May 2020 – St. Kateri Tekakwitha

Find the Umbrella Campaign

Hey there Bulldog families… the #WCDSBFindtheUmbrella campaign launches this week with a chance to win one of seven $100 President’s Choice gift cards.

Sign up here https://wcdsblearnathome.wcdsb.ca/find-the-umbrella/ for your chance to win!

Parenting Webinar: 5 Steps to a More Resilient Child

Please consider joining us for a free 45- minute webinar on Wednesday, May 20th at 7 pm EST. Life’s challenges often provoke anxiety and stress in our children, but they also provide opportunities to strengthen our coping skills. In this live webinar, Dr. Jen Forristal (Umbrella Project) will provide you with 5 simple steps to build and sustain strong and resilient children. This will include strategies and activities to further enhance your child’s understanding of their coping skills and how to put them to practice.

Sign up for the webinar!

St. Kateri CES Update for Parents

Dear Parents,

We pray everyone in our St. Kateri family is keeping safe and staying healthy. We truly miss having your children attend school in the formal sense and look forward to the day we are able to return. Thank you for all of your assistance as we work together to support your children’s education through Distance Learning. Please continue encouraging your children to access the learning being provided by their teachers. Remember, should you or your child ever have any questions, their teachers are only a message or email away.

As you heard earlier this week, the Ontario Government has decided that schools will remain closed until the end of the school year. That decision was based on protecting the health and safety of your children, your families and our community. With this announcement, we know there are many questions about logistics, safety procedures and protocols. Please know that we are awaiting guidance on items such as: Grade 8 Grad, Welcome to Kindergarten Orientation and school access to pick up personal belongings. Our School Board, who is working closely with Public Health and the Ministry of Education on these matters, will be providing direction in the coming days and weeks. Please be assured that as we receive information, we make sure we share that information in a timely manner with our school community via Newswire.

As we approach Pentecost, the conclusion of our Easter Season on May 31st, let us continue to find joy and encouragement knowing we are, and always will be, People of Hope.

God Bless,

Mr. Dave Lynch Ms. Rosemary Kavanagh

Principal Vice Principal

School Closure Announcement

The Government of Ontario has announced that schools will remain closed for the remainder of this current school year. We will provide additional information as it becomes available. Please visit https://wcdsblearnathome.wcdsb.ca for all the most
up-to-date information.

The official government announcement is available here: https://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2020/05/health-and-safety-top-priority-as-schools-remain-closed.html

Mother’s Day Gift

The Waterloo Catholic District School Board wishes to extend our best wishes for a most blessed Mother’s Day! We would love to honour all the women who support and nurture our most precious gift, the students of WCDSB! During this time we realize that heading out to purchase a token of appreciation is not possible so with this consideration we would ask that you please have your child open the following link and present the “gift” wherein to you! Happy Mother’s Day!