St. Josephine Bakhita CES News
Welcome to the first edition of The Bruin Bulletin! This weekly news bulletin will keep our community up to date on everything new and exciting taking place at St. Josephine Bakhita Catholic Elementary School – opening this September. We will update parents and students on the progress of the school building, invite you to information nights taking place this spring, and provide you with the information you will need as we move closer to opening our doors in five short months. Beginning next week, only subscribers to St. Josephine Bakhita’s Newswire will receive this bulletin, so please visit https://stjosephine.wcdsb.ca/ and subscribe if your children will be attending our school in September.
Our Patron Saint – St. Josephine Bakhita
Our school is named after a truly inspiring individual – St. Josephine Margaret Bakhita (1869-1947). She is the patron saint of human trafficking and her personal story of suffering, forgiveness, hope, resilience, strength, and love for God will be an inspiration for our students, faculty, and broader school community. She was known for her charismatic personality, gentle voice, and generous smile. St. Josephine Bakhita was Beatified in 1992 and Cannonized (declared a Saint) in 2000. She is the first Black woman to receive this honor in the modern era.
St. Josephine Bakhita CES Website – Check Us Out and Sign Up for Newswire!
We now have a school website! Visit us at https://stjosephine.wcdsb.ca/ . We will continue to update the website in the coming weeks and months with all the information you will need. Please make sure you subscribe to ‘Newswire’, located at the bottom of the webpage. Simply type in your email address and you will receive a confirmation email. Once you confirm your subscription, you will receive the electronic information we send out via Newswire – such as our weekly Bruin Bulletin!
St. Josephine Bakhita CES is on Twitter – Follow us!
If you have a Twitter account – please follow all the #WCDSBawesome things taking place at our school! You can find us at @stjbbruins or on our school’s website.
Our Mascot and School Colours – Welcome to Bruin Country!
Thank you to everyone who participated in our school mascot survey! We received a lot of great ideas but had to choose only one mascot/school nickname – we are…The Bruins!
For those curious – a Bruin is a Brown Bear. We are working with a creative team that includes Chuck Temple (illustrator for the best-selling children’s book series ‘Brady Brady’) to create our mascot/logo.
Our school colours will be light blue, yellow, and white. To get a better idea, here is a mock-up of our school’s athletic jerseys.
Have a GREAT week and stay tuned for more information in next week’s edition of The Bruin Bulletin!