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Sudbury Catholic Schools CPCO Spelling Bee Semi-final Winners Announced

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The Sudbury Catholic Schools, Catholic Principals Council of Ontario (C.P.C.O.) once again hosted its annual Spelling Bee competition. The semifinal competition for the Junior Division was held at St. Francis Catholic School on April 16.

The Spelling Bee finals will be held on April 23, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. at St. Francis Catholic School. Students will be competing in both the Junior and Intermediate Divisions.

The winners are:

Sarah MacRury – St. Anne
Alex Wilson – St. Charles
Erin McLelland – St. Christopher
Vanessa Bulfon – St. Francis
Cindy Coleman – St. James
Samantha Udeschini – St. Michael
Katherine Kettle – St. Theresa

Bishop Alexander Carter CSS to Host Fashion Show

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Bishop Alexander Carter welcomes the community to it’s “Can You Imagine” Spring Fashion Show. Students and staff will be modelling beautiful fashions from vendors all over the Sudbury region. If you are unsure as to what’s in style this spring and summer, this is the show for you. The event will take place at Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School April 10th at 7:00 p.m The doors will open slightly earlier. Bring your mom, your dad and all your friends. This is a wonderful opportunity for both genders. You don’t want to miss this show, you are sure to have a great time.

The cost of admission to the Fashion Show is $5.00

Sudbury Catholic Schools Students Advance to Regional Science Fair, Winners Announced

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George Middleton, Board Chair (right) and Catherine McCullough, (left), Director of Education for the Sudbury Catholic District School Board recently joined Trustees, Senior Administration, parents and guests in wishing twenty-two of the Board’s students the best of luck in the Regional Science Fair held at Laurentian University on April 12 and 13, 2008. The students along with their projects were selected from more than one hundred entries at the Sudbury Catholic District School Board’s Science Fair held at St. Francis Catholic School before the March break. The students were presented with Awards of Recognition as well as a token of appreciation during the Board meeting.

Nine students walked away with a combined total of 14 awards at the Regional event this past weekend. Congratulations! See full list of Sudbury Catholic Schools winners.

Easter Message from the Director of Education, Catherine McCullough

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Easter is a time for hope, renewal of spirit, rekindling of faith and rejoicing in the triumph of the Lord. It is also the time to reach out to our loved ones and come together in prayer and celebrations and glorying in the miracle of Easter.

During this Easter Break, I encourage you to take time to rest, visit with friends and family and rejoice in the glory of the Lord’s Resurrection.

For God so loved the world,
That He gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in Him,
should not perish,
but have everlasting life.

John 3:16

Wishing everyone a Blessed and Happy Easter!

Catherine McCullough
Director of Education
Sudbury Catholic Schools

Sudbury Catholic Schools Prepare for the Triduum

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Over the next three weeks Sudbury Catholic Schools students along with their parents/guardians families, teachers and Board staff will be preparing to celebrate the Triduum.

The greatest mysteries of the redemption are celebrated yearly by the Church beginning with the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday and ending with Vespers of Easter Sunday. This time is called “the triduum of the crucified, buried and risen;” it is also called the “Easter Triduum” because during it is celebrated the paschal mystery, that is, the passing of the Lord from this world to his Father. The Church, by the celebration of this mystery through liturgical signs and sacramentals, is united to Christ, her spouse, in intimate communion.

The Easter fast is sacred on the first two days of the Triduum, in which, according to ancient tradition, the Church fasts “because the Spouse has been taken away.” Good Friday is a day of fasting and abstinence; it is also recommended that Holy Saturday be so observed, so that the Church, with uplifted and welcoming heart, be ready to celebrate the joys of the Sunday of the Resurrection.

The Easter Triduum is prepared for by Lent and it is prolonged for fifty days of the Easter Season. The Lenten Season has two purposes: a) to prepare catechumens to celebrate the paschal mystery through the sacraments of initiation; b) to prepare the faithful to celebrate the paschal mystery by penance for the renewal of their baptismal promises.

