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St. Benedict heads to Chicago for Business

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The St. Benedict CSS Business Studies program – lead by Mr. Giuseppe Politi – participated in it’s annual international field trip from Wednesday, May 16 to Sunday, May 20 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

The students, ranging from grades 9-12 visited a variety of business-related events.

Firstly, the group participated in an entrepreneurship seminar at Catholic-based DePaul University. The group then had a guided tour and banking presentation at the Federal Reserve Money Museum. Students also participated in a stock market seminar at the Chicago Board of Exchange. Finally, the Apple Store hosted the students in an interactive advertising competition using modern technology.

Other notable stops included a Chicago White Sox game, Holy Name Cathedral, a guided double decker bus tour, famous landmarks including Cloud Gate, and even some deep dish pizza at Lou Malnati’s!

In previous years, the program has visited New York City, Washington DC, and Boston. 2019 planning has already begun!

Class helps build community garden!

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Students in Mme Wright’s Grade 3 FI class are some of several students helping the Coniston Community Garden this season. They are looking forward to taking good care of the plants and watching them grow into yummy vegetables. Once the plants are strong enough, they will be brought outdoors to be planted in the Coniston Community Garden.

St. Benedict student wins Best Crown Advocate

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Last week, St. Benedict’s students took part in the annual City Mock Trial and one of the students walked away with the award for Best Crown Advocate.

Declan McCann, who is only in grade 11 this year took the award in the mock trial case of R V Rogers which was a manslaughter case.

The mock trial has become a yearly event whereby a case is presented to the students and the schools face off against each other.

McCann, says “so much time was spent doing research into this trial and he now understands the process of what a lawyer does daily.” He says that he spent two months working on this particular case and in total spent sixty hours. That hard work did pay off in dividends.

McCann says he is considering taking on next year’s trial.

SCC Teacher to be inducted in Greater Sudbury Sports Hall of Fame

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Mike Fabiilli, math teacher and football coach at St. Chares College will have the honour of being inducted into the Greater Sudbury Sports Hall of Fame! Mike was chosen as one of the 10 individuals that will be inducted into the 2018 Class. While serving as football coach, he brought St. Charles College to victory in the City Championship in 2015. He was also presented with the Chairperson’s Award that same year.

Fabiilli was a student at St. Charles College from 1977-1982. He played five years of football for the school winning three City Championships.

In 1982 he went to the University of Ottawa to play for the Gee Gees. As a freshman linebacker, he won the Peter Gorman Trophy for outstanding CIS freshman football player in Canada. He was a conference all-star linebacker for two seasons.

“I’ve been very fortunate to have played with many great teammates and to have coached many talented football players,” said Mike Fabiilli, math teacher at St. Charles College.

Mike Fabiilli will be inducted to the Hall of Fame during the 50th annual Sports Celebrity Dinner on June 13.

Bear Necessities campaign for Hospice wraps up

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More than 11-hundred personal hygiene items collected for Maison McCullough Hospice on behalf of St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School.

From body wash to bath salts and wipes, the students at St. Benedict’s Catholic school have been collecting items for Maison McCullough Hospice.

Coined the Bear Necessities Campaign a few years ago, the students collect the items in their effort to be caring family members and collaborative contributors.

This year, the students turned it into a friendly house competition. From Karhu to Urso, the houses have been collecting very specific items for patients who are nearing the end of life in the palliative care facility. Karhu took top honours.

More than 11 hundred items were collected ranging from shaving razors, dry shampoo, hair brushes, combs and diapers and will be delivered to the hospice in the coming days.

Turning points Essay Contest Winners honoured at annual event

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Students, parents, teachers and invited guests gathered together on May 9, 2018 to celebrate the work done in this year’s Turning Points Essay Contest Awards ceremony. The essay contest stems from the Learning Partnership, which champions education systems in delivering innovative programs, research, policy initiatives and public engagement programs across Canada.

Turning Points allows students to reflect on their unique individual journeys and write powerful essays about a significant event or turning point in their lives. Winning students this year were from Marymount Academy, St. Charles College and St. Anne School.

St. Benedict Pow wow educates locals and internationals alike

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Thanks to great weather, the educational pow wow at St. Benedict went off without a hitch Wednesday, May 9, 2018.

The detailed and colourful regalia stayed dry and there were hundreds of students who were able to walk away from the experience learning something about traditions and Indigenous culture.

The pow wow was partially funded by a Speak Up grant from the Ministry of Education in the area of Opening Doors for Indigenous Conversations.

Laura Kuzenko, Principal of St. Benedict Catholic School says the grant was successful to ensure that more than 450 visitors from within the board and within other boards learned the traditions and spiritual meaning behind such an important cultural solstice event.

“We have a number of international students at our school who would have experienced a pow wow for the first time and yet we have many Canadian nationals who were here for the first time as well to learn together.”

Lunch was also served to the visitors which included traditional Indian tacos.

Secondary Students Dominate at Skills Ontario Competition

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Sudbury Catholic Schools was well represented in this year’s Skills Ontario Competition. Listed below are the students who participated in this year’s events:

St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School:

– Cameron Howe and Carter Poirier (Carpentry team of 2) mentored by teacher John Doyon
– Aivan Apan (Culinary Arts) mentored by Mike Sipos.

St. Charles College:

– Anthony Sherrington (Automotive Service Technician) mentored by William Duncan.

We are happy to announce that St. Benedict’s Cameron Howe and Carter Poirier are bringing back a Gold medal in the Carpentry team of 2 competition. Under the supervision of teacher John Doyon, Cameron Howe and Carter Poirier have taken top podium at the 2018 Skills Ontario Competitions.

Congratulations to all involved in making this opportunity available to our students. A special mention to Cambrian College for creating excitement around “Team Sudbury participants” at this event.

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