Sudbury Catholic District School Board

Month: October 2006

Sudbury Catholic Board Appoints New Interim Director of Education

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The Sudbury Catholic District School Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Rossella Bagnato as the new Interim Director of Education for the Sudbury Catholic District School Board. Mrs. Bagnato will replace Director of Education, Zandra Zubac, who has been seconded by the Ministry of Education to the Literacy and
Numeracy Secretariat.

Mrs. Bagnato has been an Academic Superintendent of Education with the Sudbury Catholic District School Board since 2002. She possesses a Master of Education degree from Ottawa University and has more than 20 years of experience in the field of Education. Mrs. Bagnato
is well suited to her new position as Director having been an Academic Superintendent of Education, principal, vice-principal and teacher with the Sudbury Catholic District School Board.

“I am honoured to assume the role of Interim Director of Education for the Sudbury Catholic District School Board,” stated Mrs. Bagnato upon accepting her new position. “I look forward to continuing the excellent standard set by Mrs. Zubac. I am privileged to work with a Senior Administration Team and Board of Trustees whose vision and commitment I admire.”

“Rossella Bagnato is a strong member of our Senior Administration team,” stated Zandra Zubac, Director of Education for the Sudbury Catholic District School Board. “She is a very capable leader and a warm and sincere person. Sudbury Catholic District School Board Staff, Students, Trustees and Parents are fortunate that she will have the opportunity to develop her vision for improved student achievement in the years to come.”

Paula Peroni, Chair of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board stated that, “It is with a great deal of pleasure that the Board announces Mrs. Bagnato as our Interim Director of Education. Rossella not only possesses the academic, curriculum and administrative skills necessary for this position but she also brings with her a deep commitment to Catholic Education and is extremely passionate regarding the Board’s support of teachers and
administrators as they guide students in their spiritual and academic journey.”

Mrs. Bagnato assumes her new position with the Board effective, January 1, 2007.

Graffiti Eradication Campaign: Students Do Their Part to Clean Up the City

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“Graffiti has long been thought of as a sign of urban decay. This leads to a societal belief that if an area is not properly maintained then no one cares about it,” says Sgt. Heinz Kuck, from the Toronto Police Service. There are a number of psycho-social consequences linked to graffiti such as decreased respect for authority, citizen fear and diminished use of public and private places.

The “Broken Window” theory describes how “the image of broken windows may cause a neighbourhood to spiral into decay if no one attends faithfully to its maintenance. If a factory or office window is broken, the passerby observing it will conclude that no one cares or no one is in charge. In time, a few will begin throwing rocks to break more windows. Soon all the windows will be broken and now the passer-by will think that not only is no one in charge of the building, no one is in charge of the street on which it faces. Only the young, the criminal, or the foolhardy have any business on an unprotected avenue and so more and more citizens will abandon the street to those they assume prowl it.”

With this in mind, students from three of the City of Greater Sudbury’s School Board’s in conjunction with the Greater Sudbury Police Service launched a widespread education blitz on Monday, followed by a massive graffiti clean up of the city. In addition, the Sudbury Police Service’s Community Response Unit and Crime Prevention Unit have been working with various teaching professionals to incorporate a ‘Graffiti Hurts’ and the ‘Adopt a Block’ Program into the schools’ existing curriculum.

The Adopt a Block program will allow the students to become agents of change in the Sudbury community. Through this program each school will be able to “adopt” a section of the city and under the supervision of their teachers, keep the area graffiti free by painting over existing graffiti and maintaining a graffiti free environment in and around their respective schools. This week’s launch of the “Graffiti Eradication” program is the first in a series of steps that will involve students throughout the community to keep the city beautiful and to nurture a strong partnership between the school and the community.

Director of Education Zandra Zubac Seconded by the Ministry of Education

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The Sudbury Catholic District School Board has announced that the Ministry of Education has seconded Director of Education, Zandra Zubac, to the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat. The two-year secondment begins January 1, 2007.

In accepting the secondment, Mrs. Zubac stated that, “It is with mixed emotions that I am leaving as Director of Education to accept the position with Ministry of Education’s Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat. During my five-year tenure as Director I have been very privileged to have worked with very capable and committed Staff, School Leaders, Senior Administration and Board of Trustees. I firmly believe that Catholic education fosters the search for knowledge as a lifelong spiritual and academic quest and by integrating Catholic beliefs throughout all subject areas of the curriculum our 7,000 elementary and secondary students learn to integrate faith with life and are well prepared for work, college and university.”

Of the secondment Mrs. Zubac said, “It is an honour to be asked to join Dr. Avis Glaze’s Secretariat and to be part of a Provincial Team dedicated to authentic student achievement for Ontario’s children.”

Paula Peroni, Chair of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board congratulated Mrs. Zubac on her new appointment. “Zandra has been a Teacher, Vice-Principal, Principal, Superintendent and Director of Education with this Board for the last 29 years,” stated Peroni. “Her skills as an educator and administrator are second to none. This Board has witnessed the inception of some of its most forward-thinking and progressive programs under her tutelage such as increased student achievement, student success programs and the commitment to technology for all our students. Our five Wireless Laptop Computer Programs, currently in all of our Elementary Schools and Grade 9 Mathematics Program, have expanded this September to include all of our grade 7 and 8 students and classroom teachers with their own laptops. Every one of our students, staff and parents will benefit from the vision and the commitment that Zandra has given to Catholic Character Education, School Leadership, effective teacher instruction and improved student achievement.”

Energy Conservation Top Priority with Sudbury Catholic Board

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The first in a series of Dearness Conservation (DC) inservices for year six took place at the Sudbury Catholic District School Board’s Catholic Education Centre recently. Guest speaker for the afternoon session, Dougal McCreath, (standing) walked the Board’s new DC teachers through a PowerPoint presentation which dealt with the re-greening efforts of Inco from the early 1970’s to the present.

The half-day sessions provided an overview of the Dearness Conservation Program, the local Efficient Sudbury Campaign and an on-line overview of the newly developed SCDSB EcoCentre website, http://www.gresworld.com/sudbury_catholic

Dearness Conservation is a multi-year program designed for school boards to improve their energy use, water consumption and waste management practices. A cooperative team of students, teachers, principals and custodians work together with DC to help schools conserve resources and protect the environment.

Cool To Be Kind

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Special guest artist-performer from Toronto, Errol Lee and his dancers entertained students at various Catholic Schools including St. Francis, St. David, St. Christopher, Pius XII, Immaculate Conception, St. James and St. Charles Elementary to bring out the message of Respect and Faith. An evening concert was held at Pius XII Catholic School.

Through the magic of song and dance, Errol brings forth the powerful message of anti-bullying, anti-racism and most importantly the curriculum component of the Catholic Graduate Expectations. Errol Lee performs music that is upbeat and positive in nature.

SCDSB Helps Launch New Coaching Program for Students with Learning Disabilities

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The Learning Disabilities Association of Sudbury in partnership with the Sudbury Catholic District School Board, the Greater Sudbury Public Library, the Rainbow District School Board, and Laurentian University School of Education launched the “Coaching Program for Students with Learning Disabilities” at Tom Davies Square, recently.

The program provides a “Personal Coach” for students who entered Grade 8 in September 2006, who have been identified with a learning disability and have an Individual Education Plan. These students are partnered with a “Personal Coach” from Laurentian University School of Education. The students receive 11/2 hours of coaching per week at the closest public library. The goal is to prepare these Grade 8 students for transition into high school. Forty students from both English School Boards will receive this coaching once per week until the end of March 2007.

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