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Diamond Simpson

 

 

Congratulations to Diamond Simpson, a grade 12 student at St. Joseph Secondary School, who represented Canada once again at the Under 17 FIFA World Cup Soccer Championships in Trinidad and Tobago in September 2010.  This was not Diamond’s first World Cup, as she represented Canada in 2008 as well.  This year the team was undefeated in qualifying for this event and showed great talent on the pitch.  Canada won their first game of the World Cup against Ghana, but met against some of the top teams in the world after that, which lead to an early defeat.  Diamond is a midfielder on the team, and she played every game all game.  We are very proud of Diamond’s accomplishments and wish her luck as she pursues scholarship opportunities at American universities.

 

 Congratulations Albert Vesleno

 

 

The Mirror is St. Joseph’s official school newspaper.  For over nine years, it has been successful in keeping our community well informed of the issues and activities in our school community, as well as entertaining us.  It has taken a team of dedicated and responsible students to produce each edition of the paper, a team supported with steady leadership. This year’s Editor-in-Chief, Albert Vesleno, is also the recipient of the Toronto Star Award for first prize in Sports Photography.  The Toronto Star Awards are conducted each year to recognize excellence in the production of high school newspapers.  A panel of experts from the Toronto Star review submissions from Ontario high schools to select winners in numerous categories.  Winners are selected from over 1,000 submissions, so being chosen is indeed a testament to talent and dedication.  Once the selection has been made, TheToronto Star hosts an amazing luncheon, complete with a guest speaker and an awards ceremony.  Winners are given a plaque and a cash prize and they are part of a group photo which is always shown in the paper the following day.  Congratulations to all members of The Mirror staff who worked so hard this year to produce our school newspaper, and congratulations to Albert for both his leadership and his well-earned award. Mrs. Rogers-Wardle, Mrs. Ruffell and Mr. Dovigo

 Congratulations Camille Davidson

On April 11, the 2007 J. S. Woodsworth Award ceremony was held at Queens Park.  The J. S. Woodsworth Award is given to individuals and/or organizations which demonstrate significant contributions towards the goal of eliminating racial discrimination in our society.  St. Joseph is very proud of Camille Davidson who was selected to receive the J.S. Woodsworth Award.   As a native from Jamaica, Camille immigrated to Canada when she was ten years old and understands what if feels to be an outsider.  Camille has been involved in several initiatives at St. Joseph that help address issues related to racial discrimination.   Through her participation in the African Caribbean Heritage Club, Camille encouraged other students to combat racism by being a positive role model.   Recognizing that issues of racial discrimination are linked to other social constraints such as poverty, Camille went back to her native Jamaica as part of the Jamaica Missions Trip organized by her church.   While there she helped assist Physicians and Dentists in establishing basic dental and medical care for those who don’t have access to those services.   Inspired by this, Camille and her mother conceived the “Save a Tooth” Humanitarian Project.

 

Camille was nominated by her English teacher Tia Duke who also is the staff advisor for the African Caribbean Heritage Club at St. Joseph.   The award was established by the Ontario New Democratic Party Caucus to commemorate the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination which is celebrated on March 21st each year.  Each year two individuals/groups are recognized from the nominees, one who has been a pillar in the community working on eliminating racial discrimination and one who is up and coming in the fight to eliminate discrimination.  Camille was recognized along with Odoardo Di Santo, an Italian immigrant, who has been committed to worker rights and equity issues in his work as a journalist, elected politician and worker protection agencies.