St. Mary-St. Cecilia Catholic School

Celebrating the Class of 2020 in new ways

July 2, 2020 Phillip Blancher – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

SOUTH DUNDAS – Unable to celebrate the Class of 2020 at various schools in South Dundas because of restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, schools took to new in-person and virtual ways to commemorate these […]

This week in The Leader: July 1, 2020

June 30, 2020 Editor

This week in The Leader: Celebrating the Class of 2020 in new ways; John Ross offering to pay for campground expansion; Seaway District High School Grads; Seaway District Intermediate School Grads; SMSC Grade 8s donate […]

Students will not return to classrooms until September

May 21, 2020 Phillip Blancher – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

TORONTO – Students in public and private schools will not return to class until September 2020. Education Minister Stephen Lecce made the announcement May 19th. “We’re going to do whatever it takes to keep students […]

Start time and bus changes coming this fall

February 6, 2020 Phillip Blancher – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

SOUTH DUNDAS – A large-scale change to bell and bus times is in the works for students attending English language schools in the region. Schools in the Upper Canada District School Board, and the Catholic […]

Morrisburg Public School leads local schools in EQAO improvements

October 3, 2019 P. Blancher – Leader staff

MORRISBURG – Morrisburg Public School lead all four provincially-funded schools in South Dundas with year-over-year improvements to provincial education scores as reported by the Education Quality and Accountability Office. The EQAO released its annual report […]

South Dundas wants to talk about rural schools, meeting slated for October 2nd

October 1, 2019 R. Comfort – Leader staff

SOUTH DUNDAS – The Municipality of South Dundas is serious about its rural schools and the education that students are receiving in those schools. That’s why they are hosting an open discussion meeting about the […]

Classroom of the Future is right here in Morrisburg

June 13, 2019 R. Comfort – Leader staff

MORRISBURG – St. Mary – St. Cecilia Catholic School’s submission to the Classroom of the Future contest, not only took top prize – it also changed the contest. MindShare Learning Technology’s national competition, now in […]

Familiar face returns to community as youth intern

May 21, 2019 R. Comfort – Leader staff

MORRISBURG – The Municipality of South Dundas is looking to build strong connections with youth in this community and a well-known local youth is heading up that portfolio. Eighteen year-old Kaeghan Lowson, who has just […]

Morrisburg schools fare well

January 24, 2019 P. Blancher – Leader staff

MORRISBURG – Elementary schools in South Dundas saw improvement in the annual Fraser Institute Report Card on Ontario’s Elementary Schools. Morrisburg Public School saw the largest improvement and St. Mary-St. Cecilia nearly made the top-100 […]