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School Boards Share Best Practices in Aboriginal Education

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Native Studies and Native Second Language Teachers from the Sudbury Catholic District School Board and the Wikwemikong Board of Education met at the Wikwemikong Unceded Reserve to share best practices in Aboriginal Education.

Sudbury staff were treated to a tour of the Wikwemikong Heritage Organization, Wasse Aubin School, secondary school and Junior school Wikwemikong. All participating teachers shared stories of student success, obstacles in delivering curriculum and ways to support Aboriginal youth in accomplishing their educational goals.

St. Charles College Native Studies Students Get First Hand Glimpse of Careers in Medicine

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On April 17, the St. Charles College Grade 12 Native Studies class spent the day at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.
The Northern School of Medicine incorporates traditional Aboriginal teachings in many aspects of the school and the curriculum.

It was a great opportunity for students to witness the relevance of Native Studies at this prestigious institute of higher learning. The students participated in hands-on activities and got a glimpse into the possibly of a career in medicine. Sudbury Catholic Schools is committed to improving educational outcomes among Aboriginal students through a holistic, community-based approach to learning.

Corpus Christi Wins Cardinals Classic

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Some twelve teams from the Rainbow District School Board and Sudbury Catholic Schools took part in the annual Cardinals’ Classic held at St. Charles College over this past weekend.

After more than twenty games, Corpus Christi, (Sudbury Catholic Schools) faced the Carl Nesbitt Nitros (Rainbow District School Board) in the championship final. Corpus led 17-11 at the half but Carl Nesbitt came on strong in the third quarter. Corpus Christi stayed true to their game plan and managed to hold on for the win, defeating their opponents 32-25.

Connor Vanhe Weghe led all scorers with 6 points with teammate Chris Cecile scoring a three pointer. Other members of the championship team were; Garrett Natale, Kathleen Bertuzzi, Cassie Crocco, Alana Valle, Kaithlyn Zandarin, Alyssa Gierrofelice, Sarah Cholewinsky, Alex Bussoloro, Paolo Scola, Dawson Qudil and Jacob Hanson. Mr. Gallien and Mr. Natale coached the Corpus Christi team.

Catholic Principals’ Council of Ontario hosts Symposium on Aboriginal Education

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The Catholic Principals’ Council of Ontario in partnership with the Ministry of Education presents “Honouring the Spirit: Equity in Education . . . A Symposium on Aboriginal Education for Catholic School and System Leaders.” This exciting event will take place on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Science North’s, Inco Cavern.

The symposium will feature special keynote speakers Susan Aglukark, (OC, Aboriginal Recording Artist), and Kathleen Wynne, (Minister of Education), along with George Couchie, (Community Outreach, OPP), and a Student Panel. The day’s events will conclude with an Aboriginal Liturgical Celebration.

For further information please contact, Patty Orecchio, Program Director at The Catholic Principals’ Council of Ontario 416-483-1556 Ext. 29 or 1-888-621-9190.

Congratulations to Science Fair Winners

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The Sudbury Catholic District School Board would like to congratulate the following students and schools on their excellent achievements at recent Board-Wide Science Fair. After the judges had completed their task, twenty-one of the more than one hundred Science Fair projects were selected to advance to the Regional Science Fair at Laurentian University on April 4 and 5, 2009.

Best of luck to all students in the upcoming Regional Science Fair.

Sudbury Catholic Schools, Science Fair Winners, March 6, 2009School:

Marymount Academy
Ashley Etmanski – Peripheral Vision
Emily Paquin – Audio Recall vs Video Recall
Alenna Predon – Les moutons ne portent pas le Spandex
Vanessa Wareham – Taking the “Fill” Out of Landfill

St. Francis
Elisa Bacik – Mould Growth on Different Breads
Matthew Bertuzzi – Cola Tooth Decay
Sabrina Cerilli – Flower Power
Katherine Kettle – Les déglaçant de route
Rachael Kim, Morgan Bourget – Musical Plants
Logan Lalonde – Does Gender Affect the Way You See Optical Illusions
Lisa Romanyszyn – Which Products Harm Our Environment
Owen Sarmatiuk – Braking Wind Can Be a Good Thing
Jeremy Walker – Chocolate Lab

St. James
Ronnie Andrews, Tanner Beaudoin – Motor Skills” Right Brain vs Left Brain
Thalia Pisaric – Can You Tell We’re Related by Our Fingerprints
Matthew Rennie – Salt and the Environment

St. Paul the Apostle
Marcie Szilva – Blow It Up:CO2

Pius XII
Alessia Pastre, Emily Rabski – Dare to Compare

St. Raphael
Bradley Ferguson – Spool Racer
Shaun Giro-Gooden – Concentration
Dawson Maki-Seeley – Battery vs Solar Car

Talent Beats Experience

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This year’s Marymount Junior Regals Volleyball team began the season with little experience, a ton of talent and team spirit that was unrivalled. The team competed in numerous tournaments making it to the championship finals in four of six tournaments and capturing two Championships; the Champlain Tournament and the Cardinal Classic.

