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Mary Street Community School

Mission Statement

Mary Street Community School is a place where students and staff can feel free and safe to develop to their fullest potential - academically, emotionally, physically, acquiring the confidence necessary to succeed in an uncertain and changing society.

Principal's Message

Mary Street community School is truly a community school. This year the focus was early literacy and all members of our school took part. Canada Trust donated $2300.00 to begin a 'Book in a Bag' home reading programme. Students chart their progress in reading on 'Literacy Mountain', a seven foot high felt mountain in our front foyer. Grade 5 to 6 students are Reading buddies to a Grade 1 class and Grade 2 students read with the Kindergartens. Parent volunteers coordinate the books for the home reading programme and moms, dads, grandmas and grandpas, brothers and sisters all listen to Mary Street kids reading!

School Activities

	Cross Country
	Volleyball
	Basketball
	Track and Field
	Recorder Club
	Art Club
	Computer Club
	Choirs
	Pysanka Club
	Acrobatics
	Compost Cops
	Author Club

	Board Games Club
	Dance and Drama Club
	Cooking Club
	Houseleague Activities
	Office Helpers
	Literary Guild
	Play Days
	Friday Night Activities
	Student Council
	Swimming
	Skating
	School Web Site

Thoughts to Ponder

Student's Bill of Rights

You have the right to:

Learn and ask questions

Seek help

Laugh and be happy

Express your feelings

Take care of yourself

Follow your dreams

Do things for yourself

Protect your mind and body

Receive and give affection

Be proud of your work

Be the best you can be

Love yourself, love others and be loved

anonymous

Effort

He brought me his report card

from the teacher and he said

He wasn't very proud of it

and sadly bowed his head.

He was excellent in reading,

but arithmetic was fair,

And I noticed there were several

'unsatisfactories' there.

But one little bit of credit

which was given brought me joy.

He was excellent in effort,

and I fairly hugged the boy.

Oh, it doesn't make much difference

what is written on your card,

I told the little fellow,

If you're only trying hard.

The 'very goods' and 'excellents'

are fine, I must agree,

But the effort you are making

means a whole lot more to me.

And the thing that's most important

when this card is put aside

Is to know, in spite of failure,

that you did your best - you've tried.

Just keep 'excellent in effort' -

all the rest will come to you,

There isn't any problem

but some day you'll learn to do.

and at last when you grow older

you will come to understand

That by hard and patient toiling

may have risen to command.

And some day you'll discover

when a greater goal's at stake

That better far than brilliance

Is the effort you will make.

anonymous

by Sara grade 7/8

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Mary Street Community School

110 Mary Street North

Oshawa, Ontario L1G 7S2

(905) 433 - 8910

revised 06/08/2001