Members of the Bishop Alexander Carter senior boys basketball team challenged the Sudbury Regional Police Force to an intense game at the school recently. Students were offered the opportunity to buy out of afternoon classes in order to watch the game. Money that was raised will be directed toward the purchase of a school mascot. A group of male and female cheerleaders also joined in the fun by performing at half time. The presentation generated great spirit and laughter among the students and staff of Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School.
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Mayor Courtemance to Speak to Students at St. Francis and St. Andrew Catholic Schools to Promote Career Day in Celebration of
St. Francis Catholic School will be celebrating Catholic Education Week by hosting a Career Day on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at St. Francis Catholic School. Grade 8 students from St. Francis, St. James and St. David Catholic Schools will have the opportunity to hear keynote speaker Mayor David Courtemanche as well as several guest speakers from the Sudbury community talk about the various job opportunities and career paths that lead them to their present occupations.
Mayor Courtemanche will also be reading to the Grade 2/3 class at St. Andrew Catholic School on Wednesday, May 3, 2006 from 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
SCDSB Chairperson Acclaimed as Vice-President of OCSTA
Paula Peroni, Chair of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board has been acclaimed as Vice-President of the Ontario Catholic Schools Trustees Association (OCSTA) for a two-year term, effective April 21, 2006.
Mrs. Peroni was first elected as Director of the OCSTA in 2000. In accepting the acclamation, Peroni commented on what she feels are some of the major issues facing the educational sector today. “Our greatest challenge as a board is to help the new Minister of Education understand the important issues in education such as ongoing funding for transportation and special education,” stated Peroni. “The vision of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board will be to continue our excellent faith-based education and Wireless Laptop programs for our students.”
Bernard Murray, Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board trustee, has been acclaimed as President of OCSTA with former OCSTA President, Paul C. Whitehead, continuing to serve the Association as Past President. The Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association is the provincial voice for Catholic education. Founded in 1930, OCSTA represents Catholic school boards that collectively educate more than 600,000 students in Ontario, from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12.
CPCO Spelling Bee a Huge Success
Thank you to everyone once again for making the CPCO Spelling Bee a huge success!
The following principals/vice principals/teachers gave up their time last night to run the CPCO Finals in both the intermediate and junior divisions:
Quiz masters: Patti Bartolucci and Angela Polishchuk
Hostess: Gen Waszczylo and Laura Kuzenko
Time Keeper: Trisha Dowdall and Laurie St. George
Score Keeper: Natalie Lafrance and Karin Stocker
Judge: Sandra Narduzzi and Donna Rose
Congratulations to all the students who participated. It was a close spell-off in both the junior and intermediate divisions.
Junior Division
1st place: Ryely Crossman – St. Raphael
2nd place: Angela McIsaac – St. Charles
3rd place: David Kan – Immaculate Conception
Intermediate Division
1st place: Kyla Trac – St. Raphael
2nd place: Vanessa DiFeo – Marymount
3rd place: Joshua McInnes – St. James
St. Anne Shines at 10th Annual Rainbow-Catholic Coed Basketball Tournament
This past weekend saw quite a haul of both team and individual awards for the St. Anne Grade 5/6 Co-ed Basketball team at the 10th annual Rainbow-Catholic Coed Basketball Tournament.
On Saturday morning, the team fought a closely-matched battle againstt Valleyview and prevailed, winning the Consolation Medal 26-20. Chris Marcotte led all scorers with an incredible 18 points!
St. Anne entered a boy and girl into the Xcalibur competition, which is a shooting accuracy contest that pitted our 2 entries againstt 15 other schools. Jennifer Chalut and Cole Thomson finished 3rd in the initial 16 team competition, making them eligible for the four-team semi-finals. In the semis, Chalut and Thomson scored an incredible 57 points, missing the all-time tournament mark by only 3 points and qualifying them for the finals againstt last years winner, St. James.
