Students from St. Bernadette Catholic School visited Falconbridge Extendicare to celebrate Halloween with the seniors. The students entertained the residents by hosting a costume parade, making arts and crafts, singing songs and sharing Halloween stories before returning to the school.
Category: Community
St. Charles College Annual Mistletoe Craft and Gift Show
St. Charles College will be holding its annual Mistletoe Craft and Gift Show at St. Charles College, 1940 Hawthorne Drive, Sudbury on the following dates and times. Several of Northern Ontario’s finest artisans will exhibit a treasure trove of handcrafted and original gifts. Admission is $4.00 at the door or $3.50 with a coupon that is available in the Northern Life.
Saturday, November 3, 2007 (10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
Sunday, November 4, 2007 (10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
For more information, please contact Jane Rodrigues at
St. Charles College ph. 566-9605.
Regional Cancer Program of the SRH to Hold Career Night
The Regional Cancer Program of the Sudbury Regional Hospital will hold a career night for students interested in cancer-related professions on Wednesday, November 7th from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Cancer Centre. The career night is intended to help students make informed career choices and to learn about the many exciting jobs in the delivery of cancer care and research.
For more information, please contact: Sean Barrette,
Media Relations Officer, HRSRH, (705) 523-7118.
Rogers Pumpkin Patrol Visits St. Anne Catholic School
St. Charles College 25,000 Can Food Drive Exceeds its Target
St. Charles College will be hosting a “wrap up party celebrating the end of their 25,000 Can Food Drive” to assist the City of Greater Sudbury’s Food Kitchens on Friday, October 19 at 8:20 a.m. in the school’s gymnasium located at 1940 Hawthorne Drive, Sudbury. In partnership with Bell and Big Daddy students collected over 43,000 items.
Representatives from Bell who have partnered with St. Charles College and Big Daddy Radio will be on hand to congratulate the students, staff and the citizens of Greater Sudbury in helping to put the “food drive over the top.”
Dave Mayes, Big Daddy Radio Morning Show host has been on a City of Greater Sudbury Transit Bus since Tuesday morning, vowing not to come off the bus until the school reaches its target of 25,000 cans of food.
The City of Greater Sudbury has really “come on board” in supporting this very worthwhile event and it appears that the goal will be reached by Friday morning and Dave Mayes can finally get off the bus!
St. Charles College Kicks Off Annual Food Drive
St. John Catholic School Students Help Stock the Shelves of Local Food Bank
Six thousand, five hundred! That’s the number of food items that students at St. John Catholic School raised in support of the Garson Food Bank.
Tricia Dowdall-Cirelli, Principal of St. John Catholic School is very proud of the efforts of her students in helping the less fortunate. “St. John Catholic School students are learning through Christ’s example to be selfless, charitable and champions of social justice,” states Cirelli. “The students are also being empowered through example to make a difference by affecting change not only in their own backyards but in our city, country, and world.”
SCDSB Celebrates Grand Opening of Best Start Hub at Pius XII Catholic School
Children and families, child care agencies along with community and school staff joined Sudbury Catholic District School Board Trustees and Senior Administration and Board staff in celebrating the grand opening of the City of Greater Sudbury’s Best Start Hubs at an Open House held at Pius XII Catholic School recently.
The Best Start Program referred to as “Hubs” is a one-stop centre for families, bringing together kindergarten, childcare, parent-child programs, parenting supports and a wide range of specialized services. The Hubs are located in schools or other locations that are closely linked to schools. Best Start is an initiative of the Provincial Government but is directed at the local level by a Best Start Network which is made up of representatives from the Ministry of Children and Youth Services, the City of Greater Sudbury, all four school boards, and the child care, family support, health and specialized children’s services sectors.
The Best Start Hubs incorporate services for families such as kindergarten, childcare and family supports, tot playgrounds, workshops for parents, dad and baby night as well as access to other services. Over time, more services such as selected Preschool Speech and Language and Health Services will be offered in the hubs. The goal of the Best Start Hub is to integrate all of these services so that they are all working together and providing families with seamless services.
The Pius XII Catholic School, Best Start Hub is one of twelve hubs located in the City of Greater Sudbury and surrounding area dedicated to serving the needs of children and families in the Minnow Lake and New Sudbury community.
Parents will also have the opportunity to become involved with Best Start Hubs as they develop and expand their programs. Advisory groups, made up of a minimum of 40 percent parents will decide how the Hubs will run, hours of operation, and the types of programs the Hub will be offering. Parents who wish to involved in the planning for Best Start at a broader level may put their name forward to sit on a Best Start Network as a parent representative or join a group of parents who meet occasionally to provide advice and input to the Best Start network on specific issues related to overall planning of Best Start.
For more information on Best Start Hubs, please call 311 to find a Best Start near you!
St. Mary Catholic School Kicks Off the New School Year With Open House
St. Mary Catholic School in Capreol held its Open House for parents and students recently. Food and refreshments were provided courtesy of the St. Mary Catholic School Council. Parents and students were able to browse the Book Fair in the library, visit with the classroom teachers and enjoy hot dogs in the gym.
The Open House also included a display dealing with “Paint your Plate-Create a Masterpiece” along with information on Canada’s Food Guide by Denise Hyde, a Public Health Nurse from the Sudbury and District Health Unit. The school is also a participant in the Healthy Schools Healthy Kids program which afforded parents the opportunity to get first hand information from the Health Unit.
School SpiritWear was also available from United On-Site Printers who had a beautiful display up at the school all week.
St. Mary Catholic School would like to thank all the parent volunteers for their hard work in preparing for the Open House. The school also extends a warm felt thank you to Mr. Roland Muzzatti, Academic Superintendent of Education for the Sudbury Catholic District School Board who was able to attend and spend time with the St. Mary Catholic School community.