The St. Raphael Royals took gold after winning the Junior Floor Hockey Tournament at St. Charles College recently. The tournament, hosted by St. John’s teacher Denis Charlebois included a number of teams from the Sudbury Catholic District School Board.
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Gathering Stone Ritual
On May 17 Father Jim Hutton and parent Brenda Cavallin travelled to three of the Sudbury Catholic District Schools that are closing in June – St. Theresa, St. Christopher and Corpus Christi. Students at each of these schools collected stones from the yard to symbolize something they wanted to bring to the new site of Holy Cross Catholic Elementary School opening in September. The stones will be placed in the yard but will represent the spirit of the school that have travelled from all three sites. With Father Him Hutton and Brenda Cavallin’s visit to each of the schools, students were invited to remember love, patience and the virtues they hold true at their school while holding onto the stone. The stones were then collected and brought to St. Patrick’s Parish to be stored until the students begin their new school year at Holy Cross.
Catholic Education Week Photo Contest Results
We would like to share with everyone the winners of the Catholic Education Week photo contest. Firstly, we would like to thank all the schools, students and teachers that participated. The photo submissions and reflections were outstanding, and made for very hard decisions for the judging committee!
Thank you again to the students and staff that participated, for your hard work and creativity!!
And here are the winners…
Primary Division
First place – Kayleigh MacNeil, grade 3 St. Bernadette “My Tulip”
Second place – Ava Levecque, grade 1 St. Francis – “Daddy and Sam”
Junior Division
First place – Gianluca Ongaro, grade 4 St. Christopher “God Made the Sun”
Second place – Samantha Thorpe Judd, grade 4 St. David – “Express Yourself”
Intermediate Division
First place – Darnell Peltier, grade 8, St. Raphael “Shoes”
Second place – Cora Audette, grade 8 St. Anne – “Walking into God’s Light”
Senior Division
First place – Elissa Punkkinen, grade 10 St. Benedict “God Works Through the Hands of His Children”
St. Raphael School helps rule out Diabetes and Participates in Sudbury Rocks!
On Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 13, students from St. Raphael School participated in the 5K Sudbury Rocks! run/walk for Diabetes. Students trained after school to prepare for the run. Eighteen students and Teacher Ms. Reynolds ran on Sunday. Students were also encouraged to collect pledges for this worthy cause. Over $1340.00 was collected by the Royals to help rule out Diabetes! It was a great way to help the community and to keep fit and stay healthy!
St. James SK-FI Students Celebrate Their Love of Music
Students in the SK French Immersion program at St. James Catholic School celebrated their love of music with a Spring Sing-Along. As part of the school’s Catholic Education week, the children performed a number of French songs for their parents and grandparents. Afterwards, they had the chance to share in some refreshments with their families.
Jump Rope for Heart at St. Christopher
St. Christopher students are actively participating with their “Heart Hero” in the Jump Rope for Heart event taking place at the school on May 18th, 2012. Students are learning about keeping their heart healthy and also collecting pledges for a good cause, the “Heart and Stroke Foundation”. The following are some of our jump rope demonstrators from the grade 5 class and our “Heart Hero” Jamila Sargeant who is in grade 6.
Superintendent Bagnato Congratulates St. James Winners
As part of a Safe Schools initiative students were given the opportunity to design a button that reflects the safe, caring, inclusive environment at St. James Catholic School. Several members of the school community judged the button submissions and three student designs were published as button badges for every student in the school.
Superintendent Rossella Bagnato personally visited St. James to congratulate the finalists.
The Living Rosary at St. Christopher
St. Christopher’s students celebrated Catholic Education Week with a number of activities within the school. The staff and student participated in the “Living Rosary” within the gym at St. Christopher’s school. Students represented a prayer within the rosary and led us as we prayed the rosary together. The gym was darkened and lights were lit as each prayer was said. May is the month of Mary and she is Jesus’s mother. Father Jim Hutton, from St. Patrick’s Church, and Father Andre were also participating in our rosary. The are with some of the grade 5 students.
Jump Rope for Heart at St. Andrew
Students at St. Andrew School celebrated Catholic Education Week by generously Jumping hoola-hooping, running after frisbee’s and playing soccer to actively participate in Jump Rope for Heart. Pictured is Alex Vendette skipping.