The Life Skills class at St. Charles College has been on a milk bag kick since March. They have been collecting and cutting the opaque, outer bags to create sleeping mats for adults and children in Third World countries. The mats create a buffer from dirt and bugs. It also diverts waste from the landfill.
The students cut the bags into strips and loop them to form balls of yarn. They are then crocheted into sleeping mats by a group of retired teachers in the Sudbury area.
It takes 250 bags to create one adult size mat. A child size mat requires 150 bags. With 1300 bags, the students have helped 5 adults or 9 children in other parts of the world.
Month: June 2009
Marymount Academy Student Selected by Minister of Education to Join Advisory Council
Congratulations to Samantha Shewring, a Grade 11 student at Marymount Academy who was chosen as a member of the Minister’s Student Advisory Council. Samantha was one of sixty students chosen across Ontario. The council is about empowering the students to be more engaged in learning, to think big, speak up and take action to help other students across the Province.
Relay for Life to be hosted by St. John Catholic School
On Friday, June 12, 2009 from 9:15-11:45, over 400 students, teachers and parents from the St. John Catholic School community will rally together to help raise funds by holding a Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life at our school.
The Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life involves participants who take turns walking, running or strolling around a track. Proceeds are used to fund cancer research and community services for people living with cancer and their families.
Marymount Academy student Elizabeth Urso elected President of ECBC
Elizabeth Urso, a grade 11 student at Marymount Academy and student trustee for the Sudbury Catholic District School Board, attended the Annual General Meeting of the Ontario Student Trustees’ Association (OSTA). She was one of approximately sixty student trustees representing 1.9 million public and Catholic students in the province of Ontario. Several guest speakers spoke at this conference, including the Minister of Education, Kathleen Wynne.
During the executive council elections, Elizabeth was elected President of the English Catholic Board Council (ECBC). She is one of five voting members on OSTA’s executive council, and the first female president elected since the Board Council system was integrated into the OSTA’s constitution. This council works to represent the 1.9 million elementary and secondary students in the province of Ontario. The mission of OSTA is to improve education in consultation with the Ministry of Education, adult trustees, teachers, and stakeholders.
Elizabeth’s term as President of the English Catholic Board Council will commence August 1st, 2009. She will also continue to be the student trustee on the SCDSB for the 2009/2010 school year.
The Ontario Student Trustees Association will be moving into its tenth year in September, and hopes to continue to improve education for the 1.9 million students of Ontario.
Sudbury Catholic Board Hosts First Annual “Killarney-Shebanoning Outdoor Adventure Race”
The Sudbury Catholic District School Board presents its first Killarney-Shebanoning Outdoor Adventure Race, hosted by the St. Charles College Outdoor Education Class on Friday, June 5, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in the township of Killarney.
The Outdoor Race will include teams from all four of the Board’s secondary schools and will be composed of four sections as follows:
1. Bike-approx 4 km bike ride from start to the canoe launch
2. Canoe-approx 1 km around marked buoys
3. Bike-approx 6 km bike ride around a marked course
4. Orienteering course-use of map and compass to find designated marked locations and finish line
All teams will check in with the race staff at the race headquarters (also the start and finish points for the race) at the St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School in Killarney by 9:00 a.m. Teams will go through a quick gear check to make sure key items are present and will receive their competitor kits.
Each team will consist of three members (teams can be single sex or mixed). There will be teams from St. Charles College, Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School, St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School and Marymount Academy.