On Friday May 28th the students and staff of St. Raphael school participated in the 5th annual walkathon for the St. Raphael Catholic School Council. It was a gorgeous day for walking. Students raised over $5000.00 for the CSC of St. Raphael. The event was followed by a BBQ and pep rally where students showed their tremendous school spirit. Many thanks to all the parents who came out to help, and Mrs. Alves for organizing the event.
Month: May 2010
St. John Hosts Floor Hockey Tournament
On Saturday May 29th, 2010, St. John School hosted a grade 5/6 co-ed Floor Hockey tournament at St. Charles College. The tournament was very well attended and all participants had a great time. Congratulations go out to the following teams who won – St. Christopher school won first place, St. James school won second place, and St. John school won third place. Thank you to all who attended.
Corpus Christi Grade 2 Students Making Mats for Haiti
Corpus Christi teacher Daniela Visentin invited parents and grandparents of her Grade 2 students in to learn how to turn milk bags into bed mats for Haiti. The Gr. 2 students initiated the milk bag collection at Corpus Christi school. Parents and grandparents joined their efforts by lending a helping hand in cutting the bags into loops while the students linked them together and rolled them into a ball. Another team of students learned the basics of crocheting the “plastic” into a bed mat.
St. David Holds Welcome to Kindergarten Event
New registrant Bella and her mother learned all about letters and numbers at St. David Catholic School’s annual Welcome to Kindergarten event. Parents and the future St. David’s graduating class of 2019 had the opportunity to take a school bus ride, read books together, make a craft and practice writing their names during this introduction to a day in the life of a JK student. Starting in September JK will be offered full time every day and new registrations are always accepted at any of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board’s elementary schools.
Corpus Christi Top Winner at Annual Battle of the Books
This year’s Battle of the Books competition resulted in Sudbury Catholic Schools taking two of the top three spots! Corpus Christi succeeded in capturing First place and St. Christopher finished in Third place. Congratulations to all of our schools that participated!
St. Anne Staff “Pied” for School Challenge
Students at St. Anne Catholic Elementary School were issued a challenge. The school takes part every year in the Jump Rope for Heart Event but Vice Principal Laura Stirrett felt that this year, they could do more. Stirrett set a few fundraising goals for the students and asked them to try to outdo what they had done in the past. If they met these challenges, then certain staff members would have to take part in some interesting challenges of their own.
The goals set for the students were as follows:
Bronze challenge – if the students raised $1000, then Vice Principal Laura Stirrett and Custodian Daniel Sauve would have their hair spraypainted different colours for the day.
Silver challenge – if the students raised $1500, Vice Principal Laura Stirrett and Custodian Daniel Sauve would have pies thrown in their face as well as have their hair spraypainted.
Gold challenge – if the students raised $2000, then the the Vice Principal and Custodian would have their hair spraypainted, pies thrown in their face… and would be subjected to a silly string attack.
Platinum challenge – after these challenges went out, Vice Principal Laura Stirrett threw down the final gauntlet and said that if these challenges were not only met but surpassed and the school raised $3500, then the students could subject not only herself and the custodian, but St. Anne Principal Guy Mathieu as well!
Well, the students surpassed all fundraising challenges and managed to raise an amazing $6300 in just one week. To the delight of students and staff, top fundraising students took the opportunity to spraypaint hair, throw pies and spray silly string at the Principal, Vice Principal and Custodian without consequences. In the gym the students screamed with excitement as the three staff members could do nothing but sit and take the abuse. Congratulations to all of the students and staff at St. Anne for taking on such a great challenge with fantastic school spirit!
Sudbury Star Photographer Visits Corpus Christi
Sudbury Star photographer Gino Donato was invited to visit the Gr. 2 students at Corpus Christi school in order to help students gain a better understanding of the importance of the 5 W’s when writing an interesting newspaper article. He also taught the class that a good photo adds good details. His daughter Livea, posed with him. Livea is holding up her own newspaper article in which she wrote about a bear in her backyard. Gino Donato, her dad had brought in a portfolio filled with his work. He managed to find a very special photo. He held up his photo in which he captured the very same bear in his backyard. What a team!
St. Andrew Hosts Esso Family Math Night
Two primary classrooms were buzzing with activity recently as the St. Andrew School Council hosted an ESSO Math Night for the families of children from grades JK to 3. Over 65 people were in attendance. Each child worked with a parent, grandparent or aunt to complete fun “math activities”. Mrs. Emily Sheppard, the vice chair of the St. Andrew Catholic School Council, researched, organized and prepared everything for the evening. Several volunteers from Academic Services and 2 from the New Sudbury Best Start Hub led everyone in the activities. At the end of the evening each child left with a generous gift bag filled with math manipulatives and instructions of activities to do at home.
Dr. Charles Pascal Visits St. Francis Catholic School
Dr. Charles Pascal visited Sudbury on May 20th and stopped in to see the St. Francis Best Start Hub. Dr. Pascal was appointed by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty to be his special advisor on early learning in November 2007 and was asked to recommend the best way to implement full-day learning for four- and five-year-olds.
On June 15, 2009, Dr. Pascal presented his report, “With Our Best Future in Mind: Implementing Early Learning in Ontario”. The report contains 20 recommendations on how to introduce full-day learning to Ontario students, how to improve education for children up to 12 and how to increase supports for young families. Dr. Pascal interacted with the families at the St. Francis hub and also dropped into one of the senior kindergarten classes to participate in the circle time and story. He visited a number of other Hubs in Sudbury, including Pius XII Best Start Hub as he was in town to see the many great initiatives that support early learning within schools.