as its theme “Tolerance
Through Choral Music.” The EMSB Senior
Chorale has also been invited to perform in
the main greenhouse at the Montreal Botanical
Garden on Saturday, December 15. For more
information on these concerts, please call or
write conductor Patricia Abbott at 514-4837200, ext. 7234 or [email protected].
ROSEMOUNT GREEN TEAM: The Green
Team at Rosemount High School was formed
a year ago, with the goal of sensitizing
students and staff to the need for “Reducing,
Reusing and Recycling.” Initially, there were
five staff members who, in addition to the
weekly paper recycling project, organized a
month’s drive to collect plastic, cans and
batteries. During Earth Week in April, there
was a special display of work by several
classes in the library, and an open invitation to
teachers to bring their students to it. Now the
Team has expanded to include approximately
13 students, the Teen Green Team, and the
year has begun with a plan to clean up the
school grounds every two weeks ( already
begun), and a Green Shop, selling recycled
school supplies 3 lunchtimes a week ( already
opened). The weekly recycling programme is
still as active, and we’re already making plans
for Earth Week next April. This year, as last,
there’s a weekly bulletin item informing
everyone about some aspect of the three Rs.
Soon the Green Team, both staff and students,
will be even more visible: they’ll be wearing
green T shirts every time they have an
activity, hoping to recruit even more staff and
students to our cause.
EID MUBARAK: Carlyle Elementary School
held a 45 minute Eid Mubarak Celebration
October 19
featuring the Montreal
spokesperson from the Muslim Community
Salam Melanyawi. The Festival later broke
off into nine separate stations/kiosks where
the children explained the process in greater
detail.
NATIONAL CHILD DAY: A note that
November 20 is National Child Day and
Universal Children’s Day.You can find
background information and resources for
activities for National Child Day on the web
http://www.phac-aspcgc.ca/dcadea/ncdat:
jna/indexe.html.
BENEFIT FOR LAYTON STUDENT:
Rola Soueidan, a teacher at Pierre Elliott
Trudeau Elementary School in Rosemount, is
organizing a comedy benefit show for her
niece, Lolita, a student at the EMSB’s Philip
Layton School. Lolita is a beautiful five year
old girl who has been suffering with a severe
case of cerebral palsy and visual
impairment since birth. Her aunt and parents
are trying to help by raising money for her
therapy treatments. The show will be held on
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Sat. Nov. 3 (7:30 pm) at the Centre Melkite de
Montréal (10025 L'Acadie Blvd, corner du
Liban street, between Henri-Bourassa Blvd.
and
Sauvé). It will
feature
celebrity
comedians Neil Janna, Franco Taddeo,
Derick Seguin & Rachid Badouri. Franco
Taddeo's children also attend an EMSB
school. Sponsors are being sought who
would like to donate money, gifts for a raffle
draw, food and drinks for the event.
Tickets are $40 per person.
Lolita suffers from muscular spasms which
makes her unable to coordinate and command
her body movements. Her parents, Janet &
Sam, want to give her a chance to progress
and see her sit on her own, walk and talk.
Unfortunately, the daily routine treatments
don’t seem sufficient therefore they have
started Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy which
is recommended by therapists and specialist
doctors.
This long and expensive treatment is entirely
at the family’s cost and requires means of
transportation. It’s an effective medical
treatment for different forms of Cerebral
Palsy. This treatment could help heal Lolita’s
physical handicap. Until this day, Lolita has
undertaken sessions at the Hyperbaric Clinic
for a total cost of $20,000. Since then, there
has been not only a medical imagery
improvement but also a progress in her the
level of balance and muscle tone. This
improvement is a first step towards future
autonomy. There’s nothing like having a goal,
lots of hope and a strong will to go all the
way!
Unfortunately, the family can no longer pay
the high cost of hyperbaric treatments at the
clinic. This is the reason for the fundraiser.
Please join us for a night of fun and laughs for
a great cause!
For
more
details,
visit
www.lolita.lucarinfo.com, or email Rola:
[email protected]. Please note that
this event is not being organized by the EMSB
nor the Phillip E. Layton School, but by the
family only.
PUBLIC
SCHOOL
EDUCATION
MONTH: Schools are encouraged to start
gearing up for Public School Education Week
which will take place in January by inviting
alumni who have gone on to enjoy interesting
careers to come back and speak to students.
Last year’s event was very successful.
COOPERATION
AND
HONESTY:
Teachers at St. Dorothy Elementary School in
St. Michel have noticed a definite spirit of
cooperation amongst the students as they work
and play better together in fun and safe ways
this
year.
Cooperation
was
the
virtue/character building theme of the month
for September and all students are to be
commended for working together in being
cooperative. Honesty was October’s theme.
Awards to one worthy student from each class
(1-6) are presented each month.
GENERATION DX2: Radio Canada
International
is
inviting
all
high
school students
and
their
teachers to
participate in Generation DX2, a web
competition of short films, audio files and
photo stories on the theme of cultural
diversity.
