Please join us in celebrating the 75th Anniversary of
@MPSJ_TCDSB
on Saturday, October 19th at 11:00 AM! Mass will be celebrated followed by a celebratory luncheon. Please scan the QR Code below to complete your RSVP by September 18th!
@Markus4Ward2
@TCDSB
🎉👏
Congratulations to Mrs Rossetti on your retirement! We were so happy to celebrate your 35 years in education &enormous contributions you made at Don Bosco, Bishop Allen & Michael Power as a teacher, VP &Principal. You have made MPSJ a better place!
@MPSJGuidance
@TCDSB
@PowerIB
Congratulations to former MPSJ student, Connor Brown, on his game winning assist to win the IIHF World Championship! You have demonstrated that we can be down, but we’re not out - we can come back and do great things. Gold looks good on you!
@Breeze2Greeze
@MPSJAthletics
@TCDSB
Congratulations to the MPSJ Retirement Class of 2021! Thank you Fabian Roberts, Peter MacIssac, Anthony DeSa, Brian Rowe, Despina Massis, Linda Preston &Rose Mary Rossetti for inspiring & caring for a generation (or more!) of Power students.
@MPSJAthletics
@MPSJGuidance
@TCDSB
Congratulations to the Power Cheer Team on becoming Ontario Champions! Their performance was strong, precise and spectacular! Thanks to the team for their hard work and to their coaches for their guidance & dedication to excellence.
@MPSJAthletics
@MPSJGuidance
@TCDSB
@MPSJLaw
We listened &learned this week & then took action to support indigenous peoples whose childhood, culture & lives were taken by residential schools. We commit to continue the learning to make our community more aware &more equitable for all.
#EveryChildMatters
@TCDSB
@MPSJMentalH
We are so happy to have our grads back to the school to celebrate this milestone. Over 400 grads crossing the stage in 18 ceremonies over 6 hours - one for the MPSJ history books! Thanks to the staff who made the event possible!
@TCDSB
@MPSJGuidance
@PowerIB
@MPSJAthletics
Thanks to all the teachers of our Intensive Support Classes who lead such wonderful programs for our students this year.The students celebrated their successes &thanked Principal Rossetti for her service to the school at their final gathering today 😊
@MPSJGuidance
@MPSJAthletics
Congratulations to MPSJ’s Alyssa Jones who was selected to the Canadian U20 Ball Hockey Team competing at the 2022 World Championships in Slovakia this July. We’re so proud of all you’ve accomplished and will be cheering you on this summer!
@MPSJAthletics
@TCDSB
@MPSJGuidance
🌎📣2024 WORLD SCHOOL VARSITY GAME-DAY CHEERLEADING CHAMPIONS🌎📣 Say hello to Canada’s first ever ICU WSCC Game-Day Champions! 🇨🇦 We had 2 beautiful zero deduction performances and proud to bring back the globe to Ontario!
@TCDSB
MPSJ teachers are working together to provide the best program possible for their students. Thank you to teachers
@jedobbs
and Stephanie for this session on Brightspace and D2L! Your leadership and willingness to help is much appreciated!
@TCDSB
@floracifelli
We are so proud of our drumline &their awesome performance at the Etobicoke Lakeshore Santa Claus Parade! Despite the wind and rain at the start of the event,they showed up &put on a great show. Thanks especially to Mr Fanning for his leadership!
@TCDSB
@MPSJGuidance
@MPSJMentalH
Friday Night Lights 2022 was an amazing show of Power Spirit! Congrats to the Jr &Sr football teams on their victories. Thanks to the cheer team for energizing the crowd. Thanks to the many teachers who helped to organize &supervise & to the
@MPSJSAC
for your leadership!
@TCDSB
We are so proud of our teachers who made a leap of faith in leading virtual classes this week. It was wonderful to walk through the school this afternoon & hear teachers engaging with their students!
@TCDSB
@floracifelli
@MPSJGuidance
MPSJ is proud of alumnus Arbani Bhatia who survived childrood leukaemia &has shared the excellent treatment she received at
@sickkids
. So wonderful to see Arbani is continuing to use the leadership skills she demonstrated at MPSJ to help others.
