Superior North Catholic District School Board

St. Joseph Catholic School is learning and exploring how 21st-century learning tools can support the delivery of the Ontario curriculum.

At the Board meeting on April 6, 2022, the Board of Trustees voted to rescind the COVID-19 Vaccination Policy for Employees, Trustees and other individuals and lift the mandatory requirement for staff to be vaccinated, immediately.

Superior North Catholic District School Board (SNCDSB) is committed to providing students with authentic hands-on learning experiences. To support this initiative, Skills Ontario delivered virtual presentations to over 17 classrooms throughout the district during the month of March. The presentations delivered a hands-on learning workshop centered around skilled trades, and technology - specifically the carpentry sector. Students from Kindergarten to Grade had the opportunity to learn about skilled trades and technology from valued learning partner Skills Ontario.

Letter to Parents/Guardians from Maria Vasanelli

Ms. Hogue and the Grade 5⁄6 class at St. Hilary Catholic School in Red Rock received an Experiential Learning Grant to purchase a class set of cameras. With the help of Tara Arps, they are learning the tips and tricks of the trade in order to help them understand how to not only use the cameras but to create eye-catching photographs.

The Superior North Catholic District School Board Math Team is excited to announce that it has extended its current subscription to the ExploreLearning online math program to include Frax Math; an adaptive and game based program designed to help students learn fractions in a fun and engaging galaxy themed environment. Research-based instruction methods help students understand that fractions are numbers too by personalizing instruction for each student's needs.

In accordance with the Ministry of Education, Ontario Regulation 304, as amended by O. Reg. 364/15 School Year Calendar Professional Development Days, the Superior North Catholic District School Board in conjunction with its coterminous boards is proposing the 2022-2023 School Year Calendar as illustrated in Option A and Option B.

Congratulations to Rodney Wawia of St. Hilary Catholic School who has won the Gold medal at the regional level of the competition from Far Northern Ontario for the Skills Ontario’s Junk Drawer Races 2021-22.

A joint letter from the Minister of Education and the Chief Medical Officer of Health to encourage use of the rapid antigen screening kits over the winter break.

The grade ⅚ class at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School in Longlac had an opportunity to integrate their classroom learning into the outdoors. The students worked with snowshoe artist Kim Asmussen and over three days completed three works of art using their snowshoes as their paintbrush and the blanket of snow as their canvas.

The Lakehead University (LU) achievement program visited St. Edward Catholic School on November 26th. Our students were blessed as all students in grades 4 to 7 were invited to participate, not only the students enrolled in this great program!

On Friday, November 19, 2021, the Superior North Catholic District School Board (SNCDSB) participated in the Indigenous Education Professional Development Day. Staff, Trustees, and Indigenous Education Advisory Committee (IEAC) members participated in their respective schools or virtually in Cultural Awareness and Appreciation sessions.

This October and November, the Math Learning Leads and Technology Enabled Learning Teacher successfully registered all grade 6-8 students for TVO Mathify; a free tutoring website offered by the Ontario Ministry of Education that allows eligible students to access an Ontario Certified teacher between the hours of 9 am to 9 pm Monday to Friday.

The Superior North Catholic District School Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. William Harmon as Trustee for the community of Nipigon. Mr. Harmon was sworn in at the November 10, 2021 board meeting held in Terrace Bay.

Ontario has designated the week beginning on the third Sunday of November as Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week to help promote safe schools and a positive learning environment.⁠ ⁠ During Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week – November 21-27, 2021 – Ontario students, school staff and parents are encouraged to learn more about bullying and its effect on student learning and well-being. To get involved with Anti-Bullying week the SNCDSB is inviting our staff and students to engage in activities and challenges throughout the week that will promote acts of kindness. Challenges are open to all students and staff within the board.

St. Hilary Catholic School in Red Rock hosted a virtual cross country race this year. Schools from across the region were invited to participate virtually by hosting their own run day and submitting their results. St. Hilary school ran their school race on Wednesday, October 27th. The school had 28 runners in total complete the 2.8 km course.

Superior North Catholic District School Board Remote learning students had the opportunity to share with and present for their in-person peers at St. Joseph Catholic School during the Remote Learning Remembrance Day service.

The Grade ⅞ students at Our Lady of Fatima constructed and built wooden benches for the schoolyard. Mrs. Savage, the classroom teacher, submitted an experiential learning proposal to obtain funding to support students' understanding and knowledge of the construction sector as a skilled trade. Students worked together to build benches to enhance the schoolyard.

In an effort to improve and maintain regular student attendance at all schools within the Superior North Catholic District School Board we are offering an exciting draw. For the entire month of November each full day a student is in attendance they get an entry in the draw for an XBOX. This means if a student attends 15 full school days in the month of November, they will get 15 entries into the draw. If they only attend 1 full day they only get 1 entry into the draw.

St. Edward Catholic School in Nipigon held its 4th Annual Haunted Trail on Saturday, October 23rd, from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the trail by Wadsworth back lane.

There were four Grade ⅞ classrooms from Superior North Catholic District School Board (SNCDSB) who participated in the Skills Ontario Thunder Bay Career Exploration Event on Wednesday, October 27th.

On October 22, 2021, all staff from the Superior North Catholic District School Board gathered together virtually for our annual Faith Development Day. It was an opportunity for our team to rebuild, restore and renew their faith and nurture hope to bring back to our classrooms to inspire our students.

The Superior North Catholic District School Board Technology Enabled Learning Teacher (TELT) /Experiential Learning Lead is working with our schools to use the newly acquired virtual reality goggles.

On October 14th and 20th educators within the Superior North Catholic District School Board (SNCDSB) spent time learning from the Canadian Centre for Child Protection. Learning centred around keeping our children safe.

Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School Graduate Jesse Tucker goes to Michigan State.

At Superior North Catholic District School Board (SNCDSB) we like to spotlight our student alumni. We are proud to highlight our students who have graduated SNCDSB with the knowledge, skills and confidence to affect change. On September 27th, Our Lady of Fatima Grad, Tyler Tucker played in his first NHL game for the St. Louis Blues.

The Superior North Catholic District School Board (SNCDSB) is pleased to announce that our schools were approved by Infrastructure Canada and the Ministry of Education to receive funding through the COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure Stream – Education Related Projects (CVRIS-EDU) as part of Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP).