Superior North Catholic District School Board
17 Cartier Drive P0T2W0 Terrace Bay, ON, Canada

Merry Christmas #SNCDSB

Merry Christmas to our school communities! Despite Covid-19, there are incredible things happening in our #SNCDSB schools!

We're expanding #SupportForLearners to include all secondary students. The new financial support of $200/student will help families with extra education expense...s! Applications for students age 13 to grade 12 will be open from Jan. 11 to Feb. 8, 2021. https://news.ontario.ca//safer-at-home-programs-provide-re

Congratulations to our #SNCDSB Holiday Challenge Winners Cohen and Nate from St. Edward Catholic School Thank you to everyone who entered!

Update to Parents and Guardians from Maria Vasanelli, Director of Education - December 22, 2020. #SNCDSB

Have you checked out our updated COVID Data page yet? We've broken down the data into a Daily Dashboard and a Weekly Dashboard. This will make things much easier for you to navigate and help keep everything straight. Check it out: www.tbdhu.com/coviddata

After winter break, students will move to remote learning to help stop the spread of #COVID19. Elementary: in-class learning Jan. 11 Secondary: in-class le...arning Jan. 11 in 7 health units, Jan. 25 rest of Ontario First Nations schools remain open https://news.ontario.ca//ontario-announces-provincewide-sh

The #SNCDSB Remote Learning 7/8 class participated in the Skills Ontario's Thunder Bay Virtual Career Exploration Event. Part of the event was a bridge-building contest with a prize of $250.00. Our student Remote Learning student, Gracie #SNCDSB won this contest with her bridge design. Congratulations Gracie!

Bully Awareness and Prevention Week continues... TVO’s Bullying Awareness & Prevention uses stories to engage children in understanding and responding to bullying. Check them out with your child at https://www.tvokids.com/schoo/bullying-awareness-prevention #BullyingPreventionWeek #SNCDSB TVOkids

Superior North Catholic District School Board is excited to provide all Grade 5 - 8 students with a one hour workshop to learn about the Xello program today! Xello supports student pathways, goal setting and planning for their future. The program enables Grade 5 - 8 students to explore their interests and align them with career options. Students will learn how to complete interactive career, personality, and learning style assessments to help them better understand their unique interests, skills, and strengths. Each engaging assessment encourages reflection, helping students connect who they are with relevant career options. (Source https://xello.world/en/)

Our Catholic Parent Involvement Committee Survey has been extended! We want to hear from you! This five-question short survey will help us better accommodate you, and we hope you may be able to attend our CPIC meetings. Visit http://www.sncdsb.on.ca/.../catholic-parent-involvement... for more info or complete the survey at https://forms.gle/Qmr3HixnQPdnwMpY7

TBDHU strongly recommends that all residents avoid non-essential travel outside of Northwestern Ontario. If residents do travel for any reason, it is strongly r...ecommended that: They STAY HOME for 14 days upon returning, especially when returning from high risk areas; They carefully monitor themselves for symptoms during this time; If symptoms develop, they must immediately self-isolate and arrange to get tested, other people in the home should also self-isolate; They should not interact with others outside of their household. This include not having visitors in their home. To read the full media release on updated travel recommendations, check out https://www.tbdhu.com//protecting-thunder-bay-district-tra

It’s Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week! Let’s all stand together to #StopBullying. Bullying is aggressive behaviour that can be physical, verbal, social, and can happen online or in person. Learn more: https://www.ontario.ca/page/bullying-we-can-all-help-stop-it

Job posting for a 1.0 FTE Temporary Educational Assistant at St. Joseph Catholic School in Geraldton. Apply by December 7, 2020. Click http://www.sncdsb.on.ca//job-posti/educational-assistant-3

External Job Posting - SNCDSB is seeking a 1.0 FTE FSL/JK/SK Pandemic Support Remote Teacher Interested applicants are invited to apply to [email protected] by November 25, 2020. http://www.sncdsb.on.ca/human-resources/job-postings

Play & Pause Learning with EdTechTeam Canada #SNCDSB

#BullyingPreventionWeek

Happy World Teachers' Day to all of our amazing teachers at #SNCDSB Thank you for all your hard work, guidance, inspiration and dedication that touches the lives of our students every single day! Thank you for all that you do!

