More than forty grade 9 religion and ESL students from St. Charles College visited the Dare 2 Dream Alpaca Farm in McKerrow.
While there, the students learned about Catholic essential themes such as stewardship of the environment, global citizenship, common good and the community.
Ms. Teale and Mrs. Barry say the students cannot stop talking about the full day excursion.
Did you know you can domesticate an alpaca and keep one at home?
The students and staff of St. David Catholic School once again participated in the Salvation Army’s Santa Shuffle and Elf Run. The students and school staff raised funds to support the run. The event assists the Salvation Army support families in need during the Christmas season and throughout the year. All pledges raised for the Santa Shuffle and Elf Run help people in our community who struggle to make ends meet. St. David School raised $634.65 for the Salvation Army.
“The Santa Shuffle is a fantastic way to support those in need during the Christmas season as well as have fun promoting healthy living with our students. Our grade 3 teacher, Terri Lynn Lepage, and other staff members organize an after school running / reading club for the months leading up to the event as a way to train and promote good health through exercise. We are appreciative of all the support and encouragement of our families – and want to thank them for their generous donations. Merry Christmas!” states Lindsay Michel, St. David School FDK teacher.
Three St. Charles College students were presented with 1st place awards in an Action Sudbury poster contest to bring awareness to driving impaired. The students will soon see their posters on the back of city buses. The students each received a $250 gift card to the New Sudbury Shopping Center.
Their Arts teacher, Ms. Christina Thompson says “the poster contest was tied to the media arts unit studied in the grades 9 and 10 visual arts classes.”
Thank you to all of the families and staff that were able to attend the second annual Carousel Night offered by the Catholic Parent Involvement Committee!
Here at Sudbury Catholic Schools we want to ensure that all of our staff and families are equipped to better their child’s learning through education and strong partnerships.
A big thank you to all of our presenters including, staff of Sudbury Catholic Schools, The Greater Sudbury Police Service, and The Sudbury and District Health Unit.
(Prepared by Justin Pappano, student at St. Benedict School)
Immaculate Conception School will be hosting a Christmas Craft and Vendor Fair fundraiser on December 11th, 2016 from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. There will be a $2.00 entrance fee for adults and the first 10 children to attend the event will receive a small gift from Scholars Choice Sudbury.
This is an event for the whole family to attend. Parents can shop at our craft and vendor tables while the children enjoy face painting (10-2), a Christmas sing a long (1:30-2:00), a visit from Santa Claus (2:30-3:30), colouring contest and more. We look forward to seeing you there!
See the flyer for more details.
On November 11th 2016, the Sudbury Catholic District School Board had the pleasure of visiting Chongqing #37 Secondary School in China. We visited a class, the grounds, the bridge of success and had the privilege of witnessing the morning daily physical activity.
This school offers a high quality education to over 4,000 students from grades 7 to 12. Hopefully, some of the staff from the school will come to Sudbury to visit our schools and to discuss the possibility of a “sister” school partnership in the future. The school celebrated it’s 60th anniversary in 2015 and we are convinced that it will continue to grow in the next 60 years thanks to its dedicated and competent staff, as well as its visionary leadership.
View the photo album of our visit.
This year at Immaculate Conception School we decided to do something a little different in showing our support towards Anti-Bullying Awareness Week. Today we celebrated our differences by “Putting a Sock on Bullying.” Students and staff arrived to school wearing their most colorful, tallest, wildest socks over their pants. Putting a sock on bullying gave the students and staff an opportunity to express their individuality and show the importance of embracing our uniqueness.
Every year Mrs. B. Belanger’s Leadership class puts on a fall event to tackle the issue of bullying with the grade nine students. This year was no different. The students watched a video and listened to student speakers in the amphitheatre and then proceeded into smaller group discussions with the student leaders.
Mrs. Belanger feels that the activity is worth revisiting every year because “the grade nines have the power to change the culture at St. Charles College for years to come.”
The grade nine students participated in a four corners activity where they had to answer questions about respect and bullying, and more importantly standing up for bullying.
On Tuesday November 22nd, students in Mme Mehes’s 5/6 French Immersion class took part in a poetry workshop with Sudbury’s Poet Laureate, Kimberly Fahner. Students collaborated and created a class haiku on the topic of panda bears. Thank you Kim for sharing your passion for poetry, and for encouraging students to write their own poetry!
