Welcome to Quad 3 at Emery Adult Learning Centre and Emery EdVance Secondary School

February 8, 2025

We acknowledge we are hosted on the lands of the Mississaugas of the Anishinaabe, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the Wendat. We also recognize the enduring presence of all First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples.

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Land Acknowledgement

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We are very happy you chose Emery ALC or EdVance. “You are the best and we owe you our best.”

Afghanistan • Angola • Antigua And Barbuda • Bahamas • Bangladesh • Barbados • Brazil • Bulgaria • Cameroon • Canada • Chad • Chile • China • Colombia • Congo • Costa Rica • Cuba • Djibouti • Dominica • Dominican Republic • Ecuador • Egypt • El Salvador • Eritrea • Estonia • Ethiopia • Gambia • Ghana • Grenada • Guatemala • Guinea-Bissau • Guyana • Haiti • India • Iran • Iraq • Jamaica • Japan • Jordan • Kazakhstan • Kenya • Korea South • Laos • Lebanon • Mexico • Morocco • Myanmar • Namibia • Nepal • Nicaragua • Nigeria • Pakistan • Panama • Peru • Philippines • Portugal • Romania • Rwanda • Saudi Arabia • Somalia • South Africa • Spain • Sri Lanka • St Lucia • St Vincent And the Grenadines • Sudan • Syria • Tajikistan • Tanzania, United Rep of • Tokelau • Trinidad And Tobago • Turkey • Uganda • Ukraine • United Arab Emirates • United States • Venezuela • Vietnam • Yemen • Zimbabwe

Countries We Call Home

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Edo • Lao • Twi • Dari • Igbo • Thai • Urdu • Czech • Dinka • Hausa • Hindi • Hmong • Khmer • Oromo • Other • Shona • Tamil • Arabic • Aramaic • French • German • Hebrew • Korean • Nepali • Pashto • Sindhi • Somali • Telugu • Yoruba • Amharic • Bengali • English • Italian • Kurdish • Punjabi • Russian • Luganda • Serbian • Spanish • Swahili • Swedish • Tagalog • Turkish • Albanian • Assyrian • Estonian • Filipino • Gujarati • Mandinka • Tigrinya • Afrikaans • Bulgarian • Cambodian • Cantonese • Ukrainian • Portuguese • Singhalese • Vietnamese • Kinyarwanda • Azeri Turkish • French Creole • Persian (Farsi) • Mandarin (Simplified) • American Sign Language • Mandarin (Traditional)

Languages We Speak

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Teachers make a difference

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Adult: Ms. Farah Alemany • Ms. Deborah Buchanan-Walford • Ms. Kayla Chute • Ms. Wanda Czech • Mr. Derek Dydyna • Ms. Elizabeth Eng • Mr. Eugene Gilioutin • Mr. Matthew Hicks • Mr. Robert Jackson • Mr. Artur Lena • Ms. Maya Nikova • Mr. David Pang • Ms. Swarnjeet Parmar • Ms. Lioudmila Rakova • Mr. Chris Rush • Ms. Sejla Rustempasic • Ms. Nicole Rusu • Mr. Mark Stefanini • Ms. Ashlei Stewart

EdVance: Ms. Hibo Ahmed • Ms. Adriana Harxhi • Ms. Melissa Hanoun • Ms. Yoo Mi Hong • Ms. Susie Morgado • Ms. Shirley Ng • Ms. Tatyana Pinto • Ms. Tanya Prefontaine • Mr. Ivan Quintanilla • Mr. Jeremy Schneider • Ms. Samantha Themeliopoulos • Mr. Maurice Williams

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Combatting Hate and Racism

In addition to your teachers, here are some of the Staff at Emery Adult LC and EdVance who will support you:

• to be successful in your courses,
• to experience joy in your learning, and
• to feel like you belong at Emery.

This is your school.

