Sudbury Catholic District School Board

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Learning about the risky Internet playground

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Grades 7 and 8 students at St. Charles College met with the officers from Greater Sudbury Police Services to learn about the dangers of social media. School Liason Officer Hally Wilmott and Sergeant Marc Guerin talked to the students about being cautious when using the Internet.

One activity forced the students to come up with rules about the school playground and they discussed how those same rules apply to the Internet playground.

Another activity focused on bullying and the scars it leaves. Officer Guerin crushed a can and asked the students to consider how that can cannot ever be wrinkle free again.

Mrs. Sarah Bock says the presentation was “eye opening in many ways and forced students to think about social media in a new way attributing it to the school playground and what goes on there.”

Leadership students at St. Charles College delivering baskets again this season

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For the last few years, Holy Redeemer church has relied on the leadership students at St. Charles College to deliver baskets to those who need help at Christmas. The students load and deliver baskets of canned food items, fresh food and gifts for the children.

This past week, the students delivered those baskets. Their teacher, Mrs. Bev Belanger says “each year at this time the students ask about this initiative. They say there is nothing that brings greater joy to them than seeing the faces of those on the receiving end of these care packages.”

The parishioners create the baskets to support one hundred fifty families in the Sudbury region. Some of the canned food items in the baskets comes from the St. Charles College fall drive which saw 121 thousand cans raised for the Sudbury Food Bank this year.

Christmas feast celebrated at St. David Catholic School

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Each Christmas season, St. David Catholic School teachers and staff members host an annual Christmas Feast for the students in the school. Everyone enjoys a full turkey meal with all the trimmings and wonderful Christmas cheer.

“This is my favourite day of the year,” stated Terri Lynn Lepage, St. David School grade 3 teacher, “everyone enjoys the meal, but even more importantly we all enjoy each others company.”

St. David School would like to take this opportunity to thank all community partners and special community members who have donated so generously to the students of St. David School over the school year, especially during this Christmas season.

Dear Santa

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On Wednesday December 14th, students from Mme Mehes’ 5/6 French Immersion class and Mme Riutta’s 1/2 French Immersion class participated in a fun and enriching language arts activity: Letter Writing to Santa (“en français”). This collaborative activity allowed students to improve their communication, social and handwriting skills, and teach them what they need to know about writing and structuring letters. We look forward to future opportunities for these two classes to work together this school year!

Immaculate students donate to Infant Food Bank

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Students in Mrs. Lotter’s Grade 2/3 class organized a “baby drive” of formula, diapers, clothing and other necessities. Many from our school community donated and the items were offered during our 4th week of Advent celebration in the gym. All donations will be brought to the Pregnancy Care Center and Infant Food Bank in Sudbury. Thanks to all for their generosity and kind spirit.

St. Charles College Alumni returns to share message of hope and inclusivity

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Former graduate from St. Charles College Brock McGillis recently wrote an article for Yahoo Sports Canada about being secretly gay in a highly hyper masculine culture of hockey. The article went viral and this week he was invited to St. Charles College to share his message of hope and inclusivity.

Brock McGillis graduated from St. Charles College roughly fifteen years ago. He spoke about playing hockey in the OHL, CIS and dealing with comments that were homophobic all the while he was questioning his own sexuality.

Brock also spoke about keeping his sexuality a secret from family and friends and only recently revealed his sexual orientation to the hockey community.

Brock says the reason he has come out is to educate people. He believes that it important for people to not be bystanders but instead break the habit of using homophobic language in the halls, as a joke or in the locker room.

Brock now works mentoring minor hockey and junior aged players.

The students were very receptive to his message. They were active participants in the presentation.

Principal Patty Mardero says “the conversation solidifies what we are teaching our students about respecting diversity.”

Math Games are Alive and Well at St. David School

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St. David School hosted a Christmas Math Morning for students and their families to encourage Growth Mindset, specifically in math acquisition. One of the school’s main focuses this year is continued emphasis on promoting a greater collaboration between educators, students and their families. St. David School works closely with families because when there is a trusting, respectful relationship between the home and school, students have a better chance of being successful academically, socially and emotionally.

During the math morning, all parents and family members played fun, educational math games at school the with their children, then were given a Math Bag to take home. The Math Bag was filled with dice, cards and math game instructions as well as other simple math tools that they were encouraged to use at home to support their children build confidence in math.

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