Month: April 2017

Each year, the Catholic community of Ontario engages in a week-long celebration of the unique identity and distinctive contributions of Catholic education during Catholic Education Week. This year’s celebration is entitled, “Catholic Education: Walking Forward Together” and will be held during the week of April 30 – May 5, 2017. The overall scriptural theme is “Do justice, love kindness and walk ... Continue reading "CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK 2017"

Wednesday, April 26 we celebrated Earth Day by doing a “Spring Cleaning” of our school yard. Each class was assigned an area to clean up and each student was provided with a latex glove to keep their hands clean. They worked in groups to clean up our side of the school yard. Students in Black River cleaned up their side.

The children were ... Continue reading "EARTH Day"

Our Family Science Night on Thursday May 4th, 2017, was very successful. We had 44 children and 31 parents in attendance.  Of these, 18 participants filled out evaluations.  When asked, 50% of the parents felt they would be more comfortable doing science activities with their children after the workshop, while the remaining expressed a comfort level already.  When ask about the ... Continue reading "FREE FAMILY SCIENCE NIGHT"

On Wednesday, April 12 we celebrated the International Day of Pink. It is a day when communities across the country, and across the world, can unite in celebrating diversity and raising awareness to stop all forms of bullying. The staff regularly work on teaching our students about what bullying means and how they can work to put an end to ... Continue reading "Anti-Bullying Initiatives"