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2024
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KEY CONTACTS WHAT’S INSIDE

School Phone Number: (416) 393-1420
Coming Up
Principal: Janice Gladstone
janice.gladstone@tdsb.on.ca Admin Update
Student
Last Name
Contact Department Updates

Vice Principal: Todd Bushell

Extracurricular Updates
A-L todd.bushell@tdsb.on.ca
Guidance Counsellor: Oscar Stam
School Council Updates
oscar.stam@tdsb.on.ca

Vice Principal: Vera Babic @bloorci

M-Z vera.babic@tdsb.on.ca
Guidance Counsellor: Sherrese Carby
sherrese.carby@tdsb.on.ca bit.ly/Bloor

Newsletter Design/Editorial Team: Ms. K. Hong; Mr. T. Bushell; Mr. L. Filipe

 MAY 2024

COMING UP
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

23 24
20 22
21 BCI & CTS Spring Grade 11 & 12
Victoria Day Late Start
Concert Assemblies

31
29
30 Credit Rescue Day -
Late Start
27 28 Grade 8 Welcome No Regular Classes;
Grade 12 Grad
Event Select Students
Breakfast
Invited to Participate

3
Field Trip Moratorium
6 7
Begins 4 5
Athletic Banquet
City of Toronto
Consultation

13 14
10 11 12
Moratorium Begins Prom

SCHOOL CALENDAR: https://bit.ly/BCIcalendar

KEY DATES DAILY SCHEDULE

May 29
Grad Breakfast
PERIOD REGULAR LATE START
May 30
Grade 8 Welcome Night Period 1 9:00 - 10:20 9:55 - 10:55

May 31
Credit Rescue Day Period 2 10:25 - 11:40 11:00 - 12:00

June 3 Lunch 11:40 - 12:40 12:00 - 1:05

City of Toronto New Building Consultation
Period 3 12:40 - 1:55 1:05 - 2:10
June 6
Athletic Banquet
Period 4 2:00 - 3:15 2:15 - 3:15
June 14
Prom

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 MAY 2024

SCHOOL UPDATE
URGENT FOR GRADE 12S: E-LEARNING OPT-OUT
Todd Bushell, Vice Principal
This is a reminder to parents and students that all Ontario students working
towards a high school diploma must successfully complete 2 e-learning
courses OR the opt-out form must be completed and signed by a parent.
There are Bloor students who have completed all requirements for
graduation except for the e-learning courses OR opt-out form.

If you have not completed 2 e-learning courses or handed the form into
the Guidance Office, please do so ASAP. Forms are available in the
Guidance Office. Please contact your Guidance Counsellor if you have
additional questions.

CITY OF TORONTO CONSULTATION

A new 3,580m2 (about the size of a baseball field) park is
coming to 70 Croatia St. as a result of a broader residential
development project at Bloor Street West and Dufferin
Street. The park will be located on Croatia Street and will
be bordered by a residential development to the north, a
new street public street to the west, and a new private
street to the east. The park design will be determined
through a community engagement process.

Students and staff are invited to join in an informal pop-up

consultation with City of Toronto staff to share your ideas
on what the new park near the new Bloor CI should look
like!

Location: 3rd Floor Foyer

When: Lunch (11:45am-12:30pm)
Who: Department of Parks, Forestry & Recreation Staff

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 MAY 2024

SCHOOL UPDATE
MISSING CULMINATING ACTIVITIES/EXAMS FOR VACATIONS
Todd Bushell, Vice Principal

In the last three to four weeks of every course there are culminating activities
and/or a formal examination. The formal examination period will extend from
Wed., June 19 to Tuesday, June 25. Students who miss culminating activities or
examinations due to vacations will receive a mark of zero for the missed
evaluation(s).

The examination schedule will be available by Friday, May 31. Families should
not book flights, plan trips, etc. which leave June 25 or earlier until the final
examination schedule is released.

Please contact Mr. Bushell if you are unclear about this policy.

