May 10, 2012

Spring Concert a Huge Success

Our Spring Concert was held on Tuesday evening and everyone performed superbly.  There was much variety in the program, from Strings and Band to Choirs, Drama and Dance.  Special thanks goes to Mme Neville for organizing the program.  Have a look at pictures taken at the concert by clicking the link below.

Spring Concert Program

Grand Chief David Harper visits John Fisher

On May 4th the grade 6 classes and members of the Eco Club were visited by Grand Chief David Harper of ...

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May 3, 2012

Spring Concert Next Week – Parent Volunteers Needed

Our Spring Concert is almost here.  It will be held in the school gym next Tuesday, May 8th at 6:30 p.m.  A copy of the Spring Concert flyer is attached here.  The children involved in the program will be supervised by teachers in the school throughout the time of the concert.  The teacher(s) will escort the  children to and from the gym.  We would also value having some parents to assist in the supervision of the students.  We will ensure that those parents who are ...

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April 26, 2012

Grade 5 Students Enjoy the Toronto Island School

Our Grade 5 classes had wonderful trips to the Toronto Island School last week. Mme Hanna’s class, went to the Island School from April 16 to 18 while M. Balsamo’s class and Mme Kozlov’s class visited the school from April 18 to 20.  Special thanks goes to Mme Hanna, M. Balsamo, Mme Kozlov, M. Latimer, Mme Jetha and Mme Lewis for giving of their personal time to accompany the classes on these trips.    All the students had a great time as can be seen in ...

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Agenda Items:

1) Principal’s Report

• Presentation of the Approved Staffing Model

• EQAO Dates

• Class List Process

2) Vice-Principal’s Report

3) School Council Committee Chair Updates

• Health & Safety – External Audit

• Lunch

• Welcoming & Recognition

4) Other Business

 Hope to see you tomorrow evening,

Arliss Collins – School Council Chair – 2011 – 2012

April 19, 2012

Earth Day Clean-up Tomorrow at John Fisher

Tomorrow is Earth Day (Friday, April 20th, 2012) and we will be celebrating with a clean up of the yard and with tree mulching. To do so, however, we need your help!

You can contribute by lending us your tools, lending us your time or both. Please e-mail Alessandra at: tattersall@rogers.com if you are able to help. If you are helping with the cleanup, please let us know if you are available in either the morning or the afternoon, or any time that is convenient for you. The ...

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April 12, 2012

Track and Field Team Practices at North Toronto Collegiate

John Fisher Track and Field practices for JUNIOR students have begun on the track at NORTH TORONTO COLLEGIATE, 17 Broadway Ave.  The school can be accessed from either Broadway or Roehampton.   Our practices will take place every Monday & Wednesday including some Fridays when we have a holiday Monday —  Friday April 13th and Friday May 25th.    Practices run from 7:45am to 8:30am. and will continue until June 12th.

An amazing 75 Junior students showed up for our first practice on Wednesday morning. Our next practice will be held tomorrow morning, Friday April ...

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April 5, 2012

Grade 5 Badminton Team Demonstrates Commitment

After a hasty trip to Hillcrest P.S., our gr. 5 Badminton team pulled out all the stops and played very good, strategic badminton. We had good success against our first adversaries – McMurrich; excellent performance versus Hillcrest; and heated play against Palmerston with lots of 3rd game tiebreakers. Mostly, Danny and M. Lalonde want to congratulate the players for their commitment to improving and their spirit of healthy competition. Unfortunately, only the first 2 teams advance to the next round of competition. We placed 3rd and so we look forward ...

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Reminder that registration for John Fisher T-Ball is still open until the end of this week. Registration is online only, at

(http://tinyurl.com/JF-TBall).

Come and join the fun!