PRESS RELEASE
Canadian Catholic School Trustees’ Association’s Trophy is coming to Prince Albert Catholic Schools!
June 3, 2022

June 3, 2022 – The Prince Albert Catholic School Board of Education is pleased to announce the Canadian Catholic School Trustees’ Association (CCSTA) Toonies for Tuition Trophy will be awarded to our school division! Each year a National Trophy and recognition is awarded to the individual school board or division in the fully-funded provinces that raises the most money per capita based on FTE enrolment. 

The CCSTA manages an Endowment Fund “Toonies for Tuition” fundraising campaign to support Catholic students across Canada that have no public funding for Catholic education. Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories, and Yukon are the only provinces with Catholic education funding. Partial funding (approximately 50%) occurs in Manitoba and British Columbia. Meanwhile, Catholic schools in Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, Newfoundland and Nunavut receive no government funding. Tuition, donations and fundraising are the only financial sources for families in some parts of Canada. The CCSTA Toonies for Tuition Endowment Fund helps alleviate these costs.

Today, the CCSTA named the Prince Albert Catholic Schools as the Toonies for Tuition Trophy challenge winner; it was awarded to the Prince Albert RCSSD #6 school board for raising the most money as a board per capita. The announcement was made at the CCSTA 2022 AGM /Convention in June. 

Tuition funds are raised for operational costs and students in provinces that need to pay tuition to attend Catholic Schools in Canada. Since its inception, CCSTA has received over 600 student requests for over $1,250,000. Since its inception, CCSTA has distributed over $366,000 in tuition assistance. More information can be found on the Canadian Catholic School Trustees’ Association (ccsta.ca) website.

“The secret to success stems from our students, staff and parent support. Catholic Education is important to our families. Our Board would like to thank everyone for their generous donations for the Toonies for Tuition Campaign. These donations ultimately help students across Canada access faith-based Catholic education!” – long-serving Trustee Pat Hordyski comments.

This year $5,534.30 was raised as reported by CFO Greg McEwen at April 25, 2022, Regular Board Meeting. Director of Education Lorel Trumier comments, “Thank you to all staff, students, families and friends of Catholic education for your support of this endeavour. Catholic education is worth it! A big thank you to recently retired trustee Albert Provost who has championed the cause since its’ inception.” 
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-For more information, contact:
Lorel Trumier,
Director of Education,
(306) 953 7500