Dear Parents and Guardians:
St. Bernadette school is going 100% electronic and paperless to help stop the spread of Covid-19 and be environmentally friendly. We are no longer sending home paper copies of school forms or accepting cash payments. Please sign up for the apps and programs to receive school communications and make school payments.
Please use the link below for sign up instructions
St. Bernadette School will be honouring the work started by Terry Fox to develop treatments and find a cure for cancer. On Tuesday Sept. 29th, staff and students will walk around the school property for the cause.
The scheduled rain date is Tuesday Oct. 6th.
It is the board policy that schools are 100% paperless. This is our way to be environmentally responsible and to minimize the spread of COVID-19. There are four ways to be connected and involved with the school and your child’s education.
2. Newswire
3. Twitter – @StBernBears
4. Your children’s teacher’s google classroom.
Please sign up for each.
The school board is now accepting parent request to transition their children between virtual learning or in-school learning. The transition form can be found on the school board website or by clicking the link below.
Below is a link to the Ontario COVID-19 School Screening Tool.
This will help you in making the decision for sending your child(ren) to school and the next steps that you should take.
https://covid-19.ontario.ca/school-screening/
We have received an updated covid protocol from the Public Health and Emergency Service regarding questions and steps that must be taken should your child display symptoms.
If your child has any symptoms they must stay home and get a covid test or see a health care provider for clinical assessment before returning to school. Their siblings must also stay home and self isolate until the test results are known.
If the test is negative the child and any siblings may return to school they have been symptom free for 24 hours.
Click on the link below to read the full document.
Parent_Communication_for_School_Boards
If one child in a family or household has symptoms of illness and are kept home, parents must keep all the siblings at home as well. If they come to school they will be sent home. They must remain at home until symptoms have stopped for 24 hours.
If a student comes to school with symptoms of illness they and all their siblings house be sent home and remain home until the ill sibling is symptom free for 24 hours.
These are important measures to keep us all safe.
Vic Longo
Principal
The Ontario Public Health Unit has established protocols for schools to respond to student illness. Please review the following guidelines.
Together we will keep all staff and students healthy.
Vic Longo – principal
Below are the dates that students can make the change between learning in school or learning virtually.
Date the change will take effect Start Date to request a change Deadline for requesting change
Oct. 13th, 2020 Sept. 24th 9 a.m. Sept. 28th 2020 6 p.m.
November 23, 2020 Nov. 4th 9 a.m. Nov. 6th 2020 6 p.m.
Feb 16th 2021 January 27th 9 a.m. January 29th 2021 6 p.m.
Hello St. Bernadette school community,
I apologize for this long overdue greeting and introduction. As many of you may know Mr. Simoes is now the principal of St. Timothy school and I am the new principal of St. Bernadette Catholic School.
I was previously at Holy Family School as the principal and before that I was the Vice Principal of St. Anne School in Cambridge. I am very excited to be assigned to this school. I requested a school that was rich with culture, diversity and community spirit. I have found all that in St. Bernadette school.
I spent the month of August preparing for the 2020-2021 school year, getting to know the staff and learning about the school and its’ students. Before coming to St Bernadette, I was told how dedicated the staff are. I quickly experienced this firsthand. Many of them gave up their last few weeks of summer vacation to prepare lessons, organize classrooms and meet as a staff to organize our Covid safety protocols and practices. I am very thankful for their professionalism and dedication to educating the students in mind, body and soul.
I would like to assure you that the school board and school are following the strict safety protocols and guidelines set out by the Department of Health. It is mandatory that staff and students wear masks, maintain physical distancing and sanitize hands regularly. We are also restricting access the school property and school building of visitors and parents to reduce the risk for the spread of covid-19. We ask that you help us keep your children safe by staying on the public sidewalk when dropping off and picking up your children.
We are going completely cashless starting this year. If you have not signed up through the school website for Cash online, please do so. We will not be accepting cash payments or cheques. Registration and school forms will also be limited to mostly online as well. Again, this is to help prevent the spread of infection.
I look forward to meeting you and leading St. Bernadette Catholic School.
Sincerely,
Vic Longo
Principal
