Newsletter - St Clair CDS Board

Helping Your Child to Succeed at School
Each month in this space, look for tips on ways in which parents can help keep their children safe when
using online tools and social media.
For January, I will highlight some specific examples of cyber bullying.
Dan Parr
Director of Education
Source: Ontario Provincial Police
Cyber Bullying
Although there are different definitions regarding the topic of cyber bullying, it can generally be defined as
sending or posting harmful or cruel text messages or images using the internet or other digital
communication devices.
Some Specific Examples of Cyber Bullying Would Include:
Sending cruel, vicious and sometimes threatening messages;
Creating websites that have stories, cartoons, pictures and jokes ridiculing others;
Posting pictures of classmates online with intent to embarrass them;
Breaking into an email account and sending vicious or embarrassing material to others;
Engaging someone in IM (instant messaging), tricking that person into revealing sensitive personal
information and then forwarding that information to others;
Taking a picture of a person using a digital phone camera and sending that picture to others
without consent.
Trustee Corner
Happy New Year from the Board of Trustees for the St. Clair Catholic District School Board!
As you may know, St. Clair Catholic, along with the Diocese of London and the Huron Perth, London and Brant
Haldimand Norfolk Catholic district school boards, have worked to organize an evening with Terry Nelson‐
Johnson. The event for St. Clair Catholic is at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, January 20 th at the Ursuline College
theatre in Chatham.
Dr. Terry Nelson‐Johnson is the Animating and Creative Partner of Soul Play, an experiential, theological and
education enterprise serving congregations families and adults. His art is the written and spoken word.
Through storytelling, poetry and humour, he connects our life stories to the story of the birth, life, death and
resurrection of Jesus.
Ten seats have been reserved for each elementary school; and 25 seats for each secondary school; however,
more seats can be made available. Please contact your principal if you would like to attend.
The event is free and is made available through a Ministry of Education “Parents Reaching Out” grant.
I hope you are able to attend.
Yours in Catholic education,
Carol Bryden, Chair of the Board; John Van Heck; Vice Chair of the Board
Trustees – John Fontaine, Anita Labadie, Michelle Parks, Brenda Rumble and Linda Ward.
Important Notice: St. Matthew Catholic School does not have a teacher on yard duty until 8:35 am. Please do not
drop your children off until 8:35 am or later because they will not be supervised.