The Main, Chelmsford, Lively, New Sudbury, South and Valley East libraries will be closed Sundays, beginning Sunday May 20, 2007. Sunday openings will be resume October 14, 2007.
All Greater Sudbury Public Libraries will be operating under Summer Hours beginning June 4, 2007. Pick up a flyer outlining the hours at any of the 13 Greater Sudbury Public Library locations.
Families can access the Greater Sudbury Public Library’s website at www.sudbury.library.on.ca.
Maurizio Visentin, longtime teacher/guidance counsellor with the Sudbury Catholic District School Board was presented with the SCDSB Chairperson’s Award by Board Chair, Paula Peroni at the SCDSB’s annual 25 Year and Retirement Banquet held at Bryston’s on the Park on Thursday evening.
Mr. Visentin’s involvement with the Sudbury Catholic District Board began as a teacher for Marymount Academy from 1982 to 1996. He then moved to St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School as a teacher and later became the school’s guidance councillor. In her address to the audience, Mrs. Peroni listed numerous awards of recognition that
Mr. Visentin had received throughout his teaching career which included; the Bishop Reding Outstanding Teacher Award, the Partners in Peace Program Award, the Service Above Self Award, the Excellence in Leadership Award (on two separate occasions), a citation for his outstanding support with the Canadian Red Cross’ Respect Education Program and a nomination for the Premier’s Award for Teaching Excellence.
“Mr. Visentin is well deserving of this award,” stated Mrs. Peroni. “He lives and leads by example the Catholic School Graduate Expectations. He is a discerning believer, effective communicator, reflective, creative holistic thinker and a devoted family man. He promotes his secondary school in the most professional manner and that is why our secondary schools are held in such high regard in sports and academic circles in this city.”
Every year, thousands of students in Sudbury, Espanola and Manitoulin take part in the HISTOR!CA Heritage Fair, a celebration of our community and Canada’s rich heritage. Sudbury Catholic District School Board students have enjoyed a great deal of success in their participation in this prestigious fair. Several students and their projects have been selected to attend the provincial fairs over the last eleven years.
The Sudbury Catholic District School Board congratulates all students, parents, teachers and community members who participated in this year’s Sudbury Regional Historica Heritage Fair. It is with great pride and honour that we join in the celebration of Sudbury’s rich heritage.
| Francesca Tsimiklis, Grade 7 student at Marymount Academy presents her project on “Paroisse Ste-Anne des Pins.” As a Lector at St. Patrick’s Parish Francesca became interested in the history of St. Anne’s Church and traced its history from a humble pioneer log structure in Sudbury in the 1890’s to the present day modern, state of the art building constructed of brick, glass and steel. |
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Kyle Herbert, Grade 4 student at St. Joseph Catholic School in Killarney stands in front of his project entitled, “Herbert Fisheries.” Herbert Fisheries on Georgian Bay has been part of the family business and Kyle’s heritage for four generations…Kyle intends to join his father on the boats and make it five.
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Students, parents, teachers and staff at St. David Catholic School could hardly contain their excitement as they waited for Mayor John Rodriguez to cut the ribbon that would officially announce the opening of their brand-new play ground and school yard recently. In
June 2006, St. David Catholic School was proclaimed the winner of the ‘Ugliest School Yard Contest’ and over the course of the last 12 months, the students, parents and staff at the school have worked alongside local suppliers and representatives from the Sudbury business community to re-green their playground.
As part of the winning package for the Ugliest Schoolyard, St. David received trees and shrubs, courtesy of Canadian Tire, Saturn of Sudbury provided a reading corner containing large trees, sod and benches with Hollandia Landscaping and CVRD INCO donating top soil for the project. ALLMAC Tree Service helped to plant the trees, sod and shrubbery.
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. David Catholic School would like to thank the following donor’s who made the re-greening school yard project possible; Saturn Sudbury, Canadian Tire, James St. John Landscape & Design, Freskiw Farms, CVRD INCO, Hollas Produce and Greenhouses, Hollandia Land & Environmental Solutions, Botanix Azilda Greenhouses, Brown’s Concrete, Gisele’s Greenhouses, Sudbury Horticultural Society, White Water Greenhouses & Yard Centre, Sudbury Master Gardeners, Adam & Eve Garden Centre,Ashley Landscape Supplies, WD Tree Removal, Southview Green Houses and Evans Lumber.
Saturday, May 26, 2007 was a very important day for former and present students, parents, teachers and staff at Corpus Christi School as the school celebrated 50 years of Catholic Education. More than 300 people came out to the school to enjoy a barbecue, take a stroll down memory lane by reviewing the memorabilia and listen to some great entertainment.
Jack Cameletti, (principal of the school from 1957 to 1963) was unable to attend the ceremonies but managed to send the Corpus Christi Anniversary Committee a congratulatory e-mail from Sault Ste. Marie where he presently resides. John Tarini the current principal of Corpus Christi Catholic School was very pleased with the excellent turn out and the positive comments from the public regarding the status of his school with respect to sports and academics in the Sudbury Community.
“Corpus Christi is a top academic school, one of its most recent accomplishments was winning the Battle of the Books contest involving both local English-language school boards,” stated Tarini. “As for sports, we are just coming into our own, we now have baseball, volleyball, handball, soccer and track and field we can compete with the some of the best schools in the city.”
Sudbury Catholic District School Board Trustees as well as Senior Administration were also on hand for the celebration. George Middleton, Vice-Chair of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board welcomed students, parents, staff and special guests in his presentation and thanked them for supporting 50 years of quality Catholic Education in the City of Greater Sudbury.
Tammy Jutila, Marymount teacher along with Marymount students Laura Monaghan, Mikayla Gagnon, Emily Cortezzi, Bailey Zeman and Shannon Thoms, Supply Teacher for the Near North sell pieces of fudge at the New Sudbury Centre. Students and staff at the school were attempting to break the Guiness World Book of Records for the largest slab of fudge-5,050 lbs.
The fudge sold for $10 for 1 lb, $20 for 2 lbs or a 20 lb chunk for $200 which included a “reserved” name plate with the name of the business/organization . Money raised from the “Largest Slab of Fudge” fundraiser will go toward the purchase of a “$25,000 state of the art” therapeutic bath tub for the new Complex Continuing Care Building at St. Joseph’s Villa.*
St. Anne Catholic School, 4500 St. Michel in Hanmer is proud to present its year end musical production “Twist and Shout” starting Wednesday, June 6 until Friday, June 8, 2007. More than 35 talented singers, actors and dancers will be featured in this 1960’s style rock and roll show, which also features a special appearance by the king of rock and roll himself, Elvis Presley.
The story is about a young teenage songwriter, Rhonda Cascade, who tries to get her song published by a scrupulous producer who in turn, steals the song for himself. Along the way Rhonda enlists the help of Sam Sunday, a bumbling police detective, to help her in her quest to get her song back.
The price of admission is $7.00 for adults and $4.00 for seniors and students. Show times are at 7:00 p.m. each evening in the gymnasium. Tickets can be purchased at the door each evening. All money raised will help support the Arts program at St. Anne Catholic School.
