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Sudbury Catholic Schools Celebrate Catholic Education Week, May 3 to May 8, 2009: “Good News for All”

Posted on May 3, 2009August 23, 2018 by admin

“Good News for All”

“How Beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news.”

Catholic Education Week is a unique opportunity to celebrate the great work of Catholic schools in the dynamic and creative integration of Catholic teachings and gospel values across the curriculum.

Throughout Catholic Education Week, our schools will be focusing on the theme “How Beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news.” We invite all members of our community, especially our parents and trustees, to participate in the celebrations and activities that will mark the celebration of Catholic Education Week 2009 at our schools.

Highlights of the Week:

Throughout the Week:

● Schools to participate in daily prayers linked to theme “Good News for All”
● High school Chaplains visiting classrooms to discuss issues such as abortion, euthanasia, capital
punishment, etc.
● Various Schools participating in Scholastic Book Fairs
● Various Schools participating in Earth Stewardship – Clean-up and planting

Sunday, May 3rd

● Pius XII – 11 am Children’s Liturgy Mass at Holy Redeemer “Good News for All”

Monday, May 4th

● Special Olympics – “Have a Go” Day
● Music Monday…joining students across Canada to sing together as a promotion of music in schools
● St. Andrew’s picnic lunch with family
● Immaculate Conception celebrates “May is for Mary” Celebration
● First Communion Celebrations
● Bishop A. Carter to kick off of the Breakfast Club Program
● Don’t Laugh At Me” Growing in Integrity Lessons
● Family Literacy Circles

Tuesday, May 5th

● St. David school attends mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church
● St. Andrew hosts reading with the Stars. Special guest: Bishop Noel Simard and community members
● St. Anne hosts workshops on respecting everyone’s unique characteristics and focusing on the different
ways people learn and what having a disability is like.
● St. John’s to host Stone Soup story telling and lunch
● St. Charles Elementary hosts Canadian author, Heather Down presenting read aloud and making stories
come alive
● Pius XII hosts God’s Dream for the World. (Story, discussion, activity).

Wednesday, May 6th

● St. Andrew School celebrates mass at St. Andrew the Apostle Church – 9:30 am
● St. Bernadette hosts Jump Rope for Heart
● Living Rosary at St. Andrew School
● Cancer Awareness Presentation at Bishop Carter
● St. Anne celebrates with reading buddies on Hope/Butterfly themes
● St. Raphael celebrates Faith/Anti-Bullying Day

Thursday, May 7th

● St. Raphael attending St. Andrew the Apostle Church to celebrate mass
● Poet, Dawna Proudman from the League of Poets will conduct workshops at St. Anne
● Pius XII hosts Mother Day Tea
Friday, May 8th
● Mega Mass at St. Patrick’s Parish – Community of School Celebrate Mass Together
● Schools attending Historica Fair
● Hat Day with donations for Cancer
● St. Benedict hosts Blood Donor Clinic
● “Teepee Teachings” at Pius XII
● “Looking for Jesus,” treasure Hunt @ Holy Redeemer Church

Sudbury Catholic Schools & Special Olympics Ontario host ‘Have A Go!’ Event

Posted on April 30, 2009August 23, 2018 by admin

The Sudbury Catholic District School Board will be hosting the Special Olympics Ontario “Have A Go!” Event on Monday, May 4, 2009 at St. Raphael and Pius XII Catholic Schools for the elementary students and at St. Charles College and St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School for the secondary students.

The event is a multi-sport festival for students in the LifeSkills classrooms throughout the Board and will allow students to “have a go” at different Special Olympic sports. In addition, the Special Olympics event will showcase emerging athletes, thus allowing for the development of future Special Olympians. It also introduces sport to individuals with intellectual disabilities.

All Life Skills students in the Sudbury Catholic Schools at both the elementary and secondary levels will be participating. As well, a senior physical education class and a grade 8 class, will be volunteers for the day.

St. Michael Catholic School to host several family events in May

Posted on April 30, 2009August 23, 2018 by admin

Monday May 4th: Come join the teachers of St. Michael for our family Literacy Night. Listen to the exciting stories of Robert Munsch. Make connections, build pathways, write a poem, build an airplane, swap your gently used books with other people. All students and parents are welcome to join in this school community event.

Kindergarten Night 5:30-6:30 p.m
Literacy Night from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

May 7th: The students parents, grandparents, and teachers of St. Michael are invited to our “Spring Talent Show” from 1:00-2:00 p.m. All students and teachers are welcome to come to show off their talent on this day.

May 21st: The students parents, grandparents, and teachers of St. Michael are invited to our own St. Michael Family Dance from 6:00-8:00 p.m. The community is welcome to get to the school

Bartolucci announces funding for School Board energy retrofits

Posted on April 30, 2009August 23, 2018 by admin

The McGuinty government is investing over $12 million in energy efficient retrofits for our four local school boards, Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci announced today.

