The following are the results of the SCDSB Chess Tournament held at St. Francis School on Saturday April 12, 2008. Each team consists of six places and they compete againstt other schools in order to detemine who the winning team is in each division.
Junior Division
First Place – St. Francis
Second Place – St. Paul
Third Place – St. Thersa
Intermediate Division
First Place – St. Francis
Second Place – St. Charles
Third Place – Marymount
Congratulations!
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
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.
Catherine McCullough, Director of Education for Sudbury Catholic Schools visited St. Francis Catholic School to view a number of interesting and unique projects at the Board’s annual Science Fair. After the judges had completed their task, twenty-two of the more than one hundred Science Fair projects were selected to advance to the Regional Science Fair at Laurentian University on April 12 and 13, 2008.
St. Benedict Grade 12 students Dayna Corelli, Kathryn Piché, Kyle Deegan and Karen Lee competed againstt schools from the Sudbury Catholic District School Board and the Rainbow District School Board in the 2007 Young Philanthropist Challenge, hosted by Volunteer Sudbury recently.
The goal of the challenge was for each team of high school students to represent a non-profit organization and to prepare a business plan and presentation that displayed the role of the local agency within the community. Each team was evaluated on their business plan presentation by a panel of judges who decided which group of Young Philanthropists deserved to win funding for their organization. As co-winner of the event the St. Benedict team was awarded $2,500 from the Trillium Foundation to help the Sudbury Action Centre for Youth continue their programs for youth in the community.
Sudbury Catholic Schools would like to take this opportunity to thank all students who participated in the recent mysudbury.ca colouring and essay contest. This year’s contest highlighted the many communities in our City of Greater Sudbury that were celebrating birthdays. Surrounded by the sights and sounds of a truly fantastic city, mysudbury.ca asked our students to describe through the “magic of words” and the “splash of colour” why our city was the greatest place to live.
True to form, our students did not disappoint, taking seven out of the eight top awards over four categories for colouring and essay writing.
The contest was open to all elementary and secondary students in the City of Greater Sudbury.
All winners will be awarded their prizes and ceremonies at an upcoming ceremony. The date and location of ceremony will be announced in the very near future.
Marymount Academy launched the start of its Heart and Stroke campaign on February 12, in the school gym with a series of skits, physical activities and short speeches from special guests, Michel Toner, MCTV News Anchor and 8-year-old Celina McKinnon, Spokesperson for the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
Representatives from the Marymount MC3 Catholic Charities Council and the Heart and Stroke Foundation were in attendance to help raise awareness for the kick off.
The actual blitz took place on February 20, 2008 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with students canvassing the areas encompassing the Marymount community. The school also raised money for the Heart and Stroke Foundation by participating in a “Red & White Day” on Valentine’s Day. Students paid $2 to dress in red, white and pink and will be directing the funds raised in this event to the Heart and Stroke Foundation as well bringing the total donation to close to $1,000.
Congratulations Marymount Academy.
The Sudbury Catholic District School Board would like to congratulate the following teams on their excellent performance at the recent SCDSB Co-Ed Volleyball Tournament:
Championship Round
Corpus Christi (A) – First Place
Corpus Christi (B) – Second Place
Consolation Round
St. Christopher – First Place
St. Francis (A) – Second Place
Jordan Primeau, a Grade 1 student at St. James Catholic School in Lively will have his wish of a lifetime granted through the generosity of the Children’s Wish Foundation and the Sports Television Network, (TSN). Jordan and his family will travel by limousine to Toronto on Monday, January 21, 2008. On Tuesday, Jordan will have the opportunity to practise and play with his favourite hockey team – the Toronto Maple Leafs and will also attend a Maple Leaf hockey game on Wednesday, January 23 at the Air Canada Centre.
Since Junior Kindergarten, Jordan has bravely battled childhood leukemia and as a result of treatments is visually impaired. But whether he is 400 kilometres away at the Hospital for Sick Children or sitting in the classroom with his friends and classmates, Jordan is always in the hearts and minds of the school community.
St. James Catholic School students and staff keep Jordan in their daily prayers and have also undertaken a number of fundraisers for Jordan and his family to help offset the costs of accommodation and transportation to and from Toronto.
On Tuesday morning, James Duthie, a Reporter for TSN along with a camera crew from Toronto visited Jordan in his
Grade 1 class to give him the exciting news that “his dream to practise and play with the Toronto Maple Leafs had come true.” The interview along with Jordan’s story will be featured on national television (TSN) during the intermission and breaks of the Toronto Maple Leaf Game on January 23, 2008.
Students and staff at St. James School were asked to wear Maple Leaf attire to help celebrate Jordan’s surprise. Jordan’s parents, Dan and Shannon Primeau along with his younger brother Zachery were also on hand to share in the moment with him.
Jordan gives his mom a big hug upon hearing the great news.The Sudbury Catholic District School Board in conjunction with the students and staff at St. James Catholic School would like to thank the “Children’s Wish Foundation” and TSN for making a special wish come true for a very special little boy.
