The Ministry of Education has approved more than $6.1 million in funding for an upgrade and expansion to St. John Fisher Catholic School in Forest.

The $6,156,808 project includes a six-classroom addition to the school, the renovation and repurposing of two existing classrooms to expand child care programming, upgrades to a kindergarten classroom and construction of a new 13-space parking lot at St. John Fisher. The project will increase the school's capacity by 92 pupil places and add 18 new child care spaces.

On Thursday, St. Patrick’s Catholic High School and Ursuline College Chatham welcomed hundreds of incoming Grade 9 students for LINK, an orientation program focused on helping students feel prepared and excited for high school.

The day gave future Fighting Irish and Lancers a chance to get comfortable in their new surroundings through icebreaker games, connecting with future classmates, learning how to open their lockers and touring the schools.

Please see a Welcome Back message from Lisa Demers, CEO/CEdO