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 MAY 2024
STUDENT SUCCESS UPDATE
SHSM LEADERSHIP SKILLS WORKSHOP
Nicole Silva, ACL of Student Success

On Wednesday May 1st the SHSM students from Bloor C.I. attended a Leadership Skills
certification at BMO field. At the certification, students engaged in team building activities to
grow their leadership skills. One group of Bloor C.I. SHSM students won the post
certification trivia. The prize was a TFC scarf to wear at the upcoming game which students
were invited to. Students attended the TFC game against Dallas FC and had a great time.

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 MAY 2024

SOCIAL SCIENCE UPDATE

DOCS FOR SCHOOLS FILM FESTIVAL
David Ast, Teacher

On April 26, students in the Grade 11 Forces of Nature Geography course

attended an in-person screening of the documentary Chasing Time as part of the
Docs for Schools Film Festival. This Festival is held in conjunction with the Hot
Docs Festival and provides the opportunity for students to attend free-screenings
of documentaries that address contemporary issues. The film Chasing Time
focused on famed photographer James Balog and his return to Iceland to
remove the last time-lapse camera that alerted the world to the melting glaciers.
The film brought home the urgency of the climate crisis for students and helped
them make connections to the unit on the Anthropocene. After the screening,
students had the opportunity to speak directly with two of the producers of the
film, which served as an excellent opportunity to deepen their understanding of
the issues and of the work required to make a documentary film.

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 MAY 2024

SOCIAL SCIENCE UPDATE

OJEN COMPETITIVE MOCK TRIAL TOURNAMENT
Luis Filipe, ACL of Social Science

A team of grade 12 law students - Tahrema, Margaret, Selina, Emily, Sophia, Edi, Noah,
Hania, and Derek, - participated in this spring’s 2024 OJEN-OBA City of Toronto mock trial
tournament at the new Toronto Courthouse. Our team didn’t reach our goal of moving on
in the tournament, but our students put on an incredible performance. A huge thank you to
our lawyer coach Daisy McCabe-Lokos and her tireless work with us, Amelia Berot-Burns
from OJEN for putting on a fantastic tournament in her first time organizing, the people at
10 Armoury for hosting us in their courthouse spaces, and the always incredible efforts of our
students. The world is a better place with these legal advocates in it - whether they get
involved formally in the legal system, or because of their general civic engagement. What a
privilege it is to be a part of something like this with them!

FOLLOW US ONLINE!
@bloorlawsociety

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 MAY 2024

SOCIAL SCIENCE UPDATE

TORONTO COURTHOUSE VISIT
Luis Filipe, ACL of Social Science

Bloor CI’s Grade 11 Canadian Law and Grade 12 Canadian & International Law classes
visited the new 10 Armoury Toronto Courthouse at the end of April! Students had an
opportunity to attend and sit in on a variety of criminal cases and see the justice system in
action. They saw some of its challenges unfolding in real time, along with some of the
successes at the system at its best. At the end of their visit they had an opportunity to attend
a Q & A with a sitting justice, including Justice Faria, one of Canada’s first Portuguese-
Canadian judges. This will definitely be a recurring trip opportunity for Bloor law students.

FOLLOW US ONLINE! @bloorlawsociety

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 MAY 2024

ENGLISH UPDATE
AUTHOR TALK ON “THE GOOD FIGHT”
Koom Kankesan - English/ESL teacher

The artist and author of ‘The Good Fight’, a graphic novel from Scholastic about events
leading to the Christie Pits Riots in 1933, visited on Friday, April 26th to do a talk about their
creative process, do a drawing demonstration, and answer questions about pathways to
publishing/working in comics. The talk was in the lecture hall and attended by the classes of
Mr. Kankesan, Ms. Frawley, Ms. Surtees, Ms. Whitfield, and Mr. Hebert.

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 MAY 2024

SCIENCE UPDATE
PINECREST TRIP - GRADE 9 TOPS
Ben Stevenson, ACL of Science & TOPS

Our Grade 9 TOPS group spent 3 days at YMCA Camp Pine Crest. While exploring natural
ecosystems, students climbed the ropes course, learned survival skills, and built community.
Highlights included the cabin skits, s’mores by the campfire and capture the flag.

