Category: General

2024 Lenten Mass

On March 21, 2024 the York Catholic District School Board celebrated the third annual board-wide Lenten Mass of Renewal and Reconciliation. Livestreamed to the board’s 50,000 students, the Mass featured the talented students of St Edward Catholic Elementary School and St Brother Andre Catholic High School, in Markham, who performed the music and helped with the readings.

The celebrant was Bishop ... Continue reading "2024 Lenten Mass"

Passion Play

 

Students in Grade 8 have been working hard to prepare a reenactment of the Stations of the Cross through a series of tableaux and songs, representing Christ’s journey through crucifiction to death on the cross. “At The Foot Of The Cross” will take place on Holy Thursday, March 28th. Parents of our grade 8 students are invited to attend

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Autism Awareness Day

April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day, which aims to increase awareness and promote understanding and inclusion for people living with autism. YCDSB is proud to offer a wide-range of special education programming for students, ages 4-21 with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). For more information about YCDSB Autism supports and resources, please contact our Student Services/Special Education Department at 905-713-1211 ... Continue reading "Autism Awareness Day"

Pink Shirt Day

SEY will be observing Pink Shirt Day (or Anti-Bullying Day) on February 28th, 2024. This initiative actually started here in Canada in 2007, when twelfth-grade students bought and distributed 50 pink shirts after a fellow student was bullied for wearing a pink shirt in Cambridge, Nova Scotia. Students are encouraged to wear a pink shirt or accessory that day to show solidarity ... Continue reading "Pink Shirt Day"