A huge congratulations goes out to St Francis Catholic Elementary students for raising $7069.35 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation! To celebrate their success, for every $20 collected, the students got to throw a water balloon at Mrs. St-Denis and Ms. Timpano! The teachers proved to be excellent sports, and the students loved being able to give back to our community!
Category: St. Francis School
Students share Book of Prayers for Catholic Education Week
Students from Mme Ranich’s grade 3/4 French Immersion class from St. Francis School had the opportunity to share their Book of Prayers that they wrote and published with Mrs. Rossella Bagnato, Superintendent of School Effectiveness, and Mrs. St. Denis, Principal. Bravo les amis!
St. Francis students aim to increase their fruit and veggie intake at school
St Francis Catholic Elementary School is adding some green to their diet by serving broccoli and dip in promotion of the Northern Fruit and Vegetable Program.
This program is offered through a partnership between the Ministry of Health and Long term care, the Ontario Fruit snd Vegetable Grower’s Association and the Sudbury and District Health Unit. It is designed to increase awareness and consumption of fruits and vegetables among elementary school students in Northern Ontario. The students have had carrots, cucumber, apples a variety of other fruits and vegetables.
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.
To all parents of first time school bus riders
The Sudbury Student Services Consortium in cooperation with school bus operators invites all Kindergarten and first time bus riders to a School Bus Safety Awareness session to be held at College Boreal on 21 Lasalle Boulevard in Sudbury.
Sessions will be held on August 25 and 26, 2017. For further information and to register and secure a spot, visit http://businfo.ca/en/safety/ftr/
St. Francis begins Northern Fruit and Vegetable Program
Our NFVP (Northern Fruit and Vegetable Program) started today at St. Francis. This program is offered through a partnership between the Ministry of Health and Long term care, the Ontario Fruit snd Vegetable Grower’s Association and the Sudbury and District Health Unit. It is designed to increase awareness and consumption of fruits and vegetables among elementary school students in Northern Ontario. Today the students are eating carrots.
Shrove Tuesday and math learning
The St. Francis school community celebrated Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras) with mathematics this morning. Parents, grandparents and friends came and had a pancake breakfast with guest speaker, Krista Sarmatiuk, SCDSB Math Facilitator, followed by an hour of math games in their child’s class. Part of the conversation focused on how parents can be a solution at home using everyday authentic math and building positive mindsets. Thanks to all those who came out!
St. Francis Flames Participate in National Pink Shirt Day
Students at St. Francis wore pink shirts to show that we are all working together as a school community to prevent bullying. Students created a ‘pink link’ chain with encouraging words such as ‘courage, love one another and stand up’ against bullying.
St. Francis class celebrates 100 days of school
Mme Ranich’s grade 3/4 french immersion class at St. Francis School have been practicing math using a number line. Today, to celebrate the 100th day of school, the students were excited to create their own number line to 100!