Fiction,
documentary
and
animated films will be accepted until Jan. 7,
2008. To promote the competition, organizers
will mail between 50 and 400 postcards for
students. Information: 514-597-4877 or [email protected].
RETIREES DINNER: About 170 people
attended the annual retirees' dinner, which
took place on October 16 at the Omni MontRoyal Hotel in downtown Montreal. The
evening honoured 96 retiring employees of the
EMSB
who
worked
as
educators,
administrators, professionals and support staff,
and whose combined years of service to the
Board added up to 2,848 years. EMSB
Chairman Dominic Spiridigliozzi, along with
the senior administrators from each region,
Adult Education and Vocational Services,
Pedagogical Services, Student Services and
the General Directorate presented each retiree
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with a special thank-you gift of a framed
handcrafted silk embroidered painting that are
produced in the Jiangsu province, which is
located in eastern China. One of the longest
serving employees honoured that evening was
Ann Marie Burnett, a former teacher at
Edward Murphy School who served with the
Board for 43 years.
TOY TEA: The fifth annual TOY TEA will
be held on Wednesday December 5 (1 p.m.) at
Ogilvy’s downtown. So far the following
schools have given their names as
participants: Pierre Elliott, St. Dorothy,
Carlyle, Dunrae Gardens, Nesbitt, Edinburgh,
Royal Vale, Roslyn, Honore-Mercier, Gerald
McShane, Michelangelo and
Lester B
Pearson High School. New holiday toys for
children who may never have seen a new toy,
is the rationale of this campaign.
CONSOLATION TITLE: The Royal Vale
boys and girls soccer teams both won the
consolation title at the Elementary Soccer
Championships at Lower Canada College.
Royal Vale was the only EMSB representative
out of the 20 teams who participated in the
tournament.
REELYOUTH: The My View Video Project
(www.myviewproject.org), which consists of
young people documenting the world they see
and presenting issues of concern to them, has
been asked to host the first ever Montreal
edition of the ReelYouth Film Festival
http://www.reelyouth.ca
There will be
international videos, as well, seven MyView
videos. The festival will take place at the NFB
Cinema on St. Denis Street on Sun. Dec. 2 (1
p.m. ) Anyone interested in buying tickets can
contact [email protected] or (514) 393-1969.
It is a fundraising event, with the proceeds
going towards buying a new camera for the
MyView students.
Tony Borioni, who
heads the project, continues to work regularly
with students at John Grant High School. He
and the students were responsible for last
year’s Career Fair and Parent Volunteer
Appreciation evening videos. Borioni
welcomes schools interested in his program to
contact him at 514-393-1969 or via his
website.
ROYAL WEST FOX RUN: The Grade 8
students at Royal West Academy paid tribute
to the memory of Terry Fox by raising over
$4500 in his memory.
Spiritual and
Community Animator Joseph Monachino and
other staff planned and implemented a special
project as a tribute to Terry Fox’s
accomplishments. The project began with
students learning about the tremendous
strength and courage of Terry Fox, and were
empowered by his story as well as his legacy.
The students then obtained pledges and ran in
his honor on Tuesday, October 2, 2007.
Terry Fox is an example for all students at
Royal West Academy as he epitomizes the
effect an individual can have on the
betterment of our world.
SURGEONS SPEAK: It was International
Surgical Week at Montreal's Palais des
Congrès recently, where more than 2,500
surgeons from all over the world convened for
the 42nd World Congress of the International
Society of Surgery. The conference sessions
included a wide array of fields covered by
general surgery, such as gastrointestinal,
vascular, trauma and transplant surgery, as
well as many others. Also present at the
congress were a number of Montreal's own
surgical stars, some of whom grew up
attending English public schools. A few of
them were available for comment, and they
talked about how they were influenced by
their early education and what it means to
have the right stuff to become a surgeon: Dr.
Gerald Fried, director of the MUHC Centre
for Minimally Invasive Surgery, attended
Hampstead Elementary School as a child. Dr.
Barry Stein, who went to Sir Winston
Churchill High School (presently LaurenHill
Academy), is the director of the MUHC
Centre for Colorectal Surgery. Dr. Armen
Aprikian, Chief of Urology and director of
Cancer Care at the MUHC, attended the
former Malcolm Campbell High School. Read
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EMSB correspondent Clarice Samuels’ full
report at www.emsb.qc.ca.
For more information,
call Raemona
Slodovnick at (514) 928-0562 or email
[email protected].
TIP CORNER
HANA’S SUITCASE: Geordie Productions
has confirmed a Montreal stop on the national
tour of Hana’s Suitcase, a brilliantly written
play that introduces its audiences to the tragic
fate of one little girl during the Holocaust and
why it’s so important to retell the story. From
the first time the story of Hana’s Suitcase was
told in a radio documentary produced by
Karen Levine, it was immediately recognized
as an important story to share with young
audiences around the world. Since then, it has
appeared as an award-winning book translated
into over 10 languages, a feature-length
documentary, and a play now touring across
Canada. The stage version, adapted from
Karen Levine’s book published by Second
Story Press, is written by Emil Sher. The
Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young Audiences
(LKTYP) premiered the play, directed by
Allen McInnis, in 2005, and brought it back
for a second season due to overwhelming
demand. By the time Hana’s Suitcase reaches
Montreal, it will have travelled from Toronto
across Western Canada to Winnipeg,
Vancouver
and
Edmonton.
