Category: Board News

John De Faveri Accepts Director of Education and Foundation Chair Position With the YCDSB

Dear York Catholic District School Board Students, Staff, Families and Community Members,

The Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that John De Faveri has accepted the position of Director of Education and Foundation Chair with the York Catholic District School Board.

We thank Mr. De Faveri for being our Interim Director for the past 11 months

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The 2023-24 Director’s Annual Report Is Now Available

The 2023-24 school year was an incredible time for the York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB). To help our community relive some of the YCDSB’s many accomplishments from this school year, we are happy to share the 2023-24 Director’s Annual Report.

In this beautifully designed report, you will see that we opened two new schools

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Nicole Sinclair Named 2024 Ontario CEC Teacher of the Year

Nicole Sinclair was honoured with the 2024 Council for Exceptional Children (Ontario CEC) Teacher of the Year Award at a ceremony held at the Marriott Eaton Centre on December 1, 2024. This prestigious honour recognizes Ms. Sinclair’s unwavering dedication and exceptional contributions to the field of special education. Father Michael McGivney Catholic Academy (FMM) is thrilled that Nicole Sinclair was

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Nominate Someone Special for the Distinguished Alumni Award

York Catholic District School Board alumni are truly outstanding. Through their God-given talents and social conscience, they constantly make the world a better place. 

York Catholic recognizes some of its incredible alumni every year with the Distinguished Alumni Awards. This is a celebration of Catholic education and the people who have benefited from it.   

If you

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York Catholic to Stop Posting on X (Formerly Known as Twitter)

 

To all those who follow the York Catholic District School Board on social media, thank you.

We believe in social media’s promise to inform, inspire and spread joy to the world. Sadly, though, many social media platforms have strayed from this promise. This is why York Catholic joined school boards from across the province in suing Meta,

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McGivney Student Wins Prestigious Rise Global Scholarship

Congratulations to Thivya Jeyapalan, a grade 12 student at Father Michael McGivney Catholic Academy in Markham, Ont., who was named a Rise Global Winner.

Rise, a partner of the Rhodes Trust, gives promising young people aged 15-17 the opportunity to work together to make the world a better place. The organization provides

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