 On June 29, the doors to St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School in
Niagara Falls closed for the final time. The closure was decided in the
spring of 2009, following a lengthy, public pupil accommodation review. Read more...
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 As reported in a recent OCSTA news highlight, students from the Simcoe Muskoka CDSB's Construction Technology program had the honour of creating gifts for G8 Summit dignitaries. Today's feature looks at some of the work of students in other Construction Technology programs at the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland & Clarington CDSB and the Waterloo Catholic DSB. Read more...
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 From the Simcoe Muskoka CDSB: It
was quite an honour and a surprise when the Summit Management Office
for the G8 Summit approached St. Dominic Catholic Secondary School’s
Construction Technology department last fall. The department was asked if they
would design and build 10 custom canoes as gifts for the
spouses of the G8 heads of state. Read more...
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 The Niagara Regional Exhibition Centre was charged with positive energy
and buzzing with excitement on Thursday, May 20th as more than 2000
graduating students from Niagara Catholic’s eight secondary schools
gathered for the 9th Annual Niagara Catholic Graduation Celebration. Read more...
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 Graduation season reflections: "This is an exciting time of the school
year when students reflect on their individual accomplishments, and
celebrate their many achievements with family and friends. We thank our
graduates for being a part of Catholic education, and for representing
our school board so well for so many years. We hope that all of our departing students will be blessed with many new
learning opportunities, richness in love and life, and individual
journeys that bring them endless joy and success."
Tricia Stefanic Weltz,
Superintendent of Education,
Northeastern
Catholic District School Board.
Pictured at right: O'Gorman Catholic Secondary School graduates, Tyler Robson and
Jenna Draves.
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 "Living in the moment is a big thing in Kenya. They celebrate what they have and don't worry about what they don't have." (Holly, Patrick Fogarty Student)
For the second year, students from our Catholic secondary schools experienced a journey of a life time as part of the Kenya experience curriculum. Read More...
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 On June 10th, Sudbury Catholic staff who had a baby (or grand-baby) born
in 2009 were invited to the Catholic Education Centre to celebrate
together as a community.
There were beautiful babies everywhere and the
new moms, dads, grandparents and siblings enjoyed each other's company
while board office staff provided some
helping hands in order for guests to enjoy prayer and lunch together. Read more...
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 It's not often that media in our communities choose to focus on the distinctiveness of Catholic education, but when they do it is a great opportunity for us to highlight this story and share it with our friends and community.
The June 10th issue of the Chatham Daily News features a unique story about one student's insight into the meaningful and spiritual experience of Catholic education. She wrote a poem about Catholic education for her school's public speaking competition and was then invited to share it with the trustees of the St. Clair Catholic DSB.
"We are who we are, and we are content. Being ourselves to the fullest extent," said the Monsignor Uyen Catholic School student during one verse...
"It's so wonderful when we're shown that the students in our system do have a glimpse of what we're trying to achieve," exclaimed board vice-chairperson Carol Bryden following student Jocelyn McGlynn's presentation. Click here to read the entire article.
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 On June 1, 2010, St. Dominic Catholic Elementary School held an event to
honour their special guest, Carol Mitchell, whose son Corporal Robert
Thomas James Mitchell, was killed during his deployment in Afghanistan,
in October of 2006. Read full details of this moving event...
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 Wellington Catholic celebrated its annual Staff, Faculty, Volunteer Recognition evening at the River Run Centre for the Performing Arts in Guelph. Over 45 people were honoured for their contributions to the strategic directions of the District. Of special note were presentations to Bert Tami, of Tambro Construction & Paul Critchley of BJC Architectural Services. Both of these individuals were key contributors to the development of the new St Brigid Student Retreat Centre at the Ignatius Jesuit Centre.
Featured above: (l.-r.) Bert Tami, Tambro Construction; Rev. Dennis J. Noon, Chair, Wellington CDSB; and Paul Critchley, BJC Architectural Services.
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