Geordie
Productions is honoured to invite LKTYP to
present the play in Montreal. Hana’s Suitcase
tells the true story of a suitcase that was
brought to the Children’s Holocaust Centre in
Japan and caught the attention of some
youngsters. Their curiosity led them to asking
their teacher to find out more about whom the
suitcase belonged to. Emil Sher’s script
employs eight actors and weaves in and out of
the past by using multi-media and other
innovative staging techniques to trace the
tragic fate of Hana and her suitcase, and the
amazing survival of her only brother George
who now lives in Toronto. The Globe and
Mail called it “…a delicate and moving
introduction to Holocaust themes for
children”. Hana’s Suitcase will open on
November 22, 2007 as part of Geordie’s 20072008 Montreal Mainstage season.
Editor’s
Note:
The
Communications
Department of the EMSB is contacted
regularly by organizers of different
conferences, facilitators of interesting
workshops and developers of innovative
fundraising opportunities. We screen these
requests and make the information available to
schools and centres. From this point on, we
will group these in our Tip Corner and give inschool administrators, teachers, other staff,
parent groups and even students of making
contact directly.
DANCE PROGRAM: World Dance Groupe
de danse mondiale is pleased once again to
offer your students workshops in Afro- Cuban
dance with Adrián Limonta, Primer Bailarín
and one of Ballet Folklórico Cutumba de
Santiago de Cuba’s lead dancers. You will
have the opportunity to learn these
exhilarating and energetic dances; the
folkloric rhythms that gave birth to well
known dances such as meringue and salsa.
Adrián Limonta & Damaris Leblanch,
September 2006, Santiago de Cuba Mr.
Limonta offers an exceptional way to enrich
your students’ education by experiencing
culture and history through the rhythms and
dances of a people who so influenced
America’s evolution. Through Cuba (and its
African, French and Haitian influences) you
will discover all of the musical roots of Black
America and beyond. These special
workshops and assemblies will be available
during Adrián Limonta’s upcoming visit to
Montreal this fall from September –
December, 2007. The attached document
contains programming as well as information
about Mr. Limonta. We would appreciate your
forwarding this mail and attachment to all
relevant teachers in your arts, culture and
physical education departments, as well as to
any other interested teachers or individuals.
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AND COMING UP: Geordie will present
Barbara Poggemiller’s A Promise is a
Promise, from the book by Robert Munsch
and Michael Kusugak, onstage at the D.B.
Clarke Theatre for five performances only
from October 12 to 14. Launching Geordie’s
2007-2008 Montreal Mainstage “All the
World” season, A Promise is a Promise is a
special presentation from Geordie’s Touring
Troupe that will take you into the vast tundra
of the Canadian Arctic. For one weekend
only, family audiences will have the
opportunity to see Geordie’s longest-running
and best-loved production in its history of
over 25 years. A Promise is a Promise will
also tour to schools and community centres
across Quebec and the Maritimes until April
2008. Teachers and school administrators can
book a show at their school by contacting
[email protected].
having sat on the governing board of Royal
Vale School for several years, A. Karpat
president Issie Hefter says he understands
the need to generate interest and positive
results for fundraising initiatives. He has sent
out samples of his shake flashlights, which
seem to be a unique alternative to chocolate
bars and cookies.
STORYTELLER-PUPPETEER:
Sheila
Pinsky, a storyteller-puppeteer, animates
imaginative and interactive fun-filled puppet
stories to children from pre-K to Grade 3.
While she has done animations up to Grade 6,
her specialties are with the younger grades.
Her adorable puppets and props are creative as
well as being handmade from recycled
materials! The suspenseful stories and the
animated puppets always fascinate the
children. Her topics cover an extensive range
of all of the prominent holidays and seasons,
and use animal puppets to depict stories
covering themes of friendship, sharing,
adventures, as well as dealing with important
topics of bullying and sibling rivalry.
She charges a fee of $60 an hour.
Info:
(514)
484-2730
or
[email protected].
DINER’S DECK: Montreal has become the
first Canadian city to offer the Diner’s Deck
(www.dinersdeck.com). Linda Gal of
Gourmet Promotions notes that when you buy
a Diner's Deck you get 52, $10 off restaurant
coupons. Given the fact the cost is only
$27.50, that represents a saving of $520. The
program originated in the United States and
represents a great fundraising vehicle for
schools, particularly because it has no expiry
nor black-out dates. Should a restaurant go
out of business, customers need only mail
back the card and it will be replaced by a new
one. For more details, call Linda at 514-6263555, email [email protected].