@MPSJGuidance
@TCDSB
@MPSJMentalH
What a beautiful evening at MPSJ! The Music department put on a wonderful Christmas concert that was greatly appreciated by the sell out crowd.Thanks to the students for your hard work & to Mr Fanning, Ms Pear and Ms Volos for coordinating the evening!
@TCDSB
@TCDSBmusic
Congrats MPSJ Class of 2021! Paula &Henry, your addresses reflected students’ challenges &successes beautifully. Thank you to guests
@victormicallef
@floracifelli
@Markus4Ward2
@TCDSBdirector
for your reflections at our virtual ceremony. Looking forward to the conferral today!
An exciting end to the day at MPSJ with a drumline hallway parade! A final practice before their performance at the Etobicoke Santa Claus Parade tomorrow morning. They’ll be marching along Lakeshore from 1st to 35th so come out &cheer them on!
@TCDSB
@MPSJMentalH
@MPSJGuidance
MPSJ capped off the week with a parade! Thanks to Mr Fanning and the members of the drumline for bringing joy to the end of our day! 🥁🎶
@MpsjMusic
@MPSJMentalH
@MPSJAthletics
So wonderful to see kids dancing again! Prom 2022 was fabulous! Our students looked great, danced the night through &made memories for life. Such great energy! Thanks to the staff who organized the event & who volunteered to supervise.
@MPSJGuidance
@MPSJMentalH
Congratulations to our
@MPSJ_TCDSB
graduating class of 2024! We wish you all the best in your next adventure! Thank you to all parents/guardians, relatives, honorary guests, and staff for supporting our graduates!🎓🙏🎉
@TCDSBdirector
@TCDSB
#GraduationDay
So wonderful to celebrate mass together again! We had a handful rather than hundreds of students in the forum, but are grateful all could participate virtually. Thanks Fr Mike for reminding us that challenging times help us discern what’s really important.
@TCDSB
@OurNativity
Our students continue to do amazing work! “Vaccine for Teachers” was created at home by Adriana in Mr Nolan’s Mixed Media Art class. So creative & skillful! Let’s hope all our teachers do indeed receive their vaccine soon ♥️
@TCDSB
@MpsjArtAykler
@MPSJartsCardoso
@MPSJMentalH
So proud of Ms Bobeta’s Gr 10 Comm Tech class who designed Christmas Cards with hand written messages for Heathcare Heroes @ Etobicoke General Hospital. Cake Star bakery in Etobicoke provided the cookies attached to each card.
@TCDSB
@MPSJGuidance
@MalecStanley
Congratulations to our MPSJ varsity cheerleaders on their spectacular debut on the world stage! 🌟 Your hard work and dedication have truly paid off. Let's bring that same energy and spirit to the finals tomorrow! 💪
#MPSJCheer
#WorldStageDebut
#GameDaySpirit
#FinalsBound
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Congrats to our students &staff for successfully navigating our first quadmester @ MPSJ. Our teachers are working hard to make the next quad even better! Quad 2 classes met online today. We look forward to meeting Course 2 classes in person next week!
@MPSJGuidance
@TCDSB
Thank you Fr Mike for celebrating a final mass of the year for MPSJ. It was wonderful to gather virtually as a community &to honour our graduates & retirees &all they will become in the next stage of their lives.A blessing in a challenging year.
@TCDSB
@OurNativity
@MPSJGuidance
Celebrating Michael Power: Our schools namesake was born on Oct 17, 1804 in Halifax, ordained at 22 yrs old and named 1st bishop of Toronto at 37. In his 6 yrs as bishop, he started construction of St Michaels Cathedral & invited the Loretto Sisters to establish schools.
@TCDSB
Congratulations to
@MPSJ_TCDSB
staff retirees! You will be deeply missed! Thank you for many years of service to Catholic education! Wishing you all the best in your future endeavours!
