A beacon is a source of light or inspiration, a lighthouse or other signal for guidance. Hope is defined as someone or something on which hopes are centred; a promise of good things to come.
We will be with you students from each of our schools and how they are our “Beacons of Hope”.
Today we are highlighting students from our Monsignor Doyle CSS Family of Schools.
This event is open to the public. Members of the public may request the meeting link by emailing WCDSB Equity Officer Lynn Garrioch.
Happy Catholic Education Week!
Today we launch Catholic Education Week in our schools, grounded by the theme: Rebuild, Restore, and Renew Together!
As we emerge from the burdens of the pandemic and the unprecedented loss we have experienced during this time, this year’s theme speaks to us in a very compelling way. We have journeyed together throughout the past two years, but now we join as one family in Christ to re-energize and re-animate our faith and our schools. Each staff, student and family member at Waterloo Catholic is a vital piece of our beautiful tapestry that is Catholic education in the region. In each person we see the face of Christ and a companion on the journey.
We have accompanied one another through some significant challenges and still found joy to share and to provide to the students we serve. This week’s joyous theme invites us into a world of possibilities. A world where we rediscover the simple pleasures of the classroom and the sacraments, where we rebuild our confidence in all that we can be as Children of God, where we restore the strong collective practices that define us as community, where we renew our dedication to being “Heart of the Community, providing success for each and a place for all” and where we rejoice in all that we can accomplish together.
Our schools truly are heart of the community – perhaps over these past few years more than ever before. Sometimes our bonds as community have been stretched by the tensions of the pandemic. Let us now lean into the beautiful theme of this year’s Catholic Education Week and the Biblical quote that grounds it: “Behold, I make all things new.” As an Easter people we are people of the resurrection and perhaps now, more than ever we can celebrate this good news.
Our pastoral theme this year at Waterloo Catholic is Sent to Build. It has been beautiful to see our bridges in each Family of Schools take on the vibrancy of each school community, as we all contribute to our vision of a united community, bridging to all in our care.
May each of you both feel and celebrate the love and hope of our risen Lord that is at the core of all our Waterloo Catholic schools.
Sincerely,
Loretta Notten
On this Friday before Catholic Education Week across Ontario, our #WCDSBAwesome Fr. Joseph de Viveiros, C.R., reminds us that God makes “all things new” again as he reflects on the theme for #CEW2022 and invites us to Rebuild, Restore and Renew Together!
#SentToBuild
Watch video here: https://youtu.be/6QKqH1s1oQc
May 4, 2022 (Submit to your school’s Principal)
Establish boundaries for the new St. Patrick elementary and East Kitchener 7-12 schools in advance of their opening.
To be an official conduit for information sharing, review materials provided by board staff to provide advice, and comment / make suggestions on boundary options.
Review to run from May 2021 to November 2022.
Evening Boundary Review Committee meetings to be held, plus two Public Information Sessions.
Parents & Secondary Student BRC Rep Job Description
Parents & Secondary Student BRC Rep Application
For more information, please visit:
https://wcdsb.ca/about-us/accommodations/east-kitchener-7-12-boundary-review
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Email: EastKitchener@wcdsb.ca
The WCDSB Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) will be hosting guest speaker Paul Davis presenting on Social Media Safety on May 12th at 6:30 p.m.
Paul is a well known speaker who has presented at multiple schools, corporations and law enforcement organizations in four provinces and five states on topics of Online Safety, Social Media and Cyber Security. He is the author of the book Online Safety for Grade 3/4/5/6.
Please register for this virtual event using REGISTRATION LINK before May 5th, 2022.
For more information about Paul Davis, please visit: https://socialnetworkingsafety.net/
The next meeting of the Board of Trustees is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. — Monday, April 25, 2022, at the Waterloo Region Catholic Education Centre.
