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From global warming to basketball to human rights, Grade 4 to 8 students at St. Christopher Catholic School presented an amazing array of thought-provoking speeches last week. Congratulations to the Grade 7 and 8 students who completed this weekend at the Catholic Women Leagues (CWL) Speech Contest.

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The Durham Catholic District School is accepting nominations for the 2020 Distinguished Catholic Alumni Award . The Award recognizes former students of the Durham Catholic District School Board who have achieved significant success in their chosen pathway. Through their pursuit of personal excellence, they have made a positive contribution to their communities and represent the image of the Catholic learner as described by the Ontario Catholic School Graduate Expectations.
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Students at Good Shepherd Catholic School are learning to use cuisenaire rods to make different combinations of 10. The coloured rods represent different values. Students are able to visualize and represent the various number combinations to make 10. Cuisenaire rods are great tools to help students learn Mathematical ideas from counting to the four operations to fractions in all of the grades.

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OECTA has confirmed that its members will engage in administrative job action on Monday, January 13, 2020. This means the withdrawal of some administrative duties performed by teachers, including Grade 9 EQAO Math testing. Students at the Durham Catholic District School Board (DCDSB) will not be participating in the EQAO Grade 9 Math Assessment scheduled for the week of January 13. All secondary students should come to school and attend their regularly scheduled classes. Below...
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Audrey and Rylie, Grade 7 students at St. Theresa Catholic School are sharing their knowledge of cyber security with fellow classmates. The two students have been participating in Ontario Tech University’s Cyber Security Girls Ambassador program, along with their teacher Mrs. Traynor since June 2019. 
“We are presenting a new theme on Cyber Security such as protecting your personal information, how to identify if websites are secure to use, online......
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