John Sweeney Catholic Elementary School
Our School & 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!
Getting Ready for Kindergarten
Welcome to our school community!
We believe that all families are composed of individuals who are competent and capable, curious, and rich in experience. We know our families love their children and want the best for them. Families are experts on their children. They are the first and most powerful influence on children’s learning, development, health, and well-being. Families bring diverse social, cultural, and linguistic perspectives. Families should feel that they belong, are valuable contributors to their children’s learning, and deserve to be engaged in a meaningful way.
Welcome to Kindergarten Event You will be invited to our school this year in the spring, where we can gather in community and get to know each other! There will be an opportunity for you and your child to participate in activities together and ask questions. Let’s get ready to Talk, Create, Read and Play!
Introducing Our Early Years Team, Our School Community and Learning Spaces
If you have not registered your child for school yet, please visit the Entering Kindergarten webpage to start the online registration process.
If you have any questions, please get in touch with us! We are here to help!
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 – 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: Kendra Duench
Vice-Principal: Kyle Sutter
School Hours
8:50 – Classes begin
10:00 – 10:15 – Morning Recess
11:35 – 12:35 – Lunch
1:55 – 2:10 – Afternoon recess
3:20 – Dismissal
Good News Stories
Good News Stories Coming Soon!
Calendar Highlights
- June 12, 2025
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- June 15, 2025
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- June 18, 2025
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- June 19, 2025
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11:35 am: Junior Boys' 3- Pitch Tournament
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- June 20, 2025
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- June 23, 2025
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- June 24, 2025
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11:30 am: Bowling - Grades 5 & 6
- June 25, 2025
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10:45 am: Christian Living Awards Assembly
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- June 26, 2025
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- June 27, 2025
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- September 2, 2025
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- September 3, 2025
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John Sweeney Catholic Elementary School Calendar
Please use the following link to access our calendar from other applications.
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.