General Information About WCDSB Board Meetings
Information About the Board of Trustees
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Dear Waterloo Catholic Community
We hope that you are well and that you have been enjoying a pleasant start to the spring season, even if spring has not fully informed winter it is time to step aside. Today’s letter is primarily focused on an invitation to invite your feedback, however before I discuss that, I will provide a brief update in relation to the pandemic.
As previously communicated, the province has altered its expectations, in regards to masking and to some of our in-school protocols. While we are all at the point where we would like the pandemic to be done with us, I remind everyone in our community that daily screening is still necessary and anyone not feeling fully well should not be attending school. Further, while masks are optional, they are still highly encouraged in our schools and classrooms.
As a Board we like to continually review and assess how effectively we are meeting our strategic priorities. We have opportunities to do so on a regular basis through our various trustee Board meetings and in other venues, but on occasion we also like to reach out to our full Waterloo Catholic community for your feedback. This has been less frequent – in relation to the strategic plan – over the past 2 years, due to the pandemic. This year we would like to return to that practice.
From Monday April 11th to Thursday April 21st we will have available a community survey on our Multi-Year Strategic Plan. It will be an opportunity to rate and comment upon our progress to stated goals, as well as a key opportunity to help shape the future strategic plan. Depending on your role and place in the WCDSB community, you may wish to reflect upon the goals in relation to your own school or reality. We realize that the pandemic has impeded our ability to fully realize some of our goals, and perhaps that may be part of the consideration when completing the survey, but we welcome your impressions so that we can continue to improve and be as responsive as possible to the voice of our community.
The survey should not take much more than 10 minutes to complete and will be available at this link MYSP Survey as of April 11th. It will also be featured prominently at www.wcdsb.ca.
As we continue to journey through the Lenten season, we pray that the love of our Lord, who sacrificed His life for us, might fill your hearts and homes. We continue to be grounded by our pastoral theme – Sent to Build – and reflect on our symbol of the bridge. We rejoice on the journey of encounter and accompaniment that we are all on, as a community at Waterloo Catholic.
Sincerely.
Loretta Notten
Director of Education
Dear Waterloo Catholic Community
We hope that you are well and that you have been enjoying a pleasant start to the spring season, even if spring has not fully informed winter it is time to step aside. Today’s letter is primarily focused on an invitation to invite your feedback, however before I discuss that, I will provide a brief update in relation to the pandemic.
As previously communicated, the province has altered its expectations, in regards to masking and to some of our in-school protocols. While we are all at the point where we would like the pandemic to be done with us, I remind everyone in our community that daily screening is still necessary and anyone not feeling fully well should not be attending school. Further, while masks are optional, they are still highly encouraged in our schools and classrooms.
As a Board we like to continually review and assess how effectively we are meeting our strategic priorities. We have opportunities to do so on a regular basis through our various trustee Board meetings and in other venues, but on occasion we also like to reach out to our full Waterloo Catholic community for your feedback. This has been less frequent – in relation to the strategic plan – over the past 2 years, due to the pandemic. This year we would like to return to that practice.
From Monday April 11th to Thursday April 21st we will have available a community survey on our Multi-Year Strategic Plan. It will be an opportunity to rate and comment upon our progress to stated goals, as well as a key opportunity to help shape the future strategic plan. Depending on your role and place in the WCDSB community, you may wish to reflect upon the goals in relation to your own school or reality. We realize that the pandemic has impeded our ability to fully realize some of our goals, and perhaps that may be part of the consideration when completing the survey, but we welcome your impressions so that we can continue to improve and be as responsive as possible to the voice of our community.
The survey should not take much more than 10 minutes to complete and will be available at this link MYSP Survey as of April 11th. It will also be featured prominently at www.wcdsb.ca.
As we continue to journey through the Lenten season, we pray that the love of our Lord, who sacrificed His life for us, might fill your hearts and homes. We continue to be grounded by our pastoral theme – Sent to Build – and reflect on our symbol of the bridge. We rejoice on the journey of encounter and accompaniment that we are all on, as a community at Waterloo Catholic.
Sincerely.
Loretta Notten
Director of Education