After centuries of neglect, Pope Pius XII restored the Triduum to its rightful place as the culmination of the liturgical year. The only way to really understand the Triduum is to savour it by active participation. In song, through ritual and sensory experience, the single, three day long liturgy plunges us into the Paschal Mystery. Our participation in the liturgical act is, then, the opportunity for us to enter into the mystery of Christ’s dying and rising. The life of the Christian is to be lived in union with Christ who “dying destroyed our death, rising restored our life.” It is the mystery of dying and rising with Christ that is at the heart of the Easter mystery.

St. Benedict Students Passionate About the Environment

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St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School is located in the south end of the City of Greater Sudbury. Like many other high schools in the region it has great sports teams, high academic standings, terrific school spirit and a deep and caring concern for the planet. However, it is level, breadth and intensity of this concern for the environment that makes it unique. Through a core group of passionate and enthusiastic students coupled with supportive teachers and the integration of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board’s comprehensive Dearness Conservation (DC) program, St. Benedict has developed a reputation for being a dedicated steward of the earth.

In Spring 2006, DC approached St. Benedict CSS students to campaign in their neighbourhoods to promote the Interactive Home Audit. The Interactive Home Audit was an online survey that homeowners would complete to determine their energy consumption. The audit then offered suggestions on how energy and money could be saved by implementing simple, efficient changes.

Groups of two to three students canvassed their neighbourhoods distributing pamphlets and florescent light bulbs to residents who agreed to complete the Home Audit. The students were overwhelmed with the results of the campaign as they felt that they had reached a great number of homeowners in the Sudbury area with their targeted message. Upon the completion of the Home Audit program, Efficient Sudbury deemed the St. Benedict groups as the most efficient representatives based on the feedback from residents who were targeted by the campaign.

In November 2007, Dearness Conservation held a school wide presentation to give students and staff an update on climate change. The students were enthralled by a dynamic, comprehensive presentation highlighting the effects of climate change and individual choices that can be made to reduce the impacts on our planet. Following the presentation, interactive workshops were held with grade ten science classes which peaked the interest of many younger environmentalists.

The Sudbury Catholic District School Board’s DC Conservation Challenge was launched to encourage each school to reduce their waste, water, and energy usage with the incentive of winning $500 for re-greening initiatives. St. Benedict has also established itself as an environmental icon purely through the initiatives of its students. Each year the St. Benedict Environmental club competes in the Ontario Annual Envirothon and have won the Oral Presentation Award for the most practical solution for pressing environmental issues for the past two years. Students must employ their extensive knowledge of environmental topics, as well as their originality and creativity. Students are also in charge of many environmental services within the school. Weekly recycling is coordinated by students as well the collection of cell phones and used batteries for proper disposal. The Environment team is adamant about ensuring that all recyclables are placed in the proper bins and that students and staff are being environmentally conscious with energy and water consumption.

St. Benedict is a remarkable school that takes environmentalism to heart. With the culmination of the DC initiatives and resources, supportive teachers, and passionate students, St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School is a school with an environmental conscience.

No Transportation, Classes Still Running

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Due to weather conditions and in the interest of safety all school related transportation services for English catholic and English public schools and French catholic and French public schools, operating in the District of Sudbury are cancelled today. All schools will remain open, however, NO transportation will be provided. All staff is expected to report to work.

Sudbury Catholic Board Places Schools Under Accommodation Review

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In accordance with the its Pupil/School Accommodation Review Regulation BR 10, the Sudbury Catholic District School Board is in the process of conducting an Accommodation Review for its South/Central and North/West family of schools. Schools were selected for review purposes based on their potential for growth over the coming years (given the present trend) and the possibility that they may qualify for funding to build new schools under the Ministry of Education’s Prohibitive to Repair grants. Sudbury Catholic Schools Director of Education, Catherine McCullough will recommend an action plan to Trustees on the meeting of May 6, 2008.

