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February 26, 2021 
Dear Parents and Guardians,
As part of the Durham Catholic District School Board’s Anti-Black Racism Strategy and commitment to Excellence, Equity and Engagement, we are creating an Advisory Committee focused on addressing anti-Black racism, and promoting Black excellence and success. This Committee will focus on issues and topics surrounding anti-Black racism, while promoting Black excellence through the exploration of Black voices, scholarships,...
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Read the latest issue of the Celebrating Student Success Newsletter . This month’s issue features stories on:   
Expanding Pathways : Collaboration Between Industry, Education and Labour will Spark the Nuclear Welding Workforce of the Future; Build a Career you Wouldn't Trade - Discover OYAP.
Experiential Learning : Students Explore Environmental Sustainability Through Volunteering with Friends of the Rouge Watershed.
Indigenous Education...
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February 22, 2021
 
Dear Parents and Guardians,
I want to inform you of recently added COVID-19 safety measures in schools and child cares that are now in effect across Ontario. The new measures build on the existing ones that have been in place since September, and have been added due to the risk of COVID-19 variants.
Parents and guardians have an important role to play in making sure the new measures are followed, and will require us all to be even...
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February 17, 2021 marked the start of Lent with Ash Wednesday. This year, DCDSB's Faith department created an online Lenten calendar for students and families to follow and complete daily activities. Visit the online Lenten Calendar here.   To support this initiative, the Durham Catholic Parent Involvement Committee (DCPIC) is offering virtual Lenten craft nights using materials in your home. DCPIC will be creating short videos with instructions on how to complete...
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Today we embark on the Liturgical season of Lent with the distribution of ashes and our own Lenten promises. Lent is a period of 40 days of repentance and preparation leading up to the celebration of Easter – our most holy time of year. As Catholics, we are called upon to pray, fast and give to others while finding time in our lives to change the things that separate us from Jesus.
For some of us, we will choose to give-up something, while others will choose to add...
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