Good afternoon HCI,

This week has offered up the opportunity to reflect on the importance of stewardship. HCI marked Earth Day by having our HEAT assembly (thank you to our HEAT club and the staff supervisors for all the hard work!), and through our 20 minute clean up opportunity. Many classes took the time to head outside (it was a beautiful day!) and spend 20 minutes taking care of our shared community. As we work to instill values of what it means to be a Humberside Citizen; it is experiences like this that put our words into action. I continue to be inspired by the dedication and perseverance of our student body and HCI staff!

As a reminder, our school council and volunteers will be at the school on Saturday (from 10-12) in order to continue this theme and show some love to our Tennis Courts! If we need to postpone due to inclement weather, I will send a message via email with a rain date.

Please see below for important information for the upcoming week.

Week at a Glance

HCI Whole School Calendar Semester 2 Exam Schedule

Save the Date

*Friday, May 1st → Arts Night! Join us on Friday May 1st from 6:30-8:30PM for Humberside's spectacular ARTS NIGHT!!! The theme Innovate & Create is brought to life through visual art, video, photography, drama performances, creative writing, and live music, all made by Humberside students!!! Drop in at any time, pay what you can to support a local community organization, socialize, and have fun! This is a great way to support the Arts programming at Humberside and to see how much talent we have at this school. Bring a friend, another parent, or attend with your child. Put it on your calendar! See you next Friday:)

Monday, May 4th → Asian Heritage Month Assembly

Wednesday, May 6th --> Music Night

Monday, May 4th to Friday, May 8th → Wellness Week, please see the whole school calendar for lunch wellness activities!

Humberside Celebrates

Humberside Robotics Team → Our HCI Robotics Team recently completed their run at Provincials, this past weekend, after finishing at the qualification round. Throughout the competition season, they displayed tenacity and fought very hard throughout all their games. Through it all, they displayed ingenuity in between their qualification games, and frequently even repaired their robot, going so far as to fix and have a climber in time for provincials! The students and school should be very proud of the way in which they represented our school. Congratulations to the team and thank you for all your hard work!

Worth Repeating

Missed Evaluations Reminder --> Please note that family vacations are not considered a legitimate absence. Every effort should be made to avoid scheduling family vacations during school time. Holiday dates are published in the school calendar and on the TDSB website, http://www.tdsb.on.ca. In the event of a missed evaluation due to a family vacation, teachers are not required to provide an alternative form of evaluation. In the case of examinations, no make-up exam or alternative arrangements will be made. In person students will not be made Virtual Learners in order to accommodate.

Did You Know

Sleep Hygiene → Many of our high school aged students find themselves slipping into a sleep routine that has them up late at night and waking up very tired! A topic that is often discussed with students by our support team: guidance counselors, child and youth worker, social work. In order to support this, our team educates student on the topic of sleep hygiene and how to be in control of your healthy sleep routines.

Here are some tips from the TDSB’s Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy department:

Daytime Habits

• Exposure to natural light
• Morning routine
• Exercise
• Limit naps
• Decrease caffeine intake

Evening Habits

• Slowly cutdown on exciting activities
• Start dimming lights, close curtains
• Shut down screens 30 minutes before bedtime
• Create a bedtime routine to signal it is time to go to sleep
• Set up your sleep environment to support sleep

HAC Highlights of the Week

Sports Update --> The Spring Season has officially begun! We had an action packed week of competition from Varsity Boys and Girls Lacrosse, Junior and Senior Ultimate Frisbee, All Gender Volleyball, Girls Rugby, and Varsity Girls and Boys Soccer! Be sure to check out all team recaps on Instagram @hci_hac! Go Huskies!

Spring Team Merch - Garnet Hoodies & Maroon Training Tops --> If you are currently on a Spring Sports team and would like to order a customized team hoodie and/or training top, please fill out the following google form by Monday April 27th. This is just the order form - you will only receive the merch after payment has been made via Cash Online. Payment will become available to those who fill out this form sometime next week: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSesX9ikI4zajwrP92cfA18GFIlRp0o8pmGYV1n5diEr3aRIpg/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=103759463095116278728

Huskies VS Event Update --> HUSKIES VS is less than two weeks away, and as a school community we’ve already raised over $32,000 - an incredible accomplishment! Last year, we reached a total of $37,638, so let’s come together and see if we can beat that record-breaking amount. Donations can be made here: https://give.sickkidsfoundation.com/fundraisers/HumbersideCI

Huskies VS Lunchtime BBQ --> Last Call!!! Reminder that there will be a lunchtime BBQ during Huskies VS catered by Fire It Up BBQ! All staff and students can pre-order food until Wednesday April 29th. Please note that you cannot purchase anything on the day of so order your meal while you can! Here is the link - https://tdsb.schoolcashonline.com/Fee/Details/429601/153/False/True

NEW! Huskies VS --> Volunteers Needed! If you are not participating in Huskies VS but want to get involved, we are looking for students to help scorekeep games. If this is something that interests you, please fill out the following google form by Monday April 27th: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYUczvLhrHMAHjOv8zy7-JwfVAiHKdH2A1a9JB_-V62ROguw/viewform?usp=dialog

Basketball Intramurals --> Basketball Intramurals are heading into the fifth and final week of games! It's playoff time!! Check out the schedule on @hci_hac to stay up to date with everything intramurals-related.

School Council

The next HCI Parent Council meeting --> Tuesday, April 28 at 6:30pm in the school library (see the agenda here).
Come out to hear updates from Principal Pearson, student leaders, and learn more about what is going on in the school community.

"Just Ask Jessica" --> Do you have a question for Principal Pearson? Submit it to us by email at [email protected]. We will group and summarize relevant questions for Ms. Pearson before our next meeting. You can attend the meeting to hear the answers, or read them afterward in our meeting minutes. All questions will be kept anonymous. This feature is for general topics only, not for questions about individual students or teachers.

Happy Friday,