Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School recently welcomed their feeder school grade 8 students to a fun filled day exploring the trades. Students had the opportunity to integrate themselves into a scene being filmed by our SHSM students in Information & Communication Technology. They were exposed to demonstrations in MIG Welding, Oxy Acc., and C N C Plasma in the manufacturing class. They also had the opportunity to make bird houses in the construction class and raced RC cars in the gym. Bishop looks forward to welcoming all incoming Gators in September!
Category: Schools
Errol Lee Visits Immaculate During Bullying Awareness Week
Singer, dancer and motivational speaker Errol Lee rocked the Immaculate Conception Catholic Elementary School gymnasium with a concert entitled “The Golden Rule” and “Cool to be Kind”. Students enjoyed the rapper’s message of demonstrating Catholic virtues through their interactions with others. While Errol was singing “Lean on Me”, Kylie MacGregor and Emmaleigh Levesque were leaning on each other for support.
St. Anne Students Are Stewards of the Earth
Students in Mlle. Prosser and Mme. Barriault’s (ECE) FDK FI outdoor discovery class at St. Anne Catholic Elementary School braved the cold winds and went outside and picked up the garbage around the school yard. The students were concerned about the environment, and wanted to make their school yard look nice and clean!
St. David “Rocs Their Mocs”
The staff and students at St. David Catholic School participated in the “Roc your Mocs” campaign, a fun way to celebrate their diversity and heritage. The “Roc you Mocs’ day started as a social movement in the United States, but has moved into Canada as a way to celebrate individual diversity and raise awareness for Indigenous peoples throughout the world. Cultural pride, comfortable footwear and a lot of fun were the themes of the day!
St. Francis Rocs Their Mocs
St. Francis Catholic Elementary School staff and community partners participated in ‘Roc your Mocs’ campaign. The campaign is helping a resurgence of pride in North American Tribes. In support of this campaign, even ‘Baby Riley’, Roots of Empathy baby in the FDK class wore her mocassins during her monthly visit to the classroom.
Immaculate Students Sign a Contract with Greater Sudbury Police
Immaculate students sign a contract with Greater Sudbury Police recently to always be kind to others and not to get involved with any bullying actions. Cordelia and Riley Brosha, along with Constable Freeman hold the Greater Sudbury Police shirt that was signed by the students.
“Everyone is a Mathematician at St. David School!”
On November 18th, St. David Catholic Elementary School welcomed parents and family members into the school community to enjoy a morning of math games with their children. All family members started their sessions off with a coffee and a warm welcome from the school principal and vice principal, who explained the school’s math improvement goal and how each family could support their children at home become successful, confident students of mathematics. All family participants received a “math gift bag” to encourage the continuation of math games at home. Each bag not only included some basic math tools and activities, but also included the Ministry of Education parent handbook entitled, “Doing Mathematics with Your Child – a Parent Guide”.
Families enjoyed a variety of simple math games with their children as well as used the time in the school to help build community and model what a trusting school / home relationship looks like. Laughter could be heard throughout the building as well as student and parents’ growing confidence in mathematics. “It is important for our families to understand the math curriculum and the simple ways that they can support their child’s success at school. Our students set goals for themselves in literacy and mathematics and when we all work together to provide safe and accepting learning environments their goals are reachable. It is vital that all students see themselves as successful math learners and that families and school staff work as a team to support student confidence building and academic success” stated Megan Murphy, St. David Catholic School Vice Principal.
Don’t Be A Bully…Be a Good Sport at St. James
Staff and Students at St. James Catholic Elementary School wore their favorite sports jersey and pink to support good sportsmanship and anti-bullying. Daily announcements and prayers during Bully Awareness Week are centred around the message of being kind, patient, fair and just with one another.
St. Charles Elementary Students Pledge to Stop Bullying and Hang It Out to Dry!
During Bullying Prevention and Awareness Week (November 16-20), students at St. Charles have been engaged many activities to raise awareness around the topic of bullying.
Students in all three FDK classes, with help from their teacher, Ms. Posso, have taken a pledge to stop bullying! They have read books and talked about what bullying means and together made this pledge:
I am a kid againstt bullying! And I will…
– Speak up when I see bullying
– Reach out to others who are bullied
– Be a friend whenever I see bullying.
Students in Grades 2-8 have each created a pink shirt with a message about bullying on them, and these shirts have been strung up down the halls to show they are “Hanging Bullying Out to Dry”. On Wednesday November 18, there was a flourish of pink throughout the school as staff and students wore their pink shirts.
Other activities include a visit from Sergent Randy Hosken from the GSPS, a MADD presentation for students in grades 6-8 and students in grades 4-8 gave their input into our Safe School Survey called OurSchool (formerly Tell Them From Me). Also, Amanda Lantheir, a SCDSB child and youth worker continued to share with groups about the FRIENDS program and Kelso’s Choices, and students learned Chris D’Souza’s new song “I Want You to be Nice to Me”.