Sudbury Catholic District School Board

Month: June 2019

Catholic Education Centre Staff Completes Pedometer Challenge!

Posted on by Carlee Vendramin

Staff at the Catholic Education Centre completed a month-long pedometer challenge May 2019 to get motivated to walk more. 11 teams of four participated in the challenge.

Together, the employees walked a total of 9,359,389 steps, equaling to 7488 KM. This would have taken the participants from Cape Spear Newfoundland all the way to Kitsault British Columbia!

Teams were acknowledged for the following categories:

  • 1st Overall Team: Put reBoot in Front of the Other
  • 2nd Overall Team: Baby Got Track
  • 3rd Overall Team: Buns on the Run
  • Most improved in one week: Holy Walkamolies
  • Most Consistent Team: Stragglers
  • Top Stepper: Amanda Barry
1st Overall Team: Put reBoot in Front of the Other
2nd Overall Team: Baby Got Track
3rd Overall Team: Buns on the Run

Holy Cross students honour National Indigenous Peoples Day

Posted on by Carlee Vendramin

Grade 6 students in Miss Scola’s class, at Holy Cross Elementary, acknowledged National Indigenous People’s Day by holding group discussions and participating in an art activity. In the morning, students viewed “In Our Words,” a series of videos from the Ministry of Education that explores the events that took place between Europeans and Indigenous peoples in the early years of settlement, in what is now called Canada. Following each video, students lead discussions on their thoughts of early colonization and how the Indigenous Peoples were treated. In the afternoon, students took part in an art activity that was inspired by Contemporary Indigenous artist Faye Heavyshield. The Grade 6 students are hopeful that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission will lead to a renewed relationship between the Government of Canada and the Indigenous Peoples through respect, rights, co-operation and partnership.

St. Charles Chelmsford raises over $20,000 for NOFCC!

Posted on by Carlee Vendramin

St. Charles Catholic Elementary School held their 15th Annual Johnathan Hetu Walk on June 21, 2019. Johnathan was a student there when he passed away from cancer 15 years ago. David Nicholls, a teacher at the school has organized and held this fundraiser close to his heart for just as many years having been the one who started it. Mr. Nicholls recently passed away unexpectedly.

The St. Charles Catholic Elementary School community came together to raise over $20,000 to go toward the NOFCC (Northern Ontario Families of Children with Cancer). The money will be used to support families during medical appointments, treatments and more.

Holy Cross School proves Cubs Have Heart!

Posted on by Carlee Vendramin

After one of their students experienced a medical emergency earlier this Spring, Holy Cross Catholic Elementary School Cubs banded together to participate in A Walk for Kyle. Students and staff raised funds through fundraisers to help Kyle’s family with their medical costs throughout his recovery. The school came together with a special Prayer service and concluded with a walk outside to show their support. Way to prove that Cubs Have Heart!

St. Benedict STEM Club celebrates another year of accomplishments with a slice of cake

Posted on by Carlee Vendramin

The focus was on continued accomplishments for the St. Benedict STEM Club. An end of the year gathering was held for the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Club at St. Benedict.

This year the members designed a hover craft and organized a STEM Olympics day for the elementary feeder school students to take part in complete with a series of rotations to get their creative juices flowing. 

Last year, the club was recognized for engineering a living wall that was built and displayed at Science North for several months.  It is now housed in the school’s learning commons with live plants.  

Ms. Cuda, the lead for the club spent the weekend giving back to the students by designing a cake.  The students had a luncheon and talked about their achievements and plans for the future.

Employees Honoured at Annual Employee Recognition Event

Posted on by Carlee Vendramin

On Wednesday, June 5, accompanied by our Trustees, colleagues, family and friends, we honoured our retirees, as well as those who have provided 25 years of service. We also honoured the recipients of this year’s Chairperson’s Award. It was truly a special evening of recognition as we celebrated their many accomplishments. We are thankful for all who have dedicated their work and service to Catholic Education and to our community. Your commitment to Sudbury Catholic Schools inspires us all to be better educators, stewards and leaders. 

2019 Chairperson Award Recipients Julie Denomme, Maria Rothensee and Joanne Craig.
25 Year Employee Club – Giorgio Urso, Joanne Craig, Angele Lachance and Carole Guillemette. Unable to attend were Silvia Faggioni, Ginette Fraser and Toni Kritz-Roque.
2018-2019 Retirees:
Back Row – Michael Fabiilli, Jo-Anne Walberg, Lise Malette, Krista Sarmatiuk,
Fleur Hackett and Terry Papineau
Front Row – Kelly Orasi-Leach, Denise Desmarais, Lucie Lapalme-Cullen,
Patty Mardero and Daniela Visentin
Unable to attend were Francine Brouse, Daniel Boisvert, Claude Dupuis, Rheal Durette, Denis Ethier, Louise Kennedy, Eric Mclaughlin, Joseph Paluch, Viviane Roy, Eddy Sacchetto, and Kim Taylor-Horeck.

St. Benedict students show solidarity for those in the world dealing with forced migration

Posted on by Carlee Vendramin

This past week, students in grade 10 classes walked to Mallard’s Landing to show support in ending forced migration of people. The students enjoyed a beautiful nature walk, something forced migrants don’t get a chance to enjoy when they are fleeing wars, persecution, natural disasters or extreme poverty.  

The proceeds from this dress down day will go to support Development and Peace, a Catholic organization that works to promote this cause. The effort was part of the “Share the Journey” campaign that Pope Francis launched in 2017 to show solidarity for forced migrants.  

More than five hundred dollars was collected for the charitable organization.The students also completed postcards that will be forwarded to Parliament Hill.  So far more than 10 thousand of these postcards have been sent to Ottawa addressed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Way to go Bears!We stand in solidarity with 68.5 million children, women and men who have been forced to flee their homes. 

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