#Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board

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Both men suing Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board for abuse they allegedly endured as elementary students in the 1980s at hands of principal, vice-principal

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HSCDSB : Letter to Parents

. @HSCDSB : Letter to Parents Re:Potential @CUPEOntario Strike #NorthernOntario #WhiteRiverON @VisitChapleau @HSCDSB_Sdao @Wawa_Ontario @HornepayneC @OECTAProv @CatholicEdu @ONeducation

RE: Labour Relations in Ontario’s Education Sector

As you may know, on October 2, 2019, the Canadian Union of PuclPublic Employees (CUPE) provided five (5) days’ notice to begin a strike involving workers in Ontario’s education sector. This means that CUPE workers will be on strike beginning Monday, October 7, 2019, unless an agreement is reached at the provincial bargaining table…

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Additional Qualifications Courses in Religious Education

Additional Qualifications Courses in Religious Education

The Ontario College of Teachers recognizes a three part Additional Qualifications Courses in Religious Education. (Section D) as well as Additional Basic Qualification Courses in Religious Education.

Providers

Brock University Part 1, 2

Dufferin Peel Catholic District School Board  Parts 1, 2 &Specialist

Halton Catholic District School Board  Parts 1, 2 & Specialist

Huron-Superior…

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Dark again

Today marks the fourth day of withdrawl of services from OSSTF members. The following districts are affected. Algoma District School Board Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board Greater Essex County District School Board Avon Maitland District School Board Peel District School Board District School Board of Niagara Limestone District School Board Renfrew County District School Board … Continue reading "Dark again" Dark again published first on https://medium.com/@DigitalDLCourse

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'Endless' possibilities for 3D printer at SMC

Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board trustees got a close-up look at a 3D printer. St. Mary's College started using the printer about six months ago, said teacher Adriano Carota during a meeting last Wednesday. Students from various disciplines, including art, health and anatomy, hospitality and ... source https://hightechnologyevolution.blogspot.com/2018/04/endless-possibilities-for-3d-printer-at.html

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Excitement Builds for New School Year

Excitement Builds for New School Year

SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – School communities in the Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board are ready to welcome new families and returning families to the 2019-2020 school year on Wednesday, September 4, 2019.

To allow for our schools to better prepare for students, Tuesday, September 3, 2019 will be the first of seven Professional Activity Days scheduled for the upcoming school year.…

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SAULT STE. MARIE, ON –  The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board (HSCDSB) is proud to support the upcoming Ontario Special Olympics Winter Games in Sault Ste. Marie by adopting seventeen athletes.

Leading the schools in the Adopt an Athlete program was St. Mary’s College who adopted six athletes. The Sault Ste. Marie elementary schools who collected funds to sponsor an athlete were, Holy Cross, Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Mary’s French Immersion.

Our Lady of Lourdes and Our Lady of Fatima in Elliot Lake each sponsored an athlete as did St. Mary in Massey, Sacred Heart in Espanola and St. Mary’s in Blind River. The board’s four northern schools, St. Joseph French Immersion in Wawa, St. Basil’s in White River, Our Lady of Fatima in Chapleau and Holy Name of Jesus in Hornepayne, combined to sponsor an athlete.

Staff at the board office and HSCDSB trustees also adopted an athlete. “I am very grateful and proud of the support that our students, employees, and trustees have demonstrated to these athletes,” said Rose Burton Spohn, HSCDSB’s Director of Education.

“This commitment is a natural extension of the care, service, and support we offer every day to our students with special needs,” added Burton Spohn.

Today, at the board’s main office in Sault Ste. Marie, representatives of the Special Olympics organizing committee were presented a cheque for $8,517 for the sponsorship of the seventeen athletes.

The Ontario Special Olympics Winter Games take place from January 31 to February 3. To find out more about the games visit http://ssm2019games.com/.

@HSCDSB #WawaON #WhiteRiverON #ChapleauON & #HornepayneON Schools Proud to Support Ontario Special Olympians @SOOntario #WinterGames @SpecialOCanada @CitySSM @Wawa_Ontario @MHornepayne @VisitChapleau @ExploreON SAULT STE. MARIE, ON -  The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board (HSCDSB) is proud to support the upcoming Ontario Special Olympics Winter Games in Sault Ste.

