Woodlands School Council

Annual Potluck and Council Elections

The Woodlands School Council would like to invite all parents to attend out 2nd Annual Pot Luck Dinner on Monday May 28th, from 6.30 to 8.00 pm.

Please come and join us, and if everyone can bring enough food for themselves and one more person, we can have a wonderful feast, and learn about each other. Tea, Coffee, Juice and water will be provided.

This will be our last meeting of the school year and the Pot Luck Dinner will be followed by the Council Executive elections for the 2010 - 2013 school year.

If you are interested in being part of the executive or getting involved with the council, here are some positions that we need every year: 2 co-chairs; 2 co-secretaries; 1 treasurer. We also need Volunteers to assist with meetings, presentations, school events and with the Council Newsletter

Other upcoming events

- There will be a book swap at the school Library on May 23rd, so if you have any books you would like to donate please send them to school with your student.

- May 30th is late start day. Classes begin at 10.20 am.

Some good news from April

Poetry Slam

The grade 8's have been working hard in their poetry unit in the recent month. On April 13th, a poetry slam was hosted by renowned slam poet David Silverberg in the school library with the theme of "Truth". Many students presented their self-written slam poems to the audience of the grade eight classes and a selected panel of judges for an opportunity to showcase and express their talent, as well as to win prizes. There was also an Open Mic at the end for students who wished to read their poems. All the poetry was read to a cheering audience that were extremely impressed by the skill, maturity and depth shown in the poems.

Emergency Medical Information

It is very important for parents to inform the school if your child has an allergy, particularly to foods. The school has a plan in place for students with know allergies. There are students in our school with life threatening allergies and as parents we all need to be aware of the Emergency Action Plan for these students.

Please take a few minutes to review with your students the meaning of a nut-free environment. It is VERY important not to take nut products to school since it is life threatening to some of our students. After all, if your child had a serious allergy, you would want others to be careful.

We are currently experiencing some technical problems with the email delivery system that are causing messages to arrive late. We are investigating the situation and expect to have it resolved within the next few days. We apologise for any inconvenience.

The Woodlands School is once again proud to present a musical show, this time its Les Miserables, the school edition. The Drama Department, and the Music Department have worked very hard for the past several months to put together this incredible musical performance, so please do come out to see the amazing talent showcased at the Woodlands School.

Les Miserables shows are Wednesday May 9th, Thursday May 10th, Friday May 11th and  Saturday May 12th. Doors open at 6.30pm and the performance begins at 7.30pm. each night. 

Cost of the tickets is as follows: 

Students:  $5.00 

Seniors:    $10.00 

Adults:      $15.00 

Tickets are available at the school - Please ask your student to get them for you, or you can get them at the door on the night of the show. Keep in mind that these shows do get sold out so the sooner you get your tickets the better. 

Free Community Meeting

Erindale Secondary School has invited Woodlands Parents to attend a a presentation on "How the Teenage Brain Works" by guest speaker Dr. Jean Clinton on May 1st, 2012.

Please contact the Erindale School Office at 905-828-7206 to reserve a seat and for mor information.

Ford Drive

On Saturday May 12, the Woodlands School and McBride Elementary School will be hosting a Ford Fundraiser together.

This will now be an annual Spring event. Please check with your student, the school website and the school council website for more information on this fundraiser. The format for the fundraiser will be similar to the one hosted by the Woodlands in the fall of 2011.

Hello Everyone,

April is a busy month at the Woodlands. Please make a note of the different
events (listed below) as some of them may be of interest to you and your
student.

Upcoming events at
the Woodlands

April 20th
Mid term Report Cards Distributed

April 23rd
Education Week begins AND School Council Meeting in the Cafetorium @ 7.00 pm

April 24th
Adventures in Science (UTM, Woodlands & McBride Students - see below)

April 25th
Springfest @ 7.30 pm

April 26th
DECA International Competition - April 26th to May 3rd in Salt Lake City

April 27th
International Bazaar periods 3, 4 & 5 AND Education Week ends

April 30th
OSAP Assembly @ 1:45 pm

May 9, 10,
11 & 12th, Les Miserables Musical @ 7.30 pm

The Woodlands School Council would like to wish Lynn
Boulieanne, Woodlands Elementary VP, Good Luck with her retirement and we thank
her for her invaluable contribution to the Woodlands School.

We are pleased to welcome Anup Sidhu (VP at McBride Public School) as our new Elementary VP.
Anup is an exceptional educator and brings much experience and expertise to the
Woodlands.

The Woodlands
Senior PS Award!

Congratulations to The Woodlands for being awarded the
Elementary Jr. High School Gold Recognition Award from
Physical & Health Education Canada!

Adventures in Science: (UTM, Woodlands &
McBride)

For the first time in Peel, the University
of Toronto Medical Students will be
working with The Woodlands Secondary Science Students in a joint initiative to
prepare science activities for the grade 6 students at McBride Public School.
This will take place on Tuesday April 27th at The Woodlands in the science labs
and the gymnasium.

