Sudbury Catholic District School Board

Reading Partnerships in Junior Kindergarten

The junior kindergarten students in Mrs.Visentin’s class look forward to reading buddies each month at St.Francis. The students in junior kindergarten have partnered with Mrs. Narduzzi’s grade 3 & 4 class twice a month to listen to award winning read alouds with their reading buddies. The junior kindergarten students have also been participating in a Read at Home Program that encourages reading which is an essential part of children’s education. The students are encouraged to listen nightly to short stories at home.
The Sudbury Public Library will also be present in the class to accept new library card registrations for the junior kindergarten students. Students and parents are encouraged to use the free sign out privileges of fiction and nonfiction children books and other available resources.

Irish Eyes are Smiling!

Mrs.Visentin’s junior kindergarten students at St.Francis celebrated St. Patrick’s Day before their March break and students wore green clothing to school and their leprechaun hats to wish a “top of the morning” to all. The students made leprechaun puppets, dramatized rhymes, listened to Irish music and even did a little jig to celebrate the luck of the Irish. Students also learned about St. Patrick and how the saint taught the people of Ireland about God many years ago.

St. Raphael Superhero Conservationists

Mrs. Boudreau’s class is in charge of the St. Raphael Conservation program this year and as part of their efforts, they are trying to reduce lunch waste, divert dead batteries from our landfills and reduce electricity by reminding people to turn their lights off when they are not in use.

The program is part of the school board “SCDSB Conservation Challenge” and the winning school can win up to 15-hundred dollars for re-greening the school landscape.

TRANSPORTATION CANCELLED, SCHOOLS REMAIN OPEN – SUDBURY, ESPANOLA AND MANITOULIN DISTRICTS

Due to road and weather conditions and in the interest of safety all school related transportation services for English catholic, English public, French catholic and French public schools, operating in the Districts of SUDBURY, ESPANOLA AND MANITOULIN are cancelled today.  All schools will remain open, however, NO transportation will be provided. Parents who transport their children to school are reminded that they must pick their children up at the end of the school day.

All staff is expected to report to work.

Shrove Tuesday at St. Raphael

Shrove Tuesday with more than 800 pancakes drizzled with syrup…

Shrove Tuesday
Fat Tuesday
Fettisdagen
Mardi Gras
Fastnacht
Sprengidagur
Apocreas

It doesn’t matter what you call it, it was definitely a morning to fatten up heading into Lent at St. Raphael School. All the students packed into the gymnasium to enjoy pancakes dripping with syrup.

On Wednesday, students will celebrate the first day of Lent with an Ash Wednesday Service with Deacon Steve Callaghan and the St. Charles College Choir.

The Art of Retelling a Story

Students in Miss O’Reilly’s grade two class are showcasing their book reports this week in the form of “book floats”.  The students are presenting a book they read in a more three-dimensional way known as story dioramas. 
 
Miss. O’Reilly says that lots of the other students at St. Raphael’s have been busy working on bridge projects, science fair projects, and heritage fair projects and her kids wanted to take something big on and feel a sense of ownership too. 
 

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