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HSCDSB Parents' Online Payment Option

@HSCDSB Parents' Online Payment Option #NorthernOntario @CatholicEdu @ParentsCanada @Todaysparent @VisitChapleau #HornepayneON #WawaON #ChapleauON #WhiteRiverON @ONeducation @OECTAProv

A Cashless Option

SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board (HSCDSB) has launched an online service on Monday, October 29, 2018 that will allow parents to pay for various school activities from the comfort of their own home.

HSCDSB has implemented KEV Group’s SchoolCashOnline program to its schools. The SchoolCashOnline program will allow for online payments for…

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HSCDSB Trustees Meet New Education Minister

@HSCDSB Trustees Meet New @ONeducation Minister @Indira_NH @RoseSpohn @CatholicEdu @pklce @OECTAProv @CatholicNewsSvc @IndiraNHarris

Minister and HSCDSB Trustees. SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Trustees of the Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board (HSCDSB), along with the Director of Education, were honoured to be involved in the first official event attended by Ontario’s new Minister of Education on Friday, January 19. The Honourable Minister Indira Naidoo-Harris was in attendance at a conference hosted by the Ontario…

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Long Service HSCDSB Office Employees Retire

Long Service @HSCDSB Office Employees Retire #NortheasternOntario @CatholicEdu @OECTAProv @Wawa_Ontario @VisitChapleau @CitySSM @ONeducation @M_Mantha

SAULT STE. MARIE, ON -: Two dedicated educators with the Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board (HSCDSB) will be retiring this summer after long and successful careers.

Maria Esposito, Superintendent of Education will retire on June 30 alongside Judy Ritza, Catholic Curriculum Coordinator. Together, these two employees have combined for nearly 80 years of service with HSCDSB.

Espos…

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Espanola Catholic Schools Project (Video)

@HSCDSB @CSCNouvelOn #EspanolaON Catholic Schools Project (Video) #NorthernOntario @AFOCSC @M_Mantha @ONeducation @CatholicEdu @OECTAProv

ESPANOLA, ON– A look at some of the work underway at the site of the new Sacred Heart Catholic School in Espanola. The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board is working with the Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario on a multi-million dollar project that will see two schools built on the same site. During winter…

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This Week in Ontario Edublogs

It’s always an honour to write this regular Friday post.  There are always so many wonderful things coming from the blogs of Ontario Edubloggers.  This week is no different.

Aren’t I In Teaching To Teach?

After reading this title from Aviva Dunsiger, I thought that perhaps she was going to head off in the direction of the Health and Physical Education controversy in Ontario.  After all, it’s big in the news these days and the title itself is one that I think every educator uses regularly when pushed about their own educational philosophy.

But, that wasn’t the direction of this post.  Aviva turns instead to thinking about self-regulation and, in typical Aviva style, has many questions.

If you have answers, I’m sure that Aviva would appreciate comments to her post.

Of note, embedded in this post is a link to educator being a “Stress Detective“.  It’s well worth the time to investigate.

The conclusion is worth a ponder if you’ve ever found yourself saying the words in her title.  Are you true to them?  How does your own personal accountability to the school and next year’s teacher affect this?

Blue Gold

As I read this post, I’m reminded of quote attributed to Yogi Berra.

You can observe a lot by just watching

In this post, Peter Cameron weaves a wonderful story that happened while on a bike ride.

As we were riding, we passed a woman dressed in traditional Anishinaabe clothing, carrying a staff in one hand and a copper bucket in the other. 

The post includes a hand-drawn representation.

Read on and you’ll find references to Professionally Speaking, Nibi, Lake Superior and some of its feeder rivers, Google Earth, The Water Walker, Make a Difference, Junior Water Walkers, Great Lakes, and more.  You have to read the post in its entirety to see the thread that brings all this together.

It’s such an inspirational post and I suspect we’re going to hear more about this in future posts.

In the meantime, you might just be wondering what you’ve personally missed by not seeking out answers to things you’ve seen.

Friday Two Cents: Reflections On My Old School And Being Bullied

I always thought that it would have been kind of a life mission to get a job teaching in the school that I learned in.  Sure, I had issues growing up.

But, none compared to what Paul Gauchi describes in this post.

It’s a sad story reflecting back on some of the bullying activities that happened to him personally and the reactions from those around him as a result.  I think we could all see ourselves fitting into his shoes.

But then, Paul ends up with an Occasional Teacher job back at the school where it all happens.  That’s what brings the conversation full circle.