Earth Week -
April 16 - 22

Earth Week encompasses the international celebration of
Earth Day on April 22nd. This is the most celebrated environmental event
worldwide. Initiated in 1970, this event has been considered the birth of the
environmental movement.

Each year, more than 6 million Canadians join 500 million
people in over 180 countries in staging events and projects to address local
environmental issues. In fact, more than 5,200 cities and towns in 135
countries worldwide switched off their light s for Earth Hour 2011 alone,
sending a powerful message for action on climate change. Without a doubt, its
shown how great things can be achieved when people come together for a common
cause.

Here are some other ideas on how to celebrate earth week
with your family:

* create a backyard or schoolyard habitat

* Plant a garden or tree

*start a recycling program at home

*organize a carpooling campaign in your neighbourhood
toreduce air pollution

* pick up trash in your neighbourhood

* read a book about an endangered species

* pay a visit to your local zoo, aquarium or museum

* visit a local park, wildlife area or farm to provide a fun
opportunity to learn about the environment and life

Children's
Mental Health Week presentation

School Social Work Services will be acknowledging Children's
Mental Health Week again this year on April 30th at the HJA Brown Education
Centre. This is a free information forum for parents and educators on how to
support children.

There will be a resource fair from 6.00 - 7.00 in the atrium
from community mental health agencies and from 7.00 - 8.00 a presentation for
parents and educators entitled "Suicide: Starting the Conversation"
by Mr. David Harris, CEO of Cameron Helps and Mr. Dan McGann, social worker
from Credit Valley Hospital.

Please note that while there is no cost for this event we do
ask that people RSVP to Linda Shaw at 905-451-2862, ext. 4296.

Homework Help

Homework Help is free online math tutoring for grade 7, 8,
9, 10 students who are taking mathematics. Homework Help offers live tutoring
sessions in ono-to-one confidential online environments. Students can ask
questions, use the online tools and improve their math abilities. Homeork Help
is available Sunday to Thursday evenings, 5.30 pm to 9.30 pm.

You can access the resource at: http:/homeworkhelp.ilc.org
using your Ontario Education Number

Ontario
Education Resource Bank (OERB)

The OERB gives teachers, students and parents of public
school systems (Public and Catholic) access to thousands of online resources to
support student learning. Users can search the database by keyword, topic,
course and course expectations. Resources exist for students in all grades and
in a variety of formats (i.e. interactive, document, pdf, multimedia). The
database is continually added to by the Ministry and educators alike.

School Council
Meeting on April 23rd 2010

There will be a School
COuncil Meeting on April 23rd 2012 in the School Caetorium at 7.00 p.m.

The presentation will be on
Specialist High Skills Major: Arts and
Culture, a new program being offered to grade 11 and 12
students beginning this fall.

First Placein Canadain Mathematics

CNML Canadian National Mathematics League

* 1st overall in Canada

* 1st ever national championship for our school

Canadian Mathematics Society

* top 50 writers in CanadaCOMC (Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge, April 4th)

~ Freid T. qualifies for the Olympiad

* top 75 writers in Canada

~ Terry O. qualifies for the Repechage

University of WaterlooContests

CIMC/CSMC - Canadian Intermediate/Senior Mathematics Contest

Award of Distinction goes to 34 students (of 80 in total)

* Pascal Contest - University of Waterloo

The Woodlands School placed 2nd overall in Canada

~ Tom F. achieves a Perfect score

25 students (of 30 writers) achieve Award of Distinction

* Cayley Contest - University of Waterloo

The Woodlands placed 2nd in Peel

~ 28 students (of 36 total) achieve Award of Distinction

* Fermat Contest - University of Waterloo

The Woodlands School placed 3rd in Peel

Musec Trip to Italy

On March 4, 2012, 58 members of the Concert Band and Choir said "arrivederci Woodlands and ciao Roma"

In addition to a whirlwind tour of many of Italy's treasures, including the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Michaelangelo's David, St. Peter's Basilica, the Cistine Chapel, the Colosseum, the Grand Canal of Venice, Juliet's window and the excavated city of Pompeii, the Concert Band and Choir performed four concerts in spectacular music halls and churches in Lucca, Verbania (near Como), in Padova (near Venice), and finally, in the exquisite St. Agnese in Aqone church in Rome. It was an exhausting but incredible trip for all and the opportunity to perform in such historic venues will not soon be forgotten by our students.

Peel Board French Speech Contest

On Friday March 23, our Woodlands student, Anna Chen, won first place at the Peel Board French Speech Contest. We wish her all the best at the Provincial Finals in May!

Senior School Reach Competition

For the 3rd straight year, The Woodlands School has dominated the Senior School Reach Competition. On Tuesday, March 27th, The Woodlands Senior Squad (comprising of Monis Khan, Neil Goel, Meghan Lele, Andrew Jiang, Iranaeus Chan and Keshav Goel) faced off in the regional finals against 3 strong teams. In 2nd place at the regular season after an upset game by their arch-rivals, Glenforest, they fought back and defeated their opponents to emerge in 1st place overall and advance to provincials.

