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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.
Marymount Academy Proudly Presents ‘The Little Princess’
SCDSB To Hold Kindergarten Information Night for Parents
The Sudbury Catholic District School Board will be hosting a Kindergarten Information
Night, Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at Marymount Academy from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30
p.m.
At our information night you will:
- Learn about our Kindergarten program-a program that powers young minds
in an atmosphere which integrates Catholic Faith and culture - Meet Principals and Kindergarten teachers from our schools
- Discuss supports available through our Academic Services Team
- Discover how our Community Partnerships enhance and support our programs;
Literacy and Numeracy, Speech & Language, Early Identification, Enrichment,
Religion, French Immersion, Transportation, Special Education - Displays and kiosks on site representing special interest groups such as;
Ontario Early Years Centres, City of Greater Sudbury: Children’s
Services, Child Care Resources, Autism Spectrum Disorder School Support Program,
Special Education Advisory Committee, Wordplay, Preschool Speech and Language
Service, Community Care Access Committee, Council for Exceptional Children,
Sudbury and Manitoulin Health Unit, Learning Disability Association.
Refreshments and snacks will be available! For more information please contact,
Rossella Bagnato, Academic Superintendent of Education, Sudbury Catholic District
School Board, ph. 673-5620 ext: 300.
SCDSB Hosts MISA Workshop with WOW FACTOR
Sudbury Catholic District School secretaries, vice-principals, principals and members of the Board’s administrative team were treated to a very informative and entertaining workshop on Managing Information for Student Achievement , (MISA) at the Howard Johnson Hotel recently.
Brian Woodland, Director of Communications with the Peel District School Board was also a keynote speaker at the workshop. Mr. Woodlands presentation focused primarily on the ‘WOW FACTOR’ which he claims many boards/schools in Ontario and in Canada are failing to take advantage of. “‘The WOW FACTOR’ deals with the education of public relations, a planned systematic two-way communication process to encourage public involvement and earn public understanding and support,” states Woodland.
“It always amazes me that the very people who are responsible for the good news stories… the secretaries, teachers, vice-principals, and principals along with the school board administrative teams are so very reticent to promote all the great things happening in their schools. Practicing good public relations helps build community respect for teachers and support for education.”
St. Charles College to Hold Spring Equinox Social, Silent Auction and Dinner April 6th
St. Charles College will be holding its annual Spring Equinox Social Silent Auction and Dinner fundraiser on Thursday, April 6, 2006 at the Caruso Club,(Upper Hall), 385 Haig Street, Sudbury. The auction will include a number of great items to bid on again this year such as; a golf package from golf sudbury.com worth $1,200, a diamond from Ambrosia’s worth $1000, and a health package from TruStar worth $1,100.
The cost for the fundraiser is $30 per person and includes a sit-down dinner. Anyone who is interested in purchasing tickets, please call St. Charles College at 566-9605. *For more information, please contact Lynne Massimiliano at St. Charles College ph. 566-9605.*
SCDSB Successful in Meeting One-Tonne Challenge
Students from schools representing the Sudbury Catholic District School Board were rewarded for their efforts in EarthCare Sudbury’s Youth Action on Climate Change contest at a gala celebration held at Cambrian College recently. The competition was part of the One-Tonne Challenge, a national program designed to encourage Canadians to reduce their individual greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions by one tonne or 20%, annually.
The City of Greater Sudbury is one of 41 communities across Canada selected by the Federal Government to roll out the One-Tonne Community Challenge which focuses on individuals, businesses and youth. As part of the Youth Challenge, School Boards and students promoted idle-free zones in school areas and actively participated in the Destination Conservation, a practical, activity-based program that brings environmental education alive in schools.
Students were encouraged to become involved in the promotion of the One-Tonne Challenge by undertaking one of three projects; (1) Drawing attention to environmental issues! ~ Creating artwork, painting, drawing or sculpture that relates to climate change and/or the One-Tonne Challenge; (2) Spreading the word; writing an article, short story or essay on climate change (3) Affirmative Action; design, plan and implement a new project to engage youth and/or the community in climate change action.
Winners from each category were selected by a panel of judges and awards were presented to students at the Gala Celebrations. In addition, students’ artwork will be showcased at venues around the City of Greater Sudbury with the winning articles being published in local newspapers. Select radio messages will receive air play on local radio stations.
For more information or to access winning bus ads and articles, please visit:
http://www.greatersudbury.ca/cms/index.cfm?app=div_earthcare&lang=en&currID=3782&parID=3755