St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Elementary School
About Us
Welcome to St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Elementary School website.
Principal's Message
It is a pleasure to welcome you to the St. Kateri Tekakwitha CES website. We hope that you find this website useful and informative. Please make sure to take a look at this site on a regular basis as we will keep posting important calendar events and important news updates to keep you in the loop!
Our goal at St. Kateri Tekakwitha CES is to create a Christ-centred, positive, encouraging and stimulating learning environment for our students so that each child will have the opportunity to learn, experience, and grow to his or her potential. We believe that to achieve the most fulfilling and rewarding education for your child, everyone must work together as a team. Children’s attitudes, values and self-concepts are moulded at home and at school. This calls for a home/school partnership to encourage learning skill development, respect and self-discipline. Together with parents/guardians, our staff want to instill a sense of responsibility, self-worth, respect for self, others and the environment. We look forward to your continued support throughout the school year.
Our school is blessed with a caring, talented staff who are committed to creating opportunities for students to share their wonderful gifts. Included in our community is our parish, St. Aloysius. Under the guidance of Father Melvin and Father Sunil, the students will have the opportunity to grow and learn about our faith through the sacraments and our daily prayer life. As a family, we can provide our children with a quality Catholic Education and bring promise to our school mission statement: to live and glorify our faith in all aspects of the school day and year. By doing so each of us can positively impact the lives of others and society.
Everyday at St. Kateri is a brand-new day full of opportunity and hope. Our mantra is Today is a great day to have a great day! We hope that our students embody this and take full advantage of the promise that each and every day offers them. If we have to rise, we might as well shine!
We are looking forward to an exciting school year and creating more memories as we appreciate our God given gifts and talents. Please feel free to contact the school at any point with any questions or concerns that you may have.
Your Partners in Catholic Education,
Richard Setler & Caroline Sottile
Proud Administrators
St. Kateri Tekakwitha CES
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
Parent Outreach Plans
Contact Us
560 Pioneer Dr,
Kitchener, Ontario,
N2P 1P2
Phone: 519-895-1716
Extended Day Cell Phone: 519-580-6417
Principal: Richard Setler
Vice-Principal: Ryan Latimer
School Hours
8:35 am – Bell/Entry
9:45-10:00 am – Recess
11:20-12:20 – Lunch
1:40-1:55 pm – Recess
3:05 – Dismissal
Good News Stories
Good News Stories Coming Soon!
Calendar Highlights
- March 25, 2025
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- April 1, 2025
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- April 22, 2025
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St. Kateri Tekakwitha 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.
