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CTR Catholic extends its congratulations to this year's recipients of the St. John the Apostle Lifetime Member Awards - Mike Querry and Dawn Quinlan. The award is presented to former employees whose work is characterized by excellence resulting in significant, lasting, and inspirational contributions to the life of the division. For the full write-up on each recipient visit: https://www.redeemer.ab.ca/news/st-john-the-apostle-award-winners-1677255803057

More than 600 teachers and administrators gathered together over the last two days to strength their faith and fellowship during CTR Catholic's annual Faith Days. Teachers, administrators, trustees, priests and deacons travelled from seven different communities for the two-day event at St. James Parish and Holy Trinity Academy in Okotoks. #ctrfaithdays2023

Christ The Redeemer Catholic Schools has official Facebook and Instagram pages for our division and all of our schools each have their own Facebook and Instagram pages! 👏👏👏 ➡ Check out the links below! Make sure you are following the correct page for accurate and up-to-date information and help us celebrate all the wonderful things happening at CTR schools! Facebook: Christ the Redeemer Catholic School Division Instagram: www.instagram.com/CTRcatholic OYEN Facebook: Assumption RC Instagram: www.instagram.com/assumptionschool.ctr OKOTOKS École Good Shepherd School Facebook: École Good Shepherd School Instagram: www.instagram.com/goodshepherd.ctr St. Mary's School Facebook: St. Mary's School Instagram: www.instagram.com/stmarysokotoks St. Francis of Assisi Academy Facebook: St. Francis of Assisi Academy Instagram: www.instagram.com/stfrancis.ctr St. John Paul II Collegiate Facebook: St. John Paul II Collegiate Instagram: www.instagram.com/st.johnpaul2collegiate Holy Trinity Academy Facebook: Holy Trinity Academy Instagram: www.instagram.com/holytrinityacademy.ctr The Centre for Learning@HOME Facebook: The Centre for Learning at Home Instagram: www.instagram.com/centreforlearningathome St. Luke's Outreach (Okotoks, Brooks, High River) Facebook: St. Luke's Outreach Instagram: www.instagram.com/stlukesoutreach.ctr BROOKS Holy Family Academy Facebook: Holy Family Academy Instagram: www.instagram.com/holyfamilyacademy.ctr Christ the King Academy Facebook: Christ The King Academy St. Joseph's Collegiate Facebook: St. Joseph's Collegiate Instagram: www.instagram.com/stjosephscollegiate CANMORE Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Academy Facebook: Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Academy Instagram: www.instagram.com/ourladyacademy.ctr HIGH RIVER Holy Spirit Academy Facebook: Holy Spirit Academy Notre Dame Collegiate Facebook: Notre Dame Collegiate Instagram: www.instagram.com/notredame.ctr DRUMHELLER St. Anthony's School Facebook: St. Anthony's School STRATHMORE Sacred Heart Academy Facebook: Sacred Heart Academy Instagram: www.instagram.com/sacredheart.ctr Holy Cross Collegiate Facebook: Holy Cross Collegiate Instagram: www.instagram.com/holycrosscollegiate

#pinkshirtday at Sacred Heart! 🫶

#pinkshirtday at Holy Family!

CTR students stand up against bullying! #pinkshirtday 💟

Our schools will be closed next week for Faith Week as Monday is Family Day and Tuesday and Wednesday teachers will gather together for CTR's annual Faith Days. The event provides an opportunity for our teachers to gather and grow in their faith as a school community. 🙏 Following Faith Days, teachers will gather for convention. Classes will resume on Monday, Feb. 27. 🎒

The the deadline for the completion of the Alberta Education Assurance (AEA) survey has been extended to Friday, March 17, 2023. This extension applies to student, teacher, and parent surveys. This extension is necessary due to an unexpected delay in the mail out of the parent survey invitation packages. The packages will still be mailed out in the coming weeks and the extension provides parents with adequate time to complete the survey. Thank you for taking the time to complete this important survey which provides valuable feedback to our division.

Students! Recruitment for the 2023/24 Minister’s Youth Council will officially begin on February 15, 2023. The Ministry of Education is looking for approximately 40 junior and senior high school students between the ages of 14 and 19, with diverse interests, identities, backgrounds and perspectives from across Alberta to join next year's council. Of the 40 council members, they will accept up to eight returning members and at least 32 new members. Participating in the council will give students the opportunity to make a real impact on Alberta’s education system, build their leadership skills, and leave a legacy that will last for generations to come. The deadline for students to apply is March 24, 2023. For more information, please visit https://www.alberta.ca/student-engagement.aspx

Happy Valentine's Day CTR families! ❤️ Prayer to Saint Valentine: Dear Saint and glorious martyr, teach us to love unselfishly and to find great joy in giving. Enable all true lovers to bring out the best in each other. Let them love each other in God and in God in each other.

Survey time is just around the corner! 📈🖊 Parents of students in Grade 4, 7 and 10 are encouraged to fill out the Alberta Education Assurance Survey which will be coming to your mailbox anytime after Feb. 6! Parents will be able to fill out the survey online with a random access code or return the paper copies to Alberta Education. Results of the survey provide important feedback to the province, the division, and your school. Please take a few minutes to respond. Deadline is March 3, 2023.

Forty-two CTR kindergarten to Grade 12 teachers and teacher leaders are immersed in writing during a two-day Writers' Workshop retreat. The retreat provides teachers with hands-on writing experiences and deeper learning in order to better serve students. Writers’ Workshop in schools provides students with authentic writing experiences, time to write, explicit instruction, responsive feedback and frequent writing that improves writing fluency and quality of writing.

CTR Catholic and École Good Shepherd School would like to thank the Government of Alberta through the Community Facility Enhancement Program for their contribution to the resurfacing project at two of Good Shepherd’s playgrounds. 🙏❤

Survey time is just around the corner! 📈🖊 Parents of students in Grade 4, 7 and 10 are encouraged to fill out the Alberta Education Assurance Survey which will be coming to your mailbox anytime after Feb. 6! Parents will be able to fill out the survey online with a random access code or return the paper copies to Alberta Education. Results of the survey provide important feedback to the province, the division, and your school. Please take a few minutes to respond. Deadline is March 3, 2023.

Check out this month's Board of Trustee Highlights from its regular meeting held on January 21, 2023 in Strathmore.

Open house tonight (Thursday, Jan. 26) at Holy Spirit Academy in High River for parents of kindergarten students. You don't have to register to attend. All are welcome, whether Catholic or not.

Teachers heighten their number sense knowledge with the help of CTR's Associate Superintendent Pat MacDonald and Director Learning Cheryl Kuemper who have been travelling throughout the division helping teachers improve on their skills to be able to better assist our students! Great learning happening in CTR!