After a 1st place finish in the Sudbury regular season and a playoff city championship in Sudbury (8-0), the St. Benedict Bears Senior Boys Soccer team beat Chippewa Secondary School (of North Bay) 4-0 on Friday afternoon in North Bay. The squad remains a perfect 9-0-0, with 29 goals for and 1 againstt. The Bears beat the Raiders by a score of 4-0, with goals by Shawn Wilcox (3) and Josh Rancourt (1). The shutout was recorded by Connor Vande Weghe. With the win, the squad returns to OFSAA (hosted in London this year on June 4-7) where it earned a 4th place finish last year.
Category: Schools
The Marymount Academy Music Department Proudly Presents a Spring Pops Concert!
Tuesday June 3rd, 7pm – Marymount Gymnasium – Admission by Donation
Baked goods and light refreshments provided.
Featuring:
Senior Concert Band, Junior Concert Band,
Grade 9-12 Strings Class, and Grade 9 Instrumental Music Class
The entire music department has collaborated to perform an evening of popular movie and TV themes for friends, family, and teachers alike. From the Simpsons to Pink Panther, Jurassic Park to E.T. there’s something for everyone! You’re invited to join us for this celebration of all that the music department has worked hard to accomplished this year including the:
Senior Concert Band who won a Silver at the Northern Ontario Music Festival, a Gold at the Kiwanis Music Festival, Ontario Registered Music Teachers Association award, and a Bronze at the Toronto Music Festival in May on their performance trip.
Junior Concert Band (gr.7-10) who won a Bronze at the Northern Ontario Music Festival, a Gold at the Kiwanis Music Festival, the Lougheed Family and Staff award, and have just returned from their two day performance tour of Sudbury Catholic Schools (thanks again to St. Andrew, St. Raphael, and Immaculate Conception!).
Senior Percussion Ensemble who won a Gold a the Kiwanis Music Festival and the Estelle Scappatura award.
It has truly been a fantastic year for the music program at Marymount and we are thrilled to entertain audiences once again by sharing the music we love!
Welcome to Kindergarten at St. Bernadette
Marco Curic and his parents left the St. Bernadette Catholic French Immersion School Welcome to Kindergarten event with a bag full of supplies to use throughout the summer in preparation for Full Day Kindergarten. St. Bernadette, which will be implementing Full Day Kindergarten in September 2014, partnered with Cedar Park Daycare, the New Sudbury Best Start Hub and the Greater Sudbury Public Library to offer newly registered students a hands-on opportunity to experience “a day in the life of a kindergarten student”. Children and parents circulated through stations where they were able to create and explore with Play Dough, use scissors, crayons and glue to cut out and decorate the first initial of their name and ask questions during storytime on the carpet.
Outdoor Learning at St. Bernadette
With the wonderful, warm weather arriving, why not teach outside? On Tuesday May 27th, the 5/6 French Immersion class from St Bernadette Catholic Elementary School took their learning to the pavement. After learning about variables in equations, the students solved algebra problems and communicated their thinking using sidewalk chalk. Teacher Chantal Therrien exclaimed that “The students thoroughly enjoyed working with their math partners to solve the missing variable under the sunshine!”
Sudbury Catholic Elementary Band to Perform at Bell Park
Grade 7 and 8 students from four local Catholic Schools have been busy preparing for a hectic spring concert series. The 56 member Sudbury Catholic Elementary Band will perform Sunday night at the Grace Hartman amphitheatre to kick off the City of Sudbury’s 17th Annual Bell Park Concert Series.
In the coming weeks, the group will also travel to each of their home schools (St. Anne, St. Benedict, St. Raphael and Piux XII) to put on concerts for elementary school students and teachers. The last leg of their tour will take them to Mother St. Bride School in North Bay for a joint concert with the host school’s band. Afterwards, the band members will tour lake Nipissing aboard the Chief Commanda II.
The Sudbury Catholic Band had a very successful school year, taking home Gold and Silver awards at local festivals, and performing numerous concerts, including a surprise performance for the board’s retiring director, Catherine McCullough.
Sunday night’s concert begins at 7 pm and everyone is welcome. In the event of rain, the concert will be re-located to the CNIB building at 303 York Street.
SCDSB Rams Intermediate Badminton Tournament Results
On the weekend of May 24, the SCDSB Rams Intermediate Badminton Tournament was held and with the following results:
Boys Singles
1st Place Pat Thoms (St. James)
2nd Place Brady Maltais (St. Charles elementary)
3rd Place Max McGuillivray (St. James)
4th Place Caleb Rivers (St. James)
Girls Singles
1st Place Emma Dionne (St. Raphael)
2nd Place Amy Chiasson (St. Charles elementary)
3rd Place Olivia Legendre (Marymount Academy)
4th Place Angelina Ouellet-Schutt (St. Charles elementary)
Boys Doubles
1st Place Mark Thoms and Pat Thoms (St. James)
2nd Place Brady Maltais and Brett Guse (St. Charles elementary)
3rd Place Liam Williamson and Kevin Ranger (St. Raphael)
4th Place Max McGuillivray and Kelly Thompson (St. James)
Girls Doubles
1st Place Hope Lamontagne and Amy Chiasson (St. Charles elementary)
2nd Place Hannah Castonguay and Kohl Gray (St. Charles elementary)
3rd Place Crystal McLennon and McKenna Cresswell (St. Anne’s)
4th Place Emma Dionne and Gabriela Alves (St. Raphael)
Mixed Doubles
1st Place Pat Thoms and Summer Desloges (St. James)
2nd Place Hope Lamontagne and Brady Maltais (St. Charles elementary)
3rd Place Mark Thoms and Marina Leblanc (St. James)
4th Place Kelly Thompson and Amelina Iturregui (St. James)
Congratulations to all the students who participated!
St. Charles College Receives Special Privileges to Visit the SNO Lab
On Thursday May 15, the St. Charles college senior physics class was given the opportunity to head underground and visit the SNOlab, which is the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory.
This unique and world class facility specializes in high end particle physics, chemistry, and astronomy. The students were given a one-time opportunity to experience several experiments including the search for dark matter.
Normally this tour is reserved for University students, but Physics teacher Tim Kingshott received special permission for a one time tour for St. Charles College.
Spring Chicks are Back at St. David School
The St. David Catholic Elementary School junior kindergarten classroom has been filled with anticipation and excitement over the last couple of weeks. Lindsay Michel, the school’s junior kindergarten teacher organized the hatching of chickens in her classroom.
Mrs. Michel’s aim was to provide a thrilling educational experience for her young inner city students. St. David School is located in the Donovan area of the city. Mrs. Michel wanted her students to experience the joy of life while learning to build empathy for other forms of life. The students watched patiently as their eggs hatched and new born chicks emerged from their shells.
The St. David junior kindergarten program meets the needs of young inquisitive learners by providing them with the opportunity to participate in hands on, child centred, inquiry based learning. It is through a relationship building focus that the school creates an environment that supports student engagement and real world learning experiences.
Zumba at St. Andrew Catholic Elementary School
During the month of May students from St. Andrew School have been enjoying Zumba classes every Friday afternoon. Staff and students enjoy the good music and learning all the dance/exercise moves. Pictured are Rachel, Generose, Serena and Chloe from the grade 4/5 classroom as they show off their moves.