April 17 2025 O'Neill CVI Communications

Dear Parents/Guardians,

A few messages, events, and dates to share before we head into the long weekend;

Congratulations to Bella L. and Ranier F. on making it to LOSSA yesterday at the Mixed Doubles tournament. These two will join our singles senior team at LOSSA next week! Congratulations and good luck!

Durham Regional Police (DRPS) visited us this past Tuesday to implement a surprise Lockdown Drill. It was our second one of the year and went really well. Good job to all our staff and students!

Our Positive School Climate (PSC) team has been working hard this school year to ensure we have a positive and safe school environment for all. As part of their work, our students, teacher advisors, along with our School Public Health Nurse, have recognized that vaping is a concern amongst secondary and elementary students. As such, our PSC students have been visiting Elementary schools such as, Dr. S.J. Phillips PS, Hillsdale PS and next week, Waverly PS, to run the “Not An Experiment” vaping activity with the Grade 7’s and 8’s. The activity outlines the harmful effects of vaping. The next part of their plan is to visit all our Grade 9 Health classes.

See attached “Let’s Talk about Vaping Parent and Caregiver Resource” as it provides tips to parents on how to bring up the topic of vaping with their kids and outlines the harmful effects of vaping.  The attached "Know the Law!" document speaks to the legal consequences a student will face if they are found vaping on school property. And always remember, that schools can also have consequences if students are found in possession of or vaping on school property.

A huge Thank You to our Positive School Climate team for all their incredible work this year! Remember: Vaping is not harmless-let’s work together to keep our kids vape free!

 2025-2026 School Year Calendars

The 2025-2026 school year calendars for elementary and secondary school have been approved. Our school year will begin on Tuesday, September 2, 2025. More information to come out at a later date as we begin the year with a Grade 9 day.

The calendars will be available in the next few days on our DDSB website -School Year Calendars -

REMINDERS: Community Events

PARENT/CAREGIVER EVENT: Supporting Children and Youth to Thrive

Positive School Climates with Family and Community Engagement Department presents: Supporting our Children and Youth to Thrive.

The Durham District School Board invites all to join us in this engaging and interactive in-person event where we will hear from Dr. Jean M. Clinton, Clinical Professor at McMaster University, who will share her knowledge and expertise with families on how through compassion, connection, and hope we can create the conditions for our children to flourish and thrive at all times, including when challenges arise.

When: Thursday, May 15, 2025 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Where: DDSB Education Centre, 400 Taunton Road , East, Whitby

*Only 200 in-person spots are available. A virtual viewing option will be available for those who are not able to attend in-person*

*Register now!-see attached for QR code

Food, raffle prizes, and community resources will be provided!

Where to find more information? Follow us on Social Media

School: @oneillcvioshawa on Instagram

Athletics: @oneill_redhawks on Instagram

Activities/Leadership: @ocvi_activities on Instagram

Performing Arts: @ocvipa on Instagram

General School Info: https://oneillcvi.ddsb.ca/en/index.aspx

Upcoming Important Dates

Thank you and to all those celebrating, Happy Easter!

Have a good long weekend,

The Admin Team of O’Neill CVI

Attachments

Know the law! - Be-In-The-Know-Card

Parent-and-Caregiver-Resource-10-22

Supporting our Children and Youth to Thrive Register Now Flyer