FLASHLIGHTS: Last spring, EMSB Home
and School Associations received packages
containing
an
innovative
fundraising
opportunity. A. Karpat Ltd.,a Montreal based
importer and wholesale/distributor of over
2,000 hardware products sells items direct to
hardware retail chains such as Rona, BMR,
and other retailers such as Giant Tiger. After
The
flashlights
are
inexpensive,
environmentally friendly (they do not require
batteries) and long lasting. In Canada, they
retail for $9.99. A. Karpat sells these to
retailers at $4.80 each, and they are prepared
to sell them to schools for $3.50 each.
Students can then sell them for $6 or $7 each.
John Caboto Elementary School in Ahuntsic
has signed on to the program. For more
information, call (514) 735-4581 or email
[email protected].
CASH PRIZE FOR STUDENTS: The
Alzheimer Groupe (AGI) is launching a new
educational initiative that will mobilize the
efforts of high school students. They are
inviting Grades 10 and 11 students to help
them
create a new pamphlet for their
clientele. This pamphlet would contain
practical information about Alzheimer Disease
and would be disseminated to our large data
base and various institutions across the
province. The competition will commence in
early fall and the deadline will be at the end of
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February. Each participating class will
receive all the necessary guidelines to help
bring this pamphlet to life. AGI is also
willing to have one of their staff professionals
speak with the class/grade. The winning team
will win a $1,000 scholarship plus their
pamphlet would be printed and given out to
AGI’s clients. This informative initiative was
borne out of a simple concept- Education is
key in preventing and treating Alzheimer
Disease
.New
studies
have
clearly
demonstrated that early assessment is
paramount in treating AD. Furthermore, if
assessed early it may slow down progression.
Alzheimer Disease (AD) is one of a number of
forms of dementia. According to the
commonly used definition, dementia requires
an irreversible, global impairment of cognitive
skills including memory. The impairment
must be great enough to interfere with the
activities of daily living . Common
characteristics of dementia include severe
memory loss, inability to formulate abstract
thoughts,
confusion,
problems
with
concentrating, difficulty carrying out both
routine and complex tasks, personality
changes and paranoid or difficult behavior.
These characteristics are the result of
abnormal brain processes, not the aging
process.
Every 72 seconds, someone develops
Alzheimer Disease. For information contact
Francine
Goldberg
at
[email protected] or
514-485-7233.
MINI-LAW: Registration is open for MiniLaw, an exciting, educational eight week
lecture series taught by Professors from the
Faculty of Law at McGill University. Lecture
topics will range from Criminal Law to
Family Law and will help you to demystify
“legalese” and to understand better how law
influences our daily lives. Lectures will take
place Thursday evenings from October 18
through December 6, 2007, from 6 p.m. to 8
p.m. at 3644 Peel street (Moot Court Ground
floor). The cost is $100 or $60 for students
and seniors. Pre-registration is required. For
more
information,
please
visit
www.mcgill.ca/minilaw
or call 514-3987276.
ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS:
Tiffany Kelly of Engineers Without Borders
(EWB) at Concordia University is inviting
EMSB elementary and high schools to learn
more about the program. One of the main
focuses at EWB is educating high school
students. Their School Outreach program
(SO) offers various presentations, activities
and supplemental material on water and
sanitation, food processing and energy which
are given in 60 minute sessions. They are also
in the process of adding to their areas of
education. Kelly says she is looking to
promote her presentations to the various high
schools in the EMSB and possibly even
elementary schools in the future. The program
is free and she enjoys working with teachers
to provide students with additional
information about local and global issues as
well as increasing awareness among youth.
For more information you can email her at
[email protected].
QUANTAM SHIFT: An innovative new web
broadcaster is using the power of the Internet
to inspire children and youth in schools across
North America to make a difference. Quantum
Shift TV is challenging students from grades
one to twelve across the United States and
Canada to participate in the Be the Change!
Share the Story! School Video Contest.
Students are invited to work on a social or
environmental project of their choice, and
document their progress in two short videos to
be uploaded on the Web. In addition to
making a difference in their community,
students have an opportunity to win up to
$50,000 in prizes for their school. Through
this contest, Quantum Shift TV is building an
online community focused on socially
conscious, solution-oriented videos. An
entertaining puzzle game woven into the
contest stimulates cross-pollination of ideas by
encouraging youth to watch each others
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videos. Teams receive points for social
network activity as well as viewer ratings of
their videos. Students and educators can
find out more and sign up for the contest at
http://www.quantumshift.tv/schools.
