Sudbury Catholic District School Board

St. Charles Catholic School “Johnathan Hetu Walk For Cancer” Raises Two Year Total of $12,000

The students and staff from St. Charles Catholic School in Chelmsford participated in the “Johnathan Hetu Walk For Cancer” on Friday, June 22, 2007 in and around the school yard. The students walked to remember Johnathan, a former student at the school who passed away from cancer and all other students who have cancer.

The school raised $5300 from the walk and $1800 from a previous “Hat Day” also decidated to Johnathan. That brings the two year fundraising total to more than $12,000 for the Northern Ontario Families of Children with Cancer (NOFCC).

Callaghan Boys Bring Home the Hardware

St. Charles College students’ James and Nick Callaghan returned from the ‘E-Spirit National Aboriginal Youth Business Plan Competition’ finals in Halifax, Nova Scotia boasting a number of well-deserved awards. Seventy-eight teams and more than 200 students from across Canada participated in the set of competitions from May 14 to 16. Of the ten categories that were judged, the boys won awards in six; one fourth place finish, two second place finishes, and three first place finishes.

James and Nick also received a great deal of attention from BDC (Business Development Corporation) executives for their innovative idea re “the Ground Hook: Safety and Anchoring System” and were the only team introduced to the Mayor of Halifax. The Mayor invited the students to send their project design to the new Aluminum manufacturing plant in Halifax.

The students spent 16 weeks developing business plans which were presented to panels of judges consisting of Business Development Bank of Canada Employees and aboriginal business owners. The purpose of the “Ground Hook” is to create the job of felling a tree safer and more accurate.

And the 2007 SCDSB Chairperson’s Award Goes To…

Maurizio Visentin, longtime teacher/guidance counsellor with the Sudbury Catholic District School Board was presented with the SCDSB Chairperson’s Award by Board Chair, Paula Peroni at the SCDSB’s annual 25 Year and Retirement Banquet held at Bryston’s on the Park on Thursday evening.

Mr. Visentin’s involvement with the Sudbury Catholic District Board began as a teacher for Marymount Academy from 1982 to 1996. He then moved to St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School as a teacher and later became the school’s guidance councillor. In her address to the audience, Mrs. Peroni listed numerous awards of recognition that
Mr. Visentin had received throughout his teaching career which included; the Bishop Reding Outstanding Teacher Award, the Partners in Peace Program Award, the Service Above Self Award, the Excellence in Leadership Award (on two separate occasions), a citation for his outstanding support with the Canadian Red Cross’ Respect Education Program and a nomination for the Premier’s Award for Teaching Excellence.

“Mr. Visentin is well deserving of this award,” stated Mrs. Peroni. “He lives and leads by example the Catholic School Graduate Expectations. He is a discerning believer, effective communicator, reflective, creative holistic thinker and a devoted family man. He promotes his secondary school in the most professional manner and that is why our secondary schools are held in such high regard in sports and academic circles in this city.”

Greater Sudbury Public Library Introduces Changes in Hours of Opening

The Main, Chelmsford, Lively, New Sudbury, South and Valley East libraries will be closed Sundays, beginning Sunday May 20, 2007. Sunday openings will be resume October 14, 2007.

All Greater Sudbury Public Libraries will be operating under Summer Hours beginning June 4, 2007. Pick up a flyer outlining the hours at any of the 13 Greater Sudbury Public Library locations.

Families can access the Greater Sudbury Public Library’s website at www.sudbury.library.on.ca.

St. Andrew Catholic School Welcomes New JKs

On Thursday, June 14, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Mrs. Chatal Morin (teacher) and Mrs. Melody Henry (principal) of St. Andrew Catholic School will welcome all the new Junior Kindergarten children registered for September 2007 at school.

The children and their parents will meet their teacher, listen to a story, create a small craft and share a snack. Junior Kindergarten students and parents are naturally apprehensive about new beginnings in September and the school staff hope to alleviate most, if not all of these worries.

The St. Andrew School motto reads:
“St. Andrew School Where Children Learn to Live, Laugh, Love.”

St. Francis Catholic School Presents “Film Festival”

St. Francis Catholic School will be presenting a Film Festival on Thursday, June 14 at the school from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. with the awards presentations taking place from 12:10 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

The Grade 8 students will be demonstrating their creative uses of the Apple Laptop Computers (Macbooks) in the form of a film festival in various categories such as documentary, short film, public service announcement and animation short.

Sudbury Catholic Board Students Place Well at Heritage Fair

Every year, thousands of students in Sudbury, Espanola and Manitoulin take part in the HISTOR!CA Heritage Fair, a celebration of our community and Canada’s rich heritage. Sudbury Catholic District School Board students have enjoyed a great deal of success in their participation in this prestigious fair. Several students and their projects have been selected to attend the provincial fairs over the last eleven years.

The Sudbury Catholic District School Board congratulates all students, parents, teachers and community members who participated in this year’s Sudbury Regional Historica Heritage Fair. It is with great pride and honour that we join in the celebration of Sudbury’s rich heritage.

 
Francesca Tsimiklis, Grade 7 student at Marymount Academy presents her project on “Paroisse Ste-Anne des Pins.” As a Lector at St. Patrick’s Parish Francesca became interested in the history of St. Anne’s Church and traced its history from a humble pioneer log structure in Sudbury in the 1890’s to the present day modern, state of the art building constructed of brick, glass and steel.
 
Kyle Herbert, Grade 4 student at St. Joseph Catholic School in Killarney stands in front of his project entitled, “Herbert Fisheries.” Herbert Fisheries on Georgian Bay has been part of the family business and Kyle’s heritage for four generations…Kyle intends to join his father on the boats and make it five.
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