Brittany Goldsborough, Student Council President at Marymount Academy addressed the student body at the “Kick Off For Cancer” campaign held in the school’s gym recently. Throughout the month of April, Marymount students will be canvassing door-to-door to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society. Proceeds from the Residential Canvass will go towards cancer research and to provide services such as reliable information, emotional support, transportation, and support at treatment centres and lodges. Special guests Sonia Del Missier, Marisa Certossi, Melissa Durrell and Peter Williams joined with the Marymount students to help celebrate the residential kick-off campaign. Marymount students have set a target of $1,000 as their goal in this year’s campaign.

Marlee Clement, a Grade 7 student at Marymount Academy was recognized by Ray Vincent, Chair of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board with a special certificate of appreciation for her excellent efforts in the 35th Regional Science Fair held this past weekend at Laurentian University. Marlee’s project entitled, “Reflex and Reaction Times,” examined the reflexes and reactions of a wide group of individuals with special emphasis on age and gender. She received first place finishes in both the Junior Physical and Best Health categories and her project was ultimately selected as “Best In The Fair,” by the judges. Marlee will now move on to represent the City of Greater Sudbury and Marymount Academy at the Canada Wide Science Fair which will be held in St. John’s, Newfoundland, May 9 to 16. Congratulations Marlee!

Twenty-six youth from St. Charles College will be hosting 26 students from Mountain Field Academy in Forteau, Labrador from April 9 to April 15, 2004 as part of their involvement in YMCA Youth Exchanges Canada, a program of the YMCA of Greater Toronto. YMCA Youth Exchanges Canada promotes cross-cultural awareness and a sense of national identity among Canadian youth aged 12 to 18. Travel costs are funded by the Government of Canada through Exchanges Canada.

The students from St. Charles College and Mountain Field Academy will be participating in activities at Dynamic Earth and Path of Discovery on April 10, Science North’s sunset to sunrise tour on April 11, YMCA on April 12, Manitoulin Island on April 13, and Anderson Farm and Capreol Rail Museum on April 14. In addition, the Boy Scouts of Canada have volunteered their time and camp at Windy Lake for an orienteering session on April 9 in the morning.

YMCA Youth Exchanges Canada sponsors exchanges between two groups of equal size in different communities. Each group hosts the other. During their stay in Sudbury, the youth will live with the families of their twin group. Since 1976, thousands of young people have experienced the cultural and geographic diversity of Canada through participation in YMCA Youth Exchanges.

For further information, please contact: Daniel M. Boisvert at St. Charles College,

ph: 566-9605 ext.6341, 969-4415 (home),662-0543 (mobile)

Students from the Sudbury Catholic District School Board had a
tremendous showing at the 35th Sudbury Regional Science Fair held at
Laurentian University this weekend winning 25 out of 40 awards in
several categories including; Junior Physical, Junior Life, Intermediate Life and Junior Engineering.

St. Francis students lead the way, collecting a total of eight medals followed closely by the students of St. Anne school with six, Marymount Academy with five, St. Charles College with three, St. David school with two, and St. Paul School rounded out the awards with one. Gold medal winners pictured, (left to right) include; Andrew Pawluch, St. Francis Catholic School, Scott Baiden, Jessie Hamilton Public School, Marlee Clement, Marymount Academy, Colin Loney, and Joshua Hubert, Jessie Hamilton Public School. The students will now move on to represent the City of Greater Sudbury and their respective schools at the Canada Wide Science Fair which will be held in St. John’s, Newfoundland, May 9 to 16.

Appearing in the photo with the gold medallists are Dan Landry, President of the Sudbury Regional Science Fair and Sue Tessier from the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum.

Trustees of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board began their accommodation review process at the January 20, 2004 meeting of the Board. Consistent with the direction given by the Trustees at their October 7, 2003 meeting for the 2003-04 accommodation review, there will no new consolidation of the schools within the Sudbury Catholic Board. The consolidation of St. James School and Our Lady of Fatima as per the Board decision of December 17, 2002 will proceed as planned in September 2004. Expansion of the St. James school is almost complete.

Trustees decided to review the realignment of the busing boundaries that will affect schools in the south end of the city. A decision regarding the boundary reviews will be made in April 2004.

NET Ministries, (National Evangelization Teams) is an international youth ministry that is committed to challenging young Catholics to love Christ and embrace the life of the Church. The NET group is unique in that it uses drama, music, games, small group discussion and large group encounters to present basic Gospel messages in an exciting and dynamic way. The National Evangelists Teams train 125 young adult volunteers, serve in 90 dioceses and facilitate over 1,500 retreats annually reaching out to over 100,000 young people. The NET team has spent the first 12 days of their tour presenting to four elementary schools, all Catholic High schools as well as two parish based retreats. Appearing in the above photo, (front row) the NET team #2 which includes members from all across Canada and Australia interact with Marymount Academy’s Grade 8 students at a retreat held at the Diocesan Centre recently.

Students at Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School were recently honoured by The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 179, Capreol, for their efforts in the Legion’s Literary Contest. Mr. Gerry Sorel, President Branch 179, and Mr. Brian Way, Past President and Legion Life
Member, congratulated all students who participated in the contest. Finalists in the competition received a certificate of appreciation from the Legion. Abby Skirten placed first with her poem, “Untitled,” Shawn Marcoux took second place for his poem, “Remember the Soldier’s Cry,” and Phil Bolduc placed third with, “We Remember,” in the Poetry
competition. Bryan Bazinet was awarded an Honorable Mention for his poem, “9/11.” Pictured in the above photo (L-R) are; Jimmy Watters, Shawn Marcoux, Bryan Bazinet, Mrs Waszczylo, Phil Bolduc, and Abby
Skirten.

Marymount Academy Regals psyche themselves up for return of serve againstt Cardinal Newman from Stoney Creek in the opening game of the All Ontario Junior Catholic Girls’ Volley Tournament held in Sudbury this past weekend. Twenty-one teams from across various regions of Ontario participated in the two day event with games being played at both the Marymount Academy and St. Charles College gymnasiums. College Notre Dame were the eventual tournament winners defeating Cardinal Carter from Aurora in the championship round on Saturday. This is the third year the tournament has been played in Sudbury with the venue moving to Cathedral and Cardinal Newman in the Hamilton, Stoney Creek area next year. The senior version of the tournament has been around for nearly 30 years and it is the hope of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board, who introduced the tournament, that they will experience similar success at the junior level.

Elementary students Stephanie Laplante (left), and Katrina Hickey representing the Rainbow District and Sudbury Catholic District School Boards celebrated National Heritage Day at the Greater Sudbury Public Library recently. The students accompanied by school staff and parents

from Ernie Checkeris Public School and Marymount Academy exchanged information on Canadian history and Canada’s cultural heritage. Shirley O’Neil, Chair of the Sudbury Regional Historica Heritage Fair stated that, “By gathering to celebrate National Heritage Day we hope to remind Sudburians to take pride in the city’s accomplishments with respect to its cultural mosaic, family heritage, and industrial history.” The National Heritage Day celebration also helped promote the Sudbury Regional Historica Heritage Fair which will take place this spring at Laurentian University, May 6 and 7, 2004. School boards participating in the fair are: Conseil scolaire du district du Grand Nord de l’Ontario; the Rainbow District School Board; and the Sudbury Catholic District School Board.