CLIMBING WALLS: Climbing is an
excellent sport for people of all levels of
fitness, size, shape or age. Traverse climbing
walls are ideal for schools as they allow a
wide range of games to be played and there
are a number of approaches depending on the
objectives you are aiming at: cooperation,
competition, cross-curricular and problemsolving. Climbing utilizes the many
components of fitness such as: muscular
strength, endurance, balance, flexibility and
cardiovascular. For a limited time only, PM
Climbing/Passe Montagne
is offering a
special
promotion to schools: Buy three
“Do-it-yourself” kits and pay the fourth one at
25 percent of the regular price. Buy a made to
measure high wall, or a traverse wall with
installation and get 25 percent off on our
accessories (mattresses or protective curtain)
Buy 25 kits of kids climbing holds and get
five kits for free! The deadline is December
31, 2007. Info: 1-800-465-2123 extension: 28.
or [email protected]
CUBA TOURS: Cuba Education Tours helps
teachers organize short-term study abroad for
their students. Teachers are invited to sign up
for a trip this December to learn about the
island's education and social system, and
celebrate the New Year in Havana.
A
popular program is ESL Cuba Volunteer. It's
an occasion for retired educators and ESL
teachers to spend three weeks in Havana
sharing English knowledge with primary level
and university students. All who have
participated in the past have returned
optimistic -- if not elated. A few spots are still
left on for sessions this November and
February
2008.
Details:
http://www.hellocuba.ca. For those who wish
to take their students to Cuba, contact Marcel
Hatch at
1- 877-687-3817
or
[email protected].
ADULT EDUCATION AND
VOCATIONAL SERVICES
CBC’s Sue Smith meets the Culinary team.
PIUS ON CBC: The St. Pius X Culinary
Institute will be the backdrop for a week of
programming on CBC’s popular lifestyles
show Living Montreal. It is seen weekdays at
1 p.m. on CBC Montreal. Host Sue Smith and
her crew spent several days at the Ahuntsic
facility following the student chefs.
St. Pius X Adult Centre students do their part to
remember Anastasia DeSousa.
TRIBUTE TO ANASTASIA: Valerie
Dahan, a student at St. Pius X Adult Centre,
recently arranged for a way to commemorate
the tragic death of Dawson College shooting
victim Anastasia DeSousa. Valerie was
friends with Anastasia when the two attended
the two school together only two years ago.
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As a tribute to her she asked students and
staff to wear pink.
JFK INTRAPRENEUR: Leaders are made,
they are not born. They are made by hard
effort, which is the price which all of us must
pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
The Professional Sales program at John F.
Kennedy Business Centre has initiated an
Intrapreneur Award that recognizes the true
intrapreneur in the classroom. An Intrapreneur
is the term coined for a person who focuses on
innovation and creativity and who transforms
a dream or an idea into a profitable venture,
by operating within the organizational
environment. Why an Intrapreneur Award?
These individuals are creative, self-motivated,
outside the box thinkers that value
responsibility and understand the bottom line.
We all know and recognize intrapreneurs i.e.
they are those valuable self-reliant employees
that work as if they are the owners of the
company. The Professional Sales class is
proud to have presented the Intrapreneur
Award to students Joey Moscato and Stacey
Picciano.
Notable Dates
October 30
EMSB Golf Scholarship Ceremony
November 4
School Board Elections
November 5-9
National Media Education Week
November 20
Universal Children's Day and National Child
Day
November 29 & 30
Quebec Provincial
Convention
Palais des Congrès
December 2
Teachers
Association
4 p.m.
The EMSB Senior Chorale at Pollack Hall
(McGill)
Ticket info: Schulich School of Music box
office
December 9
3 p.m.
The EMSB Chorale Annual Holiday Concert
Loyola Chapel, Concordia University, 7141
Sherbrooke St. W.
Freewill offering in aid of the Salvation Army
Christmas campaign
Info: Patricia Abbott, 514-483-7200, ext. 7234
or [email protected]
December 15
1 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
EMSB Chorale Performance
Montreal Botanical Garden, main greenhouse
Ticket info: Montreal Botanical Garden
PLEINS FEUX SUR FIELDING
PROMOTION DE VOS ÉCOLES : La
Division de communications et de marketing
de la CSEM organisera un atelier portant sur
la promotion de vos écoles, le mardi 6
novembre (19 h) à l’école primaire Carlyle de
Ville Mont-Royal. Cet atelier donnera
l’occasion au personnel et aux membres des
conseils d’établissement d’échanger des
stratégies en prévision des inscriptions
d’hiver.
SEMAINE DE SENSIBILISATION AUX
MÉDIAS : Le Réseau éducation médias et la
Fédération canadienne des enseignants
présentent, pour la deuxième année
consécutive, la Semaine nationale de
sensibilisation aux médias qui aura lieu du 5
au 9 novembre 2007. Le but de la semaine est
de promouvoir la connaissance des médias en
tant qu’élément clé de l’éducation des jeunes
et d’encourager l'intégration de l’éducation
aux médias dans les écoles canadiennes, les
foyers et les communautés.
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L’école primaire East Hill de RDP tiendra u n
rôle important avec la tenue d’un panel de
médias prévu pour le mercredi 7 novembre.
Les conférenciers invités confirmés sont :
Cindy Sherwin de CTV Montréal, Margoe
Edwards de 940 Montreal Radio et le
rédacteur en chef du journal The Suburban,
Beryl Wajsman.