The Marymount Regals completed the regular season with an impressive 8-1 record to finish first in a very competitive field of ten teams. In addition, they defeated their toughest opponent, the Lasalle Lancers, in a close and exciting semi-final match to earn a spot in the City Championship. The Junior Regals represented Marymount Academy in a city volleyball championship for the 5th consecutive year.

The Lo-Ellen Knights would match up againstt the Regals in the final and were determined to beat the favoured Marymount Academy team. The Regals came out in the first set and showed the Knights they would have to play their best ball to bring down the young Regal squad as they were defeated 25 – 8. The Regal magic would continue as they dominated the match defeating Lo-Ellen in 3 straight sets to capture the coveted Division 1 Junior City Volleyball Championship.

Congratulations to the Junior Regals!

St. Mary Catholic School Celebrates Aboriginal Literacy Day

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St. Mary Catholic School recognizes the importance of cultural connections with respect to students and the promotion of literacy. With that in mind the school hosted a unique “Aboriginal Literacy Day” linking Aboriginal cultural activities to relevant literacy programming.

Special guests invited to the school to share in the excitement of Aboriginal Literacy Day included Sudbury Catholic Schools Trustees, Barry MacDonald and Estelle Scappatura, Chief Ted Roque from the Wahnapitae First Nation, Connie Ubriaco – Sudbury Catholic Schools Technology Integration Mentor Support Teacher, Will Morin, Aboriginal Storyteller, and Verna Hardwick, Sudbury Catholic Schools, Native Studies Teacher.

St. Mary Catholic School would like to thank everyone who helped plan and participate in this special event. Special thanks to Dawn Wemigwans, Sudbury Catholic Schools, Aboriginal Lead, and to Mrs. Tammie Meeks – from Bannock to Dream Catchers.

Miigwech!

Local Author Visits St. Benedict Catholic School

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Local doctor and author, Dr. Sean Costello visited St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School to speak to the students regarding the creative writing process and his new novel Here After.

Sean Costello is a master of the poignancy of everyday living. “Here After,” (his sixth novel) Dr. Costello tackles a difficult subject with wit and humanity-and a couple of really good scares. It’s a father and son story that will touch your heart.” (author Susie Moloney)

While researching this novel, Sean learned of organizations like Child Find and the role they play in the process of returning missing children to their families. In honour of that role, he has decided to donate all personal proceeds from the novel to Child Find.

Dr. Costello addressed the Grade 11 and 12 students at St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School and encouraged them to read and write as much as possible if their long term career goal is to be an author. “The more you write, the easier it gets,” Costello told the students.

Dr. Costello is also an anesthesiologist and writes novels on a part time basis as more of a hobby. Costello also urged the young aspiring writers to take in writing conventions as much as possible to meet the agents and publishing companies.

Dr. Costello’s other works include Eden’s Eyes, The Cartoonist, Captain Quad and Finders Keepers.

Marymount Academy Raises Funds for Heart and Stroke Foundation

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Marymount Academy kicked off the start to its annual fundraiser for the Heart and Stroke Campaign last Friday along with representatives from the Marymount Catholic Charities Council and the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

To mark the day and as part of the fundraising activities Marymount hosted a school skating/sliding day at Queen’s Athletic Field. Students who participated in these activities were asked to make a donation to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. The school has already received donations from local Sudbury businesses who helped sponsor the event. These proceeds will also go to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Special guests such as the Chief of Police, Ian Davidson, City of Greater Sudbury Mayor, John Rodriguez, staff from the City of Greater Sudbury Fire Department, Celina McKinnon – a young girl who has been affected by heart disease and her father Derrick also celebrated the kickoff fundrasiser with the Marymount students.

Although donations are still being accepted until the end of the week, total dollars raised to date tally an impressive $2,000.

Marymount Academy would like to thank the following businesses for their support by donating to the Heart and Stroke Campaign.

ButterCup Cafe
Just Lubes (main office on the Kingsway)
Dalron Construction
LaRo Construction
Grand and Toy
Peddler’s Pub

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