Dundas Central School News Education is “Central”

73 Melville Street
Dundas, Ontario L9H 2A2 B. Morlog, Principal
Phone (905) 627-3521 Fax (905) 627-3522 J. George, Vice-Principal

www.hwdsb.on.ca/centraldundas

2010
April 2010

From the Principal’s Desk –

HWDSB
Good things happening at Central
1. Report Cards
As you know, report cards were sent home on Wednesday March 31, 2020. Please
take the time to review your child’s progress with them. Set some goals for term
three. If you require a personal or telephone interview with teachers, indicate that
on page three or contact the teachers individually.
Inside this issue:

Principal’s Message 1-2 2. School Organization for Next Year

Within the next month we will have some idea of the school organization for this
Be Specific When 2 coming September. Using our current enrolment along with Ministry and Board
Praising Your Child’s allocations, we will receive our staffing allotment for September and a suggested
Good Behaviour school organization. Shortly thereafter, we will submit our organization model for
approval by the Superintendent. At that time, we will outline to the school
community the number of classes and any split classes we have been assigned in
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our school. No names of staff members and their assignments will be given at that
Concours Oratoire 2 time. That will be done at a later time.

In fact, we will not disclose who will teach your child next year until the end of
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August. Last year we started this practice in this school and I outlined the
rationale for doing this. Once again I’ll review the procedure. There are far too
Kindergarten 3 many factors to announce staffing at such an early date. Staffing of schools takes
Registration place at the end of May and June. There are two rounds of postings at the end of
May and mid June where teachers are permitted to apply for positions throughout
Swim Team 3 the Board. After these rounds of postings, interviews and placements, the Board’s
Placement Committee then places teachers in schools to ensure that all permanent
Mohawk College 3 and probationary teachers are placed in a position. If your school has an opening
Camps following this process, we then are permitted to hire. Over the summer, a school
can lose a teacher to retirement, leave of absence, maternity leave or physical
Wanted! For Staff 3 move to another locale. I have hired as late as Labour Day Weekend to fill our
Appreciation staffing needs. Sometimes a loss or increase of students over the summer requires
us to move students into another class to balance numbers. We do not wish to
outline who your child’s teacher will be, only to alter this because of the factors
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listed above. That would not “ease anxiety”. Lastly, over the summer some
parents take the opportunity to “lobby” for a class, a particular teacher or express
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a need for their child to be with a friend. As you can well imagine, any changes
bring questions about “Why was my child moved?” or “You permitted a change for
Lost and Found 4 that student….”. Thus, we will post class lists just prior to the Labour Day
Weekend.
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From the Principal’s Desk (cont’) High School Musical

The family performance of High School
Our staff spends a tremendous amount of time and Musical is being performed at Theatre
energy creating class lists. Staff teams get together to Aquarius in June. Our school has secured
create these class lists. They consider the number of enough tickets for the entire school
males and females, balancing academic performance and
population.
leadership skills, which students need to be together,
who needs to be separated, who has been in a split class, The grade 8 students can purchase tickets
which teacher fits the student’s learning profile and we for the June 10th performance while the
even consider what instrument they play. Parental rest of the school will be travelling to see
requests for classes or teachers must be written and the show on Thursday, June 17th. More
submitted to Mr. Morlog. The requests must be of information about this production and the
“substantive merit” to be considered and they will only be cost will be given in the May Newsletter.
taken “under advisement”. No promises will be provided.
We thank you for your patience and support as we work
through this process.
Concours Oratoire
Thank you.
On Wednesday March 31st, four Central students competed at the
Board Level of the French Oral Communications Contest at
Westdale. They all did an outstanding job representing our school.
Congratulations to:
Madeline Beer 2nd place winner Junior Level
Kayley Xu 3rd place winner Junior Level
Jake Jardine 2nd place winner Intermediate Level
Matt Downs 3rd place winner Intermediate Level
:
nt ral Presents Fantastique!!!!!

Dundas
Ce Y e t”
en’t M e t Yo u Good Luck to Carolina Li and Cara Rockwood. They will be
s t H a v competing in the immersion category of the Board Level French
“Ju Speech Contest at Westdale on April 9th.