@TCDSB
A great day for cricket at MPSJ! Thanks to
@CTJumpstart
&
@oscaschools
for donating equipment to our Phys Ed program -a great opportunity for students to learn something fun together! Thanks to the honoured guests who made the day special😊
@TCDSB
@MPSJGuidance
@MPSJAthletics
Congratulations to all of our first place finishers at the Toronto Metros including Peter Filice in the Senior Male 400m Hurdles & Gabriella Ruggeri who placed first in the Junior Female 400m & 800m!🥳🙏
@TCDSB
@MPSJAthletics
@Markus4Ward2
Congratulations to our Arts and Music Department and all the staff and students involved in putting on High School Musical for 🎤🎵🎤🥁🎹 the
@MPSJ_TCDSB
community! It takes a village to put together a production and it was huge success! Well Done!🎉
@TCDSB
@Markus4Ward2
We are so proud of our Senior Boys’ Football team -
@TDCAA
Tier1 silver medalists.They practised in the heat, the rain &the snow and learned a great deal about football &themselves. We are already looking forward to seeing them on the field in 2023!
@MPSJAthletics
@TCDSB
Thank you and farewell to Father Michael Machacek from Nativity of Our Parish for your 12 years of ministry and pastoral care to the
@MPSJ_TCDSB
school community! Best wishes on your new role as Pastor at St. Ambrose Parish! You will be missed!
@TCDSB
@Markus4Ward2
We are so proud of our teachers & students who are continuing to thank health care workers for caring for so many in this long COVID year. This week, Operation TLC delivered 800 gourmet cookies & hand written cards to hospitals across the city.
@TCDSB
@MPSJMentalH
@MpsjComm
As we come to the end of Black History Month,
@MPSJ_TCDSB
students organized a passionate and empowering celebration on the theme of resiliency and cultural acknowledgement. Black History is Canadian History!
@TCDSB
Congratulations to the
@MPSJ_TCDSB
student athletes who competed in the
@OFSAATrack
Championship in Ottawa! A shout out to Gabby Ruggeri who placed gold and silver in Junior Girls 800m & 400m and Peter Filice who placed 4th in Senior Boys Hurdles!
@TCDSB
@MPSJAthletics
MPSJ Students are encouraged to wear an
#orangeshirt
tomorrow to show their support for the indigenous people who suffered in residential schools. We will gather virtually as a community tomorrow to continue our learning.
#EveryChildMatters
#NDTR
@TCDSB
@Equity_TCDSB
MPSJ teacher Michael Kelly is one of
@TCDSB
’s Unsung Heroes for December. This recognition is well deserved as Michael helps to lead several student activities and is always willing to lend a hand for the benefit of our students.
@729Kelly
Congrats to the MPSJ students who received Football Toronto awards for the 2022 season. Six were named to the All Star team, Michael Partchenko won the Defensive MVP Award &Nathan Costancio was an Offensive MVP finalist. Thanks
@FootballTO_
!
@MichaelPowerFB
@MPSJAthletics
@TCDSB
Dear Grads, we’ve been so happy to see you return to the school this week! We hope you are enjoying this little piece of MPSJ &will have your cap &gown on for the virtual grad June 25th! If you haven’t yet, you can pick up your gift until Friday.
@MPSJGuidance
@TCDSB
@PowerIB
@MPSJ_TCDSB
celebrates Multifest 2023! Such an incredible event of community building and sharing delicious food from around the world! 🌍 Thank you Mr. Centritto, Ms. Trombino, and all the student leaders for your organization of this fabulous event!
@Markus4Ward2
@TCDSB
Thanks to our music classes for the beautiful concert you provided for our ISP classes this morning! You have made the season even brighter 😊
@TCDSB
@MPSJMentalH
Congratulations to 5 teachers who retired on Friday: Mrs Bifolchi-Belli (Coop), Mr DelMastro (Phys Ed), Ms Guido (Business), Mrs Jones-Springstead (English) & Mrs Metivier (Business)Thankyou for your dedication to the MPSJ community!
@MPSJGuidance
@MPSJCOOP
@MPSJAthletics
@TCDSB
Thank you to our Canadian and World Studies Dept for their moving
#RemembranceDay
presentation today. It is important to learn about the sacrifices made to ensure our freedom &to know the wide range of backgrounds of those men & women.
@MPSJGuidance
@TCDSB
@MalecStanley
@jedobbs
Congratulations to the
@MPSJ_TCDSB
girls softball team for winning their most recent tournament! Thank you to Mr Macdonald, Mr. Niedbala, Mr. Deighan and Ms. Wall for coaching this terrific group!
