Staff and students of St. Andrew Catholic Elementary School have been praying daily during their afternoon Prayer Break for the people of Haiti. On January 19, 2010 the school held their “Hats for Haiti” day. Money was collected to support the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace in their effort to help the people in this devastated country.
Even though they are a small school of 152 they have big, generous hearts as they raised $721.70. The St. Andrew school council then decided to top the school donation to $1000. Quite a phenomenal accomplishment for a small school!
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St. Andrew School Community Proudly Supports Student Success
The parents from St. Andrew Catholic Elementary School generously dedicated their evening hours once every two months to work at Bingo One and earned extra funds to support student success for their children. Some of the wonderful things they have done are to support an amazing up to date library, stock the classroom libraries, grassed the soccer field, supplied trees for the field, purchased a summer shade structure and funded many extra curricular field trips to support the arts and athletics in the school. A warm thank you goes out to the parents on behalf of the St. Andrew Catholic School community!
St. Andrew Catholic Elementary Celebrates the Feast of St. Andrew
All the staff and students of St. Andrew Catholic Elementary School came together to celebrate the Feast of their namesake – St. Andrew on November 30, 2009. St. Andrew was the first to be called by Jesus to be a disciple and to help proclaim the Good News. The staff and students celebrated this Feast day with a prayer service in their gym that included lighting of candles, prayers and song. As well, the students each enjoyed cake and juice which is also a part of the school’s traditional Feast of St. Andrew celebration.
St. Andrew Catholic School Council Supports Technology
St. Andrew Catholic School Council has been working very hard to raise funds to support their school. The parent council has been volunteering their time at bingos to raise money for the students to enhance already existing programs. At their last parent council meeting in June, the council approved the purchase of ten new Mac Books to add to the school’s technology. The school recently received the new Mac Books and Melody Henry, Principal of St. Andrew’s is thrilled with their arrival. “I am so excited for the students.” stated Henry. ” When I see the children working with the Mac’s, they are really engaged and excited!”
St. Andrew Catholic School Teacher Wins “Teacher of the Year” Award
Representatives from Scholar’s Choice visited St. Andrew Catholic School recently to present Junior Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Chantal Morin with the Teacher of the Year Award. Jeramy Sawyer, a student in her class, nominated her with a delightful picture and story that was scribed by his Mother.
Chantal and Jeremy were both awarded $200 gift certificates, while St. Andrew School was awarded a $100 gift certificate. As a bonus prize, the entire JK class will enjoy the celebration with a complimentary pizza party at lunch break on Monday, June 2, 2008.
St. Andrew Catholic School, JK student Jeramy Sawyer poses with his teacher, Chantal Morin who he nominated for Teacher of the year with the help of his mom.The Sudbury Catholic District School Board congratulates Chantal Morin on winning the Teacher of The Year Award!
St. Andrew Students Celebrate Music Monday
At exactly 1:00 p.m. on Monday, May 5th the students of St. Andrew Catholic School joined thousands of students across Canada in song to celebrate Music Monday. The students sang their favourite song “Children of God ” on the school’s outdoor courtyard in order to share their gift of music with the neighbourhood.
St. Andrew Catholic School Celebrates National Flag Day
St. Andrew School students and staff demonstrated their national pride on February 15th, National Flag Day, by wearing red and white. Students and staff met in the activity room in the afternoon to view a beautiful slide show of Canadian scenes and wildlife after which everyone stood at attention to sing O Canada and recite the Canadian Pledge. Included in the picture from left to right are Dawson Lalonde, Ben Grace, Ben Roque, Shannon Dwyer and Brett Jacklin.
St. Andrew Catholic School Welcomes New JKs
On Thursday, June 14, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Mrs. Chatal Morin (teacher) and Mrs. Melody Henry (principal) of St. Andrew Catholic School will welcome all the new Junior Kindergarten children registered for September 2007 at school.
The children and their parents will meet their teacher, listen to a story, create a small craft and share a snack. Junior Kindergarten students and parents are naturally apprehensive about new beginnings in September and the school staff hope to alleviate most, if not all of these worries.
The St. Andrew School motto reads:
“St. Andrew School Where Children Learn to Live, Laugh, Love.”
St. Andrew Catholic School Presents ‘Reading With the Stars’
On Friday, May 4, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., several local “stars” will share a favourite book with the students of St. Andrew Catholic School to celebrate Catholic Education Week. Star readers will feature Bishop Jean-Louis Plouffe, Mayor John Rodriquez, Mrs. Rossella Bagnato, Interim Director of Education for the Sudbury Catholic District School Board, Mrs. Paula Peroni, Chair of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board, Mrs. Jean McHarg, Academic Superintendent for the Sudbury Catholic District School Board, Mr. Anthony Chezzi, Faith Animator for the Sudbury Catholic District School Board and former Principal of St. Andrew Catholic School,Mrs. Zandra Zubac, Representative from the Ministry of Education, Secretariat and Mr. Gerry Lougheed Jr. recent recipient of the Community Builder Award for Excellence.
“Reading is a very important skill,” states School Prinicipal, Melody Henry. “By exposing our students to many different readers it is our hope that this very special reading day will encourage them to practise their own reading skills.”
The theme for the reading day is “Created in the Image of God.” Students and staff will celebrate their appreciation for family, friends, their community, their country, and for citizens around the world as they listen to the “stars” share favourite books.”