Annual School Play

This year’s school play will be performed
Wednesday May 5th and Thursday May
6th at 7:00 pm. The show is called “Just
Haven’t Met You Yet” based on the song of
the same name by Michael Buble. There
are over 70 students in grades 6, 7 and 8
involved with the production.
The children have been practising Monday
through Thursday since January. (the
Dance Team…..even longer since they stay
after school on Friday evenings until
4:45pm!) Tickets are $3.00 each.
We hope that everyone will come
and support the drama program at
Dundas Central.
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Mohawk College offers a wide variety of unique

camps for children ages 6-9 and 10-13 along with a
specialized leadership program for ages 14 & 15.
Summer camps include WOW Day Camp, Boys Rule,
Girl Power, Babysitting 101, Sports of Course, Kids
that Care Leadership and new this year, So you Can
Dance. Camp runs from 9am-4pm with free extended
care available from 8am-5:30pm.
Register Online at camps.mohawkcollege.ca or for
more information call 905-575-2062.

Middle School Swim Team

April is the month when all of our outstanding grade 6, 7
and 8 swimmers get to shine! We are looking for a 48
person team of all abilities to join our squad. Over the
next month we will have four practices after school from
3pm to 4pm on the 13th, 15th, 20th and 22nd.
The final competition will take place in the afternoon at
Jimmy Thompson Pool, downtown Hamilton, Thursday
April 27th. This is a quick event that focuses on working
within a team, school spirit and fun! If you have any
questions or need permission forms, ask for Mr. Gardner
or Mrs. Groves.

Kindergarten Registration has begun!

Our schools are exciting, enriching places for young learners as they explore the world around them, learn to solve problems, and make
new friends. Our Kindergarten programs help students get off to the best possible start. Your child will be challenged and encouraged to
do his or her very best. Our caring teachers are with them every step of the way!

Junior Kindergarten for September 2010 is for children born in 2006 and is offered at all elementary schools in Hamilton-Wentworth District
School Board.

Senior Kindergarten students will have been born in 2005. You only have to register children for SK if they are not currently attending school this
year.
What to Bring When Registering?
For both Junior and Senior Kindergarten registration, parents will provide:

• child's name

• address and phone number

• birth certificate or proof of age

• the child's immunization record; and immigration status.

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A Message from Our Home and School

Cake Raffle Results

“GROW for GREEN” program!
The students all loved the Cake Challenge
Help support Dundas Central as you gear up for spring purchasing and draw for their favourite cakes.
your tulips, daffodils, lilies and other garden items. $257.05 has been raised towards the Grad.
It’s as easy as 1-2-3!
A great big thank you to everyone who
1. Shop at any Holland Park Garden Gallery location. donated a cake, helped on the day –
including the students!!!! A big thank you
2. Pay for your purchase.
The clerk will ask if you have a “Grow for Green” account. to the staff that interrupted their day to
3. Give the school’s phone number 627-3521 or the School Name.
view the cakes with the students!! Thank
you all for making this a fun day.
Photo’s of the cakes will soon be available on
3% of your purchases will go to our school. the H&S website page. Thank you also to
No expiry date. everyone who included ingredients and
instructions, this was very
helpful to students with
allergies!

LOST & FOUND

Dear Parents,

The school's Lost & Found has recently received a facelift! Using a series of racks, hangers and bins, it has been organized so
that your child's items can now be easily found.

Girls' sweaters, hoodies & coats Pants

RACK

Boys' sweaters, hoodies & coats

Books & Gloves Shoes

Lunch Hats &
T-Shirts Shorts School & Mit- & Miscellaneous
Bags Scarves
Supplies tens Boots

So, come to the stage no later than Friday, April 8th to retrieve your treasures. After this time it will be
bagged up and sent out to charity. The Lost and Found will then be permanently relocated after the
Easter Break to a former supply room in the basement of the school. Some of the better items will be
kept within the school to start a perpetual Clothes Closet.

Many Thanks, from Michelle Chin, on behalf of

Dundas Central Home & School Association