Waterloo Catholic District School Board Schools Closed

Friday, December 23 due to weather.

A major winter storm is expected to reach Waterloo Region overnight tonight and is expected to cause dangerous driving conditions on Friday and over the weekend.

Based on this forecast – and with the safety of all in mind – the WCDSB in collaboration with the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) and Student Transportation Services of Waterloo Region (STSWR), has made the proactive decision to cancel ALL student transportation and close ALL schools and school board administrative sites tomorrow, Friday, December 23, 2022.

All before and after school programs and childcare canters co-located in schools will also be closed.

All programs and services offered by St. Louis Adult Learning and Continuing Education Centers are cancelled and St. Louis sites will be closed.

We pray that everyone is able to remain safe during the storm, and we wish one and all a happy and blessed Christmas break.

We look forward to seeing everyone back at school on Monday, January 9, 2023.

December 19th – 23rd

This is the last week of school before the Christmas Break. We are looking forward to sharing some festive spirit each day this week. Students and staff are encouraged to wear the following items this week, if they so choose.

Monday: Candy Cane day

• wear Red & White

Tuesday: Red & Green day

• wear red and green clothes, shoes, socks

Wednesday: Christmas Sweater / T-shirt day

• add some tinsel, ornaments, pompoms, etc. to your sweater or shirt today
• no need to buy anything new…make your own fun with what you already have

Thursday: Christmas Headwear day

• Santa hats, elf hats, antlers, anything goes!

Friday: Christmas Comfy day!

• wear whatever makes you comfortable today as we head into Christmas Break

Let’s have a great week Thunder!

19 ታሕሳስ – 23

እዛ ሰሙን እዚኣ ቕድሚ ዕረፍቲ ልደት ናይ መወዳእታ ሰሙን እያ። ኣብዛ ሰሙን እዚኣ በብመዓልቱ ባህ ዜብል መንፈስ ከነካፍል ብሃንቀውታ ኢና እንጽበ ዘለና። ተመሃሮን ሰራሕተኛታትን እንተ ደልዮም ነዚ ዚስዕብ ነገራት ኣብዛ ሰሙን እዚኣ ኺኽደኑ ይተባብዑ እዮም ።

ሰኑይ – መዓልቲ ካራሜላ

ቀይሕን ጻዕዳን

ሰሉስ ፦ ቀይሕን ቀጠልያን መዓልቲ

ቀይሕን ቀጠልያን ክዳውንቲ ጫማ ካልሲ

ረቡዕ፦ መዓልቲ ልደት ስረ / ካምቻ

ሎሚ ኣብ ክዳንካ ወይ ካምቻኻ ገለ ታኒካ ስልማት ፖምፖም ወዘተ ወሲኽካ
ሓድሽ ነገር ክትዕድግ ኣየድልየካን እዩ ። በቲ ዘሎካ ናይ ገዛእ ርእስኻ መዘናግዒ ግበር

ሓሙስ፦ መዓልቲ ልደት

ሳንታ ባርኔጣ ቆብዕ ኢልፍ ጻጸ ዝዀነ ይኹን ነገር እዩ ዚኸይድ!

ዓርቢ፦ ባህ እተብለካ መዓልቲ ልደት!

ናብ ዕረፍቲ ልደት ክንኣቱ ኸለና ሎሚ ምሹእ ዚገብረካ ዝዀነ ይኹን ነገር ተኸደን

ጽቡቕ ሰሙን ነጐዳ ንግበር!

Good morning St. John’s families!

If your child is coming to school today please pack a lunch.

PIZZA DAY IS POSTPONED UNTIL FRIDAY DECEMBER 16TH DUE TO FREEZING RAIN TODAY.

Schools are open today, Thursday December 15th, 2022.

DUE TO THE CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS, ALL SCHOOL BUSES, TAXIS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION ROUTES OPERATED BY THE WATERLOO CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD AND WATERLOO REGION DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD ARE CANCELLED. ALL PUBLIC AND CATHOLIC SCHOOLS ARE OPEN. ALL ST. LOUIS ONLINE, DAYTIME, AND EVENING CLASSES ARE OPEN AT ALL LOCATIONS. ALL EXTENDED DAY CHILDCARE PROGRAMS ARE OPEN.