Former Woodlands Student Selected for Mellennium Youth Camp in Helsinki

Do you know Parvithra Parthasarathy? Pavithra has been selected from more than 1600 applicants to attend the Millennium Youth Camp in Helsinkithis summer. She is the only student selected from North America!

For more information:http://www.technologyacademy.fi/applicants-selected-for-the-second-round.html

Hello  everyone.

The school council meeting for March 26th has been moved to April 2nd. due to unforseen circumstances. We appologise for the inconvenience this may cause.

As usual, the meeting will be held in the school library at 7.00pm.

This month's topic is on Health and the school nurse will make a presentation.

 Thank you

Woodlands School Council,

Hello again everyone.

We hope you are all of to a great start with the new year and your students are settling down in second

semester.

Upcoming events

The 2012 Parent Literacy Conference (Make a Difference in Literacy and Beyond)will be taking place on

Saturday March 24th, 2012 from 8.00 am to 2.30 pm. at Rick Hansen Secondary School in Mississauga.

This conference is free and open to all Peel Board Parents.

* A Key note presentation on How to raise Confident and Motivated Kids by Monique Howat

* There will be 52 workshops to choose from, providing advice and ideas to support learning at home

* Free lunch, refreshments, a conference bag and door prizes

Brochures will be sent home to all school families. Registration is required and you can do this online on

the Peel board website at www.peelschools.org. You will find a registration link from the 'Spotlight'

section on the homepage and from the 'Parents Boost Learning ' section. If you need assistance please

contact the school.

Please do try and attend as it will benefit both you and your students and it would be great to have a

strong representation from The Woodlands School.

Secondary Report CardsBy now all the secondary students will have brought home their Report Cards and gone over it withYou. We are sure that you are all proud of their achievements. If you have any concerns about yourstudent please encourage them to speak to their teachers and by all means make an appointment

to see the teacher(s) with your student.

Council Meeting  There will be a council meeting on  February 27, 2012  in the school library at 7.00 pm. The topic this month is “The debt free graduate”/Financial planning for University”. This is an important topic for all parents (and students) who are preparing for University/College in the fall.We have some great speakers for the evening – Two Woodlands graduates who are currentlyattending the University of Toronto and a Parent who is eager to share lots of useful informationwith you. 

News about our students

  UTM and Woodlands work togetherUTM Medical students are working with grade 11 Biology students on Saturdays at UTM. They are teaching then how to teach younger students. .   Physics@Mac Online Physics Competition A team of two Woodlands students, Ted Ying and Yanshu Hu,received honourable mention and certificates for their remarkable achievements in the recent Physics@Mac. The competition was held December 6, 2011 under the tutelage of Jordan Rosenblood. Their names will appear on the Outreach Website for McMaster University at http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/macsci/outreach/physics-astronomy/physicsmac-online-physics-competition.html.  

This years semi-formal will beheld on March 2nd, 2012 at the Red Rose Convention Centre in Mississauga. 

  Golds at Table Tennis CompetitionOn Monday, February 7, the girls’ table tennis team capped off their perfect team competition by winning Gold in both the ROPSSAA individual and doubles competition.  The Senior Girls’ final was an all-Woodlands affair between Jacqueline Wang and Irene An with Irene winning her second consecutive individual title.  Jade Shi and Judy Dong surpassed every opponent to their Gold medal without losing a match, while Ling Ying and Le Yi achieved a personal best 6th place position.  Congratulations to the team for an excellent year.   Ontario Educational Resource Bank (OERB)The OERB gives teachers, students and parents of public school systems (public and catholic) access to thousands of online resources to support student learning. Users can search the database by key word, topic, course and course expectations. Resources exist for students in all grades and in a variety of formats (i.e. interactive, document, .pdf, multimedia). The database is continually added to by the Ministry and educators alike.

The login/password information below is for use by Peel District School Board's teachers, students and parents/guardians.  Each board of education has individualized access.

http://resources.elearningontario.ca/

Student login: pdsbstudent              Student password: oerbs

 This page can be distributed to teachers, students and parents/guardians of the Peel District School Board.
Apple iBooks 2: Can Apple revolutionize textbooks?

http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1118024--apple-ibooks-2-can-apple-revolutionize-textbooksYou may be interested in reading this article about digital textbooks which was published in thestar.com on Thursday, January 19, 2012.

Thank you!!

The Woodlands School Council

Hello everyone,       

This is to remind you that there will be a School Council Meeting at 7.00 p.m. on Monday November 21st, 2011 in the Woodlands School Library. The presentation following the meeting is on Transition to Colleges and Universities, hosted by Kathryn Wilkinson, a recently retired Guidence Counselor from The Woodlands who continues to do supply work in Guidence.

This is an important topic, particularly for grade 11 and 12 students and their parents. Students will be applying for University and College in the coming weeks, so if you have any questions, this is the time to ask and get the answers you need. Please mark the date and time on your calendar and come out for the meeting/presentation. 

 The Woodlands School Council