Sudbury Catholic District School Board

Marymount Academy Celebrates 50th Anniversary

The 50th. Anniversary Celebrations at Marymount Academy will begin this month with the official kick off on Sunday, October 15, 2006 with a Eucharistic Celebration at 10:00 a.m. in the school’s gymnasium. Mass will be followed by a light brunch in the school’s cafeteria.

On October 14, 2006 there will be an Open House at the school from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. where alumni students and teachers can visit the building and reminisce. During the evening, the alumni will gather for their formal reunion dinner.

In June of 2007, as the school year draws to a close, a celebration will be held for the current members of the Marymount family; staff, students, teachers, board employees and trustees who will come together to celebrate 50 Years of Excellence!

St. Mary School Makes Thanksgiving Soup

Students are St. Mary Catholic School in Capreol will be tasting their own delicious homemade Thanksgiving Day Soup later this week. Every child was asked to bring in one kind of vegetable to contribute to the Soup Pot. The kindergarten classes were asked for a yellow vegetable, while other classes brought in potatoes, along with green and orange vegetables.

Teachers and parents have been hard at work preparing the aromatic soup. Parents are welcome to join the staff and students as they celebrate with a Thanksgiving Ceremony Assembly on Thursday afternoon where Prayers, Poems and Songs will be shared. Thanksgiving Mass will be celebrated Friday morning at Our Lady of Peace Church.

St. Charles College Kicks Off Annual Food Drive

St. Charles College has once again kicked off its annual food drive for 2006. Inco and Atlas Copco have partnered with St. Charles College in a collective effort to supply food for the Sudbury Food Bank.

The 2006 “Can We Fill It Campaign” challenges the students of St. Charles College, and the greater community to fill the 53-foot Atlas Copco “Powered by Commitment” tractor trailer with non-perishable food items. The campaign runs until October 6, 2006 at Market Square, where St. Charles College food items will be brought in by tractor trailer.

SCDSB to Hold Faith Day September 29

The Sudbury Catholic District School Board will be holding a
Faith Day Celebration Friday, September 29, 2006 at St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School. The day’s activities will commence at 8:30 a.m. and will end at 12:00 p.m. The theme for the Faith Day will focus on “United in Faith: Serving in the Spirit”.

The celebrant and key note speaker for the day will be Msgr. Dennis Murphy. Please contact Tony Chezzi, Faith Animator at 673-5620 ext. 256 for more information.

Student Representatives on Board of Trustees

T.J. Pugliese a Grade 11 student at St. Charles College and Steve Masse, a Grade 12 student at St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School were sworn in as Student Representatives by Sudbury Catholic District School Board Trustees at a regular meeting of the Board on September 19, 2006. Paula Peroni, Chair of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board congratulated the students on assuming the position of Student Representatives on the Board of Trustees and the responsibility that it entails.

Steve Masse will assume the role as Student Representative for the 2006-2007 school year while T.J. Pugliese will be the designated Student Representative Elect. Students from the Sudbury Catholic District School Board’s four secondary schools will rotate through the position of Student Representative and Student Representative Elect with the latter learning from the former before assuming the role of Student Representative.

The students will act as ambassadors for their schools and will play an integral role in bringing the concerns and issues of their peers to the forum of the SCDSB Board meetings. Meetings of the Board are held on the first and third Tuesday of every month at the Catholic Education Centre and are open to the public.

Effective Change Leadership; The Burning Platform

Robert (Bob) Harris, President of Robert Harris Inc., a training organization which focuses on enhancing individual and organizational effectiveness was in Sudbury recently to present a workshop to the Sudbury Catholic District School Board’s senior administration, managers, principals and staff entitled, Effective Change Leadership.

“As a rule, people do not like change,” stated Harris. “Statistics indicate that in any organization, at least 80% of employees will be in a mild to strong resistance at the outset of change.” Harris pointed out that while change is an event that is external to us, transition is more internal as it is the gradual psychological reorientation that happens within us as we try to adapt to change. “People are motivated by two factors; Pain and Gain . . . of these two, the avoidance of pain is by far the greater motivator, or what I call the Burning Platform.”

The morning presentation and break out sessions centred around;

• the varying stages of transition that accompany change
• a balanced approach to change that bridges the disconnect between advocates and resisters
• the 4-part ‘Communications Model’ that presents change in a way that fosters understanding and commitment
• applying the 4-part Communications Model’ to the challenges and change needs in the current workplace and the Sudbury Catholic District School Board

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