On, June 27 2017, Immaculate students took part in various activities to commemorate Canada’s upcoming 150th birthday such as beach ball soccer and building Inukshuks. Fun was hard by all students.
Category: Schools
Franco-Fun Day at St. Francis!
Students and Staff of St. Francis School celebrated “la journée St. Jean Baptiste” on Friday June 23rd by having a “Franco-Fun Day”. The students had a wonderful time playing outdoor games, while listening to a variety of French songs.
Immaculate Participates in National Aboriginal Day
Students at Immaculate heard various stories that outlined the history of Indigenous people. In addition, they participated in a whole school colouring contest and the winners were very proud of their work. Way to go Cougars!
Students’ in Mrs. Bock’s Language Arts class at St. Charles College Elementary were Skyping today.
They recently developed a soundtrack for the book by author Paul Toffanello, “Popchuck’s Revenge”. They had to find songs that connected to the story they read.
The top selections were presented by Skype to the author who hails from Timmins. Toffanello is now sharing the music selections with his movie producers!
Toffanello visited the students earlier in the school year to work with them on writing for a purpose. At the time, he shared the first eight chapters of his latest novel. He’s a former English teacher, Principal and Director of Education.
Regals Win Big at the House of Kin Sudbury Sports Hall of Fame Dinner
Allison Byrnes – High School Female Athlete of the Year
This was the second year in a row that Allison was nominated for the High School Female Athlete of the Year. She’s a two-time Marymount Senior Athlete of the Year and was selected among three of her peers from area schools around Sudbury as the top female high school athlete in the city. Allison was the offensive MVP of the flag football team and the MVP for the soccer team. She also attended OFSAA for track and field and was a key player for the Senior Volleyball team and the Badminton team. Allison is heading to Carleton University next year to study Forensic Psychology and is considering trying out for the Varsity Girls’ Soccer team.
Flag Football Team – High School Team of the Decade (Inaugural Award)
The Flag Football team was nominated for the first time as “High School Team of the Year” after their impressive undefeated season once again this year. What the team didn’t realize is that there was something else in store for the them. The awards committee decided that this was the year to start a new award called the “High School Team of the Decade,” and with their current string of six consecutive city championships, there was no better recipient than our very own Regals Flag Football Team. The Chairman and creator of the Sudbury Sports Hall of Fame made the presentation and extended his congratulations on this incredible run. Team Members Kayla Yitts, Tyanna Soucy, Jade Davies, Cassidy Burton, Allison Byrnes, and coaches Julia Boschetto, Tori Jewell, and Dan Bartolucci were on hand to receive the award.
Penguins Graduation 2017!
Congratulations to our Grade 6 Penguins on their Graduation! We are so proud of you! We will miss you as you move on to other Schools, but we know you will do great!
St. Paul School Takes Gold at Junior Softball Tournament
Congratulations goes out to the Gr. 5/6 St. Paul Softball Team and coaches who recently won first place.
The team worked hard and had lots of fun in the sun! Way to go Panthers!
Students Create Dances in Honour of Favourite Artist
Mme Power’s Core French students had a great time creating and presenting dances to their favourite francophone artist Magic System.
St. David School Uses Cooking and Math to Teach Valuable Life Skills
Authentic experiences that allow students to make real life connections will help them to grasp general mathematical principles and will help develop future math success.
At St. David Catholic School, the Intensive Support Facilitator, Lynsie Royer, leads a bi-weekly math focused cooking club for students in Grades 3 – 6. Each week, students receive a recipe and a math learning goal. Each weekly goal is connected to the Ontario math curriculum. For example, doubling ingredients in recipes, inquiring about ratios and the favourite of most students, using division to share the delicious treats equitably.
“The after-school math and cooking club is hands down the most rewarding educational experience of my career,” said Lynsie Royer, Intensive Support Facilitator at St. David Catholic School. “It joins my two passions – math and cooking and my enthusiasm for both of these activities has transferred to the students. We have lots of fun, laugh a lot, eat a lot and learn a lot.”
The School is proud to not only support the math curriculum in this extracurricular opportunity, but also to help develop a life skill that will ensure student success in the kitchen.
“Cooking Club is super fun. Before cooking club, I really didn’t understand how to divide but Miss Royer taught me how using chocolate chips and measuring them into cups. It turned out that I could divide and it was actually easy,” exclaimed Grade 3 student Ethan Webb.
St. David School is looking forward to continuing this new and exciting initiative in the upcoming 2017-2018 School Year.