Catholic Education

Vaccine clinics for students will be set up in schools across Ontario when they re-open Sept. 9.

Ontario schools navigate vaccine landscape

By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register

The Government of Ontario has not tipped its hand yet if it will institute mandatory vaccinations for teachers and staff, but education unions are trying to persuade Premier Doug Ford to make that choice.

Vince Romeo, the London Catholic District School Board’s new director of education.

Romeo at home with London Catholic school board

By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register

Vince Romeo, the London Catholic District School Board’s new director of education, has a connection to the southwestern Ontario city — and the board — that runs deep.

Peterborough, Ont., teacher Anne Corkery launched the Gritty Classroom program in the summer of 2020 to use the outdoors and nature to teach students to appreciate the natural world surrounding them.

The great outdoors: where class gets gritty

By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register

Educator and environmental advocate Anne Corkery believes there’s no greater learning environment for children than in the great outdoors.

Avery Comartin has made the tough choice of moving to the United States, while fulfilling her school obligations in Windsor, Ont., to pursue her dream of an NCAA soccer scholarship.

Border issue makes for a tough choice

By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register

With the United States extending its non-essential travel restrictions at land border crossings until at least Sept. 21, Windsor, Ont.’s Avery Comartin finds herself in a difficult bind.

Kiara Mavalwala, left, is one of the 100 high school students across Canada who won a Schulich Leader Scholarship. The graduate of St. Augustine Catholic High School in Markham, Ont., will attend the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University. Also joining the Schulich Foundation scholars from the York Catholic District School Board is Aimee Petrea Chirlpuci, right, of Father Bressani Catholic High School in Woodbridge, who will major in science at Western University.

Prestigious Schulich Scholarship awarded to two Catholic grads

By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register

Kiara Mavalwala is heading to York University this fall to study engineering in hopes of one day being able to ensure all people living in Canada have access to clean drinking water.

Normal will not be on tap when students return to class this September. Distancing, masks and other safety measures will remain in place as we continue to deal with the pandemic.

Nothing about this year will be normal

By JOHN KOSTOFF, Catholic Register Special

Anyone who believes this coming school year will be normal is kidding themselves or is a politician preparing for an election.

Lauretta Frederking, right, Brescia’s principal and new president, chats with a student.

Social justice at the core of new Brescia president

By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register

The new president of Brescia University College is a political scientist who wants to liberate social justice from politics and an educator who wants to free teaching from the classroom. Lauretta Conklin Frederking has been named the 13th principal and the new president of Canada’s only Catholic women’s college. The London, Ont., college was founded by the Ursuline Sisters in 1919. Its 1,500 students also attend Western University.

Family, colleagues shape Daly’s trustee service

By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register

A well-known face in the corridors of Ontario Catholic education, Patrick Daly credits the support of family and colleagues for his effectiveness and longevity as a leader.

Pride flag to fly at schools

By Catholic Register Staff

The Pride flag will be flying over Ontario Catholic schools in a number of jurisdictions, including Toronto, in the month of June.

Memories of school days come flooding back for these women who entered Loretto College School in 1959. Standing, from left, are Luba Zaraska, Mary Lyons, Clara Creglia, Anna Prodanou and Kathleen Heffron. Seated are Raffaela Di Cecco, left, and Mary Elia.

Sixty years later, girls of Loretto College School maintain a strong bond

By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register

Sixty years ago, 13-year-old Clara Creglia’s homeroom teacher, Sr. Elaine, instructed the new Grade 9 class to pair up and choose their locker partners. Creglia didn’t really know anyone at Toronto’s Loretto College School on Brunswick Ave. so she decided to try her luck with the girl that sat behind her.