FOLLOW US ONLINE!
@bloor_steam

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THE BLOOR ARTS DEPARTMENT invites
YOU to our

spring
CONCERT
Please join us
on May 23rd,
2024 at 725
Bathurst St, in
the Auditorium

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
 APRIL 2024
EXTRACURRICULAR UPDATE
TRACK & FIELD
Betty Wilson-MacKay, Teacher

Athletes have been training since returning from Spring Break to compete in track and field events. It
has been a great season with several students advancing from the regional competitions to city finals.
Athletes have had the privilege of training with Coach Mike Sherar, a parent of two former Bloor
students and a competitive runner himself. This spring his daughter Zoe Sherar qualified for the
Canadian Olympic Team! We will be excited to watch a former Bloor Bear compete in the XXXIII
Olympiad in Paris! Good luck to Zoe and thanks to Coach Mike for a great season.

FOLLOW US ONLINE! @bloorathletics

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 MAY 2024
EXTRACURRICULAR UPDATE
BLOOR WIND TURBINE PROJECT
David Ast, Teacher; Alex Lam, Grade 11 Student
Students in Bloor Climate Futures have had a busy month working on the wind turbine project funded through the City
of Toronto Youth Climate Action Grant. We collaborated with Arctos, the school’s robotics team, to build a miniature
wind turbine from scratch! It took us about two weeks to build, after which we tested it outside with great success. We
then demoed the wind turbine in Grade 9 Science, Grade 10 Science, and Grade 9 Geography classes to teach them
about climate change, the energy transition, and the practical workings of wind energy. We have gotten great feedback,
and plan on making our presentations even better next year. We will also be showcasing our wind turbine outside at
lunch from May 21st to May 24th, so that anyone can come check it out.

We also just started working on the pollinator garden between the Bathurst building and the field. It’s looking very
vibrant! We plan on meeting after school every Tuesday (weather permitting) to work on the garden. All students are
welcome to join us!

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 MAY 2024
EXTRACURRICULAR UPDATE
ARCTOS REPORT
Join us for a fantastic fundraising dinner hosted by Bloor’s robotics team, Arctos 6135, on May 31st, 2024
from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at BCI. This event will include exciting booths, delicious food, an opportunity
to control our robot, and information on how to support this team of young engineers as they embark
on future innovations! Registration can be completed through the form below, and payment can be
made through school cash online or at the door. Tickets are a recommended donation of $30 for
attendees above 12 and $15 for those 12 and under. We hope to see you there! Stay tuned for more
updates via our Instagram, @Arctos6135

Registration Form: https://forms.gle/KMciMyRANbriJ6hH9

FOLLOW US ONLINE! @arctos6135

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 MAY 2024
EXTRACURRICULAR UPDATE
NUTRITION PROGRAM
Message from the Nutrition Program

Our lunchtime program provides students with a hot, nutritious, Halal lunch during the first 15 minutes of
lunch period. This food is provided by trusted local vendors, who are very kind in delivering the food to our
door while it is still hot. It includes pizza, curried wraps and chicken shawarma or falafel. We have been
fortunate to have many student volunteers participate the program, to assist us in serving the food. We
could not run the program without teacher volunteers to supervise, and student volunteers to staff
lunchtime service. The program estimates that we are feeding 160-180 students, daily. This is a marked
increase from first semester, and we are aware that this program is essential to student physical health and
preparedness for afternoon class time. We are always open to student volunteers, who are welcome to
send an email to Miss Mo at vanessa.mo@tdsb.on.ca. Thank you for all members of our community who
have made financial donations to this program - your contributions are greatly appreciated.

This program operates through funding from the Toronto Foundation for Student Success, who require us to
follow specific nutritional standards. We are able to provide more variety and better food to more students
if we have additional funds. We are happy to accept donations. Please consider contributing to the
program as you are able. No amount is too small. If your student prefers to eat in school - as opposed to
going out of school for lunch or buying from the cafeteria - please consider supporting us with a regular
donation. This can be set up on a cashless system - please follow the instructions below. Any donation
greater than $10 is eligible for a tax receipt. DONATIONS: You may use the link below to make a direct
deposit donation through a credit card. The school also accepts payment by cheque made out to Bloor
CI nutrition program or cash donations where/when we serve the food.

Thank you so much for your consideration. Your continued support of our students and their nutrition is very
much appreciated.

Donation Form: https://bit.ly/BCItfssdonationform

Direct Donation Link: bit.ly/BCItfssdonation

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