On Tuesday, May 4th, award-winning author Frank Glew spent the day with students at St-Charles School in Chelmsford. Mr. Glew, author of That Chickadee Feeling, presented his wonderful books and shared his messages about taking care of our earth, accepting diversity and loving each other. Students from JK to grade 4 proudly displayed their work inspired by Frank Glew’s books.
Category: Schools
A “Bon Voyage” for S.C.C. and B.A.C.C.S.S. Students
Congratulations goes out to the senior french immersion classes who participated in another successful class trip. This time they visited the multicultural city of Montreal. The students were excellent ambassadors of both St. Charles College and BACCSS. They were treated to a humouristique, bilingual dinner theatre presentation where play on words was the order of the day. They also visited Notre Dame basilica as well as Mont Royale. All were in awe of the newest presentation of Cirque du Soleil. Shopping in the Old Port and downtown Montreal was also on the menu. Many of the students impressed the citizens of Montreal with their use of french. Plans are already under way for next year’s trip.
SCDSB Students Committeed to be “Partners for Life”
Community Partners were invited to the Lakehouse at Science North recently by Canadian Blood Services as a thank you for being a part of their Partners for Life program. Several students from St. Benedict, Marymount Academy and Bishop Alexander Carter along with school Chaplaincy Leads Rob Pappin and Jennifer Geddes were presented with plaques for their schools to thank the students and to remind them of the importance of supporting blood donation in the community. Steve Tipman, a representative from Canadian Blood Services spoke to significant efforts of the organizations that have become part of the Partners for Life program. “Knowing that one donation can save three lives, these different organizations have made huge contributions to Canadian Blood Services.” said Tipman. Rob Papin got involved with this program when he was the Chaplaincy Lead at Bishop and continued it when he transferred to St. Benedict. “It is really great to see our students involved in the community.” said Pappin. “It is a great way for students to prepare for their futures by getting them to talk about and take part in these kind of programs today.” Adam Lapatka, a grade 11 student from St. Benedict felt honoured to be a part of Partners for Life and to be a student ambassador for the program at his school. “I wanted to set an example for students and take part in this program. “ said Lapatka. “It is definitely a manageable commitment and one that I encourage all students to sign up for.”
St. Charles College Presents “The Wedding Singer”
The S.C.C. Drama department is hard at work on this year’s musical “The Wedding Singer. It originally made its debut on Broadway in 2006, and was nominated for several Tony awards. Based on the film starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, the show features a rock score that will bring you right back to the 80’s. “The Wedding Singer” tells the story of Robbie Hart trying so hard to find love when it’s “right in front of his eyes”. The cast of 24 is creating a show that will definitely make you tap your feet to the beats and go right back to the 80’s! Audience members of all ages are welcome!
The play runs from May 11 – 15 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults; $8 for seniors; children 5 and under free.
St. Michael Student Becomes Published Poet
Congratulations to Alicia Cunningham Dunlop in Junior Kindergarten at St. Michael School. Alicia won the provincial OECTA Young Authors Award. It is a great honour for Alicia and for St. Michael School!
The provincial winners will be published in a commemorative book that will be distributed to all Catholic schools and all main branches of the public libraries.
Alicia’s poem is titled “My Butterfly”.
My Butterfly
My butterfly was orange
it had two wings
it flew to my house
it sat on a flower
i watched it for one hour
then it fly away
I hope it comes back some day!
St. Michael Student Becomes Published Poet
Congratulations to Alicia Cunningham Dunlop in Junior Kindergarten at St. Michael School. Alicia won the provincial OECTA Young Authors Award. It is a great honour for Alicia and for St. Michael School!
The provincial winners will be published in a commemorative book that will be distributed to all Catholic schools and all main branches of the public libraries.
Alicia’s poem is titled “My Butterfly”.
My Butterfly
My butterfly was orange
it had two wings
it flew to my house
it sat on a flower
I watched it for one hour
then it flew away
I hope it comes back some day!
For the Love of Reading…
Chapters gave St. Benedict students special treatment when they opened their doors a little early for the Book Club members. After a brief ‘book talk’ about the latest and top selling teen fiction, students were eager to spend time wandering the aisles, perusing their favourite genres of literature, and making a purchase or two to take home with them. Then it was back to school for the afternoon.
SCDSB Band “Heroes” Rocks Tom Davies Square
SCDSB rock bank Heroes was invited to kick off Children’s Mental Health Week (May 2 – May 9, 2010) at Tom Davies Square on May 3, 2010. The band members are comprised of students from Pius XII and St. Charles College and are under the direction of Pius XII Principal Luisa Bianchin and produced by Derek Zaher (educational assistant at Pius XII). The theme of Children’s Mental Health Week this year is “Bouncing Back” and Mayor John Rodriguez opened the event with a proclamation ceremony. Immediately following this, Cassandra Bazinet – lead vocalist of the band performed the opening song with Liza Rizzardi, a grade 2 student from Corpus Christi Catholic Elementary School and finished to a standing ovation. The band then performed a set of 8 songs that had the crowd clapping and moving to the music. Heroes will be the opening band for the SCDSB board wide Faith Day on May 27 and the students are quite excited for this huge event. “Today was good practice for the band to get ready for the Faith day.” said Principal Louisa Bianchin. “The band has been working so hard – usually three times a week and they are quite excited as the board wide Faith Day will be an amazing opportunity to perform in front of thousands of people!”
Aboriginal Youth Entrepreneurship Dual Credit Program Announced
The press room was filled to capacity at Laurentian University as the Right Honourable Paul Martin announced the Aboriginal Youth Entrepreneurship Dual Credit Program on April 27, 2010. In partnership with Laurentian and the Rainbow District School Board, the Sudbury Catholic District School Board made the announcement about this initiative that is the first of its kind in Ontario and is a program that enables Aboriginal youth to earn high school and university credits at the same time.
Throughout his business and political careers, the Right Honourable Paul Martin has been devoted to the cause of Canada’s Inuit peoples, First Nations and the Metis Nation. After retiring from politics, the former Prime Minister Paul Martin and his family established the Martin Aboriginal Initiative (MAI). MAI’s overall goal is to work with Canada’s Aboriginal peoples to enable them to enjoy greater economic self-reliance and an ever-increasing quality of life. The new dual credit program announce at Laurentian evolved as part of this initiative.
Domenic Giroux, President of Laurentian University talked excitedly about this new initiative. “Today’s announcement builds on the successful work completed in the Ontario college sector and the secondary school boards. This pilot program will extend the dual credit concept to the university environment for the first time ever in Ontario.”
Jody Cameron, Sudbury Catholic District Board Chair also felt that it was an important and necessary step to support aboriginal youth. “The SCDSB is proud to support Aboriginal secondary students in such an exciting and innovative initiative. We continue to build pathways that engage, challenge and provide new and varied learning opportunities for Aboriginal students. It is through these real world opportunities that our youth can achieve success in the future.”
Vanessa Lewis, a Grade 11 student from St. Charles College had the opportunity to be one of the few students chosen to be a part of the pilot dual credit program in Native Human Services with Laurentian this past year. According to Lewis, this program allowed her expand her plans for the future and the experience has been excellent. Lewis has, in fact, decided that she will be signing up for the new Entrepreneurship Dual Credit program for the fall.