St. Francis’ Charity Champs presented Autism Ontario with a cheque for $545.00 from their “World Autism Awareness Day Cookie Sale”. Receiving the donation was Josee Goulard (Family Support Coordinator) and Deana Ferguson (President – Sudbury Chapter).
Great work, Flames!
St. Francis Catholic Elementary School continues to partner with families to support student improvement in mathematics. Students and staff hosted Family Math Day on March 7th. Families were invited into the school to participate in math games and activities with their children and learned some simple ways they can positively contribute to their child’s math learning – by counting money and telling time with their child.
Beverly Lavallie, St. Francis School Intensive Support Facilitator stated, “successful home / school relationships take time to build. The more opportunities families have to be in the school and see for themselves the great learning that is happening each day, the more our relationships develop. We are so thankful of the families that came to this special event. Our students love having special guests in the school and we hope that the families enjoy it as much as we do.”
Our annual Carousel event hosted by the Catholic Parent Involvement Committee is fast approaching! We are very excited to welcome all parents, staff and community partners to this event for an evening of networking, learning and community building!
When: March 5, 2019 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Where: St. David School, 549 Frood Road
Carousel topics will include: Dealing with Anxiety, Indigenous Education Programming, Coding, Mathematics, The Leader in Me, Supporting Students with Autism, Human Trafficking, Vaping Building Resilience, speech and language services and special Education Services, including the IEP.
Free childcare and supper will be provided. Please go to the following link to register: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LWZKTHM
St. Francis staff and students celebrated Literacy Day and their love of books with its annual book swap organized by the school’s resource teacher, Ms. G. Visentin. Staff and students kicked off the special event arriving to school dressed as their favourite story book character. Students donated gently used books from their home and traded them in for “new” books. The school’s gathering room had a large selection of book titles on display for students to choose from in both English and French languages. The book swap provided an excellent opportunity for students to reuse, exchange books and encourage reading.
St. Francis students and staff are building community and collaboration through regular CLAN challenges. Today St. Francis School’s CLANs were challenged to build a snowman using the recycled materials from our Christmas door decorating contest. The students and staff had to build their snowman and were awarded points.
Each student and staff member is placed in a CLAN which is represented through the Medicine Wheel. Our CLAN challenges are held throughout the year, challenging students and staff to work together on common activities. Each CLAN challenge results in points being earned.
Maggie Polischuk, CLAN Captain said, “Our CLANs program gives us a chance to work collaboratively, be creative, have a voice and contribute to our school and community; all while being silly and having fun! Being part of a CLAN is like being part of a big family. We all become one!”
We want to hear from you! You are invited to review the proposed school year calendar options for the 2019-2020 school year and indicate your preferences for the PA days. You can access the survey up until January 21, 2019 at the following link.
We look forward to hearing from you!
The first ever STEM Olympics event was held today at St. Benedicts for some lucky Olympians from Holy Cross and St. Francis schools.
The event was organized by teacher, Loretta Cuda and involved four rotations – involving structures, catapults, boat construction and trivia.The morning began with Student Council President Adriana Cimino handing the opening ceremonies complete with the National Anthem.
Gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded to students with the gold medals going to the “Black Bears” team of John Cunningham-Dunlop, Nicholas Bodnar, Summer Bayer and Samuel Grossi at Holy Cross.
Have you noticed the 2 000 blue flags along Paris Street in Sudbury? These little blue flags are in support of the citizens of Sudbury who have a learning disability. In recognition of Learning Disabilities Awareness Month, students and staff at St. Francis School wore blue on Friday, October 19, in support of fellow students with a learning disability who can learn differently.
Jennifer Hearn, from Resource Services Trillium Demonstration School in Milton, Ontario, visited St. Francis School on June 13, 2018. An overview of executive function skills was provided in relation to students with a learning disability. The classroom implications of a child’s developing executive function skills were outlined in the presentation. Methods to support and develop these skills were also investigated further. The school’s resource teacher, Ms. G. Visentin, was pleased to have the opportunity to have a teacher from the Trillium Demonstration School in Milton, Ontario visit and share her knowledge with staff who are directly involved with students who learn differently.
