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Galileo Times Created by S.I.S. Students
November/December 2017
Student Gift Exchange! On Dec. 20th, SIS students participated in a holiday gift exchange. Students started off the day with a breakfast that was provided by the department – it was delicious! Then students had the pleasure of exchanging gifts with one another while listening to holiday music. Generosity truly filled the air and students had a lot of fun!
Galileo Annual Holiday Party! On Dec. 13th, Galileo had their annual holiday party! The SIS students opened the show with a blast by singing Christmas carols and getting the audience into the spirit! Students danced, celebrated, indulged in cake, and participated in a raffle. The party was really lively and students enjoyed themselves very much with our DJ playing hit after hit. The dance floor was always packed and festive energy was in the air!
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Dec. 20 , 2017 SIS students will enjoy exchanging gifts with one another today!
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Dec. 25 – Jan. 5 Happy holidays to all! Stay warm, stay safe, and have a wonderful holiday with your loved ones!
Ped Day Jan. 19th, 2018 Pedagogical day for all Galileo students. Take a day to yourself to relax and enjoy your day off!
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Remembrance Day Veteran Visit Lead Seaman Roger Agnessi, graced the SIS and Academic students with his stories of being a deep sea diver during the Cold War. Mr. Roger Agnessi is a master storyteller and all students were mesmerized and impressed by his stories of deep sea welding and disarming of underwater mines. In addition, he told students what most of the soldiers’ experiences of returning home after leaving military service were. He joined the police force as a homicide officer. Students were further educated on the role of women in the military service from World War I until today. At the end of the moment of silence, Roger joined students in the SIS kitchen for cookies that students made, pizza and coffee.
Professional Mime Visits Galileo As the first adult centre to benefit from the Quebec Culture in Schools program, we were the lucky recipients of a grant that offered an opportunity to train with one of Marcel Marceau’s students, Christiane Claude. On November 22nd and 23rd, Galileo SIS students were fortunate enough to meet this professional mime! She was absolutely amazing. Her mime workshop was so interactive and her ability to involve all students of diverse abilities was fantastic. She also ended the workshop by giving SIS students some pointers for their end of year theatre production.
Mayor of Laval Honors SIS Student On Nov. 21st, the city of Laval honored SIS student, Nancy Leopardi, with a bronze medal for her outstanding performance at the summer games in big pin bowling. She was so thrilled that her hard work had paid off. The mayor of Laval awarded Nancy with the medal and she was honored to shake his hand and receive this stellar accomplishment. Congratulations Nancy!
1st Annual Gingerbread House Creation A tradition older than Santa! In the spirit of Galileo, a new tradition has begun! Miss. Caroline’s culinary program students built their own gingerbread houses from scratch! They piped on loads of icing and candy during this fun-filled hands-on classroom activity. It is amazing what students can do with pretzel sticks, chocolate wafers, gummies, marshmallows and much more! Two winners from each class will go home with these beauties! 2
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Wonder: The Importance of Inclusion As a follow-up activity, on Nov. 21st, Miss Lisa and Miss Chiara along with Galileo’s SIS students: Alejandro, Chris, Tania, Paola, Ruby and Julia visited Terry Fox Elementary School to give a presentation to the grade 5 and 6 students. The message that our students portrayed was the importance of inclusion in all its forms – whether it be in a school setting, work environment or social situation. Terry Fox students also prepared questions about the movie Wonder and Galileo students sat on a panel and answered their questions. This was followed by a class discussion on inclusion and self-acceptance. The students had such a fantastic interaction together! They felt very comfortable sharing their personal stories and experiences with bullying that they have faced in their own schools with one another. This was truly an eyeopening activity that would benefit any elementary school because it promotes self-acceptance, diversity, and inclusiveness of all students. R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder teaches so many diverse lessons; one of the most powerful messages comes from Auggie’s teacher, Mr. Browne’s precept: “When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind.”
