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Schools Board Profile - QUICKfacts
The Waterloo Catholic District School Board – the corporate body overseeing Waterloo Region’s Catholic Schools – protects and promotes a tradition of education excellence first begun in a one-room schoolhouse 1836. Today, we’re the eighth-largest Catholic school system in Ontario:
- 47 elementary schools (Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8)
- 5 secondary schools (Grade 9 to Grade 12)
- 5 adult education facilities
- 2.5 million sq. ft. of floor space in schools -- on more than 400 acres of land
- 40,000 elementary, secondary and adult/continuing education students
- Students from more than 114 countries – speaking more than 68 languages
- 3,500 full & part-time staff
- 100,000+ Catholic ratepayers
- 29% of area residents are Roman Catholic
- 26% of area students attend Catholic schools
- 18% of residential taxpayers support Catholic schools
- 32% of local schools are Catholic schools
- $228 million+ annual budget
- $2 million+ raised for charity since 1998
Our Mission…
Our mission statement briefly and clearly states the purpose of our Catholic school system - the reason our school system exists.:
With the gift of the Catholic faith: Learning, growing and transforming the world together, as faithful disciples of the Risen Lord.
Our Guiding Principles…
Our spirituality is the foundation for our seven guiding
Holism;
Life-long Learning; Equity; Collaboration;
Excellence & Accountability; Reflection; Reconciliation.
History
A Brief History of Waterloo Region's Catholic Schools
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