Students in the SK French Immersion program at St. James Catholic School celebrated their love of music with a Spring Sing-Along. As part of the school’s Catholic Education week, the children performed a number of French songs for their parents and grandparents. Afterwards, they had the chance to share in some refreshments with their families.
Month: May 2012
Read-Alouds at St. David
The Grade 1 class was very excited to have Rossella Bagnato, Sudbury Catholic Superintendent of School Effectiveness come to the school during Catholic Education Week to do a read aloud with the book ‘The Very Cranky Bear’. The students thoroughly enjoyed the story that Mrs. Bagnato had to read the story twice!
Making Machines at St. Christopher
Recently, St. Christopher’s grade 2 students created simple machines and shared their creations with their classmates, other students in their class and their parents. A mini science fair took place in the school gym.
The Living Rosary at St. Christopher
St. Christopher’s students celebrated Catholic Education Week with a number of activities within the school. The staff and student participated in the “Living Rosary” within the gym at St. Christopher’s school. Students represented a prayer within the rosary and led us as we prayed the rosary together. The gym was darkened and lights were lit as each prayer was said. May is the month of Mary and she is Jesus’s mother. Father Jim Hutton, from St. Patrick’s Church, and Father Andre were also participating in our rosary. The are with some of the grade 5 students.
Jump Rope for Heart at St. Andrew
Students at St. Andrew School celebrated Catholic Education Week by generously Jumping hoola-hooping, running after frisbee’s and playing soccer to actively participate in Jump Rope for Heart. Pictured is Alex Vendette skipping.
Jump Rope for Heart at St. Christopher
St. Christopher students are actively participating with their “Heart Hero” in the Jump Rope for Heart event taking place at the school on May 18th, 2012. Students are learning about keeping their heart healthy and also collecting pledges for a good cause, the “Heart and Stroke Foundation”. The following are some of our jump rope demonstrators from the grade 5 class and our “Heart Hero” Jamila Sargeant who is in grade 6.
Mentoring Students and Making Memories
The Grade 1 students at St. Bernadette Catholic School partnered with teacher Paola Gutcher’s Parenting Class from nearby St. Charles College to create wonderful Memory Boxes. The Grade 1 students read the book, Lighthouse: A Story of Remembrance and the class decided to create memory boxes that would celebrate highlights of this past school year and all of the love and important memories in their lives. Pictured are St. Bernadette grade 1 student Christina Gregory and St. Charles College student Julia Furlotte working on the memory box together.
St. Andrew Hosts Hawaiian Day Bookfair
The parents of St. Andrew School are hosted a Scholastic Book Fair during Catholic Education Week. To kick start the week students were encouraged to get dressed in Hawaiian gear and the best dressed from each class won $10. of free books.
Walking in the Light of Christ at St. Andrew
The students and staff at St. Andrew School “Walked in the Light of Christ” around their school to celebrate the opening of Catholic Education Week on Monday May 7th. The school community walked while listening to the songs Children of God by C. Walker and Walk in the Light by C. Landry. The school community has planned many activtiies to celebrate this special week. Parents have already been into the school to picnic with the child(ren) and will continue to visit the school throughout the week.