On Tuesday November 22nd, students in Mme Mehes’s 5/6 French Immersion class took part in a poetry workshop with Sudbury’s Poet Laureate, Kimberly Fahner. Students collaborated and created a class haiku on the topic of panda bears. Thank you Kim for sharing your passion for poetry, and for encouraging students to write their own poetry!
Category: Schools
St. David students learn “What Counts, What Matters, What is Important, When we Solve a Math Problem Completely”
The grade 5/6 class at St. David Catholic School learned what counts, what matters, what is important, when we solve a math problem completely. The students were involved in co-developing success criteria for problem solving in a lesson modelled by renewed, interactive educational speaker and author, Sandra Herbst.
The students and Ms. Herbst developed the criteria, while the Board’s principals and vice principals observed the lesson. The lesson included modelling, peer conversation, higher level questioning and the organization and sharing of student ideas to co-construct success criteria. The lesson was an opportunity for not only student learning, but also staff learning. The staff involved attended a pre-lesson professional development session, then attended a de-breifing after the demonstration lesson. Ms. Herbst spent the week working with Sudbury Catholic Schools teachers, principals, vice principals and students from a variety of Sudbury Catholic elementary and secondary schools.
Pink Shirt Campaign at St. Charles Elementary
St. Charles Elementary students and staff signed their name on pink shirts indicating their promise to the Sudbury Police Chief and their school to stand-up to bullying and support the Pink Shirt Campaign. In the picture from left to right, are grade 3 students, Catherine Villa MacVeigh, Shawn Huzij and Olivia Burke accompanied by Mr. Soehner, principal of St. Charles. This group went to every class and communicated the message about anti-bullying and the importance of standing up.
Sandra Herbst visits Holy Cross
The Grade 4/5 class at Holy Cross was honoured and excited to have Sandra Herbst co-construct success criteria with us. What matters when we solve a math problem completely? Now we know!
Attendance Awareness Month poster contest
October was Attendance Awareness Month at Sudbury Catholic Schools and the Attendance Counsellors held a poster contest. In order to engage students from FDK to Grade 12, the poster contest promoted the importance of regular school attendance. It was a huge success with 447 students participating.
Congratulations to this year’s winners!
1st Place – Erika Peever – Marymount Academy
1st place – Chris Hein – Bishop Alexander Carter
2nd place – Jordan Witty – St. Anne
3rd place – Merlin Coulter-Belleveau – St. Francis
All winners received gift cards and the 1st place winners will have their posters used in this years school board attendance campaign to promote regular school attendance.
St. Charles College Elementary Cards fill shoeboxes with love
Looking to answer the Essential Question “How are we church in the world?”, Mrs. Kathy Belanger’s 8A class and Mr. Thomson’s Grade 7/8 Life Skill’s class participated in Operation Christmas Child this year.
Operation Christmas Child is a special Christmas project affiliated with Samaritan’s Purse, a non-denominational Christian organization. With donated proceeds from an in-school Dress Down Day at St. Charles College, students went shopping at Dollarama and then had the opportunity to fill close to 70 shoeboxes with school supplies, hygiene items, toys and other gifts for children, ages 2-14, in less-fortunate countries around the world.
Mr. Thomson says “Every gift-filled shoebox is given unconditionally, regardless of religion, gender, or race, in a way that practically demonstrates the love of Jesus Christ around the globe.”
National Collection Week is Nov.14-20th with shoeboxes from Canada being shipped to places like the Ukraine, Haiti, El Salvador, Senegal and New Guinea.
‘To whom much has been given, much is expected in return’…Luke 12:48
‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me’…Matthew 25:40
Students try their hand at cooking
The grade 8 students at St. Benedict try their hand at cooking under the watchful eye of Mr. Sipos, Science and Foods Teacher. All the grade 8 students are shown how to work safely in the kitchen and prepare a delicious and authentic Mexican Quesadilla. Mr. Sipos was assisted in the kitchen with some of his Foods class students, who helped the Grade 8 students in preparing their dishes. One more delicious reason to try our Foods Class!
Pink Shirt Campaign at St. David School
As part of the St. David School and Sudbury Police Services shared commitment for the well being and safety of our children, Krystle Beausoleil, the Police Youth Safety Coordinator attended St. David School. She delivered the message that is takes ‘courage to stand’ up against those who try to bully and hurt others. Her message focused on positive action and standing up for each other. Her message also focused on treating one other with respect and dignity, allas part of the ‘Pink Shirt Campaign’.
All students at St. David School will be standing together against bullying and will be signing the Sudbury Regional Police Services “Pink Shirt” to demonstrate our commitment to “stand up” together.
Hello God!
During recent months, several classes at St. Francis School have been participating in making beautiful “God Boxes” out of cards. The children then had the opportunity to fill them with tangible things that remind them what to thank God for as well as what to pray for.
Many boxes have been made, along with bible verses given to them. The verses tell us of God’s unending love for all his children. The students have been very eager to decorate their boxes. Each student personalized their own box, and were encouraged to bring it home, continuing to fill it with new hopes and prayers.
Many thanks to Sheryl Taylor (Registered Child and Youth Worker/Educational Assistant) for her help with the activity.