December 2007 - Page 2 of 2 - Sudbury Catholic District School Board

A Diamond in the Rough; St. Anne Catholic School’s Re-Greening Efforts Transform School Yard

Posted on December 10, 2007August 23, 2018 by admin

St. Anne Catholic School was runner up in the VETAC Ugliest School Yard Competition last spring. The school received a cash prize from Xstrata Nickel to help in its re-greening efforts. The funds were used to purchase sod for the playground, benches, trees, and materials for two large brick agricultural beds in which students from Mrs. Wuksinic’s Grade 2/3 class Ms. MacRury’s JK/SK class planted flowers.

St. Anne Catholic School would like to extend its deepest appreciation to the many families, staff and students who helped make this amazing idea a reality. Thank you also to the local businesses who donated items and/or services. St. Anne Catholic School would also like to recognize and thank Jamie Beauchamp from Xstrata Nickel along with representatives from the business community including Peter Vanderkooy from Botanix Azilda Green Houses and Myrna Bechamp from Ashley’s Landscape Supplies who visited St. Anne Catholic School to view the “final product” and to wish the students well.

SCDSB Celebrates Technology

Posted on December 6, 2007August 23, 2018 by admin

The Sudbury Catholic District School Board will be hosting a Technology Celebration on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 (7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.) at St. Charles College. The Technology presentation will allow the Board’s students to showcase some of the Laptop projects that they have been working on during term one. Students will also have the opportunity to talk about their work and share their learning experience with the audience.

In its continued commitment to student success, the Sudbury Catholic District School Board has developed strong expertise in the use of technology as a resource for improving student achievement. Over the last several years the Board has committed itself to the expansion of the wireless laptop program into the Grade 7 and 8 curriculum which has had a dramatic impact on improved student learning and student achievement.

This evening is dedicated to showcasing the creative talents of the Board’s students as they embrace the technology they will be using in their upcoming careers.

SCDSB Elects New Chair and Vice-Chair at Inaugural Meeting

Posted on December 5, 2007August 23, 2018 by admin

The Sudbury Catholic District School Board elected its new chair and vice-chair at the inaugural meeting of the board held at the Catholic Education Centre on December 4, 2007.

George Middleton will assume the position of Chair of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board. Mr. Middleton is serving his sixth term as Trustee and has held the position of vice-chair on two previous occasions. Middleton “It is indeed a great pleasure to assume the position of Chair of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board,” stated Middleton. “Our successes as a Board are a tribute to the teamwork, cooperation and dedication of our students, parents, staff and partners in education. I look forward to continuing to build on these strong relationships and to working in concert with our partners in Catholic education to meet the challenges of the coming year.”

Paula Peroni is the Board’s new Vice-Chair having served previously as Chair of the Board from 1999 to 2001 and from 2004 to 2007. Mrs. Peroni is also the current vice-president of the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association (OCSTA) and the first vice-president of the Canadian Catholic School Trustees’ Association (CCSTA). “I would like to thank my fellow colleagues and members of the board for placing their confidence in me and allowing me to take on the role as Vice-Chair,” stated Peroni. “I will continue to use the experience and insights I have obtained as a Trustee with this board over the last ten years to champion the cause of Catholic education, not only at the local level but at the provincial and national level as well.”

The Greater Sudbury Public Library to Present Two Great Classic Movies

Posted on December 3, 2007August 23, 2018 by admin

Join us at the Main Public Library, 74 Mackenzie Street for two great seasonal movies.

Thursday, December 6th watch The Bishop’s Wife, a romantic comedy starring Cary Grant and Loretta Young. This wonderful film, nominated for five Academy Awards in 1947 gives us Cary Grant as an angel come to earth to help a bishop save his marriage. The movie will be shown in English, without sub-titles.

And then on Thursday, December 13, drop in to see the wonderful Canadian film, Mon Oncle Antoine. This movie was filmed in 1971 and tells the story of a small mining town in Quebec. It is Christmas Eve, and this is the only day of the year when the factories close and the inhabitants can celebrate. The film will be shown in French, without sub-titles.

Everyone is welcome to both showings and admission is free!

For more information, please call Lise Larose at 673-1155, extension 225.

Socks for the Soul Campaign

Posted on December 3, 2007August 23, 2018 by admin

St. Anne Catholic School students challenged themselves to beat last year’s record of 839 pairs of socks for the Socks for the Soul campaign. The St. Anne’s Angels were more than equal to the task, doubling last year’s donation by collecting a total of 1,650 pairs of socks for the homeless.

Advent: Let the Play Begin

Posted on December 3, 2007August 23, 2018 by admin

Everyone likes a good play. A good play draws you in. It keeps you perched on the edge of your seat wondering how things will turn out. A good play has characters that you cheer or jeer. A good play fills you with a sense of excitement and wonder and resolves itself in a way that leaves you feeling satisfied. I am sure everyone reading this article can or has by now filled in the blank with their own good play and recalls all of the feelings it evoked.

Advent is the beginning of a good play. It is the beginning of the story of Jesus. Like a good beginning, Advent draws us into the mystery of the story through all of our senses. Music, candles, gestures and symbols create an atmosphere that tells us something different is happening. Stories about surprising events of births unexpected tell us that we are about to enter into a time that is very different. Voices from the past fill us with hope as we struggle with challenges of poverty, violence and exclusion. The beginning of the play seems to hold out a promise of better times to come.

Advent is only the beginning. The drama unfolds as we move from the birth of Jesus to his young adulthood, baptism and ministry of preaching and healing and ends with his passion, death and resurrection. The drama of Jesus is retold during the year and in different ways we are drawn into this drama and encouraged to see the drama as our own story. Participants are uplifted, saddened, inspired, challenged and comforted as we sing, pray, listen to stories and reach out to others in service.

There are high points in the drama such as Christmas, Epiphany, Ash Wednesday, Holy Week, the Triduum, Pentecost and Ascension Sunday but each Sunday is an opportunity to relive the whole drama and here once again the gestures, symbols, music and stories are a means of pointing to a deeper reality as a good play should.

What makes drama engaging is that in some way we recognize our own story in
The Story. The more we recognize our story in the Jesus Story, the more engaged we will become in the drama. Each of us has experienced times of insecurity, exclusion, doubt and fear. Jesus experienced all of these but his essential message which he called the good news of the kingdom confronted all these feelings and provided a radical alternative to a way of live which drags us down.

So, let the play begin. Become engaged in the drama making the Story your story. Take time to see how the events in the life of Jesus parallel your own life events. Take heart knowing that there is a resolution which will leave you satisfied much more than you could ever have expected.