​​​​​​​​Event Registration - Safe TALK May 2019

safeTALK is a half-day training in suicide alertness. It helps participants recognize a person  with thoughts of suicide and connect them with resources who can help them in choosing  to live. Participants don’t need any formal preparation to attend the training—anyone  age 15 or older who wants to make a difference can learn the safeTALK steps.

For more information: safeTALK-info-sheet

Registration for May 14 in Kingston: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=eWrjBJpsTkKu9WekMhYEwYYYlEpHn8NOlWIhr1mbZPRUM1RXUDdCSEVFOU0zUUwwQkVSNTNMOVVVNS4u

Registration for May 15 in Belleville: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=eWrjBJpsTkKu9WekMhYEwYYYlEpHn8NOlWIhr1mbZPRUQUk0RVYzMTFRSDQ0WEwwMzhXMTJZQVFGUC4u 

A Catholic School Council is a legally constituted advisory group of elected parents, staff, students, parish representatives, and appointed community members dedicated to fostering effective Catholic schools, promoting Catholic education, and enhancing student achievement.​   The Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board recognizes the importance of parental engagement in the education of their children.  In keeping with Catholic teaching, we affirm that parents are the primary educators of their children and we welcome their participation as active members of Catholic School Councils.

The "purpose of school councils is, through the active participation of parents, to improve pupil achievement and to enhance the accountability of the education system to parents. A school council's primary means of achieving its purpose is by making recommendations in accordance with the Regulation to the principal of the school and the board that establishes a council".  O.Reg 612/00 s.2

Catholic School Councils are required in all Catholic elementary and secondary schools.  

For more information on the Ontario Association of Parents in Catholic Education, please visit: OAPCE​

ALCDSB Parent Involvement Committee By-Laws.pdf

Policy Statement - Catholic School Councils.pdf

Administrative Procedures - Catholic School Councils.pdf

Membership:

A council is composed of the following members and holds a minimum of four meetings per year, promoting the best interests of Catholic education locally, and provincially:

• parents and guardians of students enrolled in the school; 
  

• school principal;

• one teaching representative;

• one non-teaching representative;
  

• one student (in elementary schools, at the discretion of the Principal and Council, mandatory in secondary schools);
  

• parish priest or designate (parish representative) in accordance with by-laws;
  

• one community representative appointed by the other members of the Council and,
  

• one person appointed by the Ontario Association of Parents in Catholic Education