Sudbury Catholic District School Board

MMA & CYGA Visit the Idywylde

On Tuesday, October 29th fifteen students from Marymount Academy’s Gr. 11 Fitness Class visited the Idylwylde Golf and Country Club for a Day Event as part of the Canadian Youth Golf Alliance’s (CYGA) Search for Self I course. The students have been studying philosophy of life issues under the instruction Ryan Cooney, founder of the CYGA every three weeks. The program is a voluntary one that the students are offered and the feedback has been nothing but incredibly positive. Brandon Beeson, chairman and Northern Ontario Director of the CYGA says that “the partnership with Marymount Academy over the past couple of years has been wonderful. The students are eager, very cooperative, and appreciate the opportunities that are presented to them with the CYGA. The Canadian Youth Golf Alliance is a not-for-profit organization that focuses on assisting youth in “at-risk” environments with issues that they sometimes struggle with that surround every day discussions. Dan Bartolucci, teacher at Marymount Academy and the CYGA Board’s Education Chair agrees that “the opportunities presented to these youth through the programs offered by the CYGA are outstanding. Last year, the CYGA employed 28 youth from around the province and three of these youth were Marymount students”.

The Day Event at the Idylwylde offered seminars by the managers of a number of departments from greenskeeping and course management to event coordination, to every day bookings through the pro shop. For more information about the CYGA please visit:
www.canadianyouthgolfalliance.com

SK’s Celebrate Halloween at St. Bernadette

The Senior Kindergarten children from St. Bernadette Catholic Elementary School have enjoyed a busy October filled with pumpkin themed learning opportunities. Through observations and estimations students explored the life cycle of a pumpkin .
On Wednesday October 30th, the children came to school dressed in orange and black and took part in fun-filled Halloween activities. Their celebration was a great success thanks to the many parent volunteers that joined them! They painted pumpkins, made a Halloween craft, played candy toss into a pumpkin bowl, prepared and ate pumpkin pie in a bag, and read Halloween books. It was very nice to see so many smiling faces! Thank you to all of theparent volunteers for a great Halloween celebration.

A Beary Scary Halloween

On October 31’st 2013, students from St Benedict Catholic Secondary School visited Holy Cross Catholic Elementary School. Student Council president Brendan Sullivan, vice president and student trustee Mackenzie Connelly, and beloved mascot, Benny the Bear represented St Benedict as they read to grade 1 and 2 students in both English and french. “We thought this would be a great opportunity to bond with the students who share our campus and spread some Halloween cheer,” said Connelly.

After reading the books, Benny and the students donated them to Holy Cross and gave out Halloween stickers and high fives from Benny. “This experience has been very rewarding for us. We were able to practice our bilingualism and meet the students who will become future Bears,” stated Sullivan. “I look forward to continuing to connect our two school communities.”

St. Bernadette Students Bring Halloween Cheer to Extendicare Residence

On Thursday October 31st the residents at Falconbridge Extendicare got a visit from the students of St. Bernadette Catholic Elementary School from SK, Gr. 2 and Gr. 5/6 students.
The students decorated goodie bags, played candy toss and even dressed residents up in toilet paper to make them look like mummies.
After all the games, students got to go trick or treating and show off their halloween costumes.
It was great to see the residents’ faces light up when they saw all the little princesses and superheroes. 

Halloween French Cooking Show at St. Bernadette

The French Immersion students in teacher Chantal Therrien’s Gr. 5/6 class at St. Bernadette Catholic Elementary School have been busy writing creepy halloween recipes.
After reading and analyzing the characteristics of what it takes to create a good french recipe, students decided to write and create their own, but with a twist!
They used the halloween vocabulary they learned in French to prepare horribly, haunted recipes. Students stared in amazement as their peers shared their spooky creations.
Scary stuff!

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