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Summer learning loss is a significant problem, however lucky for us Math is all around us every day. Here are three fun ways that parents can help their children practice their Math skills all summer long.
1. Highlight Math is everyday activities . Whether you are shopping for groceries, cooking cupcakes or watching a sports games encourage your child to calculate the change and measure the correct proportions or figure out a statistic for a player’s shot.
2. Play...
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An important part of studying Religion is the course’s retreat component. This year, as part of the summer e-Learning Religion courses, students in Grades 11 and 12 participated in a half day retreat at Archbishop Anthony Meagher Catholic Education Centre.
Grade 11 World Religion students presented their research of various religions such as Hinduism, Jewism, Indigenous Spirituality and more. While the Grade 12 students broke out into working groups and completed a gratitude...
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A large number of students attending our Summer Rays program had difficulties with speech and language, attention or processing. That is why Katie Plaunt, Speech Language Pathologist at the Durham Catholic District School Board is an important part of our Summer Rays team.
Throughout July, Plaunt travelled to our Summer Rays’ sites to help students build their language and literacy skills, while playing fun games and reading books. “Talking and listening skills...
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Students starting Grade 9 in September took advantage of our summer Reach Ahead program during the month of July and earned a high school credit in Introduction to Business or Exploring Technologies – Robotics. 
Students at the Exploring Technologies class at Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School have learned how to build solar cars, built robots, work in AutoCAD and have created models using 3D printers as part of their course.
Grade 9 student Megan said, “The...
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On Tuesday July 23, our Summer Rays program held an Open House at each location to let parents see what students have been working on throughout the month of July. Students’ work was showcased in the classrooms, while sons and daughters toured their parents to the different activity centers.
Parents enjoyed reading students’ journals and discovered all the adventures our Summer Rays students experienced. Summer Rays is a program that helps students improve their...
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