Emery Adult Learning Centre & EdVance

Principal: Peggy Aitchison (HSN) & Vice Principal: Joanne D’Addio

EALC Program Team Leaders

English/Social Science:

• Elizabeth Eng

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• Math/Science/Business/ESL Lioudmila Rakova

EdVance Assistant Curriculum Leader:

English/ESL/Media/Co-op/Canadian & World Studies/Social Science & Visual Arts

• Tanya Prefontaine
• Samantha Themeliopoulos

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Guidance & Student Success:

• Samantha Themeliopoulos

Emery Adult Learning Centre & EdVance

Computer/IT Support

• Khaja Mohammad, 303A

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Library Support

• Tong Wu

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Main Office Administrator

• Stella Omu

Main Office Assistants

• Monal Mehta
• Maxine Francis

Guidance Office:

• Lucy Avedian

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Head Caretaker:

• Ron Boileau

Child & Youth Worker

• Angela Di Domenico �(Monday & Friday, EdVance Office)

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Social Worker

• Aditi Deonarine (Wednesday)

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Settlement Worker

• Amy Dagby (Wednesday)

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Emery ALC & EdVance

Nutrition Program

Help yourself to good, healthy food everyday in the front entrance of the Adult Building.

Caring is sharing…please take only ONE of each item.

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Steps to Address Your Questions and Concerns

We want to hear your questions and concerns, and will always try to help.

In any situation, your classroom teacher is the first point of contact, followed by the school’s principal or vice principal, the school superintendent and our Trustee.

We will always make time to listen to you and address your concerns. That is a promise.

We solve problems!

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• Emery EdVance Secondary School
• Emery Adult Learning Centre
• Toronto District School Board

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Tell Admin if someone’s behaviour is affecting your learning experience in a bad way. We can always make things better…but only when we know. We are all better when we work together.

Student Agenda Book has Code of Conduct for:

Three Keys to Success at Emery ALC & EdVance SS.

Three Keys to Success at Emery ALC & EdVance SS.

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1. Show up.
1. Come to every class you possibly can.
2. Stay for the full period.
3. Sign in with your teacher if you are late; sign out with your teacher if you must leave early.
4. Tell your teacher/counsellor/Admin if you are experiencing issues with attendance.
5. Update your contact information in the Main Office in case we need to reach you.

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Three Keys to Success at Emery ALC & EdVance SS.

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1. Show up.
2. Do all the work assigned, hand in work on time, and be sure it is your own work.

Three Steps to Success at Emery ALC & EdVance

1. Show up.
2. Do the work assigned, on time, and be sure it is your own work.
3. Ask for help when you need it!

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Evaluation Policy

• Your teacher will give you a handout explaining the evaluation policy and details of how your final mark will be calculated.
• If you have any questions, please ask your teacher.
• Date for midterm marks, Last Day to Drop a Course, Final evaluations: all shown in the Student Agenda Book,

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Good things to know…

New!!! The Hub for all students.

Couch • Computers • Quiet

Inside EdVance Office!

Prayer Room

Room 305

See Khaja Mohammed, 303A

Student-led Muslim Student Association meetings… listen for announcements, see flyers.

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Fire Drills & Lockdowns

• Minimum number of drills each year is required.
• Follow staff directions.
• Lockdown…if you are in the hall, go to the nearest open area–classroom, gym, cafeteria–and follow Staff directions.

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PARKING

(There’s never enough–come early)

Please do…!

Park respectfully and only at:

• The Basketball Courts only

Please do not…!

• Block in other cars
• Park in front of the school
• Park in the fire access route–there will be an expensive fine which we cannot reverse.

Tickets may be coming to a car near you!

Basketball court

Student Parking Area

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Be in the know…

• Listen to the announcements �during Period 2 each day.
• https://schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca/ealc
• @EmeryAdult
• Coming…Brightspace Announcements Page
• Check TDSB email and personal email. Ask if you don’t know how

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African Heritage (Black History) Month

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Lift Every Voice

at Emery

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Chinese Heritage Month

Look at left in the CAF to see Chinese proverbs.

Remember that at Emery…

1. You matter.
2. You belong.
3. You deserve our best.
4. Give us your best.

5. Show up, do the work, ask for help.

6. Park only on the basketball court.

7. We solve problems.