Attention parents and caregivers! Guidelines have been recently updated on when kids should stay home and when they can return to school. Check out the new tool at covid-19.ontario.ca/school-screening and find the answer to some frequently asked questions on our page tbdhu.com/illchild.

The final session for Play and Pause learning with EdTech Team Canada for our Grade teachers and students is today Tuesday, November 17. For the last 7 weeks, each week students and teachers participated in the EdTech Play and Pause workshops that are designed to support students familiarizing themselves with their Chromebook and the functionality of the Google Apps for Education platform. The final session is a culminating activity where students will revisit all the skills they have learned playing a Jeopardy-style game. The co-host, Darren was just on Jeopardy at the beginning of November! Our #SNCDSB students will have the opportunity to meet him and he is going to share his experience with us.

Celebrate the International Day of the Girl with Skills Ontario! Running from October 5-12, Skills Canada - Ontario is hosting fun challenges, an interactive online workshop, and an inspiring For Girls, By Girls virtual conference! Visit skillsontario.com/young-womens-initiatives for details on how to join the celebration!

It’s National Custodian Day!! Thank you, to these hard working folks who do so much every day in service of keeping HSS a safe, clean space for our learning community!!

Today is National Custodian Day. Custodians have a huge role to play in keeping our schools safe during COVID-19. We appreciation ALL of our #SNCDSB Custodians in all of our school communities today...and every day!

The latest version of the provincial COVID-19 school and child care screening tool was just released yesterday. The online electronic version is updated on the Ministry site: https://covid-19.ontario.ca/school-screening/ The symptom list has changed significantly, so please review the new version carefully. News Releases:... ENG: http://news.ontario.ca//ontario-revises-covid-19-screening FRE: http://news.ontario.ca//lontario-revoit-les-orientations-e Quick recap of changes (from the news release). The first set of questions asks about symptoms such as fever or cough. Students and children with any of these symptoms will still be advised to stay home until they are able to consult with a health care provider and receive an alternative diagnosis or a negative COVID-19 test. The second set of questions asks about other symptoms that are commonly associated with other illnesses, such as a runny nose or headache: - Students and children with only one of these symptoms will be advised to stay home for 24 hours, after which they can return to school or child care if their symptoms are improving. - Students and children with two or more of these symptoms will be advised to stay home until they are able to consult with a health care provider and receive an alternative diagnosis or a negative COVID-19 test. In addition, based on the latest public health guidance the symptom list for children in school and child care no longer includes abdominal pain or conjunctivitis (pink eye). For more info visit https://www.tbdhu.com/illchild

The COVID-19 school and child care screening guidance has been updated to help parents determine when a child should stay home. The new tool will be live tomorr...ow morning and you can preview the changes in the updated guidance found here: https://covid-19.ontario.ca/school-screening/ Our website will be updated with links to the new tool as soon as they are available.

Update: Funeral of the late Right Honourable John Napier Wyndham Turner P.C., C.C., Q.C Flags on all Ontario government buildings and establishments across the province will be flown at half-mast until sunset on October 6, 2020, the day of the funeral of the late Right Honourable John Napier Wyndham Turner, who passed away on September 19, 2020.

Thank you to everyone who showed their support on Orange Shirt Day by sharing a picture of yourself in an orange shirt with #OrangeShirtDay #EveryChildMatters #SNCDSB and an orange heart emoji. Congratulations to Ella from St. Edward Catholic School! Her name was picked by random draw for our SNCDSB prize pack! Orange Shirt Day is an opportunity to create meaningful discussions about the effects of Residential Schools and the legacy they have left behind. Orange Shirt Day is also an opportunity for Indigenous Peoples, local governments, schools and communities to come together in the spirit of reconciliation and hope for generations of children to come.

Thanks for making us smile St. Hilary Catholic School

Based on directives by the Thunder Bay District Health Unit masks for all students will be required on school buses starting Monday, October 5. The bus is consi...dered an enclosed public space which includes public transportation and private transportation for hire, including taxis, limousines and rideshare services. Parents must ensure each student on a bus wear a non-medical mask unless unable to do so for medical reasons or due to special needs. Your school or board may have different mask policies in place while attending class. Please visit their website for these regulations. See more

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