April 2016 - Page 3 of 3 - Sudbury Catholic District School Board

Holy Trinity FDK team wins 2015-2016 Frances Poleschuk Award

Posted on April 11, 2016August 23, 2018 by admin

The Sudbury Catholic District School Board is pleased to announce that Rosemary Tripodi and Domenic Vicedomini from Holy Trinity Catholic Elementary School have been selected as one of two teams who have received the 2015-2016 Frances Polischuk Award. The award is presented by the Council of Associated Primary Educators (CAPE), which recognizes Rosemary and Domenic as educators who have had a significant impact on the education of young children.

Rosemary and Domenic were enthusiastic pioneers of the early learning inquiry and exploration full day kindergarten model for the Sudbury Catholic District School Board. Since 2010, Rosemary and Domenic have developed an incredible relationship that has been supporting the learning, health, and well being of young minds.

On Tuesday, April 5th, Holy Trinity Catholic School held an awards presentation in the gymnasium to honour them with a plaque and flowers. An official award presentation will be held by CAPE on April 14th via a webinar.

SCC students dissect owl pellets

Posted on April 6, 2016August 23, 2018 by admin

The grade ten enriched science students at St. Charles College dissected owl pellets as part of their scientific studies. Owl pellets are like giant hair balls that an owl spits up.

Science teacher Mr. Kingshott says “owls eat their prey whole and then regurgitate anything that it cannot digest”.

These owl pellets were supplied by owls from Washington state.

The students then took the animals pieces from the pellets to try and rebuild skeletons using diagrams of typical owl prey like moles, voles, mice and birds.

Makerspace visits Immaculate Conception

Posted on April 5, 2016August 23, 2018 by admin

On Monday April 4th, the FDK and Grade 1 classrooms at Immaculate Conception School in Val Caron welcomed into their classes the Greater Sudbury Public Library Makerspace Program. Mrs. Marcil, Mme Martin, MmeLafond and Mme Mundy have been integrating a variety of STEM activities to further promote student engagement. They explored Squishy Circuits and had the opportunity to collaborate with their peers while practicing problem solving and patterning. The students had so much fun and they look forward to welcoming the Makerspace Program again in the near future.

Sparky Visits St. James School

Posted on April 1, 2016August 23, 2018 by admin

Students in Gr. 2 French Immersion received valuable information on Fire Safety when Sparky the Fire Prevention Dog visited St. James School along with Public Safety Officer, Mr. Luc Willard from the City of Greater Sudbury.

Thank you Sparky and Mr. Willard!