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.
Category: Schools
St. Charles College Students shine at annual Parent Involvement Committee Symposium
On Saturday April 29th, Mrs. P. Demore and the students from the arts department at St. Charles College were showcased at the Ministers 8th Annual Parent Involvement Committee Symposium.They had a standing ovation performance and we are truly proud of all of their hard work and dedication leading up to this event. Way To Go Cards!
Holy Trinity helps fight hunger
As part of the Catholic Education week activities, Mme Lawrence’s grade 1/2 French Immersion students from Holy Trinity handmade 83 sandwiches for the homeless of the Elgin Street Mission. They demonstrated in a hands-on fashion the virtues of stewardship, servant leadership and empathy. The students really enjoyed helping those in need in our community!
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.