On Thursday November 16, 2006, St. Mary Catholic School families with students in Grades JK to Grade 5 will participate in an Esso Family Math Night. The evening will begin with a spaghetti supper at 6:00 p.m. followed by math-based activities and games geared for family play. Miss Waern will present “My Teddy and Me” focusing on students in grades JK to 1, while Mrs. Stirrett will facilitate a session on Number Sense and Numeration.

Parents will be able to experience working with the same manipulatives that their children use on a daily basis. This exciting evening is the first of six such sessions that are planned over the next two school years. It promises to be an exciting night with more than 60 people preregistered to date.

For more information re Esso Family Math Night, please access
the following website: http://www.edu.uwo.ca/essofamilymath/index.asp
or contact Gen Waszczylo Principal at St. Mary Catholic School at ph. 858-2431.

In the hope of raising greater awareness of Global Warming,
St. Benedict Catholic Secondary students currently enroled in science courses and those involved with the environmental club have been invited to a private showing of Al Gore’s recent documentary: An Inconvenient Truth.

The film focuses on the effect of climate change and will allow high school students to become educated re the climate crisis that will pose a formidable problem for their generation.

The screening of an Inconvenient Truth will take place at the Rainbow Cinemas, 40 Elm Street, Sudbury, on Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. This event has been sponsored by Canadian Injury Management Services and busing for the school’s students has been provided by the Rotary Club.

Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School will be hosting its annual Spaghetti Dinner this Thursday, November 9, 2006 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the school’s gym. The dinner will be served by the Knights of Columbus and the Bishop Carter Leadership Class. There will be draws, dances and exciting activities taking place throughout the dinner.

Tickets will be on sale at the door and in advance for $5.00 per person with proceeds going toward the Bishop Alexander Carter Athletics.

For more information, please contact Sherry Bortolotti, School Principal, Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School at ph. 969-2212.

Parents/guardians and students in grades 7 to 12 are invited to participate in Transitions, an information session designed to help students make key decisions in the transition from elementary to secondary school and from secondary school to college and university.
This free information session will take place on Tuesday, November 21, 2006, at 7 p.m. in the gymnasium at St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School, 2993 Algonquin Road, Sudbury. With the different streams in high school designed for apprenticeships, college, and university, it’s important to know what choices are available to students as they enter high school, postsecondary education, or the workforce.

Current secondary school curriculum requires that students make educational choices as early as grades 7 and 8 and then again in grades 10 to 12. It is important that parents/guardians and
students know what choices are available so that students have as many educational and career opportunities as possible.
The Rainbow District School Board, the Sudbury Catholic District School Board, and Cambrian College have joined with Collège Boréal and Laurentian University to present Transitions. A representative from each organization will be on site to provide information and answer questions.