Dear Zion Heights MS community members,
It is with great sorrow and a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Mr. Walter Villa. Mr. Villa died peacefully yesterday in the presence of his children after a prolonged illness.
Mr. Villa was much loved by staff and students
During this pandemic, despite all the hardships, the pain, & the suffering, we have kept our humanity & kindness intact. At
@ZionTdsb
we do our best to deliver a world class education & little bit of joy to our students everyday. Today, students got the chance to says thanks 🙏
Lockdown, shutdown, turnaround, upside down. Open up, mask up, wash up, close up. Expectations, cancellations, explanations, celebrations.
Throughout this pandemic
@ZionTdsb
students have stepped up to face incredible adversity & brought it whenever asked upon them 👏 👏 👏
@tdsb
BREAKING NEWS!!! Opps… we did it again! Congrats to all the TDSB athletes and our very own Grade 6 & 7 BADMINTON CITY CHAMPIONS!!! we are so proud of you LIONS 🦁. Kudos to Coaches Ilias & Fernandes our badminton dynamic duo 🙏 😊 😃
@MsDFernandes
@MrLeTDSB
@tdsb
@marham99
Congratulations to our very own
@ZionTdsb
student Ms. Dhyaana Shroff
@DhyaanaShroff
on being elected to the TDSB Student Senate this week and representing Learning Centre 2
@LC2_TDSB
! Way to go Dhyaana we are so proud of you 👏 🥳 😊 tdsb
@MrLeTDSB
Welcome to the 2022-2023 school 🏫 year! Our school reopening was buzzing🐝 with joy & excitement 👍! We want thank all our
@ZionTdsb
families for bringing us so much positivity, hope & optimism this week as we welcomed back our students 😊!
@tdsb
@marham99
@JamesX_Li
@MrLeTDSB
Our school is full of joy & excitement again as we finally opened our doors today for the first time since April 12, 2021! Welcome back to all our virtual and in-school staff & students, let’s make this our best year ever!
@marham99
@schan_tdsb
@MrLeTDSB
@EmmanuelP_1
@LC2_TDSB
Wow what a turnout! Our first in-person Curriculum Night in nearly three years was truly a family affair. Zion families, meet our Zion staff family! Special thanks to our student ambassadors for the introduction 😂 😆 😂
#joyengagementbelonging
@marham99
@schan_tdsb
@MrLeTDSB
Thank you to our amazing
@tdsb
caretakers for their incredible efforts this week! Like many other schools at the TDSB, our
@ZionTdsb
caretakers were on site before 5:00 AM this week clearing almost 60cms of snow so that students could safety return to school Wednesday!
@marham99
Je vous presente madame Ilias! Let us introduce you to Mme Ilias, just one of the fantastic teachers
@ZionTdsb
who are working hard to ensure a safe and caring learning environment for our students when they return next week
#growthmindset
#weheartourteachers
#ziontdsb
@tdsb
Our students were writers, actors, cinematographers and directors this week during our
@TIFF_NET
film-in-a-day 🎥 workshop! Thank you Brent 🙏 for spending the week with us! Special thanks to Mr. Singh for organizing this wonderful week of learning!
@MrLeTDSB
@tdsb
So glad to finally have
@dare_arts
provide virtual arts focussed programming at our school. The instruction was virtual but the awesome free art supplies they delivered in individually sealed packages this morning was for real!
@ZionTdsb
@tdsb
@MrDPMiller
We want to thank Indigenous Artist & Educator Veronica Johnny for the powerful & uplifting presentations today! Staff & students were deeply moved by your personal journey, songs & teachings 🙏 😊 💜
@rjdurocher
@MrLeTDSB
@marham99
@schan_tdsb
@tdsb
Our school nutrition program is up and running! Special thanks to our phenomenal school support staff for setting up and organizing our daily grab-and-go snack program!
