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Johnathan Hetu Walk For Cancer Great Success

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Students and staff from St. Charles Catholic School recently participated in the ‘Johnathan Hetu Walk For Cancer’ in and around the school yard. Johnathan was a student at St. Charles Catholic School until he passed away with cancer in 2004. He was 13 years old when he passed away. The annual walk is a fundraiser for the Northern Ontario Family’s of Children with cancer which is the organization that supported Johnathan and his family during his struggle with cancer.

The school raised $5,400.00 for Northern Ontario Families of Children with Cancer. The “Johnathan Hetu Award” was presented at the end of the walk to Alexander Predon, a grade 7 student. This is the second presentation and it will become a annual event. Last year Kerissa Blacklock won the award. The award goes to a student who participates in sports and has a positive attitude.

Johnathan died of cancer in September 2004. He participated in sports even though he was undergoing treatment, in part because he was afraid of being forgotten and alone. Johnathan was remembered yesterday, and St. Charles School hopes to continue to remember him each year through this award as they help other children and families who are living with cancer.

Immaculate Conception, Topper’s Pizza Team Up for “Feed Your Mind” Reading Program

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The students at Immaculate Conception Catholic School in Val Caron have been participating in the Topper’s Pizza, Feed Your Mind program this school year. The program encourages young people to set and achieve specific reading goals. The school’s goal was to read 7,500 books by the end of June, however the students were so excited about the program that they reached their target by spring.

On June 20th, Ron Toppazzini, founder of Topper’s Pizza and Kelly Toppazzini, Chairman and CEO helped serve pizza to the students and staff at Immaculate Conception Catholic School along with Mike Kaiser and Eric Woolsey from the Val Caron store. The free pizza party honoured and celebrated the school’s achievements.

Given the program’s great start, there is little doubt that the students will continue to read throughout the summer months. The staff and students at Immaculate Conception Catholic School wish to thank Topper’s Pizza for the reading program and for the generosity they have shown. In addition the school would also like to thank Mrs. LeRoy for co-ordinating the Feed Your Mind program for the past two years.

2005 Grade 10 OSSLT Results Highest in Northeastern Ontario; SCDSB Proud of Staff, Students

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Ontario’s Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) has announced the results of its annual province-wide Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) for the 2005-2006 school year. Of the 383 Sudbury Catholic District School Board students who wrote the OSSLT test for the first time, 90 percent were successful in passing. The Sudbury Catholic District School Board scores were the highest in Northeastern Ontario.

The report also profiles 17 secondary schools made notable for their progress in OSSLT results since the tests were first introduced in 2002. St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School has been selected by EQAO in the province of Ontario as one of the English-language schools that has demonstrated continued student success in the OSSLT.

The school’s success rate for students writing the OSSLT for the first time rose from 80 percent in February 2002 to 92 percent in March 2006. St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School has a population of 650 students, of whom 23 percent are identified as having special needs. Now in its 12th year, the school offers a wide variety of programming, including French Immersion, locally developed
not-for-credit courses and a Wireless Laptop Grade 9 Math program.

“Underlying the many initiatives to build school-wide literacy at St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School is the philosophy that literacy is critical for every subject,” states Guy Mathieu, Principal of St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School. “Strategies such as think-alouds and focused readings have become standard practice in every classroom. Our teachers articulate how they
will promote the development of literacy skills in the course outlines that go home with students.”

In addition to providing dedicated literacy days, the school also offers Grade 9 literature activities which focus on the literacy skills reflected in the curriculum and the OSSLT. This approach will be extended to Grade 10. In order to build capacity, the school has partnered with the local university, colleges and retired teachers to enhance support for students in need of additional assistance.
Paula Peroni, Chair of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board is pleased with the recent OSSLT results.

