Grade 2 French Immersion students at St. James spent the day learning about nature and how to protect our planet. Earth Day was celebrated in Mrs Bozic’s class and students are spreading the message that we all need to be stewards of the Earth. They made beautiful bookmarks as well.
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Immaculate Conception students do their part to keep the environment clean and green!
Mrs Hayden’s Grade 1/2 class at Immaculate Conception showed they are caring, Catholic citizens by cleaning up the school yard today in celebration of Earth Day. They encourage everyone to do their part and pitch in to keep our Earth clean and healthy!
St. Benedict’s supports MADD Canada
Special thanks to Kim Hancock for joining the students and staff at St. Benedict’s Catholic Secondary School today and accepting the $814 cheque to MADD Canada. The money was raised during our first annual ball hockey tournament in honour of her son DJ.
DJ graduated from St. Benedict in 2014 and his first passion was hockey. Sadly he was killed by a drunk driver the year of his graduation.
Kim, his mother now works closely with Mothers Against Drunk Driving (or MADD) to spread the message to not drink and drive. She shared this timely message with students today as prom and graduation season quickly approaches.
How you can support Catholic Education
Ensuring you are registered as a separate school supporter is important for the protection and preservation of Catholic education in Ontario. Catholic ratepayers must declare themselves to be Catholic and separate school electors to vote in the election of separate school trustees in Municipal elections.
How to check if you are registered:
• Visit www.voterlookup.ca to check the accuracy of your voter information.
• Call you Municipal Clerk’s Office to inquire how to check the local list of electors.
If your name is not on the list of electors or if the information is incorrect, you should:
• Update or change the information, add a name to an address, or change your school support directly on the www.voterlookup.ca website.
At the Polling Station:
• Verify that you are registered as a separate school supporter. If your support status is incorrect ask for an “application to Amend Voters’ List, which may be completed and submitted at the polling station.
• Ensure the ballot you are given is a separate school ballot.
For more information about the Ontario Municipal and School Board elections, please visit http://www.elections.ontarioschooltrustees.org/.
Getting cultured with IMAX in their language of study
All grades 7 to 12 French Immersion students at St. Benedict Catholic School were using their French speaking and listening skills in the Imax Theatre at Science North this week.
The students were there to watch Météo Extreme 3D. The 2016 National Geographic film explores the collapse of glaciers, massive wildfires and deadly tornadoes.
This event is part of a Heritage Fund grant from the federal government this year to support French culture and heritage.
French Immersion teacher, Lisa Adler says “Thanks to the funding, the event gave the students a wonderful opportunity to embrace their bilingualism and celebrate French culture. It was enriching and encouraged them to learn French in a new context.”
Other events planned include a French café in the new Learning Commons at the school.
Marymount Academy Shines at 49th Sudbury Regional Science Fair
Many students at Marymount Academy were successful at this past weekend’s regional science fair!
The following students were listed as winners for their creative and innovative projects:
– Junior Division – Engineering: Sofya Mishchenko and Katherine Brown
– Junior Division – Physical Sciences: Molly McKeever
– College Boréal Award – Paul Jeanna Sarazin
– Harquail School of Earth Sciences Award: Molly McKeever
-Laurentian University Forensic Sciences Award: Amanda Symington and Catherine Caverson
– Ontario Power Generation Energy Award: Sofya Mishchenko and Katherine Brown
Sofya Mishchenko and Katherine Brown were also listed as Grand Prize winners and will be moving on to the National competition! Congratulations to all finalists!
Sudbury Catholic Schools Elementary Instrumental Band receives Gold at Kiwanis Music Festival!
On March 27th, the band performed at the Kiwanis Music Festival and received a Gold standard! The band has grown over the years, and includes 5 schools (St. Benedict, St. Charles College, St. Anne, St. John and St. James) and over 100 band members!
The band also competed at the Northern Ontario Music Festival on March 1 where they received a Silver standard. Congratulations to all band members!
Palladino Auto Group Donates $5000 to Walk, Bike or Run Fun day for Marymount Academy!
Yesterday we kicked-off our “Walk, Bike, or Run Fun Day” with a $5,000 donation to the event by the Palladino Auto Group! The event is on May 5th at Kivi Park. It will support our school & the Maison McCulloch Hospice.
Cooking up a storm during a snow storm St. Benedict student is heading to Skills Ontario qualifier this weekend
Fifteen year-old Aivan Apan is used to cooking for his family but he’s about to take his passion for experimenting in the kitchen to a whole new level.
Apan is heading to the northern qualifier of the Skills Ontario competition this coming weekend in North Bay at Canadore College.
The menu is pre-set and is comprised of minestrone soup to start, followed by a pan seared beef top sirloin cap steak, milk boiled garlic mashed potatoes and a combination of roasted root vegetables such as parsnip and bell peppers. It would not be complete without something sweet – a lemon tart meringue.
Apan took Foods class last year and enjoys watching cooking shows so the competition seemed like the perfect fit. He says he sacrificed part of his March break to cook and even came in this week on a snow day when buses were cancelled to practice one last time.
He says his parents are cheering him on and excited to see where he ends up in the competition.
Apan’s mentor and Foods teacher Mike Sipos says “cooking is straight forward but you have got to nail it in competition. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Know your movements.”
He says the same student can be entered two years in a row and seeing as this is his first time at the competition, he feels this is an opportunity to watch, listen and learn.
Students are scored on sanitation, presentation, taste, menu components, prep work and organization. The top 3 winners will move onto Skills Ontario in Toronto.
There are two more students from St. Benedict who are also attending the Skills competition in the area of carpentry under the direction of Mr. John Doyon.