@ZionTdsb
@tdsb
We are so proud of our students for bringing their best selves to the field as well as to the classroom everyday
@ZionTdsb
Next week wear your school colours to support our teams competing for City Champions! GO LIONS 🦁
Congratulations to
@ZionTdsb
students who participated in writing Math Contests this spring. Results have been released & as a school we ranked 1st on the LaGrange (Gr.8), 5th on the Euler (Gr.7) and 14th on the Pythagoras (Gr.6) Math Contests among all schools in Canada👏👏👏
Congratulations to Zion’s very own, school custodian Mr. Ariel Reyes, on his much deserved retirement from the
@tdsb
🥳 Thanks to VP O & our social committee for the surprise party 🎉 Best wishes on your next chapter Ariel 😊 💗
@O77569391O
@marham99
@MrLeTDSB
@tdsb
@schan_tdsb
Our Remembrance Day Assembly today was equal parts hauntingly beautiful, yet full of hope & optimism for better days to come. Thank you 🙏 ZHMS choir, tech crew, student artists & musicians
@LuanneW1106
Mr.B & Mr.C for helping us commemorate this important day
@tdsb
@MrLeTDSB
We are so incredibly proud of our entire
@ZionTdsb
community for bringing the ☀️ this week and for staying calm and carrying on despite the ongoing challenges in the fight against COVID-19. Only together can we overcome this pandemic 😷 💉 💗
#InThisTogether
@tdsb
@MrLeTDSB
Incredible artwork from Mr. Villa’s Visual Arts class. Mr. Villa has been a teacher at Zion for 18yrs, and just one of many awesome staff members at
@ZionTdsb
#familyfirst
#tdsb
Our Grade 8 Graduation Ceremony is next week! ZHMS staff & our parent community have come together to organize an incredible evening for the ZHMS graduating class of 2022! 🎉 🎈 🎊
Great turnout so far for the
@TOPublicHealth
mobile vaccine clinic. Our ZHMS parent council co-chair Mr. Sackda also dropped in to support the cause. Special thanks to our TPH nurses & Steve our fantastic ZHMS head caretaker for helping with the setup today 🙏 🙏 🙏
@MrLeTDSB
Caring Zion teachers serving students a healthy breakfast before class! Awesome turnout this week during our school Nutrition Program/Breakfast Club. Thanks to Ms. Francis, Mr. Villa and Ms. Cattell for all their hard work 👍
#ziontdsb
@Elizabeth_Addo3
@LC2_TDSB
We want to thank Ms Veronica Johnny for sharing her wisdom, knowledge&heart 💜 with us today. Thank U for the beautiful smudging ceremony & presentation. Thank U for helping us unlearn so that we may come closer to realizing that
#truth
comes before
#reconciliation
@MrLeTDSB
🙏
Get ready to go back to school! Virtual Home Form Classrooms will go live on Google Meet on Monday, April 6 @ 9:00 AM! Students, remember to log-in to your Google Classroom for updates!
@tdsb
@malloy_john
@BrendanBrowne
@Elizabeth_Addo3
Our Holiday Assembly focused on gratitude and today we had the pleasure of thanking our
@ZHMS
school council co-chair Mr. Phouvien Sackda for his dedication, service & community leadership in improving the school climate for all! Thank you for your service Mr. Sackda!
@JamesX_Li
Our TDSB character trait for the month of December is KINDNESS & CARING, and one way of demonstrating this is treating all people with dignity, compassion and acceptance. So PROUD of our our
@ZionTdsb
Respect the Rainbow club for leading our assembly today!
A school only functions with great support staff! This year our Lunch Room Supervisors are also helping with our nutrition program to ensure all students have a healthy morning snack before recess! Veggie samosas anyone?
@ZionTdsb
@tdsb
Thank you to the awesome Mrs. Cattell and Ms. Warford for organizing & leading our Monthly Character Trait Virtual Assembly/Broadcast today! Can’t wait for Mr. Singh’s class in Dec!
#empathy
@tdsb
@LuanneW1106
@ZionTdsb
Good luck 🤞 to all awesome runners today at the
@TDESAA_TDSB
@tdsb
Cross Country City Finals! Thank you to
#tdessa
for organizing another terrific day of student athletics! We’re also rooting for the home team
@ZionTdsb
so let’s go LIONS 🦁 🦁 🦁 👏
#zionathletics
@MrLeTDSB
😊
Our ZHMS spirit wear has ARRIVED!!! So grateful to our amazing
@ZionTdsb
staff and ZHMS School Council for helping to deliver some additional joy to our students and school community this week 👏 👏 👏
@tdsb
A huge thanks 🙏 to retired Principal Mrs. Pam Pike for all your help and support at
@ZionTdsb
Your kindness and compassion made a big difference in lives of our students. Please make sure to come back and visit soon!
Quels discours magnifiques! We’re all so proud of our staff & students for hosting a magnificent French Speech Arts assembly aujourd’hui! Thank you to parents for attending as well! 🙏 Bravo tout le monde! 👏 🎉 😊
@MrLeTDSB
@marham99
@schan_tdsb
@tdsb
@LuanneW1106
We can’t wait pour la semaine prochaine (for next week), when we will be having our very first Speech Arts Festival en francais grace a M. Bell, Mme. Warford
@LuanneW1106
et Mme. Ilias - a bientiot! (Comment puis-je taper avec les accents en francais?)
@marham99
@MrLeTDSB
Congrats to our Gr.6 girls 🏀 team on their 🥈 place finish at the
@TDESAA_TDSB
@tdsb
City Finals! 👏 We are so proud of this incredible achievement 🥲 🥹 💗 Remember to thank your parents for helping you reach new heights (and driving you 2)🏆 photo credit: Mrs. Mody
@MrLeTDSB
ZHMS staff & students all had an opportunity to say farewell to our very own Mr. Frank Caligiuri who is retiring after 32 yrs of service as a teacher with the
@tdsb
. Happy Retirement Mr.Caligiuri! Your impact on
@ZHMS
staff & students has been immeasurable & you will be missed!😢
Face shields have been distributed to all
@ZionTdsb
students. Make sure you use your face shield during lunch to keep us all safe!
#InThisTogether
@tdsb
After 30 years of teaching at
@ZionTdsb
Mrs. Joanne MacArthur is retiring! Today staff and students gave her a beautiful send off during our Holiday Assembly. Congratulations Mrs. MacArthur we are so happy for you and grateful for your 30yrs of service 👏 👏 👏
@tdsb
@MrLeTDSB