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St. Luke, Nepean Catholic Elementary School
April, 2015 Newsletter
Our Motto: Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You
Principal: Anne Marie Duncan
School Phone: 613-825-2520
Superintendent: Peter Atkinson
Trustee: Spencer Warren
Visit us at https://luk.ocsb.ca – this newsletter is posted there
2014-2016 Board Spiritual Theme: Restore One Another In a Spirit of Gentleness
Catholic Graduate Expectation Theme this month: Faith
Lenten Charity at St. Luke
Our global charity this Lenten season has been
the Birthing House in Penyam Village, the Gambia,
West Africa. This house was built in response to
a need to provide the women of Penyam Village a
safe place to give birth. We have fundraised to
replenish supplies such as birthing kits, and to
provide a new front door, generators and solar
paneling. Please visit founder Shauna Mullally’s
blog at:
http://www.penyembirthinghouse.blogspot.ca/
Thanks to your generosity, we raised an
astonishing $3750.15! On top of this, our
Catholic School Council donated the proceeds
from popcorn sales during Lent – a whopping
$713. A sincere and heartfelt thank you to this
wonderful community for the kindness and caring
which you show at every turn!
St. Luke students Sarah Genereaux and
Christopher Jenkins generously offered their
hair to victims of cancer to make wigs. In their
honour, we took the proceeds from
Crazy Hair Day on March 26th - $170 - and gave
them to the charity which is receiving their hair:
Hair Donation Ottawa
http://www.designit.ca/hdo/aboutus.html
We are very proud of you, Sarah and Chris!
There is no school on Good Friday (April 3rd), or
on Easter Monday (April 6th).
Our next School Council meeting is Thursday,
April 9th at 6:30pm in the Staffroom. All are
welcome.
Dance education group “Luv 2 Groove” will be
giving workshops to each class during the week of
April 13th. Check them out at
http://www.luv2groove.com/.
Our Catholic School Council is hosting a family
movie night on Friday, April 17th, starting at
5:30pm. More information to follow.
Grade 6 graduation photo retakes will be on
Wednesday, April 22nd.
The Catholic Education Foundation of Ottawa
(CEFO) is hosting a fundraising gala on April
23rd. Please see the flyer at this link: Gala Flyer
St. Luke, Nepean Catholic Elementary School
Friday, April 24th is a PD Day – there is no school
for students.
On Tuesday, April 28th, our students will enjoy
performances by Rag and Bone Puppet Theatre –
one performance for JK-Grade 3, and one for the
Junior students. Check the out at
http://www.ragandbone.ca/
On Wednesday, April 29th at 7pm, the St. Luke
Choir presents The Spyglass musical, music and
lyrics by our own Library Technician and
Choir/Drumming Director, Michelle Sherwin.
Tickets are $2 at the door.
Education Week Open House – Save the date!
On Wednesday, May 6th we will have our Open
House from 8:00 – 9:30 am, then special
presentations by our choir, our Dance Showcase
team and our Drumming team afterwards in the
Gym. Our Easter mass will follow at 10:45am in
the Gym also. Please join us!
Reporting Vaccinations
You might have read in the March 21st Ottawa
Citizen about the percentage of students who are
vaccinated in each Ottawa school. According to
their statistics, only 86.7% of St. Luke students
have been vaccinated against measles, mumps and
rubella (MMR) and only 33.3% of our students
have been vaccinated against Diphtheria, Polio
and Tetanus (DPT). In all likelihood, these
statistics are higher, but Ottawa Public Health
(OPH) has not received the information. These
vaccines are mandatory to attend school in
Ontario.
Three additional vaccines have been added as
mandatory to those required to attend school in
Ontario:
meningococcal
disease,
varicella
(chickenpox) and pertussis (whooping cough).
Accurate immunization record-keeping relies on
parental input to OPH. To update your child’s
immunization, contact OPH at 613-580-6744,
at immunization@ottawa.ca, and fax at 613-5809660. Make sure that the immunization record
clearly shows the child’s name, birth date, OHIP
number, and school. Thank you for your
assistance and cooperation in this important
endeavour.
Preparing for EQAO testing
Students in Grade 3 and 6 write the EQAO
(Education Quality and Accountability Office)
provincial standardized tests each year, in late
May and early June. We prepare them for these
tests in every grade, however. Please peruse the
EQAO website at
http://www.eqao.com/Parents/parents.aspx?Lang
=E for further parent resources.
Are you moving?
To assist us in our planning for the 2015 – 2016
school year, please let us know if you are moving
and therefore will not be returning to St. Luke
School in September. Please send a note to the
school, or call Soula Pezoulas, our Office
Administrator, indicating the new school which
your child or children will be attending. Thank you
for your help.
Kindergarten Registration is ongoing. Please
encourage friends and family to register in JK
for September. The best advertising is word-ofmouth!
Happy Easter!
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