ንጽባሕኩም ስድራቤታት ሰይንት ጆን!

ሎሚ ውሉድካ ናብ ቤት ትምህርቲ ይመጽእ እንተ ኣልዩ በጃኻ ምሳሕ ጠርኒፍካ ኣዳልዎ።

መዓልቲ ፒሳ ብሰንኪ እቲ ሎሚ ዚዘንም ዘሎ ቘራሪ ዝናም ክሳዕ ዓርቢ 16 ታሕሳስ እያ እትናዋሕ ።

ሎሚ ሓሙስ 15 ታሕሳስ 2022 ኣብያተ ትምህርቲ ተኸፊቱ ኣሎ ።

ብምኽንያት እዚ ሕጂ ዘሎ ዅነታት ኣየር ኵሉ እቲ ብቤት ትምህርቲ ኣውራጃ ካቶሊክ ንካቶሊካዊት ቤት ትምህርቲ ዋተርሉ ከምኡውን ንቤት ትምህርቲ ኣውራጃ ዋተርሉ ዚቈጻጸር ናይ ቤት ትምህርቲ ኣውቶቡሳት ታክሲታት ከምኡውን ፍሉይ ትምህርቲ ዚግበረሉ መገድታት ተሰረዘ። ኵሉ ናይ መንግስትን ካቶሊክን ኣብያተ – ትምህርቲ ክፉት ኢዩ ። ኵሉ እቲ ኣብ ኢንተርነት ቀትሪ ከምኡውን ምሸት ዚወሃብ ትምህርቲ ኣብ ኵሉ ቦታታት እዩ ዚኽፈት ። ኵሉ እቲ ንንውሕ ዝበለ መዓልቲ ዚግበር ክንክን ቈልዑ ኽፉት እዩ ።

St. John’s Families,

There are phone interruptions across Waterloo Catholic DSB that are affecting the school phone lines. We are unable to call out and incoming calls are problematic as well.

Please contact our Admin Assistants via email to report your child’s absence, or in the case of an emergency.

Stephanie Medeiros stephanie.medeiros@wcdsb.ca

Stacey Mayer stacey.mayer@wcdsb.ca

We will send out another NewsWire when this issue is resolved. Thank you for your patience.

ስድራ ቤታት ሰይንት ጆን

ኣብ ዋተርሉ ካቶሊክ ዲ. ኤን. ኤ. ክንጽውዕ ኣይንኽእልን ኢና ክንድውለሉ እንኽእል ጻውዒት እውን ኣጸጋሚ እዩ ።

ውሉድካ ኸም ዘየለ ወይ ህጹጽ ኵነታት ኬጋጥመካ ኸሎ ብኢ-መይል ኣቢልካ ምስ ሓጋዚታትና ተራኸብ።

ስተፋኒ መዲሮስ stephanie.medeiros@wcdsb.ca

ስቴሲ ማየር stacey.mayer@wcdsb.ca

እዚ ጕዳይ እዚ ምስ ተፈትሐ ካልእ ዜና ኽንልእኽ ኢና። ስለቲ ዘርኣኹምዎ ትዕግስቲ አመስግነኩም ።

Dear St. John’s families,

Please see the attached agenda for our Catholic School Advisory Council meeting tonight at 6pm. All are welcome!

December 12th 2022 CSAC meeting agenda

Progress reports

Please check your child’s backpack for their Progress Report (grades 1-8) and Initial Communication of Learning Report for Kindergarten students. We kindly ask you to read the accompanying letter which outlines next steps for completing the feedback portion of the report. This is important information for the upcoming Parent/ Student/ Teacher conferences this week. Also, please look for your child’s Ontario Catholic Graduate Expectation certificate. Every student has demonstrated personal growth and learning this school year, and we celebrate this through our Ontario Catholic Graduate Expectations. We hope you will value this recognition with your child and proudly display the certificate in a meaningful place at home.

