This past weekend, the Marymount “A” team finished first in the St. Benedict Bear’s Classic Elementary girls basketball tournament. The Regals defeated Carl Nesbitt in the semi-finals and went on to beat St. Denis in the finals!
All-Stars
Carl Nesbit #33 Kennedi
St. Denis #25 J. Tremblay
St. Denis #14 K. Rogerson
Marymount “A” #31 Micela Bertels
Marymount “A” #17 Gabi Schwabe
On January 28th and 29th, Daniel Caton, a grade 8 student from St. Anne Catholic School in Hanmer, participated in a regional biathlon competition for the Royal Canadian Cadets. The competition took place in Sault Ste. Marie, with approximately 190 participants from Northern Ontario. The two day event invited many spectators and had both individual and relay events.
Caton’s relay team finished second overall and advanced to the provincial championship which will be help in Sault Ste. Marie on February 18th and 19th. Daniel held the best record for targets hit on his own team, hitting 8 out of 10 targets. “I was really excited and proud of my team. All of the training was well worth it. I think we have a good chance to place in the provincial championship,” said Caton. Daniel also participated in an individual event, where he placed 22nd overall.
Daniel is a part of the Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron of the Sudbury Armouries. He has been involved with the Cadets for approximately two years, and has enjoyed the experience thus far. He is also an honour roll student in teacher Jody O’Daiskey’s class at St. Anne School, part of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board. “I am very happy for Daniel and his accomplishments. He has worked hard training for this event. It was wonderful to see him beaming with pride when he shared his accomplishments with our classroom,” O’Daiskey said.
Students at St. Charles Elementary Catholic school enjoyed ‘100 days of school’ on February 10th. Students were engaged in math and literacy activities to celebrate the big day. Junior Kindergarten French Immersion student, Makenna Jolette was all smiles when it was time to count to 100. This was ‘a great day for students to collaborate with students from other primary classes and participate in ‘100 day’ activities’ says Jennifer Robinson, JK/SK French Immersion teacher.
Noah Knapp-Taillefer – a student in the Early Learning French Immersion class at St. Francis has something really cool to share with his class. For show-and-tell, Noah brought in an x-ray, one that showed off a quarter in his stomach! After a quick visit to the hospital, all was well and Noah thought that his adventure and x-ray would be a great story to share with his friends. Angele Lachance, Noah’s teacher, thought this would be a great opportunity to talk to her students about the dangers of putting objects in their mouths as well as the process of how food is digested through the body. “He was quite proud to talk about his adventure,” Lachance stated. “And we figured what a great segue into safety tips and the human body and how it works – it was an exciting show-and-tell for sure!”
Killarney Outdoor Education Instructor, Bradley Blackwell, and local grade 5/6 St. David Catholic School teacher, Leo McLaughlin, worked as a team to plan and co-ordinate an authentic Northern Ontario experience for Mr. McLaughlin’s grade 5/6 class – a full day ice fishing at Perch Lake. Both teachers, avid outdoorsmen, thought it important to offer students this curriculum based, beyond the indoor classroom learning experience. St. David Catholic School is located in the heart of Sudbury. The students are from the Donovan, Flour Mill and Louis Street areas.
According to Blackwell, “in planning this ice fishing field trip we based it on our teaching philosophy, which is that our students learn best by doing. They need the opportunity to discover the outdoors and be in nature. They feel better about themselves when they work as a team and see each other having fun while accomplishing a task. Before we went on our ice fishing excursion we covered such topics as outdoor ethics, ice and winter safety and environmental responsibility. We invited a local First Nation Elder to share the teachings of traditional harvesting and protection of animal species for the next generation. Mr. McLaughlin ensured the trip was connected to the Ontario curriculum by teaching about states of matter, fish biology, the food chain and biodiversity.”
The students spent the day at Perch Lake with parents, community volunteers and teachers and learned the most valuable lesson of all: “a Northern Ontario winter can be a beautiful, diverse, and inspiring classroom for all learners”.
On Wednesday, February 8, 2012 Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School participated in a teleconference with Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary School in Toronto and the Honourable Minister of Education Laurel Broten on the topic of Mental Health and the dynamics of bullying and harassment in secondary schools.
Bishop Alexander Carter had the opportunity to speak about their school program, “Beyond the Hurt”. Bishop Alexander Carter is a safer school community because of the Beyond the Hurt team. The team led by two teachers Heather Duguay and Shelley Raymond and currently 10 Bishop students, seeks to raise awareness of bullying and harassment while providing a supportive environment for youth.
The dialogue was purposeful and helped to support the direction of the group for future endeavours.
Well January may have had it’s fair share of snow days and snow storms, but that did not stop St. Mary Catholic Elementary School School students from braving the weather. They hit the ground running or shall we saying skiing and snowshoeing on several crisp days in January.
Some of the kindergarten students had opportunities to enjoy their first experiences with snowshoeing and the grade 1,2,3 classes learned the steps to cross country skiing. “We are fortunate enough to live in the North where we have opportunities to engage in these types of winter activities,” said teacher Becky Waern. “ We have to take advantage of the snow and winter weather because it will be gone before we know it, “ said teacher Dante Merigioli.
So taking advantage of the winter weather is exactly what they did, and they had a fabulous time doing so! The students not only explored the trails behind their school in Capreol, but they learned how to ski and snowshoe while on their expeditions.
On February 1st, the Sudbury and District Health Unit and St. John Catholic Elementary School came together to offer an informative and tasty evening for families called E.A.T. (Eat Healthy, Anaphylaxis Awareness and Take and Taste). The SDHU began the evening with a presentation on allergies and anaphylaxis awareness. Families then sampled a variety of tasty, nutritious and nut-free lunch items such as egg salad pitas, veggie wraps, snack mix, fennel salad and black bean brownies. Students and their families explored new fruits such as papaya, mango, star fruit and grapples. There were interactive games for the children and recipes for the parents!
Prospective JK students and their families enjoyed a variety of stations at the Kindergarten registration evening held on February 7th at St. James Catholic School in Lively. The up and coming JKers experienced a glimpse into school life by participating in a wide variety of activities; such as hands-on Smart Board activities, playing with gym equipment, and visiting and exploring the Kindergarten classrooms.
