DCDSB 2024-2025 Year-End Message

Dear Families,

As the 2024-2025 school year comes to a close, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude to our students, staff, families, parish and community partners for your unwavering support and collaboration. Over the past year we have come together as a Catholic learning community to embrace and celebrate our spiritual theme, Living in Hope. The virtue of hope calls us into a relationship of faith and trust in God, and into a loving relationship with one another. Let us continue to walk in hope together, supporting one another in our spiritual growth and in our commitment to living out the Gospel values.

This year has been filled with joy, success and achievement – a testament to the shared commitment and collective efforts of all who support the excellence within our schools. As the academic year draws to a close, we invite you to look back at highlights from our programming and initiatives in the 2024-2025 school year, including: 

• Beacons of Hope Recognition Program
• Durham Catholic District School Board Named One of Canada’s Best Employers in 2025 by Forbes 
• Good Shepherd Catholic School Celebrates 25 Years of Catholic Education
• DCDSB Celebrates Inaugural Black Student Excellence Awards 
• Into the Horizon: DCDSB Student Art Exhibit at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery
• 2024-2025 Distinguished Catholic Volunteer Awards 
• Never too Late: Tony’s Inspirational Journey to High School Graduation 
• Indigenous Education - Brook Trout Hatcheries
• BWell Student Mental Health and Well-Being Leadership Team
• DCDSB Student Services Hosts Unity Hub - Connecting Communities 
• DCDSB Hosts Inaugural Student Human Rights Conference 
  • Ontario Power Generation and UA Canada Join Forces to Ignite Welding Education Success for Students at Durham Catholic District School Board
• 2025 Home-School-Parish Symposium
• Parent Information Sessions in Collaboration with DCPIC on Financial Literacy and Supporting Literacy

We have created a year-end video message to our Durham Catholic learning community that features a compilation of these highlights and more. Please click here to view the year-end video message.

On behalf of the Durham Catholic District School Board, we extend sincere congratulations and best wishes to all our graduates. As you embark on the next stage of your journey, we hope you carry the knowledge, experiences, and meaningful relationships you have built during your time at the DCDSB with you.

We look forward to welcoming students back when regular programming resumes on Tuesday, September 2, 2025. In the meantime, we wish all members of our Durham Catholic learning community a safe, restful, and joyful summer.

Yours in hope and faith,

Monique Forster                                           Gerard Winn
Chair of the Board                                        Director of Education