With an intense effort from grade 7 & 8 students, the St. John Catholic Elementary School’s very first ice-hockey team took home the cup in the 2nd Annual Nesbitt Challenge. The team competed againstt 9 other teams across the Greater City of Sudbury and won 1st in the finals againstt the Lively Hawks with a score of 5-3. Coaches, Mr. Stargratt, Mrs. Vaillancourt, Mr. Gobbo, and Mr. Benoit were honoured to coach such a remarkable group of students and are immensely proud of the dedication and sportsmanship demonstrated by all of their players. (Players shown include: Tommy Vlahos, Evan Lamarche, Sarah Cloutheir, Chris Benoit, Brandon Labre, Carter Gosselin, Shaylene Peltier-Restoule, Griffin Simpson, Braedan Gobbo, Shane Poitras, Kasey Faught, Austin Hallett, Ethan Lavallee, and Drew Patrick)
Month: March 2014
St. Andrew Receives Thanks
On Friday March 28th representatives from Samaritan’s Purse/Operation Christmas Child visited the staff and students of St. Andrew Catholic Elementary School. The students were given first hand descriptions of “shoe boxes” reaching children in the third world. St. Andrew School has participated in this social justice endeavour for the past two years and intend on participating once again next December. Students and their families gather small gift itemsfor either a boy or girl and place them in a shoe box. PIctured is a proud Mrs. Henry (principal) and the two Samaritan Purse representatives as they give her a thank you plague to place in the school foyer.
Celebrating Franco-Fun at St. Andrew
The staff and students of St. Andrew Catholic Elementary School enjoyed an afternoon of fun on March 20 as part of the the board Franco-Fun Day. The day began with singing Oh Canada in french and then a short description of the Franco-Ontario flag. The Core French teacher Mme. Price arranged an afternoon of fun activities including Salut (bingo), Musical chairs, fait moi un design (drawing out a given french word from the word list), mon beau drapeau (design core french flags) escargot (hopscotch) and a short french cartoon. Mme. Price and her Mother-in-law made homemade petes de soeurs as a treat for everyone. This was a great day of community building as the older Core French students helped the younger primary aged students with all the activities. Pictured is Noah and his team as they played escargot.
Volleyball for All at St. Ben’s
On Thursday, March 6th, the Staff and Senior Girl’s Volleyball at St. Benedict squared off to see who would have bragging rights going into the March Break. Both teams were cheered on by the students who gathered in the gym for this great spectacle. After a hard fought battle that went to a tie-breaking game, the Teachers prevailed with a 16-14 final set. Looks like the Girls will have to wait for next year to try and defeat the Teachers and claim the title themselves!
Twin Day at St. Charles Elementary – Would the Real Mr. Soehner, please stand up?!
The RAM school spirit was alive and thriving at St. Charles Catholic Elementary School once again! Staff and students coordinated outfits to look like a twin or someone they admired. They were seeing double all day as they travelled the halls!
Buddy Luoma, a year one FDK student, wanted to dress like his principal, Mr. David Soehner. They both planned to dress the same. On the morning of Twin Day, Buddy stopped in at the office to show Mr. Soehner how he was dressed up just like the principal. Much to Mr. Soehner’s surprise, several students and staff also dressed up in the black pants, dress shirts and ties!! By lunch time there were 18 Mr. Soehners walking around the school, complete with ID badges and all!
Sizzling Science at SCDSB Science Fair
The Sudbury Catholic District School Board would like to congratulate the following students and schools on their excellent achievements at recent Board-Wide Science Fair on March 26. After the judges had completed their task, thirteen projects were selected to advance to the Regional Science Fair to be held at Laurentian University on April 12th, 2014.
Best of luck to all students in the upcoming Regional Science Fair.
Sudbury Catholic Schools, Science Fair Winners
Marymount Academy
Brittany Thorton – Viscosity: Can it Save You?
Julie Burns – Screen Time and Depression
Sophia Zulich – Electronic Lemons
Mackenzie Bruce – Cotton Cruelty
Emelia Kucyk – Video Game for the Blind
Dana Rachkowski and Hailey McDonald – Aquaponics
Alessandra Kempson – the Effects of WiFi
St. Raphael
Billy Moskal – Does Colour Affect Plant Life?
Emma Dionne – Does Music Affect Your Ability to Memorize?
Colton Gobbo – Hoe Do Video Games Affect Your Health?
St. Ben’s
Laura Rinaldi – Magnetic Spring
Enoch Kim and Max Rizzard – Gauging Gauss and Fluctuating Ferrofluid
St. James
Marina Leblanc – Les pieds froids
SCDSB Band Enjoying a Successful Season
The Sudbury Catholic Elementary Band, directed by Vice Principal JoAnne Comisso and teaher Leanne Urso, has just finished a very successful Festival season. On February 27 the students performed at the Northern Ontario Music Festival, held at Sudbury Secondary School, where the students received a Silver award. To follow up that achievement, they competed at the Kiwanis Music Festival on March 24 at St. Benedict School. The band was very excited to receive a Gold award! All their hard work is definitely paying off, and we wish them continued success as they head into their spring concert season. This band is comprised of students from St. Anne, St. Benedict, St. Raphael and Pius XII Catholic Elementary Schools.
Career Presentation at St. Andrew
The junior students at St. Andrew School enjoyed an interactive presentation from Dr. Adam Ball a local chiropractor and owner of the Crossfit Gym in Sudbury on Tuesday March 25th. Students learned that Dr. Ball attended school for 24 years to become a doctor of chiropractics. He chose this field because he saw a need to help people attain good health through nutrition and exercise. Students learned to practice proper posture and how to do squats to improve mobility and strength. Pictured is Dr. Ball and Rachel Uguccioni.
Celebrating Franco-Fun Day at St. Bernadette
March 20th, 2014 was Franco-Ontario Day at St. Bernadette Catholic School! Maxx, Tyler and Carter were busy making green and white cookies to help celebrate ” the love of our rich French heritage.” YUM!