- Michael Kras
- 16 Mar 2024
Hamilton schools will close on day of solar eclipse
Schools in Hamilton’s public and Catholic boards will be closed on the day of the solar eclipse. Both the HWDSB and HWCDSB have announced adjustments to their school year calendars, moving their r...
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- Michael Kras
- 08 Mar 2022
Hamilton’s Catholic schools will fly a Pride flag for the first time
Beginning this June, Catholic schools in Hamilton will raise the Pride flag for the first time in the board’s history. The Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board (HWCDSB) voted 6-3 in fav...
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- Michael Kras
- 07 Feb 2022
Hamilton public health adds vaccine clinics in schools for students, staff
To make COVID-19 vaccines more accessible to students, families, and staff of Hamilton’s public schools, Hamilton public health is opening some temporary clinics in select schools city-wide. Between...
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- Craig Clark
- 01 Jun 2021
Hamilton Catholic school board will not be raising Pride flags in June
Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board (HWCDSB) has decided to not fly rainbow Pride flags outside its school this June. They are the second school board in the area, including the Halton C...
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- Michael Kras
- 12 Feb 2021
Two Hamilton schools trying rapid COVID-19 testing this weekend
In an effort to enhance health & safety measures as schools in Hamilton return to in-person learning, local public health has teamed up with Hamilton’s public and Catholic school boards to offer...
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- Michael Kras
- 13 Oct 2020
COVID-19 outbreak confirmed at a school in Hamilton’s Catholic board
Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Elementary School has been confirmed to have an outbreak of COVID-19, which marks the first outbreak within the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board (HWCDSB...
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- Michael Kras
- 30 Sep 2020
Two students at Hamilton Catholic school test positive for COVID-19
Two students at St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Elementary School have been found to test positive for COVID-19, according to a notice from the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board (HWCDSB...
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- Michael Kras
- 19 Sep 2020
COVID-19 case confirmed in student at Bishop Tonnos Catholic Secondary School
The city and local public health have confirmed the first student case of COVID-19 in the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board (HWCDSB) at Bishop Tonnos Secondary School. A release from t...
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- Michael Kras
- 22 Aug 2020
Masks will be mandatory on school buses for all Hamilton students
As students in the public school system get ready to return to classes come September, Hamilton’s school boards are introducing additional measures to aid in the health and safety of students in the...
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- Craig Clark
- 21 Aug 2020
Hamilton catholic schools to require masks for all grades
Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board (HWCDSB) approved a staggered return to classes and a mask requirement for all students JK to Grade 12 as part of it’s back to school plan. In a...
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