Johnny Williams and his high energy band made a special guest appearance at St. Charles College recently to raise money for the Empowered Student Partnerships program (ESP). Williams is the recent winner of the Northern Ontario “Battle of the Bands” and when asked by St. Charles College officials if he would play a benefit to support the ESP program he readily agreed. Although the band did not charge a fee, students paid $2 each to hear them play with all proceeds going to the Empowered Student Partnership program. ESP is a new pilot program in partnership with the City of Greater Sudbury Regional Police Force whose mandate is to empower students to be the driving force for safer schools.
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St. Benedict To Host Nationally Acclaimed Student Success Presentation
St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School will be hosting the nationally acclaimed student success presentation, “Making Post Secondary Education Count” for Grade 12 students at the school on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 from 8:55 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. The 50-minute presentation will be delivered free to students and parents at St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School.
The presentation is designed to help students begin to think about their next steps upon graduation and what they need to accomplish throughout the upcoming years in order to maximize their opportunities for success. The program also addresses important issues such as time management, choosing career paths, gaining experience through internships and meaningful work experiences.
The “Making Post Secondary Education Count,” presentation program has reached more than 35,000 students in Canada over the past two years and over 1.2 million students in the United States with the same message.
Educators on average, have rated the value of the ideas presented 9.2 on a 10-point scale.
Board Employees Recognized For Their Commitment to Excellence in Catholic Education
Over 100 principals, vice principals, teachers, staff and board personnel celebrated their 5,10,15, and 20 year anniversary with the Sudbury Catholic Board during a special “Mass of Recognition” at Holy Redeemer Church. Zandra Zubac, Director of Education for the SCDSB praised board employees for their dedication and commitment to Catholic Education. Special Masses were held at all schools and home Parishes of the Sudbury Catholic Board to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie to help promote Catholic Education Week.
St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School “Spring Thaw and Auction Night”
St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School will be holding a “Spring Thaw
Dinner and Auction Night, Wednesday, May 12, 2004 in the upper hall of
the Caruso Club as a fundraiser for the school.
The items that will be up for auction can be previewed at 5:30 p.m. with the sit down dinner starting at 6:00 p.m. Tickets are $40.00 each and everyone is welcome.
For more information or to order tickets please call St. Benedict
Catholic Secondary School at ph: 523-9235.
SCDSB Celebrates Catholic Education Week 2004 From May 2nd-7th
During the week of May 2 to 7, the Sudbury Catholic District School Board will be celebrating Catholic Education Week 2004. The theme for the week is “Fully Alive In Christ.” This theme 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 aims at forming students in the life-affirming Christian virtues 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.
The Sudbury Catholic District School Board together with its family of schools will be celebrating Catholic Education Week by undertaking activities at all grade levels, including a special mass celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Diocese of Sault Ste. on Wednesday, May 5th. Contact your school for more information on the week’s activities, or refer to our master schedule of events.
Big Brothers Recognizes Outstanding Teachers for Giving Back to the Community
Big Brothers of Sudbury recently honoured Nic Battigelli, a teacher at St. Benedict C.S.S. and Don Blackwell, a retired St. Charles College teacher for their outstanding contribution to youth in our community. The teachers received the Big Brothers’ prestigious ‘Northern Moose‘ award for their work in their youth mentoring company, “School Ties.” Battigelli and Blackwell have trained over 40 teachers and 300 peer mediators using Native traditional teachings of the Grandfathers and the Medicine Wheel believing that youth working with youth is the key to future communication among individuals.
Best Friend’s Basketball Challenge to be Held May 12
On May 12, St. Charles College will be hosting the Clean and Clear Best Friend’s Challenge. The Best Friend’s Challenge is a fun competition for girls from grade 6 to grade 10. Two best friends will challenge other girls to basketball skills competitions. There will be 4 stations set up in the gymnasium where the girls can play 21, H-O-R-S-E, Bump, and 2 on 2.
The entry fee is $5 per team of two. The teams of “best friends” register at a registration desk and pay the entry fee to participate. There will be prizes given out to each participant as well as two grand prize draws. There will also be t-shirts given away to spectators and participants.
The challenge starts at 3:00pm on May 12. If you have any questions, please contact St. Charles College at 566-9605.
“Absolute” Rocks St. Charles College
St. Charles College students were recently treated to a performance by Absolute, the high energy rock group with a message. This special presentation was part of the Empowered Student Partnership (ESP) program, a pilot project between the SCDSB, St. Charles College and the police that empowers students to be the driving force for safe schools.
The groups performance consists of 14 young members using a large sound system and light show in a concert atmosphere. Crowd participation is key to the success of this group who share personal stories with the students to bring home hard hitting messages focusing on alcohol and drug abuse, suicide, bullying, sexual abuse, impaired driving and pre-marital sex. Absolutes key message to its audience throughout the two hour performance centred on the untapped potential in this generation of young people…the belief that the value of life and purpose of life can make a difference in this world for today and for tomorrow. The group also maintains that when society only sees the problems, it is difficult to find the solutions. Absolute is attempting to fill that need in this generation; helping them through the problems by focusing on their future.
SCDSB Realigns School Boundaries for 2004/2005
Trustees with the Sudbury Catholic District School Board have realigned the school boundaries between Corpus Christi, St. Theresa and St. Francis Schools for the September 2004/2005 school year. In all, the boundary changes will affect 38 students who will have the option of attending their current school or transferring to the school within the new boundary. “Before, we had students within walking distance of one school but being bussed to another school,” said Acting Director of Corporate Services, Hugh Lee, on the boundary changes effective September 2004.
In the fall, the St. Francis school boundaries for JK to Grade 6 students will extend to part of Copper Street. The St. Francis boundary will move north of, but will not include Zinc street.
The St. Theresa school boundary will now include the Richard Lake, Long Lake and St. Charles Lake areas and the portion of Southview Drive near the greenhouse. (This area used to be part of the St. Francis school boundary).
For a graphic summary of the changes, please reference the Boundary Realignment Map.