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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.

Marymount Regals Capture Envirothon Championship

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The Marymount Regals’ Envirothon team competed in the Sudbury District Envirothon during the month of April. The Regals after finishing second last year, captured this year’s Envirothon championship and earned a spot in the provincial competition which was held in Sudbury.

Twenty teams from across the province joined the Regals for the provincial competition. The competition consisted of two training days, (which included on the regreening of Sudbury, global warming, the introduction of elk in Burwash, a fish stalking program and forestry by Domtar in Espanola) and the competition itself. The Regal team finished as the best team in Northern Ontario and 6th in the province. The Regals are looking forward to next year’s competition where they will attempt to better this year’s performance.

Ontario Skills Medalist Recognized by Sudbury Catholic Board

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Jordan Lanteigne, a Grade 12 student at St. Charles College was awarded a silver medal for his plumbing talents at the 17th Ontario Skills Competitions held in Kitchener on May 2, 2006. The annual trades competition allows students from across the province the opportunity to compete and to apply their skills in Construction, Design, Manufacturing, Transportation, Communications and Hospitality.

Jordan demonstrated interest in plumbing in his first year of Construction Technology courses at St. Charles College. In Grade 11 Jordan received a coop placement with United Plumbing co-owned by Leight and Angela Faubert. The Faubert’s were very impressed by Jordan’s work ethic and offered him the opportunity to work as a coop student at United Plumbing during his Grade 12 year.

Given his talent for the trade, Jordan was selected by the Sudbury Catholic District School Board to represent St. Charles College at the 2006 Ontario Skills Competition where he received a silver medal for his efforts. He was recently recognized by the Sudbury Catholic District School Board for his dedication to his craft and his excellent achievement.

Longtime Sudbury Catholic District School Board Teacher Honoured at Annual Banquet

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Chris Bartolucci, a thirty year teacher with the Sudbury Catholic District School Board was presented with the SCDSB Chairperson’s Award by Board Chair, Paula Peroni at SCDSB’s annual 25 Year and Retirement Banquet held at Bryston’s On The Park.

Mr. Bartolucci has been involved with St. Charles College, as a student from 1969 to 1973, and as a teacher/program coordinator from 1976 to present day. He received the prestigious award for his many years of service and dedication to both students and staff and for his long term commitment as a football, basketball and alpine skiing coach at St. Charles College.

“Chris Bartolucci has devoted his entire teaching career to educating and coaching students in an effort to make them better students and athletes,” stated Paula Peroni in the Board’s tribute to Bartolucci. “He is known by his present and former students as a great motivator who has inspired them to go on to careers in law, business, sociology, anthropology, religion and numerous other professions,” concluded Peroni

Effective May 1, Chris Bartolucci has taken on a new role in the football community as the Head Coach of the Sudbury Spartans Football Team. Over the years, whether on the field or off he has been an excellent role model for both students and staff, demonstrating a high degree of professionalism in both the teaching and coaching professions.

SCC Student Leaves His Mark at St. Charles College, Staff Pitches In

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The St. Charles College football changeroom has gone through a major renovation. Matt Dumont, a Cards football player since 2002 came up with the idea of building individual lockers for the players in the football changeroom. He began designing the lockers with the help of the woodworking teacher, Mr. Baxter, in November 2005. Their design called for 43 individual booths.

Construction began in February 2006. Matt spent many hours of his own time on this project. Matt has truly left a legacy to his school. In his honour, a permanent plaque commemorating his efforts was installed in the changeroom. Many future Cardinal football players will now enjoy the luxury of sitting in their own personal booths in the locker area.

In addition to Matt’s contributions, special thanks also goes to the following; the Sudbury Catholic District School Board Maintenance Department, St. Charles College Custodial Staff (especially Mr. Louis Chretien and Mr. Rick Boudreau), Mr. L. Baxter, James Rand-student, Mrs. Dagostino (Athletic Director), Mrs. Mardero (Principal) and to the Friends of St. Charles College Football for their continued financial support. A very special thank you goes to Head Coach, Mike Fabiilli for his continuous commitment to the SCC Football program.

The Cards are now starting to prepare for their upcoming season in hope of capturing its 20th Senior Football championship. Go Cards, Go!

St. James Catholic School Hosts Boys’ Literacy Launch “Travel the World of Literacy”

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St. James Catholic School has received funding from the Ministry of Education for action research on Boys’ Literacy. The goals of this initiative are to improve boys’ attitudes toward reading and ultimately to improve their literacy skills. The school is purchasing reading materials that engage all readers, but in particular young male readers. Items such as nonfiction materials, humour books, action and adventure series, and sports cards and magazines are part of the strategies of the Literacy Program.

On the morning of May 18, 2006, St. James School will launch its Boys’ Literacy Project. Role models from the community will be attending to celebrate “Travel the World of Literacy.” The day will begin 9:15 a.m. with Gerry Lougheed Jr. delivering a keynote address. The students will then proceed to different stations as guests from the Greater Sudbury Community share a favourite form of reading material (not limited to books), with the primary division. The list of guests include Michelle Toner, Alan Nursall, John Kennedy, Constable Corrine Jutila, Brent Battistelli, Father Tony Man-Son-Hing, and others.

Catholic School Council Chairperson Addresses St. John Students

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During Catholic Education Week, Ms. Daniel, the Catholic School Council Chairperson, addressed the Gr. 7 & 8 students at St. John about the importance of Catholic Education and why she has chosen to send her sons to a Catholic School.

She emphasised the role of a faith community in education and how it helps students to build character and prepare for the challenges of life. She touched on the partnership between Parish, Home and School and how each partner complements the other to develop a complete education for children.

Students were inspired by her volunteer work at the school as a way of giving back to the community what she and her children gain from the community. We thank Ms. Daniel, and all members of Catholic School Councils for their commitment and contribution.

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