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Home Depot Staff Help Kick Off Pius XII Catholic School Yard Transformation
Staff from Home Depot will be helping to kick of the Pius XII school yard transformation on Wednesday, May 9 between 9:00 a.m. and
3:00 p.m at the school.
As part of their Earth Day Community Project, thirteen Home Depot staff will be planting trees, making picnic tables and clearing out the bush area for a nature trail behind the school.
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St. Charles Catholic Elementary School Celebrates Music Monday
On Monday, May 7 at 1:00 p.m. the primary classes at
St. Charles Catholic elementary school, along with many other schools across Canada will be celebrating the third annual Music Monday. On that day the school’s students and staff will take their music program outside into the open air of their school ground to perform a short concert.
Students and staff at the school will be participating in this country wide effort to bring attention to the benefits of music in the schools belonging to the Sudbury Catholic District School Board and to recognize their appreciation of music in the curriculum.
There are presently 905 schools taking part in this event, 416 of which are from Ontario. Music Monday is spearheaded by Coalition for Music Education in Canada. The website is http://coalitionformusiced.ca/html/sec2-events/musicmonday/index.php.
St. Francis Catholic School Presents “Wellness Day”
On May 1, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. the Grade 7 and 8 students at St. Francis Catholic School will be participating in a Wellness Day. Representatives from the Sudbury and District Health Unit as well as Life Zone will be presenting to the students on a wide range of topics from Healthy Eating and Nutrition, to Kickboxing classes.
St. Andrew Catholic School Presents ‘Reading With the Stars’
On Friday, May 4, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., several local “stars” will share a favourite book with the students of St. Andrew Catholic School to celebrate Catholic Education Week. Star readers will feature Bishop Jean-Louis Plouffe, Mayor John Rodriquez, Mrs. Rossella Bagnato, Interim Director of Education for the Sudbury Catholic District School Board, Mrs. Paula Peroni, Chair of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board, Mrs. Jean McHarg, Academic Superintendent for the Sudbury Catholic District School Board, Mr. Anthony Chezzi, Faith Animator for the Sudbury Catholic District School Board and former Principal of St. Andrew Catholic School,Mrs. Zandra Zubac, Representative from the Ministry of Education, Secretariat and Mr. Gerry Lougheed Jr. recent recipient of the Community Builder Award for Excellence.
“Reading is a very important skill,” states School Prinicipal, Melody Henry. “By exposing our students to many different readers it is our hope that this very special reading day will encourage them to practise their own reading skills.”
The theme for the reading day is “Created in the Image of God.” Students and staff will celebrate their appreciation for family, friends, their community, their country, and for citizens around the world as they listen to the “stars” share favourite books.”
St. Charles Catholic School Presents “Wear a Hat Day in Honour of Johnathan”
The students and staff from St. Charles Catholic School,
26 Charlotte Street in Chelmsford will be participating in a “Wear a Hat for Johnathan Day” on Friday, May 4, 2007 at the school.
Last year, St. Charles Catholic School participated in a walk-a-thon to raise money for the Northern Ontario Families with Cancer Organization; this event was spearheaded by David Nicholls a Grade 7 teacher. The school first started the fundraiser as a tribute to Johnathan Hetu, a 13 year old student at the school who passed away with cancer in September of 2004.
Mr. Nicholls along with the school’s staff, the entire student body and the school community would like to remember Johnathan’s legacy again this year by hosting a “Wear a Hat Day” at St. Charles Catholic School and are inviting all of the sister schools of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board to participate. All SCDSB students and staff will wear a hat on May 4, 2007 and will donate one dollar to the Northern Ontario Families with Cancer Organization in Johnathan’s honour.
Parents for Parents at Pius XII Catholic School
In January 2007, Pius XII Catholic School Council was awarded a grant of $2,500 from the Ministry of Education: Parents Reaching Out Grant. The grant was made available to the school council for their project proposal which consisted of a five-day parent workshop, (one workshop per month), with each workshop focusing on the developmental characteristics of children and adolescents. A core group of eight parents received a course in the TRIBES process by Jean McHarg, Superintendent of Education for the Sudbury Catholic District School Board. Parents were introduced to the TRIBES process for the purpose of encouraging parents to work together as a professional learning community to bring forth the care, active participation and positive expectations for all students.
Pius XII Catholic School parents were invited to participate in all five workshops being offered at the school. The focus of the workshops is to build inclusion among the parents. Parents participated in a number of activities, such as Getting to Know You, Finding What We Have in Common, The Characteristics of Birth Order, Goals for our Children, and Goals for Our Parent Workshop. Guest speaker, Debbie Smith from the Family Enrichment Centre offered parents a very informative workshop re “the affects of birth order on children.”
The March 21 workshop was also a tremendous success with 15 parents joining the Parents for Parents group. The focus for this day was learning about child development from “birth to teen.” The Pius XII Catholic School Council would like to see more parents join the
May 16 and June 13, Parents for Parents Workshops which will be held at the school. “At Pius XII, parents are sharing information, learning from one another and building community,” states Louisa Bianchin, Principal of Pius XII Catholic School. “Our parents gather together because they believe in, value and care about creating a better home and school for their children.”