14 students aged 9-11 and 2 teachers from Hangzhou Green Town School in Hangzhou, China have arrived in Canada to stay with students from Holy Cross School during a short-term visit. The students will stay with host students and their families until October 2, 2019.
This is the second time Green Town School has visited Holy Cross School, first visiting in Fall 2018. The group will be both attending classes with the students and partaking in many activities within the City of Greater Sudbury. These will include visits to Science North, Killarney Sudbury Arena to watch the Sudbury Wolves and much more.
Ms. Lepage’s Grade 3 class at St. David School spent their first Wednesday in the outdoor classroom today. Students created rules, explored the school trails and ‘acted a little wild.’ Looking forward to many more of these days this year!
As part of land based learning, the class will spend each Wednesday of the school year outdoors to explore the ever changing world around them!
St. Charles College began their year with a special Mass. All SCC students and staff attended the Mass. A special thank you for Deacon Steve and Father Michael for leading in prayer.
Students at Sudbury Catholic Schools completed another year of summer learning this month! 60 students from Kindergarten to Grade 3 completed the three-week Summer Learning Program at St. David School from July 8 – July 26, 2019.
Students participated in a literacy and numeracy program, which supported students in improving their skills at their own pace. The program also featured various activities centered around Indigenous culture. The program was led by both classroom teachers and camp counsellors, providing a full educational team to participating students. Through the online tool and app Lexia, teachers and counsellors were able to provide a visual experience for both the literacy and numeracy components, and students are able to continue to access their account from home throughout the summer.
As in past years, each morning began with a physical activity which helped to energize students and build confidence so that they were ready to learn. This year, the group participated in Zumba sessions provided by Zumba Vibe.
The Board is thrilled with student participation in this year’s Summer Learning Program.
“The work and effort that goes into making the summer learning program a success each year is truly inspiring,” said Joanne Bénard, Director of Education at the Sudbury Catholic District School Board. “With the right tools, support and amazing staff, participating students were able to improve their skills and enjoy the experience along the way!”
The Summer Learning Program is a Ministry funded program which aims to promote literacy and numeracy learning for students during the summer months in fun and engaging ways.
Lorna was born during the season of Advent, which might explain why purple was her favourite colour.Lorna Delamorandiere worked at St. Joseph’s for fifteen years as a lunch supervisor.The school council worked tirelessly over the years to find a way to honour her time spent with the staff and students.
This year, a sturdy town bench was installed in the playground to ensure her spirit and presence is felt among the students. Father Peter Moher, of Holy Redeemer parish blessed the bench this past week. The school teacher, Irene Dembek also shared her memories of Lorna, her friend and confidante. Lorna’s sister, Lois was also present for the special moment.
Grade 6 students in Miss Scola’s class, at Holy Cross Elementary, acknowledged National Indigenous People’s Day by holding group discussions and participating in an art activity. In the morning, students viewed “In Our Words,” a series of videos from the Ministry of Education that explores the events that took place between Europeans and Indigenous peoples in the early years of settlement, in what is now called Canada. Following each video, students lead discussions on their thoughts of early colonization and how the Indigenous Peoples were treated. In the afternoon, students took part in an art activity that was inspired by Contemporary Indigenous artist Faye Heavyshield. The Grade 6 students are hopeful that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission will lead to a renewed relationship between the Government of Canada and the Indigenous Peoples through respect, rights, co-operation and partnership.
St. Charles Catholic Elementary School held their 15th Annual Johnathan Hetu Walk on June 21, 2019. Johnathan was a student there when he passed away from cancer 15 years ago. David Nicholls, a teacher at the school has organized and held this fundraiser close to his heart for just as many years having been the one who started it. Mr. Nicholls recently passed away unexpectedly.
The St. Charles Catholic Elementary School community came together to raise over $20,000 to go toward the NOFCC (Northern Ontario Families of Children with Cancer). The money will be used to support families during medical appointments, treatments and more.
After one of their students experienced a medical emergency earlier this Spring, Holy Cross Catholic Elementary School Cubs banded together to participate in A Walk for Kyle. Students and staff raised funds through fundraisers to help Kyle’s family with their medical costs throughout his recovery. The school came together with a special Prayer service and concluded with a walk outside to show their support. Way to prove that Cubs Have Heart!
The focus was on continued accomplishments for the St. Benedict STEM Club. An end of the year gathering was held for the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Club at St. Benedict.
This year the members designed a hover craft and organized a STEM Olympics day for the elementary feeder school students to take part in complete with a series of rotations to get their creative juices flowing.
Last year, the club was recognized for engineering a living wall that was built and displayed at Science North for several months. It is now housed in the school’s learning commons with live plants.
Ms. Cuda, the lead for the club spent the weekend giving back to the students by designing a cake. The students had a luncheon and talked about their achievements and plans for the future.