In the final, Chalut and Thomson continued to shoot the lights out (from distances as far away as 20 feet, 18 feet and 15 feet!!) and were proclaimed the Grade 5/6 first place champions for the Xcalibur Competition!! Success continued for Chalut and Thomson. Chalut was awarded one of 6 Lion Heart awards, given to the top defensive and hard-working players in the tournament. Thomson followed up with the St. Charles College “Best Foot Forward” award, bringing home a new pair of leather basketball shoes.
Overall, the hard work and determination of the team was rewarded and Mr. T would like to congratulate all the team for their success and also their great fans who supported them all along the way. Thanks to Mr. Thomson who devoted countless hours, and his vocal chords to this fantastic team. Way to go Angels!
SCDSB Students Excel at Kiwanis Music Festival
Students from the Sudbury Catholic District School Board had a tremendous showing at the 2006 Kiwanis Music Festival. In recognition of their outstanding performances the following awards were presented to students in the board’s elementary
and secondary panels at the Kiwanis Music Festival Hi-Lites Concert held at Cambrian
College.
St. Raphael Elementary School
McKenna Urso – Pre-Grade One Piano
Joseph Caruso Memorial Award: a $20 gift certificate to Prom Music
St. Charles College
Jessica Szdlowski – Speech Arts & Drama
Kiwanis Club of Sudbury Award $75.00
Joshua Label – Speech Arts & Drama: Wrote, directed and performed
in one act play
Sudbury Catholic District School Board Award $100.00
Jessica Larocque – Speech Arts & Drama
The Sudbury Star Award $50.00
Christopher Falcioni – Instrumental
Lougheed Family & Staff Award $75.00
Nicholas Barbeau – Instrumental
Lougheed Family & Staff Award $75.00
Marymount Academy
Angelica Fievoli – Intermediate Piano
New Sudbury Clinic Pharmacy Award $75.00
Marena Romenco – Piano
New Sudbury Clinic Pharmacy Award $50.00
Marymount Academy Junior Concert Band – Conductor: Ms. Gina King
Sudbury Catholic School Board Award $100.00
Marymount Academy Senior Concert Band – Conductor: Mr. Dick Van Raadshooven
Kiwanis Club of Sudbury Award: $100.00
Recommended to perform for the Provincial Music Festival Finals
Taped Competition $100.00
Marymount Academy String Ensemble – Conductor: Mr. Dick Van Raadshooven
Xi Master Beta Sigma Phi / Kiwanis Club of Sudbury Award: $100.00
Kaitlynd Burns & Marie Chalupiak – Top Intermediate Piano Duet
Xi Master Beta Sigma Phi Award: $75.00
Alumni
The following Alumni who attended St. Charles College and Marymount Academy
received outstanding Awards in their disciplines.
In the Sudbury Symphony INCO Search for Excellence Competition, hosted by the
Music Festival, Damien Lafromboise and Aimee Leonard received a $500 award each
and will perform with the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra in February 2007.
St. Charles College Alumnus ~ Damien Laframboise – Piano Concerto
Damien will perform with the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra in February 2007. He
will also receive a $500 award from INCO for his performance. Damien is presently
attending Laurentian University studying music.
St. Charles College Alumnus ~ Aimee Leonard – Voice
Aimee will perform with the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra in February 2007. She
will also receive a $500 award from INCO for her performance. Aimee is presently
attending Laurentian University studying music.
Aimee Leonard – Top Senior Vocalist
Sudbury Opera Guild Award $350.00
Aimee will represent Sudbury at the Provincial Music Festival Finals which will
be held
June 9 – 13 at the University of Western Ontario, London. $100.00
Marymount Academy Alumnus ~ Alyson Spina – Voice
Chrissie Nemis Vocal Award $150.00
Cambrian College Music Faculty Provincial Award $100.00
Alyson will represent Sudbury at the Provincial Music Festival Finals which
will be held June 9 – 13 at the University of Western Ontario, London.
