Sudbury Catholic District School Board

Month: November 2007

Grade 9 Students at St. Charles College to Participate in Antioch Weekend

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St. Charles College is hosting a Grade 9 Retreat Antioch Weekend from Friday, November 30th at 7:00 p.m to Sunday, December 2nd at 8:00 p.m. Students will have the opportunity to experience a dynamic weekend full of sharing, discussions, music, food, fun projects and more. The weekend is entirely given by experienced youth with the help of teachers and spiritual director Father Pat Woods.

The purpose of the weekend is to build a Christian community of young people within the school where they can experience Jesus Christ in a personal way alongside their peers. All Semester 1 Grade 9 Religion students will be participating.

Sudbury’s Elgin Street Mission Benefits from the Generosity of St. Ben’s Students

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Frank Rocca, Department Head, Physical Education, St. Benedict CSS, Benny the Bear, (St. Benedict CSS Mascot) and Veronica Summerhill a Grade 12 student at St. Benedict CSS recently presented a $250 cheque to the City of Greater Sudbury’s Elgin Street Mission. The money was raised during the 50/50 draws at the “Bears” home football games. In addition to the cash donation, St. Benedict Catholic School students are also undertaking a “Mitten Drive” to help the Elgin Street Mission in providing winter clothing (mittens, hats, scarves, coats, etc.) for the less fortunate throughout the winter.

Donations will be accepted at St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School, 2993 Algonquin Road, Sudbury from now until December 21 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

SCDSB Proud Participant in Sudbury Elementary Volleyball League

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St. Raphael, Marymount and St. Francis are proud participants in the Sudbury Elementary Volleyball League. The league includes more than 350 athletes and is in it’s 7th season. Boasting 19 girls’ teams in two divisions and 13 boys’ teams in a single division, the league develops Sudbury athletes throughout the area from all four local school boards.

Teams have competed over 4 Saturdays from the beginning of the school year, and at the end of league play going into playoffs SCDSB teams are ranked as follows:

Boys:
St. Raphael – 3rd
St. Francis – 6th

Girls Division 1:
Marymount A – 1st
St. Francis – 6th
St. Raphael – 10th

Girls Division 2:
Marymount B – 7th

The Sudbury Elementary Volleyball League is organized by Diables Sports Club – a non-profit organization. They take care of all scheduling, stats, hosting and other organizational duties.

St. James Catholic School Hosts Aboriginal “Mishoomis and Nikoomis Day”

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As part of its School Improvement Plan, the St. James Catholic School Parent Council initiated an Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Committee to promote Native cultural understanding and appreciation to both native and non-native students.

Mishoomis (grandfathers) and Nikoomis, (grandmothers) of the St. James Catholic School’s Native students were invited to visit the school to make a variety of presentations such as; eagle feather teaching, native craft making, aboriginal storytelling, how to clean a fish, how to do bead work, how to make moccasins, etc. One child in each class had been linked up with their own grandparent for the morning event.

View video of the event on the Sudbury Star’s website.

St. Benedict CSS to Host ‘Technology Days’

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St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School will be hosting Technology Days on Monday, November 26, Thursday, November 29, Wednesday, December 5 and Thursday, December 6, 2007 from 9:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the school.

The days’ activities will involve four one-hour sessions:

– Automotive Technology session: Students will be given an overview of the program followed by a hands on team competition task

– Construction Technology session: Students will use power tools to produce a finished product

– Hospitality and Tourism session: Working in the Foods Lab students will make pasta which they will also enjoy eating.

– Communications Technology session: Using digital cameras students will plan and record scenes of “A Day at St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School.”

For additional information, please contact Maurizio Visentin, Guidance Counsellor at St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School at ph. 523-9235.

SCDSB Launches Year Two of “Dearness Conservation Program and Challenge”

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The Sudbury Catholic District School Board recently launched the 2007-2008 Dearness Conservation Program and Challenge. The School Conservation Challenge was created by the Sudbury Catholic District School Board to increase the participation in the Dearness Conservation (DC) initiative that was introduced into all of the Board’s schools in 2001. Since the inception of the DC program, the Board has been able to achieve substantial utility savings by educating teachers, students and staff and providing them with the necessary resources through this program.

The Dearness Conservation Program is geared toward both secondary school and elementary schools. The program consists of an in-school presentation/workshop and seeks to incorporate all students in the school in its conservation efforts.

The DC in-school program launch consisted of two components:

Part 1: A viewing of the widely acclaimed environmental movie trailer, An Inconvenient Truth followed by a “Changes” and a “Choices” presentation which focused on the choices that students have to make with respect to the environment. Discussion also centred around the key aspects of the Board’s Conservation Challenge.

Part 2: A conservation trade show was held on energy efficient technologies. Students learned about energy and water saving technologies, how to perform technical audits, and how to run campaigns to involve all students and staff in energy, water and waste reduction.

Workshops are being presented in all secondary and elementary schools over the next two weeks, and all SCDSB Dearness Schools, Classes and Clubs are invited to participate in the “Conservation Challenge” which will run from October 30, 2007 to May 1, 2008.

The winner of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board’s 2007-2008 School Conservation Challenge will be awarded a Grand Prize of $500.00 (toward an approved greening/grounds improvement project) and the right to display the “SCDSB School Conservation Challenge Champions” banner for a year.

For more information on the Sudbury Catholic District School Board’s DC Program and Challenge please contact, Mark Gervais, Energy Coordinator at the Sudbury Catholic District School Board.

SCDSB Proud Partner in RISK WATCH

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Educators at the Sudbury Catholic District School Board work hard to help students prepare for a bright and challenging future. For this reason, teaching children the skills and strategies they require to make educated decisions to avoid preventable injury and death has always been of paramount importance.

Students from Ms. Marcon’s Gr. 5/6 class at St. Michael Catholic School learned first hand how to minimize their risks through a presentation on “RISK WATCH” delivered by the City of Greater Sudbury’s Fire and Police Services recently.

Leo Frappier, Public Safety Officer, Greater Sudbury Fire Services and Denise Fraser, School Liaison Officer, Greater Sudbury Police Force presented the theme of personal safety through the use of the innovative “Hazard House.”

Risk Watch is an injury prevention program from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). “It is our hope that all students within the Sudbury Catholic District School Board will learn and reinforce behaviours to prevent injury,” states Sandra St. Denis, Principal of St. Michael Catholic School. The program also provides parents and caregivers with additional information about injury prevention.

Early Christmas Present for St. Mary Catholic School

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Christmas came early to St. Mary Catholic School in Capreol thanks to FNX Mining Company, Podolsky Mine. The school was in need of a freezer – not only for storage of First Aid ice packs but also for the storage of hot dogs,buns, and food for Parent Night Socials.

Thanks to Podolsky Mine Manager Frank Flynn and the Podolsky Staff, the students of St. Mary Catholic School now have enough room to store all they need in the beautiful upright freezer that FNX Mining purchased on the school’s behalf. St. Mary Catholic School would also like to thank Mr. Frank Mazzuca of Mazzuca Furniture and Appliance Company of Capreol for his support of the school.

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