Marymount Academy held its first ever Walk, Bike or Run event on Saturday May 5 at Kivi Park alongside Maison McCulloch Hospice. The event was a lot of fun and a huge success, bringing in $11, 432 in funds. It was then matched through the generosity of Lily Fielding, bringing the total to $23,000! Funds raised will be split between Marymount and the Hospice. Amazing work Regals!
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St. David hosts Children’s Mental Health Week Proclamation!
As part of Catholic Education Week, St. David Catholic Elementary School helped proclaim Children’s Mental Health Week alongside Child and Family Centre. The theme of this year’s week is getting back to nature. To demonstrate the importance of this, the group participated in Medicine Wheel teachings and completed a nature walk.
Marymount Academy Shines at 49th Sudbury Regional Science Fair
Many students at Marymount Academy were successful at this past weekend’s regional science fair!
The following students were listed as winners for their creative and innovative projects:
– Junior Division – Engineering: Sofya Mishchenko and Katherine Brown
– Junior Division – Physical Sciences: Molly McKeever
– College Boréal Award – Paul Jeanna Sarazin
– Harquail School of Earth Sciences Award: Molly McKeever
-Laurentian University Forensic Sciences Award: Amanda Symington and Catherine Caverson
– Ontario Power Generation Energy Award: Sofya Mishchenko and Katherine Brown
Sofya Mishchenko and Katherine Brown were also listed as Grand Prize winners and will be moving on to the National competition! Congratulations to all finalists!
Sudbury Catholic Schools Elementary Instrumental Band receives Gold at Kiwanis Music Festival!
On March 27th, the band performed at the Kiwanis Music Festival and received a Gold standard! The band has grown over the years, and includes 5 schools (St. Benedict, St. Charles College, St. Anne, St. John and St. James) and over 100 band members!
The band also competed at the Northern Ontario Music Festival on March 1 where they received a Silver standard. Congratulations to all band members!
St Francis Flames Raise the Flag for Autism Awareness!
Many of our schools brought awareness to autism by wearing blue. Staff and students at St. Francis also took part in a special assembly to mark this important day! The group watched videos, sang songs and raised the flag to stand up for each other.
We are all part of the puzzle! Thanks for the reminder Flames!
Welcome to the CARDINAL CLOSET!
The CARDINAL CLOSET is a new initiative at St. Charles College which aims to provide supports for our Cards student community. The mission of the closet is Cards helping Cards by providing students in need with clothing, food, toiletries and school supplies. There is in-style clothing for teens that they will feel confident wearing, food items to take home and basic toiletries as well. The student will access the closet with a trusted staff member and “shop” for themselves.
The idea was brought forth by a staff member who recognized the needs we have within our school. In partnership with the Comprehensive program, the students began to imagine what they could do to make this idea a reality. The Comprehensive students began this project with a tired, old room and a vision. Together, with their educational assistants, Christina Gallagher and Nancy Oliveira, they transformed the space into an inviting, bright and organized “closet”. Students chose paint colours, painted the entire space, sorted and laundered the donated clothing and shopped for and organized the toiletry and pantry items. It is with great pride that they announce that the Cardinal Closet is open. The Comprehensive students, will work in the space, restock items etc. and continue to gain essential workplace skills.
St. Francis Flames donate money and hair to Northern Cancer Foundation!
What started off as a fun idea in a class quickly became a school-wide event, benefiting our community in more ways than one!
Together, the school raised $660 for the Northern Cancer Foundation. Ajani, a student at the school, also raised an additional $920 – bringing their total to nearly $1600!
Ajani, along with two teachers Melissa and Amanda, also decided to donate their hair to the foundation so that wigs can be made for patients in need! Flames prove time and time again just how selfless they are! Great job by all.
Group at Marymount Academy become semi-finalists in annual contest!
We would like to congratulate Marymount Academy on their recent success of being semi-finalists in OCSTA’s Annual Video Contest for students. The student group of Amanda, Audrey and Clara produced a well thought out video on the theme of stewardship and homelessness in our community.
Calming the mind, body and soul before secondary exams at St. Benedict!
For the month of January, the school staff have been focusing on mental health and managing the stress of exams which begin on January 25, 2018. The staff have tackled stress from all angles of mind, body and soul. There have been yoga sessions, a presentation by Canadian Mental Health and today therapy dogs.
The therapy dogs were brought in to help the students de-stress and smile ahead of exams.
The event was arranged by Christine Guerra, the school librarian with the organization, Magical Paws.
This has become common practice at Universities and in health institutions such as seniors’ homes and even in hospitals.
The dogs were so well received that staff are already toying with the idea of a return in the Spring ahead of exams in June.