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More than 100 students participated in Crime Stoppers of York Region’s Student School Symposium poster and video challenge to promote the theme, “protect each other, and respect each other.” This year, York Catholic District School Board students won three of four awards in efforts to raise awareness about Crime Stoppers in their schools. This also … Continue reading “York Catholic students take home 3 of 4 awards at annual Crime Stoppers poster and video contest”

Grade 12 students, Emma Mucci and Joseph Perera, from St. Elizabeth Catholic High School’s Sports and Entertainment University Marketing class, not only placed first overall at the Central Ontario Junior Achievement (JA) Titan Competition, but they also became the first York Catholic District School Board students to participate and win the title. Grade 10 students … Continue reading “St. Elizabeth CHS students win Central Ontario Junior Achievement Titan Competition: a first for YCDSB”

The entire Father Bressani Catholic High School community rallied together to raise more than 1,050 toys for the City of Vaughan’s Fill the Net Toy Drive Contest. In addition to gathering toy donations, students also contributed more than 1,500 canned goods to the Vaughan Food Bank. As winners of the contest, students and staff won … Continue reading “Father Bressani Catholic High School wins visit from Rogers Hometown Hockey”

Richard Yeh, Grade 11 student at St. Brother Andre Catholic High School, already has an impressive resume as a young, successful pianist. To his teachers and friends, he’s a young student who is enrolled in the full advanced placement program at St. Brother Andre, and a teenager who enjoys bike riding and playing video games. … Continue reading “St. Brother Andre student counts his blessings for another successful year as a young piano aficionado”

Recently, the junior girls volleyball team at St. Theresa of Lisieux Catholic High School’s invited members of the Special Needs Athletic Program (SNAP) to their school for a friendly and inclusive basketball tournament. SNAP is a Christ-based non-profit that aims to help people living with various disabilities be more active and improve their quality of … Continue reading “St. Theresa of Lisieux brings community together through basketball”

Students across York Region participated in the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Regional Competition that challenged youths to utilize science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) concepts to solve real-world problems. Inspired by the ongoing Amazon Rainforest fires and air pollution in our cities, students from Blessed Scalabrini Catholic Elementary School’s Skyhawks FFL team, built a … Continue reading “Blessed Scalabrini wins Project Innovation Award for its CO2 Combating Green Wall”

Grade 11 students from Cardinal Carter Catholic High School’s World Religions class attended a session in the Tour For Humanity mobile classroom to learn about the events of the holocaust. “An integral part of our focus is to identify notions of morality, freedom and justice within our world’s religions. The atrocities of the Holocaust are … Continue reading “Cardinal Carter students participate in Tour of Humanity”

Hard work. Determination. Perseverance. A positive attitude. Great sportsmanship. These are the ingredients that make up Holy Name Catholic Elementary School’s boys volleyball team. This year, after winning 26 out of 28 games in the season, they were crowned the 2019 volleyball champions at the Board-wide tournament. Each year, schools across the York Catholic District … Continue reading “Holy Name CES wins 2019 Boys Volleyball Championship Title”