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St. Benedict CSS ‘Welcome to High School BBQ’
St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School will be hosting a ‘Welcome to Grade 9 BBQ’ at the school, 2993 Algonquin Road, Sudbury on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Grade 9 students will have an opportunity to pick up and review their timetables with a guidance counsellor. Student representatives from the St. Benedict School Council, Athletic Association and Social Justice Action committee will be available to welcome students, address their questions and concerns and guide new parents and students on a tour of the school.
The staff of St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School will also be on hand to interact with the students and parents. Don’t bring a lunch! Come out and enjoy the BBQ! For more information, please contact Maurizio Viscentin, school counsellor at St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School, ph. 523-9235.
St. Charles College to Hold Welcome Barbeque
Religious Education Parts I,II & III for Teachers Begin the Week of September 25
Bishop Carter Catholic Secondary School Hosts Meet and Greet
Bishop Carter Catholic Secondary School will be hosting a “Meet and Greet” session at the school, 539 Francis Street in Hanmer on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The “Meet and Greet” is designed to give new students an opportunity to tour the school, meet their fellow classmates and senior students of the school as well.
To give new grade 9 students an opportunity to experience the music of a local band, “Betty Beats Veronica” will be entertaining the students. In addition, students will be participating in Tribes activities as they mingle with new their new classmates.
Bishop Carter encourages all new and returning students to take part in the “Meet and Greet” this Wednesday to kick off the start to another exciting school year.
For more information, please contact Sherry Bortolotti, Principal of Bishop Carter Catholic Secondary School ph. 969-2212.
Free Family Concert
OECTA Golf Tournament
No More Pencils, No More Books, But Definitely a Laptop!
Representatives from Apple Canada joined the Sudbury Catholic District School Board’s administrative team in presenting all of the Board’s Grade 7 and 8 teachers and vice-principals with a wireless MacBook laptop computer in its ‘Apple For The Teacher Day.’ The Board passed a motion last week to purchase eleven hundred laptop computers in a bold move to bring more technology into the classroom this September.
Zandra Zubac, Director of Education for the Sudbury Catholic District School Board stated in her opening address to the teachers that today marks an historic day not only for the Sudbury Catholic District School Board but for the educational process across the entire province. ‘Our Board is the very first Board in Ontario to give every grade 7 and 8 student a wireless computer,’ stated Zubac. ‘Through our partnership with Apple Canada we are championing new innovative and successful technological ways of delivering education to our students.’
Following the presentation of the wireless computers, consultants from Apple Canada conducted workshop sessions with the teachers, vice-principals and student leaders to help orient them with the new technology. “The teachers will be taking the wireless MacBook Laptop computers home for the summer to familiarize themselves with the new technology using the expertise they acquired in the workshops,” stated Bob Kennedy, Consultant for Apple Canada. “Today the teachers are learning how use the new equipment, but it is very evident that once they are comfortable with the new technology they will continue to be the leaders as they integrate this new technology into the science, literacy, numeracy, religion, french and other programs,” concluded Kennedy.
The Sudbury Catholic District School Board first introduced the wireless technology into the classroom in 2003-2004 by piloting the “Learning with Laptops Program” to a wide range of students from kindergarten to grade 6. In 2004-05 the Board decided to expand the wireless laptop technology into all secondary schools with the new Learning With Laptops-One to One Grade 9 Math program using Apple wireless ibooks. The mathematics-based program allows students to conceptualize the abstracts of mathematics and continues to integrate technology into the classroom setting. The 2005-2006 school year saw the Board expand its wireless program again by extending the availability of wireless laptops to Special Education students under a CODE grant in an additional six schools. Today, under Phase 4, eleven hundred wireless laptops will be making their way into the hands of the board’s Grade 7 and 8 teachers and students for the fall of 2006.
