| Our Sikh Families Celebrate Vaisakhi | http://her.scdsb.on.ca/about-us/news/school-news/346 | Our Sikh Families Celebrate Vaisakhi | <p><span><span style="font-size:22pt;font-family:"open sans", sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Our Sikh families celebrate </span><span style="font-size:36pt;font-family:"open sans", sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Vaisakhi.</span><span style="font-size:22pt;font-family:"open sans", sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> On Tuesday, April 13th, families celebrate Vaisakhi, which is a religious holiday for Sikh’s (the birthday of our religion), but also a time of festivals in India to celebrate the new harvest. It marks the beginning of the Hindu solar New Year.</span><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:"open sans", sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></span></p> | | | |
| April 13th - May 12th - Our Islam families celebrate Ramadan | http://her.scdsb.on.ca/about-us/news/school-news/348 | April 13th - May 12th - Our Islam families celebrate Ramadan | <p></p><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size:19pt;font-family:"century gothic", sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">April 13th marks the beginning of Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. It is a period of prayer, fasting, and giving to others.</span><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:374px;height:351px;"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/jueW--z_JEa32Klb_Z6bQYZCET7wT1_kESP_RJ36euK3BOurseKEAE1PaFKDTOixJlkq1314KP-7pTduHFxJELvWh6FHmcsoTA6m1E8n3oq2eYAxm2bUyH7dXWRMW6J2nKb84LdQ" width="374" height="351" alt="" style="margin:5px;" /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size:19pt;font-family:"century gothic", sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Fasting is important during Ramadan as it allows Muslims to devote themselves to their faith and closer to Allah.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size:19pt;font-family:"century gothic", sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">There are five pillars of Isam: faith, prayer,charity and making the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca.</span></p><br></span><p><br></p> | | | |
| Welcome Mrs. Consecho | http://her.scdsb.on.ca/about-us/news/school-news/350 | Welcome Mrs. Consecho | <p>We would like to give a warm welcome to Mrs. Consecho to our office. <br></p> | | | |
| April Character Trait - Optimism | http://her.scdsb.on.ca/about-us/news/school-news/351 | April Character Trait - Optimism | <p><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-7-4 ms-rteFontFace-4" style=""><span style=""></span><span style="font-size:16px;background-color:#ffffff;">Optimism ... W</span><span style="font-size:16px;background-color:#ffffff;">e maintain a positive attitude and have hope for the future. </span></span></p><p><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-7-4 ms-rteFontFace-4" style=""><span style="font-size:16px;background-color:#ffffff;"><em style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffffff;">Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen.</em></span><br style=""></span></p><p><span style="color:#202124;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:#ffffff;"><em style="color:#595959;font-family:arial, sans-serif;text-align:center;background-color:#ffffff;"><br></em></span></p> | | | |
| Provincewide Emergency Brake Shutdown – schools remain open | http://her.scdsb.on.ca/about-us/news/school-news/349 | Provincewide Emergency Brake Shutdown – schools remain open | <p style="color:#333333;line-height:1.4em;margin-bottom:8px;font-size:18px;background-color:#ffffff;">The Ontario government announced that the province of Ontario will move into an emergency brake shutdown, effective April 3, 2021.</p><p style="color:#333333;line-height:1.4em;margin-bottom:8px;font-size:18px;background-color:#ffffff;"><strong>At this time, all SCDSB schools will remain open for student learning and students enrolled in the Learn@Home program will continue to attend class virtually. SCDSB schools will reopen on Tuesday, April 6, following the long weekend.</strong></p><p style="color:#333333;line-height:1.4em;margin-bottom:8px;font-size:18px;background-color:#ffffff;">For ongoing updates, visit the <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.scdsb.on.ca/covid-19" href="https://www.scdsb.on.ca/covid-19" style="color:#093f5f;text-decoration-line:underline;">COVID-19 page on our website</a>, or follow us on social media (Twitter: <a data-cke-saved-href="https://twitter.com/SCDSB_Schools" href="https://twitter.com/SCDSB_Schools" style="color:#093f5f;text-decoration-line:underline;">@SCDSB_Schools</a> or Facebook: <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.facebook.com/SCDSB" href="http://www.facebook.com/SCDSB" style="color:#093f5f;text-decoration-line:underline;">www.facebook.com/SCDSB</a>). <br></p><p><br></p> | | | |