Blessed Sacrament Catholic School
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Blessed Sacrament Catholic School is a primary school instructing students from grades Junior Kindergarten (JK) to 8 and is part of the Waterloo Catholic District School Board. It was established in 1988 and is affiliated with its nearby parish Blessed Sacrament Church. It is located on The Country Way in Kitchener, Ontario, in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo. The school teaches roughly 500 students per year, and its sports teams are known as The Bears. The majority of its graduates go on to secondary school at St. Mary's High School, though before the local school boundaries were changed in 2002, most went to Resurrection Catholic Secondary School.
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[edit] Facility
Blessed Sacrament has its own baseball diamond, soccer field, and its own double gym, which can be separated by a mechanical curtain and also houses the stage. The school also has a playground and a fenced-in area for the kindergarten students to play. It shares a border with L'École Élémentaire Catholique Cardinal-Léger, a Catholic French immersion school.
[edit] Faculty
As of July 7, 2006, the principal of the school is John Sullivan. Due to the small population of the school, it has typically not had a vice-principal. The school currently employs 31 people, including custodial and special needs staff.[1]
[edit] Policies
The school holds the standard elementary school policies mandated by the Ministry of Education of Ontario, and the Safe Schools Act. Students are not permitted to leave the school's boundaries during school hours, with the exception to go home for lunch. In most cases, it is also mandatory for students of grade seven or higher to go home during the lunch hour, with exceptions being made to special needs students, and to students for whom it would be impractical to go home. However, students of grade six or below are given the choice whether to stay or go.
The school also employs a "nut-free" policy for those who decide to eat on the premises- peanuts are to be neither brought to school nor eaten on school property.
[edit] Traditions
The establishment's most notable tradition is the annual retreat of the graduating students. Each year, the grade eights plan a trip, usually to Paradise Lake or Mount Mary where they will spend several nights bonding with classmates and helping to nurture their spirituality. The purpose of this trip is to prepare the graduates for their upcoming Confirmation- a Roman Catholic coming of age in the eyes of the Church. To symbolize the recognition of the independence of adulthood, this trip is usually carried without parental supervision. However, parental consent is still required, and there are is always teacher supervision, in addition to whatever supervision is provided by the employees at the retreat location.
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| Primary or elementary schools | Blessed Kateri · Blessed Sacrament · Canadian Martyrs · Christ the King · Holy Family · Holy Rosary · Holy Spirit · John Sweeney · Monsignor R.M. Haller · Monsignor William Gleason · Mother Teresa · Notre Dame · Our Lady of Fatima · Our Lady of Grace · Our Lady of Lourdes · Edgar Bauer · St. Agatha · St. Agnes · St. Aloysius · St. Ambrose · St. Anne - Kitchener · St. Anne - Cambridge · St. Augustine · St. Bernadette · St. Boniface · St. Brigid · St. Clement · St. Daniel · St. Dominic Savio · St. Elizabeth Elementary · St. Francis · St. Gregory · St. John · St. Joseph · St. Luke · St. Margaret · St. Mark · St. Matthew · St. Michael · St. Nicholas · St. Patrick · St. Paul · St. Peter · St. Teresa - Elmira · St. Teresa - Kitchener · St. Timothy · St. Vincent de Paul |
| Other schools | St. Louis Adult & Continuing Eucation |
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