Conferences

We look forward to the opportunity to meet with parents/guardians on Thursday November 24th. If you are not able to meet on this day, you are encouraged to book a time for a phone call with the classroom teacher.

Conferences will be booked in 10 minute intervals and students are strongly encouraged to participate in the conference. Having their voice at the table is important for understanding their progress to date as well as developing next steps for improvement.

Conference times can be scheduled using MS Bookings online. Please use the instructions

Bookings – How-to – Elementary St. John’s CES

Spots will fill up quickly so be sure to book an appointment as soon as you can! We look forward to having conversations with as many students/parents/guardians as possible .

Please reach out to the teacher if you need alternate times or dates.

If you require the services of a translator please make sure you answer this question when you book the appointment. We will do our best to book a translator for your conference. It may be necessary to find an alternate conference as we will need to coordinate this around a number of additional schedules.

For any technical difficulties, please email the office at stephanie.medeiros@wcdsb.ca.

Grade 7 & 8 Homework Club

We are really excited to be offering a FREE Homework Club for our Grade 7 & 8 students every day during lunch at St. John’s. This is an opportunity for students to catch up on classwork, as well as receive additional support in math, reading, and writing. There will also be opportunities to engage in STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering & Math activities during this time.

We strongly encourage students to spend at least one or two lunches per week in Homework Club to receive support from teaches as we prepare to transition to secondary school. The Homework Club will be run by our Intermediate teachers, Ms. Stephens, Ms. Dawson, and Mr. Kapron, as well as Mrs. Simoes who also teaches at St. John’s. We are so grateful for their support in running Homework Club.

Please look for a letter in your Grade 7 or 8 child’s Progress Report envelope with more information today.

Bus Notifications

It is critical that all bus families are signed up for email notifications regarding bus delays with Student Transportation Services (STSWR). Please know that we have absolutely no control over transportation issues and we receive the same delay notifications that parents/ guardians receive through this notification service.

How to subscribe for notification service with STSWR

Tigrinya Translation

November 21 NewsWire translation

Dear St. John’s families,

Many students signed out Chromebooks in the event of continued CUPE labour disruption. These devices need to be returned to the school as soon as possible now that we are back in school. If your child does not return the device and the power cord they will not be able to participate fully in learning that requires the use of an electronic device. We really need to have all of these devices and power cords returned to St. John’s as they are used in the classrooms every day.

Thank you for bringing these devices back to the school today, or tomorrow morning with your child at the latest.

ፍቑራት ስድራቤታት ሰይንት ጆን

ብዙሓት ተማሃሮ ናይ ሸቕሊ ጸገም እንተ ኣጋጢምዎም ክሮሜቡክስ ፈረሙ። ናብ ቤት ትምህርቲ ምስ ተመለስና ብእተኻእለና መጠን ቀልጢፍና ናብ ቤት ትምህርቲ ኽንምለስ ኣሎና ። ውሉድካ ነታ ኤለክትሮኒካዊት መሳርሒ እንተ ዘይተመሊሱላን ገመድ ኤለክትሪክ እንተ ዘይሂብዋን ኤለክትሮኒካዊ መሳርሒ ኣብ ምጥቃም ምሉእ ብምሉእ ኪሳተፉ ኣይክእሉን እዮም። እዚ ዅሉ መሳርሒታትን ገመድ ኤለክትሪክን ከምቲ መዓልታዊ ኣብ ክፍሊ ዝዝውተር ናብ ሰይንት ጆን ክምለስ ብሓቂ የድልየና ኢዩ ።

ነዚ መሳርሒታት እዚ ሎሚ ናብ ቤት ትምህርቲ ስለ ዝመጻእኩምዎ ወይ ጽባሕ ንግሆ ምስ ውሉድኩም ስለ ዝመጻእኩምዎ አመስግነኩም ።

Important Update on CUPE Strike

Our apologies for the error and confusion. Please see the corrected link below.

Parent-Student-Teacher Interviews: November 24th, 2022

Please see the attached information regarding interviews on November 24th. If you have any questions please contact your child’s teacher via email.