$100.00
St. Anne Catholic School’s Canadian Idol
Olympic Speed Skater, Kristina Groves visited St. Anne Catholic School in Hanmer on Friday to chat with students and to put faces to the names that she has been corresponding with over the last several months. The two-time Silver Medalist (1500 metre and Team Pursuit) has been pen pals with the Grade One and Two classes at St. Anne since the fall of this year. Kristina has been corresponding with the students on a regular basis teaching them about her exciting sport, and her training.
From the onset of her arrival at the Sudbury Airport at 8:25 a.m. last Friday, Kristina spent the entire day with the St. Anne Catholic School students. Her itinerary included an introduction to the school community followed by skating at the Tom Davies arena in Lively and meeting with the entire student body in the late afternoon before returning to her hometown of Ottawa.
When asked by a Grade Two student why she decided to take up speed skating, Katrina replied that, “It was Gaeten Boucher, a Canadian Olympic speed skater in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary that first inspired me to become a speed skater. From the minute I saw him skate I knew that I wanted to do what he had done . . . I wanted to fly on ice . . . my dream was to compete in the Olympics for Canada some day and bring back a medal. So although I was only eleven years old, I went home and told my mom that I wanted to take up speed skating . . . eighteen years later at the age of 29, I was lucky enough to be presented with not one but two silver medals in Turin. Never give up on your dream,” stated Groves to a captivated audience. “With enough passion, dedication and commitment, dreams can come true.”
Groves’ presentation to the students included a slide show of her stay and competition at the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, Italy, as well as an overview of the equipment, and training required in order to become a speed skater, followed by a question and answer period.
Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School to Host Spring Fashion Show
SCDSB Celebrates Catholic Education Week
The Sudbury Catholic District School Board will be celebrating Catholic Education Week 2006, from April 30th to May 5th. This year’s theme And God saw that it was good! emphasizes the foundational belief of Catholic Education that spiritual and moral formation are critical to the values, actions and attitudes of our students and to the realization of the fullness of life. Catholic Education helps families develop in their children Christian values that give life its true freedom, meaning and joy. In this way, Catholic Education makes a distinctive difference not only to the lives of our students but also to our communities, our province and our country.
Continuing with classroom celebrations and activities in the months preceding Catholic Education Week, the Sudbury Catholic District School Board and Catholic School Councils have been preparing for this year’s theme. Prayer activities contain references to the teachings of creation and ecology as noted in the writings of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops with each activity reflecting on one of the five themes of Catholic Education Week;
(1) Creation charged with the grandeur of God emphasizes the presence of God in all creation. The beauty and grandeur of nature that touches each one of us is a constant source of wonder and awe and a revelation of the divine.
(2) At Home in the Web of Creation invites us to reflect on our connection with God’s glorious creation. We are called as co-creators to join God’s work to repair the ecological wounds committed by humankind and to renew the face of the earth.
(3) Celebrating the Goodness of Creation recognizes the goodness infused into creation by God. The environmental movement has reawakened a new appreciation of the truth that through the created gifts of nature, men and women encounter their creator.
(4) Living God’s Dream for Creation is in essence our hope and desire to create a better world by recognizing that all living organisms are interconnected by delicate ecosystems. As Catholics we are bound by our covenant with God to protect endangered ecosystems, to work for justice and to preserve the integrity of creation for today and for future generations.
(5) At Peace with all of Creation encourages humankind to alter our lifestyle choices and daily actions to respect ecological limits and to show restraint with respect to the demands of consumerism. In this twenty first century, the cry of the poor and the cry of the earth are as one; social justice cannot be attained without an ecological balance. We must heed the warnings of the environmentalists and support the farmers, educators and activists who have begun to show us the way forward.
Students of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board will be engaging in discussions, dialogue and prayer activities revolving around these five themes of Catholic Education Week. In addition, schools will be celebrating Catholic Education Week by undertaking activities at all grade levels. We invite you to come and visit our schools and help us celebrate what Catholic Education means to the students of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board.