The Finance department at the Sudbury Catholic District School Board have received the Fuel Good 2020 Innovate Award from Sparkrock.
This award goes to a client whose innovative use of technology has benefited the organization and has led them to become a technology leader in their sector.
Congratulations to all the employees who helped make this award happen. We are so proud of our team for the work that they do each day!
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Saturday, January 25th marked the start of the Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, Vietnamese Tết, or Chinese New Year. Over the course of the two-week long Lunar New Year celebration, many classrooms from the Sudbury Catholic District School Board learned about the traditions that accompany this celebration and made hongbao (red envelopes) with blessings written in simplified Chinese to gift to family and friends. The students also included chocolate gold coins in their red envelopes as well as other new year wishes for their intended recipients.
In addition to sharing their own cultural traditions and celebrations, students learned about the Chinese zodiac and the significance of the Rat, 2020’s zodiac animal. While the full moon on Saturday, February 8th will mark the end of the 2020 Lunar New Year, many students and teachers look forward to continuing to bring the rich histories and traditions from around the world into their classrooms.
Travel the world, while earning a course credit! We are excited to offer secondary students an affordable, experiential learning program that enables students in Grade 8-10 to earn a credit while travelling to Ottawa, Montreal, New York City, and Toronto while earning Civics/Careers credits (Course Codes (CHV/GLC). This course has two components. The first component consists of an eLearning module from June 30th-July 10th, and July 21st-July27th. The second component consists of an 8 day trip that will take students to Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, and New York City from July 13th – July 30th.
Space is limited to 35 students and is available to students in regular and French immersion programming. The deadline to enrol is April 1st, 2020. Register now at the following link.
For more information contact Christina Raso, Experiential Learning Consultant at christina.raso@sudburycatholicschools.ca, or your school’s Guidance Counselor.
Each year on the first Thursday of February, Canadians are asked to turn down their heat and wear sweaters to raise awareness about climate change and energy conservation. Founded by WWF-Canada in 2010, more than a million Canadians have participated in National Sweater Day.
In an effort to combat climate change, Sudbury Catholic Schools participated in this initiative on February 6, 2020. Staff and students at Holy Cross School, St. David School, St. James School, St. Charles College, Marymount Academy, Bishop Alexander Carter C.S.S and the Catholic Education Centre brought their warmest sweaters as schools turned down the heat by 1.5 degrees celsius throughout the school day. Though the change in temperature was nominal; collectively, we as a Board made a statement regarding climate change and its impact on our world.
“National Sweater Day gave our staff and students an opportunity to reflect on how rising global temperatures are impacting the planet and how together we can help to reduce climate change by making small changes in our daily live,” said Joanne Bénard, Director of Education for the Sudbury Catholic District School Board. “By making a commitment to the planet on National Sweater Day, students and educators better understand the powerful impact that they can have.”
The Sudbury Catholic District School Board is pleased to welcome four new international students to our Secondary Schools for second semester.
St. Charles College has welcomed student Yuki from Japan, and St. Benedict has welcomed three students, Huy from Vietnam, Tomo from Japan and Zhou from China who will be completing a short-term shadow experience during the month of February.
“We are thrilled to welcome our new students to the international education program for the second semester, bringing the current number of students in our International Education program to 32 students throughout the 2019-2020 school year,” said Joanne Bénard, Director of Education for the Sudbury Catholic District School Board. “Each student has a unique background and an exciting story to tell. The students are continually seeing the benefits of learning from their Canadian classmates in an inclusive, innovative and hands-on learning environment.”
The end of 2019 was the very beginning of this new initiative aimed at supporting youth and bringing awareness and knowledge around the indigenous culture at Bishop Alexander Carter. Robyn Lafortune, the school’s new Indigenous Support Worker was very pleased to join the school community.
This room has been named the “Sacred Room” and the hope is to create a safe place for students to work, talk, learn and connect with one another. The students will have the opportunity to help design the space and support with future mural projects within this space.
Moving forward students will be able to participate in a variety of different activities and teachings that will be facilitated in this space. Guest speakers will be invited to discuss their experiences and provide students with sacred teachings. On days where there are no planned activities this room becomes a safe space for students to drop in throughout the day either to work or talk with Robyn.
We are happy and pleased to welcome all students at Bishop Alexander Carter into this room to learn and share together!
Grade 6 students from Pius XII School will be working with Laurentian University students to create Science Fiction Narratives. Pius students will demonstrate how they create a writing continuum to elicit criteria for their writing pieces. LU students will refer to the success criteria to offer timely and effective feedback. What a fantastic way to learn for both groups of students!
Bishop Damphousse and Father Sam blessed the Pius School Community by celebrating Mass with them. Bishop Damphousse also visited all students in their classrooms. Thank you to staff and students for welcoming our special guests.
