St. Theresa Secondary

All buses in the Tri-Board Student Transportation Services jurisdiction are cancelled for Friday January 27 due to freezing rain in the area. This decision affects students with the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board, Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board, Limestone District School Board and the French First Language schools in Kingston and Trenton. Schools will remain open today. If parents drive children to school today they are required to pick them up at the end of the day as well.
Please exercise caution if you must be on the roads today.

Furthermore, exams that were to be written today, January 27th, will now be written on Monday, January 30th.

The Grade 8 Parent information night was cancelled last week due to weather and has been rescheduled for tonight, Wednesday, January 25th, from 7pm-8:30pm.  Any questions, please call our Guidance Department.

Researchers from Queen’s University are doing a survey on cyber bullying at St. Theresa CSS and they want your child’s opinion. A letter was mailed to you, asking for your permission for your child to participate. If you agree to have your child do the survey, please sign the letter and send it in the mail using the postage paid envelope inside. The survey will be done during class time second semester and take about 30-40 minutes. They need your help to understand cyber bullying! For questions or concerns, or need another form, please contact Gloria Hackett at 613 968 6993 extension 2014.

Grade 8 students and families are welcome to come and check out St. Theresa CSS as a choice for their secondary school program.
Thursday, January 19th at 7pm – Parent Information Night
Wednesday, February 1st from 10:30-1:30 – Grade 8 orientation Day
Friday, March 2nd – Holy Rosary shadow date (must register through elementary school)
Thursday, March 8th – St Carthagh and Sacred Heart shadow date (must register through elementary school)
Thursday, March 22nd – Holy Name of Mary and St. Mary (Read) (must register through elementary school) and non-feeder students shadow date (must phone Lisa Romano x2024 to register)
Wednesday, April 4th – Georges Vanier shadow date (must register through elementary school)
Tuesday, April 17th – non-feeder shadow date (must phone Lisa Romano x 2024 to register)
Thursday, May 24th – Guys’ Night Out (evening event at STCSS for registered grade 8 boys)
Friday, May 25 – Girls’ Night In (overnight event at STCSS for registered grade 8 girls)
If you would like more information please contact Guidance at 613-968-6993.

Please note:
* Dates may change so please verify prior to engagement.
** Registration forms will only be provided to those students whose addresses have been verified to ensure they are within district boundaries.

You can view the following information from Tri-Board Transportation in how to check whether your bus has been cancelled for the day – IsMyBusCancelled

Please view the latest edition of the student newspaper at Winter Titanium

St. Theresa Catholic Secondary School in Belleville has been presented The Volunteer Information Quinte plaque for Outstanding Volunteerism and Community Spirit. The award was recently presented to Principal Nancy McKeown before the entire student body.

To read the full article, please click the link: 12-20 VIQ Award St. T[1]

Researchers from Queen’s University are doing a survey on cyber bullying at St. Theresa Catholic Secondary School and we want your child’s opinion. A letter will be mailed to you, asking for your permission for your child to participate. If you agree to have your child do the survey, sign the letter and send it in the mail using the postage paid envelope inside. An information session will be held for parents on December 8th at 6:30 pm in the library.

The Art Students of St. Theresa Catholic Secondary School present “The Medium Is the Message” on Thursday, December 1st, 6:00pm – 8:30pm at St. Theresa C.S.S. We will accept food donations at the door.
Thank you.

Refer to our Uniform Policy on page four in the St. Theresa C.S.S. Agenda.

After our meetings today, the following is a list of clarifications regarding our Uniform Policy for students. You must have the following:
- Completely Black shoes
- No long sleeve shirt under a short sleeve shirt
- If you’re wearing a blue shirt, only a blue or white undershirt can be showing
- If you’re wearing a white shirt, only a white undershirt can be showing
- Blue dress shirt must be tucked in
- Head bands are acceptable

- Under a uniform sweatshirt, a uniform shirt with a collar must be worn
- Tights must be a solid colour: neutral, white, burgundy or navy
- Socks must be a solid colour: neutral, white, burgundy or navy
- Solid colour tights and a different solid colour sock are acceptable

If you have any questions, please contact Administration at the school.