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Update
Board Congratulates Archbishop Collins on news of his elevation to College of Cardinals
The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board congratulates Archbishop Thomas Collins on the announcement today of his elevation to the College of Cardinals. The formal consistory, at which the new cardinals will be created, will take place February 18-19 in Rome. Cardinal-designate Collins will become the fourth cardinal in the 110-year history of the Archdiocese of Toronto and the 16th cardinal in the history of the Roman Catholic Church in Canada. Read Full News Release.
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Junior, Senior and Full-Day Kindergarten Registration for 2012-13
Registration for Junior, Senior and Full-Day Kindergarten for the 2012-13 school year, will take place at all Catholic elementary schools in Mississauga, Brampton, Caledon, Bolton and Orangeville on the following days:
Monday, February 6, 2012*
7:00-9:00 p.m.
*Snow Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, February 8, 9 & 10, 2012
9:00-11:00 a.m.
1:00-3:00 p.m.
For more information, visit the Kindergarten Registration webpage.
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Registration for Secondary Winter Night School
Classes run from February 8 to May 23, 2012, Mondays and Wednesdays, 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Night School Locations:
St. Aloysius Gonzaga S.S. (Mississauga)
Philip Pocock S.S. (Mississauga)
Notre Dame S.S. (Brampton)
Registration forms are available from your Guidance Department or online at http://www.dpcdsb.org/CEC/CNE/Night+School/
Registration closes Wednesday February 1, 2012.
The Winter 2012 Adult and Continuing Education Flyer (with program descriptions) will be delivered to the community by the week of January 2, 2012 and posted online at http://www.dpcdsb.org/CEC/CNE.
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NEW! - 2010-11 Director's Annual Report (PDF)
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Address to the Board - Director of Education
Read Director of Education John B. Kostoff's report to the Board of Trustees delivered at the September 27, 2011 board meeting. The report is a summary of the 2011-12 September start-up for Dufferin-Peel Catholic schools.
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Achievement Newsletter - A Report to our Catholic School Communities
Achievement - A Report to our Catholic School Communities is being distributed to parents/guardians the first week of September, as we begin the 2011-12 school year. This document provides a quick snapshot of some of the Board's accomplishments and activities during the 2010-11 school year. _________________________________________________________________
Catholic Education in Ontario
Our Catholic School Heritage
Read an historical understanding of issues related to Catholic education in Ontario. Our Catholic School Heritage
is a Q and A style document, written by Dr. Robert Dixon and edited by J.B. Kostoff, Director of Education.
168 Years of Success
Catholic Schools have been educating students in mind, body and spirit in Ontario since before the birth of the province. For nearly 170 years they have provided educational excellence, in a school culture imbued with the Gospel values of Jesus Christ. Catholic education has been the foundation for millions of students to develop their full spiritual, academic, physical and social potential.
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Stakeholder Responsibilities - City of Mississauga
Student Transportation and Students Walking to School
A Stakeholder's Responsibility Breakdown was developed by the Mississauga Traffic Safety Council, with input from the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board and the Peel District School Board, and adopted by the City of Mississauga Council on October 12, 2011. The document illustrates jurisdictional responsibility related to student transportation and students walking to school in Mississauga. View the document.
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Consolidated Financial Statements (as of August 31, 2011)
Read the Board's Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ending August 31, 2011.
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Trustee Expenditures (2010-11 Fiscal Year)
As directed by the Ministry of Education, the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board posts a breakdown of trustee expenditures by fiscal year. See 2010-11 Fiscal Year Expenditures.
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Strategic System Plan
During 2008-09, the Director of Education and Board of Trustees initiated a system review process intended to allow for consultation with the wider Catholic community in Peel and Dufferin on matters related to the board’s strengths, challenges, and recommended areas of focus over the next three to five years. Consisting primarily of surveys and small group meetings, the outcome of this extensive community consultative process was intended to provide trustees and senior management in Dufferin-Peel with a better understanding of the interests, concerns and accolades identified by local parents, Catholic school council members, pastors, senior students and recent graduates, unions, and associations.
Equipped with the results of this system review process, Trustees, in conjunction with the Director of Education, developed a five-principled Strategic System Plan designed to shape school, classroom and corporate decision making and direction over the next five years. The principles, Catholicity, Community Engagement, Learning Environment, Parish-Home-School and Physical Environment, are outlined in the attached document. This document will be distributed widely within the Dufferin-Peel community.
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ARE YOU TICKED?
Direction of school support has long been an issue for Catholic school boards in Ontario. The fact is that, unless the municipality is notified, the school support designation, for assessment purposes, automatically defaults to public school support when an individual or family moves to a new address.
This may have an impact on students’ eligibility to attend Catholic elementary schools, trustee representation on school boards, and on government perception of support for Catholic education.
We want to bring a greater awareness around this matter and have created the Are You Ticked? campaign as the communication vehicle for this awareness.
If you would like more information on school support designation or would like us to help you check or change your school support designation to the Catholic system, please call us at (905) 890-0708, ext. 24512. |
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