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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

St. Anne Catholic School Brings 21st Century Technology into Classroom

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St. Anne Catholic School in Hanmer has entered into a unique partnership with Science North by piloting an in-class videoconference session. Students from Mr. Thomson’s Grade 6 class utilized Macbook laptop computers and the newly installed Smartboard technology in the classroom to conduct a videoconference with Bruce Doran, a Bluecoat and Staff Scientist from Science North.

The program Science North is presenting is entitled Predators and their Prey. The program is suitable for grades 4 to 6 but has specific curriculum links in grades 4 and 6.

The videoconference lasted approximately 50 minutes in length and allowed staff scientists to dialogue with the students through a question and answer session. St. Anne students examined various biological samples such as skulls, claws, and teeth to learn some of the animals’ physical and behavioural features that allow them to obtain food and survive in their habitat. The material included in the Science North kit contained animal skulls, skeletons, and animal tracks which had been delivered to the school in advance.

This videoconference provided the students with not only a “one of a kind hands on learning experience” but also demonstrated how the use of technology can foster creative and unique partnerships in the Sudbury community.

St. Paul the Apostle Catholic School Celebrates “Bully Busters Day”

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As part of their anti-bullying program, students at St. Paul the Apostle inaugurated the “Bully Busters” team into their school.

Lead by the school’s student parliament and Mrs. Lee, (teacher), the student body prepared rap songs, poster contests and messages about bullying for their February12th, “Bully Busters Day.”

Throughout the day students participated in anti-bullying and bullying awareness activities. Special guests from the community were also invited to take part in the “Bully Busters” presentations.

St. Anne Catholic School Enters into Unique Videoconferencing Partnership with Science North

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St. Anne Catholic School has entered into a unique partnership with Science North in piloting an in-class videoconference session. Mr. Thomson’s grade 6 class will participate in piloting the Science North video conferencing school program “Predators and Prey” on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 from 12:35-1:55 p.m.

Grade 6 students will utilize newly installed Smartboard technology in the classroom to conduct a videoconference with a Bluecoat from Science North. The program Science North is presenting is Predators and their Prey. It is a program suitable for grades 4 to 6 but has specific curriculum links in grades 4 and 6. The videoconference will be approximately 50 minutes in duration. The program includes a Science North science kit containing animal skulls, skeletons, tracks, etc.

This videoconference provides the students with not only a “one of a kind hands on learning experience” but also demonstrates how the use of technology can foster creative and unique partnerships in the Sudbury community

Marymount Academy Students Kick Off Heart and Stroke Campaign

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Marymount Academy will be kicking off the start of its Heart and Stroke campaign on Friday, February 20, 2009 . Representatives from the Marymount Catholic Charities Council (MC3) and the Heart and Stroke Foundation will be in attendance to help raise awareness for the kick off.

Marymount Academy will host a school skating/sliding day at Queen’s Athletic Field. Students wishing to take part in these activities will be asked to make a donation to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. The school has already received donations from local Sudbury businesses who are helping to sponsor the event. These proceeds will also go to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Special guests such as the Chief of Police, Ian Davidson, staff from the City of Greater Sudbury Fire Department, and a young girl who has been affected by heart disease, will join Marymount students for the kick-off to the Heart and Stroke campaign.

St. Paul the Apostle Catholic School Celebrates “Bully Busters Day”

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St. Paul the Apostle Catholic School is seeking to promote a greater awareness of “bullying” through the school’s “bully busters” team.

Led by the school’s student parliament and Mrs. Lee, (teacher), the student body has been preparing rap songs, poster contests and messages about bullying. On Thursday,February 12, 2009, St. Paul Catholic School will be celebrating a “Bully Busters Day.”

Throughout the day students will be participating in anti-bullying and bullying awareness activities. The school has also invited special guests to join them such as Denise Fraser from the Greater Sudbury Police Force, police and her son, Marc Fraser, who oversees the Echo program for the Childrens’ Aid Society

The Sudbury Catholic Board Brings the World of the Classroom to the Vistas of Killarney

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The Sudbury Catholic District School Board is embarking upon a new initiative that will seek to support and expand the educational, cultural, and historical aspects of Killarney Village and St. Joseph Catholic School by establishing an outdoor education centre in the heart of the small community. The school board owns 7.24 acres of property associated with St. Joseph Catholic School and would serve as the host site for the centre.

The Sudbury Catholic District School Board will be partnering with Killarney Provincial Park to offer programming that will be based on the Ontario Ministry of Education school curriculum and will add the bonus component of a unique Killarney experience. The centre will focus on outdoor education but will also offer students the opportunity to learn about healthy living, child and youth stewardship, values of faith, community studies, aboriginal teachings, ecological and environmental studies (focussing on how current practices influence the world around us and the sustain ability of resources in an ever resource hungry world). The ecology focus will extend across elementary through to secondary and even post-secondary opportunities.

The secondary opportunities would permit biology and geology students the opportunity to undertake actual field course experience that would better prepare them for making career and post-secondary choices. From the post-secondary perspective, courses could be developed that would support university courses (or be a direct part of these courses) in a broad range of disciplines, most notably ecology and geology.

Groups that have been consulted include Science North, the City of Greater Sudbury, FedNor, the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund, Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, Laurentian University, Cambrian College, College Boreal, the Municipality of Killarney, several community businesses in Killarney, and many, many more. Some funding has already been committed to this project from outside sources.

The Sudbury Catholic Board has passed a motion at the January 20, 2009 board meeting supporting the position of Start Up Coordinator for the project and who will be starting this week. The start up coordinator will develop and implement a project plan which will allow schools to begin booking trips for this spring. Initially, the programming will involve Grade 6 Science, Grade 10 Science – (Grade 9 next year) and the development of an orienteering course that would be accessible for all grades.

The Sudbury Catholic District School Board is fully committed to the successful launch of the Outdoor Centre in May 2009. More information will be provided in the upcoming weeks.

St. Charles College Arts Department to Present Annual Christmas Arts Spectacular

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St. Charles College Arts Department will proudly present their annual Christmas Arts Spectacular on Thursday December 11th, 2008 at St. Charles College.

St. Charles College
1940 Hawthorne Dr.
7:00 pm in the SCC Gym

Tickets for Students Seniors and Adults are $5
Children 6 and under are free.

We will be showcasing the tallents of our Music and Drama department on stage in our gym and the Visual Arts department during the intermission in the Art Gallery in our cafeteria.

Hope to see you there!

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