Pour plus de renseignements sur la façon dont
vous pourriez participer à la Semaine
nationale de sensibilisation aux médias, visitez
le site Web www.mediaeducationweek.ca ou
communiquez avec le réseau de sensibilisation
aux médias à [email protected]. Le
Réseau éducation médias est un centre
canadien à but non lucratif d’expertise et
d’excellence en éducation aux médias. Son but
est d’assurer que les enfants et les adolescents
acquièrent les aptitudes de raisonnement
critique et les outils nécessaires pour
comprendre et prendre une part active aux
médias.
ÉLECTIONS SCOLAIRES : Les élections
scolaires auront lieu le dimanche 4 novembre
2007. Les électeurs du territoire de la CSEM
éliront
des
commissaires
dans
23
circonscriptions.
La
composition
des
circonscriptions électorales apparaît au site
Web de la CSEM.
CANDIDATS : Le vote aura lieu dans 19 des
23 circonscriptions électorales de la
Commission scolaire English-Montréal où des
élections auront lieu le dimanche 4 novembre.
Les votes par anticipation auront lieu une
semaine à l’avance. Quatre commissaires de la
CSEM ont été élus par acclamation lorsque les
nominations ont été clôturées le 30
septembre : Frank Verrillo, circonscription
17 (Saint-Léonard), Dominic Spiridigliozzi,
circonscription 16 (Saint-Léonard), Frank
DiCesare, circonscription 20 (Saint-Léonard)
et Agostino Cannavino, circonscription 18
(Rosemont). Lors des élections de 2003-2004,
14 candidats avaient été élus par acclamation.
Cinq commissaires ont décidé de ne pas se
représenter : Michele Ciampini, Ron
Paterson, Dr John Simms, Zev Neuwirth et
Mario Caggiano. Le Dr Simms a été
commissaire pendant 43 années consécutives.
M. Paterson a occupé les postes d’enseignant,
de directeur d’école et de cadre supérieur
pendant 33 ans et a occupé le poste de
commissaire pendant les 10 dernières années.
Les 43 candidats des 19 autres
circonscriptions sont : Circonscription 1
(Côte-Saint-Luc)
Neil Chazin et Syd Wise; circonscription 2
(Montréal-Ouest) Susan Gottman et Joseph
Lalla; circonscription 3 (NDG) Elizabeth
Fokoefs et Albert Perez; Circonscription 4
(Hampstead,
Côte-Saint-Luc)
Marvin
Helfenbaum
et
Gideon
Rosenberg;
circonscription 5 (NDG, Saint-Henri et Ville
Émard) Leslie Alleyne et Anne Williams;
circonscription 6 (Saint-Henri, Pointe-SaintCharles, Westmount centre-ville) Daniel
Andrelli et Richard Lalonde; circonscription
7 (Westmount, NDG) Ginette Sauvé-Frankel
et Nick Primiano; circonscription 8 (Côte-deNeiges, Snowdon-Outremont) Ellie Israel,
Kurtis Law et Donald A. Reid;
circonscription 9 (Mont-Royal, Saint-Laurent)
Bryce Durafourt, Elizabeth Leaman et
Mario Pasteris; circonscription 10 (SaintLaurent) Bernie Praw et Costa Saisanas;
circonscription
11
(Saint-Laurent
–
Cartierville)
Stratis
Kossiva,
James
Kromida et Darrell Seal; circonscription 12
(Ahuntsic) Joseph Petraglia et Riccardo
Pizetta; circonscription 13 (Parc Extension,
Le Plateau) Adam Beach, Julien Feldman,
Ilias Hondronikolas et George Vogas;
circonscription 14 (Saint-Michel) Rocco
Barbieri
et
Antoinette
Corrado;
circonscription 15 (Montréal-Nord) Michel
Benigno et Sylvia LoBianco; circonscription
19 (Rosemont-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve –
Centre-ville- Le Plateau) Angela Mancini et
Sylvie Vogels; circonscription 21 (Anjou,
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal Est) Elena
Celsi et Ted Donnini; circonscription 22
(Rivière-des-Prairies) Stephen Bertone et
Rosa Cerrelli; circonscription 23 (Rivière-
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des-Prairies) Angie Bertone et Patricia
Lattanzio.
Pour les détails complets sur les élections,
consultez le site Web de la CSEM au
www.emsb.qc.ca ou appelez le bureau des
élections au (514) 483-7200, poste 8800.
BROCHURE : Une brochure de quatre pages
sur papier glacé incluant au centre une grande
carte de la CSEM, sera bientôt envoyée à
toutes les écoles et centres avec d’importantes
informations sur les élections. Elle contient
une section de Questions fréquemment
demandées et les lieux des votes par
anticipation ainsi que ceux des bureaux de
vote pour la journée d’élections. Cette
brochure est accessible à la section
« Élections » du site Web de la CSEM.
