A Message from Peter Ferreira, Trustee
Dear Lord, send your spirit upon us and fill us with wisdom, patience, perseverance and
kindness.
Welcome back! As ever, summer is too short; especially with the weather we have been
experiencing. Welcome also to our new students and their families. As we begin another school
year we ask God to bless all of our students, parents, teachers, administrators, senior staff,
custodians, support staff, parish priests and all employees and volunteers of Dufferin-Peel as
well as our Board of Trustees. We pray that this will be a successful year for all. Welcome all new staff. We know that you will find our schools to be dynamic and enriched
places of learning. We wish our staff God’s blessings as they move forward this year. We
appreciate their time and talent and especially their donation of treasured volunteer hours for
extracurricular activities.
We as a school community are blessed to be working with Superintendent David Amaral,
someone who takes his responsibilities in a most professional and thoughtful manner.
We are so happy to see that this September brings Full Day Learning to all of our elementary
schools. Schools have been renovated and are ready to welcome our new students. Studies have
shown that Full Day Learning has had a positive impact on the grade one student population
which has been our goal. Along with the positive outcomes of our EQAO results, we have much
of which to be proud in Dufferin-Peel.
Parents please support and join your Catholic School Council. It is a great opportunity for input
and better understanding of what is happening in education both locally and provincially.
We wish you all the best and may the good Lord always hold you in the palm of His hand. Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
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