Sudbury Catholic District School Board

Month: October 2018

St. Benedict STEM club gets busy with marshmallows and spaghetti

Posted on by Carlee Vendramin

The STEM Club at St. Benedict Catholic School has been busy creating free standing structures this month using marshmallows and spaghetti.

The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics club students must hold up marshmallows using only raw spaghetti, tape and ribbon in a timeframe of 15 minutes.

The club is in its second year and already has some awesome accolades.

Last year the team participated in the PEO Bridge Building Competition and won the Clean Air Sudbury/Science North Living Wall competition.

The living wall was chosen and built and has been on display all summer long and will be moving to the school’s Learning Commons later this month.

The club members are currently looking for business partnerships for this year to assist with the finances associated with the club.

SCC Staff and Students Welcome International Students with Open Arms!

Posted on by Carlee Vendramin

Today was about welcoming and celebrating our international students in taking a big leap forward and stepping out of their comfort zone to meet new friends and build on their English speaking skills. Every Tuesday and Thursday during lunch, the English Café run by Mrs. Blackwell and Mrs. Sanowar is open not only for international and ELL Learners, but for our domestic students to have the opportunity to introduce themselves and make new friends.
Some of our 9 and 10 English students extended their warm wishes in writing the international students a personal message to welcome them to our SCC community and describe what it means to be a true “Cardinal”.

Mckenna Annett, a grade 9 student writes, “Hi! Welcome to St. Charles. We hope you have a good high school experience here. Remember once a card, always a card! We hope you enjoy sports teams and clubs to meet new people”.

The English Café is a social club that runs interactive cultural activities, games, and dance offs and plans upcoming educational trips to Toronto, Niagara Falls and Killarney throughout the year. This is an interactive space for students to feel comfortable, supported and accepted in sharing their cultural differences.

Our international students can give international experience to our own SCC students, expand our worldview, and learn the value of linguistic and cultural diversity. Our current student population demographics are changing and we are proud – this is significant and life changing for all, as we become a much more welcoming and inclusive society.

St. Charles College student Dana Lewis was crowned Miss Wikwemkoong

Posted on by Carlee Vendramin

St. Charles College Student Dana Lewis was crowned Miss Wiikwemkoong during the Wiikwemkoong Cultural Festival in August. Dana, who is the goalie for the St. Charles College Girls Hockey team used her hockey skills in the talent portion of the pageant. She also won first place in the biography portion helping her to earn her Crown. Dana stated that she is very excited and honoured to represent her community at various events, celebrations and pow wows as Miss Wiikwemkoong. She was invited to speak about the missing and murdered Indigenous Women at the Sisters in Spirit Conference in October.

In Dana’s biography she wrote: “Giving back to the community is a big part of who I am. At a young age I was provided with the teachings and knowledge for sewing and over the past years I started teaching young girls ages 7-12 how to sew. I facilitate many workshops showing the youth how to make their own regalia, hand drum bags, ribbon skirts. By teaching these youth, I’m passing down my knowledge of our culture for the next generation. I believe that we should be encouraging our next generations to continue with these teachings so they can teach the next ones. This is who I am, a daughter, sister, auntie, teammate, role model, teacher. I believe that becoming a leader takes time, and that Miss Wiikwemikoong will provide me with the experience to one day be a strong leader for my community, my people, my nation.”

St. Charles College is proud and honoured to celebrate Dana’s triumph with her, her family and community.

Sudbury Catholic Schools Welcome 30 International Students!

Posted on by Carlee Vendramin

We were proud to welcome 30 international students to our schools for the 2018-2019 school year! These students have arrived from the countries of China, Japan, Vietnam and Spain and will be studying in our secondary schools throughout the year. St. Benedict Secondary School has nine students registered, Marymount Academy has 11 and St. Charles College will host 10 International students throughout the year. The students and their host families were welcomed to Sudbury and Sudbury Catholic Schools during a barbecue which took place on September 6 at Marymount Academy.

We wish to thank all staff, teachers and host families that help support them throughout their educational journey with us!The success of the program is also a result of the many generous and supportive host families we have available. The board is always looking to recruit to fill the ever-growing community of host families at Canada Homestay Network. Interested families can contact them directly at hostinfo@canadahomestaynetwork.ca or 1-877441-4443 ext. 2176.

3, 2, 1 – these kids are ready for Kindergarten!

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Future kindergarten students successfully completed the program during the week of Aug. 20 – 24, 2018!

The week-long program helped introduce children entering kindergarten to the school and allowed them to work on school readiness skills. The program also allowed parents to gain greater understanding about what Sudbury Catholic Schools offer as they support their child in the exciting transition to schools.

Learning Program at Sudbury Catholic Schools continue to benefit students during summer months!

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Students at Sudbury Catholic Schools completed another year of summer learning last month! 95 students between Kindergarten and Grade 5 completed the three-week Summer Learning Program at St. Francis School from July 9 to July 27.

The students were divided into six classrooms, and included a numeracy and literacy session as well as a literacy and indigenous education session. Along with the six classroom teachers, there were also 12 robotics literacy tutors and eight Focus on Youth Camp counsellors present, providing a full educational team to provide rich learning opportunities for participating students.

Students were able to use the latest in technology to enhance their learning. Students learned the basics of robotics and practised their numeracy skills by using Ozo Bots, Dash bots, and other coding activities. Students worked on their literacy skills through a reading computer program called Lexia. New this year, the group also completed a Lego challenge design which was a great success.
As in past years, each morning began with a 30-minute session of Taekwondo, which helped to energize students and build confidence so that they were ready to learn. To encourage parent involvement, coffee chats were held each Wednesday covering topics ranging from tips to a successful school year and the ABCs of mental health.
The Board is thrilled with student participation in this year’s Summer Learning Program.
“It always amazes me to see what our youngest learners are able to achieve with the right opportunities, tools and support,” said Joanne Bénard, Director of Education at the Sudbury Catholic District School Board. “Students participating in this year’s camp were able to keep the learning going over the summer, participate in something new and have fun while doing it! The growth and results that come out of the program are a testament to the wonderful staff that help to make this camp such as success each and every year!”

The Summer Learning Program is a Ministry funded program which aims to continue literacy and numeracy learning for students in the summer months in fun and engaging ways.

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