Notre Dame Catholic Elementary School

#virtual staff totally rocking their lessons! Look at Mr Bradacs go with his Online Learning about Terry Fox using Jamboard Grinning face #TerryFoxRun

Our daily Saint of the Day never ceases to amaze us. Here is one of our youngest Saint Researchers who researched about Saint Matthew on Monday. Im so proud of you !! Today is actually St Pios day. Padre Pio pray for us. Mrs Taouil reminded us of St Pios words today Pray, hope and dont worry!

Getting our new safety routines down and we are ready to learn! Excellent job wildcats!!!

The Ontario government launched a new voluntary interactive screening tool to assist parents, students and staff with the daily assessment of COVID-19 symptoms ...and risk factors that is required before attending school. The results will let parents, students, and education staff know whether they should attend school each day or guide at-risk individuals to proper resources. Click here to launch the free online tool https://covid-19.ontario.ca/school-screening/ See more

New tool for screening:

We are just picking up where we left off! Thank you parents for teaching and working with your children on new safety measures!! Its working! Grateful hearts for a smooth start this morning!!

Part 3 We missed you, Wildcats!

Part 2- here we go! We are ready

A day in the life of a Wildcat Student.... September 2020. Mrs T gives us a quick glimpse of what entering our school is like!

Parents, our Return to School icon /app on our school portal has been updated. Here is the link to this and all information. https://sites.google.com/a/catholicboard/notre-dame-portal/ May God bless us and keep us safe, happy, healthy and STRONGER TOGETHER! Go Wildcats!!

Final touches before our first days together tomorrow and Friday! We cant wait to see you Wildcats!! Tomorrow we warmly welcome our grade 1-3 students. Friday, our grades 4-8. Weve missed you! A very special welcome to our newest Wildcats joining our family.

Just a few random photos of staff at the Catholic Education Centre "smiling with our eyes" #smilewithyoureyes #wecdsb

School starts this week and we've got an important video message from Director of Education Terry Lyons showcasing everything we're doing to make sure our students and staff are returning to a safe and caring learning environment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIjT8e9NrRw

We've created a great new online Back to School Transition Series to help prepare our students and their parents regarding what to expect when school resumes. T...he program is best suited for younger elementary students. Check it out here: https://www.wecdsb.on.ca//educational_resources_for_parents See more

Our Information Technology department is extra busy setting up & delivering over 1,500 new Chromebooks to our schools which will free up more devices for those ...students who are learning at home. For more details on what we're doing to promote health and safety in our schools, check out our Back to School guidelines https://bit.ly/31Kpokv See more

Our staff are working around the clock preparing schools for your childrens safe arrival. Plexiglass dividers are being delivered today to those schools with c...lassrooms where children will be situated at tables rather than desks. These enhanced measures will help maintain appropriate physical distance between students during class time. For more details on what we're doing to promote health and safety in our schools, check out our Back to School guidelines https://bit.ly/31Kpokv

Latest staggered start dates....

New Start Dates:

Minister of Education Stephen Lecces open letter to parents regarding COVID-19 outbreak protocols.

The upcoming 2020-2021 school year calendar for both Elementary & Secondary schools is available on our website. https://www.wecdsb.on.ca/schools/calendar

Optional School Supply List ....

Our back to school guidelines. Please ensure you have made your declaration by Aug 21 at noon. - https://wecdsb.on.ca/about/covid19/latest_updates

Our deadline for parents to declare whether they are opting for at-home or in-school learning has been extended until noon on Friday, Aug. 21. We understand man...y parents are struggling with this decision and we are doing our absolute best to provide you with the most current information we have available to help. We are updating our Back to School Guidelines and anticipate posting them to our website soon. If you already completed the parent declaration form but have changed your mind about the option you have chosen, you can go back to our website and fill it out again. We sincerely apologize for any confusion this is creating for you, but hope that you can appreciate the evolving nature of the situation. We appreciate your patience and understanding. https://www.wecdsb.on.ca/about/covid19/parent_declaration See more

Based on yesterday's announcement by Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce, we will need to refine our Back to School guidelines and delay their release. We will post them by no later than Aug. 19. Read the latest update here: https://www.wecdsb.on.ca/about/covid19/latest_updates

Please declare by August 17th

Our Return to School Plan has now been posted to our web site. Please keep in mind that more specific details will be announced as they become available. https://www.wecdsb.on.ca/about/covid19/latest_updates

The Ontario government based many of its decisions in its return to school plan on Sick Kids Hospital's Guidance for School Reopening report. If you haven't read the report, you can find it here. https://www.sickkids.ca//81407-COVID19-Recommendations-for

The Windsor-Essex Canadian Mental Health Association is hosting a series of free webinars to help people manage stress and anxiety during the pandemic, compassion, distress, grief and a variety of other subjects.

A letter to parents from Ontario Minister of Education Stephen Lecce.

Return to School Plan

We'd like to hear from parents about what kinds of return to school models they would prefer. Take our parent survey here: https://www.wecdsb.on.ca/about/covid19/back_to_school_survey

Community minded kids make our school so great! A big shout out to One of our own helping with the June 27th Miracle Drive today with his father and family Go Wildcat!! Way to help others!!