St. Benedict Catholic Elementary School Grade 7 & 8 students were recognized for completing a six week Well-being and Leadership Program: Power To Be Positive. The program was offered by St. Benedict staff and the Sudbury & District Health Unit. Students engaged in learning about growth mindset, positive self-talk and attitudes. The students focused on resilience and productive ways to manage stress and anxiety. Students also reflected on their own strengths and used this awareness to help to develop leadership skills.
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Students at St. Benedict stand up for positivity
St. Benedict Catholic Elementary School Grade 7 & 8 students were recognized for completing a six week Well-being and Leadership Program: Power To Be Positive. The program was offered by St. Benedict staff and the Sudbury & District Health Unit. Students engaged in learning about growth mindset, positive self-talk and attitudes. The students focused on resilience and productive ways to manage stress and anxiety. Students also reflected on their own strengths and used this awareness to help to develop leadership skills.
Pius XII visits Holy Redeemer to celebrate Catholic Education Week
Pius XII is celebrating Catholic Education Week by “walking forward together” as a triad of home, school and parish at Holy Redeemer Parish during a special mass on Sunday April 30, 2017. This triad emphasizes for our children, the reality of our wider Catholic community that collaborates on their faith formation and education.
Sudbury Catholic Schools awarded as Stars of Excellence at 2017 Kiwanis Music Festival
Participant schools included Marymount Academy, St. Anne Catholic School, Holy Trinity Catholic School, Immaculate Conception, Holy Cross Catholic School, St.Benedict Catholic Secondary School, St. John Catholic School and St. Charles College.
The senior band and strings ensemble from Marymount Academy (pictured here) were recommended for the provincial competition.
Congratulations to all musicians who participated and thank you for sharing your gifts with us.
Students at Pius XII Catholic school raise over $4000 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation
Pius XII Catholic School would like to thank all the family members, staff members and community partners who supported Pius XII students in collecting funds to support the Heart & Stroke Foundation. We raised over $4000.00 to help fight heart disease and stroke.
The JUMP Rope for Heart event is a fantastic way to work together as a community to support those in need as well as have fun promoting healthy living with our students.
Victors of Transition!
Jarah Preston from the Learning Disabilities Association of Sudbury was invited to St. Francis School on April 19, 2017 to deliver a presentation entitled Victors of Transition. The LDAS presentation is targeted to address all students in the grade 6 Regular, French Immersion and Special Education classes who will be transitioning onto grade 7 at either St. Benedict, Marymount Academy or St. Charles College in the fall. Special Education Resource Teacher, Ms. G. Visentin, annually welcomes the presentation to help prepare students and discuss how they may better prepare themselves for their transition to the next grade and new school setting in the fall.
Renewing the Promise: Exploring the Critical Role of Catholic Education in Contemporary Society
The Sudbury Catholic District School Board is very pleased to support the Institute for Catholic Education in gathering data with respect to Catholic education in Ontario. “Renewing the Promise: Exploring the Critical Role of Catholic Education in Contemporary Society” will help to better understand the ways in which Catholic schools serve and support the mission of the church.
You are asked to share your input through an online process called Thoughtexchange. All responses will be anonymous. When the survey closes, you will then be invited to look a second time at emerging themes and prioritize them. The collated results will be discussed in the fall of 2017 at the provincial symposium. The information will then serve to guide our work into the future.
The process is simple. You can offer your ideas and input on-line through Thoughexchange. Log in to: http://signup.thotex.com/iceont/Pyv to participate.
Join the dialogue!
Renewing the Promise Dialogue in Three Phases
1. SHARE – Now through May 19 Online dialogue begins with YOUR comments entered electronically into an online survey.
2. STAR – Late May, Thoughtexchange invites you back online to see YOUR comments and others’. You add virtual “stars” to the ideas generated locally that resonate most with you. Early June you add virtual stars to the ideas generated provincially that resonate most with you.
3. DISCOVER – September and October – The collated results will be shared publicly.
Special presentation: Get involved in your child’s learning with keynote speaker George Couros
The Parent Involvement Committee is presenting an evening of learning with keynote speaker George Couros – innovator and educator. Parents, educators and community partners are invited to participate and discuss the importance of engaging with children and education through social media and online tools. Free child care will be provided to those who pre-register.
When: May 11, 2017 6:30 p.m.
Where: St. Charles College, 1940 Hawthorne Drive
Title: Involving Parents in the Process of Learning
Description: Parent involvement in the learning process of schools is the number one factor for student success. As schools look forward towards using social media to improve learning in their schools, many parents are fearful of what this means. Social media provides an opportunity for parents to have meaningful engagement in the learning of their child. This can greatly change the conversations not only at school, but also at home with the child. This talk provides peace of mind to parents while also engaging them in considering the unique opportunity they have to participate in their child’s learning.
For further information and to register see the event flyer.
Students at Holy Cross create artwork for the Kirkwood Centre
For Lent students in the SK/Grade 1 class worked on a project to beautify one of our medical community buildings. Students designed an acrylic landscape painting for display at Kirkwood Place Medical Centre in hopes of putting a smile on patient’s faces.