Each year, the Waterloo Catholic District School Board proudly announces the recipients of three major awards: Chair’s Award, Community Partner Award and Distinguished Graduate Award.

This year’s recipients of those respective awards are Paul Cox (Principal of the St. Louis Adult Learning and Continuing Education Centres), the Sister Servants of Mary Immaculate, and Michael Dopp (Co-founder of Mission of the Redeemer Ministries). The awards will be presented at a suitable time following the conclusion of the current COVID-19 state of emergency.

Chair’s Award:

Presented to a person or persons in the school system who has contributed significantly to Catholic Education. It is given annually in recognition of outstanding contributions made to the Catholic school system serving the students, staff and greater community of Waterloo Region or to the betterment of Catholic Education in Ontario in general.

Paul Cox has been Principal of the WCDSB’s St. Louis Adult Learning and Continuing Education Centres for the past 15 years. In addition to being recognized for his long record of outstanding service, Paul is also saluted for his positive and energetic nature and his willingness to fearlessly seek and accept new opportunities for St. Louis’ diverse population and program base.

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Community Partner Award:

Presented annually in recognition of outstanding contributions made by a community partner or agency to the Catholic school system serving the students, staff and greater community of Waterloo Region.

For 74 years the Sister Servants of Mary Immaculate have run Mount Mary, which over the past 44 years has served more than 55,000 WCDSB students.  Their Grade 8 retreat experience has long been a treasured culminating activity of the WCDSB elementary years experience.

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Distinguished Graduate Award:

Presented to a graduate of more than 10 years from our school system who has demonstrated outstanding examples of the Ontario Catholic School Graduate Expectations. Awarded at the graduation exercises of the recipient’s Secondary School or other appropriate public venue.

A co-founder, along with his wife, of Mission of the Redeemer Ministries in Ottawa, Michael Dopp has been noted as a “trail blazer” by Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast.  A sought-after speaker, Michael is a graduate of St. Boniface CES and St. Mary’s High School and has dedicated his efforts to evangelization both locally, nationally and internationally, thus exemplifying the very best of the Ontario Catholic School Graduate Expectations.

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