HABILETÉS D’ÉTUDE : Le comité de
parents de la Région 3 a organisé un atelier
qui a été couronné de succès intitulé Helping
your Child with Organizational and Study
Skills. Cet atelier a été animé par Carolyn
Melmed le 23 octobre au centre administratif,
6000 avenue Fielding, et plus de 100
personnes y ont assisté. En fait, le nombre de
personnes a dû être limité.
Pour les personnes qui ont manqué cette
session, le Centre de leadership en éducation
de McGill invitera Mme Melmed à un
évènement en deux parties, qui aura lieu le 6
et le 13 novembre pour les parents des élèves
du primaire et du secondaire. Il y aura un droit
d’entrée de 60 $ qui couvrira les deux sessions
et les parents auront le choix d’assister aux
sessions du matin ou du soir. En outre, le
centre organise aussi des séries de séminaires
d’Éducateur distingué avec trois ateliers qui
seront donnés lors du Congrès de
l’Association provinciale des enseignantes et
enseignants du Québec, qui aura lieu au Palais
des Congrès le 20 novembre : Autism :
Language Goals and How to Reach Them
présenté par Lisa Reisinger ; Taking a Closer
Look at Nelson Mathematics, présenté par
Helen Osana et Opération Respect- Ne Ris Pas
De Moi présenté par Benoît Savard. Pour tous
renseignements ou pour télécharger un
formulaire d’inscription pour ce qui précède
et/ou pour toutes les séries, consultez
www.mcgill.ca/eduintegrated/del/profdev/seminars ou adressez
un courriel à [email protected]
JOURNÉE
MARCHONS
VERS
L’ÉCOLE : Pour essayer d’encourager les
élèves à pratiquer des activités physiques et à
adopter de saines habitudes de vie,
l’enseignant d’éducation physique de l’école
Royal Vale, Norman Katz, a lancé une
simple mais attrayante activité « Journée
marchons vers l’école » le 3 octobre. La
journée a commencé à 7 h 30 par une marche
à partir du coin de Marcil et Côte-SaintAntoine et une autre à partir du parc de la
Confédération au coin de Kensington et
Fielding. Les participants étaient des élèves et
des parents des écoles Royal Vale, St. Monica
et Willingdon de la CSEM et de deux écoles
privées (Lower Canada College et Académie
Centennial). Le YMCA de NDG et le poste du
quartier 11 de la Police de Montréal se sont
joints à cet évènement. En fait, les services de
police ont planifié les parcours de marche et il
y a eu des activités animées et de la
supervision dans les parcs et tout au long de la
marche. Le député libéral de NDG, Russell
Copeman, et le maire de l’arrondissement
NDG
–
Côte-des-Neiges,
Michael
Applebaum, et des représentants de la CSEM
ont aussi participé à la marche.
RÉCITS DE CONTES : La CSEM est l’une
des neuf commanditaires de la neuvième
édition du Festival interculturel du conte du
Québec qui se poursuit jusqu’au 28 octobre
avec des concerts, des activités de
bibliothèque et de théâtre à Montréal.
Quelques 140 événements sont présentés en
français et en anglais par plus de 100 conteurs
du Québec, du Canada et du monde. Cette
année, le volet anglais du festival met en
vedette des conteurs du Pays de Galles,
d’Écosse, de l’Angleterre, de New York, de la
Sicile et du Canada. La CSEM organise un
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évènement le 26 octobre (19h) à l’école Royal
Vale de NDG (5851 Somerled). « Nous
espérons de mettre en relief les talents des
élèves et souligner l’importante contribution
de la CSEM qui place le récit de contes au
programmes
d’études
et
organise
annuellement un festival de récits de contes »
déclare Stéphanie Bénéteau, directrice
artistique des évènements en anglais du
Festival interculturel du conte du Québec.
Pour plus de détails, consultez www.festivalconte.qc.ca
MOIS DE L’ÉDUCATION PUBLIQUE :
Un rappel aux écoles que janvier est le Mois
de l’éducation publique. Les écoles sont
encouragées à inviter des anciens élèves
éminents et à leur demander de s’adresser aux
élèves.
JOURNÉE NATIONALE DE L’ENFANT :
Le 20 novembre est la Journée nationale de
l’enfant et la Journée universelle de l’enfant.
Des informations et des ressources pour
activités sont disponibles sur le Web à :
http://www.phacaspcgc.ca/dcadea/ncdjna/inde
xe.html.
COLLABORATION ET HONNÊTETÉ :
Les enseignant(e)s de l’école primaire St.
Dorothy de Saint-Michel ont constaté un
esprit de collaboration parmi les élèves alors
qu’ils travaillent et jouent mieux ensemble de
façon divertissante et sécuritaire. La
collaboration a été le thème du mois de
septembre et tous les élèves doivent être
félicités pour l’esprit de collaboration dont ils
ont fait preuve. L’honnêteté a été le thème du
mois d’octobre et des prix sont présentés
chaque mois à un élève de chaque classe (1-6).