All appointments will be booked online using Microsoft Bookings. The instructions below are available in English and Tigrinya.

ቃለ-መጠይቓት ወለድን መምህራንን፦ 24 ሕዳር 2022

ብዛዕባ እቲ ኣብ 24 ሕዳር እተገብረ ቓለ-መጠይቓት ዚገልጽ ምስኡ ተተሓሒዙ ዘሎ ሓበሬታ በጃኻ ርአ። ገለ ሕቶታት እንተ ኣልዩካ በጃኻ ብኢ-መይል ምስ መምህር ውሉድካ ተራኸብ።

ኵሉ ቘጸራታት ብማይክሮስኮፕ ቡኪንግስ ጌርካ ብኢንተርነት ኪሕዛ እዩ። እዚ ኣብ ታሕቲ ዘሎ መምርሒታት ብእንግሊዝኛን ብትግርኛን ይርከብ ።

Bookings – How-to – Elementary St. John’s CES

Hello St. John’s families,

This is a quick reminder that Friday November 18th is our board wide Spiritual Development Day. This means there is no school for students and the school will be closed. On this day, staff are engaged in spiritual activities as a staff; this is a very important day for our staff community development.

This means we will not be answering the telephone or the front door on Friday November 18th. Please do not come to the school to request a Chromebook on Friday November 18th. IF schools are closed on Monday due to labour disruption we will notify families regarding next steps at the end of the weekend. We will not have any information prior to this time.

We continue to pray for a respectful resolution to the labour unrest across the province. Please stay tuned for more information at the end of the weekend.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation as we continue to work through challenging times in education.

Tigrinya Translation

ንስድራ ቤት ሰይንት ጆን ሰላም በሉኒ

እዚ ኸኣ ዓርቢ 18 ሕዳር ኣብ ቦርድና ሰፊሕ መዓልቲ መንፈሳዊ ምዕባለ ምዃኑ ዘዘኻኽር ኢዩ ። እዚ ማለት ከኣ ንተመሃሮ ዚኸውን ቤት ትምህርቲ የልቦን እቲ ቤት ትምህርቲ ድማ ኣይኪዕጾን እዩ ። ኣብዛ መዓልቲ እዚኣ ሰራሕተኛታት ከም ሰራሕተኛታት ኰይኖም ኣብ መንፈሳዊ ንጥፈታት ይካፈሉ ኣለዉ፣ እዛ መዓልቲ እዚኣ ንማሕበረሰብ ሰራሕተኛታትና ኣዝያ ኣገዳሲት መዓልቲ እያ ።

እዚ ማለት ድማ ዓርቢ 18 ሕዳር ተሌፎን ወይ ማዕጾ ኣይንምልስን ኢና ። ዓርቢ 18 ሕዳር ክሮሜቡክ ክትሓትት በጃኹም ናብቲ ቤት ትምህርቲ ኣይትመጹ። ብሰንኪ ናይ ሸቕሊ ዕንቅፋት ኣብያተ – ትምህርቲ ሰኑይ እንተ ተዓጽዩ ንስድራ ቤታት ኣብ መወዳእታ ቀዳመ – ሰናብቲ ብዛዕባ ዝግበር ስጕምትታት ክንሕብረን ኢና ። ቅድሚ እዚ ግዜ እዚ ዝዀነ ይኹን ሓበሬታ ኣይኪህልወናን እዩ ።

ነቲ ኣብታ ኣውራጃ ዘሎ ናይ ሸቕሊ ናዕቢ ብኣኽብሮት ንኽንፈትሖ ብቐጻሊ ንጽሊ ኢና። ኣብ መወዳእታ ቀዳመ-ሰናብቲ ዝያዳ ሓበሬታ ንምርካብ በጃኹም ተጠንቂቕኩም ስዓቡ።

ኣብ ኣጸጋሚ እዋናት ትምህርቲ ኽንዓዪ ኸለና ስለ እተረዳእኩምን ስለ እተተሓባበርኩምን አመስግነኩም ።