@MPSJAthletics
@TCDSB
We are so glad we were able to offer grads who haven’t yet taken their grad photos the opportunity to do so today and feel blessed the lightning storms forecasted didn’t materialize!
@MPSJGuidance
@MalecStanley
Thank you to our Canadian 🇨🇦 and World Studies 🌎 Department for organizing an impactful and inspiring
#RemembanceDay
service for staff and students. Lest We Forget.
@Markus4Ward2
@TCDSB
Thank you Mr Renaud &the 2020-21 Yearbook classes! In a year like no other, you produced a beautiful and detailed record that documents how the MPSJ community continued to learn, connect & celebrate together despite all challenges!
@MpsjComm
@MPSJGuidance
@MPSJAthletics
@TCDSB
One week down! No students (physically) in class? No problem! Science teachers make synchronous on-line learning work with multiple screens, webcams, and still some good old fashion blackboard and chalk. Some things never change.
#mpsjscience
SAVE THE DATE❗️
@MPSJ_TCDSB
is celebrating it’s 75th Anniversary on Saturday, October 19th, 2024! Stay tuned in the coming weeks for more information and an RSVP link! We hope to see you there!🙏
@TCDSB
@Markus4Ward2
Such a great Christmas week at MPSJ! Music students put on a travelling concert, French students hosted a Christmas market and classes and clubs gathered to share great food & celebrate the season together.
Best wishes to all for a safe and happy holiday from MPSJ! 🎄
Thanks to Fr Mike & Fr Anthony for welcoming our Gr 9 transition program students to mass at
@OurNativity
this week. A great way to begin sharing their HS faith journey together! Congrats students for earning your 1st HS credit today!
@MPSJGuidance
@MPSJAthletics
@MPSJMentalH
Michael Power St. Joseph Summer transition students walking to Nativity of Our Lord Parish to celebrate Holy Mass with Fr. Mike.
A wonderful chance to centre us in Jesus’ message that we are the Salt and Light of the World.
@MPSJCHAPLAINCY
@TCDSB
Congratulations to our JR Girls Volleyball Team on winning TDCAA silver medals in a hard fought final vs Bishop Allen. Thanks to the girls & coaches J & E Wasiuk & Evangelista for the dedication &hard work that produced such a great season!
@MPSJAthletics
@TCDSB
@MPSJGuidance
We were so pleased with the many staff &students who took a stand against bullying &showed their support for Pink Day! The Special Education Department upped their game & wore matching shirts!
@mpsj_vp
@MPSJMentalH
@MPSJGuidance
@TCDSB
@Equity_TCDSB
Thank you to
@MPSJMentalH
for encouraging students &staff to contribute hats, scarves, mittens to the Giving Tree supporting
@YWSToronto
, Out of the Cold &
@stfrancistable2
Thanks especially to McCarthys for donating three boxes of socks going to Socks for the Soul.
@TCDSB
The MPSJ Cross Country program ended the season with an epic series of time trials up &over Centennial Hill! Congrats to over 50 runners who competed yesterday on a great season. Thanks to coaches Gaglione, Terplak, Monteiro &Williams!
@MPSJAthletics
@MPSJGuidance
@TCDSB
Thanks to the Mr Renaud &his class for an awesome 2019-20 MPSJ Yearbook!
Students at school received yearbooks this week & those on spare will be called down Monday. MPSJ students in Virtual School are have been invited to make an appt to come by this afternoon.
@MPSJGuidance
Congratulations to our Black Lives Everyday Club for their tremendous work during this month’s Black History events! This year’s assembly was based on the theme of identity and the joys of being Black! Well Done Students!
@Equity_TCDSB
@TCDSB
@Markus4Ward2
#BlackHistoryMonth
Best wishes to the MPSJ Cheer Team who are competing in the Ontario Cheerleading Federation provincial championships! Your dedication, strength and precision are inspiring. Thanks for energizing us this week. LETS GO POWER!
@MPSJAthletics
@MPSJGuidance
@TCDSB
@MPSJMentalH
Congratulations to
@MPSJAthletics
for organizing this year’s Athletic Banquet to celebrate the accomplishments of our
@MPSJ_TCDSB
athletes! Thank you to Mr. Martinuzzi, our Athletic Director, and all the coaches for your dedication to the MPSJ community!
@TCDSB
@Markus4Ward2