We are excited to welcome you to the 2024-2025 school year at Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Elementary School. We hope that you have enjoyed a wonderful summer, and that everyone is excited and ready to begin a new academic year. As a staff, we are also excited to have many new families and students joining the OLHC community, and we wish to extend ... Continue reading "Welcome to the 2024-2025 School Year!"
On behalf of all the staff at OLHC, we wish all our students and their families a fun, safe and restful summer break! May your days be filled with sunshine, laughter and the good company of family and friends.
We are excited to welcome back all our students on Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024. Further information regarding first day procedures and pertinent start-up information ... Continue reading "Summer Blessings!"
We are pleased to be sharing the OLHC Weekly Updates for the 2024-2025 school year! The Weekly Update will be sent to families via email each week, with a schedule of upcoming events, important reminders and informational items, and useful links for parents/guardians to easily access in one convenient location. They are also easily accessible on our website by clicking the blue tab ... Continue reading "OLHC Weekly Updates: 2024-2025 School Year"
All OLHC families are invited to join us in prayer as we gather as a school community to celebrate the feast day of Our Lady Help of Christians. The mass will be celebrated by Fr. Jojo Kachapilly, and will take place on Friday, May, 24th at 10:15 a.m. at the school. We look forward to this special liturgical celebration, and hope you will join us. ... Continue reading "OLHC Feast Day 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"
During the Lenten season, we will be focusing on prayer, fasting and almsgiving as ways to reflect on who God calls us to be. To support the almsgiving pillar, we will be participating once again in the 40 Cans, 40 Days of Lent challenge as a school community. Each class is tasked with collecting 40 non-perishable food items, one for each day of the lenten ... Continue reading "Lenten Charitable Initiative"
