APRIL/MAY 2015 NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 SOCIAL JUSTICE NEWS WE BOUGHT 40 GOATS: In support of Free the Children’s Year of Empowerment, our school generously raised $2000.00 in February to purchase 40 goats for families in Rognena, Kenya. This community has the largest scale of operations for goats and alternative income right now, and has recently formed a new women’s group called ‘Chebitet’ who will benefit from these goats. To learn more about Rognena, here is the Microsite Blog for Rongena: HAPPY EASTER http://reports.freethechildren.com/community/rongena. Free the Children, as well as our Social Justice group, extend a heartfelt thank you for your generosity and desire to change our world. WAY TO GO CAT! UPCOMING APRIL EVENTS: On Thursday, April 16th, WE ARE going SILENT, in support of the millions of children around the world whose voices are not heard. April 19 - 25th is EARTH WEEK. On Friday, April 24th we will be SPRINGING INTO CLEAN with the City of Barrie and cleaning up our school and neighboring properties. DATES TO REMEMBER Tuesday, Apr. 14: Thursday, Apr. 16: Friday, Apr. 17: Monday, Apr. 20: Wednesday, Apr. 29: Thursday, Apr. 30: May 4 to 8: May 25, 26, and 27: Thursday, June 11: Grad Retakes Easter Mass @ 9:15 “WE ARE SILENT” Dance-a-thon P.A Day (no school) “Race Against Drugs” Gr. 5’s ME to Weiner (Hot Dog Day) Catholic Education Week Dental Clinic Last HepB and HPV HOLY SPIRIT PARISH Please visit the parish website to keep informed about parish events and schedules including sacramental preparation and mass times. www.holyspiritbarrie.ca Our girls played in the Simcoe County Championships at Eastview Secondary School. Our intermediate team had a very exciting finish to their season. Our girls finished second in their pool and advanced to the quarterfinals. This put our girls into the medal round of the tournament. In the most exciting match of their season, our girls gave WR Best their most competitive game of the day. Our girls pushed hard and came up just short of reaching the finals. Our girls went into the Bronze Medal match with a great deal of confidence and enthusiasm and brought home the third place banner. We look forward to a great season next year and we will miss Kaitlynn French, Emily DaSilva, Maddy Stimac, and Maisie Layoen. Thank you for your dedication ladies! A SAFETY REMINDER Please help us to enforce that students are to use the back entrances of the school during arrival and dismissal times. Students should not be using the front center doors of the school. Please help us to keep all of our students safe by using the crosswalks and following the directions of the street patrollers during arrival and dismissal times. A reminder that the entrance to the school parking lot is off of Summerset Drive and the exit is on Hawkins Drive. Following this system of entering and exiting our parking lot is critical to keeping our children safe.