DJ Hancock was an aspiring young hockey player. Unfortunately, on the night of August 21, 2014, he was killed in a car crash while returning from a hockey tryout in Walden. He was only 18, and had just graduated in June from St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School. From this devastating loss, DJs family have decided to build a splash pad in the city to help remember DJ. Known as the “DJ Hancock Memorial Splash Pad”, the idea is being sponsored by Aviva Community Fund. We are looking to gain as many votes as possible in order to help make this dream a reality. Please register to vote at: https://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf19607 and vote as often as you can. Thank you for your support!
Category: Faith
Memorial Walk Held at Bishop Alexander Catholic Secondary School
Prayer, celebration and remembrance was the theme of the day on September 25th at Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School. The school held their Memorial Walk in memory of Mackenzie Rooney, a student who died tragically in a ATV accident and Dennis Dechaine, a former teacher who lost his battle with cancer last year. The day started off with a live broadcast from KICX radio, a prayer service and zumba warm up by Zumbavibe. The 8 km memorial walk was an opportunity for students to celebrate the “togetherness” of the Bishop Carter community. The family members of both Mackenzie and Dennis participated in the event. The afternoon students enjoyed karaoke and a flag football team with the girls team competing againstt the teachers. It was an amazing day! Thank you to all the sponsor who helped in this event including the Sudbury Police, Tim Hortons (Val Caron and Hanmer), Neil Independent Grocer and Kings Sportswear. Proceeds from the walk go towards scholarships in Mackenzie and Dennis’ honour, KICX for kids campaign and other activities that support the interests of Mackenie and Dennis.
Grade 9’s Go “Full Steam Ahead” with Community Service Hours
This year’s group of grade 9 students at St. Charles College were offered some added incentive – do community service hours over the summer and be eligible for a $100 gift certificate for the mall. The winner is Reggie Bonhomme. Reggie worked at the Canadian Legion over the summer months and while he has garnered over 30 hours, he doesn’t plan to stop there.
Students must obtain 40 hours of community service during their high school career in order to graduate. Principal Patty Mardero says “the message has always been to start early and use the community service as a means of exploring career options.”
Principal Patty Mardero along with Guidance Department Head Silvia Faggioni presented Reggie with his prize this week.
Terry Fox Run at St. Andrew
At 1pm on Wednesday September 24th, the staff and students of St. Andrew Catholic Elementary School walked, jogged and ran for half an hour to support the school “Toonies for Terry” fundraiser. Every school year in September the school participates in the Terry Fox Run to support cancer research. Pictured are Owen, Jack, Drake, Luca and Mason.
Terry Fox Run at St. John
At St. John’s Catholic Elementary School, students and staff have been participating in the Terry Fox Run for several years now! On Thursday, September 25, all students from FDK to grade 8 ran and collected funds for Cancer research with the HOPE that some day, scientists will find a cure for this dreadful disease. The beautiful sunshine and the warm weather were an excellent motivation for all. Towards the end of the day, Vice Principal Kim Coluzzi made the much anticipated announcement that they had collected 281.21! Let’s keep the HOPE alive! Together, we can make a difference!
Opening Mass at St. Charles College
Opening Mass at St. Charles College
More than 900 students as well as staff members gathered on September 17, 2014 in the school gymnasium with Celebrant Father Sam D’Angelo from St. Andrew’s Church to ring in a new year. The theme of the mass was for students and staff members to love one another this year and throughout their years of high school and beyond.
The choir was composed of Ms. Coyle’s music classes and her choir ensemble.
Link Crew is Back at BAC!
Bishop Carter Catholic Secondary School is the only school in the Sudbury area that participates in the North American Link Crew Program, a program whose purpose is to help grade nines feel more comfortable as well as help them achieve success in their high school years.
The Link Crew grade nine orientation and transition program is designed to both welcome and support grade nines by assigning them a senior Link Leader as a mentor. The Link Crew leaders attended mandatory training days in August where the students were trained by teacher coordinators. This preparation was put to use on orientation day, Thursday, September 4 as the now-trained leaders were confident in facilitating their small group instruction with the energetic grade nine students.
The Link Crew leaders and teacher coordinators are now focussed on planning some exciting events and academic activities for the grade nines to keep this momentum moving throughout the 2014-2015 academic school year.
St. Francis Catholic Elementary School Goes Gold!
On September 9th, St. Francis Catholic Elementary school students and staff were unable to attend Tom Davies Square where Mayor Matichuk proclaimed September Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in The City of Greater Sudbury and raised the Northern Ontario Families of Children with Cancer (NOFCC) flag. However, in support of this day, the students and staff wore yellow/gold on this special day and also in honour of Karissa Kruk who is a cancer survivor and a student at the school. This was a great opportunity for students to be aware of childhood cancer and to show school spirit at the same time.
St. Andrew Celebrates the Eucharist
On Tuesday September 8, 2014 the staff, students and some parents from St. Andrew Catholic Elementary School joined Father Sam D’Angelo in the gym for a celebration of the Eucharist. In the introduction the children were reminded that God has given us special gifts and talents. Each one of us is unique and we celebrate the different gifts we have been given. Each classroom teacher brought a candle to the altar to represent each class. These candles are a reminder that we are called to light up the world with our talents.
Pictured are Ben and Isaiah with Father Sam.