Monthly Archives: February 2023

February 28, 2023

All Student transportation cancelled, all schools are open

• Due to the current road 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 Extended Day Childcare Programs are OPEN.
• Louis online, daytime, and evening classes are open at all locations.

…….by 20 minutes or more.

Thank you.

Hello Families,

Due to today’s school closure, Lunchbox Orders have been cancelled. You should expect to see credits in your Lunchbox accounts within 2 business days.

If you run into any issues with a credit to you account, please reach out to: SchoolLunch@kevgroup.com.

Enjoy the snow day.

Thursday February 23

• Due to the weather conditions, ALL Waterloo Catholic District School Board and Waterloo Region District School Board SCHOOLS AND SITES ARE CLOSED
• ALL SCHOOL BUSES, TAXIS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION ROUTES operated by the WCDSB and WRDSB are cancelled.
• All before and after school programs and child care centres co-located in schools are CLOSED.
• All programs and services offered by St. Louis Continuing Education and Adult and Learning Centres are cancelled

Hello Families,

Today is Ash Wednesday and this week marks the beginning of the most important time in our liturgical calendar as we prepare to begin Lent. Pope Francis has shared that…..

“Let us not grow tired of doing good, for in due time we shall reap our harvest,
if we do not give up. So then, while we have the opportunity,
let us do good to all” (Gal 6:9-10)

See full message:

https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2023/02/17/230217c.html

Let us keep the people of the Ukraine in our thoughts and prayers and hope for a peaceful resolution.

This week we provided pancakes for all to celebrate Shrove Tuesday. We will gather Wednesday afternoon for an Ash Wednesday liturgy.

Let the time of Lent be a time for us all to pray, fast, and give alms as our world continues to suffer from the pandemic, war, and unrest.

Lenten Prayer:

Almighty and Everlasting God,
You have given the human race
Jesus Christ our Savior as a model of humility.
He fulfilled Your Will by becoming Human
And giving His life on the Cross.
Help us to bear witness to You
By following His example of suffering
And make us worthy to share in His Resurrection.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son.

Amen.

Phoenix Families,

We have a special pancake treat for the student today at about 10:00, as we prepare for Ash Wednesday, and the beginning of Lent. We thank our Catholic Advisory Council for making this happen today.

Be well,

St. Anne School Team

From the office of the Director of Education, Tyrone Dowling

As many of you know, WCDSB has a long tradition of fundraising to assist relief efforts when natural disasters strike.

The devastation of the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria has once again called us to action.

While rescue and recovery efforts continue, it has already been confirmed that more than 35,000 people have died.

Many thousands more — including many current refugees — are in desperate need of shelter, food, clean water, and medicine.

Consequently, the Senior Team and Board of Trustees would like to invite all WCDSB students and staff to participate in a centralized fundraising campaign via the Canadian Red Cross (operating under the umbrella of the International Red Cross).

Donations of ANY AMOUNT will support the range of emergency services the Red Cross is delivering to those in need including interim housing, clothing, food, and other essential supplies.

All fundraising efforts will be collected centrally using the following link:

Donations – Earthquake in Turkey & Syria

Hello Phoenix Families,

We would like to express our thanks and gratitude to the entire community. Support for the school fundraiser was incredible. We had a great day on the 14^th at the dance and yesterday was so much fun as we announced the raffle basket winners and the top pledge winners in our assembly.

Our Catholic School Advisory Council (CSAC) worked so very hard with planning and organizing this event. With over $17000 raised, this has been our most successful fundraisers in years.

We are blessed to be part of such an amazing community.

• Due to the current road 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 Extended Day Childcare Programs are OPEN.
• Louis online, daytime, and evening classes are open at all locations.

A huge Phoenix Nation shout out to our Advisory Council volunteers for the incredible work planning and running our Dance-A-Thon!

We had a blast!

And we are not done yet.

Themed gift baskets will be raffled off later this week with our top pledge winners being announced, so stay tuned……