“A vibrant school environment starts from the ground up. By retrofitting our schools we’re creating jobs while saving energy and money, and teaching our kids about greener ways to live,” said Bartolucci.

More than 1000 publicly funded schools across the province will be made more energy efficient to give Ontario students better places to learn and help boards save energy and money. Construction will start as soon as this summer.

This two-year investment will help improve existing schools across Ontario, while creating and sustaining more than 5,500 jobs. Of the $550-million investment, $400 million will be allocated to:

• Conduct energy audits to help manage and conserve energy
• Retrofit buildings with new energy efficient heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems and boilers.

Locally, these investments will save school boards money by reducing energy bills and will create jobs in our new green economy:

• Conseil scolaire de district du Grand Nord de l’Ontario – $1,796,375
• Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Nouvel-Ontario -$3,610,099
• Rainbow District School Board – $4,521,874
• Sudbury Catholic District School Board – $2,343,330

The remaining $150 million will be allocated on a project-by-project basis to improve the learning environment for students currently in energy inefficient portables and schools.

Ontario schools are also teaching kids how to be more environmentally friendly. Starting in the fall of 2009, environmental education will be added to the curriculum in every subject, in every grade. Programs such as EcoSchools are teaching students about conserving energy, minimizing waste and greening school grounds.

“Making our school facilities more energy efficient promotes better, greener learning environments — a key ingredient to building the best possible publicly funded education system in the world, and one that inspires confidence in our communities and success in our students,” concluded Bartolucci.

Learn More

• Find out more about the greening of Ontario’s schools.
• Learn more about Ontario EcoSchools.

St. Francis Flames Basketball Teams Perfect on the Season

Posted on April 27, 2009August 23, 2018 by admin

The St. Francis Flames Grade 7/8 Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball teams went undefeated during the 2008-2009 regular season. The ultimate crowning touch – both teams won the Greater Sudbury Board Basketball Officials Tournament in Round Robin play.

The St. Francis Flames girls’ team played St. Denis in the final to a win while the boys’ played Northeastern Public School and won in overtime by three points.

Congratulations to all the players, coaches, parents and staff at St. Francis Catholic School for another spectacular season.

St. Francis to hold Open House, Spring Fair events

Posted on April 27, 2009August 23, 2018 by admin

St. Francis Catholic School will hold an Open House on Thursday May 14th from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. for those students and parents in grade 5/6 who might be interested in seeing the school and meeting the intermediate teachers.

This is an opportunity for the students and parents to visit St. Francis and meet the grade 7/8 teachers.

The school will also host a Spring Fair on Thursday May 7th from 4:30 to 7:00 pm. All welcome.

Marymount Academy Hosts “OSAID Chain of Life”

Posted on April 23, 2009August 23, 2018 by admin

Marymount Academy will be hosting an OSAID (Ontario Students Against Impaired Driving) “Chain of Life” event on Thursday, April 30, 2009 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m at Tom Davies Square.

The purpose of the event is to promote the awareness re the dangers of impaired driving to youth. Students from all four of the Board’s secondary schools, (St. Benedict CSS, Bishop Carter CSS, St. Charles College and Marymount Academy) will create a “human chain” by holding hands as a sign of solidarity againstt “drinking and driving.

The “Chain of Life” will begin at 11:00 a.m. in and around Tom Davies Square and will last for half an hour. The students will then move into Tom Davies Square for free pizza and entertainment by a variety of guests. A number of key speakers including, Mayor John Rodriguez, Police Chief Ian Davidson, OSAID Operations Manager, Matt Evans and other community representatives will address the students.

The event will terminate at 2:00 p.m. Transportation for the students to and from the event will be provided courtesy of the City of Greater Sudbury and its transit service.

Parenting workshops to be offered

Posted on April 23, 2009August 23, 2018 by admin

St. Patrick’s Parish Health Council invites you to attend two parenting workshops presented by Debbie Smith, a family and youth counsellor from the Family Enrichment Center. ‘Parenting: A Balancing Act’ and ‘Surviving Your Adolescents’ will be offered in May.

These workshops will provide you with tools to raise competent, enjoyable and happy adolescents and will offer concrete, down-to-earth suggestions for handling situations as the adolescent pushes toward independence.

Wednesday May 20 & May 27
6:30pm – 8:30pm
St. Patrick’s Parish Church Hall
39 Walford Rd.

For further information call 522-3900

Light refreshments will be served

School Boards Share Best Practices in Aboriginal Education

Posted on April 22, 2009August 23, 2018 by admin

Native Studies and Native Second Language Teachers from the Sudbury Catholic District School Board and the Wikwemikong Board of Education met at the Wikwemikong Unceded Reserve to share best practices in Aboriginal Education.

Sudbury staff were treated to a tour of the Wikwemikong Heritage Organization, Wasse Aubin School, secondary school and Junior school Wikwemikong. All participating teachers shared stories of student success, obstacles in delivering curriculum and ways to support Aboriginal youth in accomplishing their educational goals.