Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Elementary School
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In accordance with the Ministry of Education’s new Regulation 304, “School Year Calendar, Professional Activity Days,” the York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB) is providing the following summary of P.A. Day activities at the elementary level on Friday, June 28, 2024.
Friday, June 28, 2024 Staff are engaged in closing operations for the end of term.
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"
Anticipation is growing among the students and staff at OLHC as we prepare to celebrate our annual “Carnaval d’hiver de OLHC”! Our French club team has been working diligently to prepare a week full of exciting and fun activities for students which will take place February 5-9, 2024. There will be theme days, visits from Bonhomme and special arts projects ... Continue reading "2024 OLHC Carnaval Week Events/Schedule"
Our Catholic School Council is pleased to share the information and offerings for Term 3 of our Hot Lunch Programs, which run from February 20th to April 19th. There are two new vendors, and the service dates for Kids Kitchen have changed; for a full listing of details and offerings please carefully review the information items attached:
Hot Lunch Term ... Continue reading "Hot Lunch Session 3 Orders"
