The York Catholic District School Board has published the agenda for its professional activity days on Wednesday, September 2 and Thursday, September 3, 2026, for elementary and secondary staff in Ontario. The board issued the summary in accordance with Ministry of Education Regulation 304, “School Year Calendar, Professional Activity Days,” which governs how such days are scheduled across the province.
Staff will receive targeted training on cyber-safety, cyber-security and online privacy, aimed at technology-related risks and student safety. In the afternoon of September 2, all board staff will take part in the annual Faith Day, a day meant to bring staff together as a faith-filled community and to focus on adult faith development. School administrators are tasked with facilitating a morning of team-building activities and exercises grounded in the Catholic faith, with a focus on tangible and concrete connections to personal faith development.
On September 3, staff will attend professional development sessions. Secondary sessions cover updates to final evaluation, including mandatory written exams, weightings and designated exam period timing, intended to support consistency in evaluation and assessment practices across courses and schools. They also include professional learning on attendance and participation, with an emphasis on understanding and applying the criteria used to determine final grades, and an overview of the policy requirements and their implementation.
Elementary sessions focus on consistent evaluation and assessment practices and on supporting students’ transition to secondary school, including effective practices for developing positive learning habits. Staff will also receive an overview of recently revised curriculum, including kindergarten, and an introduction to the Edwin platform, a digital, curriculum-aligned resource that Supply Ontario’s vendor of record will provide province-wide.
Students from kindergarten to grade 9 return to class on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, and students in grades 10 to 12 return on Wednesday, September 9, 2026. Students of Our Lady of the Lake CA and St. Katharine Drexel are directed to their school’s schedule for return dates.