Galileo SIS students had a wonderful outing on Nov. 17th, along with Terry Fox Elementary School (SWLSB). Together they watched the new film Wonder at Colossus Laval on its premiere day! This was an especially significant movie to them because Miss Lisa & Miss Anna's classes spent the last school year reading R.J. Palacio's novel and students loved exploring the themes and analyzing the characters! The book and movie Wonder recounts the life of Auggie Pullman, a young boy with facial disfigurement who recently begins attending school for the first time. He is faced with many challenges along the way and the film truly illustrates his ability to see past the judgements of others and be true to himself all the while. The adaptation of the book to film was simply amazing we laughed, cried and related to the struggles that the characters faced in the film! We highly recommend this movie as it highlights themes such as anti-bullying, self-acceptance, inclusion and selfgrowth! A big thank you to Terry Fox Elementary School for inviting us to the premiere!
Gingerbread Dough Miss Caroline’s class used this dough recipe to create the foundation of their gingerbread houses 1 teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon baking soda 1 cup unsalted butter 1 cup dark-brown sugar 4 teaspoons ground ginger 4 teaspoons all spice 1 ½ teaspoons salt 2 large eggs 1 ½ cups molasses 6 cups of all-purpose flour 3
In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and baking powder – set aside. In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Mix in spices and salt. Beat in eggs and molasses. Add flour mixture; mix on low until thoroughly combined. Divide dough into thirds and wrap in plastic. Chill for one hour. Heat oven to 350 degrees. On a well-floured surface, roll dough to 1/8 inch thick. Cut into desired shapes. Place dough shapes on ungreased baking sheets; chill until firm (about 15 min). Bake 15 min, or until firm in center. Makes about 3 small houses or plenty of cookies!
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Our Student Success Stage Stories Transport Adapté STM Nancy started her first stage at Galileo at Transport Adapté STM on November 21st, 2017. She had a successful interview two weeks before with the director. Nancy showed them that she was very interested and motivated for this position. The STM specified that Nancy was a great candidate to begin working with them and she will be there every Tuesday. Nancy was visited by the entire department and she was received with a beautiful gift from the director, a welcome thermos and pen! Nancy is currently filing, organizing and categorizing important documents for the STM. Confidentiality is very important for this role and she must respect the rules in place at this organization.
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Work Skills Program Update
Jenny started her stage on November 23th, 2017. This week was her fourth week at her stage at the flower shop. She learns different things there like how to clean the petals and prepare flowers for arrangements. She also learned how to properly water plants and conduct quality control. Jenny said the following: “I really love working there, it’s fun and I learn a lot of things about flowers and plants. It’s the right place for me to work and the right place for me to meet my future goals.”
In the work study program we are performing new tasks. We received a new contract from Allison Grana (a former tutor at Galileo). The contract involves skin care; the company is called Medexus (a Canadian pharmaceutical company that focuses on dermatology). The name of the product is MonoDerma and it is manufactured in Italy. The product is made of pure vitamins and is biodegradable. During our time at the work program, we put four different capsules in a bag, include a card and then tie the bag together for the company to come and pick up. SVIS students were also hard at work before the school garage sale, they put together delicious bags of candy. Next month we will feature Cavan, company we have been working with since September 2017. Good job team! 4
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Rock On! The SIS team is so thankful this holiday season! On Nov. 15th, Franco Contrino and Fred Di Santo from Godin Guitars donated four Merlin guitars to our school and spent the morning at Galileo singing and jamming with our students! They also gave our students pointers on how to read musical notes and advice on how to become great musicians. Great joy was brought to the SIS students’ hearts! "One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain." - Bob Marley
SIS Garage Sale The SIS garage sale was an enormous success! A big thank you to all the staff, teachers and academic students volunteers who donated and participated in this event to make our goals attainable! Ms. Lisa Germile and her class created hand-made soap and displayed them at a soap and sugar scrub station. Ms. Julie had students make cones of candy that were featured for sale at a candy station. Ms. Caroline had a baked goods station where all the homemade treats that SIS students created were displayed. Ms. Anna and Miss Lisa’s students did a fantastic job selling goods and collecting money. Overall, the event went super well and our department managed to raise 1070$! We are so proud of our team effort!
Check out our online version: www.galileotimes.wordpress.com You can also check us out on Galileo’s Facebook & Instagram page: @galileoadultcentre Many thanks to the students who took the time to write articles, edit and participate in this project. Thank you to our writers: Nancy, Ruby, Caterina, Julia, Chris R., Jose, Alex Pet., Stacey, Robert, Jenny, and Anthony.
