On Friday, December 9, Marymount Academy entered two separate teams in the Lady Lancer Invitational Midget Tournament hosted by Lasalle Secondary School. The Midget tournament included grade 9 volleyball teams from several of the city’s school boards. Marymount coaches decided to enter their grade 9 volleyball team, as well as their grade 8 team to help them gain experience with highschool volleyball.
At the end of the tournament, both teams came out on top with the Marymount grade 9 team taking first in the tournament, and the Marymount grade 8 team taking the top consolation spot.
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St. Anne Students Use Technology To “Envision” More Than Sugarplums
Christmas is a time for sharing and giving. That was very evident when Mrs. Belanger’s Grade 7 English students at St. Anne school in Hanmer shared their laptops and their time with the Grade 3 English students in Mme. Lafrance’s class. In keeping with the holiday spirit, the Grade 7 students within the Sudbury Catholic Board helped their new friends in Grade 3 type out their letter to Santa Claus. The younger children were excited about their thoughts of what they should ask for. The Grade 7 students were not only able to assist in the typing out of the wishes of the Grade 3 children, but while both groups were typing, the Intermediate students were also showing the primary students some of the skills that were needed to use the laptops. Both groups of students really enjoyed working together. Jaida Sabzali worked with her older brother Hunter on her letter. She said, “It was fun to work with my big brother. It was fun using Hunter’s computer and I learned a lot.” Hunter was quoted as saying, “It was fun to help out my little sister. I helped her type out her letter to Santa and I was impressed to watch her type.” The Grade 3 students will be mailing their printed letters to Santa Claus. They will anxiously be awaiting for their return letters from the North Pole.
St. Anne Animal Lovers Interact With Mother Nature’s Wildlife
The English Early Learning Kindergarten Students at St. Anne School have recently announced their love of animals to their community. Soft, furry animals, big-eyed animals, and cute huggable animals. On a recent trip to Science North, the youngest students within the Sudbury Catholic System discovered that not all of Mother Nature’s wildlife have the “cuddly” look about them. The student’s participated in a learning session called “How Animals Move”. During the learning experience, they were introduced to toads, turtles, and snakes.
While recounting some of their own life experiences with these creatures, the children learned that every animal is special, no matter what they look like. Even though some of the students started the program being a little afraid of the small creatures, by the end of the discussions with their “bluecoat”, they had a much better understanding of the bodily makeup and habitat information of all three animals. Practicing the wiggling movement of the snake, the hopping of the toad, and the withdrawal into their pretend turtle shell, the students came to have a greater appreciation for the animals. The St. Anne children finished off their visit by interacting with the creatures. How will this visit influence the young animal lovers? It just strengthens their determination to tell everyone that all animals need to be loved and respected for their roles in the world around us.
St. Charles Christmas Spirit with Canned Foods
Students at St. Charles Elementary Catholic School are already in the Christmas Spirit of Giving. Students collected a total of 3,694 cans and donated them to La Maison d'Amitie/ Friendship House Food Bank. Principal of the school, Sandra St. Denis stated, “I am very proud of all the students – this truly shows the true spirit of giving. I have to give credit to Mme Bouzane’s Gr. 5/6 French Immersion class who organized the event. The students made daily announcements, graphed and displayed the cans as they were brought into the school, boxed the cans and loaded the vehicles for distribution at the food bank”.
Comfy Reading at St. Bernadette
Grade 3/4 Teacher, Mme Perron has noted that the students in her Grade 3/4 French Immersion classroom at St. Bernadette Catholic Elementary School are thrilled to take out their favourite book and read, read, read, especially now that they have all brought in their favourite pillows and stuffed toys to snuggle with as they read. Each day for 15 minutes students get out their blankets, pillows and stuffed friends and spend some uninterrupted time with a good book. This particular day the event was even more enjoyable as it was also PJ day at the school – and what is more enjoyable than curling up with a good book and a blanket in your pyjamas?
Celebrating St. Andrew
Students and staff celebrated the feast of Saint Andrew Patron Saint on Nov.30th, an important date in the annual liturgical calendar, because it determines the date of the First Sunday of Advent. Saint Andrew is the patron saint fisherman of Scotland and Russia. Andrew, the first Apostle called by Jesus, was a fisherman and he was the brother of Simon Peter. A school and parish connection was made as parents, staff and students celebrated the event at St Andrew parish with a mass, and pizza lunch at the church. As well, a special painting was sketched of St Andrew the Patron Saint and was blessed by Father Sam.
Cougars Unite!
Kathryn Turpin (Immaculate Conception Cougar) and Alexis Pike (St. Christopher Cougar) embrace during their Penpal Party. The Grade 4 students from these two schools, have been writing back and forth to each other, and had the opportunity to meet at Immaculate Conception on December 7th. They took part in a ice breaker activity, scavenger hunt, pizza lunch and various math games on the Smartboard. They look forward to their next meeting at St. Christopher’s in March, and then a field trip together at the end of the school year.
Our Lady of Peace and St. Mary Catholic School Partner to Help Out the Less Fortunate
When Mrs. Paul, Catholic Women’s League president called St. Mary School to elicit the school’s support for the Operation Christmas Child Project, St. Mary’s Catholic School Principal and staff said they would be happy to provide support to such a worthwhile project.
“It’s important that young people in our schools feel they are part of the parish community, and the global community at large. There is no better way to reduce poverty than by participating in goodwill projects,” said principal Sherry Bortolotti.
The school has thanked their school secretary Claire Olivier who passionately embraced this idea and ensured there were enough boxes for every student to give one shoe box stacked with toys, soap, socks, books etc. to a child in need. “I fill good knowing that we’ve made Christmas better for a handful of children, that is the true meaning of Christmas,” said Olivier.
Local Co-ordinator for Operation Christmas Child, Karyn Stenbraaten stated, “The key to being a happy person is giving to others.” St. Mary’s children are happily waiting to take on their next goodwill project
Victory for the St. Charles Boys’ Hockey Team
The boy’s Senior Hockey team won the Nippissing District Association tournament in North Bay on the weekend of December 2-4th.
The boys had a round robin record of 2-0-1 which gave them a birth in the quarter finals versus the Scollard Hall Bears. The boys won the game 6-4 which lead to a semi-final game versus the Franco Cite Patriotes. S.C.C. won the game 4-1 which gave the team a feeling of retribution over a finals loss to the Patriotes in the recent Lively tournament. The win gave the team a birth in the finals versus St. Mary’s Eagles from Kitchener. This was the team that the Cards had tied in round robin play.
The Cards were tied 1-1 after one period and 2-2 after two periods. Zach Belanger scored with just over 5 minutes to play to win the game and bring home the championship!
Belanger lead the team with 13 points in the tournament, earning MVP honours. Trevor Bedard also had twelve points to help seal the victory.