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.
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Cupid Arrives Early at St. James School
Cupid arrived early at St. James Catholic School with a message for all students. Every student and staff member received in a Valentine Candy Gram along with a reminder from Cupid. The message read, “On Valentine’s Day we remember to let those we care about know that we love them. Tell your parents, brothers, sisters and other family members how much you love them. Be kind to your friends and remember to smile. Happy Valentine’s Day”.
St. John Catholic School Celebrates “World Day of the Sick”
In keeping with the spirit of the “World Day of the Sick” (Saturday, February 11th), a celebration was held at St. John Catholic Elementary School on Wednesday, February 8th,at which time students, staff, and invited guests joined together to take part in a prayer service honouring their community. Reverend Jim Ketzler from St. John the Evangelist Church led the service in which statues and crucifixes that were donated by the Sisters of St. Joseph from the former St. Joseph Health Centre (General Hospital) were blessed and then distributed around the school. As well, there were special blessings for all health care providers and the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick for all those who were present and in need. “At the beginning of the school year, all of the principals gathered together with Bishop Simard, Senior Administration and our parish partners, to put together pastoral plans for our schools,” Tricia Dowdall-Cerilli, Principal of St. John stated. “We had discussed many options, but we knew that this was definitely something we wanted to celebrate as we were so honoured to be gifted these crucifixes and statues from the hospital. Seeing as in the month of February, we celebrate the virtue of empathy – we knew that the timing was perfect for us to bring our community together, and take part in such a wonderful, meaningful celebration.”
St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School and Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School to Host Open Houses – February 15th
Both St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School and Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School will host an open house on Wednesday, February 15.
St. Benedict will begin at 7:00 p.m.
Bishop ACCSS will begin at 6:00 p.m.
St. Bernadette Celebrates 100 Days of School
The students in the Grade 2 class at St. Bernadette Catholic School sported crowns on Friday, February 10, in honour of the 100th day of school. Superintendent Rossella Bagnato visited the students during their 100th day math lesson where students were able to use one of the new document cameras to interactively work through fun-filled math activities involving the number 100. The entire day was filled with a host of celebratory 100th day activities such as doing jumping jacks, skipping and hula hoop fun each for 100 seconds at a time!
“It was a very exciting way to tie in all of our learning successes to date with the 100th day of school!” stated teacher Jenny Aubin. “The students were enthusiastic and they are eagerly looking forward to the next 100 days of school”.
Marymount Regals Take Championship at Bear’s Classic
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
Something Interesting for Show-and-Tell!
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!”
Local Educators Team Up to Provide Students with an Authentic, Educational, Northern Ontario Experience
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”.
“Beyond the Hurt” Program at Bishop ACCSS Recognized by Education Minister
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.