This is a post that you won’t quickly abandon.

What do daughters do without fathers

From Heather Swail comes a post about a life and its challenges with and without a father.

There are highs and lows and questions left unanswered.

Heather was a guest on voicEd Radio’s This Week in Ontario Edublogs this past week and goes into more intimate and personal details in the show (which you can download and listen to on demand).

One of the notes that I made to myself as I read this post was the message of strength that Heather describes in family member which I’m sure you’ll agree serves as character building for a lifetime.

The Opposition grows in Ontario to Health Curriculum Changes – Minus a Catholic Voice

Like many educators in the province, Paul McGuire is following the developments in the future of the Health and Physical Education Curriculum.  On the Ministry of Education’s website at the time of this writing, the 2015 Revised curriculum remains as a link.  There is a separate link to “Sex education in Ontario“.

I think I know Paul well enough to know that he’s interested in the big picture, K-12, but as a former principal of a K-6 schools, there has to be a special interest or concern as these are the grades the curriculum generates the most controversy.

I find it interesting just from a literacy perspective as the Minister refers to using the 2014 curriculum whereas others refer to the 1998 curriculum.

Paul uses, as a source document, a Google Doc from Andrew Campbell which is tracking responses by school organizations.  I found it an interesting exercise to read the varying levels of position from the various districts.  Paul is quick to note that there is no official stand from any Catholic District School Board.  He does include a comment from the chair of Huron-Superior Catholic School Board.

We’re now into August with no resolution in sight.  Indeed, there seems to be no consensus among District School Boards.  Paul wants to know where there are no official comments from a Catholic School Board.

The Privilege to Look Away- and the courage to speak up

We live in interesting times.  With cell phones and security cameras everywhere, it’s a common occurrence to turn on the news and see incidents that will leave you shaking your head.

But what happens when it happens in the first person?

That’s the story that Debbie Donsky shares in this post.  She was witness to an incident between a “young racialized” student and a bus driver which she considered inappropriate … and did nothing.

Until later … when she wrote to the TTC and described the situation there.

Such was the launch to a number of musings from her in this post and her personal resolutions…

So here it is…my formal commitment to no longer stand on the sidewalk and speak from the sidelines.

I have upped my game on Twitter. Speaking up more. Taking more risks.

I have committed to more projects tied to equity work including editing a book on Women in Educational Leadership

I have been participating in a Book Club on VoicEd Radio where the book I defended, Seven Fallen Feathers — Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City, by Tanya Talaga, was successful in the Battle of the Books.

My journey to Google Certification

For some people, being certified by a particular company is a big deal.  Many post their badges of honour on their resumes, social media, and anywhere someone is likely to see it.

In this post, Jennifer Casa-Todd shares her path towards Google Certification.  tldr; her badge is at the bottom of the post and expires in 2021.  So, congratulations to her for sticking with it.

Her thoughts?

Google Innovator? Trainer? Maybe. Maybe not. In the end it’s not the status but the learning that I value most, and the knowledge that when I set out to do something, I can! 

As a holder of vendor certifications, I can agree with the learning part.  Absolutely.

Indeed, making the commitment is a personal decision.  My thoughts about certification soured during one session though when something wrong happened and we were told by our instructor that this happens sometimes and, if you’re training others, the official language is “that’s unexpected behaviour”.  I just didn’t want to be an apologist for something that wasn’t perfect.

My current thinking is that there is so much to learn, I really don’t want to learn enough at one point in time to pass a test.  I prefer to lean towards “just in time learning” and learn something that I need when I need it.

If learning is important to you and you’d like to make Ontario connections, Jennifer does make reference to the Ontario Google Educators Group.  Connect via:

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/GEGOntario

Google + Community:

https://plus.google.com/communities/104113030168440229868?iem=1

GEG Ontario Website:

https://sites.google.com/view/geg-ontario/home?authuser=0

As luck would have it, two interviews came to a conclusion this week and got posted to this blog.  I was fortunate enough to interview both Martha Martin and Sue Dunlop.

An Interview with Martha Martin

An Interview with Sun Dunlop

Twitter accounts for those mentioned in this post:

@avivaloca

@cherandpete

@PCMalteseFalcon

@hbswail

@mcguirp

@DebbieDonsky

@jcasatodd

@mlbrackmartin

@Dunlop_Sue

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