To commemorate National Flag day, students and staff at St. Benedict raised the Canadian flag at the site of its new flag pole.
The flag was blessed by the school Chaplain, and together the students and staff smudged with the Indigenous Support Worker, Carla Petahtegoose.
It is a great day to be Canadian.
The grades 7/8 Aware Bears organization at St. Benedict supports charitable causes in the community.
This year, a lot of the funds raised will go to Northern Ontario Families of Children with Cancer, NOFCC.
With more than 25 hundred dollars raised already, Mrs. Trowbridge, a teacher at the school got an idea to duct tape teachers to the walls of the gym as a means to raise even more money for the cause using the house system.
All students in the school are grouped into houses as a means to build spirit and friendships at the school so the event became even more of a challenge worth winning.
Mr. Posteraro and his house, Mkwaa won the challenge by keeping him taped up to the gym wall for the longest period of time.
An additional 732 dollars was raised during the challenge.
Mrs. Trowbridge says the event was “an awesome show of spirit and support with the best teachers and student body going.”
Great conversation. Great community. Join us for our third annual Carousel event hosted by Parents Involvement Committee (PIC)!
When: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 from 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Where: St. David Catholic Elementary School
Carousel topics will include 7 Habits of High Effective People, coding, helping our youth with career choices, learning disabilities, Indigenous Education, navigating the IEP and much more!
Free child care and a light supper will be provided. Register by clicking the following link
St. Francis staff and students celebrated Literacy Day and their love of books with its annual book swap organized by the school’s resource teacher, Ms. G. Visentin. Staff and students kicked off the special event arriving to school dressed as their favourite story book character. Students donated gently used books from their home and traded them in for “new” books. The school’s cafeteria had a large selection of book titles on display for students to choose from in both English and French languages. The book swap provided an excellent opportunity for students to exchange books and encourage reading.
Students in Mme Power’s grade 1FI class at St. Paul had a wonderful Financial Literacy Workshop from one of our local banks. Students learned the value of items used in their daily lives and the importance of saving money. Bravo les amis!
Today, students in the grade 7 and 8 wing at St. Benedict planned for a tough conversation they might experience in the future.
The students completed response texts in the event that someone reaches out to them about their mental health to look for support.
The students also talked about taking negative and unwanted words out of their vocabulary when it comes to dealing with mental health.
Visit the website https://letstalk.bell.ca/en/ for more information such as videos and helpful tips
Need to talk to someone or know someone who needs to talk? Here is a good place to start: http://www.mentalhealthhelpline.ca/
We would like to congratulate Marymount Academy on their recent success of being semi-finalists in OCSTA’s Annual Video Contest for students. The student group of Amanda, Audrey and Clara produced a well thought out video on the theme of stewardship and homelessness in our community.
On January 20, the St. John Jaguars hosted a Junior Coed Volleyball Tournament at St. Charles College. It was a great day of volleyball for all 13 teams who participated. Thank you to all of our athletes, coaches, volunteers and parents who helped to make this tournament such a success. Congratulations to the following teams who finished in the top 4: 4th place – St. Francis, 3rd place – Helen Gravel, 2nd place – St. Anne and finishing in 1st place was Ste. Therese. Looking forward to seeing everybody again next season!
For the month of January, the school staff have been focusing on mental health and managing the stress of exams which begin on January 25, 2018. The staff have tackled stress from all angles of mind, body and soul. There have been yoga sessions, a presentation by Canadian Mental Health and today therapy dogs.
The therapy dogs were brought in to help the students de-stress and smile ahead of exams.
The event was arranged by Christine Guerra, the school librarian with the organization, Magical Paws.
This has become common practice at Universities and in health institutions such as seniors’ homes and even in hospitals.
The dogs were so well received that staff are already toying with the idea of a return in the Spring ahead of exams in June.
