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Posted On Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Dear Parents, Guardians and Caregivers: 
Durham Catholic District School Board (DCDSB) is offering two exciting March Break camps for Grade 7 and Grade 8 students: Numeracy Cooking Camp and CABS March Break Sports Camp.  
The Numeracy Cooking Camp is available at each DCDSB secondary school through Archbishop Anthony Meagher Catholic Continuing Education Centre. During this week-long camp (note: the camp runs Tuesday – Friday at the St. Mary...

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Posted On Monday, January 27, 2025

DSC_8164[6]On Friday, January 17, students from St. Leo Catholic School, St. Bridget Catholic School and St. John Paul II Catholic School in Brooklin were blessed to receive a school visit from His Excellency, Bishop Vincent Nguyen. 
Bishop Nguyen spoke to students and staff about his role in the clergy and answered questions students had about his mitre (i.e. traditional headgear worn by the Bishop), his crosier (i.e. the Bishop’s staff), and his vocation.
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Posted On Friday, January 24, 2025

Dear Parents, Guardians and Caregivers:
The Durham Catholic District School Board (DCDSB) invites parents, guardians and caregivers to provide their input on the 2025-2026 school year calendar. If you would like to submit your preference and/or provide comments on the draft calendars, we invite you to do so by completing a brief survey.
You can view the Draft 2025-2026 Elementary Calendar and Draft 2025-2026 Secondary Calendar online.
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Posted On Friday, January 24, 2025

On December 24, 2024, Pope Francis launched the Jubilee Year under the theme of "Pilgrims of Hope" by opening the Holy Doors at St. Peter’s Basilica in The Vatican. On December 29, 2024, dioceses around the world celebrated their own launches of the Holy Year, including our own Archdiocese of Toronto. Worldwide, the Catholic Church will commemorate the Jubilee throughout 2025. Here in the Durham Region, St. Gregory the Great Parish in Oshawa has been designated as a holy......
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Posted On Tuesday, January 21, 2025

EQAO WebinarParents, guardians and caregivers are invited to join a free live webinar hosted by the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO). In this session, EQAO staff will discuss math questions that Ontario students encounter when they participate in Ontario’s large-scale assessments. These assessments are taken by all Ontario students in Grades 3, 6 and 9. During the webinar, EQAO staff will show how these math questions help assess the skills students are learning in...
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