Sudbury Catholic District School Board

Month: February 2014

Canadian Cancer Society Fundraiser at Immaculate Conception School

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The students at Immaculate Conception School have fundraised for the Canadian Cancer Society during the months of January and February. All monies raised were directed to the Breast Cancer Research.

The students were involved in many fundraising activities, which included the following: creating and selling Rainbow Loom jewellery items to students, participating in Bubble Gum contests, donating money to the Pink & Red Spirit Day and selling hockey tickets for the Pink in the Rink event held on February 14th. We sold 99 hockey tickets for Pink in the Rink.

The students at Immaculate Conception School raised $2,331.00 for Breast Cancer Research. Chantal Beauparlant, a representative from Canadian Cancer Society attended our Liturgy Celebration, which focused on the theme of Compassion and Healing. We are so proud of our students for all their efforts and hard work.

Sudbury Special Olympics take their talents to BAC

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Sudbury Special Olympics took their talents to the basketball court in February to play againstt staff and students at Bishop Alexander Carter. Students and staff donated money towards this event. The money raised will be used by the Special Olympics to help them host their first ever Northern Ontario basketball tournament. The $500 raised at Bishop will help fund the tournament and the teams participating in this event. Way to go Gators!

Students at St. James demonstrate Catholic virtue of compassion

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The students at St. James Catholic School demonstrated the Catholic virtue of compassion. Logan Lariviere, a low vision student, travelled to Ottawa where he was fitted for his new technological glasses.
The ‘Community, Care and Culture’ club chose to sell candy grams for Valentine’s Day and have a coin collection to help Logan and his parents purchase his much needed and expensive glasses. The whole school gave generously and, during our Olympic spirit day, Logan was presented with a cheque by Mrs. Lanci.

Jamie the St. James Bear Travels to Sochi, Russia Olympics

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St. James students are “beary” excited that “Jamie”, our St. James Bear has travelled to Sochi, Russia with Meagan to cheer on Meagan Duhamel from Lively. Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford have been sending St. James students pictures of Jamie in Sochi.

Our latest picture that we have received is our very own Jamie wearing Meagan’s silver medal that was captured for Canada’s Team Figure Skating! Go Canada!

Parent Survey:  Share Your Views about Careers in the Skilled Trades

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The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum is conducting a national survey with parents and we want to hear from you!

We are interested in your opinions on careers in the skilled trades and your approaches to career planning with your child.  Your views will shape future career awareness programs and resources so they will better meet your children’s needs as they explore potential careers.

To be eligible for this survey, you must have a child under the age of 24.  If you have more than one child, complete the survey only thinking about the child who most recently had his or her birthday.  You may only do the survey once.

The results are anonymous.  The survey will take 10 minutes to complete. 

All surveys must be complete by February 28th, 2014.

Take the survey now

The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum is a non-profit organization that promotes apprenticeship training.  We share information about careers in the skilled trades with youth and parents across the country by distributing career resources and conducting information workshops on apprenticeship. 

For more information about the survey or the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum contact Emily Arrowsmith, Project Manager (t) 613-235-4004 ext. 201; or by email at emily@caf-fca.org

Youth facilitators trained in bullying awareness at BAC

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On February 5th and 6th a group of ten students and two teachers at BAC were trained through the Red Cross RespectED Program.

Why do we need to prevent bullying? Here are the facts:

❏ Victims of harassment report a loss of interest in school activities, more absenteeism, lower quality school work, lower grades and more skipping/dropping classes, tardiness and truancy.
❏ 71% of teachers say they usually intervene with bullying problems; but only 25% of students say the teachers intervene.
❏ Over 80% of the time, bullying happens with peers around – and 57% of the time, bullying stops within 10 seconds when a bystander steps in.

BAC’s youth facilitators will now be taking what they have learned into the classrooms of BAC and our feeder schools. At BAC our students are aiming at creating a safe, bully-free, healthy environment, for everyone!

Please keep voting until March 14th!

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Sudbury Catholic Schools teacher Elissa Zuliani and her students at St. Raphael School have made the top 10 in a video contest open to thousands of entrants across Canada and the United States. We are extremely proud of them and hope you’ll support their wonderful video by voting often between now and March 14th. Congratualations Elissa and students!

An invitation from Elissa to vote for her and her students:

As most of you know I am a teacher with the Sudbury Catholic District School Board and in 2013 I had the privilege of teaching a group of special needs children at St. Raphael School. I was presented with an opportunity to give back to this group of children through the UCT Gives Back video contest. I submitted a short video explaining that the grant would allow us to purchase a Smart Board. As we all know, technology is what drives our modern-day world and these kids would greatly benefit from the exposure to and the use of their very own classroom Smart Board. I am so excited to say that out of all the thousands of entries submitted across Canada and the United States that our video has been selected as a TOP 10 FINALIST!!!!!

I am asking that you spread the word far and wide and VOTE!!!! Voting started today and will end on March 14th. You do NOT need a Facebook account to vote, simply click on the link below and find my video “St. Raphael School” and VOTE!!!! We will need thousands of votes! Vote EVERY DAY! Make it count!

Know that I am forever indebted to these children for the simple fact that they have made me a better person. Know that this is such a special group of children and I am blessed and humbled to have been their teacher. Know that it would fill my heart with so much love if they could win!

Here is the link… vote today, tomorrow and every day until March 14th!
Share this information with your friends and family!!!! EVERY VOTE COUNTS!

https://www.Facebook.com/UCTinAction/app_205243299607279

Balloons are like stress

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Grade twelve students at St. Charles College were blowing up balloons today as a symbol of their stress levels. These students will form the graduating class of 2014 in a matter of months, and while they are thinking about their post secondary options, they are also trying to keep their grades up and budget for next year.

The Sudbury and District Health Unit came to deliver some stress strategies and tips to the soon-to-be graduates. One of the activities was for students to blow up a balloon and gradually release a little bit of air at a time. This was to show them how small stresses compound and create anxiety and depression.

Student Success Teacher Anastasia Rioux says, “the school has made anxiety and depression a focus this year after viewing the results of the school climate survey completed by students last spring. Students feel that they are stressed and don’t know how to deal with their feelings or where to turn when they feel that way.”

Public health unit nurses K.C. Rautainen and Stacey Gilbeau were on hand for the interactive session that left students pondering their stress loads.

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