November 5, 2013

As part of the Ministry of Education’s priority to update learning infrastructures, the Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario (CSCNO) will evaluate its students’ needs in regards to school facilities in the communities of Hanmer and Val Thérèse. As part of this process, the CSCNO will undertake a feasibility study of École St-Joseph, École Ste-Thérèse and École Notre-Dame as well as the evaluation of potential utilization options of school sites in Hanmer and Val Thérèse.

The Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario will host a public information session with its school communities on Monday, November 11, at 6:30 pm., in the gymnasium of École St-Joseph (1215 St-Anthony Street, Hanmer). This session will take place in French.

The goal is to maximize the use of space, offer quality learning facilities while ensuring that all students continue to have access to the best French Catholic programming possible in quality school facilities.

“The CSCNO is committed to offering Valley East’s French-language Catholic inhabitants quality learning spaces designed to meet the academic, cultural and spiritual needs of our students,” stated Mr. Marcel Montpellier, President of the CSCNO. “This session will enable citizens to become familiar with different possible options and offer their input.”

The Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario (CSCNO) operates four elementary schools in Valley East. École Notre-Dame (Hamner) is a JK to grade 8 school while École St-Joseph (Hanmer) has students from JK to grade 3 and École Ste-Thérèse (Val Thérèse) counts grade 4 to 8 students. The area is also served by École Jean-Paul II (Val Caron) and École secondaire catholique l’Horizon (Val Caron).

The Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario offers a French Catholic Educational Program that is widely recognized for its excellence. The CSCNO provides a quality academic program that runs from early childhood to adult education, with some 7,000 students in 27 elementary and 10 secondary schools.

Info:    

Paul de la Riva
Communications and Community Development Coordinator
Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario
(705) 673-5626, ext. 294
(705) 677-8195 – cell phone