On Wednesday December 14th, students from Mme Mehes’ 5/6 French Immersion class and Mme Riutta’s 1/2 French Immersion class participated in a fun and enriching language arts activity: Letter Writing to Santa (“en français”). This collaborative activity allowed students to improve their communication, social and handwriting skills, and teach them what they need to know about writing and structuring letters. We look forward to future opportunities for these two classes to work together this school year!
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MMA steps up to help the less fortunate
Marymount students & staff helped at Holy Redeemer Church, delivering food & gifts to less fortunate families in the community.
Immaculate students donate to Infant Food Bank
Students in Mrs. Lotter’s Grade 2/3 class organized a “baby drive” of formula, diapers, clothing and other necessities. Many from our school community donated and the items were offered during our 4th week of Advent celebration in the gym. All donations will be brought to the Pregnancy Care Center and Infant Food Bank in Sudbury. Thanks to all for their generosity and kind spirit.
St. Charles College Alumni returns to share message of hope and inclusivity
Former graduate from St. Charles College Brock McGillis recently wrote an article for Yahoo Sports Canada about being secretly gay in a highly hyper masculine culture of hockey. The article went viral and this week he was invited to St. Charles College to share his message of hope and inclusivity.
Brock McGillis graduated from St. Charles College roughly fifteen years ago. He spoke about playing hockey in the OHL, CIS and dealing with comments that were homophobic all the while he was questioning his own sexuality.
Brock also spoke about keeping his sexuality a secret from family and friends and only recently revealed his sexual orientation to the hockey community.
Brock says the reason he has come out is to educate people. He believes that it important for people to not be bystanders but instead break the habit of using homophobic language in the halls, as a joke or in the locker room.
Brock now works mentoring minor hockey and junior aged players.
The students were very receptive to his message. They were active participants in the presentation.
Principal Patty Mardero says “the conversation solidifies what we are teaching our students about respecting diversity.”
Holy Cross students visit the Art Gallery
Mme Blais- Calloway’s 4/5 FI class and Mlle Henry’s Grade 3 FI’s at The Sudbury Art Gallery on Friday December 9th, 2016. Students explored art concepts and enjoyed every minute! We are so blessed to have such a wonderful resource for learning right here in Sudbury!
Math Games are Alive and Well at St. David School
St. David School hosted a Christmas Math Morning for students and their families to encourage Growth Mindset, specifically in math acquisition. One of the school’s main focuses this year is continued emphasis on promoting a greater collaboration between educators, students and their families. St. David School works closely with families because when there is a trusting, respectful relationship between the home and school, students have a better chance of being successful academically, socially and emotionally.
During the math morning, all parents and family members played fun, educational math games at school the with their children, then were given a Math Bag to take home. The Math Bag was filled with dice, cards and math game instructions as well as other simple math tools that they were encouraged to use at home to support their children build confidence in math.
St. Charles College and Laurentian University Team UP for Chemistry
Grade 11 and 12 Chemistry students were treated to a full day of scientific inquiry and experiments this week. The students visited Laurentian University alongside their teachers, Mr. Fritz and Mrs. Kingshott.
The focus of the visit was to show students what the future has in store for them if they choose to study chemistry at the university level. The visit also included a tour of the university itself.
Mrs. Kingshott says “The students really enjoyed the part of the day when they were able to use the modern laboratory equipment at the University. The students felt very independent and excited to understand how a laboratory at University runs and what was expected of them. It really made them excited about Chemistry.”
Mr. Fritz says “The visit included lots of experiments that were new to the students but there were lots of interesting links between what was being studied in the lab there and what the students are studying at St. Charles College.”
After this great learning experience our Chemistry students at St. Charles College will be able to create their own solutions using accurate calculations and using proper scientific technique.
RAMS have the Christmas Spirit!
In record breaking numbers, students and staff at St. Charles Elementary in Chelmsford collected donations of cans and cash for the Friendship House Food Bank in Chelmsford. Last year, the school collected 3204 cans and we set out to beat that number by 1 this year. Thanks to the generosity of the families in the St. Charles school community, we collected 6743 cans this year, which included $1673.98 in cash!!
The students in Mme Bouzane’s grade 5/6 class demonstrated leadership as they counted donations, organized and graphed the results each week. After the collection of cans, students were privileged to go to the food bank and see behind the scenes, and what happens when all those boxes of food leave our front doors. They learned about how the food bank organizes donations for families in our community.
Thank you once again to all the families in our school for making a difference for the families in our community at this time.
Way to go, RAMS!
Michael Bellmore acclaimed to second consecutive term as Board Chair
On Tuesday, December 6th at its inaugural board meeting, Michael Bellmore was acclaimed Chair of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board for a second consecutive term. Michael Bellmore is a proud alumnus of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board. He was elected to the Board in 2010 and also served with the former Sudbury District Roman Catholic Separate School Board from 1994 to 1997 as one of the youngest ever elected.
“I am humbled and honoured to have been re-elected to the role of Chairperson. I look forward to working with our Board as we continue to make strategic investments in the arts, special education and enhancing our student experiences at the secondary level through our new learning hubs while maintaining a balanced budget and ensuring our infrastructure is in excellent repair and well maintained”, said Michael Bellmore.
Serving alongside Bellmore is Trustee Ray Desjardins who was also acclaimed as Vice-Chair for a second term. Desjardins is also a long serving member of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board having first been elected to the Board in 2010.