The Knights of Columbus (Council 60740) held a Basketball Free Throw Competition for students from St. Paul, St. Raphael and St. John who won their perspective competitions at the school level.
The winners from the competition go to the next level of the Championship being held at Marymount College in February.
Many thanks to the Knights for hosting the competition at St. Raphael School.
At St. Raphael school, Mme Rocca’s Core French students from grades 4-8 learned about goal setting. They were taught that a goal is only words on paper unless a plan is devised to help achieve the goal. Students were asked to trace their hands and write down a goal as well as the steps they will take to meet that goal.
On January 9 students at St. Francis school participated in their very own Hawaiian day celebration. Students showed great spirit as they dressed up in Hawaiian shirts, straw hats and hula skirts. The sound of Hawaiian music welcomed students out of the cold weather as they arrived to school. The students were awarded the Hawaiian day as a result of reaching their canned food drive goal last December. St. Francis Flames donated over 3 000 cans for the Edgar Burton Food Drive which will help many families in the Sudbury community.
Bishop Alexander students participated in the Royal Canadian Legion Remembrance Day Literacy contest in November 2014. Students in grades 9, 10 and 11 submitted poems and essays on the topic of Remembrance Day. Congratulations to Shanleigh Brosseau, a Grade 11 student who placed 1st in the Senior Essay category. Grade 9 student Kaylee Cadieux placed 1st in the Intermediate Essay category. Victoria Chellew, a Grade 9 student, received a certificate of recognition and appreciation at the Intermediate division for her poem.
Staff, students and families in the St. Andrew community enjoyed a beautiful Christmas Mass interspersed with beautiful song on Thursday December 18th. Father Sam opened his parish church of St. Andrew the Apostle to everyone so that we could enjoy our last Christmas Concert for St. Andrew School. The choir began the celebration by singing Rejoice and Sing the Good News and everyone did just that. The FDK children sang It’s Christmas Day, the SK/1 children sang Hush There’s a Baby, Grade 2 performed the Huron Carol, Grade 3/4 sang Drummer Boy and Mary Had a Baby and finally the Grades 4/5 and 5/6 classes joined voices to sing I Saw Three Ships and Something About Christmas. Pictured are the three Kings presenting gifts to the baby as the grade 2 class sang the Huron Carol.
The Christmas Spirit was in full bloom at Immaculate Conception School in December. Emily Lotter, Grade 1 and Morgan Bradley, Grade 4, teamed up to do something very special – cut their hair for cancer. The girls didn’t stop the “giving” with the donation of their hair. They also raised $1002.35 from the sale of their handmade angel ornaments to their school, families and many community organizations. The girls have each chosen Canadian organizations to donate their hair and money. Emily has chosen to donate to Pantene Beautiful Lengths and Pediatric Cancer Research and Morgan has chosen to donate to Angel Hair for Kids.
Many thanks go out to all who supported the girls. Immaculate Conception Cougars rock!
Over the last week, the Sudbury Catholic Elementary Band has been very busy spreading Christmas cheer. The band, made up of students from St. Benedict, St. Anne, St. Raphael and Pius XII, and under the direction of JoAnne Comisso and Leanne Urso, performed on Tuesday, December 9th at Amberwood Suites Retirement Home. On Friday, December 12th they performed 3 concerts at St. Benedict, St. Raphael and Pius XII, and on Monday December 15th they performed at St. Anne. The Band and it’s directors would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year!
The annual Toy Drive at St. Benedict has concluded and they are happy to announce that they collected 859 toys and over $180.00 to be donated to the TD Bank Toy Caravan. These will in turn be given to the Salvation Army who will ensure that all those families will have a good Christmas.
Mrs.Healy’s FDK/Grade 1 class made some Christmas cards for special people in their lives. The class participated in a community walk to a mailbox, where students were able to mail their own cards.
