John Sweeney Catholic Elementary School
Our School
Learning Commons
Principal's Welcome
Welcome to the John Sweeney Catholic Elementary School website! We hope that this website will be informative and useful to you.
We are blessed with a dynamic and caring staff, dedicated to bringing out the best in your children. We are fortunate to experience a rich faith life, within our school and in partnership with Blessed Sacrament Church. We acknowledge and celebrate the support that you, as parents, provide for your children. You assist in ensuring that home, church and school work collaboratively for the benefit of your children.
We will strive to update our website regularly with information you need to keep up with the activities which will be taking place at John Sweeney Catholic Elementary School throughout the years.
We thank you for your continued support in helping to make John Sweeney Catholic Elementary School such a wonderful community!
Catholic School Advisory Council
Welcome to our Catholic School Advisory Council!
The education of our children is a partnership, working together to build a strong school community. Welcome, we’re glad you’re here.
What is the Role of the Catholic School Advisory Council?
A school council is an advisory body that functions within the parameters of Ministry of Education and Board policy. School councils provide an opportunity and the means to advise the principal and the Board on any matter on the improvement of pupil achievement and to enhance the accountability of the education system to parents/guardians. The ultimate responsibility for the administration and management of the day-to-day operation of the school rests with the principal.
A school council is an important venue for the various stakeholders in education to work in partnership. Its role, in collaboration with the principal, staff, and the community, is to help set the priorities of the school and to enhance learning opportunities, through various activities, for the benefit of our children/students.
What a Catholic School Advisory Council is not
A school council is not a place to pursue your own agenda or advocate for your own child. Individual issues should be pursued through the classroom teacher and/or principal.
Updates
- May 2025 CSAC Minutes
- March 2025 CSAC Minutes
- January 2025 CSAC Minutes
- November 2024 CSAC Minutes
- September 2024 CSAC Minutes
Playscape Renewal Committee Meeting Minutes
- Playscape Subcommittee Minutes – June 10, 2025
- Playscape Subcommittee Minutes – May 13, 2025
- Playscape Subcommittee Minutes – April 15, 2025
- Playscape Subcommittee Minutes – March 4, 2025
- Playscape Subcommittee Minutes – February 11, 2025
- Playscape Subcommittee Minutes – January 14, 2025
- Playscape Subcommittee Minutes – December 10, 2024
- Playscape Subcommittee Minutes – November 5, 2024
- Playscape Subcommittee Minutes – October 15, 2024
- Playscape Subcommittee Minutes – August 29, 2024
- Playscape Subcommittee Minutes – June 11, 2024
- Playscape Subcommittee Minutes – May 14, 2024
- Playscape Subcommittee Minutes – April 30, 2024
- Playscape Subcommittee Minutes – April 9, 2024
- Playscape Subcommittee Minutes – April 2, 2024
Parent Outreach Plans
Contact Us
185 Activa Ave,
Kitchener, Ontario,
N2E 4A1
Phone: 519-579-5212
Principal: Tanya Hunter
Vice-Principal: Michael Sullivan
School Hours
8:50 – Classes begin
10:30 – 10:45 – Morning Recess
11:35 – 12:35 – Lunch
2:15 – 2:30 – Afternoon recess
3:20 – Dismissal
Register for Kindergarten
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Calendar Highlights
- November 17, 2025
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- November 19, 2025
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- November 21, 2025
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- November 24, 2025
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- November 27, 2025
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9:00 am: Picture Retake Day - AM only
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9:00 am: SK Vision Screening
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3:30 pm: Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences
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7:00 pm: Confirmation Rehearsal
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- November 28, 2025
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9:15 am: Grade 6s to Laurel Creek
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11:00 am: Confirmation Liturgy
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- December 3, 2025
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- December 8, 2025
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- December 12, 2025
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9:15 am: Grade 2s to Laurel Creek
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- December 17, 2025
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- December 31, 2025
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- January 1, 2026
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- February 12, 2026
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John Sweeney Catholic Elementary School Calendar
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Land Acknowledgement
The schools in the Waterloo Catholic District School Board are situated on the Haldimand tract of land that is the traditional home of the Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabe and Chonnonton People. We acknowledge the enduring presence and deep traditional knowledge, laws and philosophies of the Indigenous Peoples with whom we share this land today.
We seek a new relationship with the Original People of this land, one based on honour and deep respect. We are grateful for the opportunity to learn here and reaffirm our collective commitment to make the promise and the challenge of Truth and Reconciliation real in our community.
Parish
Our Catholic Faith is taught, reinforced and celebrated in our school, homes and parish. We are so fortunate to have an excellent relationship with our local parish.