“I would like to congratulate our secondary students, parents, teachers and staff on their excellent results in the recent OSSLT scores,” states Peroni. “The results are a tribute to their hard work and dedication.” Zandra Zubac Director of Education for the Sudbury Catholic District School Board shares Peroni’s optimism given the latest test results. “Literacy and student success rates have always been a major priority with our Board,” states, Zubac. “We are continuing our work with our cross-curricular teams and school staff to build successful learning environments for
students to ensure continued success rates.”

A record-high 125,830 Grade 10 secondary school students in Ontario met the literacy standard this year as the provincial success rate on the literacy test continues to rise, increasing to 84% in 2006.

St. David Catholic School Wins Schoolyard Makeover Contest

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St. David Catholic School is the winner of this year’s annual ‘Ugliest Schoolyard Contest’. The innovative contest reinforces and supports local efforts to provide shade for children in school yards through planting trees and shrubs, thereby reducing the strength of the sun’s rays.

As part of the winning package for the Ugliest Schoolyard, St. David will receive trees and shrubs, courtesy of Canadian Tire, Saturn of Sudbury will provide a reading corner containing large trees, sod and benches with Hollandia Landscaping and INCO donating top soil for the project. ALLMAC Tree Service will plant the trees, sod and shrubbery with the help of the students, staff and parents at St. David Catholic School.

The St. David entry was selected from fifteen schools that participated in the contest with the criteria consisting of submission of letters from the students, photos from staff, and a walkabout of the school by the panel of judges as to why their school should win the ‘Ugliest Schoolyard Contest’.

St. Theresa Students Fuel Up With Nutritious and Delicious Lunch Thanks to CASCAR

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Students and staff at St. Theresa Catholic School had the opportunity to enjoy a complimentary nutritious lunch thanks to the Fuel For Kids Program sponsors along with a visit from the Maple Leaf CASCAR Race Team. The school was selected by Four Corners Your Independent Grocer Store in Sudbury to host the Fuel for Kids Program.

The race team and volunteers arrived at St. Theresa Catholic School prior to the lunch hour on Wednesday to provide a free nutritious lunch featuring Maple Leaf Top Dogs, Lipton Cup-a-Soup, Mott’s Fruitsations, Dare Bear Paw Cookies and Del Monte juice to the students and staff of the school. Students enjoyed the opportunity to hop inside the actual 475 HP Maple Leaf CASCAR and obtain an autographed picture of the race car from driver Dave Connelly!

In the afternoon, the Maple Leaf CASCAR travelled to Four Corners Your Independent Grocer to display the race car and provide a complimentary BBQ fundraiser for St. Theresa Catholic School. Half of the proceeds from the BBQ were directed to the school’s fundraising efforts with the remaining 50% donated to the President’s Choice Children’s Charity on the school’s behalf.

Pius XII Student, Fire Chief For The Day!

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Congratulations to Emily Rabski, a Grade 4 student at Pius XII Catholic School for her first place finish in the Fire Chief For The Day Contest. As part of the winning package, Emily was picked up at her house by fire trucks, Aerial 1 and Pump 2 and transported to the
Van Horne Fire Station where she received a tour and proclaimed Chief For The Day!

Emily was later escorted back to the school by the Acting Fire Chief, Marc Leduc for the official Chief For The Day presentation in her classroom. The City of Greater Sudbury Fire Services also participated in a special ceremony honouring her as the first place winner of the 2006 Fire Chief For The Day Contest.

The Fire Chief For The Day Contest was open to all grade four students from the four school boards in the City of Greater Sudbury. Students were invited to participate in creating an escape plan of their home with the help of family members. In order to qualify to win, a contestant had to:

1. Indicate two ways out of each room
2. Identify the location of their smoke detectors
3. Indicate the meeting point outside of the home
4. Identify the emergency phone number
5. Complete and practice the Fire Safety Plan of him/her home

A total of 1,869 students from all four school boards were invited to participate in the Fire Chief For The Day Contest. This activity focused on ensuring that every family developed and practiced a home escape plan would help to save their lives in the event of a fire.

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