Year: 2024

Monday, April 8: Shortened Day for Solar Eclipse

On Monday, April 8, 2024, a full solar eclipse will occur in southern Ontario, which will block the sun’s light in some areas.

In York Region, we will experience the effects of the eclipse between roughly 2:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., which coincides with the scheduled dismissal times for our schools. Looking at the sun during this time period has the ... Continue reading "Monday, April 8: Shortened Day for Solar Eclipse"

April 8 Early Dismissal

York Catholic District School Board announced that to ensure student safety and minimize loss of instructional time due to the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, all schools will be dismissing students early. As such, St. Patrick will dismiss at 12:35 pm. Students WILL be eating lunch at school on this day. On April 8, 2024, all students ... Continue reading "April 8 Early Dismissal"

Autism Awareness

April is Autism Awareness month and April 2nd is Autism Awareness Day. On April 2nd we ask that the students wear bold, bright colours to celebrate the spectrum. On the April 26th Civvies Day we ask students to bring in a loonie or toonie and all proceeds will go to Autism Ontario.