TITRE DE CONSOLATION : Les équipes
de soccer des garçons et des filles de Royal
Vale ont toutes deux remporté le prix de
consolation aux championnats de soccer du
primaire qui ont eu lieu au Lower Canada
College. Royal Vale a été la seule école
représentant la CSEM sur les 20 équipes qui
ont participé au tournoi.
COURSE TERRY FOX DE ROYAL
WEST : Les élèves de 8e année de
l’Académie Royal West ont rendu hommage à
Terry Fox en recueillant plus de 4 500 $ en sa
mémoire. L’animateur de vie spirituelle et
d’engagement
communautaire,
Joseph
Monachino, et d’autres membres du personnel
ont planifié et mis en place un projet spécial
en hommage aux réalisations de Terry Fox. Le
projet a commencé par l’apprentissage par les
élèves de la grande force et du courage de
Terry Fox et ils ont été impressionnés par son
histoire et son héritage. Les élèves ont obtenu
des promesses de dons et ils ont couru en son
honneur le mardi 2 octobre 2007. Terry Fox
est un exemple pour tous les élèves de Royal
West car il représente l’effet qu’une personne
peut avoir sur le délabrement de notre monde.
CONTEUSE-MARIONNETTISTE : Sheila
Pinsky, conteuse et marionnettiste, anime des
histoires de marionnettes imagées et
interactives pour les enfants de la
prématernelle à la 3ème année. Bien qu’elle ait
fait des animations pour des élèves jusqu’à la
6e année, ses spécialités s’adressent aux
enfants
plus
jeunes.
Ses
adorables
marionnettes et accessoires sont créatifs et ils
sont faits à la main à partir de matériel
recyclable ! Les histoires fascinantes et les
marionnettes animées enchantent toujours les
enfants. Ses sujets couvrent une gamme
intensive de toutes les saisons et fêtes
importantes et elle utilise des animauxmarionnettes pour raconter des histoires qui
couvrent les thèmes d’amitié, de partage,
d’aventures et qui traitent aussi de sujets
importants, dont l’intimidation et la rivalité
entre frères et sœurs. Son taux horaire est de
60$. Pour plus d’informations, appelez au
(514) 484-2730 ou par courriel à
[email protected].
CUBA TOURS : Cuba Education Tours aide
les enseignant(e)s à organiser des études à
court terme à l’étranger pour leurs élèves. Les
enseignant(e)s sont invité(e)s à s’inscrire pour
un voyage en décembre pour apprendre à
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connaître le système social et d’éducation de
l’île et célébrer le Nouvel An à La Havane. Un
programme populaire est le ESL Cuba
Volunteer. C’est l’occasion pour les
enseignant(e)s à la retraite et les
enseignant(e)s d’ESL de passer trois semaines
à La Havane pour partager leur connaissance
de l’anglais avec des élèves du primaire et de
l’université. Tous ceux qui ont déjà participé à
ce programme sont retournés avec un
sentiment d’optimisme .Quelques places sont
toujours disponibles pour des sessions en
novembre de cette année et en février 2008.
Pour
détails,
consultez
http://www.hellocuba.ca. Pour ceux qui
désirent emmener leurs élèves à Cuba,
communiquez avec Marcel Hatch au 1-877687-3817
ou
par
courriel
à:
[email protected].
INTRAPRENEUR DE JKF : Les leaders se
forment, ils ne naissent pas avec ces qualités.
Ils atteignent le leadership par un travail
acharné qui est le prix que nous devons tous
payer pour atteindre nos objectifs. Le
programme de ventes professionnelles du
Centre d’études commerciales John F.
Kennedy a lancé un Prix d’intrapreneur qui
reconnaît l’intrapreneur. Un Intrapreneur est
un terme inventé pour une personne qui se
concentre sur l’innovation et la créativité et
qui transforme une idée ou un rêve en un
projet rentable. Quelle est la raison du Prix
D’Intrapreneur ? Ces personnes sont
créatives, auto motivées qui accordent de la
valeur à la responsabilité et savent ce qu’est le
profit. Nous connaissons tous et reconnaissons
des intrapreneurs, c'est-à-dire les personnes
qui sont ces employés de valeur qui travaillent
comme si l’entreprise leur appartenait. La
classe de ventes professionnelles est fière
d’avoir présenté le Prix d’Intrapreneur aux
élèves Joey Moscato et Stacey Picciano.
DATES À RETENIR
30 0ctobre
Cérémonie des bourses de golf de la CSEM
4 novembre
Élections scolaires
5-9 novembre
Semaine nationale de l’éducation aux médias
20 novembre
Journée universelle de l’enfant et Journée
Nationale de l’enfant
29-30 novembre
Congrès de l’Association provinciale des
enseignantes et enseignants du Québec
Submissions should be made to Michael J.
Cohen
preferably
by
e-mail
([email protected]) or fax (514-483-7213).
The deadline is Mon. Oct. 22.
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