During Catholic Education Week and Mental Health Week, we invite families to watch and participate in the following events to celebrate Catholic education. View the calendar below for more information and links.
May 5 - May 9, 2025
- System-Wide Mass and Distinguished Catholic Educator and Leader Award Ceremony. This year, recipients of the Distinguished Catholic Educator Awards, Distinguished Catholic Leader Award, and 25 Years of Service in Catholic Education will be honoured following the System-Wide Mass at St. Bernadette Parish (21 Bayly St., E., Ajax) beginning at 4:30 p.m.
- National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and 2-Spirited People (Red Dress Day) On this day, students and educators will participate in learning to remember those who are lost or harmed, while honouring Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people and celebrating their resilience and strength. This learning will provide hope for those impacted by spreading awareness across our school communities.
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BWell Year End Celebration - The DCDSB's secondary student mental health and well-being leadership team, BWell, will gather together to commemorate the end of the year and look back at all the work they have implemented.
- The student trustee leadership team at the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association is hosting a virtual Ontario Catholic Student Youth Day (OCSYD).
- Suicide Prevention / Life Promotion Literacy for School Staff training is being offered to all educators. This is a 3-hour workshop developed by School Mental Health Ontario that is intended to develop an understanding of suicide prevention at school and the role that all school staff play in keeping students safe.
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Durham Talking About Mental Illness (TAMI) will hold its Secondary Summit on May 8. All DCDSB secondary Schools will be in attendance and will have the opportunity to share the mental health and well-being promotion activities that they have run at their schools and celebrate their achievements.
- Wear green in support of mental health.