Superior North Catholic District School Board

On October 24, 2022, all Superior North Catholic District School Board staff gathered for our annual Faith Development Day. It was an opportunity for our team to reflect on and grow our practice as a community of educators and a chance to develop a plan to support and celebrate the Catholic faith, culture and education within our school communities.

St. Edward Catholic School has a new feature in their primary hallway that has been exciting for all our students. The hallway features include large feet, logs and lily pads, the alphabet, a flower with numbers one to ten, cues to breathe in, breathe out, jump, hop, and various other movements. The large stickers adhere to the surface of the floor and create an engaging and stimulating environment for students to enjoy while travelling up and down the hall.

Superior North Catholic District School Board is pleased to welcome Cara Figliomeni in her new role as our Technology Enabled Learning Teacher (TELT) effective November 1, 2022.

St. Edward Catholic School honoured and showed respect on September 30, for National Truth and Reconciliation Day with a whole school assembly. Students from Kindergarten to Grade 8, along with their families, members of Red Rock Indian Band and Flying Post First Nation remembered Phyllis’s story and displayed their support by wearing orange shirts.

Superior North Catholic District School Board is pleased to welcome Aaron Stephens to his new role as Math Lead effective October 17, 2022 for the 2022-2023 school year.

Superior North Catholic District School Board welcomes Benjamin Jewiss as our new Elementary School Vice-Principal at St. Hilary Catholic School. Additionally, Ben will continue to have system portfolio responsibilities connected to Catholicity and Special Projects.

Superior North Catholic District School Board is pleased to welcome Karin Patock as our new Assistant Plant and Field Services Manager, supporting Plant and Custodial Operations and the Community Use of Schools Program.

This June will be the first time that the Superior North Catholic District School Board will fly the Pride flag at all our schools as many other Catholic schools do in the province of Ontario.

The month of June is National Indigenous History Month (NIHM) and June 21st, is National Indigenous Peoples Day (NIPD).

St. Hilary Catholic School educators Ashley Muir and Lisa Copp set on a journey of fostering students and educators towards reconciliation and cultural appreciation. Classroom educators and students will learn four of the many Indigenous Cultural practices through hands-on learning. The project will be enriched by inviting Indigenous learning partners to the teachings that accompany the cultural knowledge.

All Grade 5 & 6 classes have been taking part in bi-weekly virtual EQAO sessions and created Classroom Math Displays with Math Lead, Karly Baker.

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.

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.

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.

As many of you are already aware, the Ministry of Education has instructed school boards to pivot to remote learning beginning January 5th. We will continue to provide our students with the best online learning experience we can with the least disruptions. We ask for your patience and understanding during what is a difficult time for you and your children. Please note that January 5th will be an asynchronous day for students with synchronous learning beginning on January 6th.

December 1st to 10th marked the annual celebration of Canada Learning Code week. Superior North Catholic District School Board students and educators participated in a wide variety of coding activities hosted by the Technology Enabled Learning Teacher (TELT) and Math Team.

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.

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.

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.

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).