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St. David Student Selected to Attend Leadership Conference
St. David Student Wins Knights of Columbus Free Throw Basketball Competition
Olympic Speed Skater Kristina Groves to Visit St. Anne Catholic School Students
Olympic Speed Skater, Kristina Groves will be visiting St. Anne Catholic School on April 21. 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. “She even took time out from her busy schedule during the Olympics to write to them,” states grade 1/2 teacher Tania Lacroix.
“All eyes were glued to the television at school when she raced. The Grade One and Two classes were able to watch her live the day she captured the individual Silver Medal, other races were taped by their teacher, so they didn’t miss a single race. Every morning during the Olympics, students gave a special news bulletin over the P.A. system, to update the school on how our Olympic athletes were doing.”
Shaved for the Record
10th Annual Rainbow-Sudbury Catholic Co-ed Elementary Basketball Tournament, April 18 to April 22, 2006
The annual Rainbow-Catholic Co-Ed Elementary Basketball Tournament is celebrating
its tenth anniversary. This year the event will run from April 18 to April 22,
2006. The Rainbow-Catholic Co-Ed Elementary Basketball Tournament is jointly sponsored
by the Rainbow District School Board and the Sudbury Catholic District School
Board. The organizing committee believes that through extracurricular activities,
such as sporting events, students learn to become active participants in their
community. The format for all games will be 4-on-4 (two boys and two girls). The
purpose of the tournament is to encourage equitable participation and fair play
of both boys and girls in sporting events.
The qualifying games will be played in five locations throughout the city –
Confederation Secondary School, Ecole secondaire Hanmer, Lockerby Composite
School, Northeastern Elementary School, and St. Charles College. The tournament
includes close to 30 teams at the Grade 5-6 level and the 7-8 level. The action
will begin on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at
4:00 p.m. in all five locations.
One of the highlights of the ten-year anniversary tournament will be the alumni
game scheduled for Friday April 21, 2006 (4:00 p.m.) at Northeastern Elementary
School. Male and female athletes that have previously participated in this tournament
will come back to relive their glory days and compete for bragging rights.
Please visit the tournament website for scheduled games and sites www.rainbow-catholic-coed-basketball.org.
A special banquet will take place after the alumni game with special speaker
Cassandra Carpenter from the Lady Vees addressing the young players. Mayor Courtemanche
will also be present to address the budding Sudbury athletes at the banquet
scheduled for April 21, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. in the Northeastern elementary School
cafeteria, 45 Spruce Street, Garson.
Tournament finals and an Xcalibre Shootout will be held at Confederation Secondary
School on Saturday April 22, 2006 starting at 1:00 p.m.
For more information on the Rainbow-Catholic Co-Ed Elementary Basketball Tournament
please contact;
Dave Farrow
Northeastern Elementary School
Tel: (705) 693-2110
E-mail: farrowd@rainbowschools.ca
or
Colette Fraser
St. Charles College
Tel: (705) 566-9605
E-mail: fraserc@scdsb.edu.on.ca
Penguins Spotted at Pius XII Catholic School
It’s official! Pius XII Catholic students are now the PIUS PENGUINS. After many years of attempting to discover their identity, they have finally established it!
The FIRST EVER LOGO to be painted on the gym wall says it all!
As the students enter the gym for their daily physical activities, sports events and assemblies, they are faced with a beautiful, huge logo made up of a family of Penguins that covers the freshly painted gym wall. Watching over the family of Penguins is a symbol of their Catholic faith, the White dove, which represents peace and tranquillity for the Pius Penguin students and staff.
This message of peace and harmony embodies the motto that students, teachers, and staff live by each and every day.
Congratulations to Marymount Academy’s Music Program for Another Banner Year!
Marymount Academy’s music program has experienced another tremendously successful year at the Kiwanis Festival and the Northern Ontario Music Festivals with both the Junior and Senior Concert Bands and the String Ensemble receiving Gold Awards.
Gold Awards were also earned by Andrea Mikkila, Terri Scherzinger and Kristin Hamill for a flute trio; Karly Schofield, Katie Runions, Jennifer Innes and Samantha McIlveen for a flute quartet; Mary Jebreen, Rebecca James and Kaitlynd Burns for a Trombone Trio; Marla Parker, Allison Bruneau, Cassandra Chapman, Christy Pitt and Jessica Sigurdson for a Clarinet Quintet.
The String Ensemble and the Clarinet Quintet performed at the Kiwanis Festival Highlights Concert on March 25 at which time scholarships were awarded to members of the Senior Concert Band and the String Ensemble.
The Senior Concert Band has also been invited to compete in the Provincial Kiwanis Competition later this year.
Gold awards were also given to Marla Haring, Tilly Lanteigne and Marla Parker who competed in Solo Concerto classes
The Senior Concert Band performed at the Northern Ontario Music Festival In March 2006. This prestigious festival features more than seventy ensembles from all of Northern Ontario. The Marymount Senior Band was clearly working at a different level than everyone else.
A Gold Award, an invitation to compete at the National level and an overwhelming complimentary adjudication were issued to the Marymount band. In addition, Marymount placed 11 band members on the All Star band. All Stars include Colleen Keaney, Karly Scholfield, Marla Parker, Allison Bruneau, Marla Haring, Sofia Panchaud, Kelsey Gunn, Marissa Sikora, Samantha McIlveen and Megan Landry.
Congratulations to all the members of all the ensembles involved in the festivals.