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.
Category: Faith
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!
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.
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.
St Charles Elementary Comes Together to Share Who They Are
Staff and students at St Charles Catholic Elementary School began the school year by reflecting on who they each are as individuals and what gifts and talents they bring to the school community. Everyone completed an “I am…” statement to share with the school.
Pictured are Jodie-Lee Clance and Emma Carpenter. Emma Carpenter, a grade 5 student explained, “doing this activity tells everyone about yourself and helps people get to know you. You can see that everyone is unique in their own way and this makes our school a special place!”
Putting the Fun in Summer Learning
Forty-five Grades 1 and 2 Sudbury Catholic Students had the opportunity to take part in some summer learning programs from July 2-18. Working out of St. David Catholic Elementary School, students were enroled in literacy, numeracy and aboriginal education programming. The literacy and numeracy components included games and activities with an emphasis on the fun of learning. The aboriginal component included learning about the Seven Grandfather Teachings, Metis history and culture, as well as traditional cooking lessons and culturally based activities. Also included in the programming, were Tae Kwon Do lessons each morning to start the day, with the Sudbury Catholic mental health nurse and black belt – Roland Dutrisac.
Program co-ordinator and the Board’s Special Education consultant, Christina Raso was pleased with the student engagement at this year’s summer school programming. “We have been running these programs for a number of years now,” Raso explained. “and every year, the students are eager to get here and start as they really enjoy the play based activities and fun learning environments. The Tae Kwon Do component also really excites the students as they get to work off some energy first thing in the morning, and have a lot of fun learning the different moves involved.”