Congratulations to this former Harbord C. I. languages teacher for the book 📕
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Poster Contest
The Portuguese Speaking Heritage Committee is collecting submissions from Toronto District School Board students that best represent this year’s theme for Portuguese speaking heritage month: Unidos/United|Details & submissions:
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Deadline: Friday, May 10, 2024

📢 Calling all Luso-Canadian Youth in Ontario! 🇵🇹🍁

The FPCBP Portuguese Heritage Essay Contest is BACK for 2024! 🎉

🏆 Multiple prizes of $250 each, generously supported by various sponsors!

Awards ceremony on June 14, 2024!

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Não deixe para amanhã o que você pode fazer hoje
Adapted Translation: Don't leave for tomorrow what you can do today -don’t procrastinate
Traditional proverb

“Goodwill makes the road shorter.”
~ Brazilian Proverb

“Fado is the soul of the Portuguese people. It is a music based in the feelings of life, like sadness, happiness, melancholy, passion, lost love”-Mariza- Fado singer

If you can see the magic in a fairytale, you can face the future.”
~ Danielle Steel, Author

Alegria de uns, tristeza de outros.
Adapted translation: Joy for some, sadness for others

Portuguese Proverbs: (Spoken in Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe)

“Love your people! Tell the people you love, you REALLY love them. Do it. It’s impossible to be too kind or too loving.” Shawn Mendes

💡 Did you know the TDSB Continuing Education Department offers a variety of language classes to Kindergarten to Grade 8 students? From storytelling and writing to games and songs, students will enhance their language skills as they learn about new cultures this summer. Sign up: bit.ly/42MVU28

Today is #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay , a time to celebrate and learn from the diverse cultures, histories, experiences, creations, perspectives, and achievements of First Nations, Métis and Inuit people. View resources: bit.ly/3Xj350l

“If you’re funny, if there’s something that makes you laugh, then every day’s going to be okay.” Tom Hanks

“Settle for a little, to settle for less.”
– Portuguese Expression – “Se contentar com pouco”

'Posso não ser muito alegre, mas triste também não sou. A alegria e a tristeza são vizinhas'
Adapted translation: “I may not be too happy, but I am neither sad. Happiness and sadness are neighbours”
Cesaria Evora

“When you follow your heart, you always win and it feels so good.”
~ Nelly Furtado, Musician, Singer, Canada

#alegria TDSB PSHM

'Unless the sun shines there can be no light of day'
'A menos que o sol brilhe, não pode haver a luz do dia'.
~ Agostinho Neto, former President, Angola

“Life just doesn’t hand you things. You have to get out there and make things happen. That’s the exciting part.”
~ Emeril Lagasse, Chef, United States