Waterdown's St. Thomas School home to new Parenting and Family ...

By Kathy Yanchus ? REVIEW STAFF

A new Parenting and Family Literacy Centre will open in January at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Elementary School in Waterdown.

The announcement was made at the Dec. 18 meeting of the Religion, Family Life and Instructional Services committee of the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board.

In October, the Ministry of Education announced the opening of 17 new centres. After consideration of community needs and current available resources, the board submitted their choice to the Ministry for the Waterdown school site, which was approved last month.

Parent and Family Literacy Centres prepare children for the start of school and encourage families to participate in child learning by helping children build essential literacy and numeracy skills, familiarize children and families with school routines and give children and families an opportunity to spend time with other families within the Catholic community.

Centres are open mornings for 20 hours per week and there is no cost and no pre-registration.

The HWCDSB has five other centres located at Our Lady of Lourdes, St. James the Apostle,? St. Kateri Tekakwitha, St. Lawrence and St. Margaret Mary Catholic elementary schools.

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