School Calendar

Are you interested in connecting with your child in a disconnected world? Join Michelle Horbay, Division Wellness Coordinator, for Connect Parent Group. 

This is a 6-part parenting series based on understanding attachment and how our children communicate with us (typically through behaviours). The series focuses on six topics each evening including foundational science, regulation, emotions, and attachment needs. The series also looks at empathy and self-care for all caregivers.  

Series Information:

• Begins on March 1^st, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
• Caregivers are expected to attend 6 sessions (in person)
• Location: Christ the King School - 3511 Rollyview Road Leduc
• All participants must pre-register by Friday, February 24
• For more information and to register please contact:
  • Michelle Horbay
  • 780-986-2500
  • michelle.horbay@starcatholic.ab.ca

STAR Catholic would like to invite parents/caregivers, staff, and students to join a session to support strategies to reduce Test Anxiety. We will be gathering in person, while the presentation will be facilitated virtually. This webinar is presented by Alberta Health Services - Addiction and Mental Health.  

Presentation: Test Anxiety - Strategies for Success

Does your teen prepare for exams only to freeze up during the test? Test and performance anxiety is very common among students. This session will help teens learn how to succeed despite their anxiety and help caregivers support their teens to reduce test anxiety.

This session is free.

When: March 15th, 2023

Location: Christ the King School

Time: 6:00 - 7:30 PM

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For more information on this presentation please contact:
Michelle Horbay

Division Wellness Coordinator

780-781-1239

michelle.horbay@starcatholic.ab.ca

STAR Catholic Schools, in collaboration with Connections Psychological Services, is welcoming
all parents, families, and community members in Drayton Valley for an evening presentation:

April 11th, 2023
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
St. Anthony School, Drayton Valley

About the presentation: After a death, you can feel disoriented, confused, isolated, and lonely. It can be very painful. The "help" others give you may not be very helpful. There can be lots of sadness, anxiety, and anger that is difficult to handle.

As caregivers, parents, and friends, we may want to do or say something to take away the pain, but the words can fall flat and not convey the comfort we want. This can be especially true during multiple, surprise, and "out of order" deaths.

At first, we might need some simple advice on how to survive the initial shock. As time wears on, we need to learn how to live with the continued pain of grief.

As we go through grief, we do not need lots of words and platitudes. We need someone to walk alongside us and sometimes we need to be carried. We need to connect and have what we are going through noticed and acknowledged. We need to learn to take care of ourselves and be kind to ourselves internally.

During this presentation, Paul will talk about and demonstrate some practical ways to get these needs met and how to help carry each other effectively.

About Paul: From an early age as the son of a pastor, Paul observed how people dealt with grief and trauma. His main working years (about 35) were in schools as a counsellor and Psychologist walking alongside children and parents through their griefs and traumas. For the last five years since retired from working in schools, Paul has worked as a therapist specializing in supporting adults going through grief and trauma, mainly with EMDR and CBT.

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