News

On Wednesday, March 27, Indigenous artist, Vicky Grant, visited Grade 11 students at St. Mary Catholic Secondary School. Vicky introduced herself and her artwork with wood burning and shared her knowledge while facilitating lessons over two days to encourage students to create their own pieces of art. She emphasized the importance of appreciation versus appropriation and encouraged students to create a piece of art that connected to their identity and interests.

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Dear Parents, Guardians and Caregivers:
The  April 2024 DCDSB News  is now available! This issue of the newsletter offers families an overview of current news, upcoming events, and information on what’s happening across the DCDSB. 
This newsletter includes: ?   
Living in Faith:   DCDSB Secondary Students Attend Ordinandi Lunch
Community Care and Commitment to ShareLife Fundraising...
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Durham Catholic District School Board invites families and community members to attend an evening with Niigaan Sinclair. This session will be an opportunity to examine four key moments from the Papal Visit to Canada in 2022 and reflect on our work in Catholic Education as we journey toward Truth and Reconciliation.
This event will take place on Tuesday, April 23 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Pope Francis Centre (652 Rossland Rd W, Oshawa) 
Registration for...
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Exciting News from the Department of Canada & World Studies/Social Sciences
Dear Students of St. Mary CSS,
We have an exciting announcement! High schools in the Durham Catholic District School Board will be traveling overseas to France and the Netherlands in 2025. St. Mary CSS will also be participating with an overseas trip running from May 2nd to May 11th!
This ten day field trip will include stops in beautiful cities like Paris and Amsterdam. Students will also...
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Film Fest 2024   The annual St. Mary’s Grade 12 Media Arts & Communication Technology Student Short Film Festival and Digital Art Show is just around the corner. This years’ event is called “CineVerse”. St. Mary students in Mr. Pisani’s Media Arts and Comm Tech classes have been working extremely hard on creating original student shorts films, stop motion animations, TV commercial and various digital print media projects for this year’s......
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