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: Living as Joyful Disciples” and will be celebrated during the week of May 5 – May 10 We have many exciting events planned for the students but we wanted to first highlight our Open House scheduled for Thursday, May 9th so that you can hopefully make plans to join us for some or all of it! 8:30 GYM come and mingle with other parents in our community in the gym Muffins & coffee will be available Eco Fair & information from our Entrepreneurial Adventure and our School Council will be highlighted at this time as well 9:15 GYM Dance Showcase Team will perform Principal will introduce our School- Wide Brain Inquiry 9:40 Classroom Visits to learn about the brain from our students 10:15 - 10:45 Praying Together as a Community: Please join us for our Education Week Liturgy of the Word in the Gym
Monday, May 6th Dress in green to show your school spirit during our Education Week Spirit Assembly Tuesday May 7th AM Living as Joyful Disciples Faith Activities in each classroom, Clean Up the Capitol, All day Kinder classes to the Shenkman Arts Center Wed May 8th Gr 3-6 students going to the Ottawa Fury Soccer Game Grandparents/ Family members in to read with the Kinder, Gr 1 & 2 classes (invitations coming soon!) Thurs May 9th Open House! Friday May 10th AM - Special guests in to celebrate their love of reading with our classes PM - Playing Together as a Community - Math & French games Additionally it is Child Mental Health Week therefore we will even more intentionally highlight wellness strategies in the following ways: school wide meditation (Mon), Praying in Colour (Tues), tell a joke: the power of laughter & positivity (Wed), the importance of Gratitude (Thurs) & Bust-A-Move: the benefits of physical activity (Fri) Looking forward to seeing everyone during our Open House! Warm Regards St Francis of Assisi |