The Sudbury Catholic District School Board is committed to providing a full range of educational opportunities equitably distributed across a broad and diverse geographical area. Due to ever-changing factors such as mobile population, changes in funding, new legislation, changing in educational objectives, community aspirations and physical limitations of buildings, the Board is mitigated to monitor and evaluate all schools on a regular basis.

Given the present state of its priorities, the Board will be focussing its attention on the “South/Central” and “North/West” schools planning areas for the purpose of this Accommodation Review which will include the following schools;

South/Central Elementary:
Corpus Christi, Marymount Academy (Elementary),
St. Christopher, St. David, St. Francis, St. James, St. Joseph, St. Michael, St. Theresa

South/Central Secondary:
St. Benedict CSS, Marymount Academy (secondary)

North/West Elementary Schools:
Immaculate Conception, St. Anne, St. Charles (elementary), St. Mary

North/West Secondary:
Bishop Alexander Carter CSS

The School Accommodation Review may result in such changes as boundary adjustments, major additions, renovations and alterations to school buildings, blending or twinning arrangements for school organization and/or programs or school consolidations

The Board is in the process of informing parents, staff, school councils, and school communities of the logistics and time lines regarding its Accommodation Review. The Sudbury Catholic District School Board has hired the firm of CN Waston and Associates, (one of Canada’s leading economic firms) to prepare population, household, employment and student enrolment forecasts in the City of Greater Sudbury and more specifically in the planning areas of the schools under review. This information will greatly assist the Sudbury Catholic District School Board in assessing opportunities for long term growth and development and help guide the Board in the implementation of accommodation strategies that will serve to enhance student learning.
Accommodation Review Committees (ARC’s) will be created to provide the Sudbury Catholic District School Board with information re School Valuation Framework and applying this framework to the schools under review, giving consideration to the value of the students, community, school board and the local economy.

The members of the ARC’s will include representative membership from the Sudbury Catholic District School Board, each school, school community and a municipal representative from each of the local municipalities in which the school(s) under review are located.

George Middleton, Chair of Sudbury Catholic Schools welcomes the Accommodation Review. “The Accommodation Review is a process that all Board’s in Ontario undertake in order to continually update their long term capital plans,” stated Middleton. “It provides our board with the opportunity to update student enrolment perspectives and assess long term capital expenditures to provide optimum programs and facilities for our students. This is the start of a year long process and decisions will be made only after an extensive review is conducted. Through consultation, a plan will be developed to benefit students and a business case will be presented for funding from the Ministry of Education whether it be for expansion of some schools or to build new school(s).

Marymount Academy Kicks Off 25th Bowl for Kids Sake

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Students from Marymount Academy joined Honorary Chair, Deputy Police Chief Frank Elsner in helping to kickoff the start of the 25th Bowl For Kids Sake for Big Brothers Big Sisters in the City of Greater Sudbury at Pep Rally this morning. On March 1, 2008 The Bowl For Kids’ Sake will take place at Plaza Bowl from 1:30 p.m. through to midnight. This year’s theme year is “PAJAMA PARTY.” Students paid $2 for a pancake breakfast and the privilege of wearing their pyjamas to school with proceeds going to Big Brothers Big Sisters.

For every $200 in pledges Big Brothers Big Sisters will enter your name into a draw for a weekend for two at the Delta Sherwood Inn. Pledge incentive prizes are also being provided by Ramakko’s Adventure World and Montana’s Cookhouse.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Sudbury encourages you to pull your team of 4 to 6 bowlers together and get in on the fun. Additional prizes will be handed out at the bowl, including awards for the loudest team cheer, best dressed team and much more. So grab some of your friends, dust off your bowling shoes and have a great time while supporting a worthwhile cause.

The “25th Bowl for Kids Sake” at the Plaza Bowl, Saturday, March 1 from 1:30 p.m. to midnight.

Wear your pyjama’s!!!

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